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 2.5 children born/woman.
Rank | Country | Total Fertility Rate (children born/woman) |
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1 | Niger | 7.153 children per woman |
2 | Somalia | 6.123 children per woman |
3 | Dr Congo | 5.963 children per woman |
4 | Mali | 5.922 children per woman |
5 | Chad | 5.797 children per woman |
6 | Angola | 5.589 children per woman |
7 | Burundi | 5.577 children per woman |
8 | Uganda | 5.456 children per woman |
9 | Nigeria | 5.417 children per woman |
10 | Timor Leste | 5.337 children per woman |
11 | Gambia | 5.318 children per woman |
12 | Burkina Faso | 5.231 children per woman |
13 | Mozambique | 5.143 children per woman |
14 | Tanzania | 4.924 children per woman |
15 | Zambia | 4.901 children per woman |
16 | Benin | 4.867 children per woman |
17 | Ivory Coast | 4.811 children per woman |
18 | Central African Republic | 4.754 children per woman |
19 | Guinea | 4.738 children per woman |
20 | South Sudan | 4.736 children per woman |
21 | Senegal | 4.647 children per woman |
22 | Cameroon | 4.603 children per woman |
23 | Mauritania | 4.576 children per woman |
24 | Republic Of The Congo | 4.561 children per woman |
25 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.554 children per woman |
26 | Guinea Bissau | 4.513 children per woman |
27 | Malawi | 4.492 children per woman |
28 | Liberia | 4.481 children per woman |
29 | Sudan | 4.434 children per woman |
30 | Afghanistan | 4.412 children per woman |
31 | Sao Tome And Principe | 4.361 children per woman |
32 | Togo | 4.351 children per woman |
33 | Sierra Leone | 4.319 children per woman |
34 | Iraq | 4.266 children per woman |
35 | Comoros | 4.237 children per woman |
36 | Madagascar | 4.109 children per woman |
37 | Eritrea | 4.027 children per woman |
38 | Ethiopia | 4.025 children per woman |
39 | Palestine | 3.91 children per woman |
40 | Samoa | 3.903 children per woman |
41 | Ghana | 3.893 children per woman |
42 | Yemen | 3.837 children per woman |
43 | Rwanda | 3.781 children per woman |
44 | Kenya | 3.774 children per woman |
45 | Solomon Islands | 3.77 children per woman |
46 | Mayotte | 3.729 children per woman |
47 | Gabon | 3.68 children per woman |
48 | Zimbabwe | 3.626 children per woman |
49 | Papua New Guinea | 3.588 children per woman |
50 | Kiribati | 3.584 children per woman |
51 | Tonga | 3.576 children per woman |
52 | Pakistan | 3.377 children per woman |
53 | Namibia | 3.311 children per woman |
54 | Tajikistan | 3.28 children per woman |
56 | Jordan | 3.264 children per woman |
55 | French Guiana | 3.264 children per woman |
57 | Vanuatu | 3.222 children per woman |
58 | Egypt | 3.155 children per woman |
59 | Micronesia | 3.076 children per woman |
60 | Swaziland | 3.014 children per woman |
61 | Lesotho | 3.013 children per woman |
62 | Israel | 2.92 children per woman |
63 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.909 children per woman |
64 | Guatemala | 2.899 children per woman |
65 | Philippines | 2.882 children per woman |
66 | Haiti | 2.848 children per woman |
67 | Syria | 2.84 children per woman |
68 | Bolivia | 2.825 children per woman |
69 | Turkmenistan | 2.785 children per woman |
70 | Djibouti | 2.758 children per woman |
71 | Mongolia | 2.663 children per woman |
72 | Botswana | 2.651 children per woman |
73 | Algeria | 2.65 children per woman |
74 | Laos | 2.623 children per woman |
75 | Kazakhstan | 2.571 children per woman |
76 | Oman | 2.537 children per woman |
77 | Cambodia | 2.524 children per woman |
78 | Fiji | 2.482 children per woman |
79 | Saudi Arabia | 2.481 children per woman |
80 | Guyana | 2.473 children per woman |
81 | Panama | 2.469 children per woman |
82 | Belize | 2.459 children per woman |
83 | Paraguay | 2.446 children per woman |
84 | Ecuador | 2.444 children per woman |
85 | Morocco | 2.425 children per woman |
87 | Western Sahara | 2.415 children per woman |
86 | Honduras | 2.415 children per woman |
88 | South Africa | 2.414 children per woman |
89 | Dominican Republic | 2.378 children per woman |
90 | Peru | 2.354 children per woman |
91 | Suriname | 2.336 children per woman |
92 | Indonesia | 2.32 children per woman |
93 | Guam | 2.319 children per woman |
94 | India | 2.303 children per woman |
95 | Cape Verde | 2.289 children per woman |
96 | Venezuela | 2.283 children per woman |
97 | Reunion | 2.273 children per woman |
98 | Argentina | 2.268 children per woman |
99 | Seychelles | 2.257 children per woman |
