Total fertility rate

This entry gives a figure for the average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate (TFR) is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population change in the country. A rate of two children per woman is considered the replacement rate for a population, resulting in relative stability in terms of total numbers. Rates above two children indicate populations growing in size and whose median age is declining. Higher rates may also indicate difficulties for families, in some situations, to feed and educate their children and for women to enter the labor force. Rates below two children indicate populations decreasing in size and growing older. Global fertility rates are in general decline and this trend is most pronounced in industrialized countries, especially Western Europe, where populations are projected to decline dramatically over the next 50 years.

• Afghanistan

  4.62 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Albania

  1.54 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Algeria

  2.51 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• American Samoa

  2.21 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Andorra

  1.45 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Angola

  5.83 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Anguilla

  1.72 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Antigua and Barbuda

  1.95 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Argentina

  2.18 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Armenia

  1.65 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Aruba

  1.83 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Australia

  1.73 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Austria

  1.51 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Azerbaijan

  1.86 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Bahamas, The

  1.98 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Bahrain

  1.67 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Bangladesh

  2.09 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Barbados

  1.7 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Belarus

  1.51 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Belgium

  1.77 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Belize

  2.62 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Benin

  5.43 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Bermuda

  1.9 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Bhutan

  1.79 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Bolivia

  2.33 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  1.36 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Botswana

  2.39 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Brazil

  1.8 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• British Virgin Islands

  1.35 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Brunei

  1.74 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Bulgaria

  1.5 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Burkina Faso

  4.27 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Burma

  2.02 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Burundi

  5.03 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Cabo Verde

  2.13 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Cambodia

  2.24 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Cameroon

  4.55 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Canada

  1.57 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Cayman Islands

  1.82 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Central African Republic

  4.04 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Chad

  5.46 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Chile

  1.76 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• China

  1.45 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Christmas Island

  NA

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  NA

• Colombia

  1.95 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Comoros

  2.78 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  5.63 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Congo, Republic of the

  4.36 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Cook Islands

  2.07 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Costa Rica

  1.86 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  3.53 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Croatia

  1.45 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Cuba

  1.71 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Curacao

  1.98 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Cyprus

  1.48 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Czechia

  1.49 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Denmark

  1.77 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Djibouti

  2.15 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Dominica

  2.02 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Dominican Republic

  2.21 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Ecuador

  2.04 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Egypt

  2.88 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• El Salvador

  2.05 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Equatorial Guinea

  4.26 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Eritrea

  3.58 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Estonia

  1.61 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Eswatini

  2.44 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Ethiopia

  3.99 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• European Union

  (2021 est.) 1.62 children born/woman

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  NA

• Faroe Islands

  2.29 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Fiji

  2.26 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Finland

  1.74 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• France

  2.03 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• French Polynesia

  1.81 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Gabon

  3.31 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Gambia, The

  3.79 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Gaza Strip

  3.44 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Georgia

  1.75 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Germany

  1.57 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Ghana

  3.66 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Gibraltar

  1.9 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Greece

  1.4 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Greenland

  1.91 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Grenada

  1.93 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Guam

  2.78 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Guatemala

  2.62 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Guernsey

  1.58 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Guinea

  4.85 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Guinea-Bissau

  4.69 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Guyana

  2.06 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Haiti

  2.43 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Honduras

  2.01 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Hong Kong

  1.22 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Hungary

  1.48 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Iceland

  1.95 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• India

  2.1 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Indonesia

  2.01 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Iran

  1.93 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Iraq

  3.25 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Ireland

  1.92 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Isle of Man

  1.89 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Israel

  2.56 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Italy

  1.22 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Jamaica

  2.06 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Japan

  1.38 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Jersey

  1.66 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Jordan

  2.96 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Kazakhstan

  2.11 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Kenya

  3.29 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Kiribati

  2.2 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Korea, North

  1.9 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Korea, South

  1.1 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Kosovo

  1.9 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Kuwait

  2.24 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Kyrgyzstan

  2.5 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Laos

  2.35 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Latvia

  1.54 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Lebanon

  1.71 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Lesotho

  2.92 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Liberia

  4.79 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Libya

  3.09 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Liechtenstein

  1.69 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Lithuania

  1.61 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Luxembourg

  1.63 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Macau

  1.22 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Madagascar

  3.62 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Malawi

  3.4 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Malaysia

  1.75 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Maldives

  1.71 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Mali

  5.54 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Malta

  1.5 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Marshall Islands

  2.76 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Mauritania

  3.53 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Mauritius

  1.35 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Mexico

  1.68 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  2.24 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Moldova

  1.59 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Monaco

  1.53 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Mongolia

  1.91 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Montenegro

  1.81 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Montserrat

  1.32 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Morocco

  2.29 children born/woman (2022 est.)
  
  note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

• Mozambique

  4.81 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Namibia

  2.98 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Nauru

  2.62 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Nepal

  1.9 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Netherlands

  1.78 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• New Caledonia

  1.86 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• New Zealand

  1.86 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Nicaragua

  1.8 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Niger

  6.82 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Nigeria

  4.62 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Niue

  (2021 est.) NA

• Norfolk Island

  NA

• North Macedonia

  1.51 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Northern Mariana Islands

  2.63 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Norway

  1.83 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Oman

  2.7 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Pakistan

  3.46 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Palau

  1.7 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Panama

  2.39 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Papua New Guinea

  3.92 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Paraguay

  1.89 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Peru

  2.2 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Philippines

  2.78 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Pitcairn Islands

  NA

• Poland

  1.4 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Portugal

  1.43 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Puerto Rico

  1.24 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Qatar

  1.9 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Romania

  1.63 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Russia

  1.6 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Rwanda

  3.33 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Saint Barthelemy

  1.64 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  1.6 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  1.76 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Saint Lucia

  1.72 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Saint Martin

  1.8 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  1.59 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  1.75 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Samoa

  2.42 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• San Marino

  1.53 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  3.56 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Saudi Arabia

  1.92 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Senegal

  4.27 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Serbia

  1.46 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Seychelles

  1.82 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Sierra Leone

  3.8 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Singapore

  1.16 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Sint Maarten

  1.99 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Slovakia

  1.46 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Slovenia

  1.6 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Solomon Islands

  2.87 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Somalia

  5.31 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• South Africa

  2.18 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• South Sudan

  5.32 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Spain

  1.27 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Sri Lanka

  1.98 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Sudan

  4.6 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Suriname

  1.92 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Svalbard

  NA

• Sweden

  1.67 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Switzerland

  1.58 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Syria

  2.8 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Taiwan

  1.08 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Tajikistan

  2.45 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Tanzania

  4.39 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Thailand

  1.54 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Timor-Leste

  4.21 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Togo

  4.23 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Tokelau

  (2021 est.) NA

• Tonga

  2.76 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  1.63 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Tunisia

  2 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Turkey (Turkiye)

  1.93 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Turkmenistan

  2.03 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  1.7 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Tuvalu

  2.83 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Uganda

  5.36 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Ukraine

  1.56 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• United Arab Emirates

  1.64 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• United Kingdom

  1.63 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• United States

  1.84 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Uruguay

  1.76 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Uzbekistan

  1.73 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Vanuatu

  2.66 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Venezuela

  2.22 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Vietnam

  2.05 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Virgin Islands

  2 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Wallis and Futuna

  1.71 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• West Bank

  2.96 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• World

  2.42 children born/woman (2020 est.)

• Yemen

  3.01 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Zambia

  4.56 children born/woman (2022 est.)

• Zimbabwe

  3.89 children born/woman (2022 est.)