Countries by fertility rate

Name: Countries by fertility rate, 2018
Creator: World Bank
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Niger had the highest fertility rate of 215 countries in 2018, at 6.71 children per woman. British Virgin Islands had the lowest, at 0.91 children per woman. The median was 2.12 children per woman and the figure for the World was 2.39 children per woman. Source: the World Bank.

Highest6.71Niger

Lowest0.91British Virgin Islands

Median2.12215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2018 children per woman	Change on 2017
1	Niger	6.71	-0.17
2	Somalia	6.66	-0.1
3	Chad	6.46	-0.07
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.3	-0.05
5	Mali	6.12	-0.13
6	Central African Republic	6.11	-0.02
7	Angola	5.52	-0.08
8	Burundi	5.38	-0.1
9	Afghanistan	5.33	-0.11
10	Mozambique	5.07	-0.06
11	Mauritania	5.04	-0.06
12	Benin	5.03	-0.12
13	Nigeria	5.02	-0.16
14	Tanzania	4.93	-0.06
15	Burkina Faso	4.92	-0.25
16	Uganda	4.87	-0.12
17	Cameroon	4.74	-0.06
18	Sudan	4.68	-0.08
19	Guinea	4.67	-0.12
20	Yemen	4.61	-0
21	Côte d’Ivoire	4.6	-0.16
22	Togo	4.51	-0.06
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.51	-0.09
24	Zambia	4.49	-0.08
25	Republic of the Congo	4.44	-0.05
26	Gambia	4.42	-0.19
27	Ethiopia	4.37	-0.03
28	South Sudan	4.37	-0.11
29	Liberia	4.34	-0.06
30	Senegal	4.29	-0.2
30	Sierra Leone	4.29	-0.1
32	Madagascar	4.25	-0.01
33	Guinea-Bissau	4.24	-0.11
34	Comoros	4.21	-0.07
35	Samoa	4.14	-0.06
36	Eritrea	4.06	-0.06
37	Rwanda	4.05	-0.04
38	Malawi	4.02	-0.09
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.98	-0.09
40	Solomon Islands	3.93	-0.13
41	Gabon	3.91	-0
42	Pakistan	3.86	-0.04
43	Vanuatu	3.83	-0.04
44	Zimbabwe	3.74	-0.02
45	Nauru	3.68	-0.2
46	Palestine	3.67	-0.1
47	Ghana	3.65	-0.06
48	Iraq	3.55	-0.09
49	Kenya	3.54	-0.07
50	Namibia	3.46	-0.05
51	Papua New Guinea	3.38	-0.05
52	Tuvalu	3.33	+0.03
53	Tonga	3.33	-0.06
54	Kiribati	3.32	-0.02
55	Kyrgyzstan	3.3	+0.3
56	Tajikistan	3.29	0
57	Timor-Leste	3.24	-0.15
58	Israel	3.09	-0.02
59	Marshall Islands	3.04	-0.03
60	Egypt	3.02	-0.29
61	Algeria	3.02	-0.07
62	Lesotho	3.02	-0.09
63	Guam	3	-0.09
64	Eswatini	2.97	-0.05
65	Botswana	2.94	-0.03
66	Syria	2.93	-0.04
67	Haiti	2.92	-0.06
68	Jordan	2.92	-0.07
69	Micronesia	2.92	-0.03
70	Mongolia	2.9	+0.1
71	Turkmenistan	2.88	-0.06
72	Djibouti	2.86	-0.06
73	Kazakhstan	2.85	+0.1
74	Oman	2.81	-0.11
75	Guatemala	2.74	-0.11
76	Bolivia	2.73	-0.05
77	Saint Martin	2.73	+0.07
78	Cambodia	2.72	+0.01
79	Uzbekistan	2.71	+0.14
80	Saudi Arabia	2.67	0
81	Honduras	2.65	-0.02
82	Northern Mariana Islands	2.64	-0.12
83	Laos	2.63	-0.06
84	Libya	2.58	-0.04
85	Paraguay	2.56	-0.03
86	Guyana	2.55	-0.04
87	Faroe Islands	2.5	+0.03
88	American Samoa	2.49	-0.1
89	Monaco	2.49	+0.07
90	Fiji	2.42	-0.04
91	Panama	2.4	-0.06
92	Dominican Republic	2.4	-0
93	Suriname	2.38	-0.05
94	Philippines	2.38	-0.15
95	Morocco	2.35	-0.02
96	Lebanon	2.35	-0.02
96	Nicaragua	2.35	-0.03
98	Belize	2.34	-0.02
99	Seychelles	2.34	0
100	South Africa	2.27	-0.01
101	Myanmar	2.23	-0.02
102	Indonesia	2.22	-0.03
103	Bangladesh	2.19	-0.01
104	India	2.18	-0.01
