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List of countries by total fertility rate

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List of countries by total fertility rate

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This is a list of all sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.

Methodology

The first lists show the most recent year where there is published total fertility rate (TFR) data ranked by sovereign states and dependencies, and are ordered by organization type – intergovernmental, governmental, or non-governmental organization that searched, organized, and published the data.

The United Nations ranking list is based on estimates from the World Population Prospects (WPP), published by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA). The World Population Prospects provides the official United Nations demographic estimates and projections, including Total Fertility Rate (TFR), for all countries and territories of the world. These estimates are widely used as a standard reference by international organizations, governments, and researchers, and are derived from analysis of national data sources such as censuses, surveys, and vital registration systems.

The World Bank ranking list is based on the data for the year 2020 published online. The World Bank is a United Nations international financial institution, a component of the World Bank Group, and a member of the United Nations Development Group, but it also collects and analyses information on demography issues based on international and national sources: (1) United Nations Population Division: World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistics Division: Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau International Database.

Note: Sometimes the World Bank changes its figures of fertility rates for a certain year due to more accurate and updated information from sources. Because of that, sometimes it is necessary to update World Bank figures for fertility rates more than once for the same year.

Governmental organizations ranking lists

The CIA ranking list is sourced from the CIA World Factbook for the most recent year unless otherwise specified. Sovereign states and countries are ranked. Some countries might not be listed because they are not fully recognized as countries at the time of this census.

The INED - Institut National d'Études Démographiques is based on the online publication Population & Sociétés - Tous les pays du monde (2019), number 569, September 2019.

Non-governmental organizations ranking lists

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) ranking list is based on the data of the 2024 World Population Data Sheet published online. The PRB is a private, nonprofit organization which informs people around the world about population, health and the environment for research or academic purposes. It was founded in 1929. World Population Data Sheets are double-sided wallcharts (now published online) that present detailed information on demographic, health and environment indicators for more than 200 countries.

The Our World in Data (OWID) "Total fertility rate: births per woman, 2023" list is sourced and based on the OWID website which includes tables and maps.

Notes:

1- Changes in figures of fertility rates by country from one year to another do not always reflect an actual increase or decrease of fertility rates in a certain country, but instead reflect a change made due to more accurate and updated information from sources.

**2- **Figures of fertility rates by country and their ranking are based on single referenced sources, from organizations that investigate demographic issues. In several instances, they do not correspond with other sources, such as other organizations and sources that are referenced in the individual demographics by country, which can be accessed by clicking on the names of the countries. These differences can be due to several factors, including primary sources, data quality, and methodology.

Replacement rates Replacement fertility is the total fertility rate at which women give birth to enough babies to sustain population levels, assuming that mortality rates remain constant and net migration is zero. If replacement level fertility is sustained over a sufficiently long period, each generation will exactly replace itself. The replacement fertility rate is 2.1 births per female for most developed countries (in the United Kingdom, for example), but can be as high as 3.5 in undeveloped countries because of higher mortality rates, especially child mortality. The global average for the replacement total fertility rate, eventually leading to a stable global population, for the contemporary period, 2010–2015, is 2.3 children per female.

Country ranking by most recent year

Country ranking by international organizations

RankCountryTotal fertility rate
in 2025
(births/woman)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12 *(1)*
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48 *(2)*
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63 *(3)*
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71 *(4)*
72
73
74
75
76
77 *(5)*
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88 *(6)*
89
90
91
92 *(7)*
93
94
95 *(8)*
96
97
99
101 *(9)*
102
103
104
105
106
107
108 *(10)*
109
110 *(11)*
111
112
113 *(12)*
114
114 *(13)*
115
116
117
118
119 *(14)*
120 *(15)*
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140 *(16)*
141
142
143
144 *(17)*
145
146
147
148
149
150 *(18)*
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159 *(19)*
160
161
162
163
164
165 *(20)*
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174 *(21)*
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183 *(22)*
184 *(23)*
185
186 *(24)*
187
188
189
190 *(25)*
191
192 *(26)*
193
194 *(27)*
195
196
197 *(28)*
198
199
200 *(29)*
201
202
203 *(30)*
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213 *(31)*
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226 *(32)*
227 *(33)*
228
229
230
231
232 *(34)*
233
234 *(35)*
235
236 *(36)*
237 *(37)*
1
2
2.1
2.2
3
1
2
3
4
4.1
4.2
5
6
7
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
1.5
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
4
4.1
4.2
4.3
5
6
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
2
2.1
2.2
2.3

