Total fertility rate by country

Countries reporting
74
Highest
4.41
Yemen
Lowest
0.9967
Ukraine
Median
1.5
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
2,122

What the numbers show

Total fertility rate is currently reported for 74 countries. The highest value is 4.41 in Yemen; the lowest is 0.9967 in Ukraine.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.5, and the mean is 1.79.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 33.5%), and the largest decrease in Türkiye (down 31.4%).

Total fertility rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Yemen 4.41 2025 down 4.4% falling
2 Sudan 4.32 2023 down 12.9% falling
3 Uzbekistan 3.45 2025 up 33.5% rising
4 State of Palestine 3.19 2025 down 19.8% falling
5 Iraq 3.17 2025 down 22.2% falling
6 Tajikistan 2.99 2025 down 13.4% falling
7 Kazakhstan 2.95 2025 up 7.1% rising
8 Kyrgyzstan 2.75 2025 down 14.2% rising
9 Egypt 2.71 2025 down 22.6% falling
10 Algeria 2.67 2025 down 13.6% rising
11 Syrian Arab Republic 2.66 2025 down 13.3% falling
12 Turkmenistan 2.63 2025 down 13.3% flat
13 Djibouti 2.61 2023 down 18.1% falling
14 Jordan 2.57 2025 down 18.1% falling
15 Oman 2.48 2025 down 16.4% falling
16 Saudi Arabia 2.29 2025 down 12.8% falling
17 Libya 2.25 2025 down 16.9% falling
18 Lebanon 2.21 2025 down 7.3% falling
19 Morocco 2.18 2025 down 9.2% falling
20 Tunisia 1.8 2025 down 21.7% flat
21 Bahrain 1.78 2025 down 15.6% falling
22 Montenegro 1.75 2024 down 0.3% flat
23 Republic of Moldova 1.72 2025 down 7.8% rising
24 Bulgaria 1.72 2024 up 6.2% rising
25 Armenia 1.71 2025 up 5.7% rising
26 Qatar 1.7 2025 down 13.8% falling
27 Georgia 1.69 2024 down 14.2% rising
28 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.67 2025 down 17.2% falling
29 Azerbaijan 1.66 2025 down 20.4% flat
30 Albania 1.64 2024 down 5.3% falling
31 Serbia 1.64 2024 up 11.9% flat
32 France 1.61 2024 down 19.6% falling
33 Iceland 1.56 2024 down 19.3% falling
34 United Kingdom 1.54 2025 down 14.6% falling
35 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 1.53 2025 down 13.5% falling
36 Slovenia 1.52 2024 down 3.5% rising
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.5 2025 up 13.4% rising
38 Kuwait 1.5 2025 down 26.2% falling
39 Türkiye 1.48 2024 down 31.4% falling
40 Ireland 1.47 2024 down 22.1% falling
41 Denmark 1.47 2024 down 13.3% falling
42 Russia 1.46 2025 down 18.2% rising
43 Croatia 1.46 2024 down 0.6% flat
44 Slovak Republic 1.46 2024 up 6.7% falling
45 Norway 1.45 2024 down 17.6% falling
46 Belgium 1.44 2024 down 17.1% flat
47 North Macedonia 1.44 2024 down 5.2% falling
48 Sweden 1.43 2024 down 23.8% falling
49 Netherlands 1.43 2024 down 16.7% flat
50 Hungary 1.41 2024 down 2.4% falling
51 Portugal 1.41 2024 up 13.9% falling
52 Romania 1.39 2024 down 11.1% rising
53 Cyprus 1.38 2024 up 5.3% falling
54 Liechtenstein 1.37 2024 down 14.0% flat
55 Czechia 1.36 2024 down 10.7% rising
56 Germany 1.36 2024 down 8.0% rising
57 Austria 1.31 2024 down 10.4% flat
58 Switzerland 1.29 2024 down 16.3% flat
59 Luxembourg 1.25 2024 down 16.2% falling
60 Finland 1.25 2024 down 26.8% falling
61 Greece 1.24 2024 down 4.3% flat
62 Latvia 1.24 2024 down 24.9% rising
63 Belarus 1.22 2025 down 29.1% rising
64 United Arab Emirates 1.21 2025 down 14.9% falling
65 Italy 1.18 2024 down 14.7% flat
66 Estonia 1.18 2024 down 23.5% flat
67 San Marino 1.16 2025 down 2.7% falling
68 Poland 1.14 2024 down 13.9% falling
69 Lithuania 1.11 2024 down 29.1% falling
70 Spain 1.1 2024 down 16.3% flat
71 Andorra 1.1 2025 down 10.4% falling
72 Malta 1.01 2024 down 26.5% falling
73 Holy See 0.9984 2025 down 0.2% flat
74 Ukraine 0.9967 2025 down 28.1% falling

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Indicator
Total fertility rate
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
74 places, 2,122 data points, 1990–2025
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