105	Venezuela	2.15	-0.03
106	Tunisia	2.13	-0.07
107	Nepal	2.12	-0.05
108	Kuwait	2.12	-0.04
108	Peru	2.12	-0.03
110	Ecuador	2.11	-0.02
111	Georgia	2.09	-0.04
112	Argentina	2.07	-0.1
113	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.06	-0.02
114	New Caledonia	2.04	-0
115	Sri Lanka	2.03	-0.01
116	Mexico	2.03	-0.01
117	Greenland	2.02	-0.1
118	Türkiye	2	-0.08
119	Palau	1.97	-0.05
120	Gibraltar	1.92	-0.01
121	Iran	1.92	-0.1
122	Bahrain	1.91	-0.07
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.9	-0.04
124	Vietnam	1.88	-0.11
125	France	1.87	-0.02
126	El Salvador	1.85	-0.05
127	Brunei	1.85	-0.03
128	Malaysia	1.84	-0.05
129	North Korea	1.83	-0.01
130	Moldova	1.81	0
131	Cape Verde	1.8	-0.13
132	Montenegro	1.8	0
133	Romania	1.76	-0.02
133	Sweden	1.76	-0.02
135	Qatar	1.76	-0.08
136	Brazil	1.74	0
137	Australia	1.74	-0
137	Ireland	1.74	-0.02
139	Aruba	1.73	-0.05
140	Azerbaijan	1.73	-0.02
140	Bulgaria	1.73	+0.02
140	Denmark	1.73	-0.02
143	United States	1.73	-0.04
144	Barbados	1.72	-0
145	Colombia	1.72	-0
146	Czechia	1.71	+0.02
146	Iceland	1.71	0
146	Maldives	1.71	-0.09
146	New Zealand	1.71	-0.1
150	Costa Rica	1.71	-0.01
151	Curaçao	1.7	+0.2
152	Uruguay	1.68	-0.14
153	United Kingdom	1.68	-0.06
154	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.68	-0.03
155	Estonia	1.67	+0.08
156	French Polynesia	1.65	-0.02
157	Isle of Man	1.64	-0.04
158	Belgium	1.62	-0.03
159	Cuba	1.61	+0.02
160	Armenia	1.6	0
160	Latvia	1.6	-0.09
160	Slovenia	1.6	-0.02
163	Netherlands	1.59	-0.03
164	Trinidad and Tobago	1.59	-0.01
165	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.59	-0.02
166	Liechtenstein	1.58	+0.14
167	Russia	1.58	-0.04
168	Germany	1.57	0
168	Hungary	1.57	+0.01
170	Norway	1.56	-0.06
171	Chile	1.54	-0.02
172	Slovakia	1.54	+0.02
173	China	1.54	-0.26
174	Grenada	1.53	+0.09
174	Lithuania	1.53	-0.04
176	Sint Maarten	1.52	-0.05
177	Switzerland	1.52	0
178	Bhutan	1.52	-0.1
178	Dominica	1.52	-0.02
180	Canada	1.51	-0.04
181	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.5	+0.08
182	Serbia	1.49	0
183	Austria	1.47	-0.05
183	Croatia	1.47	+0.05
185	Poland	1.46	-0.02
186	Belarus	1.45	-0.09
187	Saint Lucia	1.44	-0.01
188	Japan	1.42	-0.01
188	Mauritius	1.42	-0.04
188	North Macedonia	1.42	-0.01
188	Portugal	1.42	+0.04
192	Albania	1.42	-0.07
193	Finland	1.41	-0.08
194	Bahamas	1.4	-0.02
195	Jamaica	1.4	-0.03
196	Luxembourg	1.38	-0.01
197	Bermuda	1.37	-0.04
198	Antigua and Barbuda	1.37	-0.11
199	Greece	1.35	0
200	Thailand	1.32	-0.04
201	Cyprus	1.32	-0
202	Italy	1.31	-0.03
203	United Arab Emirates	1.29	-0.06
204	Cayman Islands	1.28	+0.05
205	Spain	1.26	-0.05
206	Ukraine	1.23	-0.07
207	Malta	1.23	-0.03
208	Singapore	1.14	-0.02
209	Hong Kong	1.08	-0.05
210	San Marino	1.08	+0.02
211	Andorra	1.05	-0.08
212	Puerto Rico	1.04	-0.07
213	South Korea	0.98	-0.08
214	Macao	0.92	-0.11
215	British Virgin Islands	0.91	+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 6.71 children per woman in 2018, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

British Virgin Islands, with 0.91 children per woman in 2018.

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.