Total Fertility Rate by Country in 2000

-5 year -1 year2000+1 year +5 year

0.933

7.829

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data source: UN WPP

In the year 2000, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.75 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇳🇪Niger, with a rate of 7.83 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a total fertility rate of 7.64, and 🇦🇫Afghanistan with 7.57 children born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with only 0.93 births per woman. Followed by 🇻🇦Holy See with a total fertility rate of 1, and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 1.03 children born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility was Africa with a rate of 5.2 births per woman. Closely followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with a total fertility rate of 2.61, and Asia with 2.58 children born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.43 people. Closely followed by Western Africa with a total fertility rate of 6.04, and Eastern Africa with 5.99 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 6.06. While the lowest fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.69

Similar Population Metrics for 2000

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2000

Rank	Flag	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇳🇪	Niger	7.8286
2	🇸🇴	Somalia	7.6447
3	🇦🇫	Afghanistan	7.5661
4	🇹🇩	Chad	7.2487
5	🇲🇱	Mali	6.8865
6	🇧🇮	Burundi	6.8715
7	🇸🇸	South Sudan	6.8028
8	🇺🇬	Uganda	6.7876
9	🇨🇩	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.7018
10	🇪🇹	Ethiopia	6.6544
11	🇦🇴	Angola	6.6391
12	🇧🇫	Burkina Faso	6.5191
13	🇸🇱	Sierra Leone	6.3545
14	🇾🇪	Yemen	6.3174
15	🇳🇬	Nigeria	6.1244
16	🇲🇼	Malawi	6.0021
17	🇷🇼	Rwanda	5.9667
18	🇧🇯	Benin	5.9374
19	🇹🇱	Timor-Leste	5.934
20	🇿🇲	Zambia	5.9208
21	🇬🇳	Guinea	5.918
22	🇱🇷	Liberia	5.8748
23	🇨🇫	Central African Republic	5.8509
24	🇬🇶	Equatorial Guinea	5.8342
25	🇲🇿	Mozambique	5.8296
26	🇬🇼	Guinea-Bissau	5.7863
27	🇨🇮	Côte d'Ivoire	5.7735
28	🇬🇲	Gambia	5.7163
29	🇹🇿	United Republic of Tanzania	5.6697
30	🇲🇬	Madagascar	5.6645
31	🇸🇩	Sudan	5.5956
32	🇨🇲	Cameroon	5.5141
33	🇸🇳	Senegal	5.4978
34	🇵🇸	State of Palestine	5.4566
35	🇲🇷	Mauritania	5.4558
36	🇪🇷	Eritrea	5.3971
37	🇵🇰	Pakistan	5.3519
38	🇰🇲	Comoros	5.2265
39	🇹🇬	Togo	5.1652
40	🇸🇹	Sao Tome and Principe	5.1573
41	🇰🇪	Kenya	5.1355
42	🇾🇹	Mayotte	4.9643
43	🇮🇶	Iraq	4.9196
44	🇬🇭	Ghana	4.8268
45	🇸🇧	Solomon Islands	4.7569
46	🇨🇬	Congo	4.7242
47	🇲🇭	Marshall Islands	4.695
48	🇩🇯	Djibouti	4.6006
49	🇬🇹	Guatemala	4.5825
50	🇻🇺	Vanuatu	4.537
51	🇵🇬	Papua New Guinea	4.5247
52	🇼🇸	Samoa	4.523
53	🇬🇦	Gabon	4.4692
54	🇱🇦	Lao People's Democratic Republic	4.4286
55	🇭🇹	Haiti	4.3896
56	🇭🇳	Honduras	4.2893
57	🇫🇲	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	4.2168
58	🇸🇦	Saudi Arabia	4.2055
59	🇹🇴	Tonga	4.159
60	🇰🇮	Kiribati	4.0707
61	🇸🇾	Syrian Arab Republic	4.068
62	🇸🇿	Eswatini	4.0298
63	🇿🇼	Zimbabwe	4.0088
64	🇳🇦	Namibia	3.9913
65	🇧🇴	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.9906
66	🇳🇵	Nepal	3.9837
67	🇬🇫	French Guiana	3.9582
68	🇦🇸	American Samoa	3.8901
69	🇯🇴	Jordan	3.8639
