Fertility rate by age group by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
163.09
Central African Republic
Lowest
0.465
Macao
Median
26.33
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Fertility rate by age group is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 163.09 in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0.465 in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 26.33, and the mean is 37.87.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 351.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 229 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 33.1%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 86.3%).
Fertility rate by age group: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 163.09 | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 2 | Mozambique | 153.45 | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | 150.44 | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 4 | Niger | 145.32 | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 5 | Angola | 140.84 | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 6 | Mali | 138.56 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 7 | Chad | 134.74 | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 8 | Madagascar | 129.8 | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 9 | Liberia | 126.01 | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 10 | Guinea | 118.58 | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 11 | Somalia | 117.1 | 2023 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 12 | Zambia | 115.91 | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 13 | Malawi | 113.58 | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 14 | Tanzania | 113.21 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 15 | Congo | 109.88 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 16 | Uganda | 106.95 | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 106.88 | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 106.66 | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 19 | Zimbabwe | 98.06 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 20 | South Sudan | 97.13 | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 21 | Sierra Leone | 93.59 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 22 | Nicaragua | 93.45 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 23 | Cote d'Ivoire | 92.08 | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 24 | Gabon | 91.71 | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 25 | Mauritania | 88.9 | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 26 | Burkina Faso | 87.08 | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 27 | Nigeria | 86.43 | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 28 | Sao Tome and Principe | 86.19 | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 29 | Honduras | 82.08 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 30 | Guinea-Bissau | 81.98 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 31 | Laos | 81.65 | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 32 | Benin | 77.84 | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 33 | Togo | 77.45 | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 34 | Nauru | 76.24 | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 35 | Yemen | 75.33 | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 36 | Venezuela | 73.3 | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 73.18 | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 38 | Marshall Islands | 71.84 | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 39 | Lesotho | 70.64 | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 40 | Paraguay | 70.33 | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 41 | Guyana | 69.93 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 69.86 | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 43 | Eswatini | 68.73 | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 44 | Guatemala | 68.27 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 45 | Nepal | 67.17 | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 46 | Vanuatu | 66.22 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 47 | Sudan | 66.07 | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 48 | Namibia | 66.03 | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 49 | Eritrea | 65.18 | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 50 | Bolivia | 64.85 | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 64.07 | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 52 | Mayotte | 63.22 | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 53 | Senegal | 60.24 | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 54 | Mexico | 60.1 | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 55 | Colombia | 59.47 | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 56 | Ghana | 58.24 | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 57 | Gambia | 58.09 | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 58 | Iraq | 58.01 | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 59 | Panama | 57.34 | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 60 | Kenya | 56.31 | 2023 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 61 | Ecuador | 55.53 | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 62 | Comoros | 55.23 | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 63 | Belize | 55.23 | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 64 | Seychelles | 54.52 | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 65 | El Salvador | 54.23 | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 66 | Papua New Guinea | 54.07 | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 67 | Tokelau | 53.98 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 68 | Botswana | 53.8 | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 69 | French Guiana | 53.45 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 70 | Burundi | 53.36 | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 52.77 | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 72 | South Africa | 51.56 | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 50.37 | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 74 | Haiti | 49.77 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 75 | Cuba | 48.67 | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 76 | Suriname | 48.03 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 77 | Cambodia | 46.89 | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 78 | Barbados | 45.33 | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 79 | Kiribati | 44.03 | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 80 | Micronesia (country) | 43.72 | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 81 | Peru | 43.56 | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 82 | Samoa | 43.54 | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 83 | Brazil | 42.69 | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 84 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 42.3 | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 85 | Egypt | 41.75 | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 86 | Pakistan | 41.09 | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 87 | Tajikistan | 40.44 | 2023 | down 15.1% | flat |
| 88 | Bulgaria | 39.1 | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 89 | Syria | 38.91 | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 90 | Cape Verde | 38.76 | 2023 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 91 | Jamaica | 36.54 | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 92 | Greenland | 36.1 | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 93 | Palestine | 36.04 | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 35.99 | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 95 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 35.18 | 2023 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Azerbaijan | 34.77 | 2023 | down 42.7% | rising |
| 97 | Vietnam | 34.28 | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 98 | American Samoa | 34.18 | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 99 | Dominica | 34.14 | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 34.08 | 2023 | up 33.1% | falling |
