Total fertility rate 2026
The total fertility rate measures the average number of children a woman is expected to have during her lifetime, reflecting population growth and demographic trends. Understanding this statistic is crucial for analyzing economic development, healthcare needs, and societal changes across countries.
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|---|---|---|
1 | Chad | 5.865 per woman |
2 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 5.849 per woman |
3 | Central African Republic | 5.803 per woman |
4 | Somalia | 5.796 per woman |
5 | Niger | 5.715 per woman |
6 | Mali | 5.334 per woman |
7 | Angola | 4.869 per woman |
8 | Burundi | 4.582 per woman |
9 | Afghanistan | 4.567 per woman |
10 | Mozambique | 4.548 per woman |
11 | Mauritania | 4.484 per woman |
12 | Mayotte | 4.472 per woman |
13 | Tanzania | 4.404 per woman |
14 | Yemen | 4.4 per woman |
15 | Benin | 4.338 per woman |
16 | Nigeria | 4.215 per woman |
17 | Sudan | 4.13 per woman |
18 | Cameroon | 4.116 per woman |
19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.105 per woman |
20 | Togo | 3.998 per woman |
21 | Congo | 3.991 per woman |
22 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.98 per woman |
23 | Guinea | 3.952 per woman |
24 | Uganda | 3.946 per woman |
25 | Burkina Faso | 3.924 per woman |
26 | Zambia | 3.898 per woman |
27 | Madagascar | 3.781 per woman |
28 | Gambia | 3.724 per woman |
29 | Ethiopia | 3.718 per woman |
30 | Liberia | 3.716 per woman |
31 | Samoa | 3.704 per woman |
32 | Comoros | 3.704 per woman |
33 | Senegal | 3.655 per woman |
34 | South Sudan | 3.616 per woman |
35 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.601 per woman |
36 | Zimbabwe | 3.596 per woman |
37 | Uzbekistan | 3.554 per woman |
38 | Eritrea | 3.547 per woman |
39 | Rwanda | 3.519 per woman |
40 | Sierra Leone | 3.518 per woman |
41 | Vanuatu | 3.486 per woman |
42 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.474 per woman |
43 | Gabon | 3.474 per woman |
44 | Malawi | 3.458 per woman |
45 | Pakistan | 3.436 per woman |
46 | Solomon Islands | 3.401 per woman |
47 | Ghana | 3.25 per woman |
48 | Nauru | 3.202 per woman |
49 | French Guiana | 3.155 per woman |
50 | Namibia | 3.137 per woman |
51 | Iraq | 3.127 per woman |
52 | State of Palestine | 3.123 per woman |
53 | Tuvalu | 3.102 per woman |
54 | Kenya | 3.07 per woman |
55 | Kiribati | 3.059 per woman |
56 | Tonga | 3.032 per woman |
57 | Papua New Guinea | 2.975 per woman |
58 | Tajikistan | 2.947 per woman |
59 | Kazakhstan | 2.822 per woman |
60 | Marshall Islands | 2.791 per woman |
61 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.714 per woman |
62 | Egypt | 2.709 per woman |
63 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 2.68 per woman |
64 | Guam | 2.676 per woman |
65 | Israel | 2.66 per woman |
66 | Eswatini | 2.637 per woman |
67 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.626 per woman |
68 | Algeria | 2.621 per woman |
69 | Botswana | 2.62 per woman |
70 | Lesotho | 2.601 per woman |
71 | Turkmenistan | 2.597 per woman |
72 | Saint Martin (French part) | 2.587 per woman |
73 | Djibouti | 2.549 per woman |
74 | Haiti | 2.544 per woman |
75 | Tokelau | 2.541 per woman |
76 | Jordan | 2.526 per woman |
77 | Mongolia | 2.512 per woman |
78 | Cambodia | 2.474 per woman |
79 | Timor-Leste | 2.468 per woman |
80 | Bolivia | 2.463 per woman |
81 | Oman | 2.462 per woman |
82 | Niue | 2.436 per woman |
83 | Honduras | 2.428 per woman |
84 | Paraguay | 2.376 per woman |
85 | Saudi Arabia | 2.362 per woman |
86 | Guyana | 2.347 per woman |
