List of countries by total fertility rate

List of countries by total fertility rate

Map of countries by total fertility rate (2022–2023), referring to the average number of children that are born to a woman over her lifetime, according to the Population Reference Bureau.

Evolution of fertility rates in 12 selected countries and the world (1950-2023)

Global rates of population growth and decline (2021–2022); population growth rate takes birth, death, and migration rates into account. Future projections are based on the United Nations World Population Prospects (from 1950 until 2100).

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

List of countries by total fertility rate

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.

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.

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.

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 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

Rank	Country	Total fertility rate in 2025 (births/woman)
1	Chad	5.94
2	Somalia	5.91
3	DR Congo	5.90
4	Central African Republic	5.81
5	Niger	5.79
6	Mali	5.42
7	Angola	4.95
8	Burundi	4.68
9	Afghanistan	4.66
10	Mozambique	4.62
11	Mauritania	4.56
12 (1)	Mayotte (France)	4.50
13	Tanzania	4.47
14	Benin	4.42
15	Yemen	4.41
16	Nigeria	4.30
17	Sudan	4.19
18	Cameroon	4.19
19	Ivory Coast	4.17
20	Togo	4.07
21	Uganda	4.06
22	Congo	4.05
23	Guinea	4.04
24	Equatorial Guinea	4.04
25	Burkina Faso	4.01
26	Zambia	3.97
27	Madagascar	3.85
28	Ethiopia	3.81
29	Gambia	3.80
30	Liberia	3.79
31	Comoros	3.76
32	Samoa	3.75
33	Senegal	3.71
34	South Sudan	3.71
35	Guinea-Bissau	3.68
36	Zimbabwe	3.62
37	Eritrea	3.61
38	Sierra Leone	3.61
39	Rwanda	3.59
40	Gabon	3.54
41	Vanuatu	3.53
42	Malawi	3.53
43	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.53
44	Pakistan	3.50
45	Solomon Islands	3.47
46	Uzbekistan	3.45
47	Ghana	3.30
48 (2)	French Guiana (France)	3.29
49	Nauru	3.25
50	Palestine	3.19
51	Iraq	3.17
52	Namibia	3.17
53	Tuvalu	3.14
54	Kenya	3.12
55	Kiribati	3.09
56	Tonga	3.07
57	Papua New Guinea	3.03
58	Tajikistan	2.99
59	Kazakhstan	2.95
60	Marshall Islands	2.82
61	Israel	2.75
62	Kyrgyzstan	2.75
63 (3)	Guam (US)	2.71
64	Egypt	2.71
65	Micronesia	2.71
66	Eswatini	2.68
67	Algeria	2.67
68	Botswana	2.66
69	Syria	2.66
70	Lesotho	2.64
71 (4)	Saint Martin (France)	2.63
72	Turkmenistan	2.63
73	Haiti	2.59
74	Mongolia	2.59
75	Djibouti	2.58
76	Jordan	2.57
77 (5)	Tokelau (NZ)	2.57
78	Timor-Leste	2.56
79	Cambodia	2.51
80	Bolivia	2.50
81	Oman	2.48
82	Niue	2.46
83	Honduras	2.45
84	Paraguay	2.40
85	Guyana	2.37
86	Laos	2.36
87	Saudi Arabia	2.29
88 (6)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	2.28
89	Guatemala	2.26
90	Libya	2.25
91	Fiji	2.25
92 (7)	American Samoa (US)	2.25
	World	2.24
93	Suriname	2.21
94	Lebanon	2.21
95 (8)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.20
96	Dominican Republic	2.20
97	South Africa	2.19
99	Nicaragua	2.18
101 (9)	Réunion (France)	2.13
102	Bangladesh	2.11
103	Indonesia	2.10
104	Monaco	2.09
105	Panama	2.09
106	Seychelles	2.08
107	Myanmar	2.08
108 (10)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	2.07
109	Venezuela	2.06
110 (11)	Guadeloupe (France)	2.05
111	Belize	2.01
112	Cook Islands	2.00
113 (12)	Martinique (France)	1.97
114	Morocco	1.98
114 (13)	New Caledonia (France)	1.95
115	India	1.94
116	Peru	1.94
117	Sri Lanka	1.94
118	Nepal	1.94
119 (14)	Greenland (Denmark)	1.91
120 (15)	Gibraltar (UK)	1.88
121	Vietnam	1.88
122	Philippines	1.88
123	Mexico	1.87
124	Palau	1.86
125	Tunisia	1.80
126	Montenegro	1.80
127	Ecuador	1.79
128	Georgia	1.79
129	Bahrain	1.78
130	North Korea	1.77
131	El Salvador	1.75
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.75
133	Bulgaria	1.74
134	Moldova	1.72
135	Armenia	1.71
136	Brunei	1.71
137	Romania	1.71
138	Barbados	1.71
139	Qatar	1.70
140 (16)	Falkland Islands (UK)	1.70
141	Iran	1.67
142	Azerbaijan	1.67
143	New Zealand	1.65
144 (17)	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	1.64
145	Australia	1.64
146	France	1.64
147	United States	1.62
148	Turkey	1.62
149	Colombia	1.62
150 (18)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.61
151	Brazil	1.60
152	Ireland	1.60
153	Slovenia	1.58
154	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58
155	Slovakia	1.57
156	Maldives	1.55
157	United Kingdom	1.54
158	Liechtenstein	1.54
159 (19)	Isle of Man (UK)	1.53
160	Malaysia	1.53
161	Kosovo	1.53
162	Trinidad and Tobago	1.52
163	Denmark	1.52
164	Portugal	1.52
165 (20)	Cayman Islands (UK)	1.51
166	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.51
167	Argentina	1.51
168	Serbia	1.50
169	Iceland	1.50
170	Kuwait	1.50
171	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.50
172	Cape Verde	1.50
173	Hungary	1.50
174 (21)	French Polynesia (France)	1.48
175	Croatia	1.47
176	Dominica	1.47
177	North Macedonia	1.47
178	Czech Republic	1.47
179	Russia	1.47
180	Grenada	1.46
181	Germany	1.46
182	Cuba	1.45
183 (22)	Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands)	1.45
184 (23)	Montserrat (UK)	1.45
185	Switzerland	1.44
186 (24)	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	1.44
187	Sweden	1.44
188	Netherlands	1.44
189	Bhutan	1.44
190 (25)	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	1.43
191	Norway	1.42
192 (26)	Bermuda (UK)	1.41
193	Luxembourg	1.40
194 (27)	Wallis and Futuna (France)	1.40
195	Belgium	1.39
196	Uruguay	1.39
197 (28)	Jersey (UK)	1.38
198	Estonia	1.38
199	Saint Lucia	1.38
200 (29)	Guernsey (UK)	1.37
201	Cyprus	1.37
202	Bahamas	1.36
203 (30)	Anguilla (UK)	1.35
204	Latvia	1.35
205	Greece	1.34
206	Jamaica	1.34
207	Canada	1.33
208	Albania	1.33
209	Austria	1.33
210	Costa Rica	1.31
211	Poland	1.31
212	Finland	1.30
213 (31)	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	1.28
214	Japan	1.23
215	Belarus	1.23
216	Lithuania	1.22
217	Spain	1.21
218	Mauritius	1.21
219	United Arab Emirates	1.21
220	Italy	1.20
221	Thailand	1.20
222	San Marino	1.16
223	Chile	1.13
224	Malta	1.11
225	Andorra	1.10
226 (32)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.07
227 (33)	British Virgin Islands (UK)	1.06
228	China	1.02
229	Ukraine	1.00
230	Singapore	0.96
231 (34)	Puerto Rico (US)	0.94
232	Taiwan	0.86
233 (35)	Saint Barthélemy (France)	0.83
234	South Korea	0.75
235 (36)	Hong Kong (China)	0.74
236 (37)	Macau (China)	0.69
237	Vatican City	0.00
	Sovereign states: 200
	Dependent territories: 37
	World	2.24
	Development Group
1	Least developed countries	3.83
2	Less developed regions	2.35
2.1	Less developed regions, excluding China	2.61
2.2	Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries	2.01
3	More developed regions	1.46
	Income Group
1	Low-income countries	4.38
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	2.84
3	Low-and-middle-income countries	2.34
4	Middle-income countries	2.09
4.1	- Lower-middle-income countries	2.51
4.2	- Upper-middle-income countries	1.48
5	No income group available	2.07
6	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	1.48
7	High-income countries	1.47
	Region
1	Africa	3.95
1.1	- Middle Africa	5.37
1.2	- Western Africa	4.27
1.3	- Eastern Africa	3.96
1.4	- Northern Africa	2.88
1.5	- Southern Africa	2.27
2	Oceania	2.13
2.1	- Melanesia	2.99
2.2	- Micronesia	2.79
2.3	- Polynesia	2.50
2.4	- Australia/New Zealand	1.64
3	Asia	1.87
3.1	- Central Asia	3.14
