Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception by country
The total fertility rate, in a given year. The unmet need for contraception shows the estimated share of married fertile women of reproductive age who do not want to become pregnant and are not using contraception.
Countries reporting
211
Highest
6.03 births per woman
Chad
Lowest
0.582 births per woman
Macao
Median
1.96 births per woman
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
13,943
What the numbers show
Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 6.03 births per woman in Chad; the lowest is 0.582 births per woman in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.96 births per woman, and the mean is 2.37 births per woman.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 10.
Over the past decade 11 countries rose and 197 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 36.9%), and the largest decrease in Macao (down 52.5%).
Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad | 6.03 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.1% | flat |
| 2 | Somalia | 6.01 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.98 births per woman | 2024 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 5.95 births per woman | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 5 | Niger | 5.93 births per woman | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 6 | Mali | 5.51 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 7 | Angola | 5.05 births per woman | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 8 | Burundi | 4.79 births per woman | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 4.76 births per woman | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 10 | Mozambique | 4.69 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 11 | Mauritania | 4.62 births per woman | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 12 | Tanzania | 4.54 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 13 | Yemen | 4.5 births per woman | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 14 | Benin | 4.48 births per woman | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 15 | Nigeria | 4.38 births per woman | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 16 | Sudan | 4.26 births per woman | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 4.26 births per woman | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 18 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.23 births per woman | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 19 | Uganda | 4.17 births per woman | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 20 | Guinea | 4.13 births per woman | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 21 | Togo | 4.12 births per woman | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 22 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.12 births per woman | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 4.11 births per woman | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 24 | Congo | 4.11 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 25 | Zambia | 4.04 births per woman | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 26 | Madagascar | 3.91 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 3.91 births per woman | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 28 | Gambia | 3.91 births per woman | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 29 | Liberia | 3.86 births per woman | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 30 | Comoros | 3.82 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 31 | Samoa | 3.8 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 32 | South Sudan | 3.79 births per woman | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 33 | Senegal | 3.77 births per woman | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.76 births per woman | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 35 | Sierra Leone | 3.7 births per woman | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 36 | Eritrea | 3.68 births per woman | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 37 | Zimbabwe | 3.67 births per woman | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 38 | Rwanda | 3.65 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.6 births per woman | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 40 | Gabon | 3.59 births per woman | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 41 | Malawi | 3.59 births per woman | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 42 | Vanuatu | 3.57 births per woman | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 43 | Pakistan | 3.55 births per woman | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 44 | Solomon Islands | 3.51 births per woman | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 45 | Uzbekistan | 3.49 births per woman | 2024 | up 36.9% | falling |
| 46 | Ghana | 3.34 births per woman | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 47 | Nauru | 3.29 births per woman | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 48 | Palestine | 3.25 births per woman | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 49 | Iraq | 3.22 births per woman | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 50 | Namibia | 3.21 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 51 | Tuvalu | 3.17 births per woman | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 52 | Kenya | 3.17 births per woman | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 53 | Kiribati | 3.12 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 54 | Tonga | 3.1 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 3.07 births per woman | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 56 | Tajikistan | 3.04 births per woman | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 2.98 births per woman | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 58 | Israel | 2.87 births per woman | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 59 | Marshall Islands | 2.86 births per woman | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 60 | Guam | 2.75 births per woman | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 61 | Micronesia (country) | 2.74 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 62 | Egypt | 2.73 births per woman | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 63 | Algeria | 2.72 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 64 | Eswatini | 2.72 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 65 | Botswana | 2.7 births per woman | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 66 | Syria | 2.7 births per woman | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 67 | Saint Martin (French part) | 2.67 births per woman | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 68 | Lesotho | 2.66 births per woman | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 69 | Turkmenistan | 2.66 births per woman | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 70 | East Timor | 2.63 births per woman | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 71 | Haiti | 2.62 births per woman | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 72 | Djibouti | 2.62 births per woman | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 73 | Jordan | 2.6 births per woman | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.6 births per woman | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 75 | Cambodia | 2.55 births per woman | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 76 | Bolivia | 2.52 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 77 | Oman | 2.51 births per woman | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 78 | Mongolia | 2.5 births per woman | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 79 | Honduras | 2.48 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 80 | Paraguay | 2.42 births per woman | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 81 | Laos | 2.4 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 82 | Guyana | 2.4 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 83 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.32 births per woman | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 84 | Saudi Arabia | 2.31 births per woman | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 85 | Libya | 2.3 births per woman | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 86 | Guatemala | 2.29 births per woman | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 87 | Fiji | 2.27 births per woman | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 88 | American Samoa | 2.27 births per woman | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 89 | Suriname | 2.23 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 90 | Lebanon | 2.23 births per woman | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 2.22 births per woman | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 92 | Morocco | 2.21 births per woman | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 2.21 births per woman | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 94 | South Africa | 2.21 births per woman | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 95 | Bangladesh | 2.14 births per woman | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 96 | Indonesia | 2.12 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 97 | Panama | 2.11 births per woman | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 98 | Monaco | 2.1 births per woman | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 99 | Myanmar | 2.1 births per woman | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 100 | Venezuela | 2.08 births per woman | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 101 | Belize | 2.02 births per woman | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 102 | United States Virgin Islands | 1.97 births per woman | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 103 | Peru | 1.97 births per woman | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 1.96 births per woman | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 105 | India | 1.96 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 106 | Nepal | 1.96 births per woman | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 