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Countries by Total fertility rate (TFR) (2024)

Total fertility rate (TFR) in 2024: highest in Chad (6.028 children per woman), lowest in Macao (0.582 children per woman), median 1.895 children per woman across the 217 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Total fertility rate (TFR) (measured in children per woman) across 261 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: children per woman261 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1960–2024

Highest Total fertility rate (TFR), 2024

  1. 1.Chad6.028 children per woman
  2. 2.Somalia6.013 children per woman
  3. 3.DR Congo5.981 children per woman
  4. 4.Central African Republic5.954 children per woman
  5. 5.Niger5.935 children per woman
  6. 6.Mali5.51 children per woman
  7. 7.Angola5.048 children per woman
  8. 8.Burundi4.789 children per woman
  9. 9.Afghanistan4.761 children per woman
  10. 10.Mozambique4.69 children per woman

Lowest Total fertility rate (TFR), 2024

  1. 208.Andorra1.087 children per woman
  2. 209.British Virgin Islands1.048 children per woman
  3. 210.China1.013 children per woman
  4. 211.Malta1.01 children per woman
  5. 212.Ukraine0.988 children per woman
  6. 213.Singapore0.97 children per woman
  7. 214.Puerto Rico0.92 children per woman
  8. 215.Hong Kong0.841 children per woman
  9. 216.South Korea0.748 children per woman
  10. 217.Macao0.582 children per woman

All 217 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Total fertility rate (TFR) trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

