Countries by fertility rate

Name: Countries by fertility rate, 2014
Creator: World Bank
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Niger had the highest fertility rate of 215 countries in 2014, at 7.34 children per woman. Andorra had the lowest, at 1.17 children per woman. The median was 2.25 children per woman and the figure for the World was 2.52 children per woman. Source: the World Bank.

Highest7.34Niger

Lowest1.17Andorra

Median2.25215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2014

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2014 children per woman	Change on 2013
1	Niger	7.34	-0.1
2	Somalia	7.06	-0.08
3	Chad	6.78	-0.06
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.48	-0.04
5	Mali	6.44	-0.05
6	Central African Republic	6.1	+0.02
7	Angola	5.86	-0.09
8	Burundi	5.79	-0.1
9	Afghanistan	5.77	-0.11
10	Nigeria	5.62	-0.07
11	Burkina Faso	5.6	-0.1
12	Uganda	5.41	-0.15
13	Benin	5.37	-0.04
14	Mozambique	5.3	-0.13
15	Mauritania	5.26	-0.06
16	Gambia	5.2	-0.2
17	Tanzania	5.12	-0.03
18	Côte d’Ivoire	5.07	-0.06
19	Guinea	5.07	-0.08
20	Sudan	4.91	-0.05
21	Zambia	4.89	-0.12
22	Senegal	4.88	-0.17
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.86	-0.09
24	Cameroon	4.84	-0.06
25	South Sudan	4.82	-0.12
26	Guinea-Bissau	4.79	-0.14
27	Sierra Leone	4.7	-0.17
28	Togo	4.7	-0.05
29	Republic of the Congo	4.67	-0.07
30	Liberia	4.62	-0.13
31	Yemen	4.62	-0
32	Ethiopia	4.61	-0.1
33	Malawi	4.57	-0.19
34	Comoros	4.49	-0.08
35	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.49	-0.1
36	Samoa	4.42	-0.07
37	Madagascar	4.42	-0.11
38	Solomon Islands	4.36	+0.04
39	Iraq	4.31	-0.13
40	Eritrea	4.27	-0.06
41	Rwanda	4.12	-0.02
42	Nauru	4.09	-0.01
43	Pakistan	4.06	-0.07
44	Ghana	4.03	-0.08
45	Zimbabwe	4.01	-0.1
46	Timor-Leste	4	-0.21
46	Vanuatu	4	-0.04
48	Palestine	4	-0.05
49	Gabon	3.95	-0.07
50	Kenya	3.84	-0.11
51	Namibia	3.64	-0.02
52	Papua New Guinea	3.63	-0.06
53	Tonga	3.62	-0.08
54	Kiribati	3.52	-0.12
55	Egypt	3.49	0
56	Tajikistan	3.46	+0.03
57	Northern Mariana Islands	3.37	-0.16
58	Tuvalu	3.33	-0.06
59	Jordan	3.3	-0.15
60	Lesotho	3.24	-0.04
61	Kyrgyzstan	3.2	+0.1
62	Eswatini	3.18	-0.06
63	Marshall Islands	3.18	-0.07
64	Haiti	3.16	-0.06
65	Syria	3.12	-0.05
66	Djibouti	3.12	-0.07
67	Mongolia	3.1	+0.1
68	Micronesia	3.09	-0.04
69	Guatemala	3.09	-0.06
70	Algeria	3.08	+0.09
71	Israel	3.08	+0.05
72	Botswana	3.03	-0.02
73	Turkmenistan	3.02	+0.02
74	Oman	2.97	+0.02
75	Bolivia	2.95	-0.06
76	Guam	2.95	+0.06
77	Philippines	2.89	-0.15
78	American Samoa	2.85	-0.08
79	Laos	2.8	-0.07
80	Honduras	2.79	-0.06
81	Kazakhstan	2.76	+0.09
82	Libya	2.75	+0.04
83	Cambodia	2.73	-0.01
84	Saint Martin	2.71	-0.01
85	Guyana	2.7	-0.02
86	Saudi Arabia	2.68	+0.01
87	Paraguay	2.65	+0.01
88	Suriname	2.62	-0.03
89	Fiji	2.59	-0.01
90	Panama	2.55	-0.02
91	Faroe Islands	2.55	+0.04
92	Uzbekistan	2.55	+0.1
93	Monaco	2.49	+0.17
94	Belize	2.47	-0.02
95	Nicaragua	2.46	-0.03
96	Dominican Republic	2.45	-0.02
97	Morocco	2.43	-0.05
98	South Africa	2.42	-0
99	Indonesia	2.39	-0.05
100	Argentina	2.39	+0.05
101	Lebanon	2.38	+0.01
102	Nepal	2.32	-0.04
103	Tunisia	2.32	+0.01
104	Venezuela	2.3	-0.04
105	India	2.29	-0.11
106	Ecuador	2.27	-0.09
