fertility rate

2005-2010 List by the United Nations

2012 List by the CIA World Factbook

Rank Country Fertility rate (2005–2010) (births/woman) 1  Niger 7.19 2  Guinea-Bissau 7.07 3  Afghanistan 7.07 4  Burundi 6.80 5  Liberia 6.77 6  DR Congo 6.70 7  East Timor 6.53 8  Mali 6.52 9  Sierra Leone 6.47 10  Uganda 6.46 11  Angola 6.43 12  Chad 6.20 13  Somalia 6.04 14  Burkina Faso 6.00 15  Rwanda 5.92 16  Malawi 5.59 17  Yemen 5.50 18  Guinea 5.44 19  Benin 5.42 20  Equatorial Guinea 5.36 21  Nigeria 5.32 22  Ethiopia 5.29 23  Zambia 5.18 24  Tanzania 5.16 25  Mozambique 5.11 26  Palestinian territories 5.09 27  Eritrea 5.05 28  Kenya 4.96 29  Togo 4.80 30  Madagascar 4.78 31  Gambia 4.70 32  Senegal 4.69 33  Central African Republic 4.58 34  Republic of the Congo 4.49 35  Côte d'Ivoire 4.46 36  Mauritania 4.37 37  Cameroon 4.31 38  Comoros 4.30 39  Iraq 4.26 40  Sudan 4.23 41  Guatemala 4.15 42  Djibouti 3.95 43  Samoa 3.93 44  Solomon Islands 3.87 45  Sao Tome and Principe 3.85 46  Ghana 3.84 47  Tonga 3.83 48  Papua New Guinea 3.78 49  Vanuatu 3.74 50  Federated States of Micronesia 3.71 51  Haiti 3.54 52  Pakistan 3.52 53  Bolivia 3.50 54  Swaziland 3.45 55  Lesotho 3.37 56  Cape Verde 3.37 57  Saudi Arabia 3.35 58  Tajikistan 3.35 59  Honduras 3.31 60  Nepal 3.28 61  French Guiana (France) 3.27 62  Philippines 3.23 63  Laos 3.21 64  Namibia 3.19 65  Zimbabwe 3.19 66  Cambodia 3.18 67  Jordan 3.13 68  Paraguay 3.08 69  Syria 3.08 70  Gabon 3.06 71  Oman 3.00 72  Belize 2.93 73  Botswana 2.90 74  Egypt 2.89 75  Bangladesh 2.83 76  Dominican Republic 2.81 77  India 2.81 78  Nicaragua 2.76 79  Fiji 2.75 80  Israel 2.75 81  Libya 2.72 82  Western Sahara 2.70 83  El Salvador 2.68 84  Qatar 2.66 85  South Africa 2.64 86  Maldives 2.63 87  Malaysia 2.60 88  Ecuador 2.58 89  Panama 2.56   World 2.55 90  Venezuela 2.55 91  Guam (US) 2.54 92  Peru 2.51 93  Turkmenistan 2.50 94  Uzbekistan 2.49 95  Kyrgyzstan 2.48 96  Jamaica 2.43 97  Suriname 2.42 98  Algeria 2.38 99  Morocco 2.38 100  Réunion (France) 2.36 101  Guyana 2.33 102  Kazakhstan 2.31 103  United Arab Emirates 2.31 104  Grenada 2.30 105  Brunei 2.29 106  Bahrain 2.29 107  French Polynesia (France) 2.26 108  Argentina 2.25 109  Colombia 2.22 110  Mexico 2.21 111  Lebanon 2.21 112  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.19 113  Bhutan 2.19 114  Kuwait 2.18 115  Saint Lucia 2.18 116  Indonesia 2.18 117  United States Virgin Islands (US) 2.15 118  Turkey 2.14 119  Vietnam 2.14 120  Uruguay 2.12 121  Guadeloupe (France) 2.11 122  Costa Rica 2.10 123  New Caledonia (France) 2.08 124  Myanmar 2.07 125  Albania 2.06 126  United States 2.05 127  Iceland 2.05 128  Aruba (Netherlands) 2.04 129  Iran 2.04 130  Bahamas 2.02 131  New Zealand 1.99 132  Ireland 1.96 133  Chile 1.94 134  Tunisia 1.93 135  Martinique (France) 1.91 136  Brazil 1.90 137  France 1.89 138  Sri Lanka 1.88 139  Mongolia 1.87 140  Mauritius 1.86 141  Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 1.85 142  North Korea 1.85 143  Thailand 1.85 144  Norway 1.85 145  Montenegro 