ChadRank 1 of 217SomaliaRank 2 of 217DR CongoRank 3 of 217Central African RepublicRank 4 of 217NigerRank 5 of 217MaliRank 6 of 217AngolaRank 7 of 217BurundiRank 8 of 217AfghanistanRank 9 of 217MozambiqueRank 10 of 217MauritaniaRank 11 of 217TanzaniaRank 12 of 217YemenRank 13 of 217BeninRank 14 of 217NigeriaRank 15 of 217SudanRank 16 of 217CameroonRank 17 of 217Cote d'IvoireRank 18 of 217UgandaRank 19 of 217GuineaRank 20 of 217TogoRank 21 of 217Equatorial GuineaRank 22 of 217Burkina FasoRank 23 of 217Republic of the CongoRank 24 of 217ZambiaRank 25 of 217MadagascarRank 26 of 217EthiopiaRank 27 of 217The GambiaRank 28 of 217LiberiaRank 29 of 217ComorosRank 30 of 217SamoaRank 31 of 217South SudanRank 32 of 217SenegalRank 33 of 217Guinea-BissauRank 34 of 217Sierra LeoneRank 35 of 217EritreaRank 36 of 217ZimbabweRank 37 of 217RwandaRank 38 of 217Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 39 of 217GabonRank 40 of 217MalawiRank 41 of 217VanuatuRank 42 of 217PakistanRank 43 of 217Solomon IslandsRank 44 of 217UzbekistanRank 45 of 217GhanaRank 46 of 217NauruRank 47 of 217West Bank and GazaRank 48 of 217IraqRank 49 of 217NamibiaRank 50 of 217TuvaluRank 51 of 217KenyaRank 52 of 217KiribatiRank 53 of 217TongaRank 54 of 217Papua New GuineaRank 55 of 217TajikistanRank 56 of 217KazakhstanRank 57 of 217IsraelRank 58 of 217Marshall IslandsRank 59 of 217GuamRank 60 of 217MicronesiaRank 61 of 217EgyptRank 62 of 217AlgeriaRank 63 of 217EswatiniRank 64 of 217BotswanaRank 65 of 217Syrian Arab RepublicRank 66 of 217Saint MartinRank 67 of 217LesothoRank 68 of 217TurkmenistanRank 69 of 217Timor-LesteRank 70 of 217HaitiRank 71 of 217DjiboutiRank 72 of 217JordanRank 73 of 217Kyrgyz RepublicRank 74 of 217CambodiaRank 75 of 217BoliviaRank 76 of 217OmanRank 77 of 217MongoliaRank 78 of 217HondurasRank 79 of 217ParaguayRank 80 of 217Lao PDRRank 81 of 217GuyanaRank 82 of 217Northern Mariana IslandsRank 83 of 217Saudi ArabiaRank 84 of 217LibyaRank 85 of 217GuatemalaRank 86 of 217FijiRank 87 of 217American SamoaRank 88 of 217SurinameRank 89 of 217LebanonRank 90 of 217Dominican RepublicRank 91 of 217MoroccoRank 92 of 217NicaraguaRank 93 of 217South AfricaRank 94 of 217BangladeshRank 95 of 217IndonesiaRank 96 of 217PanamaRank 97 of 217MonacoRank 98 of 217MyanmarRank 99 of 217VenezuelaRank 100 of 217BelizeRank 101 of 217US Virgin IslandsRank 102 of 217PeruRank 103 of 217New CaledoniaRank 104 of 217IndiaRank 105 of 217NepalRank 106 of 217Sri LankaRank 107 of 217Faroe IslandsRank 108 of 217VietnamRank 109 of 217PhilippinesRank 110 of 217MexicoRank 111 of 217GibraltarRank 112 of 217PalauRank 113 of 217SeychellesRank 114 of 217TunisiaRank 115 of 217EcuadorRank 116 of 217BahrainRank 117 of 217GeorgiaRank 118 of 217MontenegroRank 119 of 217North KoreaRank 120 of 217El SalvadorRank 121 of 217St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 122 of 217Brunei DarussalamRank 123 of 217MoldovaRank 124 of 217BulgariaRank 125 of 217QatarRank 126 of 217BarbadosRank 127 of 217GreenlandRank 128 of 217ArmeniaRank 129 of 217IranRank 130 of 217SerbiaRank 131 of 217ColombiaRank 132 of 217United StatesRank 133 of 217BrazilRank 134 of 217FranceRank 135 of 217ArubaRank 136 of 217Antigua and BarbudaRank 137 of 217New ZealandRank 138 of 217IcelandRank 139 of 217KuwaitRank 140 of 217MaldivesRank 141 of 217United KingdomRank 142 of 217Isle of ManRank 143 of 217MalaysiaRank 144 of 217KosovoRank 145 of 217Trinidad and TobagoRank 146 of 217St. Kitts and NevisRank 147 of 217Cayman IslandsRank 148 of 217SloveniaRank 149 of 217Cabo VerdeRank 150 of 217ArgentinaRank 151 of 217Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 152 of 217French PolynesiaRank 153 of 217AustraliaRank 154 of 217DominicaRank 155 of 217TurkeyRank 156 of 217GrenadaRank 157 of 217DenmarkRank 158 of 217IrelandRank 159 of 217CroatiaRank 160 of 217SlovakiaRank 161 of 217Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 162 of 217NorwayRank 163 of 217BhutanRank 164 of 217CubaRank 165 of 217BelgiumRank 166 of 217MauritiusRank 167 of 217Sint MaartenRank 168 of 217AzerbaijanRank 169 of 217NetherlandsRank 170 of 217SwedenRank 171 of 217RussiaRank 172 of 217HungaryRank 173 of 217PortugalRank 174 of 217BermudaRank 175 of 217CuracaoRank 176 of 217North MacedoniaRank 177 of 217UruguayRank 178 of 217RomaniaRank 179 of 217St. LuciaRank 180 of 217CyprusRank 181 of 217The BahamasRank 182 of 217Channel IslandsRank 183 of 217LiechtensteinRank 184 of 217Czech RepublicRank 185 of 217GermanyRank 186 of 217JamaicaRank 187 of 217AlbaniaRank 188 of 217Costa RicaRank 189 of 217AustriaRank 190 of 217SwitzerlandRank 191 of 217CanadaRank 192 of 217FinlandRank 193 of 217LuxembourgRank 194 of 217GreeceRank 195 of 217LatviaRank 196 of 217BelarusRank 197 of 217United Arab EmiratesRank 198 of 217ThailandRank 199 of 217EstoniaRank 200 of 217ItalyRank 201 of 217San MarinoRank 202 of 217JapanRank 203 of 217ChileRank 204 of 217PolandRank 205 of 217LithuaniaRank 206 of 217SpainRank 207 of 217AndorraRank 208 of 217British Virgin IslandsRank 209 of 217ChinaRank 210 of 217MaltaRank 211 of 217UkraineRank 212 of 217SingaporeRank 213 of 217Puerto RicoRank 214 of 217Hong KongRank 215 of 217South KoreaRank 216 of 217MacaoRank 217 of 217

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Total fertility rate (TFR) Data Coverage

This page lists 261 countries with available Total fertility rate (TFR) data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.