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Countries by Fertility Rate 2026

🇹🇩 Chad has the highest fertility rate in the world at 5.84 births per woman, while 🇲🇴 Macau has the lowest at 0.70 births per woman. 237 countries ranked, UN World Population Prospects 2024 data.

#	Country	Fertility rate (births per woman)	Population
1	🇹🇩 Chad	5.84	21,560,380
2	🇸🇴 Somalia	5.80	20,305,907
3	🇨🇩 DR Congo	5.80	116,452,162
4	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	5.69	5,698,984
5	🇳🇪 Niger	5.64	28,814,878
6	🇲🇱 Mali	5.33	25,932,275
7	🇦🇴 Angola	4.89	40,215,180
8	🇧🇮 Burundi	4.57	14,729,157
9	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	4.56	45,047,068
10	🇲🇿 Mozambique	4.54	36,639,850
11	🇲🇷 Mauritania	4.48	5,461,319
12	🇾🇹 Mayotte	4.43	347,536
13	🇹🇿 Tanzania	4.41	72,563,780
14	🇧🇯 Benin	4.34	15,170,420
15	🇾🇪 Yemen	4.33	42,961,653
16	🇳🇬 Nigeria	4.20	242,431,832
17	🇸🇩 Sudan	4.13	53,282,719
18	🇨🇲 Cameroon	4.12	30,640,817
19	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	4.10	33,494,346
20	🇹🇬 Togo	4.01	9,930,918
21	🇨🇬 Congo	3.99	6,637,786
22	🇺🇬 Uganda	3.97	52,761,470
23	🇬🇳 Guinea	3.96	15,441,992
24	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	3.95	1,984,468
25	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	3.91	24,601,700
26	🇿🇲 Zambia	3.91	22,521,915
27	🇲🇬 Madagascar	3.78	33,522,052
28	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	3.72	138,902,185
29	🇱🇷 Liberia	3.71	5,853,949
30	🇰🇲 Comoros	3.71	899,010
31	🇼🇸 Samoa	3.70	220,528
32	🇬🇲 Gambia	3.70	2,884,079
33	🇸🇳 Senegal	3.66	19,366,548
34	🇸🇸 South Sudan	3.63	12,436,037
35	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	3.62	2,297,808
36	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	3.57	17,273,580
37	🇪🇷 Eritrea	3.55	3,682,669
38	🇷🇼 Rwanda	3.54	14,889,693
39	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	3.53	8,996,744
40	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	3.50	342,564
41	🇬🇦 Gabon	3.49	2,647,400
42	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe	3.47	244,994
43	🇲🇼 Malawi	3.45	22,785,535
44	🇵🇰 Pakistan	3.44	259,299,792
45	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	3.42	858,288
46	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	3.40	37,724,223
47	🇬🇭 Ghana	3.26	35,697,557
48	🇬🇫 French Guiana	3.25	318,872
49	🇳🇷 Nauru	3.20	12,101
50	🇮🇶 Iraq	3.13	48,007,437
51	🇳🇦 Namibia	3.13	3,153,246
52	🇵🇸 Palestine	3.13	5,692,790
53	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	3.10	9,362
54	🇰🇪 Kenya	3.07	58,636,412
55	🇰🇮 Kiribati	3.06	138,445
56	🇹🇴 Tonga	3.04	103,291
57	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	2.99	10,947,848
58	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	2.96	10,978,598
59	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	2.92	21,083,626
60	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	2.77	35,075
61	🇮🇱 Israel	2.73	9,647,689
62	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	2.72	7,400,464
63	🇪🇬 Egypt	2.68	120,101,175
64	🇬🇺 Guam	2.68	170,185
65	🇫🇲 Micronesia	2.67	114,182
66	🇸🇿 Eswatini	2.64	1,269,859
67	🇧🇼 Botswana	2.63	2,603,388
68	🇩🇿 Algeria	2.62	48,028,334
69	🇸🇾 Syria	2.62	26,472,497
70	🇱🇸 Lesotho	2.61	2,389,336
71	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	2.60	7,736,632
72	🇲🇫 Saint Martin	2.59	23,898
73	🇭🇹 Haiti	2.55	12,037,506
74	🇩🇯 Djibouti	2.54	1,199,459
75	🇹🇰 Tokelau	2.54	2,691
76	🇲🇳 Mongolia	2.54	3,556,798
77	🇯🇴 Jordan	2.54	11,589,532
