Countries by fertility rate

Name: Countries by fertility rate, 2023
Creator: World Bank
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Somalia had the highest fertility rate of 215 countries in 2023, at 6.13 children per woman. Macao had the lowest, at 0.59 children per woman. The median was 1.97 children per woman and the figure for the World was 2.2 children per woman. Source: the World Bank.

Highest6.13Somalia

Lowest0.59Macao

Median1.97215 countries

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Top 40 countries, 2023

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

Full ranking

Rank	Countries	2023 children per woman	Change on 2022
1	Somalia	6.13	-0.12
2	Chad	6.12	-0.09
3	Niger	6.06	-0.07
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.05	-0.05
5	Central African Republic	6.01	-0.01
6	Mali	5.61	-0.08
7	Angola	5.12	-0.08
8	Burundi	4.88	-0.1
9	Afghanistan	4.84	-0.09
10	Mozambique	4.76	-0.08
11	Mauritania	4.7	-0.07
12	Tanzania	4.61	-0.07
13	Yemen	4.59	-0
14	Benin	4.56	-0.08
15	Nigeria	4.48	-0.07
16	Sudan	4.32	-0.06
17	Cameroon	4.32	-0.08
18	Côte d’Ivoire	4.28	-0.07
18	Uganda	4.28	-0.1
20	Guinea	4.22	-0.09
21	Togo	4.19	-0.06
22	Burkina Faso	4.19	-0.09
23	Republic of the Congo	4.16	-0.06
24	Zambia	4.1	-0.07
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.08	-0.09
26	Gambia	4.01	-0.07
27	Ethiopia	3.99	-0.09
28	Madagascar	3.97	-0.06
29	Liberia	3.95	-0.07
30	Comoros	3.88	-0.06
31	South Sudan	3.86	-0.1
32	Guinea-Bissau	3.84	-0.08
33	Samoa	3.83	-0.05
34	Senegal	3.82	-0.05
35	Sierra Leone	3.79	-0.08
36	Zimbabwe	3.72	-0.04
37	Eritrea	3.71	-0.07
38	Rwanda	3.7	-0.08
39	Malawi	3.65	-0.07
40	Gabon	3.65	-0.07
41	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.64	-0.05
42	Pakistan	3.61	-0.06
43	Vanuatu	3.6	-0.05
44	Solomon Islands	3.56	-0.06
45	Uzbekistan	3.5	+0.1
46	Ghana	3.4	-0.04
47	Nauru	3.33	-0.05
48	Palestine	3.31	-0.06
49	Iraq	3.25	-0.04
50	Namibia	3.21	-0.04
51	Kenya	3.21	-0.05
51	Tuvalu	3.21	-0.04
53	Kiribati	3.15	-0.04
54	Tonga	3.13	-0.04
55	Papua New Guinea	3.1	-0.07
56	Tajikistan	3.07	-0.05
57	Kazakhstan	3.01	-0.04
58	Marshall Islands	2.92	-0.02
59	Israel	2.85	-0.04
60	Guam	2.78	-0.04
61	Algeria	2.77	-0.05
62	Eswatini	2.75	-0.05
63	Egypt	2.75	0
64	Micronesia	2.75	-0.04
65	Botswana	2.73	-0.05
66	Saint Martin	2.72	-0.04
67	Syria	2.71	-0.03
68	Timor-Leste	2.71	-0.09
69	Kyrgyzstan	2.7	-0.1
69	Mongolia	2.7	0
71	Lesotho	2.69	-0.02
72	Turkmenistan	2.69	-0.04
73	Haiti	2.66	-0.04
74	Jordan	2.64	-0.04
75	Djibouti	2.61	-0.04
76	Cambodia	2.58	-0.04
77	Bolivia	2.55	-0.04
78	Oman	2.53	+0.08
79	Honduras	2.5	-0.02
80	Paraguay	2.42	-0.02
81	Laos	2.42	-0.03
82	Guyana	2.41	-0.02
83	Libya	2.36	-0.05
84	Northern Mariana Islands	2.35	-0.04
85	Guatemala	2.31	-0.03
86	American Samoa	2.29	-0.02
87	Fiji	2.28	-0.02
88	Saudi Arabia	2.28	+0.14
89	Suriname	2.25	-0.02
90	Dominican Republic	2.24	-0.02
91	Lebanon	2.24	-0.02
92	Morocco	2.23	-0.03
93	Nicaragua	2.22	-0.02
94	South Africa	2.22	-0.01
95	Seychelles	2.18	-0.02
96	Bangladesh	2.16	-0.02
97	Indonesia	2.13	-0.02
98	Panama	2.12	-0.02
99	Myanmar	2.12	-0.02
100	Monaco	2.11	-0
101	Venezuela	2.08	-0.01
102	Belize	2.01	+0.06
103	Nepal	1.98	-0.02
