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People > Total fertility rate: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: The average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their child-bearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population growth in the country. High rates will also place some limits on the labor force participation rates for women. Large numbers of children born to women indicate large family sizes that might limit the ability of the families to feed and educate their children.

CONTENTS

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COUNTRY
AMOUNT
DATE
GRAPH
1 Somalia 6.98 children born/woman 2003
2 Niger 6.91 children born/woman 2003
3 Yemen 6.82 children born/woman 2003
4 Uganda 6.72 children born/woman 2003
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.69 children born/woman 2003
6 Mali 6.66 children born/woman 2003
7 Chad 6.44 children born/woman 2003
8 Angola 6.38 children born/woman 2003
9 Burkina Faso 6.34 children born/woman 2003
10 Liberia 6.23 children born/woman 2003
11 Gaza Strip 6.17 children born/woman 2003
12 Saudi Arabia 6.15 children born/woman 2003
13 Malawi 6.1 children born/woman 2003
14 Mauritania 6.08 children born/woman 2003
15 Mayotte 6.07 children born/woman 2003
16 Benin 6.04 children born/woman 2003
17 Burundi 5.99 children born/woman 2003
18 Oman 5.94 children born/woman 2003
19 Guinea 5.9 children born/woman 2003
20 Sao Tome and Principe 5.88 children born/woman 2003
21 Sierra Leone 5.86 children born/woman 2003
22 Eritrea 5.74 children born/woman 2003
23 Madagascar 5.73 children born/woman 2003
24 Afghanistan 5.64 children born/woman 2003
25 Rwanda 5.6 children born/woman 2003
26 Djibouti 5.56 children born/woman 2003
27 Ethiopia 5.55 children born/woman 2003
28 The Gambia 5.53 children born/woman 2003
29 Cote d'Ivoire 5.51 children born/woman 2003
failed states average 5.42 children born/woman 2003
30 Nigeria 5.4 children born/woman 2003
31 Maldives 5.26 children born/woman 2003
32 Zambia 5.25 children born/woman 2003
33 Tanzania 5.24 children born/woman 2003
34 Comoros 5.21 children born/woman 2003
Sub-Saharan Africa average 5.13 children born/woman 2003
35 Sudan 5.1 children born/woman 2003
36 Guinea-Bissau 5.07 children born/woman 2003
37 Togo 4.97 children born/woman 2003
=38 Bhutan 4.94 children born/woman 2003
=38 Laos 4.94 children born/woman 2003
40 Senegal 4.93 children born/woman 2003
41 Mozambique 4.87 children born/woman 2003
42 Haiti 4.86 children born/woman 2003
43 Gabon 4.83 children born/woman 2003
44 Equatorial Guinea 4.75 children born/woman 2003
Former French colonies average 4.75 children born/woman 2003
45 Namibia 4.71 children born/woman 2003
46 Central African Republic 4.68 children born/woman 2003
47 Guatemala 4.67 children born/woman 2003
48 West Bank 4.65 children born/woman 2003
49 Cameroon 4.63 children born/woman 2003
50 Iraq 4.52 children born/woman 2003
51 Nepal 4.39 children born/woman 2003
52 Solomon Islands 4.34 children born/woman 2003
53 Kiribati 4.28 children born/woman 2003
54 Tajikistan 4.17 children born/woman 2003
Muslim countries average 4.16 children born/woman 2003
South Asia average 4.15 children born/woman 2003
55 Papua New Guinea 4.13 children born/woman 2003
56 Marshall Islands 4.12 children born/woman 2003
57 Pakistan 4.1 children born/woman 2003
58 Honduras 4.07 children born/woman 2003
59 Paraguay 4.02 children born/woman 2003
60 Swaziland 3.92 children born/woman 2003
61 Belize 3.86 children born/woman 2003
Hot countries average 3.83 children born/woman 2003
OPEC countries average 3.82 children born/woman 2003
62 East Timor 3.79 children born/woman 2003
Sparsely populated countries average 3.78 children born/woman 2003
63 Cape Verde 3.77 children born/woman 2003
64 Syria 3.72 children born/woman 2003
South and Central Asia average 3.71 children born/woman 2003
65 Zimbabwe 3.66 children born/woman 2003
66 Congo, Republic of the 3.65 children born/woman 2003
Landlocked countries average 3.63 children born/woman 2003
67 Guam 3.62 children born/woman 2003
68 Cambodia 3.58 children born/woman 2003