107	Peru	2.27	-0.05
108	Myanmar	2.25	-0.01
109	Bangladesh	2.23	-0.02
110	Mexico	2.21	-0.06
111	Seychelles	2.19	-0.02
111	Türkiye	2.19	+0.08
113	Georgia	2.18	+0.19
114	Bahrain	2.15	-0.02
115	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.14	+0.04
116	Sri Lanka	2.13	-0.04
117	El Salvador	2.13	-0.03
118	New Caledonia	2.12	-0.05
119	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.09	+0.01
119	Vietnam	2.09	+0.11
121	Maldives	2.09	-0.08
122	Gibraltar	2.08	-0.02
123	Kuwait	2.06	+0.09
124	Malaysia	2.06	-0.01
125	Palau	2.03	-0.02
126	Cape Verde	2.03	-0.04
127	Qatar	2.03	-0
128	Uruguay	2.03	-0.01
129	Curaçao	2	-0.1
129	France	2	+0.01
131	Greenland	1.99	-0.08
132	Iran	1.98	+0.06
133	Azerbaijan	1.97	-0.01
134	Brunei	1.97	-0.01
135	French Polynesia	1.96	+0.02
136	Aruba	1.94	0
137	Iceland	1.93	0
138	Bhutan	1.92	-0.08
139	New Zealand	1.92	-0.09
140	Ireland	1.89	-0.04
141	Sweden	1.88	-0.01
142	North Korea	1.87	-0
143	United States	1.86	+0.01
144	Australia	1.83	-0.03
145	Colombia	1.82	-0.04
146	Moldova	1.82	+0.2
147	Sint Maarten	1.82	-0.08
148	United Kingdom	1.81	-0.02
149	Costa Rica	1.8	+0.02
150	Grenada	1.8	-0.11
151	Isle of Man	1.79	-0.03
152	Brazil	1.78	+0.01
153	Chile	1.77	-0.01
154	China	1.77	+0.05
155	Montenegro	1.75	+0.02
155	Norway	1.75	-0.03
155	Russia	1.75	+0.04
158	Belgium	1.74	-0.02
159	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.73	-0.02
160	Barbados	1.73	-0
161	Albania	1.72	-0.02
162	Dominica	1.71	-0.06
163	Finland	1.71	-0.04
163	Netherlands	1.71	+0.03
165	Armenia	1.7	+0.1
166	Belarus	1.7	+0.03
167	Denmark	1.69	+0.02
168	Bahamas	1.69	-0.05
169	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.67	-0.02
170	Cuba	1.66	-0.02
171	Latvia	1.65	+0.13
172	Bulgaria	1.62	+0.08
173	Canada	1.61	0
174	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6	-0
175	Liechtenstein	1.59	+0.14
176	Slovenia	1.58	+0.03
177	Lithuania	1.57	-0.02
178	Romania	1.56	+0.1
179	Jamaica	1.54	-0.05
180	Estonia	1.54	+0.02
180	Switzerland	1.54	+0.02
182	Czechia	1.53	+0.07
183	Antigua and Barbuda	1.53	-0.01
184	Luxembourg	1.5	-0.05
184	North Macedonia	1.5	0
186	Saint Lucia	1.49	-0.01
187	Thailand	1.48	-0.04
188	United Arab Emirates	1.48	-0.04
189	Germany	1.47	+0.05
190	Ukraine	1.47	-0.05
191	Austria	1.46	+0.02
191	Croatia	1.46	0
191	Serbia	1.46	+0.03
194	Hungary	1.45	+0.09
195	Mauritius	1.44	-0.01
196	Puerto Rico	1.43	-0.04
197	Bermuda	1.42	-0.1
197	Japan	1.42	-0.01
199	Italy	1.38	-0.01
199	Malta	1.38	+0.02
201	Slovakia	1.37	+0.03
202	Cayman Islands	1.33	-0.11
203	Poland	1.32	+0.03
203	Spain	1.32	+0.05
205	Cyprus	1.31	+0.01
206	Greece	1.3	+0.01
207	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.26	-0.02
208	San Marino	1.26	-0.22
209	Singapore	1.25	+0.06
210	Portugal	1.24	+0.03
211	British Virgin Islands	1.24	+0.15
211	Hong Kong	1.24	+0.11
213	Macao	1.22	+0.07
214	South Korea	1.21	+0.02
215	Andorra	1.17	+0.03

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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 7.34 children per woman in 2014, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

Andorra, with 1.17 children per woman in 2014.

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.