In the year 1972, the world had a total fertility rate of 4.54 (births per woman).
The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇾🇪Yemen, with a rate of 8.27 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇯🇴Jordan with a total fertility rate of 8.12, and 🇷🇼Rwanda with 8.09 children born per woman.
The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with only 1 births per woman. Followed by 🇫🇮Finland with a total fertility rate of 1.58, and 🇯🇪Jersey with 1.64 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 5.16, and Latin America and the Caribbean with 4.97 children born per woman.
When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 7.08 people. Closely followed by Western Africa with a total fertility rate of 6.78, and Middle Africa with 6.54 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 6.71. While the lowest fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 2.35
| Rank | Flag | Location | Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇾🇪 | Yemen | 8.2729 |
| 2 | 🇯🇴 | Jordan | 8.1175 |
| 3 | 🇷🇼 | Rwanda | 8.0893 |
| 4 | 🇱🇾 | Libya | 8.0733 |
| 5 | 🇲🇭 | Marshall Islands | 7.9947 |
| 6 | 🇨🇮 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.942 |
| 7 | 🇰🇪 | Kenya | 7.8938 |
| 8 | 🇩🇿 | Algeria | 7.6344 |
| 9 | 🇴🇲 | Oman | 7.5876 |
| 10 | 🇵🇸 | State of Palestine | 7.5856 |
| 11 | 🇸🇾 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7.5727 |
| 12 | 🇸🇦 | Saudi Arabia | 7.5393 |
| 13 | 🇳🇪 | Niger | 7.5233 |
| 14 | 🇦🇴 | Angola | 7.4879 |
| 15 | 🇦🇫 | Afghanistan | 7.4531 |
| 16 | 🇾🇹 | Mayotte | 7.4514 |
| 17 | 🇲🇻 | Maldives | 7.3739 |
| 18 | 🇲🇼 | Malawi | 7.3262 |
| 19 | 🇸🇸 | South Sudan | 7.311 |
| 20 | 🇿🇲 | Zambia | 7.3004 |
| 21 | 🇼🇫 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 7.2901 |
| 22 | 🇲🇳 | Mongolia | 7.2793 |
| 23 | 🇸🇳 | Senegal | 7.258 |
| 24 | 🇲🇱 | Mali | 7.2188 |
| 25 | 🇧🇮 | Burundi | 7.2101 |
| 26 | 🇺🇬 | Uganda | 7.1848 |
| 27 | 🇰🇲 | Comoros | 7.142 |
| 28 | 🇸🇴 | Somalia | 7.1179 |
| 29 | 🇼🇸 | Samoa | 7.0696 |
| 30 | 🇹🇬 | Togo | 7.0686 |
| 31 | 🇭🇳 | Honduras | 7.0582 |
| 32 | 🇹🇿 | United Republic of Tanzania | 7.0518 |
| 33 | 🇲🇬 | Madagascar | 7.0418 |
| 34 | 🇮🇶 | Iraq | 7.0238 |
| 35 | 🇸🇧 | Solomon Islands | 6.9915 |
| 36 | 🇸🇩 | Sudan | 6.9833 |
| 37 | 🇫🇲 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 6.961 |
| 38 | 🇿🇼 | Zimbabwe | 6.9423 |
| 39 | 🇬🇭 | Ghana | 6.9165 |
| 40 | 🇪🇹 | Ethiopia | 6.895 |
| 41 | 🇹🇯 | Tajikistan | 6.8935 |
| 42 | 🇨🇻 | Cabo Verde | 6.8868 |
| 43 | 🇩🇯 | Djibouti | 6.8511 |
| 44 | 🇹🇩 | Chad | 6.8504 |
| 45 | 🇧🇩 | Bangladesh | 6.816 |
| 46 | 🇵🇰 | Pakistan | 6.805 |
| 47 | 🇧🇯 | Benin | 6.7988 |
| 48 | 🇲🇵 | Northern Mariana Islands | 6.7758 |
| 49 | 🇸🇿 | Eswatini | 6.7223 |
| 50 | 🇧🇫 | Burkina Faso | 6.7191 |
| 51 | 🇲🇷 | Mauritania | 6.706 |
| 52 | 🇲🇿 | Mozambique | 6.701 |
| 53 | 🇳🇮 | Nicaragua | 6.6526 |
| 54 | 🇧🇹 | Bhutan | 6.6394 |
| 55 | 🇰🇼 | Kuwait | 6.6375 |
| 56 | 🇱🇷 | Liberia | 6.5989 |
| 57 | 🇳🇬 | Nigeria | 6.5791 |
| 58 | 🇧🇼 | Botswana | 6.5625 |