3.2	- Western Asia	2.52
3.3	- Southern Asia	2.18
3.4	- South-Eastern Asia	1.91
3.5	- Eastern Asia	1.03
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.78
4.1	- Caribbean	1.95
4.2	- Central America	1.95
4.3	- South America	1.69
5	Northern America	1.59
6	Europe	1.41
6.1	- Western Europe	1.50
6.2	- Northern Europe	1.50
6.3	- Eastern Europe	1.40
6.4	- Southern Europe	1.29
	SDG region
1	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.18
2	Oceania (excluding Australia and New Zealand)	2.96
3	Northern Africa and Western Asia	2.69
4	Central and Southern Asia	2.21
5	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.78
6	Australia/New Zealand	1.64
7	Europe, Northern America, Australia, and New Zealand	1.48
8	Europe and Northern America	1.48
9	Eastern and South-Eastern Asia	1.35
	Special other
1	Land-locked Developing Countries (LLDC)	3.74
1.1	LLDC: Africa	4.19
1.2	LLDC: Asia	3.03
1.3	LLDC: Latin America	2.46
1.4	LLDC: Europe	1.63
2	Small Island Developing States (SIDS)	2.16
2.1	SIDS Pacific	2.92
2.2	SIDS Caribbean	1.97
2.3	SIDS Atlantic, Indian Ocean and South China Sea (AIS)	1.85
Rank	Country	Total fertility rate in 2023 (births/woman)
1	Somalia	6.13
2	Chad	6.12
3	Niger	6.06
4	DR Congo	6.05
5	Central African Republic	6.01
6	Mali	5.61
7	Angola	5.12
8	Burundi	4.88
9	Afghanistan	4.84
10	Mozambique	4.76
11	Mauritania	4.70
12	Tanzania	4.61
13	Yemen	4.59
14	Benin	4.56
15	Nigeria	4.48
16	Sudan	4.32
17	Cameroon	4.32
18	Ivory Coast	4.28
19	Uganda	4.28
20	Guinea	4.22
21	Togo	4.19
22	Burkina Faso	4.19
23	Congo	4.16
24	Zambia	4.10
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.08
26	Gambia	4.01
27	Ethiopia	3.99
28	Madagascar	3.97
29	Liberia	3.95
30	Comoros	3.88
31	South Sudan	3.86
32	Guinea-Bissau	3.84
33	Samoa	3.83
34	Senegal	3.82
35	Sierra Leone	3.79
36	Zimbabwe	3.72
37	Eritrea	3.71
38	Rwanda	3.70
39	Malawi	3.65
40	Gabon	3.65
41	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.64
42	Pakistan	3.60
43	Vanuatu	3.60
44	Solomon Islands	3.56
45	Uzbekistan	3.50
46	Ghana	3.40
47	Nauru	3.33
48	Palestine	3.31
49	Iraq	3.25
50	Namibia	3.21
51	Tuvalu	3.21
52	Kenya	3.21
53	Kiribati	3.15
54	Tonga	3.13
55	Papua New Guinea	3.10
56	Tajikistan	3.07
57	Kazakhstan	3.01
58	Marshall Islands	2.92
59	Israel	2.85
60 (1)	Guam (US)	2.78
61	Algeria	2.77
62	Eswatini	2.75
63	Egypt	2.75
64	Micronesia	2.75
65	Botswana	2.73
66 (2)	Saint Martin (France) (French part)	2.72
67	Syria	2.71
68	Timor-Leste	2.71
69	Kyrgyzstan	2.70
70	Mongolia	2.70
71	Lesotho	2.69
72	Turkmenistan	2.69
73	Haiti	2.66
74	Jordan	2.64
75	Djibouti	2.61
76	Cambodia	2.58
77	Bolivia	2.55
78	Oman	2.52
79	Honduras	2.50
80	Paraguay	2.42
81	Laos	2.42
82	Guyana	2.41
83	Libya	2.35
84 (3)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	2.35
85	Guatemala	2.31
	Population replacement	2.30
86 (4)	American Samoa (US)	2.29
87	Fiji	2.28
88	Saudi Arabia	2.28
89	Suriname	2.25
90	Dominican Republic	2.24
91	Lebanon	2.24
92	Morocco	2.23
93	Nicaragua	2.22
94	South Africa	2.22
	World	2.20
95	Bangladesh	2.16
96	Indonesia	2.13
97	Panama	2.12
98	Myanmar (Burma)	2.12
99	Monaco	2.11
100	Venezuela	2.08
101	Seychelles	2.02
102	Belize	2.01
103	Nepal	1.98
104 (5)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	1.98
105 (6)	New Caledonia (France)	1.98
106	Peru	1.98
107	India	1.98
108	Sri Lanka	1.97
109	Philippines	1.92
110	Vietnam	1.91
111	Mexico	1.91
112	Palau	1.91
113	Armenia	1.90
114 (7)	Gibraltar (UK)	1.89
115 (8)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	1.86
116	Tunisia	1.83
117	Bahrain	1.82
118	Ecuador	1.82
119	Georgia	1.81
120	Bulgaria	1.78
121	North Korea	1.78
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.77
123	El Salvador	1.77
124 (9)	Greenland (Denmark)	1.77
125	Brunei	1.75
126	Montenegro	1.74
127	Moldova	1.73
128	Qatar	1.73
129	Romania	1.71
130	Barbados	1.71
131	Iran	1.70
132	France	1.66
133	Colombia	1.65
134	Brazil	1.62
135	United States	1.62
136	Serbia	1.61
137 (10)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.60
138	Iceland	1.59
139	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58
140	Maldives	1.57
141	New Zealand	1.56
142	United Kingdom	1.56
143	Azerbaijan	1.55
144	Malaysia	1.55
145 (11)	Isle of Man (UK)	1.55
146	Kosovo	1.54
147	Trinidad and Tobago	1.53
148 (12)	Cayman Islands (UK)	1.53
149	Kuwait	1.52
150	Cape Verde	1.52
151	Turkey	1.51
152	Slovenia	1.51
153	Hungary	1.51
154	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.50
155 (13)	French Polynesia (France)	1.50
156	Ireland	1.50
157	Australia	1.50
158	Argentina	1.50
159	Denmark	1.50
160	North Macedonia	1.50
161	Slovakia	1.49
162	Grenada	1.49
163	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49
164	Dominica	1.48
165	Belgium	1.47
166 (14)	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	1.46
167	Bhutan	1.46
168	Croatia	1.46
169	Liechtenstein	1.45
170	Sweden	1.45
171	Czech Republic	1.45
172 (15)	Sint Maarten (Netherlands) (Dutch part)	1.45
173	Portugal	1.44
174	Cuba	1.44
175	Netherlands	1.43
176	Russia	1.41
177	Uruguay	1.41
178 (16)	Bermuda (UK)	1.40
179	Norway	1.40
180	Germany	1.39
181	Mauritius	1.39
182	Cyprus	1.39
183	Saint Lucia	1.38
184	Bahamas	1.37
185	Channel Islands - (17)  Guernsey (UK) and (18)  Jersey (UK)	1.37
186	Latvia	1.36
187	Jamaica	1.36
188	Albania	1.35
189	Costa Rica	1.33
190	Switzerland	1.33
191	Austria	1.32
192	Greece	1.32
193	Estonia	1.31
194	Canada	1.26
195	Finland	1.26
196	Luxembourg	1.25
197	Thailand	1.21
198	Belarus	1.21
199	United Arab Emirates	1.20
200 (19)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.20
201	Italy	1.20
202	Japan	1.20
203	Lithuania	1.18
204	Chile	1.17
205	Poland	1.16
206	San Marino	1.15
207	Spain	1.12
208	Andorra	1.08
209	Malta	1.06
210 (20)	British Virgin Islands (UK)	1.04
211	China	1.00
212	Ukraine	0.98
213	Singapore	0.97
214 (21)	Puerto Rico (US)	0.92
215 (22)	Hong Kong (China)	0.75
216	South Korea	0.72
217 (23)	Macau (China)	0.59
	Sovereign states: 194
	Dependent territories: 23
	World	2.20
	Major regions
1	Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)	4.3
2	Sub-Saharan Africa	4.3
3	Arab world	3.1
4	Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income)	2.7
5	Middle East and North Africa	2.6
6	South Asia	2.2
7	Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income)	2.0
8	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.8
9	Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding high income)	1.8
10	Europe and Central Asia	1.6
11	North America	1.6
12	East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income)	1.4
13	East Asia and Pacific	1.3
14	Central Europe and the Baltics	1.4
	States’ size
1	Pacific Island small states	3.0
2	Other small states	2.0
3	Small states	2.1
4	Caribbean small states	2.0
	International organizations
1	OECD members	1.5
2	European Union	1.4
	Security situation
1	Fragile and conflict affected situations	4.2
	Economic areas
1	Euro area	1.4
	Economic situation
1	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	4.5
2	Least developed countries: UN classification	4.0
	Income
1	Low income countries	4.5
2	Lower middle income countries	2.6
3	Low and middle income countries	2.3
4	Middle income countries	2.1
5	Upper middle income countries	1.5
6	High income countries	1.4
	Not ranked (no data or data from other years)
1	Vatican City	-
2	Western Sahara	-

