# Countries by fertility rate, 2024

All 215 values come from World Bank for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `fertility_rate`
- Unit: children per woman
- Definition: Average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at current age-specific fertility rates.
- Source: World Bank, Fertility rate, total, births per woman (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fertility-rate/countries
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/fertility-rate/countries.csv

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