Countries by fertility rate

Name: Countries by fertility rate, 2016
Creator: World Bank
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Niger had the highest fertility rate of 215 countries in 2016, at 7.04 children per woman. British Virgin Islands had the lowest, at 0.99 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.

Highest7.04Niger

Lowest0.99British Virgin Islands

Median2.23215 countries

World2.49History

Top 40 countries, 2016

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2016 children per woman	Change on 2015
1	Niger	7.04	-0.17
2	Somalia	6.88	-0.1
3	Chad	6.62	-0.08
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.39	-0.04
5	Mali	6.32	-0.07
6	Central African Republic	6.13	0
7	Angola	5.69	-0.09
8	Burundi	5.59	-0.11
9	Afghanistan	5.54	-0.11
10	Nigeria	5.34	-0.16
11	Burkina Faso	5.33	-0.15
12	Benin	5.25	-0.07
13	Mozambique	5.19	-0.06
14	Mauritania	5.16	-0.05
15	Uganda	5.11	-0.14
16	Tanzania	5.01	-0.02
17	Guinea	4.92	-0.09
18	Côte d’Ivoire	4.87	-0.1
19	Cameroon	4.84	0
20	Sudan	4.83	-0.07
21	Gambia	4.81	-0.19
22	Equatorial Guinea	4.69	-0.09
23	Zambia	4.67	-0.11
24	Senegal	4.65	-0.1
25	Togo	4.63	-0.03
26	Yemen	4.61	-0
27	South Sudan	4.58	-0.12
28	Republic of the Congo	4.55	-0.06
29	Guinea-Bissau	4.52	-0.14
30	Ethiopia	4.47	-0.06
31	Sierra Leone	4.47	-0.08
32	Liberia	4.46	-0.06
33	Comoros	4.35	-0.07
34	Madagascar	4.29	-0.05
35	Samoa	4.26	-0.08
36	Malawi	4.22	-0.17
37	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.2	-0.15
38	Solomon Islands	4.2	-0.09
39	Eritrea	4.16	-0.05
40	Rwanda	4.11	-0
41	Nauru	4.03	-0.05
42	Gabon	3.92	0
43	Vanuatu	3.92	-0.04
44	Pakistan	3.9	-0.09
45	Palestine	3.89	-0.09
46	Ghana	3.87	-0.11
47	Iraq	3.84	-0.24
48	Zimbabwe	3.83	-0.08
49	Kenya	3.69	-0.08
50	Timor-Leste	3.58	-0.2
51	Namibia	3.57	-0.03
52	Papua New Guinea	3.5	-0.06
53	Tonga	3.46	-0.08
54	Tajikistan	3.38	-0.08
55	Kiribati	3.38	-0.06
56	Egypt	3.35	-0.15
57	Tuvalu	3.3	-0.01
58	Lesotho	3.18	-0.04
59	Guam	3.17	+0.24
60	Israel	3.11	+0.02
61	Kyrgyzstan	3.1	-0.1
62	Algeria	3.09	0
62	Marshall Islands	3.09	-0.04
64	Jordan	3.07	-0.07
65	Eswatini	3.07	-0.05
66	Haiti	3.05	-0.06
67	Syria	3.01	-0.06
68	Micronesia	3	-0.05
69	Mongolia	3	0
70	Botswana	2.99	-0.02
70	Turkmenistan	2.99	-0.04
72	Guatemala	2.97	-0.06
73	Djibouti	2.97	-0.07
74	Oman	2.95	-0.02
75	Northern Mariana Islands	2.92	-0.21
76	Bolivia	2.83	-0.06
77	Kazakhstan	2.8	+0.04
78	Laos	2.74	-0.05
79	Cambodia	2.73	-0
80	Honduras	2.7	-0.04
81	American Samoa	2.7	-0.08
82	Philippines	2.68	-0.15
83	Libya	2.67	-0.04
84	Saudi Arabia	2.65	+0.02
85	Saint Martin	2.64	-0.02
86	Guyana	2.63	-0.03
87	Paraguay	2.62	-0.02
88	Faroe Islands	2.61	+0.2
89	Monaco	2.58	+0.07
90	Uzbekistan	2.56	-0.02
91	Fiji	2.52	-0.05
92	Panama	2.5	-0.03
93	Suriname	2.5	-0.07
94	Dominican Republic	2.41	-0.02
95	Nicaragua	2.41	-0.03
96	Belize	2.4	-0.04
96	Morocco	2.4	-0.01
98	Lebanon	2.39	+0.01
99	Seychelles	2.33	+0.07
100	Indonesia	2.31	-0.04
101	India	2.28	-0.01
102	Tunisia	2.28	-0.03
103	Myanmar	2.27	0
104	South Africa	2.26	-0.1
105	Argentina	2.24	-0.11
106	Georgia	2.23	+0.01
107	Bangladesh	2.23	0
108	Nepal	2.23	-0.05
