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Total fertility rate, estimates and projections to 2100

The average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at the age-specific fertility rates of the year. UN estimates up to 2023 and medium-variant projections from 2024.

Unit: Live births per woman Frequency: Annual Coverage: 216 countries 1950 to 2023 Source: UN Population Division
Highest in 2023 6.13 births per woman Somalia, Fed. Rep. Lowest in 2023 0.66 births per woman Macao SAR, China
Countries ranked for 2023 216

216 countries have a value for 2023, the latest period in the data.

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Live births per woman. Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years. Dashed lines are projections.

Total fertility rate, estimates and projections to 2100 (live births per woman), 1994 to 2100 – the last ten estimates and projections every five years; the CSV has every year
Period United StatesChinaIndiaGermany
2100 1.65 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.35 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.69 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.60 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2095 1.65 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.33 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.69 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.59 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2090 1.65 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.32 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.70 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.59 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2085 1.65 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.31 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.70 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.58 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2080 1.65 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.29 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.71 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.58 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2075 1.64 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.28 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.71 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.57 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2070 1.64 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.27 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.72 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.56 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2065 1.64 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.25 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.72 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.56 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2060 1.64 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.23 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.73 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.56 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2055 1.64 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.21 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.75 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.55 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2050 1.64 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.18 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.76 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.54 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2045 1.64 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.16 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.78 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.53 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2040 1.64 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.13 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.80 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.51 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2035 1.63 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.10 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.84 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.50 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2030 1.63 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.06 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.88 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.48 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2025 1.62 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.02 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.94 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant)) 1.46 births per womanf (Projection (medium variant))
2023 1.62 births per woman 1.00 births per woman 1.98 births per woman 1.44 births per woman
2022 1.67 births per woman 1.03 births per woman 1.99 births per woman 1.46 births per woman
2021 1.63 births per woman 1.12 births per woman 2.01 births per woman 1.58 births per woman
2020 1.62 births per woman 1.24 births per woman 2.05 births per woman 1.53 births per woman
2019 1.68 births per woman 1.50 births per woman 2.12 births per woman 1.54 births per woman
2018 1.71 births per woman 1.54 births per woman 2.18 births per woman 1.57 births per woman
2017 1.75 births per woman 1.80 births per woman 2.19 births per woman 1.57 births per woman
2016 1.80 births per woman 1.77 births per woman 2.28 births per woman 1.59 births per woman
2015 1.83 births per woman 1.67 births per woman 2.29 births per woman 1.50 births per woman
2014 1.85 births per woman 1.77 births per woman 2.29 births per woman 1.47 births per woman

Flags: f Projection (medium variant) . A dash means no value was published.

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In short

  • Among the 216 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Somalia, Fed. Rep. (6.13 births per woman) and the lowest Macao SAR, China (0.66 births per woman).
  • Half of the countries are above 1.97 births per woman and half below.
  • From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 29 countries and fell in 181.

About this measure

Definition
The average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at the age-specific fertility rates of the year. UN estimates up to 2023 and medium-variant projections from 2024.
Unit
Live births per woman
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

Source and dates

Original producer
UN Population Division
Source
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
Dataset or series code
WPP2024 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1950 to 2023
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 3.0 IGO
Attribution
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024

