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Total Fertility Rate

The average number of children a woman would have assuming current age-specific birth rates remain constant throughout her childbearing years (usually considered to be ages 15-49).

Total Fertility Rate

Total Fertility Rate

Geography Total Fertility Rate
WORLD 2.2
AFRICA 4.1
NORTHERN AFRICA 2.8
Algeria 3.0
Egypt 2.6
Libya 2.4
Morocco 2.2
Sudan 4.3
Tunisia 1.6
Western Sahara 2.2
WESTERN AFRICA 4.5
Benin 4.7
Burkina Faso 4.4
Cabo Verde 1.5
Cote d'Ivoire 4.3
Gambia 4.0
Ghana 3.9
Guinea 4.1
Guinea-Bissau 3.8
Liberia 4.0
Mali 5.7
Mauritania 5.2
Niger 6.1
Nigeria 4.5
Senegal 4.0
Sierra Leone 3.8
Togo 4.2
EASTERN AFRICA 4.2
Burundi 4.9
Comoros 4.3
Djibouti 2.6
Eritrea 3.7
Ethiopia 4.0
Kenya 3.4
Madagascar 4.1
Malawi 3.6
Mauritius 1.3
Mayotte 4.5
Mozambique 4.9
Reunion 2.3
Rwanda 3.6
Seychelles 2.0
Somalia 6.1
South Sudan 3.9
Tanzania 4.8
Uganda 4.3
Zambia 4.1
Zimbabwe 3.7
MIDDLE AFRICA 5.5
Angola 5.1
Cameroon 4.3
Central African Republic 6.4
Chad 6.1
Congo 3.9
Congo, Dem Rep 6.1
Equatorial Guinea 4.1
Gabon 3.6
Sao Tome and Principe 3.6
SOUTHERN AFRICA 2.5
Botswana 2.9
eSwatini 3.2
Lesotho 2.7
Namibia 2.9
South Africa 2.4
NORTHERN AMERICA 1.6
Canada 1.3
United States 1.6
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 1.7
CENTRAL AMERICA 1.8
Belize 2.1
Costa Rica 1.2
El Salvador 1.8
Guatemala 2.4
Honduras 2.4
Mexico 1.6
Nicaragua 2.2
Panama 1.9
CARIBBEAN 1.8
Antigua and Barbuda 1.6
Bahamas 1.4
Barbados 1.7
Cuba 1.3
Curacao 1.3
Dominica 1.5
Dominican Republic 2.1
Grenada 1.5
Guadeloupe 1.9
Haiti 2.5
Jamaica 1.4
Martinique 1.7
Puerto Rico 0.9
St. Kitts and Nevis 1.5
St. Lucia 1.4
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.7
Trinidad and Tobago 1.3
SOUTH AMERICA 1.7
Argentina 1.5
Bolivia 2.5
Brazil 1.6
Chile 1.2
Colombia 1.4
Ecuador 2.2
French Guiana 3.3
Guyana 2.4
Paraguay 2.4
Peru 2.0
Suriname 2.2
Uruguay 1.8
Venezuela 2.1
ASIA 1.8
WESTERN ASIA 2.5
Armenia 1.7
Azerbaijan 1.6
Bahrain 2.0
Cyprus 1.4
Georgia 1.7
Iraq 3.7
Israel 2.8
Jordan 2.6
Kuwait 1.5
Lebanon 2.2
Oman 2.5
Palestinian Territory 3.6
Qatar 1.4
Saudi Arabia 2.1
Syria 2.7
Turkey 1.5
United Arab Emirates 1.4
Yemen 4.6
CENTRAL ASIA 3.2
Kazakhstan 2.9
Kyrgyzstan 2.8
Tajikistan 3.6
Turkmenistan 2.7
Uzbekistan 3.4
SOUTH ASIA 2.2
Afghanistan 4.8
Bangladesh 2.2
Bhutan 1.5
India 2.0
Iran 1.7
Maldives 1.7
Nepal 2.1