109	Venezuela	2.22	-0.04
110	Peru	2.19	-0.04
111	Ecuador	2.12	-0.09
112	Türkiye	2.11	-0.05
113	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.09	-0.02
114	Mexico	2.09	-0.05
115	New Caledonia	2.08	-0
116	Greenland	2.07	-0.05
117	Sri Lanka	2.06	-0.03
118	Kuwait	2.06	+0.03
119	Palau	2.06	+0.05
119	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.06	-0.08
121	Iran	2.05	+0.04
122	Bahrain	2.04	-0.07
123	Vietnam	2	-0.1
124	Cape Verde	1.97	-0
124	Uruguay	1.97	-0.07
126	El Salvador	1.97	-0.1
127	Malaysia	1.94	-0.07
128	Gibraltar	1.94	-0.13
129	France	1.92	-0.04
130	Brunei	1.92	-0.03
131	Maldives	1.9	-0.1
132	Azerbaijan	1.9	-0.04
133	Moldova	1.89	+0.02
134	New Zealand	1.87	-0.12
135	North Korea	1.86	-0.01
135	Qatar	1.86	-0.12
137	Sweden	1.85	0
138	Aruba	1.85	-0.05
139	United States	1.82	-0.02
140	Ireland	1.81	-0.04
141	Montenegro	1.8	+0.1
142	Denmark	1.79	+0.08
142	United Kingdom	1.79	-0.01
144	China	1.77	+0.1
145	French Polynesia	1.76	-0.11
146	Russia	1.76	-0.01
147	Australia	1.75	-0.06
148	Costa Rica	1.75	-0.05
149	Iceland	1.74	-0.06
149	Latvia	1.74	+0.04
151	Bhutan	1.74	-0.1
152	Belarus	1.73	+0.01
153	Brazil	1.73	-0.05
154	Barbados	1.72	-0
155	Colombia	1.72	-0.05
156	Isle of Man	1.71	-0.03
156	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.71	-0
158	Norway	1.71	-0.01
159	Curaçao	1.7	-0.2
160	Romania	1.69	+0.07
161	Chile	1.69	-0.05
162	Belgium	1.68	-0.02
163	Bulgaria	1.67	+0.03
164	Netherlands	1.66	0
165	Sint Maarten	1.64	-0.09
166	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.63	-0.01
167	Czechia	1.63	+0.06
167	Lithuania	1.63	0
169	Grenada	1.62	-0.1
170	Liechtenstein	1.61	+0.21
171	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6	0
172	Armenia	1.6	0
172	Cuba	1.6	-0.08
172	Estonia	1.6	+0.02
172	Germany	1.6	+0.1
176	Canada	1.59	-0.01
177	Dominica	1.58	-0.07
178	Slovenia	1.58	+0.01
179	Finland	1.57	-0.08
180	Albania	1.56	-0.08
181	Hungary	1.55	+0.09
182	Switzerland	1.54	0
183	Austria	1.53	+0.04
184	North Macedonia	1.5	+0.01
185	Bahamas	1.5	-0.08
186	Slovakia	1.48	+0.08
187	Jamaica	1.46	-0.04
188	Saint Lucia	1.46	-0.01
189	Serbia	1.46	0
190	Antigua and Barbuda	1.46	-0.11
191	Bermuda	1.45	+0.01
192	Japan	1.44	-0.01
193	Croatia	1.43	+0.02
194	Luxembourg	1.41	-0.06
194	Mauritius	1.41	+0.04
196	Thailand	1.4	-0.05
197	Ukraine	1.39	0
198	Poland	1.39	+0.07
199	Greece	1.38	+0.05
200	Malta	1.37	0
200	Portugal	1.37	+0.06
202	United Arab Emirates	1.37	-0.05
203	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.36	+0.04
203	Italy	1.36	0
205	Cyprus	1.36	+0.03
206	Spain	1.33	0
207	Puerto Rico	1.24	-0.09
208	Cayman Islands	1.23	-0.04
209	Hong Kong	1.21	+0.01
210	Singapore	1.2	-0.04
211	Andorra	1.18	-0.04
212	South Korea	1.17	-0.07
213	Macao	1.14	-0
214	San Marino	1.13	-0.07
215	British Virgin Islands	0.99	-0.2

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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 7.04 children per woman in 2016, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

British Virgin Islands, with 0.99 children per woman in 2016.

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.