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

Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2022 (births/woman)
1	Niger	6.7
2	Chad	6.2
3	Somalia	6.2
4	DR Congo	6.1
5	Central African Republic	5.9
6	Mali	5.9
7	Angola	5.2
8	Nigeria	5.1
9	Burundi	5.0
10	Benin	4.9
11	Burkina Faso	4.7
12	Tanzania	4.7
13	Gambia	4.6
14	Mozambique	4.6
15	Afghanistan	4.5
16	Uganda	4.5
17	Cameroon	4.4
18 (1)	Mayotte (France)	4.4
19	Sudan	4.4
20	Ivory Coast	4.3
21	Guinea	4.3
22	Mauritania	4.3
23	Senegal	4.3
24	South Sudan	4.3
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.2
26	Togo	4.2
27	Zambia	4.2
28	Congo	4.1
29	Ethiopia	4.1
30	Liberia	4.0
31	Comoros	3.9
32	Guinea-Bissau	3.9
33	Samoa	3.9
34	Sierra Leone	3.9
35	Solomon Islands	3.9
36	Eritrea	3.8
37	Madagascar	3.8
38	Malawi	3.8
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.8
40	Rwanda	3.7
41	Vanuatu	3.7
42	Yemen	3.7
43	Gabon	3.5
44	Ghana	3.5
45 (2)	French Guiana (France)	3.5
46	Iraq	3.4
47	Pakistan	3.4
48	Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)	3.4
49	Zimbabwe	3.4
50	Kenya	3.3
51	Kiribati	3.3
52	Namibia	3.2
53	Papua New Guinea	3.2
54	Tonga	3.2
55	Tajikistan	3.1
56	Kazakhstan	3.0
57	Lesotho	3.0
58	Timor-Leste	3.0
59	Egypt	2.9
60	Israel	2.9
61	Kyrgyzstan	2.9
62	Algeria	2.8
63	Botswana	2.8
64	Djibouti	2.8
65	Eswatini	2.8
66	Haiti	2.8
67	Jordan	2.8
68	Mongolia	2.8
69	Uzbekistan	2.8
70	Marshall Islands	2.7
71	Micronesia	2.7
72	Philippines	2.7
73	Syria	2.7
74	Bolivia	2.6
75 (3)	Guam (US)	2.6
76	Oman	2.6
77	Turkmenistan	2.6
78	Fiji	2.5
79	Guatemala	2.4
80	Guyana	2.4
81	Laos	2.4
82	Libya	2.4
83	Paraguay	2.4
84	Saudi Arabia	2.4
85	Cambodia	2.3
86	Honduras	2.3
87	Morocco	2.3
88	Nicaragua	2.3
89	Panama	2.3
90	Seychelles	2.3
91	South Africa	2.3
92	Suriname	2.3
93	Western Sahara	2.3
	World	2.3
	Population replacement	2.3
94	Dominican Republic	2.2
95	Indonesia	2.2
96	Peru	2.2
97 (4)	Réunion (France)	2.2
98	Venezuela	2.2
99	Georgia	2.1
100	Kuwait	2.1
101	Lebanon	2.1
102	Monaco	2.1
103	Myanmar (Burma)	2.1
104	Tunisia	2.1
105 (5)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	2.1
106	Bangladesh	2.0
107	Belize	2.0
108	Ecuador	2.0
109	Grenada	2.0
110 (6)	Guadeloupe (France)	2.0
111	India	2.0
112	Nepal	2.0
113 (7)	New Caledonia (France)	2.0
114	Sri Lanka	2.0
115	Argentina	1.9
116	Cape Verde	1.9
117 (8)	Martinique (France)	1.9
118	Turkey	1.9
119	Vietnam	1.9
120	Bahrain	1.8
121	Brunei	1.8
122	El Salvador	1.8
123	France (Metropolitan France)	1.8
124	Ireland	1.8
125	Malaysia	1.8
126	Mexico	1.8
127	Moldova	1.8
128	New Zealand	1.8
129	North Korea	1.8
130	Qatar	1.8
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.8
132	Azerbaijan	1.7
133	Colombia	1.7
134	Czech Republic	1.7
135	Denmark	1.7
136	Estonia	1.7
137	Iceland	1.7
138	Iran	1.7
139	Maldives	1.7
140	Montenegro	1.7
141 (9)	French Polynesia (France)	1.7
142	Romania	1.7
143	Sweden	1.7
144	United States	1.7
145	Antigua and Barbuda	1.6
146	Armenia	1.6
147	Australia	1.6
148	Barbados	1.6
149	Belgium	1.6
150	Brazil	1.6
151	Bulgaria	1.6
152 (10)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.6
153	Dominica	1.6
154	Hungary	1.6
155	Netherlands	1.6
156	Latvia	1.6
157	Lithuania	1.6
158	Slovakia	1.6
159	Slovenia	1.6
160	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6
161	United Kingdom	1.6
162	Austria	1.5
163	Belarus	1.5
164	Canada	1.5
165	Chile	1.5
166	Costa Rica	1.5
167	Germany	1.5
168	Kosovo	1.5
169	Liechtenstein	1.5
170	Norway	1.5
171	Poland	1.5
172	Russia	1.5
173	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.5
174	Serbia	1.5
175	Switzerland	1.5
176	Uruguay	1.5
177	Albania	1.4
178	Bahamas	1.4
179	Bhutan	1.4
180	Croatia	1.4
181	Cuba	1.4
182	Finland	1.4
183	Greece	1.4
184	Luxembourg	1.4
185	Mauritius	1.4
186	North Macedonia	1.4
187	Portugal	1.4
188	Saint Lucia	1.4
189	United Arab Emirates	1.4
190	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3
191	Cyprus	1.3
192	Italy	1.3
193	Jamaica	1.3
194	Japan	1.3
195 (11)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.3
196	Spain	1.3
197	Thailand	1.3
198	Ukraine	1.3
199 (12)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.2
200	China (mainland only)	1.2
201	Malta	1.2
202	Andorra	1.1
203	Republic of China (Taiwan)	1.1
204 (13)	Macau (China)	1.1
205	San Marino	1.1
206	Singapore	1.0
207	South Korea	0.9
208 (14)	Hong Kong (China)	0.8
	Sovereign states: 194
	Dependent territories: 14
	World
1	World	2.3
	Continents
1	Africa	4.2
2	Oceania	2.1
3	Asia	1.9
4	Americas	1.8
5	Europe	1.5
	Major regions
1	Middle Africa	5.6
2	Western Africa	4.9
3	Eastern Africa	4.2
4	Northern Africa	3.0
5	Central Asia	2.9
6	Western Asia	2.6
7	Southern Africa	2.4
8	South Asia	2.2
9	Oceania	2.1
10	Southeast Asia	2.1
11	Caribbean	2.0
12	Central America	1.9
13	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.8
14	South America	1.8
15	Northern America	1.6
16	Northern Europe	1.6
17	Western Europe	1.6
18	Eastern Europe	1.5
19	Southern Europe	1.3
20	East Asia	1.2
	Not ranked
1	Channel Islands - (1)  Guernsey (UK) and (2)  Jersey (UK)	-
2 (3)	Christmas Island (Australia)	-
3 (4)	Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)	-
4	European Union	-
5 (5)	Falkland Islands (UK)	-
6 (6)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	-
7	Nauru	-
8	Niue	-
9 (7)	Norfolk Island (Australia)	-
10	Palau	-
