Children per woman vs population growth by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
3.69
Central African Republic
Lowest
-2.14
Vatican
Median
0.7889
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Children per woman vs population growth is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 3.69 in Central African Republic; the lowest is -2.14 in Vatican.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.7889, and the mean is 0.9151.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 228 fell. The largest increase was in Tokelau (up 22.2%), and the largest decrease in Poland (down 2,310.9%).
Children per woman vs population growth: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 3.69 | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 2 | Somalia | 3.31 | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 3 | Niger | 3.3 | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.28 | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 5 | Mayotte | 3.27 | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 6 | Mali | 3.14 | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 7 | Chad | 3.14 | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 8 | Angola | 3.07 | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 9 | Mozambique | 3.05 | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 10 | Yemen | 3.04 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 3.04 | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 2.96 | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 13 | Tanzania | 2.94 | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 14 | Mauritania | 2.89 | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 15 | Zambia | 2.79 | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 16 | Sudan | 2.72 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 17 | Burundi | 2.69 | 2023 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 18 | Cameroon | 2.66 | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 19 | Malawi | 2.6 | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 2.59 | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 21 | Benin | 2.51 | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 22 | Guinea | 2.47 | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 23 | Madagascar | 2.46 | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 24 | Congo | 2.43 | 2023 | down 16.8% | flat |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.43 | 2023 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 26 | Gambia | 2.41 | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 27 | Togo | 2.39 | 2023 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 28 | Senegal | 2.38 | 2023 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 2.37 | 2023 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.3 | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 31 | Vanuatu | 2.3 | 2023 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 32 | Liberia | 2.29 | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 2.28 | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.26 | 2023 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 35 | Eritrea | 2.25 | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 36 | Rwanda | 2.24 | 2023 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 2.23 | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 38 | Solomon Islands | 2.18 | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 39 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.17 | 2023 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 40 | Iraq | 2.16 | 2023 | down 25.7% | flat |
| 41 | Tajikistan | 2.15 | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 42 | Comoros | 2.15 | 2023 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 43 | Gabon | 2.14 | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 44 | Pakistan | 2.13 | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 45 | Nigeria | 2.12 | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 46 | French Guiana | 2.05 | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 2.03 | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 48 | Kenya | 1.99 | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 49 | Palestine | 1.99 | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 50 | Namibia | 1.97 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 51 | Ghana | 1.93 | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 52 | Samoa | 1.92 | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 53 | Botswana | 1.9 | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 54 | South Sudan | 1.9 | 2023 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 55 | Kiribati | 1.88 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 1.81 | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 57 | Nauru | 1.8 | 2023 | down 35.0% | rising |
| 58 | Jordan | 1.76 | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 59 | Honduras | 1.75 | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 60 | Syria | 1.71 | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 61 | Tonga | 1.67 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 62 | Eswatini | 1.64 | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 63 | Guatemala | 1.6 | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 64 | Turkmenistan | 1.6 | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 65 | Egypt | 1.55 | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 66 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.53 | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 67 | Bangladesh | 1.53 | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 68 | Laos | 1.5 | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 69 | Algeria | 1.5 | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 70 | Oman | 1.49 | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 71 | East Timor | 1.48 | 2023 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 1.48 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 73 | Micronesia (country) | 1.47 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 74 | Haiti | 1.44 | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 75 | Cambodia | 1.44 | 2023 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Paraguay | 1.43 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 77 | Marshall Islands | 1.42 | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 78 | Bolivia | 1.41 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 78 | Saudi Arabia | 1.41 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 80 | Tuvalu | 1.39 | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 81 | Tokelau | 1.39 | 2023 | up 22.2% | falling |
