Fertility rate (UN estimates)
The number of children a woman would have over her lifetime if she experienced the current age-specific fertility rates.
Highest in 2024
6.03 births per woman
Chad
Lowest in 2024
0.58 births per woman
Macao SAR, China
Euro area, 2024
1.35 births per woman
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024
217
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
217 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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Births per woman. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Germany | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.36 births per woman | 1.11 births per woman |
| 2023 | 1.39 births per woman | 1.18 births per woman |
| 2022 | 1.46 births per woman | 1.27 births per woman |
| 2021 | 1.58 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| 2020 | 1.53 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| 2019 | 1.54 births per woman | 1.43 births per woman |
| 2018 | 1.57 births per woman | 1.53 births per woman |
| 2017 | 1.57 births per woman | 1.57 births per woman |
| 2016 | 1.60 births per woman | 1.63 births per woman |
| 2015 | 1.50 births per woman | 1.63 births per woman |
| 2014 | 1.47 births per woman | 1.57 births per woman |
| 2013 | 1.42 births per woman | 1.59 births per woman |
| 2012 | 1.41 births per woman | 1.60 births per woman |
| 2011 | 1.39 births per woman | 1.55 births per woman |
| 2010 | 1.39 births per woman | 1.50 births per woman |
| 2009 | 1.36 births per woman | 1.50 births per woman |
| 2008 | 1.38 births per woman | 1.45 births per woman |
| 2007 | 1.37 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| 2006 | 1.33 births per woman | 1.33 births per woman |
| 2005 | 1.34 births per woman | 1.29 births per woman |
| 2004 | 1.36 births per woman | 1.27 births per woman |
| 2003 | 1.34 births per woman | 1.26 births per woman |
| 2002 | 1.34 births per woman | 1.23 births per woman |
| 2001 | 1.35 births per woman | 1.29 births per woman |
| 2000 | 1.38 births per woman | 1.39 births per woman |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 217 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Chad (6.03 births per woman) and the lowest Macao SAR, China (0.58 births per woman).
- Half of the countries are above 1.90 births per woman and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 36 countries and fell in 173.
- The figure for the world was 2.19 births per woman in 2024, against 2.35 births per woman in 2019 (−7.0%).
About this measure
Source and dates
All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Chad 6.03 births per woman
- 2 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 6.01 births per woman
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.98 births per woman
- 4 Central African Republic 5.95 births per woman
- 5 Niger 5.94 births per woman
- 6 Mali 5.51 births per woman
- 7 Angola 5.05 births per woman
- 8 Burundi 4.79 births per woman
- 9 Afghanistan 4.76 births per woman
- 10 Mozambique 4.69 births per woman
- 11 Mauritania 4.63 births per woman
- 12 Tanzania 4.54 births per woman
- 13 Yemen 4.50 births per woman
- 14 Benin 4.48 births per woman
- 15 Nigeria 4.38 births per woman
- 16 Sudan 4.26 births per woman
- 17 Cameroon 4.26 births per woman
- 18 Côte d'Ivoire 4.23 births per woman
- 19 Uganda 4.17 births per woman
- 20 Guinea 4.13 births per woman
- 21 Togo 4.12 births per woman
- 22 Equatorial Guinea 4.12 births per woman
- 23 Burkina Faso 4.11 births per woman
- 24 Republic of the Congo 4.11 births per woman
- 25 Zambia 4.04 births per woman
- 26 Madagascar 3.91 births per woman
- 27 Ethiopia 3.91 births per woman
- 28 Gambia 3.91 births per woman
- 29 Liberia 3.86 births per woman
- 30 Comoros 3.82 births per woman
- 31 Samoa 3.80 births per woman
- 32 South Sudan 3.79 births per woman
