Countries by fertility rate

Name: Countries by fertility rate, 2020
Creator: World Bank
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Somalia had the highest fertility rate of 215 countries in 2020, at 6.45 children per woman. South Korea had the lowest, at 0.84 children per woman. The median was 2.04 children per woman and the figure for the World was 2.28 children per woman. Source: the World Bank.

Highest6.45Somalia

Lowest0.84South Korea

Median2.04215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2020

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2020 children per woman	Change on 2019
1	Somalia	6.45	-0.11
2	Niger	6.37	-0.17
3	Chad	6.35	-0.07
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.21	-0.05
5	Central African Republic	6.06	-0.03
6	Mali	5.85	-0.04
7	Angola	5.37	-0.07
8	Burundi	5.18	-0.09
9	Afghanistan	5.15	-0.09
10	Mozambique	4.96	-0.06
11	Mauritania	4.91	-0.07
12	Tanzania	4.8	-0.06
13	Benin	4.8	-0.11
14	Nigeria	4.7	-0.16
15	Uganda	4.62	-0.12
16	Yemen	4.6	-0
17	Cameroon	4.56	-0.09
18	Sudan	4.54	-0.08
19	Guinea	4.49	-0.09
20	Côte d’Ivoire	4.46	-0.06
21	Burkina Faso	4.44	-0.24
22	Togo	4.39	-0.06
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.35	-0.08
24	Republic of the Congo	4.33	-0.05
25	Zambia	4.32	-0.09
26	Ethiopia	4.27	-0.07
27	Gambia	4.25	-0.08
28	Liberia	4.17	-0.08
29	Madagascar	4.17	-0.05
30	South Sudan	4.16	-0.1
31	Sierra Leone	4.08	-0.11
32	Guinea-Bissau	4.08	-0.08
33	Comoros	4.07	-0.07
34	Senegal	4	-0.1
35	Samoa	4	-0.06
36	Eritrea	3.93	-0.06
37	Rwanda	3.91	-0.07
38	Malawi	3.88	-0.08
39	Gabon	3.83	-0.05
40	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.83	-0.07
41	Pakistan	3.77	-0.04
42	Zimbabwe	3.75	+0.01
43	Solomon Islands	3.75	-0.05
44	Vanuatu	3.74	-0.05
45	Ghana	3.54	-0.05
46	Palestine	3.51	-0.08
47	Nauru	3.47	-0.06
48	Iraq	3.42	-0.06
49	Kenya	3.36	-0.07
50	Namibia	3.35	-0.05
51	Tuvalu	3.31	-0.02
52	Papua New Guinea	3.27	-0.05
53	Kiribati	3.25	-0.04
54	Tonga	3.23	-0.04
55	Tajikistan	3.21	-0.07
56	Kazakhstan	3.13	+0.24
57	Kyrgyzstan	3.1	-0.2
58	Uzbekistan	3.06	+0.19
59	Timor-Leste	3.01	-0.1
60	Marshall Islands	2.99	-0.02
61	Algeria	2.94	-0.06
62	Israel	2.9	-0.11
62	Mongolia	2.9	-0.1
64	Guam	2.9	-0.04
65	Eswatini	2.89	-0.04
66	Botswana	2.86	-0.04
67	Micronesia	2.85	-0.03
68	Egypt	2.85	-0.02
69	Lesotho	2.85	-0.08
70	Syria	2.84	-0.04
71	Saint Martin	2.83	+0.04
72	Haiti	2.8	-0.06
73	Turkmenistan	2.79	-0.04
74	Jordan	2.79	-0.06
75	Djibouti	2.75	-0.05
76	Cambodia	2.7	-0.03
77	Bolivia	2.65	-0.04
78	Oman	2.64	-0.06
79	Honduras	2.58	-0.03
80	Laos	2.54	-0.05
81	Libya	2.51	-0.03
82	Paraguay	2.5	-0.03
83	Northern Mariana Islands	2.49	-0.06
84	Guyana	2.49	-0.03
85	Guatemala	2.47	-0.12
86	Monaco	2.38	-0.02
87	American Samoa	2.36	-0.04
88	Fiji	2.36	-0.03
89	Faroe Islands	2.33	-0.09
90	Dominican Republic	2.33	-0.04
91	Morocco	2.32	-0.02
92	Suriname	2.31	-0.03
93	Lebanon	2.31	-0.02
94	Nicaragua	2.3	-0.02
95	Saudi Arabia	2.27	-0.22
96	South Africa	2.26	-0.01
97	Seychelles	2.2	-0.11
98	Indonesia	2.19	-0.02
99	Panama	2.18	-0.1
100	Myanmar	2.18	-0.03
101	Bangladesh	2.18	-0.01
102	Venezuela	2.12	-0.01
103	Greenland	2.11	-0.01
104	Philippines	2.08	-0.14