70	🇴🇲	Oman	3.8523
71	🇹🇻	Tuvalu	3.8414
72	🇹🇰	Tokelau	3.8229
73	🇰🇭	Cambodia	3.7944
74	🇵🇭	Philippines	3.754
75	🇧🇿	Belize	3.6328
76	🇱🇸	Lesotho	3.6053
77	🇨🇻	Cabo Verde	3.5454
78	🇳🇷	Nauru	3.5426
79	🇵🇾	Paraguay	3.5079
80	🇪🇬	Egypt	3.505
81	🇹🇯	Tajikistan	3.49
82	🇪🇭	Western Sahara	3.4872
83	🇧🇹	Bhutan	3.3776
84	🇮🇳	India	3.3498
85	🇧🇼	Botswana	3.2943
86	🇧🇩	Bangladesh	3.2789
87	🇳🇮	Nicaragua	3.1196
88	🇨🇰	Cook Islands	3.1116
89	🇪🇨	Ecuador	3.1019
90	🇸🇻	El Salvador	3.0761
91	🇶🇦	Qatar	3.0729
92	🇬🇾	Guyana	3.0565
93	🇸🇷	Suriname	3.0464
94	🇫🇯	Fiji	2.9919
95	🇲🇾	Malaysia	2.9417
96	🇮🇱	Israel	2.9212
97	🇬🇺	Guam	2.9152
98	🇱🇾	Libya	2.9056
99	🇳🇺	Niue	2.9025
100	🇹🇲	Turkmenistan	2.9
101	🇰🇼	Kuwait	2.8871
102	🇲🇫	Saint Martin (French part)	2.8761
103	🇩🇴	Dominican Republic	2.8688
104	🇵🇪	Peru	2.8451
105	🇲🇲	Myanmar	2.8133
106	🇧🇭	Bahrain	2.7978
107	🇻🇪	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.7897
108	🇲🇦	Morocco	2.7744
109	🇵🇦	Panama	2.7439
110	🇦🇪	United Arab Emirates	2.7332
111	🇲🇽	Mexico	2.714
112	🇽🇰	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.698
113	🇺🇿	Uzbekistan	2.6961
114	🇲🇻	Maldives	2.6906
115	🇱🇧	Lebanon	2.6
116	🇵🇫	French Polynesia	2.5958
117	🇦🇷	Argentina	2.5906
118	🇩🇿	Algeria	2.5898
119	🇰🇬	Kyrgyzstan	2.5764
120	🇨🇴	Colombia	2.5737
121	🇫🇴	Faroe Islands	2.56
122	🇳🇨	New Caledonia	2.5089
123	🇮🇩	Indonesia	2.5033
124	🇷🇪	Réunion	2.4991
125	🇹🇷	Türkiye	2.4867
126	🇼🇫	Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.4507
127	🇬🇩	Grenada	2.441
128	🇿🇦	South Africa	2.4135
129	🇨🇷	Costa Rica	2.4127
130	🇹🇨	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.4055
131	🇧🇳	Brunei Darussalam	2.398
132	🇬🇱	Greenland	2.347
133	🇩🇲	Dominica	2.3464
134	🇯🇲	Jamaica	2.3446
135	🇨🇼	Curaçao	2.342
136	🇻🇮	United States Virgin Islands	2.3375
137	🇻🇨	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.3055
138	🇲🇳	Mongolia	2.2546
139	🇧🇷	Brazil	2.2472
140	🇬🇵	Guadeloupe	2.2206
141	🇦🇱	Albania	2.2169
142	🇱🇰	Sri Lanka	2.2131
143	🇱🇨	Saint Lucia	2.207
144	🇺🇾	Uruguay	2.1963
145	🇦🇬	Antigua and Barbuda	2.1961
146	🇬🇮	Gibraltar	2.1848
147	🇰🇳	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.1264
148	🇲🇨	Monaco	2.0824
149	🇮🇸	Iceland	2.0713
150	🇸🇨	Seychelles	2.0659
151	🇧🇸	Bahamas	2.0602
152	🇨🇱	Chile	2.0456
153	🇵🇷	Puerto Rico	2.0411
154	🇺🇸	United States of America	2.0301
155	🇻🇳	Viet Nam	2.0277
156	🇹🇳	Tunisia	2.0255
157	🇮🇷	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.9992
158	🇵🇲	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.9825
159	🇸🇽	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.9821
160	🇳🇿	New Zealand	1.9773
161	🇲🇺	Mauritius	1.9765
162	🇰🇵	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.9412
163	🇧🇧	Barbados	1.9331
164	🇲🇪	Montenegro	1.9028
165	🇰🇿	Kazakhstan	1.8981
166	🇲🇶	Martinique	1.8966
167	🇮🇪	Ireland	1.8927
168	🇦🇮	Anguilla	1.8768
169	🇫🇷	France	1.8757
170	🇮🇲	Isle of Man	1.8659
171	🇲🇰	North Macedonia	1.8629
172	🇧🇶	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.8603
173	🇳🇴	Norway	1.8539
174	🇦🇼	Aruba	1.8454
175	🇻🇬	British Virgin Islands	1.8394
176	🇵🇼	Palau	1.8185
177	🇩🇰	Denmark	1.7649
178	🇦🇺	Australia	1.7645
179	🇱🇺	Luxembourg	1.761
180	🇧🇲	Bermuda	1.7384
