In the year 1966, the world had a total fertility rate of 4.96 (births per woman).
The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇷🇼Rwanda, with a rate of 8.23 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇲🇭Marshall Islands with a total fertility rate of 8.2, and 🇾🇪Yemen with 8.14 children born per woman.
The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 1 births per woman. Followed by 🇯🇵Japan with a total fertility rate of 1.63, and 🇱🇻Latvia with 1.79 children born per woman.
The geographic region with the highest total fertility was Africa with a rate of 6.69 births per woman. Closely followed by Asia with a total fertility rate of 5.77, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 5.58 children born per woman.
When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 7.01 people. Closely followed by Northern Africa with a total fertility rate of 6.79, and Central America with 6.75 children born per woman.
If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-income countries had the highest total fertility rate of 6.57. While the lowest fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 2.68
| Rank | Flag | Location | Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇷🇼 | Rwanda | 8.2302 |
| 2 | 🇲🇭 | Marshall Islands | 8.1986 |
| 3 | 🇾🇪 | Yemen | 8.142 |
| 4 | 🇯🇴 | Jordan | 7.9918 |
| 5 | 🇰🇪 | Kenya | 7.9554 |
| 6 | 🇱🇾 | Libya | 7.8906 |
| 7 | 🇨🇮 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.8682 |
| 8 | 🇵🇸 | State of Palestine | 7.7533 |
| 9 | 🇩🇿 | Algeria | 7.7096 |
| 10 | 🇸🇦 | Saudi Arabia | 7.655 |
| 11 | 🇼🇸 | Samoa | 7.5962 |
| 12 | 🇸🇾 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.5521 |
| 13 | 🇳🇪 | Niger | 7.4813 |
| 14 | 🇴🇲 | Oman | 7.4123 |
| 15 | 🇭🇳 | Honduras | 7.4101 |
| 16 | 🇲🇳 | Mongolia | 7.4089 |
| 17 | 🇰🇼 | Kuwait | 7.3396 |
| 18 | 🇦🇫 | Afghanistan | 7.3203 |
| 19 | 🇸🇴 | Somalia | 7.2574 |
| 20 | 🇸🇸 | South Sudan | 7.2535 |
| 21 | 🇸🇳 | Senegal | 7.2167 |
| 22 | 🇮🇷 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 7.2136 |
| 23 | 🇿🇼 | Zimbabwe | 7.1957 |
| 24 | 🇦🇴 | Angola | 7.1942 |
| 25 | 🇼🇫 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 7.1836 |
| 26 | 🇲🇼 | Malawi | 7.1738 |
| 27 | 🇲🇬 | Madagascar | 7.1563 |
| 28 | 🇲🇻 | Maldives | 7.1453 |
| 29 | 🇿🇲 | Zambia | 7.1379 |
| 30 | 🇾🇹 | Mayotte | 7.1377 |
| 31 | 🇧🇮 | Burundi | 7.1349 |
| 32 | 🇲🇱 | Mali | 7.1105 |
| 33 | 🇺🇬 | Uganda | 7.0661 |
| 34 | 🇹🇳 | Tunisia | 7.0554 |
| 35 | 🇮🇶 | Iraq | 7.0218 |
| 36 | 🇰🇲 | Comoros | 7.0009 |
| 37 | 🇸🇧 | Solomon Islands | 6.9973 |
| 38 | 🇨🇻 | Cabo Verde | 6.9904 |
| 39 | 🇳🇮 | Nicaragua | 6.9903 |
| 40 | 🇹🇬 | Togo | 6.9561 |
| 41 | 🇩🇴 | Dominican Republic | 6.9493 |
| 42 | 🇨🇰 | Cook Islands | 6.946 |
| 43 | 🇧🇭 | Bahrain | 6.944 |
| 44 | 🇵🇼 | Palau | 6.9324 |
| 45 | 🇲🇦 | Morocco | 6.889 |
| 46 | 🇸🇩 | Sudan | 6.879 |
| 47 | 🇩🇯 | Djibouti | 6.8748 |
| 48 | 🇬🇭 | Ghana | 6.8622 |
| 49 | 🇹🇯 | Tajikistan | 6.8152 |