1.95 births per woman | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 108 | Faroe Islands | 1.91 births per woman | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 109 | Vietnam | 1.9 births per woman | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 110 | Philippines | 1.89 births per woman | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 111 | Mexico | 1.89 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 112 | Gibraltar | 1.89 births per woman | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 113 | Palau | 1.88 births per woman | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Seychelles | 1.85 births per woman | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 115 | Tunisia | 1.82 births per woman | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Ecuador | 1.81 births per woman | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 117 | Bahrain | 1.8 births per woman | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 118 | Georgia | 1.8 births per woman | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 119 | Montenegro | 1.8 births per woman | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 120 | North Korea | 1.78 births per woman | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 121 | El Salvador | 1.77 births per woman | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 122 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.76 births per woman | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Brunei | 1.73 births per woman | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 124 | Moldova | 1.73 births per woman | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 125 | Bulgaria | 1.72 births per woman | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 126 | Qatar | 1.72 births per woman | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 127 | Barbados | 1.71 births per woman | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 128 | Greenland | 1.71 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 129 | Armenia | 1.7 births per woman | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 130 | Iran | 1.68 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Serbia | 1.64 births per woman | 2024 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 132 | Colombia | 1.63 births per woman | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 133 | United States | 1.63 births per woman | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 134 | Brazil | 1.61 births per woman | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 135 | France | 1.61 births per woman | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 136 | Aruba | 1.61 births per woman | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 137 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.58 births per woman | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 138 | New Zealand | 1.57 births per woman | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 139 | Iceland | 1.56 births per woman | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 139 | Kuwait | 1.56 births per woman | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 139 | Maldives | 1.56 births per woman | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 142 | United Kingdom | 1.55 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 143 | Isle of Man | 1.54 births per woman | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 144 | Malaysia | 1.54 births per woman | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.54 births per woman | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 146 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.53 births per woman | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 147 | Cayman Islands | 1.52 births per woman | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 148 | Slovenia | 1.52 births per woman | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 149 | Cape Verde | 1.51 births per woman | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 150 | Argentina | 1.5 births per woman | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 151 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.49 births per woman | 2024 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 152 | French Polynesia | 1.49 births per woman | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 153 | Australia | 1.48 births per woman | 2024 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 154 | Dominica | 1.48 births per woman | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 154 | Turkey | 1.48 births per woman | 2024 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 156 | Grenada | 1.47 births per woman | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 157 | Denmark | 1.47 births per woman | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 159 | Croatia | 1.46 births per woman | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 159 | Slovakia | 1.46 births per woman | 2024 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 161 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.45 births per woman | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 162 | Norway | 1.45 births per woman | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 163 | Bhutan | 1.45 births per woman | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 164 | Cuba | 1.45 births per woman | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 165 | Belgium | 1.44 births per woman | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 165 | Mauritius | 1.44 births per woman | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 165 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.44 births per woman | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 168 | Azerbaijan | 1.43 births per woman | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 168 | Netherlands | 1.43 births per woman | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 168 | Sweden | 1.43 births per woman | 2024 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 171 | Russia | 1.42 births per woman | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 172 | Hungary | 1.41 births per woman | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 172 | Portugal | 1.41 births per woman | 2024 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 174 | Bermuda | 1.41 births per woman | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 175 | Curacao | 1.4 births per woman | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 175 | North Macedonia | 1.4 births per woman | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 177 | Uruguay | 1.4 births per woman | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 178 | Romania | 1.39 births per woman | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 179 | Saint Lucia | 1.39 births per woman | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Cyprus | 1.38 births per woman | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 181 | Bahamas | 1.37 births per woman | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 183 | Czechia | 1.36 births per woman | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 183 | Germany | 1.36 births per woman | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 185 | Jamaica | 1.35 births per woman | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 186 | Albania | 1.34 births per woman | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 187 | Costa Rica | 1.32 births per woman | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 188 | Austria | 1.31 births per woman | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 189 | Switzerland | 1.29 births per woman | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 190 | Canada | 1.25 births per woman | 2024 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 190 | Finland | 1.25 births per woman | 2024 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 193 | Greece | 1.24 births per woman | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 193 | Latvia | 1.24 births per woman | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 195 | Belarus | 1.22 births per woman | 2024 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 196 | United Arab Emirates | 1.21 births per woman | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 197 | Thailand | 1.2 births per woman | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Estonia | 1.18 births per woman | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 198 | Italy | 1.18 births per woman | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 200 | San Marino | 1.16 births per woman | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 201 | Japan | 1.15 births per woman | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 202 | Chile | 1.14 births per woman | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 202 | Poland | 1.14 births per woman | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 204 | Lithuania | 1.11 births per woman | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 205 | Spain | 1.1 births per woman | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 206 | Andorra | 1.09 births per woman | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 207 | British Virgin Islands | 1.05 births per woman | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 208 | China | 1.01 births per woman | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 210 | Ukraine | 0.988 births per woman | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 211 | Singapore | 0.97 births per woman | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 212 | Puerto Rico | 0.92 births per woman | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 213 | Hong Kong | 0.841 births per woman | 2024 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 214 | South Korea | 0.748 births per woman | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 215 | Macao | 0.582 births per woman | 2024 | down 52.5% | volatile |
About this data
The total fertility rate, in a given year. The unmet need for contraception shows the estimated share of married fertile women of reproductive age who do not want to become pregnant and are not using contraception.