69 Lesotho 3.52 children born/woman 2003
=70 Federated States of Micronesia 3.5 children born/woman 2003
=70 Turkmenistan 3.5 children born/woman 2003
72 Libya 3.49 children born/woman 2003
73 Kenya 3.47 children born/woman 2003
Middle Eastern and North Africa average 3.46 children born/woman 2003
Former British colonies average 3.42 children born/woman 2003
74 Nauru 3.4 children born/woman 2003
75 Ghana 3.32 children born/woman 2003
76 American Samoa 3.3 children born/woman 2003
77 Philippines 3.29 children born/woman 2003
78 Botswana 3.27 children born/woman 2003
79 El Salvador 3.25 children born/woman 2003
80 Bolivia 3.23 children born/woman 2003
81 Samoa 3.21 children born/woman 2003
82 Bangladesh 3.17 children born/woman 2003
83 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.15 children born/woman 2003
Religious countries average 3.14 children born/woman 2003
84 Malaysia 3.13 children born/woman 2003
85 Kyrgyzstan 3.12 children born/woman 2003
=86 United Arab Emirates 3.09 children born/woman 2003
=86 French Guiana 3.09 children born/woman 2003
88 Kuwait 3.08 children born/woman 2003
89 Tuvalu 3.05 children born/woman 2003
=90 Egypt 3.02 children born/woman 2003
=90 Qatar 3.02 children born/woman 2003
=92 Nicaragua 3 children born/woman 2003
=92 Tonga 3 children born/woman 2003
=92 Jordan 3 children born/woman 2003
=92 Uzbekistan 3 children born/woman 2003
96 Ecuador 2.99 children born/woman 2003
Former Spanish colonies average 2.99 children born/woman 2003
97 Vanuatu 2.98 children born/woman 2003
98 Dominican Republic 2.92 children born/woman 2003
99 India 2.91 children born/woman 2003
100 Morocco 2.89 children born/woman 2003
Christian countries average 2.82 children born/woman 2003
East Asia and Pacific average 2.82 children born/woman 2003
=101 Peru 2.81 children born/woman 2003
=101 Fiji 2.81 children born/woman 2003
103 Bahrain 2.71 children born/woman 2003
Catholic countries average 2.62 children born/woman 2003
104 Colombia 2.61 children born/woman 2003
Latin America and Caribbean average 2.6 children born/woman 2003
105 Algeria 2.55 children born/woman 2003
=106 Reunion 2.53 children born/woman 2003
=106 Mexico 2.53 children born/woman 2003
=106 Panama 2.53 children born/woman 2003
=109 Israel 2.5 children born/woman 2003
=109 Indonesia 2.5 children born/woman 2003
111 Palau 2.47 children born/woman 2003
112 Grenada 2.45 children born/woman 2003
113 Greenland 2.43 children born/woman 2003
114 Suriname 2.4 children born/woman 2003
115 New Caledonia 2.39 children born/woman 2003
Heavily indebted countries average 2.39 children born/woman 2003
116 Costa Rica 2.38 children born/woman 2003
=117 Brunei 2.37 children born/woman 2003
=117 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.37 children born/woman 2003
119 Venezuela 2.36 children born/woman 2003
120 Uruguay 2.35 children born/woman 2003
121 Azerbaijan 2.34 children born/woman 2003
122 Saint Lucia 2.29 children born/woman 2003
=123 Antigua and Barbuda 2.28 children born/woman 2003
=123 Mongolia 2.28 children born/woman 2003
=123 Argentina 2.28 children born/woman 2003
=126 North Korea 2.25 children born/woman 2003
=126 The Bahamas 2.25 children born/woman 2003
=128 Faroe Islands 2.24 children born/woman 2003
=128 South Africa 2.24 children born/woman 2003
=128 Vietnam 2.24 children born/woman 2003
=131 Albania 2.22 children born/woman 2003
=131 Virgin Islands 2.22 children born/woman 2003
133 Kazakhstan 2.16 children born/woman 2003
134 Burma 2.15 children born/woman 2003
135 French Polynesia 2.14 children born/woman 2003
136 Chile 2.09 children born/woman 2003
Emerging markets average 2.09 children born/woman 2003
=137 Guyana 2.07 children born/woman 2003
=137 United States 2.07 children born/woman 2003
=137 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2.07 children born/woman 2003
Former Soviet republics average 2.07 children born/woman 2003
140 Netherlands Antilles 2.04 children born/woman 2003
Tourist destinations average 2.04 children born/woman 2003
141 Turkey 2.03 children born/woman 2003
142 Puerto Rico 2.02 children born/woman 2003