| 50 | 🇹🇿 | United Republic of Tanzania | 6.8039 |
| 51 | 🇬🇹 | Guatemala | 6.802 |
| 52 | 🇸🇿 | Eswatini | 6.8015 |
| 53 | 🇵🇰 | Pakistan | 6.8 |
| 54 | 🇲🇽 | Mexico | 6.7904 |
| 55 | 🇫🇲 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 6.781 |
| 56 | 🇧🇩 | Bangladesh | 6.7657 |
| 57 | 🇳🇺 | Niue | 6.7587 |
| 58 | 🇹🇲 | Turkmenistan | 6.7028 |
| 59 | 🇵🇭 | Philippines | 6.6915 |
| 60 | 🇵🇪 | Peru | 6.68 |
| 61 | 🇧🇹 | Bhutan | 6.6741 |
| 62 | 🇪🇹 | Ethiopia | 6.6606 |
| 63 | 🇺🇿 | Uzbekistan | 6.6599 |
| 64 | 🇻🇨 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6.6388 |
| 65 | 🇱🇷 | Liberia | 6.6279 |
| 66 | 🇧🇯 | Benin | 6.6249 |
| 67 | 🇦🇸 | American Samoa | 6.618 |
| 68 | 🇱🇨 | Saint Lucia | 6.6071 |
| 69 | 🇧🇼 | Botswana | 6.6064 |
| 70 | 🇲🇿 | Mozambique | 6.5767 |
| 71 | 🇸🇻 | El Salvador | 6.5655 |
| 72 | 🇧🇫 | Burkina Faso | 6.5267 |
| 73 | 🇪🇭 | Western Sahara | 6.5262 |
| 74 | 🇶🇦 | Qatar | 6.5209 |
| 75 | 🇲🇷 | Mauritania | 6.5164 |
| 76 | 🇧🇳 | Brunei Darussalam | 6.5142 |
| 77 | 🇻🇺 | Vanuatu | 6.5114 |
| 78 | 🇪🇨 | Ecuador | 6.5067 |
| 79 | 🇪🇷 | Eritrea | 6.4966 |
| 80 | 🇦🇪 | United Arab Emirates | 6.4947 |
| 81 | 🇳🇦 | Namibia | 6.4716 |
| 82 | 🇳🇬 | Nigeria | 6.3855 |
| 83 | 🇧🇿 | Belize | 6.3793 |
| 84 | 🇸🇹 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.3711 |
| 85 | 🇹🇩 | Chad | 6.3618 |
| 86 | 🇹🇴 | Tonga | 6.3486 |
| 87 | 🇦🇮 | Anguilla | 6.3455 |
| 88 | 🇸🇱 | Sierra Leone | 6.345 |
| 89 | 🇲🇫 | Saint Martin (French part) | 6.3232 |
| 90 | 🇪🇬 | Egypt | 6.3083 |
| 91 | 🇨🇳 | China | 6.307 |
| 92 | 🇱🇦 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6.3068 |
| 93 | 🇨🇬 | Congo | 6.2668 |
| 94 | 🇨🇩 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.2417 |
| 95 | 🇰🇭 | Cambodia | 6.2368 |
| 96 | 🇵🇬 | Papua New Guinea | 6.2322 |
| 97 | 🇵🇾 | Paraguay | 6.2306 |
| 98 | 🇰🇮 | Kiribati | 6.2247 |
| 99 | 🇸🇷 | Suriname | 6.198 |
| 100 | 🇬🇳 | Guinea | 6.1902 |
| 101 | 🇬🇲 | Gambia | 6.1831 |
| 102 | 🇹🇭 | Thailand | 6.1818 |
| 103 | 🇨🇴 | Colombia | 6.1587 |
| 104 | 🇧🇴 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6.1582 |
| 105 | 🇹🇷 | Türkiye | 6.1522 |
| 106 | 🇸🇨 | Seychelles | 6.1263 |
| 107 | 🇭🇹 | Haiti | 6.0932 |
| 108 | 🇨🇫 | Central African Republic | 6.0567 |
| 109 | 🇬🇱 | Greenland | 6.0308 |
| 110 | 🇬🇾 | Guyana | 6.0207 |
| 111 | 🇬🇼 | Guinea-Bissau | 5.9816 |
| 112 | 🇵🇫 | French Polynesia | 5.9814 |
| 113 | 🇳🇵 | Nepal | 5.9799 |
| 114 | 🇷🇪 | Réunion | 5.979 |
| 115 | 🇻🇳 | Viet Nam | 5.9683 |
| 116 | 🇽🇰 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 5.947 |
| 117 | 🇹🇱 | Timor-Leste | 5.9319 |
| 118 | 🇿🇦 | South Africa | 5.9074 |
| 119 | 🇮🇳 | India | 5.8806 |
| 120 | 🇲🇲 | Myanmar | 5.8759 |
| 121 | 🇻🇪 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 5.8695 |
| 122 | 🇩🇲 | Dominica | 5.8558 |
| 123 | 🇨🇲 | Cameroon | 5.8545 |
| 124 | 🇰🇳 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.783 |
| 125 | 🇱🇸 | Lesotho | 5.7563 |
| 126 | 🇬🇶 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.7559 |