| 82 | Lesotho | 1.35 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 83 | Kazakhstan | 1.34 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 84 | Djibouti | 1.33 | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 85 | Belize | 1.31 | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 86 | Israel | 1.31 | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 87 | Mongolia | 1.3 | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 88 | Guyana | 1.3 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 89 | Nepal | 1.24 | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 1.17 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 91 | Panama | 1.13 | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 92 | Morocco | 1.11 | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 93 | Guam | 1.08 | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 94 | Suriname | 1.06 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 95 | Peru | 1.05 | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 96 | Bahrain | 1.04 | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 97 | Libya | 1.04 | 2023 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 98 | Lebanon | 1.02 | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 99 | Ecuador | 0.9905 | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 100 | Philippines | 0.9783 | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 101 | Mexico | 0.9545 | 2023 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 102 | South Africa | 0.9536 | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 103 | India | 0.9535 | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 104 | Western Sahara | 0.9159 | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 105 | Qatar | 0.8978 | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 106 | United Arab Emirates | 0.8842 | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 107 | Fiji | 0.8741 | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 108 | Maldives | 0.868 | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 109 | Kuwait | 0.8415 | 2023 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 110 | Indonesia | 0.841 | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 111 | American Samoa | 0.8367 | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 112 | Brunei | 0.836 | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 113 | Iran | 0.8279 | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 114 | El Salvador | 0.8239 | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 115 | Reunion | 0.8237 | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 116 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.8214 | 2023 | down 57.5% | falling |
| 117 | Colombia | 0.8077 | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 118 | New Caledonia | 0.7991 | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 119 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.7787 | 2023 | down 54.6% | falling |
| 120 | Tunisia | 0.7677 | 2023 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 121 | Myanmar | 0.7543 | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 122 | Venezuela | 0.7527 | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 123 | Cape Verde | 0.7271 | 2023 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 124 | French Polynesia | 0.7258 | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 125 | Malaysia | 0.7254 | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 125 | Vietnam | 0.7254 | 2023 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 127 | Cayman Islands | 0.7037 | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 127 | Sri Lanka | 0.7037 | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 129 | Bhutan | 0.6553 | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 130 | Turkey | 0.5963 | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 131 | Gibraltar | 0.556 | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 132 | Azerbaijan | 0.5553 | 2023 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 133 | Seychelles | 0.5412 | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 134 | Brazil | 0.5245 | 2023 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4955 | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 136 | Costa Rica | 0.4722 | 2023 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 137 | Australia | 0.4553 | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 138 | Iceland | 0.4476 | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 139 | Greenland | 0.4256 | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 140 | New Zealand | 0.4166 | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 141 | Cyprus | 0.3736 | 2023 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 142 | Jamaica | 0.3547 | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 143 | Luxembourg | 0.3464 | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Falkland Islands | 0.3463 | 2023 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Singapore | 0.341 | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Ireland | 0.3409 | 2023 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 147 | Argentina | 0.3396 | 2023 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 148 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.3337 | 2023 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 149 | North Korea | 0.3263 | 2023 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Cook Islands | 0.3214 | 2023 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 151 | Grenada | 0.2852 | 2023 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Saint Lucia | 0.2648 | 2023 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Chile | 0.2468 | 2023 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 154 | Armenia | 0.2408 | 2023 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 155 | British Virgin Islands | 0.236 | 2023 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Anguilla | 0.2343 | 2023 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.234 | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Faroe Islands | 0.2303 | 2023 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Bahamas | 0.2139 | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 160 | United States | 0.1985 | 2023 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Albania | 0.1912 | 2023 | down 68.7% | falling |
