Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to survive until childbearing age by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
5.31
Democratic Republic of Congo
Lowest
0.6589
Macao
Median
1.88
Years covered
273
1751–2023
Data points
18,723
What the numbers show
Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to survive until childbearing age is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 5.31 in Democratic Republic of Congo; the lowest is 0.6589 in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.88, and the mean is 2.23.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 208 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 44.6%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 48.7%).
Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.31 | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 2 | Somalia | 5.16 | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 3 | Niger | 5.15 | 2023 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 5.14 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 5 | Chad | 4.94 | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 6 | Mali | 4.84 | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 7 | Angola | 4.67 | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 8 | Mayotte | 4.54 | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 4.47 | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 10 | Mauritania | 4.45 | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 11 | Burundi | 4.4 | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 12 | Mozambique | 4.35 | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 13 | Yemen | 4.35 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 14 | Tanzania | 4.32 | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 15 | Uganda | 4.03 | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 16 | Sudan | 4 | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 3.93 | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 18 | Benin | 3.93 | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 19 | Congo | 3.89 | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 20 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.85 | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 21 | Zambia | 3.82 | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 3.74 | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 23 | Togo | 3.73 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 24 | Samoa | 3.7 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 25 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.69 | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 26 | Gambia | 3.68 | 2023 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 27 | Burkina Faso | 3.67 | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 28 | Comoros | 3.63 | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 29 | Senegal | 3.62 | 2023 | down 22.4% | flat |
| 30 | Guinea | 3.59 | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 31 | Madagascar | 3.56 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 32 | Liberia | 3.53 | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 33 | Nigeria | 3.53 | 2023 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 34 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.53 | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 35 | Eritrea | 3.5 | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 36 | Rwanda | 3.5 | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 37 | Vanuatu | 3.48 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 38 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.46 | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 39 | Zimbabwe | 3.45 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 40 | Gabon | 3.45 | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 41 | Malawi | 3.44 | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 42 | Solomon Islands | 3.43 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 3.41 | 2023 | up 44.6% | falling |
| 44 | Pakistan | 3.35 | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 45 | French Guiana | 3.34 | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 46 | Sierra Leone | 3.31 | 2023 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 47 | Palestine | 3.23 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 48 | South Sudan | 3.22 | 2023 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 49 | Ghana | 3.14 | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 50 | Iraq | 3.13 | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 51 | Tuvalu | 3.06 | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 52 | Tonga | 3.05 | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 53 | Nauru | 3.04 | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 54 | Namibia | 3.03 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 55 | Kenya | 2.96 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 2.96 | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 2.95 | 2023 | up 13.5% | falling |
| 58 | Kiribati | 2.91 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 2.9 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 60 | Israel | 2.81 | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 61 | Marshall Islands | 2.76 | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.73 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 63 | Guam | 2.72 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 64 | Algeria | 2.69 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 65 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 2.68 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 66 | Egypt | 2.68 | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 67 | Mongolia | 2.63 | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 68 | Micronesia (country) | 2.63 | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 69 | Syria | 2.62 | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 70 | Jordan | 2.59 | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 71 | Botswana | 2.58 | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 2.57 | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 73 | Tokelau | 2.56 | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 74 | East Timor | 2.54 | 2023 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 75 | Eswatini | 2.53 | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 76 | Oman | 2.49 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 77 | Cambodia | 2.47 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 78 | Haiti | 2.46 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 79 | Honduras | 2.43 | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 80 | Niue | 2.42 | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 81 | Lesotho | 2.41 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 82 | Djibouti | 2.4 | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 83 | Bolivia | 2.39 | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 84 | Paraguay | 2.35 | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 85 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.32 | 2023 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 86 | Guyana | 2.32 | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 87 | Laos | 2.3 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 88 | Libya | 2.29 | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 89 | Saudi Arabia | 2.25 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 90 | American Samoa | 2.23 | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 91 | Guatemala | 2.23 | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 92 | Faroe Islands | 2.22 | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 93 | Fiji | 2.19 | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 94 | Lebanon | 2.18 | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 95 | Suriname | 2.18 | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 96 | Morocco | 2.17 | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 2.17 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 98 | Reunion | 2.15 | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 2.15 | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 100 | Monaco | 2.1 | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 101 | Western Sahara | 2.08 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 2.08 | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 103 | Seychelles | 2.08 | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 104 | Panama | 2.07 | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 105 | South Africa | 2.07 | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 106 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.07 | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 107 | Guadeloupe | 2.06 | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 108 | Indonesia | 2.05 | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 109 | Cook Islands | 2.01 | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 110 | Venezuela | 2.01 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 111 | Myanmar | 2 | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 112 | Martinique | 1.99 | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 113 | Belize | 1.97 | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 1.95 | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 115 | New Caledonia | 1.95 | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 116 | Peru | 1.93 | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 117 | Nepal | 1.91 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 