The total fertility rate (TFR, sometimes also called the fertility rate, period total fertility rate (PTFR) or total period fertility rate (TPFR)) of a population is the average number of children that would be born to a woman over her lifetime if she were to experience the exact current age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) through her lifetime, and she were to survive from birth through the end of her reproductive life. It is obtained by summing the single-year age-specific rates at a given time.
Total fertility rate of the world is 2.58 children born/woman.
Rank |
Country |
Total fertility rate
(children born/woman) |
1 |
Mali |
7.34 |
2 |
Niger |
7.29 |
3 |
Uganda |
6.81 |
4 |
Somalia |
6.6 |
5 |
Afghanistan |
6.58 |
6 |
Yemen |
6.41 |
7 |
Burundi |
6.4 |
8 |
Burkina Faso |
6.34 |
9 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
6.28 |
10 |
Angola |
6.2 |
11 |
Sierra Leone |
5.95 |
12 |
Congo, Republic of the |
5.92 |
13 |
Liberia |
5.87 |
14 |
Guinea |
5.71 |
15 |
Mauritania |
5.69 |
16 |
Western Sahara |
5.69 |
17 |
Malawi |
5.67 |
18 |
Oman |
5.62 |
19 |
Mayotte |
5.6 |
20 |
Gaza Strip |
5.51 |
21 |
Chad |
5.43 |
22 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
5.43 |
23 |
Nigeria |
5.41 |
24 |
Rwanda |
5.31 |
25 |
Mozambique |
5.24 |
26 |
Zambia |
5.23 |
27 |
Madagascar |
5.19 |
28 |
Equatorial Guinea |
5.16 |
29 |
Djibouti |
5.14 |
30 |
Gambia, The |
5.13 |
31 |
Ethiopia |
4.99 |
32 |
Benin |
4.96 |
33 |
Comoros |
4.9 |
34 |
Senegal |
4.86 |
35 |
Togo |
4.85 |
36 |
Eritrea |
4.84 |
37 |
Haiti |
4.79 |
38 |
Guinea-Bissau |
4.72 |
39 |
Kenya |
4.7 |
40 |
Gabon |
4.68 |
41 |
Maldives |
4.66 |
42 |
Tanzania |
4.62 |
43 |
Sudan |
4.58 |
44 |
Laos |
4.5 |
45 |
Cameroon |
4.41 |
46 |
Cote d'Ivoire |
4.35 |
47 |
Central African Republic |
4.23 |
48 |
Samoa |
4.18 |
49 |
Kiribati |
4.08 |
50 |
West Bank |
4.06 |
51 |
Iraq |
3.97 |
52 |
Nepal |
3.91 |
53 |
Saudi Arabia |
3.89 |
54 |
Paraguay |
3.8 |
55 |
Ghana |
3.78 |
56 |
Papua New Guinea |
3.71 |
57 |
Marshall Islands |
3.68 |
58 |
Solomon Islands |
3.65 |
59 |
Guatemala |
3.59 |
60 |
Pakistan |
3.58 |
61 |
Belize |
3.44 |
62 |
Honduras |
3.38 |
63 |
Timor-Leste |
3.36 |
64 |
Swaziland |
3.34 |
65 |
Syria |
3.21 |
66 |
Cape Verde |
3.17 |
67 |
Libya |
3.15 |
68 |
Lesotho |
3.13 |
69 |
Bangladesh |
3.08 |
70 |
Cambodia |
3.08 |
71 |
Turkmenistan |
3.07 |
72 |
El Salvador |
3.04 |
73 |
Tajikistan |
3.04 |
74 |
Zimbabwe |
3.03 |
75 |
Philippines |
3 |
76 |
American Samoa |
2.98 |
77 |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
2.98 |
78 |
Micronesia, Federated States of |
2.98 |
79 |
Malaysia |
2.98 |
80 |
Nauru |
2.94 |
81 |
Tuvalu |
2.94 |
82 |
Uzbekistan |
2.86 |
83 |
Kuwait |
2.81 |
84 |
Namibia |
2.81 |
85 |
Dominican Republic |
2.78 |
86 |
Israel |
2.77 |
87 |
India |
2.76 |
88 |
Egypt |
2.72 |
89 |
Qatar |
2.7 |
90 |
Fiji |
2.68 |
91 |
Bolivia |
2.67 |
92 |
Kyrgyzstan |
2.67 |
93 |
Botswana |
2.66 |
94 |
Panama |
2.65 |
95 |
Nicaragua |
2.63 |
96 |
Ecuador |
2.59 |
97 |
World |
2.58 |
98 |
Morocco |
2.57 |
99 |
Vanuatu |
2.57 |
100 |
Guam |
2.55 |
101 |
Bahrain |
2.53 |
102 |
Venezuela |
2.52 |
103 |
Tonga |
2.5 |
104 |
Colombia |
2.49 |
105 |
Bhutan |
2.48 |
106 |
