Fertility and wanted fertility by country
Countries reporting
215
Highest
6.03
Chad
Lowest
0.582
Macao
Median
1.91
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
13,943
What the numbers show
Fertility and wanted fertility is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 6.03 in Chad; the lowest is 0.582 in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.91, and the mean is 2.35.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 201 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 36.9%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 52.5%).
Fertility and wanted fertility: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad | 6.03 | 2024 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 2 | Somalia | 6.01 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.98 | 2024 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 5.95 | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 5 | Niger | 5.93 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 6 | Mali | 5.51 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 7 | Angola | 5.05 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 8 | Burundi | 4.79 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 4.76 | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 10 | Mozambique | 4.69 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 11 | Mauritania | 4.62 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 12 | Tanzania | 4.54 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 13 | Yemen | 4.5 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 14 | Benin | 4.48 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 15 | Nigeria | 4.38 | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 16 | Sudan | 4.26 | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 4.26 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 18 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.23 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 19 | Uganda | 4.17 | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 20 | Guinea | 4.13 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 21 | Togo | 4.12 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 22 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.12 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 4.11 | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 24 | Congo | 4.11 | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 25 | Zambia | 4.04 | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 26 | Madagascar | 3.91 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 3.91 | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 28 | Gambia | 3.91 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 29 | Liberia | 3.86 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 30 | Comoros | 3.82 | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 31 | Samoa | 3.8 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 32 | South Sudan | 3.79 | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 33 | Senegal | 3.77 | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.76 | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 3.7 | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 36 | Eritrea | 3.68 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 37 | Zimbabwe | 3.67 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 38 | Rwanda | 3.65 | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.6 | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 40 | Gabon | 3.59 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 41 | Malawi | 3.59 | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 42 | Vanuatu | 3.57 | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 43 | Pakistan | 3.55 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 44 | Solomon Islands | 3.51 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 3.49 | 2024 | up 36.9% | falling |
| 46 | Ghana | 3.34 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 47 | Nauru | 3.29 | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 48 | Palestine | 3.25 | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 49 | Iraq | 3.22 | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 50 | Namibia | 3.21 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 51 | Tuvalu | 3.17 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 52 | Kenya | 3.17 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 53 | Kiribati | 3.12 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 54 | Tonga | 3.1 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 3.07 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 3.04 | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 2.98 | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 58 | Israel | 2.87 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 59 | Marshall Islands | 2.86 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 60 | Guam | 2.75 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 61 | Micronesia (country) | 2.74 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 62 | Egypt | 2.73 | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 63 | Algeria | 2.72 | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 64 | Eswatini | 2.72 | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 65 | Botswana | 2.7 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 66 | Syria | 2.7 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 67 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 2.67 | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 68 | Lesotho | 2.66 | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 69 | Turkmenistan | 2.66 | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 70 | East Timor | 2.63 | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 71 | Haiti | 2.62 | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 72 | Djibouti | 2.62 | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 73 | Jordan | 2.6 | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.6 | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 75 | Cambodia | 2.55 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 76 | Bolivia | 2.52 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 77 | Oman | 2.51 | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 78 | Mongolia | 2.5 | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 79 | Honduras | 2.48 | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 80 | Paraguay | 2.42 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 81 | Laos | 2.4 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 82 | Guyana | 2.4 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 83 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.32 | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 2.31 | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 85 | Libya | 2.3 | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 86 | Guatemala | 2.29 | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 87 | Fiji | 2.27 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 88 | American Samoa | 2.27 | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 89 | Suriname | 2.23 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 90 | Lebanon | 2.23 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 2.22 | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 92 | Morocco | 2.21 | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 2.21 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 94 | South Africa | 2.21 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 95 | Bangladesh | 2.14 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 96 | Indonesia | 2.12 | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 97 | Panama | 2.11 | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 98 | Monaco | 2.1 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 99 | Myanmar | 2.1 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 100 | Venezuela | 2.08 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 101 | Belize | 2.02 | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 102 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.97 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 103 | Peru | 1.97 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 1.96 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 105 | India | 1.96 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 106 | Nepal | 1.96 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 