1.83 146  Puerto Rico (US) 1.83 147  Finland 1.83 148  United Kingdom 1.82 149  Azerbaijan 1.82 150  Denmark 1.80 151  Sweden 1.80 152  Serbia 1.79 153  Australia 1.79 154  People's Republic of China (mainland only) 1.73 155  Netherlands 1.72 156  Luxembourg 1.66 157  Belgium 1.65 158  Trinidad and Tobago 1.64 159  Cyprus 1.61 160  Canada 1.53 161  Barbados 1.50 162  Cuba 1.49 163  Estonia 1.49 164  Portugal 1.46 165  Macedonia 1.43 166  Switzerland 1.42 167 Channel Islands ( Jersey and  Guernsey) (UK) 1.42 168  Austria 1.42 169  Spain 1.41 170  Georgia 1.41 171  Germany 1.41 172  Moldova 1.40 173  Armenia 1.39 174  Italy 1.38 175  Malta 1.37 176  Croatia 1.35 177  Russia 1.34 178  Greece 1.33 179  Bulgaria 1.31 180  Romania 1.30 181  Latvia 1.29 182  Hungary 1.28 183  Slovenia 1.28 184  Japan 1.27 185  Lithuania 1.26 186  Singapore 1.26 187  Slovakia 1.25 188  Czech Republic 1.24 189  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.23 190  Poland 1.23 191  Ukraine 1.22 192  South Korea 1.21 193  Belarus 1.20 194  Hong Kong (PRC) 0.97 195  Macau (PRC) 0.91

Rank Country Fertility rate 2012 est. (births/woman) 1  Niger 7.52 2  Uganda 6.65 3  Mali 6.35 4  Somalia 6.25 5  Burundi 6.08 6  Burkina Faso 6.07 7  Ethiopia 5.97 8  Zambia 5.90 9  Afghanistan 5.64 10  Republic of the Congo 5.59 11  Angola 5.54 12  Mozambique 5.40 13  Mayotte (France) 5.40 (2010 est.) 14  Nigeria 5.38 15  Malawi 5.35 16  Benin 5.22 17  DR Congo 5.09 18  Guinea 5.04 19  Liberia 5.02 20  Madagascar 4.96 21  Sao Tome and Principe 4.92 22  Chad 4.93 23  Sierra Leone 4.90 24  Equatorial Guinea 4.83 25  Rwanda 4.81 26  Senegal 4.69 27  Togo 4.64 28  Gaza Strip 4.57 29  Central African Republic 4.57 30  Gabon 4.56 31  Yemen 4.45 32  Guinea-Bissau 4.44 33  Eritrea 4.37 34  Western Sahara 4.22 35  Mauritania 4.22 36  Sudan 4.17 37  Gambia 4.10 38  Cameroon 4.09 39  Comoros 4.09 40  Tanzania 4.02 41  Kenya 3.98 42  Côte d'Ivoire 3.82 43  Zimbabwe 3.61 44  Iraq 3.58 45  Tonga 3.55 46  Solomon Islands 3.51 47  French Guiana (France) 3.46 (in 2004)[4] 48  Ghana 3.39 49  Papua New Guinea 3.39 50  Marshall Islands 3.37 51  Jordan 3.36 52  Guatemala 3.18 53  Belize 3.15 54  Philippines 3.15 55  Samoa 3.13 56  American Samoa (US) 3.10 57  Tuvalu 3.08 58  Pakistan 3.07 59  Laos 3.06 60  East Timor 3.06 61  Nauru 3.03 62  Swaziland 3.03 63  Honduras 3.01 64  West Bank 2.98 65  Haiti 2.98 66  Egypt 2.94 67  Bolivia 2.93 68  Libya 2.90 69  Lesotho 2.89 70  Oman 2.87 71  Syria 2.85 72  Tajikistan 2.85 73  Cambodia 2.78 74  Kyrgyzstan 2.73 75  Kiribati 2.71 76  Federated States of Micronesia 2.68 77  Israel 2.67 78  Malaysia 2.64 79  Djibouti 2.63 80  Kuwait 2.60 81  India 2.58 82  Fiji 2.58 83  Bangladesh 2.55 84   World 2.47 85  Botswana 2.46 86  Guam (US) 2.45 87  Cape Verde 2.44 88  Panama 2.43 89  Réunion (France) 2.42 (in 2005)[5] 90  Dominican Republic 2.41 91  Namibia 2.41 92  Kazakhstan 2.41 93  Nepal 2.41 94  Faroe Islands ( Denmark) 2.40 95  Venezuela 2.40 96  United Arab Emirates 2.38 97  Ecuador 2.38 98  Cook Islands 2.35 99  Vanuatu 2.35 