| 59 | 🇲🇦 | Morocco | 6.5454 |
| 60 | 🇪🇷 | Eritrea | 6.5382 |
| 61 | 🇳🇦 | Namibia | 6.533 |
| 62 | 🇬🇹 | Guatemala | 6.5111 |
| 63 | 🇸🇹 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.51 |
| 64 | 🇦🇪 | United Arab Emirates | 6.5025 |
| 65 | 🇸🇱 | Sierra Leone | 6.447 |
| 66 | 🇨🇬 | Congo | 6.4444 |
| 67 | 🇨🇩 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.3687 |
| 68 | 🇬🇲 | Gambia | 6.3663 |
| 69 | 🇨🇲 | Cameroon | 6.2932 |
| 70 | 🇪🇭 | Western Sahara | 6.2852 |
| 71 | 🇧🇿 | Belize | 6.2843 |
| 72 | 🇱🇦 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6.284 |
| 73 | 🇬🇳 | Guinea | 6.2832 |
| 74 | 🇲🇽 | Mexico | 6.2807 |
| 75 | 🇮🇷 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6.2568 |
| 76 | 🇺🇿 | Uzbekistan | 6.2458 |
| 77 | 🇻🇺 | Vanuatu | 6.2277 |
| 78 | 🇹🇲 | Turkmenistan | 6.2003 |
| 79 | 🇵🇬 | Papua New Guinea | 6.1967 |
| 80 | 🇹🇳 | Tunisia | 6.1868 |
| 81 | 🇧🇭 | Bahrain | 6.1394 |
| 82 | 🇻🇳 | Viet Nam | 6.0998 |
| 83 | 🇵🇪 | Peru | 6.0908 |
| 84 | 🇬🇼 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.0781 |
| 85 | 🇶🇦 | Qatar | 6.0734 |
| 86 | 🇸🇻 | El Salvador | 6.0315 |
| 87 | 🇨🇫 | Central African Republic | 5.9591 |
| 88 | 🇰🇭 | Cambodia | 5.9432 |
| 89 | 🇵🇭 | Philippines | 5.9371 |
| 90 | 🇪🇬 | Egypt | 5.929 |
| 91 | 🇵🇼 | Palau | 5.8956 |
| 92 | 🇧🇴 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5.885 |
| 93 | 🇪🇨 | Ecuador | 5.8732 |
| 94 | 🇹🇴 | Tonga | 5.8616 |
| 95 | 🇭🇹 | Haiti | 5.8494 |
| 96 | 🇩🇴 | Dominican Republic | 5.8406 |
| 97 | 🇲🇫 | Saint Martin (French part) | 5.8389 |
| 98 | 🇱🇨 | Saint Lucia | 5.813 |
| 99 | 🇬🇶 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.8047 |
| 100 | 🇳🇵 | Nepal | 5.8007 |
| 101 | 🇻🇨 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.7737 |
| 102 | 🇨🇰 | Cook Islands | 5.7238 |
| 103 | 🇳🇺 | Niue | 5.7086 |
| 104 | 🇱🇸 | Lesotho | 5.6936 |
| 105 | 🇹🇷 | Türkiye | 5.5484 |
| 106 | 🇲🇲 | Myanmar | 5.5272 |
| 107 | 🇦🇸 | American Samoa | 5.5186 |
| 108 | 🇧🇳 | Brunei Darussalam | 5.5001 |
| 109 | 🇹🇱 | Timor-Leste | 5.4916 |
| 110 | 🇿🇦 | South Africa | 5.4904 |
| 111 | 🇽🇰 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 5.4879 |
| 112 | 🇮🇳 | India | 5.4815 |
| 113 | 🇵🇾 | Paraguay | 5.4585 |
| 114 | 🇰🇮 | Kiribati | 5.374 |
| 115 | 🇮🇩 | Indonesia | 5.3152 |
| 116 | 🇵🇫 | French Polynesia | 5.2724 |
| 117 | 🇬🇦 | Gabon | 5.2366 |
| 118 | 🇸🇷 | Suriname | 5.1764 |
| 119 | 🇸🇨 | Seychelles | 5.1552 |
| 120 | 🇰🇬 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.1365 |
| 121 | 🇨🇳 | China | 5.112 |
| 122 | 🇹🇭 | Thailand | 5.0769 |
| 123 | 🇬🇾 | Guyana | 5.0769 |
| 124 | 🇯🇲 | Jamaica | 5.0599 |
| 125 | 🇳🇨 | New Caledonia | 5.0474 |
| 126 | 🇻🇪 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 5.0346 |
| 127 | 🇹🇨 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.0269 |
| 128 | 🇦🇱 | Albania | 4.9793 |
| 129 | 🇱🇧 | Lebanon | 4.9122 |
| 130 | 🇵🇦 | Panama | 4.9076 |
| 131 | 🇰🇾 | Cayman Islands | 4.8873 |
| 132 | 🇨🇴 | Colombia | 4.8571 |
| 133 | 🇦🇮 | Anguilla | 4.8292 |
| 134 | 🇲🇾 | Malaysia | 4.8216 |