- 33 Senegal 3.77 births per woman
- 34 Guinea-Bissau 3.76 births per woman
- 35 Sierra Leone 3.70 births per woman
- 36 Eritrea 3.68 births per woman
- 37 Zimbabwe 3.67 births per woman
- 38 Rwanda 3.65 births per woman
- 39 São Tomé and Príncipe 3.60 births per woman
- 40 Gabon 3.59 births per woman
- 41 Malawi 3.59 births per woman
- 42 Vanuatu 3.57 births per woman
- 43 Pakistan 3.55 births per woman
- 44 Solomon Islands 3.51 births per woman
- 45 Uzbekistan 3.49 births per woman
- 46 Ghana 3.34 births per woman
- 47 Naoero 3.29 births per woman
- 48 West Bank and Gaza 3.25 births per woman
- 49 Iraq 3.22 births per woman
- 50 Namibia 3.21 births per woman
- 51 Tuvalu 3.17 births per woman
- 52 Kenya 3.17 births per woman
- 53 Kiribati 3.12 births per woman
- 54 Tonga 3.10 births per woman
- 55 Papua New Guinea 3.07 births per woman
- 56 Tajikistan 3.04 births per woman
- 57 Kazakhstan 2.98 births per woman
- 58 Israel 2.87 births per woman
- 59 Marshall Islands 2.86 births per woman
- 60 Guam 2.75 births per woman
- 61 Micronesia 2.74 births per woman
- 62 Egypt 2.74 births per woman
- 63 Algeria 2.72 births per woman
- 64 Eswatini 2.72 births per woman
- 65 Botswana 2.70 births per woman
- 66 Syria 2.70 births per woman
- 67 Saint Martin (French part) 2.67 births per woman
- 68 Lesotho 2.66 births per woman
- 69 Turkmenistan 2.66 births per woman
- 70 Timor-Leste 2.63 births per woman
- 71 Haiti 2.63 births per woman
- 72 Djibouti 2.62 births per woman
- 73 Jordan 2.60 births per woman
- 74 Kyrgyzstan 2.60 births per woman
- 75 Cambodia 2.55 births per woman
- 76 Bolivia 2.52 births per woman
- 77 Oman 2.51 births per woman
- 78 Mongolia 2.50 births per woman
- 79 Honduras 2.48 births per woman
- 80 Paraguay 2.42 births per woman
- 81 Laos 2.40 births per woman
- 82 Guyana 2.40 births per woman
- 83 Northern Mariana Islands 2.32 births per woman
- 84 Saudi Arabia 2.31 births per woman
- 85 Libya 2.30 births per woman
- 86 Guatemala 2.29 births per woman
- 87 Fiji 2.27 births per woman
- 88 American Samoa 2.27 births per woman
- 89 Suriname 2.23 births per woman
- 90 Lebanon 2.23 births per woman
- 91 Dominican Republic 2.22 births per woman
- 92 Morocco 2.21 births per woman
- 93 Nicaragua 2.21 births per woman
- 94 South Africa 2.21 births per woman
- 95 Bangladesh 2.14 births per woman
- 96 Indonesia 2.12 births per woman
- 97 Panama 2.11 births per woman
- 98 Monaco 2.10 births per woman
- 99 Myanmar 2.10 births per woman
- 100 Venezuela 2.08 births per woman
- 101 Belize 2.02 births per woman
- 102 US Virgin Islands 1.97 births per woman
- 103 Peru 1.97 births per woman
- 104 New Caledonia 1.96 births per woman
- 105 India 1.96 births per woman
- 106 Nepal 1.96 births per woman
- 107 Sri Lanka 1.95 births per woman
- 108 Faroe Islands 1.91 births per woman
- 109 Viet Nam 1.90 births per woman
- 110 Philippines 1.89 births per woman
- 111 Mexico 1.89 births per woman
- 112 Gibraltar 1.89 births per woman
- 113 Palau 1.88 births per woman
- 114 Seychelles 1.85 births per woman
- 115 Tunisia 1.82 births per woman
- 116 Ecuador 1.81 births per woman
- 117 Bahrain 1.81 births per woman
- 118 Georgia 1.80 births per woman
- 119 Montenegro 1.80 births per woman
- 120 North Korea 1.78 births per woman
- 121 El Salvador 1.77 births per woman
- 122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.76 births per woman
- 123 Brunei 1.73 births per woman
- 124 Moldova 1.73 births per woman
- 125 Bulgaria 1.72 births per woman
- 126 Qatar 1.72 births per woman
- 127 Barbados 1.71 births per woman
- 128 Greenland 1.71 births per woman
- 129 Armenia 1.70 births per woman
- 130 Iran 1.68 births per woman
- 131 Serbia 1.64 births per woman
- 132 Colombia 1.63 births per woman
- 133 United States 1.63 births per woman
- 134 Brazil 1.61 births per woman
- 135 France 1.61 births per woman
- 136 Aruba 1.61 births per woman
