Data

Fertility rate by Country

Fertility rate by country, ranked. All 195 countries ranked by fertility rate, with Magna grades and factbook links.

Niger tops the fertility rate ranking at 6.55, ahead of Somalia (6.38). 194 countries carry a published figure; this ranking is compiled and ordered by the Bureau from national sources.

The Magna grade shown alongside is our own 0–100 structural-power composite — our assessment, not a source mirror.

Top 10

#	Country	Fertility rate	Grade
1	Niger	6.55	MCD
2	Somalia	6.38	MCD
3	Angola	5.45	MCC
4	DRC	5.42	MCD
5	Benin	5.3	MCC
6	Mali	5.26	MCC
7	Chad	5.13	MCC
8	Uganda	5.08	MCC
9	South Sudan	4.98	MCD
10	Burundi	4.94	MCC

All countries ranked by fertility rate194 countries

#	Country	Fertility rate
1	Niger	6.55
2	Somalia	6.38
3	Angola	5.45
4	DRC	5.42
5	Benin	5.3
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	CT	3.89
24	Cameroon	3.87
25	Côte d'Ivoire	3.85
26	Liberia	3.84
27	Ethiopia	3.77
28	Congo (Brazzaville)	3.72
29	Papua New Guinea	3.72
30	Zambia	3.67
31	Yemen	3.65
32	Sierra Leone	3.52
33	Tajikistan	3.52
34	Ghana	3.51
35	Madagascar	3.47
36	Palestine	3.44
37	Zimbabwe	3.42
38	The Gambia	3.39
39	Eritrea	3.35
40	Malawi	3.33
41	Pakistan	3.25
42	Rwanda	3.2
43	Sao Tome and Principe	3.18
44	Gabon	3.16
45	Kenya	3.09
46	Iraq	3.03
47	Libya	2.96
48	Algeria	2.91
49	Israel	2.89
50	Namibia	2.85
51	Jordan	2.83
52	Timor-Leste	2.79
53	Tuvalu	2.76
54	Botswana	2.73
55	Solomon Islands	2.72
56	Syria	2.64
57	Eswatini	2.64
58	Marshall Islands	2.62
59	Oman	2.61
60	Mongolia	2.6
61	Uzbekistan	2.6
62	Tonga	2.59
63	Kazakhstan	2.57
64	Egypt	2.53
65	Comoros	2.52
66	Nauru	2.52
67	Lesotho	2.49
68	Vanuatu	2.46
69	Kyrgyzstan	2.43
70	Haiti	2.39
71	Panama	2.33
72	Honduras	2.29
73	Samoa	2.29
74	Bangladesh	2.25
75	Morocco	2.24
76	South Africa	2.23
77	Lebanon	2.2
78	Kuwait	2.19
79	Laos	2.19
80	Fiji	2.18
81	The Dominican	2.17
82	Ecuador	2.17
83	FM	2.17
84	Venezuela	2.16
85	Cambodia	2.14
86	Bolivia	2.13
87	Kiribati	2.13
88	Sri Lanka	2.12
89	Peru	2.12
90	Djibouti	2.09
91	Cabo Verde	2.08
92	Guyana	2.04
93	Belize	2.02
94	Turkmenistan	2.02
95	Dominica	2.01
96	Vietnam	2.01
97	India	2
98	Guatemala	1.97
99	Burma	1.95
100	Colombia	1.94
101	Georgia	1.94
102	Philippines	1.94
103	Indonesia	1.93
104	Iceland	1.93
105	Antigua and Barbuda	1.92
106	France	1.9
107	Qatar	1.9
108	Grenada	1.89
109	Paraguay	1.88
110	Turkey	1.88
111	Suriname	1.87
112	Jamaica	1.86
113	Mexico	1.85
114	New Zealand	1.84
115	Saudi Arabia	1.84
116	Nicaragua	1.82
117	Nepal	1.82
118	North Korea	1.8
119	Montenegro	1.8
120	Seychelles	1.8
121	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.76
122	Bhutan	1.75
123	Brunei	1.73
124	Brazil	1.73
125	Czechia	1.73
126	Malaysia	1.73
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.73
128	Ireland	1.72
129	Saint Lucia	1.71
130	Maldives	1.7
131	Palau	1.7
132	Azerbaijan	1.69
133	Liechtenstein	1.69
134	Armenia	1.66
135	Sweden	1.66
136	Bahrain	1.64
137	United Kingdom	1.64
138	Romania	1.63
139	Trinidad and Tobago	1.63
140	United States	1.63
141	Netherlands	1.62
142	AE	1.6
143	Hungary	1.6
144	Slovakia	1.6
145	Switzerland	1.59
146	Germany	1.59
147	Tunisia	1.59
148	Norway	1.58
149	Monaco	1.55
150	Thailand	1.55
151	San Marino	1.54
152	Iran	1.53
153	North Macedonia	1.53
154	Bulgaria	1.52
155	Russia	1.52
156	Australia	1.5
157	Denmark	1.5
158	Cuba	1.49
159	Cyprus	1.49
160	Slovenia	1.49
161	Andorra	1.47
162	Serbia	1.47
163	Belgium	1.46
164	Portugal	1.46
165	The Bahamas	1.45
166	Belarus	1.45
167	Costa Rica	1.45
168	Argentina	1.43
169	Canada	1.43
170	Croatia	1.43
171	Greece	1.42
172	Japan	1.41
173	El Salvador	1.4
174	Estonia	1.36
175	Mauritius	1.36
176	Austria	1.35
177	Poland	1.33
178	Spain	1.32
179	Finland	1.28
180	Italy	1.27
181	Moldova	1.27
182	Uruguay	1.27
183	Chile	1.25
184	Luxembourg	1.25
185	Latvia	1.25
186	Barbados	1.24
187	Lithuania	1.22
188	Ukraine	1.22
189	China	1.2
190	Malta	1.18
191	Singapore	1.18
192	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.15
193	Albania	1.09
194	South Korea	0.68

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