Pakistan 3.6
Sri Lanka 2.0
SOUTHEAST ASIA 2.0
Brunei 1.8
Cambodia 2.7
Indonesia 2.2
Laos 2.5
Malaysia 1.6
Myanmar 2.0
Philippines 1.9
Singapore 1.0
Thailand 1.0
Timor-Leste 3.6
Vietnam 2.0
EAST ASIA 1.0
China 1.0
China, Hong Kong SAR 0.8
China, Macao SAR 0.6
Japan 1.2
Korea, North 1.8
Korea, South 0.7
Mongolia 2.7
Taiwan 0.9
EUROPE 1.4
NORTHERN EUROPE 1.5
Channel Islands 1.4
Denmark 1.5
Estonia 1.3
Finland 1.3
Iceland 1.6
Ireland 1.6
Latvia 1.4
Lithuania 1.3
Norway 1.4
Sweden 1.5
United Kingdom 1.6
WESTERN EUROPE 1.5
Austria 1.3
Belgium 1.5
France 1.6
Germany 1.4
Liechtenstein 1.5
Luxembourg 1.3
Monaco 2.1
Netherlands 1.4
Switzerland 1.3
EASTERN EUROPE 1.3
Belarus 1.5
Bulgaria 1.8
Czechia 1.4
Hungary 1.5
Moldova 1.6
Poland 1.1
Romania 1.3
Russia 1.4
Slovakia 1.5
Ukraine 1.0
SOUTHERN EUROPE 1.3
Albania 1.3
Andorra 1.1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1.2
Croatia 1.5
Greece 1.3
Italy 1.2
Kosovo 2.1
Malta 1.1
Montenegro 1.8
North Macedonia 1.5
Portugal 1.4
San Marino 1.1
Serbia 1.6
Slovenia 1.6
Spain 1.1
OCEANIA 2.0
Australia 1.5
Federated States of Micronesia 2.7
Fiji 2.9
French Polynesia 1.8
Guam 2.3
Kiribati 3.1
Marshall Islands 2.9
Nauru 3.3
New Caledonia 2.0
New Zealand 1.6
Palau 1.9
Papua New Guinea 3.1
Samoa 4.4
Solomon Islands 3.6
Tonga 3.2
Tuvalu 3.2
Vanuatu 3.6
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Geography Total Fertility Rate
WORLD 2.2
AFRICA 4.1
NORTHERN AFRICA 2.8
Algeria 3.0
Egypt 2.6
Libya 2.4
Morocco 2.2
Sudan 4.3
Tunisia 1.6
Western Sahara 2.2
WESTERN AFRICA 4.5
Benin 4.7
Burkina Faso 4.4
Cabo Verde 1.5
Cote d'Ivoire 4.3
Gambia 4.0
Ghana 3.9
Guinea 4.1
Guinea-Bissau 3.8
Liberia 4.0
Mali 5.7
Mauritania 5.2
Niger 6.1
Nigeria 4.5
Senegal 4.0
Sierra Leone 3.8
Togo 4.2
EASTERN AFRICA 4.2
Burundi 4.9
Comoros 4.3
Djibouti 2.6
Eritrea 3.7
Ethiopia 4.0
Kenya 3.4
Madagascar 4.1
Malawi 3.6
Mauritius 1.3
Mayotte 4.5
Mozambique 4.9
Reunion 2.3
Rwanda 3.6
Seychelles 2.0
Somalia 6.1
South Sudan 3.9
Tanzania 4.8
Uganda 4.3
Zambia 4.1
Zimbabwe 3.7
MIDDLE AFRICA 5.5
Angola 5.1
Cameroon 4.3
Central African Republic 6.4
Chad 6.1
Congo 3.9
Congo, Dem Rep 6.1
Equatorial Guinea 4.1
Gabon 3.6
Sao Tome and Principe 3.6
SOUTHERN AFRICA 2.5
Botswana 2.9
eSwatini 3.2
Lesotho 2.7
Namibia 2.9
South Africa 2.4
NORTHERN AMERICA 1.6
Canada 1.3
United States 1.6
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 1.7
CENTRAL AMERICA 1.8
Belize 2.1
