Countries by fertility rate

Name: Countries by fertility rate, 2017
Creator: World Bank
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Niger had the highest fertility rate of 215 countries in 2017, at 6.87 children per woman. British Virgin Islands had the lowest, at 0.87 children per woman. The median was 2.17 children per woman and the figure for the World was 2.46 children per woman. Source: the World Bank.

Highest6.87Niger

Lowest0.87British Virgin Islands

Median2.17215 countries

World2.46History

Top 40 countries, 2017

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2017 children per woman	Change on 2016
1	Niger	6.87	-0.17
2	Somalia	6.77	-0.11
3	Chad	6.54	-0.09
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.35	-0.04
5	Mali	6.25	-0.07
6	Central African Republic	6.13	0
7	Angola	5.6	-0.09
8	Burundi	5.48	-0.11
9	Afghanistan	5.43	-0.11
10	Nigeria	5.18	-0.16
11	Burkina Faso	5.17	-0.16
12	Benin	5.16	-0.1
13	Mozambique	5.13	-0.06
14	Mauritania	5.11	-0.05
15	Tanzania	4.99	-0.02
16	Uganda	4.99	-0.13
17	Cameroon	4.8	-0.04
18	Guinea	4.79	-0.12
19	Sudan	4.76	-0.07
20	Côte d’Ivoire	4.76	-0.12
21	Gambia	4.61	-0.2
22	Yemen	4.61	-0
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.6	-0.09
24	Togo	4.58	-0.06
25	Zambia	4.57	-0.1
26	Republic of the Congo	4.5	-0.05
27	Senegal	4.49	-0.16
28	South Sudan	4.48	-0.1
29	Ethiopia	4.4	-0.07
30	Liberia	4.4	-0.07
31	Sierra Leone	4.39	-0.08
32	Guinea-Bissau	4.35	-0.17
33	Comoros	4.28	-0.07
34	Madagascar	4.26	-0.03
35	Samoa	4.2	-0.07
36	Malawi	4.11	-0.1
37	Eritrea	4.11	-0.05
38	Rwanda	4.08	-0.02
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	4.07	-0.13
40	Solomon Islands	4.06	-0.14
41	Gabon	3.91	-0.01
42	Pakistan	3.9	-0
43	Nauru	3.88	-0.15
44	Vanuatu	3.88	-0.04
45	Palestine	3.77	-0.12
46	Zimbabwe	3.77	-0.06
47	Ghana	3.72	-0.16
48	Iraq	3.64	-0.2
49	Kenya	3.61	-0.08
50	Namibia	3.51	-0.06
51	Papua New Guinea	3.43	-0.06
52	Timor-Leste	3.4	-0.18
53	Tonga	3.39	-0.08
54	Kiribati	3.34	-0.04
55	Egypt	3.31	-0.04
56	Tuvalu	3.3	0
57	Tajikistan	3.29	-0.09
58	Israel	3.11	0
59	Lesotho	3.11	-0.08
60	Algeria	3.09	-0
61	Guam	3.09	-0.08
62	Marshall Islands	3.06	-0.03
63	Eswatini	3.02	-0.05
64	Kyrgyzstan	3	-0.1
65	Jordan	2.99	-0.08
66	Haiti	2.99	-0.07
67	Syria	2.97	-0.04
68	Botswana	2.97	-0.02
69	Micronesia	2.96	-0.04
70	Turkmenistan	2.93	-0.06
71	Oman	2.92	-0.03
72	Djibouti	2.92	-0.05
73	Guatemala	2.86	-0.12
74	Mongolia	2.8	-0.2
75	Bolivia	2.78	-0.05
76	Northern Mariana Islands	2.76	-0.16
77	Kazakhstan	2.75	-0.05
78	Cambodia	2.72	-0.01
79	Laos	2.69	-0.05
80	Saudi Arabia	2.67	+0.02
81	Honduras	2.66	-0.04
82	Saint Martin	2.66	+0.01
83	Libya	2.63	-0.05
84	American Samoa	2.6	-0.1
85	Guyana	2.59	-0.04
86	Paraguay	2.59	-0.03
87	Uzbekistan	2.57	+0.01
88	Philippines	2.53	-0.15
89	Faroe Islands	2.47	-0.14
90	Panama	2.46	-0.04
91	Fiji	2.46	-0.06
92	Suriname	2.43	-0.07
93	Monaco	2.42	-0.16
94	Dominican Republic	2.4	-0.01
95	Nicaragua	2.38	-0.03
96	Morocco	2.38	-0.02
97	Lebanon	2.37	-0.02
98	Belize	2.37	-0.03
99	Seychelles	2.34	+0.01
100	South Africa	2.28	+0.02
101	Indonesia	2.25	-0.06
102	Myanmar	2.25	-0.02
103	Bangladesh	2.21	-0.02
103	Tunisia	2.21	-0.07
105	India	2.19	-0.09
