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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.

The total fertility rate (TFR) is the average number of children a woman would have at current age-specific birth rates. Roughly 2.1 keeps a population stable without migration ("replacement level"). Most of the world is now below it; Sub-Saharan Africa remains the main region above it.

Highest

5.84

🇹🇩 Chad

Median country

1.90

🇬🇱 Greenland

Lowest

0.70

🇲🇴 Macau

Countries ranked

237

2026 values

#	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

FAQ

Which country has the highest fertility rate in the world?

Chad has the highest fertility rate in the world at 5.84 births per woman (2026, UN World Population Prospects 2024).

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

Macau has the lowest fertility rate at 0.70 births per woman (2026).

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

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