11 (8)	Pitcairn Islands (UK)	-
12 (9)	Svalbard (Norway)	-
13 (10)	Tokelau (New Zealand)	-
14	Tuvalu	-
15	Vatican City	-
	Sovereign states: 4
	Dependent territories: 10
Rank	Country	Fertility rate in 2025 (births/woman)
1	Niger	6.55
2	Somalia	6.38
3	Angola	5.45
4	DR Congo	5.42
5	Benin	5.30
6	Mali	5.26
7	Chad	5.13
8	Uganda	5.08
9	South Sudan	4.98
10	Burundi	4.94
11	Afghanistan	4.89
12	Mauritania	4.76
13	Guinea	4.75
14	Guinea-Bissau	4.59
15	Nigeria	4.59
16	Mozambique	4.58
17	Tanzania	4.45
18	Sudan	4.41
19	Equatorial Guinea	4.05
20	Togo	4.03
21	Burkina Faso	4.02
22	Senegal	3.96
23	Central African Republic	3.89
24	Cameroon	3.87
25	Ivory Coast	3.85
26	Liberia	3.84
27	Ethiopia	3.77
28	Papua New Guinea	3.72
29	Congo	3.72
30	Zambia	3.67
31	Yemen	3.65
32	Tajikistan	3.52
33	Sierra Leone	3.52
34	Ghana	3.51
35	Madagascar	3.47
36	West Bank ( Palestine)	3.44
37	Zimbabwe	3.42
38	Gambia	3.39
39	Eritrea	3.35
40	Malawi	3.33
41	Pakistan	3.25
42	Rwanda	3.20
43	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.18
44	Gabon	3.16
45	Gaza Strip ( Palestine)	3.14
46	Kenya	3.09
47	Iraq	3.03
48	Libya	2.96
49	Algeria	2.91
50	Israel	2.89
51	Namibia	2.85
52	Jordan	2.83
53	Timor-Leste	2.79
54	Tuvalu	2.76
55	Botswana	2.73
56	Solomon Islands	2.72
57 (1)	Guam (US)	2.70
58	Syria	2.64
59	Eswatini	2.64
60	Marshall Islands	2.62
61	Oman	2.61
62	Mongolia	2.60
63	Uzbekistan	2.60
64	Tonga	2.59
65	Kazakhstan	2.57
66	Egypt	2.53
67 (2)	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	2.53
68	Nauru	2.52
69	Comoros	2.52
70	Lesotho	2.49
71	Vanuatu	2.46
72	Kyrgyzstan	2.43
	World	2.42 (2020 est.)
73	Haiti	2.39
74	Panama	2.33
75	Honduras	2.29
76	Samoa	2.29
77 (3)	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	2.26
78	Bangladesh	2.25
79	Morocco	2.24
80	South Africa	2.23
81	Lebanon	2.20
82	Laos	2.19
83	Kuwait	2.19
84	Fiji	2.18
85	Micronesia	2.17
86	Dominican Republic	2.17
87	Ecuador	2.17
88	Venezuela	2.16
89	Cambodia	2.14
90	Kiribati	2.13
91	Bolivia	2.13
92	Peru	2.12
93	Sri Lanka	2.12
94	Djibouti	2.09
95	Cape Verde	2.08
96	Guyana	2.04
97	Turkmenistan	2.02
98	Belize	2.02
99	Vietnam	2.01
100	Dominica	2.01
101	India	2.00
102	Cook Islands (self-governing country in free association with  New Zealand)	1.99
103 (4)	American Samoa (US)	1.99
104	Guatemala	1.97
105 (5)	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)	1.96
106 (6)	Curaçao (Netherlands)	1.95
107 (7)	U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	1.95
108	Burma (Myanmar)	1.95
109	Philippines	1.94
110	Georgia	1.94
111	Colombia	1.94
112	Iceland	1.93
113	Indonesia	1.93
114	Antigua and Barbuda	1.92
115	Qatar	1.90
116	France	1.90
117	Grenada	1.89
118 (8)	Bermuda (UK)	1.88
119	Paraguay	1.88
120	Turkey	1.88
121 (9)	Gibraltar (UK)	1.88
122	Suriname	1.87
123 (10)	Greenland (Denmark)	1.87
124 (11)	Isle of Man (UK)	1.87
125	Jamaica	1.86
126	Kosovo	1.85
127	Mexico	1.85
128	New Zealand	1.84
129	Saudi Arabia	1.84
130 (12)	Aruba (Netherlands)	1.82
131	Nicaragua	1.82
132 (13)	New Caledonia (France)	1.82
133	Nepal	1.82
134 (14)	Cayman Islands (UK)	1.81
135	North Korea	1.80
136	Seychelles	1.80
137 (15)	Saint Martin (France)	1.80
138	Montenegro	1.80
139 (16)	French Polynesia (France)	1.78
140	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.76
141	Bhutan	1.75
142	Brunei	1.73
143	Czech Republic	1.73
144	Brazil	1.73
145	Malaysia	1.73
146	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.73
147 (17)	Anguilla (UK)	1.72
148	Ireland	1.72
149 (18)	Wallis and Futuna (France)	1.71
150	Saint Lucia	1.71
151 (19)	Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	1.70
152	Maldives	1.70
153	Palau	1.70
154	Azerbaijan	1.69
155	Liechtenstein	1.69
156 (20)	Jersey (UK)	1.66
157	Sweden	1.66
158	Armenia	1.66
159	Bahrain	1.64
160 (21)	Saint Barthélemy (France)	1.64
161	United Kingdom	1.64
162	United States	1.63
163	Trinidad and Tobago	1.63
164	Romania	1.63
165	Netherlands	1.62
166 (22)	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)	1.61
167 (23)	Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)	1.60
168	United Arab Emirates	1.60
169	Slovakia	1.60
170	Hungary	1.60
171	Switzerland	1.59
172	Tunisia	1.59
173	Germany	1.59
174 (24)	Guernsey (UK)	1.59
175	Norway	1.58
176	Monaco	1.55
177	Thailand	1.55
178	San Marino	1.54
179	North Macedonia	1.53
180	Iran	1.53
181	Russia	1.52
182	Bulgaria	1.52
183	Australia	1.50
184	Denmark	1.50
185	Cyprus	1.49
186	Cuba	1.49
187	Slovenia	1.49
188	Serbia	1.47
189	Andorra	1.47
190	Belgium	1.46
191	Portugal	1.46
192	Costa Rica	1.45
193	Belarus	1.45
194	Bahamas	1.45
195	Argentina	1.43
196	Croatia	1.43
197	Canada	1.43
198	Greece	1.42
199	Japan	1.41
200	El Salvador	1.40
201 (25)	British Virgin Islands (UK)	1.39
202	Estonia	1.36
203	Mauritius	1.36
204	Austria	1.35
205 (26)	Montserrat (UK)	1.34
206	Poland	1.33
207	Spain	1.32
208	Finland	1.28
209	Italy	1.27
210 (27)	Puerto Rico (US)	1.27
211	Moldova	1.27
212	Uruguay	1.27
213 (28)	Macau (China)	1.25
214	Latvia	1.25
215	Chile	1.25
216	Luxembourg	1.25
217	Barbados	1.24
218 (29)	Hong Kong (China)	1.24
219	Ukraine	1.22
220	Lithuania	1.22
221	China	1.20
222	Malta	1.18
223	Singapore	1.18
224	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.15
225	Republic of China (Taiwan)	1.12
226	Albania	1.09
227	South Korea	0.68
	Sovereign states: 198
	Dependent territories: 29