87 | Laos | 2.328 per woman |
88 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.241 per woman |
89 | Fiji | 2.227 per woman |
90 | American Samoa | 2.226 per woman |
91 | Guatemala | 2.221 per woman |
92 | Libya | 2.198 per woman |
93 | Suriname | 2.189 per woman |
94 | Lebanon | 2.188 per woman |
95 | Faroe Islands | 2.18 per woman |
96 | South Africa | 2.173 per woman |
97 | Dominican Republic | 2.171 per woman |
98 | Nicaragua | 2.161 per woman |
99 | Morocco | 2.156 per woman |
100 | Western Sahara | 2.135 per woman |
101 | Réunion | 2.121 per woman |
102 | Bangladesh | 2.106 per woman |
103 | Belize | 2.089 per woman |
104 | Monaco | 2.086 per woman |
105 | Indonesia | 2.078 per woman |
106 | Panama | 2.074 per woman |
107 | Myanmar | 2.057 per woman |
108 | Venezuela | 2.052 per woman |
109 | Seychelles | 2.052 per woman |
110 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.051 per woman |
111 | Guadeloupe | 2.034 per woman |
112 | Cook Islands | 1.977 per woman |
113 | Martinique | 1.956 per woman |
114 | New Caledonia | 1.929 per woman |
115 | India | 1.926 per woman |
116 | Sri Lanka | 1.926 per woman |
117 | Peru | 1.921 per woman |
118 | Nepal | 1.918 per woman |
119 | Greenland | 1.895 per woman |
120 | Gibraltar | 1.876 per woman |
121 | Vietnam | 1.863 per woman |
122 | Philippines | 1.858 per woman |
123 | Mexico | 1.841 per woman |
124 | Palau | 1.839 per woman |
125 | Tunisia | 1.814 per woman |
126 | Bulgaria | 1.806 per woman |
127 | Bahrain | 1.77 per woman |
128 | Montenegro | 1.768 per woman |
129 | North Korea | 1.76 per woman |
130 | Ecuador | 1.751 per woman |
131 | Qatar | 1.75 per woman |
132 | El Salvador | 1.742 per woman |
133 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.73 per woman |
134 | Republic of Moldova | 1.719 per woman |
135 | Georgia | 1.718 per woman |
136 | Armenia | 1.716 per woman |
137 | Romania | 1.706 per woman |
138 | Barbados | 1.704 per woman |
139 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.696 per woman |
140 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 1.691 per woman |
141 | Iran | 1.663 per woman |
142 | New Zealand | 1.655 per woman |
143 | Azerbaijan | 1.646 per woman |
144 | Saint Helena | 1.636 per woman |
145 | Australia | 1.635 per woman |
146 | United States | 1.614 per woman |
147 | Colombia | 1.602 per woman |
148 | Portugal | 1.597 per woman |
149 | Aruba | 1.594 per woman |
150 | Brazil | 1.593 per woman |
151 | Turkey | 1.585 per woman |
152 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.578 per woman |
153 | France | 1.56 per woman |
154 | Slovenia | 1.553 per woman |
155 | Liechtenstein | 1.545 per woman |
156 | Slovakia | 1.54 per woman |
157 | Maldives | 1.535 per woman |
158 | United Kingdom | 1.529 per woman |
159 | Malaysia | 1.529 per woman |
160 | Ireland | 1.527 per woman |
161 | Isle of Man | 1.525 per woman |
162 | Kosovo | 1.518 per woman |
163 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.515 per woman |
164 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.508 per woman |
165 | Cayman Islands | 1.505 per woman |
166 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.497 per woman |
167 | Serbia | 1.493 per woman |
168 | Cabo Verde | 1.482 per woman |
169 | Argentina | 1.474 per woman |
170 | Dominica | 1.471 per woman |
171 | French Polynesia | 1.464 per woman |
172 | Cuba | 1.459 per woman |
173 | Grenada | 1.443 per woman |
174 | Russia | 1.443 per woman |
175 | Hungary | 1.441 per woman |
176 | Denmark | 1.429 per woman |
177 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.425 per woman |