105	Peru	2.06	-0.03
106	Nepal	2.05	-0.03
107	India	2.05	-0.07
108	Belize	2.04	-0.1
109	Kuwait	2.03	-0.05
110	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.03	-0.02
111	New Caledonia	2.02	-0.03
112	Sri Lanka	2.01	-0.01
113	Tunisia	2	-0.1
114	Mexico	1.99	-0.03
115	Georgia	1.98	-0.04
116	Palau	1.97	-0.01
117	Ecuador	1.97	-0.07
118	Vietnam	1.96	+0.01
119	Gibraltar	1.91	-0
120	Bahrain	1.86	+0.02
121	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.83	-0.03
122	North Korea	1.82	-0
123	France	1.82	-0.04
124	El Salvador	1.82	-0.02
125	Romania	1.8	+0.03
126	Brunei	1.8	-0.02
127	Bulgaria	1.77	-0.02
127	Moldova	1.77	-0.01
127	Türkiye	1.77	-0.12
130	Montenegro	1.75	-0.05
131	Czechia	1.74	+0.03
132	Iceland	1.72	-0.02
133	Barbados	1.71	-0.01
134	Armenia	1.7	+0.1
134	Azerbaijan	1.7	-0.11
134	Iran	1.7	-0.07
137	Colombia	1.69	-0.02
138	Denmark	1.68	-0.02
138	Malaysia	1.68	-0.1
140	Qatar	1.68	-0.06
141	Sweden	1.67	-0.04
142	Aruba	1.66	-0.04
143	Brazil	1.65	-0.05
144	United States	1.64	-0.06
145	New Zealand	1.62	-0.1
146	Maldives	1.61	-0.03
147	Hungary	1.61	+0.03
148	Argentina	1.6	-0.28
149	Ireland	1.6	-0.09
150	Cape Verde	1.59	-0.11
151	Slovakia	1.59	+0.02
151	Slovenia	1.59	-0.02
153	Isle of Man	1.59	-0.02
154	Australia	1.58	-0.08
155	Estonia	1.58	-0.08
156	Trinidad and Tobago	1.57	-0.01
157	United Kingdom	1.57	-0.06
158	French Polynesia	1.57	0
159	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	+0.1
160	Cayman Islands	1.55	+0.05
161	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.55	-0.06
162	Belgium	1.55	-0.05
162	Latvia	1.55	-0.06
162	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.55	-0.02
165	Netherlands	1.54	-0.03
166	Grenada	1.53	-0.01
167	Germany	1.53	-0.01
168	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.52	+0.01
169	Russia	1.51	0
170	Bhutan	1.5	+0.05
171	Uruguay	1.5	-0.07
172	Dominica	1.5	-0.01
173	Cuba	1.49	-0.05
174	Croatia	1.48	+0.01
174	Norway	1.48	-0.05
174	Serbia	1.48	-0.04
177	Sint Maarten	1.47	-0.01
178	Liechtenstein	1.46	-0.02
178	Mauritius	1.46	+0.05
178	Switzerland	1.46	-0.02
181	Bermuda	1.45	+0.07
182	Costa Rica	1.45	-0.15
183	Austria	1.44	-0.02
184	Portugal	1.42	-0.02
185	Saint Lucia	1.41	-0.01
186	Canada	1.41	-0.06
187	Curaçao	1.4	-0.2
188	Greece	1.39	+0.05
188	Poland	1.39	-0.05
190	Bahamas	1.39	-0.01
191	Jamaica	1.38	-0.01
192	Albania	1.37	-0.02
193	Finland	1.37	+0.02
194	Belarus	1.37	-0.01
195	Cyprus	1.36	+0.03
196	Lithuania	1.36	-0.07
196	Luxembourg	1.36	+0.02
198	Japan	1.33	-0.03
199	North Macedonia	1.31	-0.03
200	Chile	1.31	-0.12
201	United Arab Emirates	1.29	+0.04
202	Thailand	1.26	-0.03
203	Italy	1.24	-0.03
204	China	1.24	-0.26
205	Ukraine	1.21	-0.01
206	Spain	1.18	-0.05
207	Malta	1.14	0
208	San Marino	1.11	+0.02
209	Singapore	1.1	-0.04
210	Andorra	1.03	-0.02
211	British Virgin Islands	0.98	+0.03
212	Puerto Rico	0.92	-0.06
213	Hong Kong	0.88	-0.18
214	Macao	0.84	-0.06
215	South Korea	0.84	-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?

Somalia, with 6.45 children per woman in 2020, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

South Korea, with 0.84 children per woman in 2020.

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.