Country ranking by non-governmental organizations

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Country</th><th>Fertility rate in 2024 (births/woman)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td> Central African Republic</td><td>6.4</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td> Chad</td><td>6.1</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td> DR Congo</td><td>6.1</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td> Niger</td><td>6.1</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td> Somalia</td><td>6.1</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td> Mali</td><td>5.7</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td> Mauritania</td><td>5.2</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td> Angola</td><td>5.1</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td> Burundi</td><td>4.9</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td> Mozambique</td><td>4.9</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td> Afghanistan</td><td>4.8</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td> Tanzania</td><td>4.8</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td> Benin</td><td>4.7</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td> Yemen</td><td>4.6</td></tr><tr><td>15 (1)</td><td> Mayotte (France)</td><td>4.5</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td> Nigeria</td><td>4.5</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td> Burkina Faso</td><td>4.4</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td> Samoa</td><td>4.4</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td> Cameroon</td><td>4.3</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td> Comoros</td><td>4.3</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td> Ivory Coast</td><td>4.3</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td> Sudan</td><td>4.3</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td> Uganda</td><td>4.3</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td> Togo</td><td>4.2</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td> Guinea</td><td>4.1</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td> Equatorial Guinea</td><td>4.1</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td> Madagascar</td><td>4.1</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td> Zambia</td><td>4.1</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td> Ethiopia</td><td>4.0</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td> Gambia</td><td>4.0</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td> Liberia</td><td>4.0</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td> Senegal</td><td>4.0</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td> Congo</td><td>3.9</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td> Ghana</td><td>3.9</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td> South Sudan</td><td>3.9</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td> Guinea-Bissau</td><td>3.8</td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td> Sierra Leone</td><td>3.8</td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td> Eritrea</td><td>3.7</td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td> Iraq</td><td>3.7</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td> Zimbabwe</td><td>3.7</td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td> Gabon</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td> Malawi</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td> Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td> Pakistan</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td> Rwanda</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>46</td><td> São Tomé and Príncipe</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>47</td><td> Solomon Islands</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td> Tajikistan</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td> Timor-Leste</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td> Vanuatu</td><td>3.6</td></tr><tr><td>51</td><td> Kenya</td><td>3.4</td></tr><tr><td>52</td><td> Uzbekistan</td><td>3.4</td></tr><tr><td>53 (2)</td><td> French Guiana (France)</td><td>3.3</td></tr><tr><td>54</td><td> Nauru</td><td>3.3</td></tr><tr><td>55</td><td> Eswatini (Swaziland)</td><td>3.2</td></tr><tr><td>56</td><td> Tonga</td><td>3.2</td></tr><tr><td>57</td><td> Tuvalu</td><td>3.2</td></tr><tr><td>58</td><td> Kiribati</td><td>3.1</td></tr><tr><td>59</td><td> Papua New Guinea</td><td>3.1</td></tr><tr><td>60</td><td> Algeria</td><td>3.0</td></tr><tr><td>61</td><td> Botswana</td><td>2.9</td></tr><tr><td>62</td><td> Fiji</td><td>2.9</td></tr><tr><td>63</td><td> Kazakhstan</td><td>2.9</td></tr><tr><td>64</td><td> Namibia</td><td>2.9</td></tr><tr><td>65</td><td> Israel</td><td>2.8</td></tr><tr><td>66</td><td> Kyrgyzstan</td><td>2.8</td></tr><tr><td>67</td><td> Cambodia</td><td>2.7</td></tr><tr><td>68</td><td> Lesotho</td><td>2.7</td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td> Micronesia</td><td>2.7</td></tr><tr><td>70</td><td> Mongolia</td><td>2.7</td></tr><tr><td>71</td><td> Syria</td><td>2.7</td></tr><tr><td>72</td><td> Turkmenistan</td><td>2.7</td></tr><tr><td>73</td><td> Djibouti</td><td>2.6</td></tr><tr><td>74</td><td> Egypt</td><td>2.6</td></tr><tr><td>75</td><td> Jordan</td><td>2.6</td></tr><tr><td>76</td><td> Bolivia</td><td>2.5</td></tr><tr><td>77</td><td> Haiti</td><td>2.5</td></tr><tr><td>78</td><td> Laos</td><td>2.5</td></tr><tr><td>79</td><td> Oman</td><td>2.5</td></tr><tr><td>80</td><td> Guatemala</td><td>2.4</td></tr><tr><td>81</td><td> Guyana</td><td>2.4</td></tr><tr><td>82</td><td> Honduras</td><td>2.4</td></tr><tr><td>83</td><td> Libya</td><td>2.4</td></tr><tr><td>84</td><td> Paraguay</td><td>2.4</td></tr><tr><td>85</td><td> South Africa</td><td>2.4</td></tr><tr><td>86 (3)</td><td> Guam (US)</td><td>2.3</td></tr><tr><td>87 (4)</td><td> Réunion (France)</td><td>2.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Population Replacement</td><td>2.3</td></tr><tr><td>88</td><td> Bangladesh</td><td>2.2</td></tr><tr><td>89</td><td> Ecuador</td><td>2.2</td></tr><tr><td>90</td><td> Indonesia</td><td>2.2</td></tr><tr><td>91</td><td> Lebanon</td><td>2.2</td></tr><tr><td>92</td><td> Morocco</td><td>2.2</td></tr><tr><td>93</td><td> Nicaragua</td><td>2.2</td></tr><tr><td>94</td><td> Suriname</td><td>2.2</td></tr><tr><td>95</td><td> Western Sahara</td><td>2.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  World</td><td>2.2</td></tr><tr><td>96</td><td> Belize</td><td>2.1</td></tr><tr><td>97</td><td> Dominican Republic</td><td>2.1</td></tr><tr><td>98</td><td> Kosovo</td><td>2.1</td></tr><tr><td>99</td><td> Monaco</td><td>2.1</td></tr><tr><td>100</td><td> Nepal</td><td>2.1</td></tr><tr><td>101</td><td> Saudi Arabia</td><td>2.1</td></tr><tr><td>102</td><td> Venezuela</td><td>2.1</td></tr><tr><td>103</td><td> Bahrain</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>104</td><td> India</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>105</td><td> Myanmar (Burma)</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>106 (5)</td><td> New Caledonia (France)</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>107</td><td> Peru</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>108</td><td> Seychelles</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>109</td><td> Sri Lanka</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>110</td><td> Vietnam</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>111 (6)</td><td> Guadeloupe (France)</td><td>1.9</td></tr><tr><td>112</td><td> Palau</td><td>1.9</td></tr><tr><td>113</td><td> Panama</td><td>1.9</td></tr><tr><td>114</td><td> Philippines</td><td>1.9</td></tr><tr><td>115</td><td> Brunei</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td>116</td><td> Bulgaria</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td>117</td><td> El Salvador</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td>118</td><td> Montenegro</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td>119</td><td> North Korea</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td>120 (7)</td><td> French Polynesia (France)</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td>121</td><td> Uruguay</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td>122</td><td> Armenia</td><td>1.7</td></tr><tr><td>123</td><td> Georgia</td><td>1.7</td></tr><tr><td>124</td><td> Iran</td><td>1.7</td></tr><tr><td>125</td><td> Maldives</td><td>1.7</td></tr><tr><td>126 (8)</td><td> Martinique (France)</td><td>1.7</td></tr><tr><td>127</td><td> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</td><td>1.7</td></tr><tr><td>128</td><td> Antigua and Barbuda</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>129</td><td> Azerbaijan</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>130</td><td> Barbados</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>131</td><td> Bhutan</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>132</td><td> Brazil</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>133</td><td> France</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>134</td><td> Iceland</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>135</td><td> Ireland</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>136</td><td> Malaysia</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>137</td><td> Mexico</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>138</td><td> Moldova</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>139</td><td> New