All countries in 2023 Every value is for 2023, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 6.13 births per woman
  2. 2 Chad 6.12 births per woman
  3. 3 Niger 6.06 births per woman
  4. 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.05 births per woman
  5. 5 Central African Republic 6.01 births per woman
  6. 6 Mali 5.61 births per woman
  7. 7 Angola 5.12 births per woman
  8. 8 Burundi 4.88 births per woman
  9. 9 Afghanistan 4.84 births per woman
  10. 10 Mozambique 4.76 births per woman
  11. 11 Mauritania 4.70 births per woman
  12. 12 Tanzania 4.61 births per woman
  13. 13 Yemen 4.59 births per woman
  14. 14 Benin 4.56 births per woman
  15. 15 Nigeria 4.48 births per woman
  16. 16 Sudan 4.32 births per woman
  17. 17 Cameroon 4.32 births per woman
  18. 18 Uganda 4.28 births per woman
  19. 19 Côte d'Ivoire 4.28 births per woman
  20. 20 Guinea 4.22 births per woman
  21. 21 Togo 4.19 births per woman
  22. 22 Burkina Faso 4.19 births per woman
  23. 23 Republic of the Congo 4.16 births per woman
  24. 24 Zambia 4.10 births per woman
  25. 25 Equatorial Guinea 4.08 births per woman
  26. 26 Gambia 4.01 births per woman
  27. 27 Ethiopia 3.99 births per woman
  28. 28 Madagascar 3.97 births per woman
  29. 29 Liberia 3.95 births per woman
  30. 30 Comoros 3.88 births per woman
  31. 31 South Sudan 3.86 births per woman
  32. 32 Guinea-Bissau 3.84 births per woman
  33. 33 Samoa 3.83 births per woman
  34. 34 Senegal 3.82 births per woman
  35. 35 Sierra Leone 3.79 births per woman
  36. 36 Zimbabwe 3.72 births per woman
  37. 37 Eritrea 3.71 births per woman
  38. 38 Rwanda 3.70 births per woman
  39. 39 Malawi 3.65 births per woman
  40. 40 Gabon 3.65 births per woman
  41. 41 São Tomé and Príncipe 3.64 births per woman
  42. 42 Pakistan 3.61 births per woman
  43. 43 Vanuatu 3.60 births per woman
  44. 44 Solomon Islands 3.56 births per woman
  45. 45 Uzbekistan 3.50 births per woman
  46. 46 Ghana 3.40 births per woman
  47. 47 Naoero 3.33 births per woman
  48. 48 West Bank and Gaza 3.31 births per woman
  49. 49 Iraq 3.25 births per woman
  50. 50 Namibia 3.21 births per woman
  51. 51 Tuvalu 3.21 births per woman
  52. 52 Kenya 3.21 births per woman
  53. 53 Kiribati 3.15 births per woman
  54. 54 Tonga 3.13 births per woman
  55. 55 Papua New Guinea 3.10 births per woman
  56. 56 Tajikistan 3.07 births per woman
  57. 57 Kazakhstan 3.01 births per woman
  58. 58 Marshall Islands 2.92 births per woman
  59. 59 Israel 2.83 births per woman
  60. 60 Kyrgyzstan 2.80 births per woman
  61. 61 Guam 2.78 births per woman
  62. 62 Algeria 2.77 births per woman
  63. 63 Eswatini 2.75 births per woman
  64. 64 Egypt 2.75 births per woman
  65. 65 Micronesia 2.75 births per woman
  66. 66 Botswana 2.73 births per woman
  67. 67 Saint Martin (French part) 2.72 births per woman
  68. 68 Syria 2.71 births per woman
  69. 69 Timor-Leste 2.71 births per woman
  70. 70 Lesotho 2.69 births per woman
  71. 71 Turkmenistan 2.69 births per woman
  72. 72 Mongolia 2.69 births per woman
  73. 73 Haiti 2.66 births per woman
  74. 74 Jordan 2.64 births per woman
  75. 75 Djibouti 2.61 births per woman
  76. 76 Cambodia 2.58 births per woman
  77. 77 Bolivia 2.55 births per woman
  78. 78 Oman 2.53 births per woman
  79. 79 Honduras 2.50 births per woman
  80. 80 Paraguay 2.42 births per woman
  81. 81 Laos 2.42 births per woman
  82. 82 Guyana 2.41 births per woman
  83. 83 Libya 2.35 births per woman
  84. 84 Northern Mariana Islands 2.35 births per woman
  85. 85 Guatemala 2.31 births per woman
  86. 86 American Samoa 2.29 births per woman
  87. 87 Fiji 2.28 births per woman
  88. 88 Saudi Arabia 2.28 births per woman
  89. 89 Suriname 2.25 births per woman
  90. 90 Dominican Republic 2.24 births per woman
  91. 91 Faroe Islands 2.24 births per woman
  92. 92 Lebanon 2.24 births per woman
  93. 93 Morocco 2.23 births per woman
  94. 94 Nicaragua 2.22 births per woman
  95. 95 South Africa 2.22 births per woman
  96. 96 Bangladesh 2.16 births per woman
  97. 97 Seychelles 2.13 births per woman
  98. 98 Indonesia 2.13 births per woman
  99. 99 Panama 2.12 births per woman
  100. 100 Myanmar 2.12 births per woman
  101. 101 Monaco 2.11 births per woman
  102. 102 US Virgin Islands 2.09 births per woman
  103. 103 Venezuela 2.08 births per woman
  104. 104 Belize 2.01 births per woman
  105. 105 Nepal 1.98 births per woman
  106. 106 New Caledonia 1.98 births per woman
  107. 107 Peru 1.98 births per woman
  108. 108 India 1.98 births per woman
  109. 109 Sri Lanka 1.97 births per woman
  110. 110 Greenland 1.95 births per woman
  111. 111 Philippines 1.92 births per woman
  112. 112 Viet Nam 1.91 births per woman