| 135 | 🇹🇰 | Tokelau | 4.8037 |
| 136 | 🇻🇮 | United States Virgin Islands | 4.7798 |
| 137 | 🇧🇷 | Brazil | 4.7351 |
| 138 | 🇩🇲 | Dominica | 4.6709 |
| 139 | 🇦🇿 | Azerbaijan | 4.5929 |
| 140 | 🇬🇫 | French Guiana | 4.4201 |
| 141 | 🇳🇷 | Nauru | 4.3548 |
| 142 | 🇬🇵 | Guadeloupe | 4.3493 |
| 143 | 🇫🇯 | Fiji | 4.3156 |
| 144 | 🇲🇶 | Martinique | 4.1794 |
| 145 | 🇬🇩 | Grenada | 4.1755 |
| 146 | 🇰🇳 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.1607 |
| 147 | 🇨🇷 | Costa Rica | 4.1577 |
| 148 | 🇱🇰 | Sri Lanka | 4.1558 |
| 149 | 🇬🇺 | Guam | 4.0461 |
| 150 | 🇰🇷 | Republic of Korea | 4.0197 |
| 151 | 🇷🇪 | Réunion | 3.9217 |
| 152 | 🇰🇵 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 3.8885 |
| 153 | 🇧🇸 | Bahamas | 3.8863 |
| 154 | 🇮🇪 | Ireland | 3.8489 |
| 155 | 🇹🇻 | Tuvalu | 3.8065 |
| 156 | 🇮🇱 | Israel | 3.7982 |
| 157 | 🇸🇭 | Saint Helena | 3.6962 |
| 158 | 🇨🇺 | Cuba | 3.6119 |
| 159 | 🇰🇿 | Kazakhstan | 3.5532 |
| 160 | 🇹🇹 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.5514 |
| 161 | 🇻🇬 | British Virgin Islands | 3.5425 |
| 162 | 🇨🇱 | Chile | 3.5304 |
| 163 | 🇲🇸 | Montserrat | 3.495 |
| 164 | 🇹🇼 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 3.4361 |
| 165 | 🇲🇺 | Mauritius | 3.4067 |
| 166 | 🇦🇬 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.2871 |
| 167 | 🇭🇰 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 3.2538 |
| 168 | 🇫🇴 | Faroe Islands | 3.2522 |
| 169 | 🇸🇽 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 3.2342 |
| 170 | 🇦🇲 | Armenia | 3.1984 |
| 171 | 🇧🇧 | Barbados | 3.1526 |
| 172 | 🇦🇷 | Argentina | 3.1349 |
| 173 | 🇵🇲 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 3.1152 |
| 174 | 🇮🇸 | Iceland | 3.0847 |
| 175 | 🇸🇬 | Singapore | 3.0314 |
| 176 | 🇬🇱 | Greenland | 3.0117 |
| 177 | 🇵🇷 | Puerto Rico | 3.0065 |
| 178 | 🇳🇿 | New Zealand | 2.9978 |
| 179 | 🇨🇼 | Curaçao | 2.9917 |
| 180 | 🇨🇾 | Cyprus | 2.9882 |
| 181 | 🇧🇶 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 2.9619 |
| 182 | 🇫🇰 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 2.9162 |
| 183 | 🇦🇩 | Andorra | 2.9051 |
| 184 | 🇪🇸 | Spain | 2.8692 |
| 185 | 🇲🇰 | North Macedonia | 2.8648 |
| 186 | 🇵🇹 | Portugal | 2.857 |
| 187 | 🇬🇮 | Gibraltar | 2.788 |
| 188 | 🇺🇾 | Uruguay | 2.7821 |
| 189 | 🇦🇼 | Aruba | 2.7546 |
| 190 | 🇦🇺 | Australia | 2.7419 |
| 191 | 🇬🇪 | Georgia | 2.674 |
| 192 | 🇧🇦 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.6725 |
| 193 | 🇲🇪 | Montenegro | 2.6107 |
| 194 | 🇲🇩 | Republic of Moldova | 2.5636 |
| 195 | 🇸🇰 | Slovakia | 2.4834 |
| 196 | 🇷🇴 | Romania | 2.4788 |
| 197 | 🇮🇲 | Isle of Man | 2.4542 |
| 198 | 🇲🇨 | Monaco | 2.4395 |
| 199 | 🇫🇷 | France | 2.4268 |
| 200 | 🇳🇴 | Norway | 2.3897 |
| 201 | 🇬🇷 | Greece | 2.3882 |
| 202 | 🇮🇹 | Italy | 2.3509 |
| 203 | 🇱🇹 | Lithuania | 2.3458 |
| 204 | 🇸🇲 | San Marino | 2.2862 |
| 205 | 🇧🇾 | Belarus | 2.2802 |
| 206 | 🇵🇱 | Poland | 2.2384 |
| 207 | 🇧🇲 | Bermuda | 2.2255 |
| 208 | 🇬🇧 | United Kingdom | 2.1824 |
| 209 | 🇸🇮 | Slovenia | 2.1657 |
| 210 | 🇪🇪 | Estonia | 2.1542 |