118 | India | 1.89 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 119 | Greenland | 1.87 | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 120 | Mexico | 1.87 | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 121 | Gibraltar | 1.86 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 122 | Vietnam | 1.86 | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 123 | Philippines | 1.84 | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 124 | Palau | 1.83 | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 125 | Bahrain | 1.8 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 126 | Tunisia | 1.8 | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 127 | Montenegro | 1.79 | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 128 | Ecuador | 1.79 | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 129 | Georgia | 1.78 | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 130 | El Salvador | 1.73 | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 1.73 | 2023 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 132 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.72 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 133 | North Korea | 1.72 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 134 | Qatar | 1.71 | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 135 | Brunei | 1.71 | 2023 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 136 | Moldova | 1.69 | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 137 | Romania | 1.69 | 2023 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 138 | Armenia | 1.69 | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 139 | Barbados | 1.68 | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 140 | Iran | 1.66 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 141 | Falkland Islands | 1.66 | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 142 | New Zealand | 1.65 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 143 | Azerbaijan | 1.63 | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 144 | France | 1.63 | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 145 | Australia | 1.63 | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 146 | Colombia | 1.61 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 147 | Saint Helena | 1.61 | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 148 | Turkey | 1.6 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 149 | United States | 1.6 | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 150 | Ireland | 1.59 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 151 | Brazil | 1.58 | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 152 | Aruba | 1.57 | 2023 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 153 | Slovenia | 1.57 | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 154 | Maldives | 1.56 | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 155 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.55 | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 156 | United Kingdom | 1.55 | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 157 | Slovakia | 1.55 | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 158 | Iceland | 1.53 | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 159 | Malaysia | 1.53 | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 160 | Liechtenstein | 1.52 | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 161 | Isle of Man | 1.51 | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 162 | Cayman Islands | 1.51 | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 163 | Kuwait | 1.51 | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 164 | Denmark | 1.5 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 165 | Portugal | 1.5 | 2023 | up 24.4% | falling |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 1.5 | 2023 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 167 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.49 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 168 | French Polynesia | 1.49 | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 169 | Serbia | 1.49 | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 170 | Hungary | 1.47 | 2023 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 171 | Argentina | 1.47 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 172 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.47 | 2023 | up 16.4% | falling |
| 173 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.47 | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 174 | Croatia | 1.46 | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 175 | North Macedonia | 1.45 | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 176 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 1.45 | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 177 | Grenada | 1.45 | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 178 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.45 | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 179 | Czechia | 1.44 | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 180 | Germany | 1.43 | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 181 | Russia | 1.43 | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 182 | Dominica | 1.42 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 183 | Switzerland | 1.42 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 184 | Cuba | 1.42 | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 185 | Montserrat | 1.42 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 186 | Sweden | 1.42 | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 187 | Netherlands | 1.42 | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 188 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.42 | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 189 | Bhutan | 1.42 | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 190 | Norway | 1.4 | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 191 | Bermuda | 1.39 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 192 | Uruguay | 1.39 | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 193 | Cyprus | 1.38 | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 194 | Luxembourg | 1.38 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 195 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.38 | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 196 | Belgium | 1.37 | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 197 | Anguilla | 1.35 | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Jersey | 1.35 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 199 | Guernsey | 1.35 | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 200 | Saint Lucia | 1.34 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 201 | Estonia | 1.34 | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 202 | Canada | 1.34 | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 203 | Bahamas | 1.33 | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 204 | Albania | 1.33 | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 205 | Greece | 1.33 | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 206 | Latvia | 1.32 | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 207 | Jamaica | 1.32 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 208 | Costa Rica | 1.31 | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 209 | Austria | 1.31 | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 210 | Poland | 1.29 | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 211 | Finland | 1.27 | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 212 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.25 | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 213 | Mauritius | 1.21 | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 214 | Spain | 1.21 | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 215 | Japan | 1.2 | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 216 | Belarus | 1.2 | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 217 | Italy | 1.19 | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 218 | United Arab Emirates | 1.19 | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 219 | Thailand | 1.19 | 2023 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 220 | Lithuania | 1.19 | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 221 | Chile | 1.15 | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 222 | San Marino | 1.14 | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 223 | Malta | 1.08 | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 224 | Andorra | 1.07 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 225 | Curacao | 1.06 | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 226 | British Virgin Islands | 1.03 | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 227 | Vatican | 0.9895 | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 228 | China | 0.9859 | 2023 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 229 | Ukraine | 0.9618 | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 230 | Singapore | 0.9384 | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 231 | Puerto Rico | 0.9308 | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 232 | Taiwan | 0.8617 | 2023 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 233 | Saint Barthelemy | 0.7941 | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 234 | South Korea | 0.7167 | 2023 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 235 | Hong Kong | 0.7136 | 2023 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 236 | Macao | 0.6589 | 2023 | down 42.4% | volatile |