=143 Brazil 2.01 children born/woman 2003
=143 Jamaica 2.01 children born/woman 2003
=145 Iran 1.99 children born/woman 2003
=145 Dominica 1.99 children born/woman 2003
=147 Iceland 1.98 children born/woman 2003
=147 Lebanon 1.98 children born/woman 2003
=147 Mauritius 1.98 children born/woman 2003
150 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.95 children born/woman 2003
151 Croatia 1.93 children born/woman 2003
152 Guadeloupe 1.92 children born/woman 2003
=153 Malta 1.91 children born/woman 2003
=153 Cayman Islands 1.91 children born/woman 2003
=153 Thailand 1.91 children born/woman 2003
=156 Sri Lanka 1.9 children born/woman 2003
=156 Tunisia 1.9 children born/woman 2003
=156 Bermuda 1.9 children born/woman 2003
159 Ireland 1.89 children born/woman 2003
160 Cyprus 1.88 children born/woman 2003
Cold countries average 1.86 children born/woman 2003
161 France 1.85 children born/woman 2003
=162 Montserrat 1.8 children born/woman 2003
=162 Norway 1.8 children born/woman 2003
=164 Seychelles 1.79 children born/woman 2003
=164 New Zealand 1.79 children born/woman 2003
=164 Aruba 1.79 children born/woman 2003
=164 Martinique 1.79 children born/woman 2003
168 Trinidad and Tobago 1.78 children born/woman 2003
169 Serbia and Montenegro 1.77 children born/woman 2003
=170 Anguilla 1.76 children born/woman 2003
=170 Australia 1.76 children born/woman 2003
=170 Monaco 1.76 children born/woman 2003
173 Northern Mariana Islands 1.75 children born/woman 2003
174 Moldova 1.74 children born/woman 2003
175 Denmark 1.73 children born/woman 2003
176 British Virgin Islands 1.72 children born/woman 2003
177 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.71 children born/woman 2003
=178 China 1.7 children born/woman 2003
=178 Luxembourg 1.7 children born/woman 2003
=178 Finland 1.7 children born/woman 2003
Non-religious countries average 1.69 children born/woman 2003
181 United Kingdom 1.66 children born/woman 2003
=182 Gibraltar 1.65 children born/woman 2003
=182 Barbados 1.65 children born/woman 2003
=182 Netherlands 1.65 children born/woman 2003
185 Belgium 1.62 children born/woman 2003
=186 Cuba 1.61 children born/woman 2003
=186 Canada 1.61 children born/woman 2003
High income OECD countries average 1.61 children born/woman 2003
Group of 7 countries (G7) average 1.6 children born/woman 2003
=188 Taiwan 1.57 children born/woman 2003
=188 Jersey 1.57 children born/woman 2003
=190 Armenia 1.56 children born/woman 2003
=190 South Korea 1.56 children born/woman 2003
Europe average 1.56 children born/woman 2003
=192 Sweden 1.54 children born/woman 2003
=192 Saint Helena 1.54 children born/woman 2003
NATO countries average 1.53 children born/woman 2003
Eastern Europe average 1.52 children born/woman 2003
Eurozone average 1.52 children born/woman 2003
194 Georgia 1.51 children born/woman 2003
195 Liechtenstein 1.5 children born/woman 2003
European Union average 1.5 children born/woman 2003
196 Portugal 1.49 children born/woman 2003
197 Switzerland 1.48 children born/woman 2003
198 Lithuania 1.43 children born/woman 2003
199 Austria 1.41 children born/woman 2003
200 Japan 1.38 children born/woman 2003
=201 Poland 1.37 children born/woman 2003
=201 Germany 1.37 children born/woman 2003
=201 Guernsey 1.37 children born/woman 2003
204 Romania 1.36 children born/woman 2003
205 Greece 1.35 children born/woman 2003
=206 Belarus 1.34 children born/woman 2003
=206 Ukraine 1.34 children born/woman 2003
208 Russia 1.33 children born/woman 2003
=209 Macau 1.32 children born/woman 2003
=209 Hong Kong 1.32 children born/woman 2003
211 San Marino 1.31 children born/woman 2003
=212 Slovenia 1.27 children born/woman 2003
=212 Estonia 1.27 children born/woman 2003
=212 Andorra 1.27 children born/woman 2003
=215 Spain 1.26 children born/woman 2003
=215 Italy 1.26 children born/woman 2003
=217 Hungary 1.25 children born/woman 2003
=217 Slovakia 1.25 children born/woman 2003
219 Singapore 1.24 children born/woman 2003
220 Latvia 1.2 children born/woman 2003
221 Czech Republic 1.18 children born/woman 2003
222 Bulgaria 1.13 children born/woman 2003