| 127 | 🇨🇷 | Costa Rica | 5.6972 |
| 128 | 🇯🇲 | Jamaica | 5.6923 |
| 129 | 🇱🇧 | Lebanon | 5.6775 |
| 130 | 🇦🇿 | Azerbaijan | 5.663 |
| 131 | 🇵🇦 | Panama | 5.6491 |
| 132 | 🇲🇾 | Malaysia | 5.6351 |
| 133 | 🇮🇩 | Indonesia | 5.5932 |
| 134 | 🇲🇵 | Northern Mariana Islands | 5.5892 |
| 135 | 🇬🇵 | Guadeloupe | 5.5809 |
| 136 | 🇫🇯 | Fiji | 5.5456 |
| 137 | 🇧🇷 | Brazil | 5.5162 |
| 138 | 🇹🇰 | Tokelau | 5.4615 |
| 139 | 🇲🇺 | Mauritius | 5.4599 |
| 140 | 🇹🇨 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.4352 |
| 141 | 🇳🇷 | Nauru | 5.4122 |
| 142 | 🇲🇶 | Martinique | 5.3792 |
| 143 | 🇦🇱 | Albania | 5.3252 |
| 144 | 🇰🇬 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.3215 |
| 145 | 🇬🇩 | Grenada | 5.3001 |
| 146 | 🇳🇨 | New Caledonia | 5.2479 |
| 147 | 🇬🇺 | Guam | 5.072 |
| 148 | 🇬🇫 | French Guiana | 5.043 |
| 149 | 🇻🇮 | United States Virgin Islands | 4.9928 |
| 150 | 🇸🇭 | Saint Helena | 4.9431 |
| 151 | 🇬🇦 | Gabon | 4.8612 |
| 152 | 🇱🇰 | Sri Lanka | 4.8283 |
| 153 | 🇧🇸 | Bahamas | 4.7877 |
| 154 | 🇰🇷 | Republic of Korea | 4.782 |
| 155 | 🇹🇼 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 4.7781 |
| 156 | 🇹🇻 | Tuvalu | 4.6375 |
| 157 | 🇹🇹 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4.6197 |
| 158 | 🇵🇲 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4.5057 |
| 159 | 🇭🇰 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 4.464 |
| 160 | 🇸🇬 | Singapore | 4.4518 |
| 161 | 🇨🇺 | Cuba | 4.3979 |
| 162 | 🇦🇬 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.3224 |
| 163 | 🇨🇼 | Curaçao | 4.2653 |
| 164 | 🇨🇱 | Chile | 4.2586 |
| 165 | 🇲🇸 | Montserrat | 4.1607 |
| 166 | 🇧🇶 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 4.1555 |
| 167 | 🇧🇧 | Barbados | 4.1439 |
| 168 | 🇸🇽 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 4.0836 |
| 169 | 🇰🇾 | Cayman Islands | 4.0777 |
| 170 | 🇫🇴 | Faroe Islands | 4.0443 |
| 171 | 🇻🇬 | British Virgin Islands | 3.965 |
| 172 | 🇮🇱 | Israel | 3.9602 |
| 173 | 🇮🇪 | Ireland | 3.9422 |
| 174 | 🇦🇲 | Armenia | 3.8291 |
| 175 | 🇰🇿 | Kazakhstan | 3.8192 |
| 176 | 🇰🇵 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 3.7093 |
| 177 | 🇵🇷 | Puerto Rico | 3.7064 |
| 178 | 🇦🇼 | Aruba | 3.6212 |
| 179 | 🇬🇮 | Gibraltar | 3.6037 |
| 180 | 🇮🇸 | Iceland | 3.5784 |
| 181 | 🇲🇰 | North Macedonia | 3.4317 |
| 182 | 🇳🇿 | New Zealand | 3.4204 |
| 183 | 🇨🇾 | Cyprus | 3.3955 |
| 184 | 🇧🇦 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3.3939 |
| 185 | 🇲🇴 | China, Macao SAR | 3.3168 |
| 186 | 🇵🇹 | Portugal | 3.1644 |
| 187 | 🇲🇪 | Montenegro | 3.093 |
| 188 | 🇫🇰 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 2.9732 |
| 189 | 🇦🇷 | Argentina | 2.9664 |
| 190 | 🇪🇸 | Spain | 2.913 |
| 191 | 🇳🇱 | Netherlands | 2.8955 |
| 192 | 🇳🇴 | Norway | 2.8908 |
| 193 | 🇦🇺 | Australia | 2.8834 |
| 194 | 🇺🇾 | Uruguay | 2.8186 |
| 195 | 🇧🇲 | Bermuda | 2.7942 |
| 196 | 🇫🇷 | France | 2.7814 |
| 197 | 🇱🇮 | Liechtenstein | 2.7788 |