106	Venezuela	2.18	-0.03
107	Nepal	2.17	-0.05
108	Argentina	2.17	-0.07
109	Kuwait	2.16	+0.1
110	Peru	2.15	-0.04
111	Georgia	2.14	-0.09
112	Ecuador	2.13	+0.01
113	Greenland	2.13	+0.06
114	Türkiye	2.08	-0.03
114	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.08	-0.01
116	Sri Lanka	2.04	-0.02
117	New Caledonia	2.04	-0.03
118	Mexico	2.04	-0.04
119	Iran	2.02	-0.03
120	Palau	2.02	-0.04
121	Vietnam	1.99	-0.01
122	Bahrain	1.98	-0.06
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.94	-0.12
124	Cape Verde	1.93	-0.04
124	Gibraltar	1.93	-0.01
126	El Salvador	1.9	-0.07
127	Malaysia	1.89	-0.05
128	France	1.89	-0.03
129	Brunei	1.88	-0.03
130	North Korea	1.85	-0.01
131	Qatar	1.83	-0.02
132	Uruguay	1.82	-0.14
133	Moldova	1.81	-0.08
133	New Zealand	1.81	-0.06
135	Montenegro	1.8	0
136	Maldives	1.8	-0.1
137	China	1.8	+0.02
138	Aruba	1.79	-0.06
139	Romania	1.78	+0.09
139	Sweden	1.78	-0.07
141	United States	1.77	-0.05
142	Ireland	1.76	-0.05
143	Azerbaijan	1.75	-0.15
143	Denmark	1.75	-0.04
145	Australia	1.74	-0.01
146	Brazil	1.74	+0.01
146	United Kingdom	1.74	-0.05
148	Barbados	1.72	0
149	Colombia	1.72	-0
150	Costa Rica	1.71	-0.03
151	Bulgaria	1.71	+0.04
151	Iceland	1.71	-0.03
153	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.7	-0.01
154	Czechia	1.69	+0.06
154	Latvia	1.69	-0.05
156	Isle of Man	1.67	-0.04
157	French Polynesia	1.67	-0.09
158	Belgium	1.65	-0.03
159	Bhutan	1.62	-0.12
159	Russia	1.62	-0.14
161	Netherlands	1.62	-0.04
161	Norway	1.62	-0.09
161	Slovenia	1.62	+0.04
164	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.61	-0.02
165	Armenia	1.6	0
166	Trinidad and Tobago	1.59	-0.01
167	Estonia	1.59	-0.01
168	Cuba	1.59	-0.02
169	Sint Maarten	1.57	-0.07
170	Germany	1.57	-0.03
170	Lithuania	1.57	-0.06
172	Chile	1.56	-0.12
173	Hungary	1.56	+0.01
174	Canada	1.55	-0.04
175	Belarus	1.54	-0.19
176	Dominica	1.54	-0.04
177	Austria	1.52	-0.01
177	Slovakia	1.52	+0.04
177	Switzerland	1.52	-0.02
180	Curaçao	1.5	-0.2
181	Finland	1.49	-0.08
181	Serbia	1.49	+0.03
183	Albania	1.49	-0.07
184	Antigua and Barbuda	1.49	+0.03
185	Poland	1.48	+0.09
186	Mauritius	1.46	+0.05
187	Saint Lucia	1.45	-0.01
188	Liechtenstein	1.44	-0.17
189	Grenada	1.44	-0.18
190	Japan	1.43	-0.01
190	North Macedonia	1.43	-0.07
192	Jamaica	1.43	-0.04
193	Bahamas	1.42	-0.07
194	Croatia	1.42	-0.01
195	Bermuda	1.42	-0.03
195	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.42	+0.06
197	Luxembourg	1.39	-0.02
198	Portugal	1.38	+0.01
199	Thailand	1.36	-0.04
200	Greece	1.35	-0.03
200	United Arab Emirates	1.35	-0.02
202	Italy	1.34	-0.02
203	Cyprus	1.32	-0.03
204	Spain	1.31	-0.02
205	Ukraine	1.3	-0.09
206	Malta	1.26	-0.11
207	Cayman Islands	1.22	-0.01
208	Singapore	1.16	-0.04
209	Andorra	1.13	-0.05
210	Hong Kong	1.13	-0.08
211	Puerto Rico	1.1	-0.14
212	San Marino	1.05	-0.07
213	South Korea	1.05	-0.12
214	Macao	1.02	-0.12
215	British Virgin Islands	0.87	-0.11

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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 6.87 children per woman in 2017, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

British Virgin Islands, with 0.87 children per woman in 2017.

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.