| 162 | Liechtenstein | 0.1787 | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 162 | Guadeloupe | 0.1787 | 2023 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1782 | 2023 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Macao | 0.153 | 2023 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Norway | 0.1341 | 2023 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Canada | 0.1143 | 2023 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Switzerland | 0.1118 | 2023 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.1 | 2023 | down 87.9% | falling |
| 170 | Wallis and Futuna | 0.08 | 2023 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Andorra | 0.0783 | 2023 | down 74.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.0733 | 2023 | down 79.3% | falling |
| 173 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0659 | 2023 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Martinique | 0.0651 | 2023 | down 82.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Barbados | 0.056 | 2023 | down 79.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Mauritius | 0.0534 | 2023 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Malta | 0.0533 | 2023 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 178 | United Kingdom | 0.0505 | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Sweden | 0.0377 | 2023 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 180 | France | 0.0343 | 2023 | down 89.7% | falling |
| 181 | Denmark | 0.009 | 2023 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Uruguay | 0.0088 | 2023 | down 98.2% | falling |
| 183 | Netherlands | 0.0083 | 2023 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Aruba | -0.0122 | 2023 | down 102.5% | volatile |
| 185 | Slovakia | -0.0343 | 2023 | down 133.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Georgia | -0.0345 | 2023 | down 112.6% | volatile |
| 187 | Montenegro | -0.0359 | 2023 | down 113.8% | volatile |
| 188 | Palau | -0.0598 | 2023 | down 112.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Thailand | -0.0643 | 2023 | down 113.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Bermuda | -0.0812 | 2023 | down 156.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Niue | -0.0848 | 2023 | down 136.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Belgium | -0.1033 | 2023 | down 176.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Guernsey | -0.1164 | 2023 | down 201.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Cuba | -0.1441 | 2023 | down 154.6% | volatile |
| 195 | Saint Barthelemy | -0.1539 | 2023 | down 144.7% | falling |
| 196 | North Macedonia | -0.163 | 2023 | down 156.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Dominica | -0.1673 | 2023 | down 206.2% | volatile |
| 198 | Slovenia | -0.1737 | 2023 | down 299.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Austria | -0.1771 | 2023 | down 1,602.9% | volatile |
| 200 | China | -0.1957 | 2023 | down 129.8% | volatile |
| 201 | Czechia | -0.2006 | 2023 | down 613.9% | volatile |
| 202 | San Marino | -0.2073 | 2023 | down 201.1% | volatile |
| 203 | South Korea | -0.2109 | 2023 | down 163.5% | volatile |
| 204 | Hong Kong | -0.2136 | 2023 | down 144.0% | volatile |
| 204 | Isle of Man | -0.2136 | 2023 | down 351.3% | volatile |
| 206 | Spain | -0.2309 | 2023 | down 387.5% | volatile |
| 207 | Curacao | -0.2423 | 2023 | down 149.2% | volatile |
| 208 | Poland | -0.2435 | 2023 | down 2,310.9% | volatile |
| 209 | Portugal | -0.2806 | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 210 | Moldova | -0.2851 | 2023 | down 330.5% | volatile |
| 211 | Jersey | -0.2858 | 2023 | down 243.9% | volatile |
| 212 | Finland | -0.2933 | 2023 | down 346.3% | volatile |
| 213 | Taiwan | -0.3128 | 2023 | down 251.4% | volatile |
| 214 | Russia | -0.3422 | 2023 | down 1,362.7% | volatile |
| 215 | Germany | -0.3724 | 2023 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 216 | Romania | -0.3845 | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 217 | Estonia | -0.4138 | 2023 | down 227.4% | volatile |
| 218 | United States Virgin Islands | -0.4222 | 2023 | down 350.7% | volatile |
| 219 | Hungary | -0.4407 | 2023 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 220 | Italy | -0.4686 | 2023 | down 226.1% | volatile |
| 221 | Montserrat | -0.4752 | 2023 | down 88.2% | volatile |
| 222 | Puerto Rico | -0.4877 | 2023 | down 880.3% | volatile |
| 223 | Serbia | -0.5033 | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 224 | Greece | -0.521 | 2023 | down 197.7% | volatile |
| 225 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.5743 | 2023 | down 147.9% | volatile |
| 226 | Bulgaria | -0.5935 | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 227 | Croatia | -0.6053 | 2023 | down 107.8% | volatile |
| 228 | Belarus | -0.6202 | 2023 | down 893.9% | volatile |
| 229 | Japan | -0.6228 | 2023 | down 180.0% | volatile |
| 230 | Lithuania | -0.6834 | 2023 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 231 | Latvia | -0.71 | 2023 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 232 | Ukraine | -0.7505 | 2023 | down 167.0% | volatile |
| 233 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | -0.916 | 2023 | down 237.3% | volatile |
| 234 | Saint Helena | -0.9495 | 2023 | down 159.8% | volatile |
| 235 | Monaco | -1.15 | 2023 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 236 | Vatican | -2.14 | 2023 | down 63.2% | volatile |