Fertility rate: all countries and regions

Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method.

Countries

CountryLatest yearValue (live births per woman)
Afghanistan20234.84
Albania20231.348
Algeria20232.766
American Samoa20232.286
Andorra20231.082
Angola20235.124
Anguilla20231.364
Antigua and Barbuda20231.578
Argentina20231.5
Armenia20231.714
Aruba20231.602
Australia20231.638
Austria20231.317
Azerbaijan20231.67
Bahamas20231.373
Bahrain20231.824
Bangladesh20232.163
Barbados20231.708
Belarus20231.208
Belgium20231.379
Belize20232.007
Benin20234.556
Bermuda20231.401
Bhutan20231.462
Bolivia20232.547
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba20231.473
Bosnia and Herzegovina20231.486
Botswana20232.732
Brazil20231.619
British Virgin Islands20231.045
Brunei20231.747
Bulgaria20231.749
Burkina Faso20234.186
Burundi20234.878
Cambodia20232.579
Cameroon20234.322
Canada20231.349
Cape Verde20231.522
Cayman Islands20231.531
Central African Republic20236.012
Chad20236.12
Chile20231.167
China20230.999
Colombia20231.645
Comoros20233.878
Congo20234.157
Cook Islands20232.045
Costa Rica20231.33
Cote d'Ivoire20234.283
Croatia20231.468
Cuba20231.439
Curacao20231.073
Cyprus20231.389
Czechia20231.448
Democratic Republic of Congo20236.051
Denmark20231.511
Djibouti20232.609
Dominica20231.484
Dominican Republic20232.243
East Timor20232.707
Ecuador20231.823
Egypt20232.75
El Salvador20231.775
Equatorial Guinea20234.081
Eritrea20233.713
Estonia20231.35
Eswatini20232.753
Ethiopia20233.989
Falkland Islands20231.685
Faroe Islands20232.24
Fiji20232.281
Finland20231.28
France20231.639
French Guiana20233.388
French Polynesia20231.501
Gabon20233.647
Gambia20234.006
Georgia20231.81
Germany20231.441
Ghana20233.397
Gibraltar20231.888
Greece20231.334
Greenland20231.95
Grenada20231.487
Guadeloupe20232.089
Guam20232.781
Guatemala20232.311
Guernsey20231.362
Guinea20234.217
Guinea-Bissau20233.836
Guyana20232.412
Haiti20232.656
Honduras20232.5
Hong Kong20230.717
Hungary20231.486
Iceland20231.54
India20231.975
Indonesia20232.127
Iran20231.695
Iraq20233.249
Ireland20231.598
Isle of Man20231.548
Israel20232.83
Italy20231.198
Jamaica20231.358
Japan20231.208
Jersey20231.371
Jordan20232.639
Kazakhstan20233.012
Kenya20233.208
Kiribati20233.147
Kuwait20231.525
Kyrgyzstan20232.8
Laos20232.421
Latvia20231.338
Lebanon20232.239
Lesotho20232.694
Liberia20233.95
Libya20232.355
Liechtenstein20231.537
Lithuania20231.201
Luxembourg20231.396
Macao20230.662
Madagascar20233.972
Malawi20233.648
Malaysia20231.55
Maldives20231.575
Mali20235.614
Malta20231.098
Marshall Islands20232.919
Martinique20232.009
Mauritania20234.697
Mauritius20231.241
Mayotte20234.616
Mexico20231.91
Micronesia (country)20232.748
Moldova20231.731
Monaco20232.11
Mongolia20232.685
Montenegro20231.803
Montserrat20231.444
Morocco20232.23
Mozambique20234.763
Myanmar20232.115
Namibia20233.212
Nauru20233.331
Nepal20231.984
Netherlands20231.43
New Caledonia20231.98
New Zealand20231.667
Nicaragua20232.218
Niger20236.061
Nigeria20234.482
Niue20232.514
North Korea20231.78
North Macedonia20231.465
Northern Mariana Islands20232.348
Norway20231.405
Oman20232.525
Pakistan20233.605
Palau20231.907
Palestine20233.311
Panama20232.119
Papua New Guinea20233.099
Paraguay20232.422
Peru20231.98
Philippines20231.916
Poland20231.299
Portugal20231.508
Puerto Rico20230.941
Qatar20231.729
Reunion20232.174
Romania20231.713
Russia20231.449
Rwanda20233.698
Saint Barthelemy20230.801
Saint Helena20231.636
Saint Kitts and Nevis20231.505
Saint Lucia20231.379
Saint Martin (French part)20232.718
Saint Pierre and Miquelon20231.267
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20231.775
Samoa20233.829
San Marino20231.149
Sao Tome and Principe20233.644
Saudi Arabia20232.28
Senegal20233.818
Serbia20231.5
Seychelles20232.133
Sierra Leone20233.791
Singapore20230.943
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)20231.447
Slovakia20231.56
Slovenia20231.576
Solomon Islands20233.557
Somalia20236.132
South Africa20232.216
South Korea20230.72
South Sudan20233.864
Spain20231.213
Sri Lanka20231.974
Sudan20234.323
Suriname20232.249
Sweden20231.43
Switzerland20231.433
Syria20232.712
Taiwan20230.87
Tajikistan20233.072
Tanzania20234.606
Thailand20231.212
Togo20234.192401
Tokelau20232.612
Tonga20233.129
Trinidad and Tobago20231.532
Tunisia20231.832
Turkey20231.625
Turkmenistan20232.69
Turks and Caicos Islands20231.463
Tuvalu20233.208
Uganda20234.283
Ukraine20230.977
United Arab Emirates20231.2
United Kingdom20231.56
United States20231.624
United States Virgin Islands20232.09
Uruguay20231.409
Uzbekistan20233.5
Vanuatu20233.596
Vatican20231
Venezuela20232.079
Vietnam20231.913
Wallis and Futuna20231.41
Western Sahara20232.164
Yemen20234.59
Zambia20234.101
Zimbabwe20233.724

Regions and groups

Aggregates as Our World in Data defines them.

Region or groupLatest yearValue (live births per woman)
Africa20234.0555434
Africa (UN)20234.072
Asia20231.8792871
Asia (UN)20231.881
Europe20231.3921242
Europe (UN)20231.395
High-income countries20231.467
Kosovo20231.545
Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)20231.807
Least developed countries20233.936
Less developed regions20232.361
Less developed regions, excluding China20232.649
Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries20232.02
Low-income countries20234.532
Lower-middle-income countries20232.554
More developed regions20231.452
North America20231.7720436
Northern America (UN)20231.597
Oceania20232.1344285
Oceania (UN)20232.142
South America20231.6984931
Upper-middle-income countries20231.479
World20232.251