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Fertility rate

Name: Fertility rate by country, 2023
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live births per woman · higher is better · 216 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2023

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216 countries · 2023

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Fertility rate league table
#	Country	live births per woman	Region	Income
1	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	6.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Chad	6.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Niger	6.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
4	Congo, Dem. Rep.	6.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
5	Central African Republic	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Mali	5.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
7	Angola	5.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
8	Burundi	4.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Afghanistan	4.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
10	Mozambique	4.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Mauritania	4.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
12	Tanzania	4.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Yemen, Rep.	4.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
14	Benin	4.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
15	Nigeria	4.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Sudan	4.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
17	Cameroon	4.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Uganda	4.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
19	Cote d'Ivoire	4.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
20	Guinea	4.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
21	Togo	4.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Burkina Faso	4.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
23	Congo, Rep.	4.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
24	Zambia	4.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
26	Gambia, The	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
27	Ethiopia	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
28	Madagascar	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Liberia	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
30	Comoros	3.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
31	South Sudan	3.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
32	Guinea-Bissau	3.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
33	Samoa	3.8	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
34	Senegal	3.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
35	Sierra Leone	3.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
36	Zimbabwe	3.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	Eritrea	3.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
38	Rwanda	3.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
39	Malawi	3.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
40	Gabon	3.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
41	Sao Tome and Principe	3.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
42	Pakistan	3.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
43	Vanuatu	3.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
44	Solomon Islands	3.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
45	Uzbekistan	3.5	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
46	Ghana	3.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
47	Naoero	3.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
48	West Bank and Gaza	3.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
49	Iraq	3.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
50	Namibia	3.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Kenya	3.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
52	Tuvalu	3.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
53	Kiribati	3.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
54	Tonga	3.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
55	Papua New Guinea	3.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
56	Tajikistan	3.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
57	Kazakhstan	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
58	Marshall Islands	2.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
59	Israel	2.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
60	Kyrgyz Republic	2.8	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
61	Guam	2.8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
62	Algeria	2.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
63	Eswatini	2.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
64	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
65	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	2.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
66	Botswana	2.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
67	St. Martin (French part)	2.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
68	Syrian Arab Republic	2.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
69	Timor-Leste	2.7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
70	Lesotho	2.7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
71	Turkmenistan	2.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
72	Mongolia	2.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
73	Haiti	2.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
74	Jordan	2.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
75	Djibouti	2.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
76	Cambodia	2.6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
77	Bolivia	2.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
78	Oman	2.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
79	Honduras	2.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
80	Paraguay	2.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
81	Lao PDR	2.4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
82	Guyana	2.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
83	Libya	2.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
84	Northern Mariana Islands	2.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
85	Guatemala	2.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	American Samoa	2.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
87	Fiji	2.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
88	Saudi Arabia	2.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
89	Suriname	2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
90	Dominican Republic	2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Faroe Islands	2.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
92	Lebanon	2.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
93	Morocco	2.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
94	Nicaragua	2.2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
95	South Africa	2.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
96	Bangladesh	2.2	South Asia	Lower middle income
97	Seychelles	2.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
98	Indonesia	2.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
99	Panama	2.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
100	Myanmar	2.1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
101	Monaco	2.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
102	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	2.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
103	Venezuela, RB	2.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
104	Belize	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
105	Nepal	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
106	New Caledonia	2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
107	Peru	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
108	India	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
109	Sri Lanka	2	South Asia	Upper middle income
110	Greenland	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Philippines	1.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
112	Viet Nam	1.9	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
113	Mexico	1.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
114	Palau	1.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
115	Gibraltar	1.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
116	Tunisia	1.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
117	Bahrain	1.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
118	Ecuador	1.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
119	Georgia	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Montenegro	1.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
121	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	1.8	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
122	El Salvador	1.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
123	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1.8	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
124	Bulgaria	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Brunei Darussalam	1.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
126	Moldova	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
127	Qatar	1.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
128	Armenia	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
129	Romania	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
130	Barbados	1.7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
131	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
132	Azerbaijan	1.7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
133	New Zealand	1.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
134	Colombia	1.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
135	France	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Australia	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
137	Turkiye	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
138	United States	1.6	North America	High income
139	Brazil	1.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
140	Aruba	1.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
141	Ireland	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
142	Antigua and Barbuda	1.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
143	Slovenia	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Maldives	1.6	South Asia	Upper middle income
145	United Kingdom	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
146	Slovak Republic	1.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
147	Malaysia	1.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
148	Isle of Man	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Iceland	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Liechtenstein	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
151	Trinidad and Tobago	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
152	Cayman Islands	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
153	Kuwait	1.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
154	Cabo Verde	1.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
155	Denmark	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
156	Portugal	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
157	St. Kitts and Nevis	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
158	French Polynesia	1.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
159	Serbia	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
160	Argentina	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
161	Grenada	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
162	Hungary	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
163	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
164	Dominica	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
165	Croatia	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
166	North Macedonia	1.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
167	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
168	Bhutan	1.5	South Asia	Lower middle income
169	Russian Federation	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
170	Czechia	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
171	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
172	Germany	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
173	Cuba	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
174	Switzerland	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
175	Sweden	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
176	Netherlands	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
177	Uruguay	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
178	Norway	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
179	Bermuda	1.4	North America	High income
180	Luxembourg	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
181	Cyprus	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
182	St. Lucia	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
183	Belgium	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
184	Bahamas, The	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
185	Jamaica	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
186	Estonia	1.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
187	Canada	1.3	North America	High income
188	Albania	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
189	Latvia	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
190	Greece	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
191	Costa Rica	1.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
192	Austria	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
193	Poland	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
194	Finland	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
195	Mauritius	1.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
196	Spain	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
197	Thailand	1.2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
198	Japan	1.2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
199	Belarus	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
200	Lithuania	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
201	United Arab Emirates	1.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
202	Italy	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
203	Chile	1.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
204	San Marino	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
205	Malta	1.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
206	Andorra	1.1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
207	Curacao	1.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
208	British Virgin Islands	1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
209	China	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
210	Ukraine	0.98	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
211	Singapore	0.94	East Asia & Pacific	High income
212	Puerto Rico (US)	0.94	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
213	Taiwan	0.87	East Asia & Pacific	High income
214	Korea, Rep.	0.72	East Asia & Pacific	High income
215	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.72	East Asia & Pacific	High income
216	Macao SAR, China	0.66	East Asia & Pacific	High income

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