181	🇹🇭	Thailand	1.734
182	🇹🇹	Trinidad and Tobago	1.7323
183	🇫🇮	Finland	1.7256
184	🇳🇱	Netherlands	1.7211
185	🇰🇾	Cayman Islands	1.7065
186	🇦🇿	Azerbaijan	1.698
187	🇸🇭	Saint Helena	1.6804
188	🇲🇹	Malta	1.6715
189	🇧🇪	Belgium	1.6631
190	🇬🇧	United Kingdom	1.641
191	🇲🇵	Northern Mariana Islands	1.6404
192	🇨🇾	Cyprus	1.6378
193	🇨🇳	China	1.6281
194	🇬🇪	Georgia	1.6093
195	🇨🇺	Cuba	1.6077
196	🇱🇮	Liechtenstein	1.5735
197	🇸🇪	Sweden	1.5418
198	🇵🇹	Portugal	1.5378
199	🇨🇦	Canada	1.5105
200	🇯🇪	Jersey	1.5079
201	🇫🇰	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.5031
202	🇲🇩	Republic of Moldova	1.4963
203	🇧🇱	Saint Barthélemy	1.4905
204	🇨🇭	Switzerland	1.4859
205	🇹🇼	China, Taiwan Province of China	1.4718
206	🇦🇲	Armenia	1.4698
207	🇬🇬	Guernsey	1.4684
208	🇰🇷	Republic of Korea	1.4672
209	🇭🇷	Croatia	1.4227
210	🇸🇲	San Marino	1.4039
211	🇩🇪	Germany	1.3862
212	🇱🇹	Lithuania	1.3831
213	🇵🇱	Poland	1.3656
214	🇦🇹	Austria	1.3638
215	🇷🇸	Serbia	1.3525
216	🇪🇪	Estonia	1.3473
217	🇯🇵	Japan	1.346
218	🇸🇬	Singapore	1.3416
219	🇬🇷	Greece	1.3309
220	🇭🇺	Hungary	1.3196
221	🇷🇴	Romania	1.3032
222	🇸🇰	Slovakia	1.2934
223	🇧🇬	Bulgaria	1.2905
224	🇧🇦	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.2825
225	🇦🇩	Andorra	1.2732
226	🇧🇾	Belarus	1.272
227	🇸🇮	Slovenia	1.2533
228	🇮🇹	Italy	1.2491
229	🇱🇻	Latvia	1.2445
230	🇲🇸	Montserrat	1.2294
231	🇪🇸	Spain	1.2102
232	🇷🇺	Russian Federation	1.1898
233	🇨🇿	Czechia	1.1464
234	🇺🇦	Ukraine	1.1085
235	🇭🇰	China, Hong Kong SAR	1.0265
236	🇻🇦	Holy See	1
237	🇲🇴	China, Macao SAR	0.9328

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2000

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	5.2032
2	Latin America and the Caribbean	2.6085
3	Asia	2.5843
4	Oceania	2.4472
5	Americas	2.403
6	Northern America	1.9792
7	Europe	1.4098

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2000

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	6.4348
2	Western Africa	6.0379
3	Eastern Africa	5.9938
4	Melanesia	4.2686
5	Southern Asia	3.4959
6	Polynesia	3.4737
7	Western Asia	3.4127
8	Northern Africa	3.3954
9	Micronesia	3.1575
10	Central America	2.9486
11	South-Eastern Asia	2.592
12	Caribbean	2.5704
13	Central Asia	2.5655
14	Southern Africa	2.5547
15	South America	2.4783
16	Australia/New Zealand	1.8008
17	Northern Europe	1.6416
18	Western Europe	1.5964
19	Eastern Asia	1.5947
20	Southern Europe	1.3355
21	Eastern Europe	1.2181

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2000

Rank	Location	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	6.0647
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	3.9336
3	Lower-middle-income countries	3.602
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	2.9495
5	No income group available	2.7954
6	Middle-income countries	2.7284
7	Upper-middle-income countries	1.9495
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	1.8794
9	High-income countries	1.6877

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

Source data made available by UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024 under CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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