Demographics

Total fertility rate

Number of children that would be born to a woman if she lived to the end of her childbearing years and bore children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year. Source: World Bank WDI, based on UN World Population Prospects.

Year

Highest · 2024

Chad

6.03

Coverage · 2024

199

countries

Method

Sorted from highest to lowest

Ranking 2024

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#	Country	Value
1	Chad	6.03
2	Somalia	6.01
3	DR Congo	5.98
4	Central African Republic	5.95
5	Niger	5.94
6	Mali	5.51
7	Angola	5.05
8	Burundi	4.79
9	Afghanistan	4.76
10	Mozambique	4.69
11	Mauritania	4.63
12	Tanzania	4.54
13	Yemen	4.50
14	Benin	4.48
15	Nigeria	4.38
16	Sudan	4.26
17	Cameroon	4.26
18	Côte d'Ivoire	4.23
19	Uganda	4.17
20	Guinea	4.13
21	Togo	4.12
22	Equatorial Guinea	4.12
23	Burkina Faso	4.11
24	Congo	4.11
25	Zambia	4.04
26	Madagascar	3.91
27	Ethiopia	3.91
28	Gambia	3.91
29	Liberia	3.86
30	Comoros	3.82
31	Samoa	3.80
32	South Sudan	3.79
33	Senegal	3.77
34	Guinea-Bissau	3.76
35	Sierra Leone	3.70
36	Eritrea	3.68
37	Zimbabwe	3.67
38	Rwanda	3.65
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.60
40	Gabon	3.59
41	Malawi	3.59
42	Vanuatu	3.57
43	Pakistan	3.55
44	Solomon Islands	3.51
45	Uzbekistan	3.49
46	Ghana	3.34
47	Nauru	3.29
48	West Bank and Gaza	3.25
49	Iraq	3.22
50	Namibia	3.21
51	Tuvalu	3.17
52	Kenya	3.17
53	Kiribati	3.12
54	Tonga	3.10
55	Papua New Guinea	3.07
56	Tajikistan	3.04
57	Kazakhstan	2.98
58	Israel	2.87
59	Marshall Islands	2.86
60	Micronesia	2.74
61	Egypt	2.74
62	Algeria	2.72
63	Eswatini	2.72
64	Botswana	2.70
65	Syria	2.70
66	Lesotho	2.66
67	Turkmenistan	2.66
68	Timor-Leste	2.63
69	Haiti	2.63
70	Djibouti	2.62
71	Jordan	2.60
72	Kyrgyzstan	2.60
73	Cambodia	2.55
74	Bolivia	2.52
75	Oman	2.51
76	Mongolia	2.50
77	Honduras	2.48
78	Paraguay	2.42
79	Laos	2.40
80	Guyana	2.40
81	Saudi Arabia	2.31
82	Libya	2.30
83	Guatemala	2.29
84	Fiji	2.27
85	Suriname	2.23
86	Lebanon	2.23
87	Dominican Republic	2.22
88	Morocco	2.21
89	Nicaragua	2.21
90	South Africa	2.21
91	Bangladesh	2.14
92	Indonesia	2.12
93	Panama	2.11
94	Monaco	2.10
95	Myanmar	2.10
96	Venezuela	2.08
97	Belize	2.02
98	Peru	1.97
99	India	1.96
100	Nepal	1.96
101	Sri Lanka	1.95
102	Vietnam	1.90
103	Philippines	1.89
104	Mexico	1.89
105	Palau	1.88
106	Seychelles	1.85
107	Tunisia	1.82
108	Ecuador	1.81
109	Bahrain	1.81
110	Georgia	1.80
111	Montenegro	1.80
112	North Korea	1.78
113	El Salvador	1.77
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.76
115	Brunei	1.73
116	Moldova	1.73
117	Bulgaria	1.72
118	Qatar	1.72
119	Barbados	1.71
120	Armenia	1.70
121	Iran	1.68
122	Serbia	1.64
123	Colombia	1.63
124	United States	1.63
125	Brazil	1.61
126	France	1.61
127	Aruba	1.61
128	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58
129	New Zealand	1.57
130	Iceland	1.56
130	Kuwait	1.56
130	Maldives	1.56
133	United Kingdom	1.55
134	Malaysia	1.54
135	Kosovo	1.54
136	Trinidad and Tobago	1.54
137	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.53
138	Slovenia	1.52
139	Cabo Verde	1.51
140	Argentina	1.50
141	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49
142	Australia	1.48
143	Dominica	1.48
143	Turkey	1.48
145	Grenada	1.47
146	Denmark	1.47
146	Ireland	1.47
148	Croatia	1.46
148	Slovakia	1.46
150	Norway	1.45
151	Bhutan	1.45
152	Cuba	1.45
153	Belgium	1.44
153	Mauritius	1.44
155	Azerbaijan	1.43
155	Netherlands	1.43
155	Sweden	1.43
158	Russia	1.42
159	Hungary	1.41
159	Portugal	1.41
161	North Macedonia	1.40
162	Uruguay	1.40
163	Romania	1.39
164	Saint Lucia	1.39
165	Cyprus	1.38
166	Bahamas	1.37
167	Liechtenstein	1.37
168	Czechia	1.36
168	Germany	1.36
170	Jamaica	1.35
171	Albania	1.34
172	Costa Rica	1.32
173	Austria	1.31
174	Switzerland	1.29
175	Canada	1.25
175	Finland	1.25
175	Luxembourg	1.25
178	Greece	1.24
178	Latvia	1.24
180	Belarus	1.22
181	United Arab Emirates	1.21
182	Thailand	1.20
183	Estonia	1.18
183	Italy	1.18
185	San Marino	1.16
186	Japan	1.15
187	Chile	1.14
187	Poland	1.14
189	Lithuania	1.11
190	Spain	1.10
191	Andorra	1.09
192	China	1.01
193	Malta	1.01
194	Ukraine	0.99
195	Singapore	0.97
196	Puerto Rico	0.92
197	Hong Kong	0.84
198	South Korea	0.75
199	Macao	0.58

Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators — Fertility rate, total (births per woman) · Unit: Children per woman · Year: 2024 · 199 entries