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Total fertility rate2022

Expected births per woman over her lifetime if current age-specific fertility rates continue.

World Bank
Comparable ranking year2024Latest published year: 2024
Economies with data217 / 217No observation: 0
First-ranked country or territorySomalia6.26 births/woman

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Total fertility rate · 2022 · births/woman
RankCountry / territoryValue (births/woman)Year
01Somalia6.262022
02Chad6.222022
03Niger6.142022
04Congo - Kinshasa6.112022
05Central African Republic6.022022
06Mali5.692022
07Angola5.212022
08Burundi4.982022
09Afghanistan4.932022
10Mozambique4.842022
11Mauritania4.772022
12Tanzania4.672022
13Benin4.632022
14Yemen4.592022
15Nigeria4.552022
16Cameroon4.42022
17Uganda4.392022
18Sudan4.382022
19Côte d’Ivoire4.352022
20Guinea4.32022
21Burkina Faso4.282022
22Togo4.252022
23Congo - Brazzaville4.222022
24Zambia4.182022
25Equatorial Guinea4.172022
26Ethiopia4.082022
27Gambia4.082022
28Madagascar4.042022
29Liberia4.022022
30South Sudan3.962022
31Comoros3.942022
32Guinea-Bissau3.912022
33Samoa3.882022
34Sierra Leone3.882022
35Senegal3.862022
36Eritrea3.792022
37Rwanda3.782022
38Zimbabwe3.772022
39Malawi3.722022
40Gabon3.712022
41São Tomé & Príncipe3.72022
42Pakistan3.662022
43Vanuatu3.652022
44Solomon Islands3.622022
45Ghana3.432022
46Uzbekistan3.42022
47Nauru3.382022
48Palestinian Territories3.382022
49Iraq3.292022
50Kenya3.262022
51Namibia3.252022
52Tuvalu3.242022
53Kiribati3.182022
54Tonga3.172022
55Papua New Guinea3.162022
56Tajikistan3.132022
57Kazakhstan3.052022
58Marshall Islands2.942022
59Israel2.892022
60Guam2.822022
61Algeria2.822022
62Eswatini2.82022
62Timor-Leste2.82022
64Kyrgyzstan2.82022
65Botswana2.782022
65Micronesia2.782022
67St. Martin2.762022
68Egypt2.752022
69Syria2.752022
70Turkmenistan2.732022
71Lesotho2.722022
72Mongolia2.72022
73Haiti2.72022
74Jordan2.682022
75Djibouti2.652022
76Cambodia2.622022
77Bolivia2.582022
78Honduras2.522022
79Laos2.462022
80Oman2.452022
81Paraguay2.442022
82Guyana2.442022
83Libya2.42022
84Northern Mariana Islands2.392022
85Guatemala2.342022
86American Samoa2.32022
86Fiji2.32022
88Suriname2.272022
89Dominican Republic2.272022
90Lebanon2.262022
91Morocco2.262022
92Nicaragua2.242022
93South Africa2.232022
94Seychelles2.22022
95Bangladesh2.182022
96Indonesia2.152022
97Saudi Arabia2.142022
98Panama2.142022
99Myanmar (Burma)2.132022
100Monaco2.112022
101Venezuela2.092022
102Faroe Islands2.082022
103Peru22022
104Nepal22022
105U.S. Virgin Islands22022
106New Caledonia22022
107India1.992022
108Sri Lanka1.982022
109Belize1.952022
110Mexico1.942022
111Philippines1.932022
112Palau1.932022
112Vietnam1.932022
114Gibraltar1.92022
115Ecuador1.862022
116Tunisia1.852022
117Bahrain1.842022
118Georgia1.822022
119Greenland1.822022
120Montenegro1.82022
121North Korea1.82022
122St. Vincent & Grenadines1.792022
123El Salvador1.782022
124Bulgaria1.782022
124France1.782022
126Brunei1.762022
127Qatar1.742022
128Barbados1.712022
129Romania1.712022
130Iran1.72022
131Armenia1.72022
132Moldova1.692022
133Azerbaijan1.672022
133New Zealand1.672022
135Colombia1.662022
136United States1.662022
137Czechia1.642022
138Australia1.632022
138Türkiye1.632022
140Brazil1.632022
141Aruba1.622022
142North Macedonia1.62022
143Serbia1.592022
144Iceland1.592022
145Maldives1.582022
146Antigua & Barbuda1.582022
147Hungary1.572022
147Slovakia1.572022
149United Kingdom1.562022
150Isle of Man1.562022
151Kosovo1.562022
152Denmark1.552022
152Malaysia1.552022
152Slovenia1.552022
155Kuwait1.552022
156Trinidad & Tobago1.542022
157Cayman Islands1.542022
158Cape Verde1.532022
159Belgium1.532022
159Croatia1.532022
159Sweden1.532022
162French Polynesia1.522022
163St. Kitts & Nevis1.512022
164Ireland1.512022
165Grenada1.52022
166Netherlands1.492022
167Argentina1.482022
167Dominica1.482022
169Bosnia & Herzegovina1.482022
170Bhutan1.482022
171Turks & Caicos Islands1.482022
172Liechtenstein1.472022
172Latvia1.472022
174Germany1.462022
175Sint Maarten1.452022
176Portugal1.432022
177Uruguay1.422022
178Russia1.422022
179Cuba1.412022
180Austria1.412022
180Estonia1.412022
180Norway1.412022
183Curaçao1.42022
184Bermuda1.42022
185Cyprus1.392022
186Switzerland1.392022
187St. Lucia1.392022
188Bahamas1.382022
189Jamaica1.372022
190Channel Islands1.372022
191Albania1.362022
192Canada1.342022
193Costa Rica1.342022
194Mauritius1.332022
195Belarus1.332022
196Finland1.322022
196Greece1.322022
198Luxembourg1.312022
199Poland1.292022
200Lithuania1.272022
201Japan1.262022
202Chile1.262022
203Italy1.242022
204Thailand1.222022
205Spain1.162022
206United Arab Emirates1.152022
207San Marino1.142022
208Malta1.082022
209Andorra1.072022
210Singapore1.042022
211China1.032022
212British Virgin Islands1.022022
213Puerto Rico0.912022
214Ukraine0.92022
215South Korea0.782022
216Hong Kong SAR China0.72022
217Macao SAR China0.682022

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Source & definition

Indicator definition
Expected births per woman over her lifetime if current age-specific fertility rates continue.
Unit
births/woman
Source & definition
World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN
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Original metadata
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.

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  "sourceNote": "Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.",
  "sourceOrganization": "World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division;\nStatistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National Statistical Offices (NSOs);\nDemographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT)",
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