- 137 Antigua and Barbuda 1.58 births per woman
- 138 New Zealand 1.57 births per woman
- 139 Iceland 1.56 births per woman
- 140 Kuwait 1.56 births per woman
- 141 Maldives 1.56 births per woman
- 142 United Kingdom 1.55 births per woman
- 143 Isle of Man 1.54 births per woman
- 144 Malaysia 1.54 births per woman
- 145 Kosovo 1.54 births per woman
- 146 Trinidad and Tobago 1.54 births per woman
- 147 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.53 births per woman
- 148 Cayman Islands 1.53 births per woman
- 149 Slovenia 1.52 births per woman
- 150 Cabo Verde 1.51 births per woman
- 151 Argentina 1.50 births per woman
- 152 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.49 births per woman
- 153 French Polynesia 1.49 births per woman
- 154 Australia 1.48 births per woman
- 155 Dominica 1.48 births per woman
- 156 Türkiye 1.48 births per woman
- 157 Grenada 1.47 births per woman
- 158 Denmark 1.47 births per woman
- 159 Ireland 1.47 births per woman
- 160 Croatia 1.46 births per woman
- 161 Slovakia 1.46 births per woman
- 162 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.45 births per woman
- 163 Norway 1.45 births per woman
- 164 Bhutan 1.45 births per woman
- 165 Cuba 1.45 births per woman
- 166 Belgium 1.44 births per woman
- 167 Mauritius 1.44 births per woman
- 168 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.44 births per woman
- 169 Azerbaijan 1.43 births per woman
- 170 Netherlands 1.43 births per woman
- 171 Sweden 1.43 births per woman
- 172 Russia 1.42 births per woman
- 173 Hungary 1.41 births per woman
- 174 Portugal 1.41 births per woman
- 175 Bermuda 1.41 births per woman
- 176 Curaçao 1.40 births per woman
- 177 North Macedonia 1.40 births per woman
- 178 Uruguay 1.40 births per woman
- 179 Romania 1.39 births per woman
- 180 Saint Lucia 1.39 births per woman
- 181 Cyprus 1.38 births per woman
- 182 Bahamas 1.37 births per woman
- 183 Channel Islands 1.37 births per woman
- 184 Liechtenstein 1.37 births per woman
- 185 Czechia 1.36 births per woman
- 186 Germany 1.36 births per woman
- 187 Jamaica 1.35 births per woman
- 188 Albania 1.34 births per woman
- 189 Costa Rica 1.32 births per woman
- 190 Austria 1.31 births per woman
- 191 Switzerland 1.29 births per woman
- 192 Canada 1.25 births per woman
- 193 Finland 1.25 births per woman
- 194 Luxembourg 1.25 births per woman
- 195 Greece 1.24 births per woman
- 196 Latvia 1.24 births per woman
- 197 Belarus 1.22 births per woman
- 198 United Arab Emirates 1.21 births per woman
- 199 Thailand 1.20 births per woman
- 200 Estonia 1.18 births per woman
- 201 Italy 1.18 births per woman
- 202 San Marino 1.16 births per woman
- 203 Japan 1.15 births per woman
- 204 Chile 1.14 births per woman
- 205 Poland 1.14 births per woman
- 206 Lithuania 1.11 births per woman
- 207 Spain 1.10 births per woman
- 208 Andorra 1.09 births per woman
- 209 British Virgin Islands 1.05 births per woman
- 210 China 1.01 births per woman
- 211 Malta 1.01 births per woman
- 212 Ukraine 0.99 births per woman
- 213 Singapore 0.97 births per woman
- 214 Puerto Rico (US) 0.92 births per woman
- 215 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.84 births per woman
- 216 South Korea 0.75 births per woman
- 217 Macao SAR, China 0.58 births per woman
- East Asia and Pacific 1.34 births per woman
- Euro area 1.35 births per woman
- Europe and Central Asia 1.55 births per woman
- European Union 1.34 births per woman
- Latin America and Caribbean 1.79 births per woman
- Middle East and North Africa 2.98 births per woman
- North America 1.59 births per woman
- OECD members 1.48 births per woman
- South Asia 1.98 births per woman
- Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births per woman
- World 2.19 births per woman
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- Total fertility rateEurostat
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.