Jordan |
2.47 |
107 |
Faroe Islands |
2.45 |
108 |
Palau |
2.45 |
109 |
United Arab Emirates |
2.43 |
110 |
Peru |
2.42 |
111 |
Greenland |
2.39 |
112 |
Mexico |
2.37 |
113 |
Indonesia |
2.34 |
114 |
Jamaica |
2.3 |
115 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
2.28 |
116 |
Grenada |
2.27 |
117 |
Mongolia |
2.24 |
118 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
2.22 |
119 |
New Caledonia |
2.21 |
120 |
Costa Rica |
2.17 |
121 |
Virgin Islands |
2.14 |
122 |
Bahamas, The |
2.13 |
123 |
New Zealand |
2.11 |
124 |
South Africa |
2.11 |
125 |
Saint Lucia |
2.11 |
126 |
Dominica |
2.1 |
127 |
United States |
2.1 |
128 |
Argentina |
2.09 |
129 |
Azerbaijan |
2.05 |
130 |
Guyana |
2.03 |
131 |
Albania |
2.02 |
132 |
Sri Lanka |
2.02 |
133 |
Suriname |
2.01 |
134 |
Korea, North |
2 |
135 |
France |
1.98 |
136 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
1.98 |
137 |
Netherlands Antilles |
1.98 |
138 |
Chile |
1.95 |
139 |
French Polynesia |
1.95 |
140 |
Brunei |
1.94 |
141 |
Uruguay |
1.94 |
142 |
Burma |
1.92 |
143 |
Iceland |
1.91 |
144 |
Cayman Islands |
1.89 |
145 |
Bermuda |
1.88 |
146 |
Kazakhstan |
1.88 |
147 |
Lebanon |
1.87 |
148 |
Turkey |
1.87 |
149 |
Brazil |
1.86 |
150 |
Vietnam |
1.86 |
151 |
Aruba |
1.85 |
152 |
Ireland |
1.85 |
153 |
Mauritius |
1.83 |
154 |
Algeria |
1.82 |
155 |
Cyprus |
1.79 |
156 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
1.79 |
157 |
Luxembourg |
1.78 |
158 |
Norway |
1.78 |
159 |
China |
1.77 |
160 |
Australia |
1.76 |
161 |
Puerto Rico |
1.76 |
162 |
Montserrat |
1.76 |
163 |
Anguilla |
1.75 |
164 |
Monaco |
1.75 |
165 |
Denmark |
1.74 |
166 |
Finland |
1.73 |
167 |
Tunisia |
1.73 |
168 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
1.73 |
169 |
Seychelles |
1.73 |
170 |
British Virgin Islands |
1.72 |
171 |
Iran |
1.71 |
172 |
Serbia |
1.69 |
173 |
Sweden |
1.67 |
174 |
Netherlands |
1.66 |
175 |
United Kingdom |
1.66 |
176 |
Barbados |
1.65 |
177 |
Isle of Man |
1.65 |
178 |
Gibraltar |
1.65 |
179 |
Belgium |
1.65 |
180 |
Thailand |
1.64 |
181 |
Cuba |
1.6 |
182 |
Jersey |
1.58 |
183 |
Macedonia |
1.58 |
184 |
Canada |
1.57 |
185 |
Saint Helena |
1.56 |
186 |
Liechtenstein |
1.51 |
187 |
Malta |
1.51 |
188 |
European Union |
1.5 |
189 |
Portugal |
1.49 |
190 |
Switzerland |
1.44 |
191 |
Georgia |
1.43 |
192 |
Estonia |
1.42 |
193 |
Germany |
1.41 |
194 |
Croatia |
1.41 |
195 |
Bulgaria |
1.4 |
196 |
Russia |
1.4 |
197 |
Guernsey |
1.4 |
198 |
Austria |
1.38 |
199 |
Romania |
1.38 |
200 |
Greece |
1.36 |
201 |
Armenia |
1.35 |
202 |
San Marino |
1.35 |
203 |
Hungary |
1.34 |
204 |
Slovakia |
1.34 |
205 |
Andorra |
1.32 |
206 |
Italy |
1.3 |
207 |
Spain |
1.3 |
208 |
Korea, South |
1.29 |
209 |
Latvia |
1.29 |
210 |
Poland |
1.27 |
211 |
Slovenia |
1.27 |
212 |
Moldova |
1.26 |
213 |
Ukraine |
1.25 |
214 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1.24 |
215 |
Belarus |
1.23 |
216 |
Czech Republic |
1.23 |
217 |
Japan |
1.22 |
218 |
Lithuania |
1.22 |
219 |
Northern Mariana Islands |
1.18 |
220 |
Taiwan |
1.13 |
221 |
Singapore |
1.08 |
222 |
Macau |
1.05 |
223 |
Hong Kong |
1 |
Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Source : CIA's The World Fact Book (2008) |