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People > Total fertility rate: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about People > Total fertility rate

  • Uganda ranked first for total fertility rate amongst Christian countries in 2013.
  • Niger ranked first for total fertility rate amongst Hot countries in 2013.
  • Turkey ranked first for total fertility rate amongst Europe in 2013.
  • Somalia ranked first for total fertility rate amongst Former British colonies in 2013.
  • France ranked first for total fertility rate amongst European Union in 2013.
  • Israel ranked first for total fertility rate amongst High income OECD countries in 2013.
  • Mali ranked second for total fertility rate globally in 2013.
  • Philippines ranked first for total fertility rate amongst Emerging markets in 2013.
  • Malawi ranked first for total fertility rate amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2013.
  • Burundi ranked first for total fertility rate amongst Catholic countries in 2013.

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Norways total fertility rate was 1.96 in 2008. Not 1.78 as stated in the table.
Source:
http://www.ssb.no/en/fodte/tab-2009-04-02-05-en.html

How reliable are the numbers presented here? Does anyone noe better sources?

Posted on 17 Jan 2010

Nerd

Nerd

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Ok, there are hoo ha over the recent report that Malaysia's TFR is at 2.2, rather than 2.9 something. How can we confirm this fact?

Posted on 25 Nov 2009

Alan

Alan

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In Lithuania now it's 1.47 per woman

Posted on 06 Nov 2009

Lithuanian20

Lithuanian20

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My country is so f-uped that people don't wanna breed anymore. Or Maybe for once in 5000 years, women of my nation feel liberated in this respect!

Posted on 07 Sep 2009

ng

ng

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It seems that even if you fix the numbers in error on this table the point is the same. Nations fail to follow God's general revelation from the Bible to keep personal responsibility, marriage, family, government and nationalism all in check by keeping corruption out of them. Those nations will be removed from history. Nations that heed God's advice are sustained within a four generational cycle so maybe poor people have more going for them than we think.

Posted on 18 Aug 2009

T.F.

T.F.

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Most of the data in this table is wrong. Check for example the latest TFR of UK or Sweden in their respective statistical office to confirm. UK is 1.95 in 2008, not 1.66. Sweden is 1.91, not 1.67. Finland is 1.85, not 1.73.

Posted on 21 Jul 2009

Frederic Payeur

Frederic Payeur

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