Total Fertility Rate by country
Gender-disaggregated data on health outcomes.
Countries reporting
197
Highest
6.75
Niger
Lowest
0.701
Hong Kong (China)
Median
2.06
Years covered
63
1960–2022
Data points
12,240
What the numbers show
Total Fertility Rate is currently reported for 197 countries. The highest value is 6.75 in Niger; the lowest is 0.701 in Hong Kong (China).
The median across all reporting countries is 2.06, and the mean is 2.49.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 176 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 50.8%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 61.9%).
Total Fertility Rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 6.75 | 2022 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 2 | Chad | 6.21 | 2022 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 3 | Somalia | 6.2 | 2022 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 4 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 6.11 | 2022 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 5.92 | 2022 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 6 | Mali | 5.87 | 2022 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 7 | Angola | 5.21 | 2022 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 8 | Nigeria | 5.14 | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 9 | Burundi | 4.98 | 2022 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 10 | Benin | 4.89 | 2022 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 4.67 | 2022 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 12 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 4.66 | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 13 | Gambia | 4.59 | 2022 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 14 | Mozambique | 4.56 | 2022 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 15 | Afghanistan | 4.52 | 2022 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 16 | Uganda | 4.47 | 2022 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan | 4.38 | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 4.38 | 2022 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.34 | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 19 | Mauritania | 4.34 | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 21 | Senegal | 4.31 | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 22 | Guinea | 4.3 | 2022 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 23 | Zambia | 4.24 | 2022 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 24 | Togo | 4.2 | 2022 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.17 | 2022 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 26 | Congo | 4.09 | 2022 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 4.06 | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 28 | Liberia | 4.02 | 2022 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.92 | 2022 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 29 | Solomon Islands | 3.92 | 2022 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 31 | Comoros | 3.91 | 2022 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 32 | Sierra Leone | 3.88 | 2022 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 33 | Samoa | 3.88 | 2022 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 34 | Malawi | 3.85 | 2022 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 35 | Madagascar | 3.79 | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 36 | Eritrea | 3.79 | 2022 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 37 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.75 | 2022 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 38 | Rwanda | 3.75 | 2022 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 39 | Yemen | 3.72 | 2022 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 40 | Vanuatu | 3.7 | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 41 | Ghana | 3.51 | 2022 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 42 | Gabon | 3.46 | 2022 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 43 | Iraq | 3.44 | 2022 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 3.44 | 2022 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 45 | West Bank and Gaza | 3.44 | 2022 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 46 | Pakistan | 3.41 | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 3.31 | 2022 | up 50.8% | falling |
| 48 | Kenya | 3.3 | 2022 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 49 | Kiribati | 3.27 | 2022 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 50 | Namibia | 3.25 | 2022 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 51 | Tonga | 3.19 | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 52 | Papua New Guinea | 3.17 | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 53 | Tuvalu | 3.14 | 2022 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 3.14 | 2022 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 3.05 | 2022 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 56 | Timor-Leste | 3.05 | 2022 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 57 | Lesotho | 2.98 | 2022 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 58 | Israel | 2.89 | 2022 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 59 | Egypt | 2.88 | 2022 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 60 | Algeria | 2.83 | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.8 | 2022 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 62 | Jordan | 2.79 | 2022 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 63 | Eswatini | 2.79 | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 64 | Mongolia | 2.77 | 2022 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 65 | Haiti | 2.77 | 2022 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 66 | Djibouti | 2.76 | 2022 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 67 | Botswana | 2.75 | 2022 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 68 | Philippines | 2.73 | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 69 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.7 | 2022 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 70 | Marshall Islands | 2.67 | 2022 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 71 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2.67 | 2022 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 2.62 | 2022 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 73 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.58 | 2022 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 74 | Oman | 2.57 | 2022 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 75 | Guam | 2.55 | 2022 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 76 | Fiji | 2.46 | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 77 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.45 | 2022 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 78 | Paraguay | 2.44 | 2022 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 79 | Libya | 2.4 | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 80 | Saudi Arabia | 2.39 | 2022 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 81 | Guyana | 2.37 | 2022 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 82 | Guatemala | 2.35 | 2022 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 83 | South Africa | 2.34 | 2022 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 84 | Honduras | 2.34 | 2022 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 85 | Cambodia | 2.32 | 2022 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 85 | Suriname | 2.32 | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 87 | Seychelles | 2.32 | 2022 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 88 | Morocco | 2.3 | 2022 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 89 | Panama | 2.3 | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 2.28 | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 2.25 | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 92 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.19 | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 93 | Peru | 2.16 | 2022 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 94 | Indonesia | 2.15 | 2022 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 95 | Myanmar | 2.13 | 2022 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 96 | Kuwait | 2.09 | 2022 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 97 | Lebanon | 2.08 | 2022 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 98 | Tunisia | 2.06 | 2022 