Countries by fertility rate, 2024

Name: Countries by fertility rate, 2024
Creator: World Bank
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Chad had the highest fertility rate of 215 countries in 2024, at 6.03 children per woman. Macao had the lowest, at 0.58 children per woman. The median was 1.91 children per woman and the figure for the World was 2.19 children per woman. Source: the World Bank.

Highest6.03Chad

Lowest0.58Macao

Median1.91215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2024

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children per woman. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2024 children per woman	Change on 2023
1	Chad	6.03	-0.09
2	Somalia	6.01	-0.12
3	Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.98	-0.07
4	Central African Republic	5.95	-0.06
5	Niger	5.94	-0.13
6	Mali	5.51	-0.1
7	Angola	5.05	-0.08
8	Burundi	4.79	-0.09
9	Afghanistan	4.76	-0.08
10	Mozambique	4.69	-0.07
11	Mauritania	4.63	-0.07
12	Tanzania	4.54	-0.06
13	Yemen	4.5	-0.09
14	Benin	4.48	-0.08
15	Nigeria	4.38	-0.1
16	Sudan	4.26	-0.06
17	Cameroon	4.26	-0.06
18	Côte d’Ivoire	4.23	-0.05
19	Uganda	4.17	-0.12
20	Guinea	4.13	-0.09
21	Togo	4.12	-0.07
22	Equatorial Guinea	4.12	+0.03
23	Burkina Faso	4.11	-0.08
24	Republic of the Congo	4.11	-0.05
25	Zambia	4.04	-0.07
26	Madagascar	3.91	-0.06
27	Ethiopia	3.91	-0.08
28	Gambia	3.91	-0.1
29	Liberia	3.86	-0.09
30	Comoros	3.82	-0.06
31	Samoa	3.8	-0.03
32	South Sudan	3.79	-0.08
33	Senegal	3.77	-0.05
34	Guinea-Bissau	3.76	-0.08
35	Sierra Leone	3.7	-0.09
36	Eritrea	3.68	-0.03
37	Zimbabwe	3.67	-0.05
38	Rwanda	3.65	-0.05
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.6	-0.05
40	Gabon	3.59	-0.05
41	Malawi	3.59	-0.06
42	Vanuatu	3.57	-0.03
43	Pakistan	3.55	-0.06
44	Solomon Islands	3.51	-0.04
45	Uzbekistan	3.49	-0.01
46	Ghana	3.34	-0.05
47	Nauru	3.29	-0.04
48	Palestine	3.25	-0.06
49	Iraq	3.22	-0.03
50	Namibia	3.21	-0
51	Tuvalu	3.17	-0.03
52	Kenya	3.17	-0.04
53	Kiribati	3.12	-0.02
54	Tonga	3.1	-0.03
55	Papua New Guinea	3.07	-0.03
56	Tajikistan	3.04	-0.04
57	Kazakhstan	2.98	-0.03
58	Israel	2.87	+0.02
59	Marshall Islands	2.86	-0.06
60	Guam	2.75	-0.03
61	Micronesia	2.74	-0.01
62	Egypt	2.74	-0.02
63	Algeria	2.72	-0.04
64	Eswatini	2.72	-0.04
65	Botswana	2.7	-0.03
66	Syria	2.7	-0.01
67	Saint Martin	2.67	-0.04
68	Lesotho	2.66	-0.03
69	Turkmenistan	2.66	-0.03
70	Timor-Leste	2.63	-0.08
71	Haiti	2.63	-0.03
72	Djibouti	2.62	+0.01
73	Jordan	2.6	-0.03
74	Kyrgyzstan	2.6	-0.1
75	Cambodia	2.55	-0.03
76	Bolivia	2.52	-0.02
77	Oman	2.51	-0.02
78	Mongolia	2.5	-0.2
79	Honduras	2.48	-0.02
80	Paraguay	2.42	-0.01
81	Laos	2.4	-0.02
82	Guyana	2.4	-0.02
83	Northern Mariana Islands	2.32	-0.02
84	Saudi Arabia	2.31	+0.03
85	Libya	2.3	-0.06
86	Guatemala	2.29	-0.02
87	Fiji	2.27	-0.01
88	American Samoa	2.27	-0.02
89	Suriname	2.23	-0.02
90	Lebanon	2.23	-0.01
91	Dominican Republic	2.22	-0.02
92	Morocco	2.21	-0.02
93	Nicaragua	2.21	-0.01
94	South Africa	2.21	-0.01
95	Bangladesh	2.14	-0.02
96	Indonesia	2.12	-0.01
97	Panama	2.11	-0.01
98	Monaco	2.1	-0.01
99	Myanmar	2.1	-0.02
100	Venezuela	2.08	-0
101	Belize	2.02	+0.01
102	U.S. Virgin Islands	1.97	-0.01
103	Peru	1.97	-0.01
104	New Caledonia	1.96	-0.02
105	India	1.96	-0.01
106	Nepal	1.96	-0.02
107	Sri Lanka	1.95	-0.02
108	Faroe Islands	1.91	+0.05
109	Vietnam	1.9	-0.02
110	Philippines	1.89	-0.02