Zealand</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>140</td><td> Serbia</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>141</td><td> Slovenia</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>142</td><td> Tunisia</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>143</td><td> United Kingdom</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>144</td><td> United States</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>145</td><td> Argentina</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>146</td><td> Australia</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>147</td><td> Belarus</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>148</td><td> Belgium</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>149</td><td> Cape Verde</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>150</td><td> Croatia</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>151</td><td> Denmark</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>152</td><td> Dominica</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>153</td><td> Grenada</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>154</td><td> Hungary</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>155</td><td> Kuwait</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>156</td><td> Liechtenstein</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>157</td><td> North Macedonia</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>158</td><td> Saint Kitts and Nevis</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>159</td><td> Slovakia</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>160</td><td> Sweden</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>161</td><td> Turkey</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>162</td><td> Bahamas</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>163</td><td>Channel Islands – (9)  Guernsey (UK) and (10)  Jersey (UK)</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>164</td><td> Colombia</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>165</td><td> Cyprus</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>166</td><td> Czech Republic</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>-</td><td> European Union</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>167</td><td> Germany</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>168</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>169</td><td> Latvia</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>170</td><td> Netherlands</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>171</td><td> Norway</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>172</td><td> Portugal</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>173</td><td> Qatar</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>174</td><td> Russia</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>175</td><td> Saint Lucia</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>176</td><td> United Arab Emirates</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>177</td><td> Albania</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>178</td><td> Austria</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>179</td><td> Canada</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>180</td><td> Cuba</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>181 (11)</td><td> Curaçao (Netherlands)</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>182</td><td> Estonia</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>183</td><td> Finland</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>184</td><td> Greece</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>185</td><td> Lithuania</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>186</td><td> Luxembourg</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>187</td><td> Mauritius</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>188</td><td> Romania</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>189</td><td> Switzerland</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>190</td><td> Trinidad and Tobago</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>191</td><td> Bosnia and Herzegovina</td><td>1.2</td></tr><tr><td>192</td><td> Costa Rica</td><td>1.2</td></tr><tr><td>193</td><td> Chile</td><td>1.2</td></tr><tr><td>194</td><td> Italy</td><td>1.2</td></tr><tr><td>195</td><td> Japan</td><td>1.2</td></tr><tr><td>196</td><td> Andorra</td><td>1.1</td></tr><tr><td>197</td><td> Malta</td><td>1.1</td></tr><tr><td>198</td><td> Poland</td><td>1.1</td></tr><tr><td>199</td><td> San Marino</td><td>1.1</td></tr><tr><td>200</td><td> Spain</td><td>1.1</td></tr><tr><td>201</td><td> China (mainland only)</td><td>1.0</td></tr><tr><td>202</td><td> Singapore</td><td>1.0</td></tr><tr><td>203</td><td> Thailand</td><td>1.0</td></tr><tr><td>204</td><td> Ukraine</td><td>1.0</td></tr><tr><td>205</td><td> Republic of China (Taiwan)</td><td>0.9</td></tr><tr><td>206 (12)</td><td> Puerto Rico (US)</td><td>0.9</td></tr><tr><td>207 (13)</td><td> Hong Kong (China)</td><td>0.8</td></tr><tr><td>208</td><td> South Korea</td><td>0.7</td></tr><tr><td>209 (14)</td><td> Macau (China)</td><td>0.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Sovereign States: 195</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Dependent Territories: 14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  World</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>World</td><td>2.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Continents</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Africa</td><td>4.1</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Oceania</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Asia</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Americas</td><td>1.7</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Europe</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Continental Major Regions</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Africa</td><td>4.1</td></tr><tr><td>1.1</td><td>Sub-Saharan Africa</td><td>4.4</td></tr><tr><td>1.1.2</td><td>Middle Africa</td><td>5.5</td></tr><tr><td>1.1.3</td><td>Western Africa</td><td>4.5</td></tr><tr><td>1.1.4</td><td>Eastern Africa</td><td>4.2</td></tr><tr><td>1.1.5</td><td>Southern Africa</td><td>2.5</td></tr><tr><td>1.2</td><td>Northern Africa</td><td>2.8</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Oceania</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Asia</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td>3.1</td><td>Central Asia</td><td>3.2</td></tr><tr><td>3.2</td><td>Western Asia</td><td>2.5</td></tr><tr><td>3.3</td><td>South Asia</td><td>2.2</td></tr><tr><td>3.4</td><td>Southeast Asia</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>3.5</td><td>East Asia</td><td>1.0</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Americas</td><td>1.7</td></tr><tr><td>4.1</td><td>Latin America and the Caribbean</td><td>1.7</td></tr><tr><td>4.1.1</td><td>Caribbean</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td>4.1.2</td><td>Central America</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td>4.1.3</td><td>South America</td><td>1.7</td></tr><tr><td>4.2</td><td>Northern America</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Europe</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>5.1</td><td>Northern Europe</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>5.2</td><td>Western Europe</td><td>1.5</td></tr><tr><td>5.3</td><td>Eastern Europe</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td>5.4</td><td>Southern Europe</td><td>1.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Development Level</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Least Developed</td><td>4.0</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Less Developed</td><td>2.3</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>More Developed</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Income</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Low Income</td><td>4.5</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Middle Income</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>2.1</td><td>- Lower Middle Income</td><td>2.5</td></tr><tr><td>2.2</td><td>- Upper Middle Income</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>High Income</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Not Ranked</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 (1)</td><td> Christmas Island (Australia)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>2 (2)</td><td> Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>3 (3)</td><td> Falkland Islands (UK)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>4 (4)</td><td> Faroe Islands (Denmark)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td> Niue</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>6 (5)</td><td> Norfolk Island (Australia)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>7 (6)</td><td> Pitcairn Islands (UK)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>8 (7)</td><td> Svalbard (Norway)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>9 (8)</td><td> Tokelau (New Zealand)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td> Vatican City</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Sovereign States: 