Countries by fertility rate

Name: Countries by fertility rate, 2015
Creator: World Bank
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Niger had the highest fertility rate of 215 countries in 2015, at 7.22 children per woman. Macao had the lowest, at 1.14 children per woman. The median was 2.23 children per woman and the figure for the World was 2.49 children per woman. Source: the World Bank.

Highest7.22Niger

Lowest1.14Macao

Median2.23215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2015

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2015 children per woman	Change on 2014
1	Niger	7.22	-0.13
2	Somalia	6.98	-0.09
3	Chad	6.71	-0.07
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.44	-0.05
5	Mali	6.39	-0.06
6	Central African Republic	6.13	+0.03
7	Angola	5.77	-0.09
8	Burundi	5.7	-0.1
9	Afghanistan	5.65	-0.12
10	Nigeria	5.5	-0.12
11	Burkina Faso	5.48	-0.12
12	Benin	5.32	-0.05
13	Uganda	5.25	-0.16
14	Mozambique	5.25	-0.06
15	Mauritania	5.21	-0.05
16	Tanzania	5.03	-0.1
17	Gambia	5	-0.19
18	Guinea	5	-0.07
19	Côte d’Ivoire	4.97	-0.1
20	Sudan	4.9	-0.01
21	Cameroon	4.84	-0
22	Zambia	4.78	-0.11
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.77	-0.09
24	Senegal	4.75	-0.13
25	South Sudan	4.7	-0.12
26	Togo	4.66	-0.04
27	Guinea-Bissau	4.66	-0.13
28	Yemen	4.62	-0
29	Republic of the Congo	4.61	-0.06
30	Sierra Leone	4.55	-0.16
31	Ethiopia	4.53	-0.08
32	Liberia	4.52	-0.1
33	Comoros	4.42	-0.07
34	Malawi	4.38	-0.18
35	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.35	-0.13
36	Samoa	4.34	-0.08
37	Madagascar	4.34	-0.09
38	Solomon Islands	4.29	-0.07
39	Eritrea	4.22	-0.06
40	Rwanda	4.11	-0.01
41	Iraq	4.08	-0.23
42	Nauru	4.08	-0.01
43	Pakistan	3.99	-0.07
44	Ghana	3.98	-0.05
45	Palestine	3.98	-0.02
46	Vanuatu	3.95	-0.05
47	Gabon	3.92	-0.03
48	Zimbabwe	3.91	-0.1
49	Timor-Leste	3.78	-0.22
50	Kenya	3.77	-0.08
51	Namibia	3.6	-0.03
52	Papua New Guinea	3.56	-0.07
53	Tonga	3.54	-0.08
54	Egypt	3.5	+0.01
55	Tajikistan	3.46	0
56	Kiribati	3.44	-0.08
57	Tuvalu	3.31	-0.02
58	Lesotho	3.22	-0.02
59	Kyrgyzstan	3.2	0
60	Jordan	3.14	-0.16
61	Northern Mariana Islands	3.13	-0.24
62	Marshall Islands	3.13	-0.05
63	Eswatini	3.12	-0.06
64	Haiti	3.11	-0.05
65	Algeria	3.09	+0.01
66	Israel	3.09	+0.01
67	Syria	3.07	-0.05
68	Micronesia	3.05	-0.04
69	Djibouti	3.04	-0.08
70	Turkmenistan	3.03	+0.01
71	Guatemala	3.03	-0.06
72	Botswana	3.01	-0.02
73	Mongolia	3	-0.1
74	Oman	2.97	-0.01
75	Guam	2.93	-0.01
76	Bolivia	2.89	-0.06
77	Philippines	2.83	-0.06
78	Laos	2.8	-0.01
79	American Samoa	2.78	-0.07
80	Kazakhstan	2.76	-0
81	Honduras	2.75	-0.05
82	Cambodia	2.73	-0
83	Libya	2.71	-0.04
84	Guyana	2.67	-0.03
85	Saint Martin	2.67	-0.04
86	Paraguay	2.65	-0
87	Saudi Arabia	2.63	-0.05
88	Uzbekistan	2.58	+0.04
89	Suriname	2.57	-0.05
90	Fiji	2.57	-0.02
91	Panama	2.53	-0.02
92	Monaco	2.5	+0.02
93	Nicaragua	2.43	-0.03
94	Belize	2.43	-0.04
95	Dominican Republic	2.43	-0.02
96	Faroe Islands	2.41	-0.14
97	Morocco	2.41	-0.02
98	Lebanon	2.38	+0.01
99	South Africa	2.36	-0.06
100	Argentina	2.35	-0.04
101	Indonesia	2.35	-0.05
102	Tunisia	2.31	-0.01
103	India	2.29	-0
104	Nepal	2.27	-0.05
105	Myanmar	2.27	+0.01
106	Seychelles	2.26	+0.07
107	Venezuela	2.25	-0.04