104	New Caledonia	1.98	-0.02
104	Peru	1.98	-0.02
104	U.S. Virgin Islands	1.98	-0.02
107	India	1.98	-0.02
108	Sri Lanka	1.97	-0.01
109	Philippines	1.92	-0.01
110	Vietnam	1.91	-0.01
111	Mexico	1.91	-0.03
112	Palau	1.91	-0.02
113	Armenia	1.9	+0.2
114	Gibraltar	1.89	-0.01
115	Faroe Islands	1.87	-0.21
116	Tunisia	1.83	-0.01
117	Bahrain	1.82	-0.01
118	Ecuador	1.82	-0.04
119	Bulgaria	1.81	+0.03
119	Georgia	1.81	-0.01
121	North Korea	1.78	-0.02
122	El Salvador	1.78	-0.01
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.78	-0.02
124	Greenland	1.77	-0.05
125	Brunei	1.75	-0.02
126	Montenegro	1.74	-0.06
127	Moldova	1.73	+0.04
128	Qatar	1.73	-0.01
129	Barbados	1.71	-0
130	Iran	1.7	-0.01
131	France	1.66	-0.12
132	Colombia	1.65	-0.02
133	Serbia	1.62	+0.03
134	Brazil	1.62	-0.01
135	United States	1.62	-0.04
136	Aruba	1.6	-0.01
137	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58	-0
138	Maldives	1.58	-0.01
139	New Zealand	1.57	-0.1
140	United Kingdom	1.56	0
141	Azerbaijan	1.55	-0.12
141	Hungary	1.55	-0.02
141	Iceland	1.55	-0.04
141	Malaysia	1.55	0
145	Isle of Man	1.55	-0.01
146	Romania	1.54	-0.17
147	Trinidad and Tobago	1.53	-0.01
148	Cayman Islands	1.53	-0.01
149	Kuwait	1.52	-0.02
150	Cape Verde	1.52	-0.01
151	Slovenia	1.51	-0.04
151	Türkiye	1.51	-0.12
153	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.51	-0.01
154	French Polynesia	1.5	-0.01
155	Argentina	1.5	+0.02
155	Denmark	1.5	-0.05
155	Ireland	1.5	-0.01
155	North Macedonia	1.5	-0.1
159	Australia	1.5	-0.13
160	Slovakia	1.49	-0.08
161	Grenada	1.49	-0.01
162	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49	0
163	Dominica	1.48	0
164	Belgium	1.47	-0.06
165	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.46	-0.01
166	Bhutan	1.46	-0.02
167	Croatia	1.46	-0.07
167	Czechia	1.46	-0.18
169	Liechtenstein	1.45	-0.02
169	Portugal	1.45	+0.02
169	Sweden	1.45	-0.08
172	Sint Maarten	1.45	-0.01
173	Cuba	1.44	+0.03
174	Netherlands	1.43	-0.06
175	Russia	1.41	-0.01
176	Uruguay	1.41	-0.02
177	Bermuda	1.4	0
178	Mauritius	1.4	+0.07
178	Norway	1.4	-0.01
180	Germany	1.39	-0.07
181	Cyprus	1.39	-0
182	Saint Lucia	1.38	-0.01
183	Bahamas	1.37	-0.01
184	Latvia	1.36	-0.11
185	Jamaica	1.36	-0.01
186	Albania	1.35	-0.01
187	Costa Rica	1.33	-0
187	Switzerland	1.33	-0.06
189	Austria	1.32	-0.09
190	Estonia	1.31	-0.1
191	Curaçao	1.3	-0.1
192	Canada	1.27	-0.07
193	Finland	1.26	-0.06
193	Greece	1.26	-0.06
195	Luxembourg	1.25	-0.06
196	Thailand	1.21	-0.01
197	Italy	1.21	-0.03
198	Belarus	1.21	-0.12
199	Japan	1.2	-0.06
199	Poland	1.2	-0.09
199	United Arab Emirates	1.2	+0.05
202	Lithuania	1.18	-0.09
203	Chile	1.17	-0.09
204	San Marino	1.15	+0.01
205	Spain	1.12	-0.04
206	Andorra	1.08	+0.01
207	Malta	1.06	-0.02
208	British Virgin Islands	1.05	+0.02
209	China	1	-0.04
210	Ukraine	0.98	+0.08
211	Singapore	0.97	-0.07
212	Puerto Rico	0.92	+0.01
213	Hong Kong	0.75	+0.05
214	South Korea	0.72	-0.06
215	Macao	0.59	-0.09

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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 6.13 children per woman in 2023, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

Macao, with 0.59 children per woman in 2023.

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.