Costa Rica 1.2
El Salvador 1.8
Guatemala 2.4
Honduras 2.4
Mexico 1.6
Nicaragua 2.2
Panama 1.9
CARIBBEAN 1.8
Antigua and Barbuda 1.6
Bahamas 1.4
Barbados 1.7
Cuba 1.3
Curacao 1.3
Dominica 1.5
Dominican Republic 2.1
Grenada 1.5
Guadeloupe 1.9
Haiti 2.5
Jamaica 1.4
Martinique 1.7
Puerto Rico 0.9
St. Kitts and Nevis 1.5
St. Lucia 1.4
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.7
Trinidad and Tobago 1.3
SOUTH AMERICA 1.7
Argentina 1.5
Bolivia 2.5
Brazil 1.6
Chile 1.2
Colombia 1.4
Ecuador 2.2
French Guiana 3.3
Guyana 2.4
Paraguay 2.4
Peru 2.0
Suriname 2.2
Uruguay 1.8
Venezuela 2.1
ASIA 1.8
WESTERN ASIA 2.5
Armenia 1.7
Azerbaijan 1.6
Bahrain 2.0
Cyprus 1.4
Georgia 1.7
Iraq 3.7
Israel 2.8
Jordan 2.6
Kuwait 1.5
Lebanon 2.2
Oman 2.5
Palestinian Territory 3.6
Qatar 1.4
Saudi Arabia 2.1
Syria 2.7
Turkey 1.5
United Arab Emirates 1.4
Yemen 4.6
CENTRAL ASIA 3.2
Kazakhstan 2.9
Kyrgyzstan 2.8
Tajikistan 3.6
Turkmenistan 2.7
Uzbekistan 3.4
SOUTH ASIA 2.2
Afghanistan 4.8
Bangladesh 2.2
Bhutan 1.5
India 2.0
Iran 1.7
Maldives 1.7
Nepal 2.1
Pakistan 3.6
Sri Lanka 2.0
SOUTHEAST ASIA 2.0
Brunei 1.8
Cambodia 2.7
Indonesia 2.2
Laos 2.5
Malaysia 1.6
Myanmar 2.0
Philippines 1.9
Singapore 1.0
Thailand 1.0
Timor-Leste 3.6
Vietnam 2.0
EAST ASIA 1.0
China 1.0
China, Hong Kong SAR 0.8
China, Macao SAR 0.6
Japan 1.2
Korea, North 1.8
Korea, South 0.7
Mongolia 2.7
Taiwan 0.9
EUROPE 1.4
NORTHERN EUROPE 1.5
Channel Islands 1.4
Denmark 1.5
Estonia 1.3
Finland 1.3
Iceland 1.6
Ireland 1.6
Latvia 1.4
Lithuania 1.3
Norway 1.4
Sweden 1.5
United Kingdom 1.6
WESTERN EUROPE 1.5
Austria 1.3
Belgium 1.5
France 1.6
Germany 1.4
Liechtenstein 1.5
Luxembourg 1.3
Monaco 2.1
Netherlands 1.4
Switzerland 1.3
EASTERN EUROPE 1.3
Belarus 1.5
Bulgaria 1.8
Czechia 1.4
Hungary 1.5
Moldova 1.6
Poland 1.1
Romania 1.3
Russia 1.4
Slovakia 1.5
Ukraine 1.0
SOUTHERN EUROPE 1.3
Albania 1.3
Andorra 1.1
Bosnia-Herzegovina 1.2
Croatia 1.5
Greece 1.3
Italy 1.2
Kosovo 2.1
Malta 1.1
Montenegro 1.8
North Macedonia 1.5
Portugal 1.4
San Marino 1.1
Serbia 1.6
Slovenia 1.6
Spain 1.1
OCEANIA 2.0
Australia 1.5
Federated States of Micronesia 2.7
Fiji 2.9
French Polynesia 1.8
Guam 2.3
Kiribati 3.1
Marshall Islands 2.9
Nauru 3.3
New Caledonia 2.0
New Zealand 1.6
Palau 1.9
Papua New Guinea 3.1
Samoa 4.4
Solomon Islands 3.6
Tonga 3.2
Tuvalu 3.2
Vanuatu 3.6

Endnotes

Sources

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