1.95 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 108 | Faroe Islands | 1.91 | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 109 | Vietnam | 1.9 | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 110 | Philippines | 1.89 | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 111 | Mexico | 1.89 | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 112 | Gibraltar | 1.89 | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 113 | Palau | 1.88 | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Seychelles | 1.85 | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 115 | Tunisia | 1.82 | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Ecuador | 1.81 | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 117 | Bahrain | 1.8 | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 118 | Georgia | 1.8 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 119 | Montenegro | 1.8 | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 120 | North Korea | 1.78 | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 121 | El Salvador | 1.77 | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.76 | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Brunei | 1.73 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 124 | Moldova | 1.73 | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 125 | Bulgaria | 1.72 | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 126 | Qatar | 1.72 | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 127 | Barbados | 1.71 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 128 | Greenland | 1.71 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 129 | Armenia | 1.7 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 130 | Iran | 1.68 | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Serbia | 1.64 | 2024 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 132 | Colombia | 1.63 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 133 | United States | 1.63 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 134 | Brazil | 1.61 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 135 | France | 1.61 | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 136 | Aruba | 1.61 | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.58 | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 138 | New Zealand | 1.57 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 139 | Iceland | 1.56 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 139 | Kuwait | 1.56 | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 139 | Maldives | 1.56 | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 142 | United Kingdom | 1.55 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 143 | Isle of Man | 1.54 | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 144 | Malaysia | 1.54 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.54 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 146 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.53 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 147 | Cayman Islands | 1.52 | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 148 | Slovenia | 1.52 | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 149 | Cape Verde | 1.51 | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 150 | Argentina | 1.5 | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 151 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.49 | 2024 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 152 | French Polynesia | 1.49 | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 153 | Australia | 1.48 | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 154 | Dominica | 1.48 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 154 | Turkey | 1.48 | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 156 | Grenada | 1.47 | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 157 | Denmark | 1.47 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 157 | Ireland | 1.47 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 159 | Croatia | 1.46 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 159 | Slovakia | 1.46 | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 161 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.45 | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 162 | Norway | 1.45 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 163 | Bhutan | 1.45 | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 164 | Cuba | 1.45 | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 165 | Belgium | 1.44 | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 165 | Mauritius | 1.44 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 165 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.44 | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 168 | Azerbaijan | 1.43 | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 168 | Netherlands | 1.43 | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 168 | Sweden | 1.43 | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 171 | Russia | 1.42 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 172 | Hungary | 1.41 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 172 | Portugal | 1.41 | 2024 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 174 | Bermuda | 1.41 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 175 | Curacao | 1.4 | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 175 | North Macedonia | 1.4 | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 177 | Uruguay | 1.4 | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 178 | Romania | 1.39 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 179 | Saint Lucia | 1.39 | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Cyprus | 1.38 | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 181 | Bahamas | 1.37 | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 182 | Liechtenstein | 1.37 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 183 | Czechia | 1.36 | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 183 | Germany | 1.36 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 185 | Jamaica | 1.35 | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 186 | Albania | 1.34 | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 187 | Costa Rica | 1.32 | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 188 | Austria | 1.31 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 189 | Switzerland | 1.29 | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 190 | Canada | 1.25 | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 190 | Finland | 1.25 | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 190 | Luxembourg | 1.25 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 193 | Greece | 1.24 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 193 | Latvia | 1.24 | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 195 | Belarus | 1.22 | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 196 | United Arab Emirates | 1.21 | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 197 | Thailand | 1.2 | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Estonia | 1.18 | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 198 | Italy | 1.18 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 200 | San Marino | 1.16 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 201 | Japan | 1.15 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 202 | Chile | 1.14 | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 202 | Poland | 1.14 | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 204 | Lithuania | 1.11 | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 205 | Spain | 1.1 | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 206 | Andorra | 1.09 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 207 | British Virgin Islands | 1.05 | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 208 | China | 1.01 | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 209 | Malta | 1.01 | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 210 | Ukraine | 0.988 | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 211 | Singapore | 0.97 | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 212 | Puerto Rico | 0.92 | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 213 | Hong Kong | 0.841 | 2024 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 214 | South Korea | 0.748 | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 215 | Macao | 0.582 | 2024 | down 52.5% | volatile |