78	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	2.50	1,436,923
79	🇰🇭 Cambodia	2.49	18,051,219
80	🇧🇴 Bolivia	2.47	12,749,291
81	🇴🇲 Oman	2.44	5,671,458
82	🇳🇺 Niue	2.44	1,822
83	🇭🇳 Honduras	2.42	11,184,760
84	🇵🇾 Paraguay	2.37	7,095,279
85	🇬🇾 Guyana	2.35	840,890
86	🇱🇦 Laos	2.33	7,974,018
87	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	2.27	35,165,787
88	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	2.24	42,914
89	🇫🇯 Fiji	2.23	937,282
90	🇬🇹 Guatemala	2.23	18,967,978
91	🇦🇸 American Samoa	2.22	45,318
92	🇱🇾 Libya	2.21	7,539,852
93	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	2.19	56,526
94	🇸🇷 Suriname	2.19	645,256
95	🇱🇧 Lebanon	2.19	5,897,467
96	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	2.17	11,609,500
97	🇿🇦 South Africa	2.17	65,453,084
98	🇲🇦 Morocco	2.16	38,762,441
99	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	2.16	7,097,329
100	🇪🇭 Western Sahara	2.13	610,813
101	🇷🇪 Réunion	2.12	886,298
102	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	2.09	177,818,044
103	🇲🇨 Monaco	2.08	38,087
104	🇮🇩 Indonesia	2.08	287,886,782
105	🇵🇦 Panama	2.07	4,625,718
106	🇲🇲 Myanmar	2.06	55,184,819
107	🇸🇨 Seychelles	2.06	134,959
108	🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands	2.05	83,400
109	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2.04	28,633,711
110	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	2.04	372,453
111	🇧🇿 Belize	1.99	428,644
112	🇨🇰 Cook Islands	1.97	12,826
113	🇲🇶 Martinique	1.95	337,711
114	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	1.93	297,892
115	🇮🇳 India	1.93	1,476,625,576
116	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	1.93	23,348,315
117	🇵🇪 Peru	1.93	34,922,148
118	🇳🇵 Nepal	1.92	29,629,410
119	🇬🇱 Greenland	1.90	55,629
120	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	1.88	40,867
121	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1.86	102,177,431
122	🇵🇭 Philippines	1.86	117,724,472
123	🇲🇽 Mexico	1.85	132,997,658
124	🇵🇼 Palau	1.84	17,614
125	🇲🇪 Montenegro	1.79	626,233
126	🇹🇳 Tunisia	1.79	12,415,138
127	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1.78	18,444,506
128	🇬🇪 Georgia	1.78	3,804,642
129	🇧🇭 Bahrain	1.77	1,675,572
130	🇰🇵 North Korea	1.75	26,633,691
131	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1.74	6,667,660
132	🇸🇻 El Salvador	1.74	6,391,254
133	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.73	99,244
134	🇲🇩 Moldova	1.72	2,961,253
135	🇦🇲 Armenia	1.71	2,930,915
136	🇷🇴 Romania	1.71	18,800,605
137	🇧🇧 Barbados	1.70	282,724
138	🇧🇳 Brunei	1.70	469,775
139	🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	1.69	3,465
140	🇶🇦 Qatar	1.69	3,173,559
141	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	1.66	10,454,855
142	🇮🇷 Iran	1.66	93,168,497
143	🇦🇺 Australia	1.64	27,227,096
144	🇳🇿 New Zealand	1.64	5,287,479
145	🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	1.64	5,148
146	🇫🇷 France	1.64	66,746,401
147	🇺🇸 United States	1.62	349,035,494
148	🇹🇷 Türkiye	1.62	87,926,082
149	🇦🇼 Aruba	1.61	108,164
150	🇨🇴 Colombia	1.60	53,936,226
151	🇮🇪 Ireland	1.60	5,356,950
152	🇧🇷 Brazil	1.59	213,562,666
153	🇸🇮 Slovenia	1.58	2,114,574
154	🇸🇰 Slovakia	1.57	5,451,342
155	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	94,626
156	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	1.54	40,368
157	🇲🇻 Maldives	1.53	531,517
158	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1.53	69,931,528
