Countries by fertility rate

Name: Countries by fertility rate, 2013
Creator: World Bank
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Niger had the highest fertility rate of 215 countries in 2013, at 7.45 children per woman. British Virgin Islands had the lowest, at 1.09 children per woman. The median was 2.27 children per woman and the figure for the World was 2.52 children per woman. Source: the World Bank.

Highest7.45Niger

Lowest1.09British Virgin Islands

Median2.27215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2013

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2013 children per woman	Change on 2012
1	Niger	7.45	-0.08
2	Somalia	7.14	-0.07
3	Chad	6.84	-0.07
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.53	-0.03
5	Mali	6.49	-0.03
6	Central African Republic	6.08	+0.03
7	Angola	5.95	-0.09
8	Burundi	5.89	-0.1
9	Afghanistan	5.88	-0.11
10	Burkina Faso	5.7	-0.1
11	Nigeria	5.69	-0.1
12	Uganda	5.56	-0.17
13	Mozambique	5.43	-0.09
14	Benin	5.41	-0.02
15	Gambia	5.39	-0.13
16	Mauritania	5.32	-0.04
17	Tanzania	5.16	+0.02
18	Guinea	5.15	-0.08
19	Côte d’Ivoire	5.14	-0.06
20	Senegal	5.05	-0.08
21	Zambia	5.01	-0.12
22	Sudan	4.97	-0.07
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.95	-0.09
24	South Sudan	4.94	-0.12
25	Guinea-Bissau	4.93	-0.07
26	Cameroon	4.91	-0.08
27	Sierra Leone	4.87	-0.19
28	Malawi	4.76	-0.14
29	Togo	4.75	-0.1
30	Liberia	4.75	-0.13
31	Republic of the Congo	4.73	-0.05
32	Ethiopia	4.71	-0.18
33	Yemen	4.62	-0.01
34	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.58	-0.08
35	Comoros	4.57	-0.08
36	Madagascar	4.53	-0.09
37	Samoa	4.49	-0.05
38	Iraq	4.44	-0.1
39	Eritrea	4.34	-0.07
40	Solomon Islands	4.33	-0.01
41	Timor-Leste	4.21	-0.2
42	Rwanda	4.14	-0.06
43	Pakistan	4.13	-0.08
44	Ghana	4.11	-0.04
45	Zimbabwe	4.11	-0.02
46	Nauru	4.1	-0.02
47	Palestine	4.05	-0.1
48	Vanuatu	4.04	-0.02
49	Gabon	4.02	-0.07
50	Kenya	3.96	-0.16
51	Tonga	3.7	-0.07
52	Papua New Guinea	3.68	-0.06
53	Namibia	3.65	-0.02
54	Kiribati	3.64	-0.13
55	Northern Mariana Islands	3.54	+0.21
56	Egypt	3.49	+0.09
57	Jordan	3.45	-0.12
58	Tajikistan	3.43	+0.01
59	Tuvalu	3.39	-0.08
60	Lesotho	3.28	-0.01
61	Marshall Islands	3.25	-0.14
62	Eswatini	3.24	-0.03
63	Haiti	3.22	-0.1
64	Djibouti	3.19	-0.07
65	Syria	3.17	-0.06
66	Guatemala	3.15	-0.07
67	Micronesia	3.13	-0.05
68	Kyrgyzstan	3.1	-0.1
69	Botswana	3.05	-0.02
70	Philippines	3.04	-0.1
71	Israel	3.03	-0.02
72	Bolivia	3.01	-0.07
73	Turkmenistan	3.01	+0.05
74	Mongolia	3	+0.3
75	Algeria	3	0
76	Oman	2.95	+0.03
77	American Samoa	2.93	-0.11
78	Guam	2.88	-0.23
79	Laos	2.87	-0.08
80	Honduras	2.86	-0.07
81	Cambodia	2.74	-0.01
82	Saint Martin	2.72	-0.05
83	Libya	2.72	+0.04
84	Guyana	2.71	+0.01
85	Kazakhstan	2.67	+0.03
85	Saudi Arabia	2.67	-0.11
87	Suriname	2.65	-0.02
88	Paraguay	2.64	-0.02
89	Fiji	2.6	-0.01
90	Panama	2.57	-0.02
91	Faroe Islands	2.51	-0.02
92	Belize	2.5	-0.01
93	Nicaragua	2.49	-0.04
94	Morocco	2.48	-0.06
95	Dominican Republic	2.47	-0.02
96	Uzbekistan	2.45	+0.11
97	Indonesia	2.44	-0.07
98	South Africa	2.43	-0.02
99	India	2.4	-0.07
100	Ecuador	2.36	-0.15
101	Lebanon	2.36	+0.02
102	Nepal	2.36	-0.06
103	Argentina	2.34	+0.03
104	Venezuela	2.33	-0.04
105	Peru	2.32	-0.04
106	Monaco	2.31	+0.02
