Total fertility rate (UN DESA) by country

Countries reporting
75
Highest
4.41
Yemen
Lowest
0.9967
Ukraine
Median
1.54
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
1,946

What the numbers show

Total fertility rate (UN DESA) is currently reported for 75 countries. The highest value is 4.41 in Yemen; the lowest is 0.9967 in Ukraine.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.54, and the mean is 1.82.

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

Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 33.5%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 29.1%).

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 Palestine, State of 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 Monaco 2.09 2025 down 16.4% rising
21 Tunisia 1.8 2025 down 21.7% flat
22 Montenegro 1.8 2025 up 2.2% flat
23 Georgia 1.79 2025 down 19.3% rising
24 Bahrain 1.78 2025 down 15.6% falling
25 Bulgaria 1.74 2025 up 14.1% rising
26 Moldova 1.72 2025 down 7.8% rising
27 Armenia 1.71 2025 up 5.7% rising
28 Romania 1.71 2025 up 5.4% rising
29 Qatar 1.7 2025 down 13.8% falling
30 Iran 1.67 2025 down 17.2% falling
31 Azerbaijan 1.66 2025 down 20.4% flat
32 France 1.64 2025 down 15.0% falling
33 Türkiye 1.62 2025 down 24.9% falling
34 Ireland 1.6 2025 down 14.1% falling
35 Slovenia 1.58 2025 up 0.1% rising
36 Slovak Republic 1.57 2025 up 11.8% rising
37 Liechtenstein 1.54 2025 up 8.0% flat
38 United Kingdom 1.54 2025 down 14.6% falling
39 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 1.53 2025 down 13.5% falling
40 Denmark 1.52 2025 down 11.2% falling
41 Portugal 1.52 2025 up 16.7% flat
42 Serbia 1.5 2025 up 2.9% rising
43 Iceland 1.5 2025 down 17.0% falling
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.5 2025 up 13.4% rising
45 Kuwait 1.5 2025 down 26.2% falling
46 Hungary 1.5 2025 up 3.4% rising
47 Croatia 1.47 2025 up 5.0% flat
48 North Macedonia 1.47 2025 down 16.4% falling
49 Czechia 1.47 2025 down 7.8% rising
50 Russia 1.46 2025 down 18.2% rising
51 Germany 1.46 2025 down 3.0% rising
52 Switzerland 1.44 2025 down 6.1% flat
53 Netherlands 1.44 2025 down 13.1% falling
54 Sweden 1.44 2025 down 22.0% falling
55 Norway 1.42 2025 down 18.1% falling
56 Luxembourg 1.4 2025 down 4.1% falling
57 Belgium 1.39 2025 down 17.7% falling
58 Estonia 1.37 2025 down 13.0% flat
59 Cyprus 1.37 2025 up 3.5% falling
60 Latvia 1.35 2025 down 21.1% rising
61 Greece 1.34 2025 up 0.9% flat
62 Albania 1.33 2025 down 18.5% falling
63 Austria 1.33 2025 down 11.0% flat
64 Poland 1.31 2025 down 1.1% flat
65 Finland 1.3 2025 down 21.1% falling
66 Spain 1.23 2025 down 7.5% falling
67 Belarus 1.22 2025 down 29.1% rising
68 Lithuania 1.22 2025 down 28.6% rising
69 Italy 1.21 2025 down 9.7% falling
70 United Arab Emirates 1.21 2025 down 14.9% falling
71 San Marino 1.16 2025 down 2.7% falling
72 Malta 1.11 2025 down 19.1% falling
73 Andorra 1.1 2025 down 10.4% falling
74 Holy See 0.9984 2025 down 0.2% flat
75 Ukraine 0.9967 2025 down 28.1% falling

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Indicator
Total fertility rate (UN DESA)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
75 places, 1,946 data points, 2000–2025
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