|

RankCountryTotal fertility rate
in 2023
(births/woman)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60 *(1)*
61
62
63
64
65
66 *(2)*
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84 *(3)*
85
86 *(4)*
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104 *(5)*
105 *(6)*
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114 *(7)*
115 *(8)*
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124 *(9)*
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137 *(10)*
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145 *(11)*
146
147
148 *(12)*
149
150
151
152
153
154
155 *(13)*
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166 *(14)*
167
168
169
170
171
172 *(15)*
173
174
175
176
177
178 *(16)*
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200 *(19)*
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210 *(20)*
211
212
213
214 *(21)*
215 *(22)*
216
217 *(23)*
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
1
2
3
4
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2

|}

Note: (-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

Country ranking by governmental organizations

RankCountryFertility rate
in 2022
(births/woman)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18 *(1)*
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45 *(2)*
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75 *(3)*
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97 *(4)*
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105 *(5)*
106
107
108
109
110 *(6)*
111
112
113 *(7)*
114
115
116
117 *(8)*
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141 *(9)*
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152 *(10)*
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195 *(11)*
196
197
198
199 *(12)*
200
201
202
203
204 *(13)*
205
206
207
208 *(14)*
1
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
1
2 *(3)*
3 *(4)*
4
5 *(5)*
6 *(6)*
7
8
9 *(7)*
10
11 *(8)*
12 *(9)*
13 *(10)*
14
15

|

RankCountryFertility rate
in 2025
(births/woman)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57 *(1)*
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67 *(2)*
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77 *(3)*
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103 *(4)*
104
105 *(5)*
106 *(6)*
107 *(7)*
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118 *(8)*
119
120
121 *(9)*
122
123 *(10)*
124 *(11)*
125
126
127
128
129
130 *(12)*
131
132 *(13)*
133
134 *(14)*
135
136
137 *(15)*
138
139 *(16)*
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147 *(17)*
148
149 *(18)*
150
151 *(19)*
152
153
154
155
156 *(20)*
157
158
159
160 *(21)*
161
162
163
164
165
166 *(22)*
167 *(23)*
168
169
170
171
172
173
174 *(24)*
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201 *(25)*
202
203
204
205 *(26)*
206
207
208
209
210 *(27)*
211
212
213 *(28)*
214
215
216
217
218 *(29)*
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227

|}

Country ranking by non-governmental organizations

RankCountryFertility rate
in 2024
(births/woman)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15 *(1)*
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53 *(2)*
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86 *(3)*
87 *(4)*
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106 *(5)*
107
108
109
110
111 *(6)*
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120 *(7)*
121
122
123
124
125
126 *(8)*
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181 *(11)*
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202
203
204
205
206 *(12)*
207 *(13)*
208
209 *(14)*
1
1
2
3
4
5
1
1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.1.4
1.1.5
1.2
2
3
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
4
4.1
4.1.1
4.1.2
4.1.3
4.2
5
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
1
2
3
1
2
2.1
2.2
3
1 *(1)*
2 *(2)*
3 *(3)*
4 *(4)*
5
6 *(5)*
7 *(6)*
8 *(7)*
9 *(8)*
10

|

RankCountryFertility rate
in 2023
(births/woman)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47 *(1)*
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62 *(2)*
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85 *(3)*
86
87 *(4)*
88
89
90
91
92 *(5)*
93
94
95
96
97 *(6)*
98 (...1...)
99
100
101
102
103
104
105 *(7)*
106 *(8)*
107
108
109 *(9)*
110
111
112 *(10)*
113
114
115
116 *(11)*
117
118
119
120
121 *(12)*
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138 *(13)*
139
140
141
142
143
144 *(14)*
145
146
147
148 *(15)*
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156 *(16)*
157
158
159
160
161 *(17)*
162
163
164
165
166
167 *(18)*
168
169
170
171
172
173
174 *(19)*
175
176
177 *(20)*
178
179
180
181 *(21)*
182 *(22)*
183
184
185
186
187
188 *(23)*
189
190
191 *(24)*
192
193
194
195
196
197 *(25)*
198 *(26)*
199 *(27)*
200
201
202
203
204
205
206
207
208
209
210 *(28)*
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223 *(29)*
224 *(30)*
225
226
227
228
229 *(31)*
230
231 *(32)*
232
233 *(33)*
234 *(34)*
1
1
2
3
4
4
5
1
2
3
4
1
2
2.1
2.2
3
1 *(1)*
2 *(2)*
3 *(3)*
4 *(4)*
5 *(5)*
6 *(6)*
7 (..1..)
8 *(7)*
9 *(8)*
10 *(9)*
11 *(10)*
12 (..2..)
13 *(11)*
14 *(12)*

|- |}

Note:

(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.

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