| 101 | Romania | 33.75 | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 102 | Myanmar | 33.51 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 103 | Guam | 33.39 | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 104 | Antigua and Barbuda | 32.93 | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 105 | Philippines | 31.89 | 2023 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 106 | United States Virgin Islands | 31.78 | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 107 | Western Sahara | 31.23 | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 108 | Rwanda | 30.78 | 2023 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 109 | Vatican | 30.71 | 2023 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 110 | Palau | 29.93 | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 111 | Grenada | 29.09 | 2023 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 28.32 | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 113 | Anguilla | 28.28 | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Saint Lucia | 27.83 | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 115 | Tuvalu | 27.51 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 116 | East Timor | 27.41 | 2023 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 117 | Indonesia | 26.42 | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 118 | Argentina | 26.41 | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 26.25 | 2023 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 120 | Iran | 26.2 | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 121 | Uruguay | 26.19 | 2023 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 122 | Northern Mariana Islands | 26.15 | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 123 | Thailand | 26.14 | 2023 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 124 | Morocco | 25.1 | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Tonga | 24.84 | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 126 | Slovakia | 24.59 | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 127 | Bahamas | 24.56 | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 128 | French Polynesia | 24.34 | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 129 | Moldova | 23.04 | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 130 | Turkmenistan | 21.23 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 131 | Fiji | 21.17 | 2023 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Georgia | 21.14 | 2023 | down 54.5% | rising |
| 133 | Lebanon | 20.83 | 2023 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Cook Islands | 20.58 | 2023 | down 53.6% | falling |
| 135 | Mauritius | 19.77 | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Mongolia | 19.74 | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 137 | Djibouti | 18.97 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 138 | Aruba | 18.79 | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 139 | Jordan | 18.43 | 2023 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Kazakhstan | 18.23 | 2023 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 141 | Hungary | 17.54 | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 142 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 17.16 | 2023 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 143 | Niue | 16.59 | 2023 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 144 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 16.19 | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 145 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 15.45 | 2023 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 146 | British Virgin Islands | 15.27 | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Reunion | 15.15 | 2023 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 148 | Sri Lanka | 15.09 | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 149 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 14.29 | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 150 | Puerto Rico | 14.08 | 2023 | down 68.2% | falling |
| 151 | India | 14.06 | 2023 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 152 | Serbia | 13.67 | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 153 | Armenia | 13.45 | 2023 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 154 | United States | 13.14 | 2023 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 155 | Russia | 12.97 | 2023 | down 54.0% | flat |
| 156 | North Macedonia | 12.96 | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 157 | Curacao | 12.95 | 2023 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 158 | Albania | 12.79 | 2023 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Montserrat | 12.32 | 2023 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 160 | New Caledonia | 12.16 | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Turkey | 12.05 | 2023 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Ukraine | 11.38 | 2023 | down 60.4% | flat |
| 163 | Cayman Islands | 11.34 | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.22 | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 165 | Saudi Arabia | 11.11 | 2023 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Saint Helena | 10.94 | 2023 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 167 | New Zealand | 10.88 | 2023 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 168 | Malta | 10.4 | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 169 | Falkland Islands | 10.33 | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 170 | Monaco | 9.69 | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 171 | Montenegro | 9.38 | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 172 | Bhutan | 9.36 | 2023 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 173 | Martinique | 9.29 | 2023 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 174 | Wallis and Futuna | 9.15 | 2023 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Guernsey | 8.94 | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 176 | Gibraltar | 8.8 | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 177 | Algeria | 8.7 | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Isle of Man | 8.69 | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 179 | Belarus | 8.6 | 2023 | down 63.0% | rising |
| 180 | Jersey | 8.53 | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 181 | Brunei | 8.52 | 2023 | down 38.2% | volatile |
| 182 | United Kingdom | 8.36 | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 183 | Guadeloupe | 8.26 | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Latvia | 7.57 | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 185 | Bahrain | 7.54 | 2023 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Greece | 7.04 | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Portugal | 6.99 | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 188 | Cyprus | 6.98 | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 189 | Australia | 6.71 | 2023 | down 54.3% | falling |
| 190 | Croatia | 6.57 | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Chile | 6.54 | 2023 | down 86.3% | falling |
| 192 | Israel | 6.2 | 2023 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Poland | 6.19 | 2023 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 194 | Oman | 5.99 | 2023 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 195 | Czechia | 5.98 | 2023 | down 51.5% | volatile |
| 196 | Malaysia | 5.96 | 2023 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5.94 | 2023 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Libya | 5.92 | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Lithuania | 5.85 | 2023 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 200 | Qatar | 5.69 | 2023 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 201 | Germany | 5.47 | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 202 | Maldives | 5.42 | 2023 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 203 | China | 5.23 | 2023 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 204 | Estonia | 5.03 | 2023 | down 69.0% | falling |
| 205 | Spain | 4.81 | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 206 | Canada | 4.8 | 2023 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 207 | Faroe Islands | 4.67 | 2023 | down 55.7% | volatile |
| 208 | Saint Barthelemy | 4.51 | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 209 | Tunisia | 4.32 | 2023 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 210 | Ireland | 4.07 | 2023 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 211 | Luxembourg | 4.02 | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 212 | Austria | 3.84 | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 213 | Belgium | 3.67 | 2023 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 214 | France | 3.51 | 2023 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 215 | Slovenia | 3.5 | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 216 | Andorra | 3.48 | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 217 | Iceland | 3.37 | 2023 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 218 | United Arab Emirates | 3.1 | 2023 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 219 | Finland | 3.1 | 2023 | down 59.1% | volatile |
| 220 | Taiwan | 3.02 | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 221 | Italy | 2.85 | 2023 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 222 | Singapore | 2.16 | 2023 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 223 | Netherlands | 1.86 | 2023 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 224 | Sweden | 1.79 | 2023 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 225 | Japan | 1.74 | 2023 | down 60.2% | falling |
| 226 | Liechtenstein | 1.72 | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 227 | Kuwait | 1.58 | 2023 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 228 | Bermuda | 1.55 | 2023 | down 82.5% | volatile |
| 229 | Switzerland | 1.48 | 2023 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 230 | Norway | 1.41 | 2023 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 231 | San Marino | 1.16 | 2023 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 232 | Denmark | 1.14 | 2023 | down 72.9% | volatile |
| 233 | Hong Kong | 1.12 | 2023 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 234 | South Korea | 0.537 | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 235 | North Korea | 0.512 | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 236 | Macao | 0.465 | 2023 | down 84.0% | volatile |