159	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	1.53	84,054
160	🇩🇰 Denmark	1.52	6,023,520
161	🇵🇹 Portugal	1.52	10,395,362
162	🇲🇾 Malaysia	1.52	36,385,115
163	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	1.52	1,513,268
164	🇽🇰 Kosovo	1.52	1,666,992
165	🇦🇷 Argentina	1.51	46,003,734
166	🇷🇸 Serbia	1.51	6,641,964
167	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	1.50	77,196
168	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.50	3,114,242
169	🇭🇺 Hungary	1.50	9,585,818
170	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.50	46,992
171	🇮🇸 Iceland	1.49	402,329
172	🇰🇼 Kuwait	1.49	5,102,773
173	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	1.49	529,630
174	🇨🇿 Czechia	1.47	10,527,780
175	🇭🇷 Croatia	1.47	3,822,345
176	🇷🇺 Russia	1.47	143,394,458
177	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	1.47	1,804,062
178	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	1.47	283,076
179	🇩🇲 Dominica	1.46	65,511
180	🇩🇪 Germany	1.46	83,644,258
181	🇨🇺 Cuba	1.45	10,892,659
182	🇲🇸 Montserrat	1.45	4,328
183	🇬🇩 Grenada	1.45	117,362
184	🇨🇭 Switzerland	1.45	9,007,798
185	🇸🇪 Sweden	1.44	10,701,046
186	🇳🇱 Netherlands	1.44	18,448,775
187	🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands	1.44	31,913
188	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands	1.43	47,148
189	🇧🇹 Bhutan	1.43	802,214
190	🇸🇽 Sint Maarten	1.42	44,447
191	🇳🇴 Norway	1.42	5,652,989
192	🇧🇲 Bermuda	1.42	64,459
193	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	1.41	687,448
194	🇧🇪 Belgium	1.40	11,774,642
195	🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna	1.39	11,113
196	🇪🇪 Estonia	1.38	1,331,062
197	🇯🇪 Jersey	1.38	104,106
198	🇺🇾 Uruguay	1.38	3,382,537
199	🇬🇬 Guernsey	1.37	64,610
200	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	1.37	180,488
201	🇨🇾 Cyprus	1.37	1,382,334
202	🇧🇸 Bahamas	1.36	404,628
203	🇱🇻 Latvia	1.35	1,835,935
204	🇬🇷 Greece	1.34	9,897,116
205	🇦🇮 Anguilla	1.34	14,817
206	🇦🇹 Austria	1.34	9,107,266
207	🇯🇲 Jamaica	1.33	2,833,404
208	🇨🇦 Canada	1.33	40,467,728
209	🇦🇱 Albania	1.32	2,751,025
210	🇵🇱 Poland	1.31	37,843,188
211	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	1.31	5,174,789
212	🇫🇮 Finland	1.30	5,621,739
213	🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.28	5,513
214	🇪🇸 Spain	1.24	47,850,793
215	🇧🇾 Belarus	1.23	8,937,018
216	🇯🇵 Japan	1.23	122,427,731
217	🇱🇹 Lithuania	1.22	2,797,338
218	🇮🇹 Italy	1.22	58,926,166
219	🇲🇺 Mauritius	1.21	1,265,059
220	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	1.21	11,574,682
221	🇹🇭 Thailand	1.19	71,559,614
222	🇸🇲 San Marino	1.17	33,605
223	🇲🇹 Malta	1.12	549,011
224	🇨🇱 Chile	1.12	19,945,850
225	🇦🇩 Andorra	1.11	83,753
226	🇨🇼 Curaçao	1.07	185,440
227	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	1.07	39,936
228	🇨🇳 China	1.03	1,412,914,089
229	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1.00	39,535,848
230	🇻🇦 Vatican City	1.00	506
231	🇸🇬 Singapore	0.97	5,905,748
232	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	0.94	3,222,688
233	🇹🇼 Taiwan	0.86	23,011,292
234	🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy	0.84	11,550
235	🇰🇷 South Korea	0.76	51,600,388
236	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	0.75	7,378,602
237	🇲🇴 Macau	0.70	723,188

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant, 2026 values. Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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