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 99 | Georgia | 2.06 | 2022 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 100 | India | 2.01 | 2022 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 101 | Nepal | 2.01 | 2022 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 102 | Ecuador | 2 | 2022 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 103 | Belize | 1.99 | 2022 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 104 | Grenada | 1.99 | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 105 | Sri Lanka | 1.97 | 2022 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 106 | Bangladesh | 1.95 | 2022 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 107 | Viet Nam | 1.94 | 2022 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 108 | Türkiye | 1.88 | 2022 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 109 | Cabo Verde | 1.88 | 2022 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 110 | Argentina | 1.88 | 2022 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 111 | Greenland | 1.84 | 2022 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 112 | Gibraltar | 1.84 | 2022 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 113 | Romania | 1.81 | 2022 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 114 | Mexico | 1.8 | 2022 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 115 | Republic of Moldova | 1.8 | 2022 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 115 | Montenegro | 1.8 | 2022 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 117 | Bahrain | 1.8 | 2022 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 118 | France | 1.79 | 2022 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 119 | Malaysia | 1.79 | 2022 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 120 | El Salvador | 1.78 | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 121 | Qatar | 1.78 | 2022 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 122 | Bulgaria | 1.78 | 2022 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 123 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.78 | 2022 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 124 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.76 | 2022 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 125 | Ireland | 1.7 | 2022 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 126 | Colombia | 1.69 | 2022 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 127 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.68 | 2022 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Maldives | 1.68 | 2022 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 1.67 | 2022 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 130 | United States of America | 1.67 | 2022 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 131 | New Zealand | 1.66 | 2022 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 132 | Barbados | 1.63 | 2022 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 133 | Australia | 1.63 | 2022 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 133 | Serbia | 1.63 | 2022 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 135 | Brazil | 1.63 | 2022 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 136 | Czechia | 1.62 | 2022 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 137 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.61 | 2022 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 138 | North Macedonia | 1.6 | 2022 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 139 | Iceland | 1.59 | 2022 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 140 | Dominica | 1.59 | 2022 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 141 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.58 | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 142 | Armenia | 1.57 | 2022 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 143 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.57 | 2022 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 143 | Slovakia | 1.57 | 2022 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 145 | Denmark | 1.55 | 2022 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 145 | Slovenia | 1.55 | 2022 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 147 | Chile | 1.54 | 2022 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 148 | Belgium | 1.53 | 2022 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 148 | Croatia | 1.53 | 2022 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 150 | Costa Rica | 1.52 | 2022 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 151 | Hungary | 1.52 | 2022 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 151 | Sweden | 1.52 | 2022 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 153 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.51 | 2022 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Kosovo | 1.51 | 2022 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 155 | Belarus | 1.5 | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 156 | Netherlands | 1.49 | 2022 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 157 | Uruguay | 1.48 | 2022 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 158 | Liechtenstein | 1.47 | 2022 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 158 | Latvia | 1.47 | 2022 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 160 | Germany | 1.46 | 2022 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 161 | United Arab Emirates | 1.44 | 2022 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 162 | Greece | 1.43 | 2022 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 162 | Portugal | 1.43 | 2022 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 164 | Russia | 1.42 | 2022 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 165 | Austria | 1.41 | 2022 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 165 | Estonia | 1.41 | 2022 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 165 | Norway | 1.41 | 2022 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 168 | Bhutan | 1.4 | 2022 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 169 | Switzerland | 1.39 | 2022 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 170 | Saint Lucia | 1.39 | 2022 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Bahamas | 1.38 | 2022 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 172 | Albania | 1.38 | 2022 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 173 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.35 | 2022 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 174 | Jamaica | 1.34 | 2022 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 175 | Canada | 1.33 | 2022 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 176 | Finland | 1.32 | 2022 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 176 | Mauritius | 1.32 | 2022 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Thailand | 1.32 | 2022 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Cyprus | 1.31 | 2022 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 180 | Luxembourg | 1.31 | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 181 | Bermuda | 1.3 | 2022 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 182 | Andorra | 1.27 | 2010 | — | flat |
| 182 | Lithuania | 1.27 | 2022 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 184 | Ukraine | 1.26 | 2022 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 185 | Poland | 1.26 | 2022 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 186 | Japan | 1.26 | 2022 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 187 | Italy | 1.24 | 2022 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 188 | Aruba | 1.18 | 2022 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 189 | China | 1.18 | 2022 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 190 | Spain | 1.16 | 2022 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 191 | Malta | 1.15 | 2022 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 192 | Macau, China | 1.11 | 2022 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Singapore | 1.04 | 2022 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Puerto Rico | 0.9 | 2022 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 195 | Palau | 0.85 | 2020 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 196 | Republic of Korea | 0.778 | 2022 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Hong Kong (China) | 0.701 | 2022 | down 45.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro Area (EA) 1.45
About this data
Gender-disaggregated data on health outcomes.