| 198 | 🇬🇧 | United Kingdom | 2.7767 |
| 199 | 🇺🇸 | United States of America | 2.7688 |
| 200 | 🇦🇩 | Andorra | 2.7585 |
| 201 | 🇨🇦 | Canada | 2.7517 |
| 202 | 🇬🇪 | Georgia | 2.7284 |
| 203 | 🇦🇹 | Austria | 2.672 |
| 204 | 🇸🇰 | Slovakia | 2.6606 |
| 205 | 🇲🇩 | Republic of Moldova | 2.6506 |
| 206 | 🇲🇨 | Monaco | 2.6248 |
| 207 | 🇩🇰 | Denmark | 2.6071 |
| 208 | 🇮🇹 | Italy | 2.588 |
| 209 | 🇯🇪 | Jersey | 2.5705 |
| 210 | 🇧🇪 | Belgium | 2.5186 |
| 211 | 🇩🇪 | Germany | 2.5031 |
| 212 | 🇨🇭 | Switzerland | 2.5001 |
| 213 | 🇸🇮 | Slovenia | 2.4751 |
| 214 | 🇮🇲 | Isle of Man | 2.4617 |
| 215 | 🇵🇱 | Poland | 2.4467 |
| 216 | 🇫🇮 | Finland | 2.4037 |
| 217 | 🇬🇷 | Greece | 2.3953 |
| 218 | 🇧🇱 | Saint Barthélemy | 2.3645 |
| 219 | 🇸🇪 | Sweden | 2.3555 |
| 220 | 🇱🇺 | Luxembourg | 2.3451 |
| 221 | 🇸🇲 | San Marino | 2.3259 |
| 222 | 🇲🇹 | Malta | 2.2841 |
| 223 | 🇧🇾 | Belarus | 2.2729 |
| 224 | 🇱🇹 | Lithuania | 2.2647 |
| 225 | 🇭🇷 | Croatia | 2.2274 |
| 226 | 🇬🇬 | Guernsey | 2.2255 |
| 227 | 🇷🇺 | Russian Federation | 2.1055 |
| 228 | 🇷🇸 | Serbia | 2.0409 |
| 229 | 🇺🇦 | Ukraine | 2.0371 |
| 230 | 🇨🇿 | Czechia | 2.0312 |
| 231 | 🇧🇬 | Bulgaria | 2.0242 |
| 232 | 🇭🇺 | Hungary | 1.8901 |
| 233 | 🇪🇪 | Estonia | 1.8842 |
| 234 | 🇷🇴 | Romania | 1.8737 |
| 235 | 🇱🇻 | Latvia | 1.7864 |
| 236 | 🇯🇵 | Japan | 1.6321 |
| 237 | 🇻🇦 | Holy See | 1 |
| Rank | Location | Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Africa | 6.6867 |
| 2 | Asia | 5.7737 |
| 3 | Latin America and the Caribbean | 5.5802 |
| 4 | Americas | 4.2948 |
| 5 | Oceania | 3.6589 |
| 6 | Northern America | 2.7681 |
| 7 | Europe | 2.4203 |
| Rank | Location | Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Africa | 7.0079 |
| 2 | Northern Africa | 6.7898 |
| 3 | Central America | 6.7518 |
| 4 | Polynesia | 6.6703 |
| 5 | Western Africa | 6.6297 |
| 6 | Middle Africa | 6.3217 |
| 7 | Western Asia | 6.1789 |
| 8 | Melanesia | 6.1587 |
| 9 | Southern Asia | 6.0807 |
| 10 | Micronesia | 6.0781 |
| 11 | Southern Africa | 5.9522 |
| 12 | South-Eastern Asia | 5.8743 |
| 13 | Eastern Asia | 5.489 |
| 14 | Central Asia | 5.3549 |
| 15 | South America | 5.2519 |
| 16 | Caribbean | 5.1484 |
| 17 | Australia/New Zealand | 2.9824 |
| 18 | Southern Europe | 2.7416 |
| 19 | Northern Europe | 2.6766 |
| 20 | Western Europe | 2.6012 |
| 21 | Eastern Europe | 2.1347 |
| Rank | Location | Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low-income countries | 6.567 |
| 2 | Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries | 6.0658 |
| 3 | Lower-middle-income countries | 5.9906 |
| 4 | No income group available | 5.8713 |
| 5 | Low-and-middle-income countries | 5.7566 |
| 6 | Middle-income countries | 5.703 |
| 7 | Upper-middle-income countries | 5.4804 |
| 8 | High-and-upper-middle-income countries | 4.3646 |
| 9 | High-income countries | 2.6784 |
Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.
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