111	Mexico	1.89	-0.02
112	Gibraltar	1.89	-0
113	Palau	1.88	-0.02
114	Seychelles	1.85	-0.33
115	Tunisia	1.82	-0.01
116	Ecuador	1.81	-0.02
117	Bahrain	1.81	-0.02
118	Georgia	1.8	-0.01
119	Montenegro	1.8	+0.06
120	North Korea	1.78	0
121	El Salvador	1.77	-0.01
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.76	-0.01
123	Brunei	1.73	-0.02
124	Moldova	1.73	-0.01
125	Bulgaria	1.72	-0.09
126	Qatar	1.72	-0.01
127	Barbados	1.71	0
128	Greenland	1.71	-0.06
129	Armenia	1.7	-0.2
130	Iran	1.68	-0.01
131	Serbia	1.64	+0.02
132	Colombia	1.63	-0.01
133	United States	1.63	+0.01
134	Brazil	1.61	-0
135	France	1.61	-0.05
136	Aruba	1.61	0
137	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58	0
138	New Zealand	1.57	0
139	Iceland	1.56	+0.01
139	Kuwait	1.56	+0.04
139	Maldives	1.56	-0.01
142	United Kingdom	1.55	-0.01
143	Isle of Man	1.54	-0
144	Malaysia	1.54	-0.01
145	Trinidad and Tobago	1.54	0
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.53	+0.02
147	Cayman Islands	1.53	-0.01
148	Slovenia	1.52	+0.01
149	Cape Verde	1.51	-0.01
150	Argentina	1.5	0
151	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49	+0.01
152	French Polynesia	1.49	-0.01
153	Australia	1.48	-0.02
154	Dominica	1.48	-0
154	Türkiye	1.48	-0.03
156	Grenada	1.47	-0.02
157	Denmark	1.47	-0.03
157	Ireland	1.47	-0.03
159	Croatia	1.46	0
159	Slovakia	1.46	-0.03
161	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.45	-0.01
162	Norway	1.45	+0.05
163	Bhutan	1.45	-0.01
164	Cuba	1.45	+0.01
165	Belgium	1.44	-0.03
165	Mauritius	1.44	+0.04
165	Sint Maarten	1.44	-0.01
168	Azerbaijan	1.43	-0.12
168	Netherlands	1.43	0
168	Sweden	1.43	-0.02
171	Russia	1.42	+0.01
172	Hungary	1.41	-0.14
172	Portugal	1.41	-0.04
174	Bermuda	1.41	0
175	Curaçao	1.4	+0.1
175	North Macedonia	1.4	-0.1
177	Uruguay	1.4	-0.01
178	Romania	1.39	-0.15
179	Saint Lucia	1.39	+0.01
180	Cyprus	1.38	-0.01
181	Bahamas	1.37	0
182	Liechtenstein	1.37	-0.08
183	Czechia	1.36	-0.1
183	Germany	1.36	-0.03
185	Jamaica	1.35	-0.01
186	Albania	1.34	-0.01
187	Costa Rica	1.32	-0.01
188	Austria	1.31	-0.01
189	Switzerland	1.29	-0.04
190	Canada	1.25	-0.02
190	Finland	1.25	-0.01
190	Luxembourg	1.25	0
193	Greece	1.24	-0.02
193	Latvia	1.24	-0.12
195	Belarus	1.22	+0.01
196	United Arab Emirates	1.21	+0.01
197	Thailand	1.2	-0.01
198	Estonia	1.18	-0.13
198	Italy	1.18	-0.03
200	San Marino	1.16	+0.01
201	Japan	1.15	-0.05
202	Chile	1.14	-0.03
202	Poland	1.14	-0.06
204	Lithuania	1.11	-0.07
205	Spain	1.1	-0.02
206	Andorra	1.09	0
207	British Virgin Islands	1.05	0
208	China	1.01	+0.01
209	Malta	1.01	-0.05
210	Ukraine	0.99	+0.01
211	Singapore	0.97	0
212	Puerto Rico	0.92	0
213	Hong Kong	0.84	+0.09
214	South Korea	0.75	+0.03
215	Macao	0.58	-0

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About this ranking

Average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at current age-specific fertility rates.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Fertility rate, total, births per woman (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which country has the highest fertility rate?

Chad, with 6.03 children per woman in 2024, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

Macao, with 0.58 children per woman in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Fertility rate, total, births per woman (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN). Retrieved 2026-10-09.