  113. 113 Mexico 1.91 births per woman
  114. 114 Palau 1.91 births per woman
  115. 115 Gibraltar 1.89 births per woman
  116. 116 Tunisia 1.83 births per woman
  117. 117 Bahrain 1.82 births per woman
  118. 118 Ecuador 1.82 births per woman
  119. 119 Georgia 1.81 births per woman
  120. 120 Montenegro 1.80 births per woman
  121. 121 North Korea 1.78 births per woman
  122. 122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.78 births per woman
  123. 123 El Salvador 1.78 births per woman
  124. 124 Bulgaria 1.75 births per woman
  125. 125 Brunei 1.75 births per woman
  126. 126 Moldova 1.73 births per woman
  127. 127 Qatar 1.73 births per woman
  128. 128 Armenia 1.71 births per woman
  129. 129 Romania 1.71 births per woman
  130. 130 Barbados 1.71 births per woman
  131. 131 Iran 1.70 births per woman
  132. 132 Azerbaijan 1.67 births per woman
  133. 133 New Zealand 1.67 births per woman
  134. 134 Colombia 1.65 births per woman
  135. 135 France 1.64 births per woman
  136. 136 Australia 1.64 births per woman
  137. 137 Türkiye 1.63 births per woman
  138. 138 United States 1.62 births per woman
  139. 139 Brazil 1.62 births per woman
  140. 140 Aruba 1.60 births per woman
  141. 141 Ireland 1.60 births per woman
  142. 142 Antigua and Barbuda 1.58 births per woman
  143. 143 Slovenia 1.58 births per woman
  144. 144 Maldives 1.58 births per woman
  145. 145 Slovakia 1.56 births per woman
  146. 146 United Kingdom 1.56 births per woman
  147. 147 Malaysia 1.55 births per woman
  148. 148 Isle of Man 1.55 births per woman
  149. 149 Kosovo 1.55 births per woman
  150. 150 Iceland 1.54 births per woman
  151. 151 Liechtenstein 1.54 births per woman
  152. 152 Trinidad and Tobago 1.53 births per woman
  153. 153 Cayman Islands 1.53 births per woman
  154. 154 Kuwait 1.52 births per woman
  155. 155 Cabo Verde 1.52 births per woman
  156. 156 Denmark 1.51 births per woman
  157. 157 Portugal 1.51 births per woman
  158. 158 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.51 births per woman
  159. 159 French Polynesia 1.50 births per woman
  160. 160 Argentina 1.50 births per woman
  161. 161 Serbia 1.50 births per woman
  162. 162 Grenada 1.49 births per woman
  163. 163 Hungary 1.49 births per woman
  164. 164 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.49 births per woman
  165. 165 Dominica 1.48 births per woman
  166. 166 Croatia 1.47 births per woman
  167. 167 North Macedonia 1.46 births per woman
  168. 168 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.46 births per woman
  169. 169 Bhutan 1.46 births per woman
  170. 170 Russia 1.45 births per woman
  171. 171 Czechia 1.45 births per woman
  172. 172 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.45 births per woman
  173. 173 Germany 1.44 births per woman
  174. 174 Cuba 1.44 births per woman
  175. 175 Switzerland 1.43 births per woman
  176. 176 Sweden 1.43 births per woman
  177. 177 Netherlands 1.43 births per woman
  178. 178 Uruguay 1.41 births per woman
  179. 179 Norway 1.40 births per woman
  180. 180 Bermuda 1.40 births per woman
  181. 181 Luxembourg 1.40 births per woman
  182. 182 Cyprus 1.39 births per woman
  183. 183 Belgium 1.38 births per woman
  184. 184 Saint Lucia 1.38 births per woman
  185. 185 Bahamas 1.37 births per woman
  186. 186 Jamaica 1.36 births per woman
  187. 187 Estonia 1.35 births per woman
  188. 188 Canada 1.35 births per woman
  189. 189 Albania 1.35 births per woman
  190. 190 Latvia 1.34 births per woman
  191. 191 Greece 1.33 births per woman
  192. 192 Costa Rica 1.33 births per woman
  193. 193 Austria 1.32 births per woman
  194. 194 Poland 1.30 births per woman
  195. 195 Finland 1.28 births per woman
  196. 196 Mauritius 1.24 births per woman
  197. 197 Spain 1.21 births per woman
  198. 198 Thailand 1.21 births per woman
  199. 199 Japan 1.21 births per woman
  200. 200 Belarus 1.21 births per woman
  201. 201 Lithuania 1.20 births per woman
  202. 202 United Arab Emirates 1.20 births per woman
  203. 203 Italy 1.20 births per woman
  204. 204 Chile 1.17 births per woman
  205. 205 San Marino 1.15 births per woman
  206. 206 Malta 1.10 births per woman
  207. 207 Andorra 1.08 births per woman
  208. 208 Curaçao 1.07 births per woman
  209. 209 British Virgin Islands 1.04 births per woman
  210. 210 China 1.00 births per woman
  211. 211 Ukraine 0.98 births per woman
  212. 212 Singapore 0.94 births per woman
  213. 213 Puerto Rico (US) 0.94 births per woman
  214. 214 South Korea 0.72 births per woman
  215. 215 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.72 births per woman
  216. 216 Macao SAR, China 0.66 births per woman
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