2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Dependent Territories: 8</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Country</td><td>Fertility rate in 2023 (births/woman)</td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td> Somalia</td><td>6.13</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td> Chad</td><td>6.12</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td> Niger</td><td>6.06</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td> DR Congo</td><td>6.05</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td> Central African Republic</td><td>6.01</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td> Mali</td><td>5.61</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td> Angola</td><td>5.12</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td> Burundi</td><td>4.88</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td> Afghanistan</td><td>4.84</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td> Mozambique</td><td>4.76</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td> Mauritania</td><td>4.70</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td> Tanzania</td><td>4.61</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td> Yemen</td><td>4.59</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td> Benin</td><td>4.56</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td> Nigeria</td><td>4.46</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td> Sudan</td><td>4.32</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td> Cameroon</td><td>4.32</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td> Ivory Coast</td><td>4.28</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td> Uganda</td><td>4.28</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td> Guinea</td><td>4.22</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td> Togo</td><td>4.19</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td> Burkina Faso</td><td>4.19</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td> Congo</td><td>4.16</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td> Zambia</td><td>4.10</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td> Equatorial Guinea</td><td>4.08</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td> Gambia</td><td>4.01</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td> Ethiopia</td><td>3.99</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td> Madagascar</td><td>3.97</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td> Liberia</td><td>3.95</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td> Comoros</td><td>3.88</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td> South Sudan</td><td>3.86</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td> Guinea-Bissau</td><td>3.84</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td> Samoa</td><td>3.83</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td> Senegal</td><td>3.82</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td> Sierra Leone</td><td>3.79</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td> Zimbabwe</td><td>3.72</td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td> Eritrea</td><td>3.71</td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td> Rwanda</td><td>3.70</td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td> Malawi</td><td>3.65</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td> Gabon</td><td>3.65</td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td> São Tomé and Príncipe</td><td>3.64</td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td> Pakistan</td><td>3.60</td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td> Vanuatu</td><td>3.60</td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td> Solomon Islands</td><td>3.56</td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td> Uzbekistan</td><td>3.50</td></tr><tr><td>46</td><td> Ghana</td><td>3.40</td></tr><tr><td>47 (1)</td><td> French Guiana (France)</td><td>3.39</td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td> Nauru</td><td>3.33</td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td> Palestine (Gaza Strip and West Bank)</td><td>3.31</td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td> Iraq</td><td>3.25</td></tr><tr><td>51</td><td> Namibia</td><td>3.21</td></tr><tr><td>52</td><td> Kenya</td><td>3.21</td></tr><tr><td>53</td><td> Tuvalu</td><td>3.21</td></tr><tr><td>54</td><td> Kiribati</td><td>3.15</td></tr><tr><td>55</td><td> Tonga</td><td>3.13</td></tr><tr><td>56</td><td> Papua New Guinea</td><td>3.10</td></tr><tr><td>57</td><td> Tajikistan</td><td>3.07</td></tr><tr><td>58</td><td> Kazakhstan</td><td>3.01</td></tr><tr><td>59</td><td> Marshall Islands</td><td>2.92</td></tr><tr><td>60</td><td> Israel</td><td>2.83</td></tr><tr><td>61</td><td> Kyrgyzstan</td><td>2.80</td></tr><tr><td>62 (2)</td><td> Guam (US)</td><td>2.78</td></tr><tr><td>63</td><td> Algeria</td><td>2.77</td></tr><tr><td>64</td><td> Eswatini</td><td>2.75</td></tr><tr><td>65</td><td> Egypt</td><td>2.75</td></tr><tr><td>66</td><td> Micronesia</td><td>2.75</td></tr><tr><td>67</td><td> Botswana</td><td>2.73</td></tr><tr><td>68</td><td> Syria</td><td>2.71</td></tr><tr><td>69</td><td> Timor-Leste</td><td>2.71</td></tr><tr><td>70</td><td> Lesotho</td><td>2.69</td></tr><tr><td>71</td><td> Turkmenistan</td><td>2.69</td></tr><tr><td>72</td><td> Mongolia</td><td>2.69</td></tr><tr><td>73</td><td> Haiti</td><td>2.66</td></tr><tr><td>74</td><td> Jordan</td><td>2.64</td></tr><tr><td>75</td><td> Djibouti</td><td>2.61</td></tr><tr><td>76</td><td> Cambodia</td><td>2.58</td></tr><tr><td>77</td><td> Bolivia</td><td>2.55</td></tr><tr><td>78</td><td> Oman</td><td>2.52</td></tr><tr><td>79</td><td> Niue (self-governing state in free association with  New Zealand)</td><td>2.51</td></tr><tr><td>80</td><td> Honduras</td><td>2.50</td></tr><tr><td>81</td><td> Paraguay</td><td>2.42</td></tr><tr><td>82</td><td> Laos</td><td>2.42</td></tr><tr><td>83</td><td> Guyana</td><td>2.41</td></tr><tr><td>84</td><td> Libya</td><td>2.35</td></tr><tr><td>85 (3)</td><td> Northern Mariana Islands (US)</td><td>2.35</td></tr><tr><td>86</td><td> Guatemala</td><td>2.31</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Population replacement</td><td>2.30</td></tr><tr><td>87 (4)</td><td> American Samoa (US)</td><td>2.29</td></tr><tr><td>88</td><td> Fiji</td><td>2.28</td></tr><tr><td>89</td><td> Saudi Arabia</td><td>2.28</td></tr><tr><td>90</td><td> Suriname</td><td>2.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  World</td><td>2.25</td></tr><tr><td>91</td><td> Dominican Republic</td><td>2.24</td></tr><tr><td>92 (5)</td><td> Faroe Islands (Denmark)</td><td>2.24</td></tr><tr><td>93</td><td> Lebanon</td><td>2.24</td></tr><tr><td>94</td><td> Morocco</td><td>2.23</td></tr><tr><td>95</td><td> Nicaragua</td><td>2.22</td></tr><tr><td>96</td><td> South Africa</td><td>2.22</td></tr><tr><td>97 (6)</td><td> Réunion (France)</td><td>2.17</td></tr><tr><td>98 (...1...)</td><td> Western Sahara (disputed territory between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) ("Free Zone" is a self proclaimed and de facto sovereign state)</td><td>2.16</td></tr><tr><td>99</td><td> Bangladesh</td><td>2.16</td></tr><tr><td>100</td><td> Seychelles</td><td>2.13</td></tr><tr><td>101</td><td> Indonesia</td><td>2.13</td></tr><tr><td>102</td><td> Panama</td><td>2.12</td></tr><tr><td>103</td><td> Burma (Myanmar)</td><td>2.12</td></tr><tr><td>104</td><td> Monaco</td><td>2.11</td></tr><tr><td>105 (7)</td><td> U.S. Virgin Islands (US)</td><td>2.09</td></tr><tr><td>106 (8)</td><td> Guadeloupe (France)</td><td>2.09</td></tr><tr><td>107</td><td> Venezuela</td><td>2.08</td></tr><tr><td>108</td><td> Cook Islands (self-governing country in free association with  New Zealand)</td><td>2.04</td></tr><tr><td>109 (9)</td><td> Martinique (France)</td><td>2.01</td></tr><tr><td>110</td><td> Belize</td><td>2.01</td></tr><tr><td>111</td><td> Nepal</td><td>1.98</td></tr><tr><td>112 (10)</td><td> New Caledonia (France)</td><td>1.98</td></tr><tr><td>113</td><td> Peru</td><td>1.98</td></tr><tr><td>114</td><td> India</td><td>1.98</td></tr><tr><td>115</td><td> Sri Lanka</td><td>1.97</td></tr><tr><td>116 (11)</td><td> Greenland (Denmark)</td><td>1.95</td></tr><tr><td>117</td><td> Philippines</td><td>1.92</td></tr><tr><td>118</td><td> Vietnam</td><td>1.91</td></tr><tr><td>119</td><td> Mexico</td><td>1.91</td></tr><tr><td>120</td><td> Palau</td><td>1.91</td></tr><tr><td>121 (12)</td><td> Gibraltar (UK)</td><td>1.89</td></tr><tr><td>122</td><td> Tunisia</td><td>1.83</td></tr><tr><td>123</td><td> Bahrain</td><td>1.82</td></tr><tr><td>124</td><td> Ecuador</td><td>1.82</td></tr><tr><td>125</td><td> Georgia</td><td>1.81</td></tr><tr><td>126</td><td> Montenegro</td><td>1.80</td></tr><tr><td>127</td><td> North Korea</td><td>1.78</td></tr><tr><td>128</td><td> El Salvador</td><td>1.77</td></tr><tr><td>129</td><td> Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</td><td>1.77</td></tr><tr><td>130</td><td> Bulgaria</td><td>1.75</td></tr><tr><td>131</td><td> Brunei</td><td>1.75</td></tr><tr><td>132</td><td> Moldova</td><td>1.73</td></tr><tr><td>133</td><td> Qatar</td><td>1.73</td></tr><tr><td>134</td><td> Armenia</td><td>1.71</td></tr><tr><td>135</td><td> Romania</td><td>1.71</td></tr><tr><td>136</td><td> Barbados</td><td>1.71</td></tr><tr><td>137</td><td> Iran</td><td>1.70</td></tr><tr><td>138 (13)</td><td> Falkland Islands (UK)</td><td>1.69</td></tr><tr><td>139</td><td> Azerbaijan</td><td>1.67</td></tr><tr><td>140</td><td> New Zealand</td><td>1.67</td></tr><tr><td>141</td><td> Colombia</td><td>1.65</td></tr><tr><td>142</td><td> France</td><td>1.64</td></tr><tr><td>143</td><td> Australia</td><td>1.64</td></tr><tr><td>144 (14)</td><td> Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)</td><td>1.64</td></tr><tr><td>145</td><td> Turkey</td><td>1.63</td></tr><tr><td>146</td><td> United States</td><td>1.62</td></tr><tr><td>147</td><td> Brazil</td><td>1.62</td></tr><tr><td>148 (15)</td><td> Aruba (Netherlands)</td><td>1.60</td></tr><tr><td>149</td><td> Ireland</td><td>1.60</td></tr><tr><td>150</td><td> Antigua and Barbuda</td><td>1.58</td></tr><tr><td>151</td><td> Slovenia</td><td>1.58</td></tr><tr><td>152</td><td> Maldives</td><td>1.57</td></tr><tr><td>153</td><td> Slovakia</td><td>1.56</td></tr><tr><td>154</td><td> United Kingdom</td><td>1.56</td></tr><tr><td>155</td><td> Malaysia</td><td>1.55</td></tr><tr><td>156 (16)</td><td> Isle of Man (UK)</td><td>1.55</td></tr><tr><td>157</td><td> Kosovo</td><td>1.54</td></tr><tr><td>158</td><td> Iceland</td><td>1.54</td></tr><tr><td>159</td><td> Liechtenstein</td><td>1.54</td></tr><tr><td>160</td><td> Trinidad and Tobago</td><td>1.53</td></tr><tr><td>161 (17)</td><td> Cayman Islands (UK)</td><td>1.53</td></tr><tr><td>162</td><td> Kuwait</td><td>1.52</td></tr><tr><td>163</td><td> Cape Verde</td><td>1.52</td></tr><tr><td>164</td><td> Denmark</td><td>1.51</td></tr><tr><td>165</td><td> Portugal</td><td>1.51</td></tr><tr><td>166</td><td> Saint Kitts and Nevis</td><td>1.50</td></tr><tr><td>167 (18)</td><td> French Polynesia (France)</td><td>1.50</td></tr><tr><td>168</td><td> Argentina</td><td>1.50</td></tr><tr><td>169</td><td> Serbia</td><td>1.50</td></tr><tr><td>170</td><td> Grenada</td><td>1.49</td></tr><tr><td>171</td><td> Bosnia and Herzegovina</td><td>1.49</td></tr><tr><td>172</td><td> Hungary</td><td>1.49</td></tr><tr><td>173</td><td> Dominica</td><td>1.48</td></tr><tr><td>174 (19)</td><td>Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (Netherlands)</td><td>1.47</td></tr><tr><td>175</td><td> Croatia</td><td>1.47</td></tr><tr><td>176</td><td> North Macedonia</td><td>1.47</td></tr><tr><td>177 (20)</td><td> Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)</td><td>1.46</td></tr><tr><td>178</td><td> Bhutan</td><td>1.46</td></tr><tr><td>179</td><td> Russia</td><td>1.45</td></tr><tr><td>180</td><td> Czech Republic</td><td>1.45</td></tr><tr><td>181 (21)</td><td> Sint Maarten (Netherlands)</td><td>1.45</td></tr><tr><td>182 (22)</td><td> Montserrat (UK)</td><td>1.44</td></tr><tr><td>183</td><td> Germany</td><td>1.44</td></tr><tr><td>184</td><td> Cuba</td><td>1.44</td></tr><tr><td>185</td><td> Switzerland</td><td>1.43</td></tr><tr><td>186</td><td> Sweden</td><td>1.43</td></tr><tr><td>187</td><td> Netherlands</td><td>1.43</td></tr><tr><td>188 (23)</td><td> Wallis and Futuna (France)</td><td>1.41</td></tr><tr><td>189</td><td> Uruguay</td><td>1.41</td></tr><tr><td>190</td><td> Norway</td><td>1.41</td></tr><tr><td>191 (24)</td><td> Bermuda (UK)</td><td>1.40</td></tr><tr><td>192</td><td> Luxembourg</td><td>1.40</td></tr><tr><td>193</td><td> Cyprus</td><td>1.39</td></tr><tr><td>194</td><td> Belgium</td><td>1.38</td></tr><tr><td>195</td><td> Saint Lucia</td><td>1.38</td></tr><tr><td>196</td><td> Bahamas</td><td>1.37</td></tr><tr><td>197 (25)</td><td> Guernsey (UK)</td><td>1.37</td></tr><tr><td>198 (26)</td><td> Anguilla (UK)</td><td>1.36</td></tr><tr><td>199 (27)</td><td> Jersey (UK)</td><td>1.36</td></tr><tr><td>200</td><td> Jamaica</td><td>1.36</td></tr><tr><td>201</td><td> Estonia</td><td>1.35</td></tr><tr><td>202</td><td> Canada</td><td>1.35</td></tr><tr><td>203</td><td> Albania</td><td>1.35</td></tr><tr><td>204</td><td> Latvia</td><td>1.34</td></tr><tr><td>205</td><td> Greece</td><td>1.33</td></tr><tr><td>206</td><td> Costa Rica</td><td>1.33</td></tr><tr><td>207</td><td> Austria</td><td>1.32</td></tr><tr><td>208</td><td> Poland</td><td>1.30</td></tr><tr><td>209</td><td> Finland</td><td>1.28</td></tr><tr><td>210 (28)</td><td> Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)</td><td>1.27</td></tr><tr><td>211</td><td> Mauritius</td><td>1.24</td></tr><tr><td>212</td><td> Spain</td><td>1.21</td></tr><tr><td>213</td><td> Thailand</td><td>1.21</td></tr><tr><td>214</td><td> Japan</td><td>1.21</td></tr><tr><td>215</td><td> Belarus</td><td>1.21</td></tr><tr><td>216</td><td> Lithuania</td><td>1.20</td></tr><tr><td>217</td><td> United Arab Emirates</td><td>1.20</td></tr><tr><td>218</td><td> Italy</td><td>1.20</td></tr><tr><td>219</td><td> Chile</td><td>1.17</td></tr><tr><td>220</td><td> San Marino</td><td>1.15</td></tr><tr><td>221</td><td> Malta</td><td>1.10</td></tr><tr><td>222</td><td> Andorra</td><td>1.08</td></tr><tr><td>223 (29)</td><td> Curaçao (Netherlands)</td><td>1.07</td></tr><tr><td>224 (30)</td><td> British Virgin Islands (UK)</td><td>1.04</td></tr><tr><td>225</td><td> Vatican City</td><td>1.00</td></tr><tr><td>226</td><td> China</td><td>1.00</td></tr><tr><td>227</td><td> Ukraine</td><td>0.98</td></tr><tr><td>228</td><td> Singapore</td><td>0.94</td></tr><tr><td>229 (31)</td><td> Puerto Rico (US)</td><td>0.94</td></tr><tr><td>230</td><td> Republic of China (Taiwan)</td><td>0.87</td></tr><tr><td>231 (32)</td><td> Saint Barthélemy (France)</td><td>0.80</td></tr><tr><td>232</td><td> South Korea</td><td>0.72</td></tr><tr><td>233 (33)</td><td> Hong Kong (China)</td><td>0.72</td></tr><tr><td>234 (34)</td><td> Macau (China)</td><td>0.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Sovereign states: 200</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Dependent territories: 34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Disputed territory: 1</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  World</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>World</td><td>2.25</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  United Nations Continental Major Regions</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Africa</td><td>4.07</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Oceania</td><td>2.14</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Asia</td><td>1.88</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Latin America and the Caribbean</td><td>1.81</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Northern America</td><td>1.60</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Europe</td><td>1.40</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Development Level</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Least Developed</td><td>3.94</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Less Developed</td><td>2.36</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Less developed regions excluding least developed countries</td><td>2.02</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>More Developed</td><td>1.45</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Income Level</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Low Income</td><td>4.53</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Middle Income</td><td>2.0</td></tr><tr><td>2.1</td><td>- Lower Middle Income</td><td>2.55</td></tr><tr><td>2.2</td><td>- Upper Middle Income</td><td>1.48</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>High Income</td><td>1.47</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Not ranked</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 (1)</td><td> Christmas Island (Australia)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>2 (2)</td><td> Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>3 (3)</td><td> Coral Sea Islands (Australia)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>4 (4)</td><td> England (United Kingdom)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>-</td><td> European Union</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>5 (5)</td><td> Mayotte (France)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>6 (6)</td><td> Norfolk Island (Australia)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>7 (..1..)</td><td>Paracel Islands (disputed territory) ( Vietnam, until 1974) (occupied by  China since 1974, also claimed by  Republic of China (Taiwan) and  Vietnam)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>8 (7)</td><td> Pitcairn Islands (UK)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>9 (8)</td><td> Saint Martin (France)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>10 (9)</td><td> Scotland (United Kingdom)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>11 (10)</td><td> South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (UK)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>12 (..2..)</td><td>Spratly Islands (disputed territory) (partially occupied by six countries -  China;  Republic of China (Taiwan);  Philippines;  Malaysia;  Vietnam and  Brunei)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>13 (11)</td><td> Svalbard (Norway)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>14 (12)</td><td> Wales (United Kingdom)</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Sovereign states: 0</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Dependent territories: 12</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>  Disputed territories: 2</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

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