100 | Uzbekistan | 2.244 children per woman |
101 | Libya | 2.208 children per woman |
102 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.187 children per woman |
103 | Myanmar | 2.183 children per woman |
104 | Nicaragua | 2.161 children per woman |
105 | Tunisia | 2.147 children per woman |
106 | New Caledonia | 2.142 children per woman |
107 | Mexico | 2.136 children per woman |
108 | Nepal | 2.083 children per woman |
109 | Grenada | 2.073 children per woman |
110 | Bangladesh | 2.067 children per woman |
111 | El Salvador | 2.053 children per woman |
112 | Azerbaijan | 2.036 children per woman |
113 | Antigua And Barbuda | 2.034 children per woman |
114 | Sri Lanka | 2.029 children per woman |
115 | Maldives | 2.025 children per woman |
116 | Turkey | 2.024 children per woman |
117 | CuraƧao | 2.018 children per woman |
118 | Bhutan | 2.015 children per woman |
119 | Malaysia | 2.01 children per woman |
120 | Bahrain | 1.998 children per woman |
121 | Jamaica | 1.991 children per woman |
122 | French Polynesia | 1.99 children per woman |
123 | Ireland | 1.98 children per woman |
124 | Uruguay | 1.979 children per woman |
125 | New Zealand | 1.974 children per woman |
126 | France | 1.973 children per woman |
127 | Georgia | 1.971 children per woman |
128 | Kuwait | 1.967 children per woman |
129 | Vietnam | 1.946 children per woman |
130 | Iceland | 1.921 children per woman |
131 | Guadeloupe | 1.92 children per woman |
132 | Sweden | 1.909 children per woman |
133 | Saint Vincent And The Grenadines | 1.902 children per woman |
134 | North Korea | 1.893 children per woman |
135 | United States | 1.886 children per woman |
137 | Qatar | 1.881 children per woman |
136 | Martinique | 1.881 children per woman |
138 | United Kingdom | 1.871 children per woman |
139 | Brunei | 1.848 children per woman |
140 | Australia | 1.832 children per woman |
142 | Norway | 1.827 children per woman |
141 | Colombia | 1.827 children per woman |
144 | Belgium | 1.799 children per woman |
143 | Barbados | 1.799 children per woman |
145 | Aruba | 1.796 children per woman |
146 | Finland | 1.782 children per woman |
147 | Chile | 1.765 children per woman |
148 | Costa Rica | 1.764 children per woman |
149 | Denmark | 1.762 children per woman |
150 | Bahamas | 1.755 children per woman |
151 | Russia | 1.751 children per woman |
152 | Netherlands | 1.75 children per woman |
153 | Trinidad And Tobago | 1.73 children per woman |
154 | United Arab Emirates | 1.725 children per woman |
155 | Cuba | 1.716 children per woman |
156 | Belarus | 1.706 children per woman |
158 | Brazil | 1.705 children per woman |
157 | Albania | 1.705 children per woman |
159 | Lebanon | 1.704 children per woman |
160 | Lithuania | 1.661 children per woman |
161 | Estonia | 1.659 children per woman |
162 | Montenegro | 1.657 children per woman |
163 | Slovenia | 1.638 children per woman |
164 | China | 1.635 children per woman |
165 | Iran | 1.621 children per woman |
166 | Serbia | 1.62 children per woman |
167 | Armenia | 1.601 children per woman |
168 | Luxembourg | 1.594 children per woman |
169 | Bulgaria | 1.584 children per woman |
170 | Latvia | 1.57 children per woman |
171 | Czech Republic | 1.566 children per woman |
172 | Canada | 1.563 children per woman |
173 | Ukraine | 1.557 children per woman |
174 | Switzerland | 1.549 children per woman |
175 | Macedonia | 1.546 children per woman |
176 | Romania | 1.54 children per woman |
177 | Austria | 1.511 children per woman |
178 | Italy | 1.491 children per woman |
179 | Japan | 1.478 children per woman |
180 | Malta | 1.475 children per woman |
182 | Puerto Rico | 1.47 children per woman |
181 | Germany | 1.47 children per woman |
183 | Slovakia | 1.462 children per woman |
184 | Thailand | 1.458 children per woman |
185 | Croatia | 1.446 children per woman |
186 | Saint Lucia | 1.444 children per woman |
187 | Mauritius | 1.433 children per woman |
188 | Hungary | 1.397 children per woman |
189 | Spain | 1.391 children per woman |
190 | Bosnia And Herzegovina | 1.386 children per woman |
191 | Macau | 1.347 children per woman |
192 | Cyprus | 1.337 children per woman |
193 | Hong Kong | 1.326 children per woman |
194 | South Korea | 1.323 children per woman |
195 | Greece | 1.302 children per woman |
196 | Poland | 1.29 children per woman |
197 | Singapore | 1.26 children per woman |
198 | Portugal | 1.241 children per woman |
199 | Moldova | 1.23 children per woman |
200 | Taiwan | 1.218 children per woman |