107	Tunisia	2.31	+0.03
108	Mexico	2.27	-0.02
109	Myanmar	2.26	-0.01
110	Bangladesh	2.25	-0.02
111	Seychelles	2.21	-0.11
112	Sri Lanka	2.18	0
113	Maldives	2.17	-0.08
114	New Caledonia	2.17	-0.04
115	Bahrain	2.17	+0.06
116	El Salvador	2.15	-0.03
117	Türkiye	2.11	0
118	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.11	-0.01
119	Curaçao	2.1	-0.1
120	Gibraltar	2.1	+0.1
121	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.08	+0.02
122	Malaysia	2.07	-0.05
123	Greenland	2.07	+0.06
124	Cape Verde	2.07	-0.09
125	Palau	2.05	+0.05
126	Uruguay	2.03	+0.02
127	Qatar	2.03	-0.01
128	New Zealand	2.01	-0.09
129	Bhutan	2	-0.07
130	Georgia	1.99	+0.06
131	France	1.99	-0.02
132	Azerbaijan	1.98	-0.02
132	Vietnam	1.98	+0.01
134	Brunei	1.98	0
135	Kuwait	1.97	-0.02
136	Aruba	1.94	+0.04
137	French Polynesia	1.94	-0.09
138	Iceland	1.93	-0.11
138	Ireland	1.93	-0.05
140	Grenada	1.91	-0.05
140	Iran	1.91	+0.06
142	Sint Maarten	1.89	-0.07
143	Sweden	1.89	-0.02
144	North Korea	1.88	-0
145	Colombia	1.86	-0.04
146	United States	1.86	-0.02
147	Australia	1.86	-0.06
148	United Kingdom	1.83	-0.09
149	Isle of Man	1.82	-0.04
150	Chile	1.79	-0.01
151	Norway	1.78	-0.07
152	Costa Rica	1.78	-0.07
153	Dominica	1.78	-0.05
154	Brazil	1.76	-0.01
155	Belgium	1.76	-0.04
156	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.75	-0.05
157	Finland	1.75	-0.05
158	Albania	1.74	+0.02
159	Bahamas	1.74	-0.02
160	Montenegro	1.73	+0.01
161	Barbados	1.73	-0
162	China	1.71	-0.08
163	Russia	1.71	+0.02
164	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.68	-0.03
165	Netherlands	1.68	-0.04
166	Cuba	1.68	+0.01
167	Denmark	1.67	-0.06
168	Belarus	1.67	+0.05
169	Moldova	1.62	-0.04
170	Canada	1.61	-0.02
171	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6	-0.01
172	Armenia	1.6	0
173	Jamaica	1.59	-0.06
174	Lithuania	1.59	-0.01
175	Luxembourg	1.55	-0.02
175	Slovenia	1.55	-0.03
177	Bulgaria	1.54	+0.04
178	Antigua and Barbuda	1.54	-0.12
179	United Arab Emirates	1.53	-0.01
180	Thailand	1.53	-0.04
181	Bermuda	1.52	-0.01
182	Estonia	1.52	-0.04
182	Latvia	1.52	+0.08
182	Switzerland	1.52	0
185	Ukraine	1.52	-0.01
186	North Macedonia	1.5	0
186	Saint Lucia	1.5	0
188	San Marino	1.48	+0.19
189	Puerto Rico	1.47	-0.07
190	Croatia	1.46	-0.06
190	Czechia	1.46	+0.01
190	Romania	1.46	-0.06
193	Liechtenstein	1.45	-0.06
193	Mauritius	1.45	-0.11
195	Cayman Islands	1.45	-0.09
196	Austria	1.44	0
197	Japan	1.43	+0.02
197	Serbia	1.43	-0.02
199	Germany	1.42	+0.01
200	Italy	1.39	-0.03
201	Hungary	1.36	+0.02
201	Malta	1.36	-0.06
203	Slovakia	1.34	0
204	Cyprus	1.3	-0.08
205	Greece	1.29	-0.05
205	Poland	1.29	-0.04
207	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.28	+0.03
208	Spain	1.27	-0.05
209	Portugal	1.21	-0.07
210	Singapore	1.19	-0.1
211	South Korea	1.19	-0.11
212	Macao	1.15	-0.21
213	Andorra	1.14	-0.12
214	Hong Kong	1.13	-0.16
215	British Virgin Islands	1.09	-0.02

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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?

Niger, with 7.45 children per woman in 2013, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

British Virgin Islands, with 1.09 children per woman in 2013.

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.