178 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.423 per woman |
179 | Bhutan | 1.423 per woman |
180 | Bermuda | 1.415 per woman |
181 | Luxembourg | 1.41 per woman |
182 | Switzerland | 1.41 per woman |
183 | Croatia | 1.405 per woman |
184 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 1.403 per woman |
185 | Germany | 1.4 per woman |
186 | North Macedonia | 1.394 per woman |
187 | Jersey | 1.387 per woman |
188 | Iceland | 1.382 per woman |
189 | Kuwait | 1.378 per woman |
190 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 1.376 per woman |
191 | Saint Lucia | 1.37 per woman |
192 | Guernsey | 1.37 per woman |
193 | Uruguay | 1.37 per woman |
194 | Cyprus | 1.367 per woman |
195 | Bahamas | 1.362 per woman |
196 | Netherlands | 1.354 per woman |
197 | Norway | 1.353 per woman |
198 | Anguilla | 1.342 per woman |
199 | Sweden | 1.334 per woman |
200 | Jamaica | 1.329 per woman |
201 | Albania | 1.322 per woman |
202 | Poland | 1.303 per woman |
203 | Greece | 1.302 per woman |
204 | Czech Republic | 1.299 per woman |
205 | Canada | 1.299 per woman |
206 | Costa Rica | 1.299 per woman |
207 | Belgium | 1.286 per woman |
208 | Estonia | 1.273 per woman |
209 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.269 per woman |
210 | Austria | 1.259 per woman |
211 | Spain | 1.241 per woman |
212 | Latvia | 1.24 per woman |
213 | Montserrat | 1.24 per woman |
214 | United Arab Emirates | 1.232 per woman |
215 | Finland | 1.223 per woman |
216 | Japan | 1.195 per woman |
217 | Italy | 1.189 per woman |
218 | Thailand | 1.184 per woman |
219 | San Marino | 1.176 per woman |
220 | Mauritius | 1.164 per woman |
221 | Lithuania | 1.149 per woman |
222 | Belarus | 1.149 per woman |
223 | Malta | 1.109 per woman |
224 | Chile | 1.109 per woman |
225 | Andorra | 1.106 per woman |
226 | British Virgin Islands | 1.077 per woman |
227 | Curaçao | 1.068 per woman |
228 | China | 0.973 per woman |
229 | Singapore | 0.963 per woman |
230 | Ukraine | 0.938 per woman |
231 | Puerto Rico | 0.936 per woman |
232 | Saint Barthélemy | 0.839 per woman |
233 | Taiwan | 0.817 per woman |
234 | South Korea | 0.719 per woman |
235 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.712 per woman |
236 | China, Macao SAR | 0.645 per woman |
- #1
Chad
- #2
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
- #3
Central African Republic
- #4
Somalia
- #5
Niger
- #6
Mali
- #7
Angola
- #8
Burundi
- #9
Afghanistan
- #10
Mozambique
Analysis: These countries represent the highest values in this dataset, showcasing significant scale and impact on global statistics.
- #236
China, Macao SAR
- #235
China, Hong Kong SAR
- #234
South Korea
- #233
Taiwan
- #232
Saint Barthélemy
- #231
Puerto Rico
- #230
Ukraine
- #229
Singapore
- #228
China
- #227
Curaçao
Context: These countries or territories have the lowest values, often due to geographic size, administrative status, or specific characteristics.
Data Source
United Nations Population Division
The Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs conducts demographic research, supports intergovernmental processes at the United Nations in the area of population and development, and assists countries in developing their capacity to produce and analyse population data and information. The Division brings population issues to the attention of the international community by highlighting the central role of demographic trends in all aspects of sustainable development. The Division publishes datasets on the world’s population and analyzes global demographic trends.
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