| 211 | 🇳🇱 | Netherlands | 2.1523 |
| 212 | 🇺🇦 | Ukraine | 2.1275 |
| 213 | 🇯🇵 | Japan | 2.1138 |
| 214 | 🇨🇿 | Czechia | 2.0916 |
| 215 | 🇧🇪 | Belgium | 2.091 |
| 216 | 🇦🇹 | Austria | 2.0772 |
| 217 | 🇷🇺 | Russian Federation | 2.0682 |
| 218 | 🇺🇸 | United States of America | 2.0565 |
| 219 | 🇧🇬 | Bulgaria | 2.037 |
| 220 | 🇲🇹 | Malta | 2.0321 |
| 221 | 🇩🇰 | Denmark | 2.0261 |
| 222 | 🇱🇻 | Latvia | 2.009 |
| 223 | 🇭🇷 | Croatia | 2.0069 |
| 224 | 🇱🇮 | Liechtenstein | 1.9832 |
| 225 | 🇧🇱 | Saint Barthélemy | 1.9593 |
| 226 | 🇷🇸 | Serbia | 1.9517 |
| 227 | 🇬🇬 | Guernsey | 1.9422 |
| 228 | 🇲🇴 | China, Macao SAR | 1.9404 |
| 229 | 🇨🇦 | Canada | 1.9375 |
| 230 | 🇭🇺 | Hungary | 1.9311 |
| 231 | 🇨🇭 | Switzerland | 1.913 |
| 232 | 🇸🇪 | Sweden | 1.9098 |
| 233 | 🇱🇺 | Luxembourg | 1.7474 |
| 234 | 🇩🇪 | Germany | 1.7261 |
| 235 | 🇯🇪 | Jersey | 1.6361 |
| 236 | 🇫🇮 | Finland | 1.5754 |
| 237 | 🇻🇦 | Holy See | 1 |
| Rank | Location | Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Africa | 6.6929 |
| 2 | Asia | 5.164 |
| 3 | Latin America and the Caribbean | 4.9696 |
| 4 | Americas | 3.655 |
| 5 | Oceania | 3.4229 |
| 6 | Europe | 2.2126 |
| 7 | Northern America | 2.0452 |
| Rank | Location | Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eastern Africa | 7.0828 |
| 2 | Western Africa | 6.7807 |
| 3 | Middle Africa | 6.5362 |
| 4 | Northern Africa | 6.5159 |
| 5 | Central America | 6.2357 |
| 6 | Polynesia | 6.0009 |
| 7 | Melanesia | 5.9197 |
| 8 | Western Asia | 5.8269 |
| 9 | Southern Asia | 5.7496 |
| 10 | Southern Africa | 5.5792 |
| 11 | Micronesia | 5.4984 |
| 12 | South-Eastern Asia | 5.4369 |
| 13 | Central Asia | 5.0477 |
| 14 | South America | 4.6174 |
| 15 | Eastern Asia | 4.6172 |
| 16 | Caribbean | 4.4194 |
| 17 | Australia/New Zealand | 2.7872 |
| 18 | Southern Europe | 2.573 |
| 19 | Northern Europe | 2.172 |
| 20 | Eastern Europe | 2.1442 |
| 21 | Western Europe | 2.0282 |
| Rank | Location | Total Fertility Rate (births per woman) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Low-income countries | 6.7115 |
| 2 | Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries | 5.891 |
| 3 | Lower-middle-income countries | 5.7595 |
| 4 | Low-and-middle-income countries | 5.2615 |
| 5 | Middle-income countries | 5.1634 |
| 6 | No income group available | 5.0403 |
| 7 | Upper-middle-income countries | 4.7249 |
| 8 | High-and-upper-middle-income countries | 3.8136 |
| 9 | High-income countries | 2.3477 |
Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.
Data Published: 2024-07-11Source data made available by UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024 under CC BY 3.0 IGO.
database.earth has not verified data entry and collection processes in person. We take all open data provided by this source at face value.
This data is the foundation for most content and visualization found on this page. If you find errors in the representation of the data, please contact us and we will correct it.
All data from sources are archived for future reference.