108	Peru	2.23	-0.04
109	Bangladesh	2.23	-0
110	Georgia	2.21	+0.03
111	Ecuador	2.21	-0.06
112	Türkiye	2.16	-0.03
113	Mexico	2.14	-0.07
114	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.13	-0.01
115	Greenland	2.12	+0.13
116	Bahrain	2.11	-0.04
117	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.11	+0.02
118	Vietnam	2.1	+0.01
119	Sri Lanka	2.09	-0.04
120	New Caledonia	2.08	-0.04
121	Gibraltar	2.07	-0.01
122	El Salvador	2.07	-0.06
123	Uruguay	2.04	+0.02
124	Kuwait	2.03	-0.03
125	Iran	2.02	+0.04
126	Malaysia	2.01	-0.05
127	Maldives	2	-0.08
128	Palau	2	-0.03
129	New Zealand	1.99	+0.07
130	Qatar	1.98	-0.05
131	Cape Verde	1.97	-0.06
132	France	1.96	-0.04
133	Brunei	1.95	-0.02
134	Azerbaijan	1.94	-0.03
135	Curaçao	1.9	-0.1
136	Aruba	1.9	-0.04
137	French Polynesia	1.87	-0.08
138	Moldova	1.87	+0.05
139	North Korea	1.86	-0.01
140	Ireland	1.85	-0.04
140	Sweden	1.85	-0.03
142	United States	1.84	-0.02
143	Bhutan	1.84	-0.09
144	Australia	1.81	-0.01
145	Iceland	1.8	-0.13
145	United Kingdom	1.8	-0.01
147	Costa Rica	1.8	-0
148	Brazil	1.78	0
148	Russia	1.78	+0.03
150	Colombia	1.77	-0.05
151	Isle of Man	1.75	-0.04
152	Chile	1.74	-0.04
153	Sint Maarten	1.73	-0.08
154	Barbados	1.73	-0
155	Belarus	1.72	+0.03
156	Norway	1.72	-0.03
157	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.72	-0.01
158	Grenada	1.72	-0.08
159	Denmark	1.71	+0.02
160	Belgium	1.7	-0.04
160	Latvia	1.7	+0.05
160	Montenegro	1.7	-0.05
163	Cuba	1.69	+0.03
164	China	1.67	-0.1
165	Netherlands	1.66	-0.05
166	Finland	1.65	-0.06
167	Dominica	1.65	-0.07
168	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.64	-0.02
169	Bulgaria	1.64	+0.02
170	Albania	1.63	-0.09
171	Lithuania	1.63	+0.06
172	Romania	1.62	+0.06
173	Armenia	1.6	-0.1
173	Canada	1.6	-0.01
175	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6	-0
176	Estonia	1.58	+0.04
177	Bahamas	1.57	-0.11
178	Czechia	1.57	+0.04
178	Slovenia	1.57	-0.01
180	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	+0.04
181	Switzerland	1.54	0
182	Jamaica	1.51	-0.04
183	Germany	1.5	+0.03
184	Austria	1.49	+0.03
184	North Macedonia	1.49	-0.01
186	Saint Lucia	1.47	-0.01
187	Luxembourg	1.47	-0.03
188	Hungary	1.46	+0.01
188	Serbia	1.46	0
190	Thailand	1.45	-0.03
191	Japan	1.45	+0.03
192	Bermuda	1.44	+0.02
193	United Arab Emirates	1.42	-0.07
194	Croatia	1.41	-0.05
195	Liechtenstein	1.4	-0.19
195	Slovakia	1.4	+0.03
197	Ukraine	1.39	-0.08
198	Malta	1.37	-0.01
198	Mauritius	1.37	-0.07
200	Italy	1.36	-0.02
201	Puerto Rico	1.34	-0.1
202	Greece	1.33	+0.03
202	Spain	1.33	+0.01
204	Cyprus	1.32	+0.01
205	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.32	+0.06
206	Poland	1.32	0
207	Portugal	1.31	+0.07
208	Cayman Islands	1.27	-0.07
209	Singapore	1.24	-0.01
210	South Korea	1.24	+0.03
211	Andorra	1.22	+0.06
212	Hong Kong	1.2	-0.04
212	San Marino	1.2	-0.06
214	British Virgin Islands	1.19	-0.05
215	Macao	1.14	-0.08

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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 7.22 children per woman in 2015, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

Macao, with 1.14 children per woman in 2015.

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.