100  Peru 2.29 101  Argentina 2.29 102  South Africa 2.28 103  Mexico 2.27 104  Guyana 2.27 105  Saudi Arabia 2.26 106  Guadeloupe (France) 2.26 (in 2004)[4] 107  Burma 2.23 108  Indonesia 2.23 109  Mongolia 2.19 110  Morocco 2.19 111  Sri Lanka 2.17 112  Brazil 2.16 113  Grenada 2.15 114  Turkmenistan 2.14 115  Bhutan 2.13 116  Turkey 2.13 117  Colombia 2.12 118  Jamaica 2.12 119  Greenland ( Denmark) 2.11 120  Curacao ( Netherlands) 2.10 121  Northern Mariana Islands (US) 2.09 122  Suriname 2.08 123  Nicaragua 2.08 124 France (Metropolitan) 2.08 125  New Zealand 2.07 126  Dominica 2.06 127  Paraguay 2.06 128  United States 2.06 129  Antigua and Barbuda 2.05 130  New Caledonia (France) 2.04 131  El Salvador 2.04 132  Tunisia 2.02 133  Ireland 2.01 134  North Korea 2.01 135  French Polynesia (France) 2.00 136  The Bahamas 1.98 137  Bermuda (UK) 1.97 138  Isle of Man (UK) 1.96 139  Gibraltar (UK) 1.94 140  Qatar 1.93 141  Azerbaijan 1.92 142  Costa Rica 1.92 143  United Kingdom 1.91 144  Seychelles 1.90 145  Vietnam 1.89 146  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.89 147  Iceland 1.89 148  Martinique (France) 1.88 (in 2004)[4] 149  Cayman Islands (UK) 1.87 150  Uruguay 1.87 151  Iran 1.87 152  Chile 1.87 153  Uzbekistan 1.86 154  Bahrain 1.86 155  Brunei 1.85 156  Aruba (Netherlands) 1.84 157  Saint Lucia 1.80 158  Wallis and Futuna (France) 1.79 159  Maldives 1.79 160  U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 1.78 162  Netherlands 1.78 163  Mauritius 1.78 164  Australia 1.77 165  Luxembourg 1.77 166  Norway 1.77 167  Lebanon 1.76 168  Anguilla (UK) 1.75 169  Denmark 1.74 170  Algeria 1.74 171  Finland 1.73 172  Trinidad and Tobago 1.72 173  Palau 1.72 174  Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 1.70 175  Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 1.70 176  Liechtenstein 1.69 177  Barbados 1.68 178  Sweden 1.67 178  Jersey (UK) 1.66 179  Thailand 1.66 180  Belgium 1.65 181  Puerto Rico (US) 1.63 182  Macedonia 1.59 183  Canada 1.59 184  Saint Helena (UK) 1.57 185  Moldova 1.55 186  Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 1.55 187  People's Republic of China (mainland only) 1.55 188  Guernsey (UK) 1.54 188  Malta 1.53 189  Monaco 1.51 190  Portugal 1.51 191  Spain 1.48 192  San Marino 1.48 193  Albania 1.48 194  Switzerland 1.47 195  Georgia 1.46 196  Cyprus 1.45 197  Cuba 1.45 198  Croatia 1.44 199  Estonia 1.44 200  Bulgaria 1.43 201  Russia 1.43 202  Germany 1.41 203  Austria 1.41 204  Hungary 1.41 205  Italy 1.40 206  Serbia 1.40 207  Japan 1.39 208  Greece 1.39 209  Slovakia 1.38 210  Armenia 1.38 211  Andorra 1.36 212  Latvia 1.33 213  Slovenia 1.31 214  Poland 1.31 215  Romania 1.30 216  Ukraine 1.29 217  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.28 218  Montserrat (UK) 1.27 219  Belarus 1.27 220  Czech Republic 1.27 221  Lithuania 1.27 222  South Korea 1.23 223  British Virgin Islands (UK) 1.22 224  Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.16 225  Hong Kong (PRC) 1.09 226  Macau (PRC) 0.92 227  Singapore 0.78