Total Fertility Rate by Country in 2008

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In the year 2008, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.6131 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 7.539 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a fertility rate of 7.3874 births per woman, and 🇹🇩Chad with 7.0634 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with 0.9467 births per woman. Followed by 🇻🇦Holy See with a fertility rate of 0.9994 births per woman, and 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China with 1.0492 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 4.9344 births per woman. Closely followed by Oceania with a fertility rate of 2.5887 births per woman, and Asia with 2.3539 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.2333 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 5.8052 births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 5.3857 child born per woman.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-income countries has the highest total fertility rate of 5.525 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.7532.

Similar Population Metrics for 2008

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2008

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇳🇪Niger	7.539
2	🇸🇴Somalia	7.3874
3	🇹🇩Chad	7.0634
4	🇲🇱Mali	6.6421
5	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.5785
6	🇧🇮Burundi	6.5149
7	🇦🇫Afghanistan	6.3762
8	🇦🇴Angola	6.3195
9	🇺🇬Uganda	6.2513
10	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.078
11	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.0501
12	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.9144
13	🇬🇲Gambia	5.7081
14	🇲🇼Malawi	5.6045
15	🇲🇿Mozambique	5.5789
16	🇪🇹Ethiopia	5.5712
17	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	5.5629
18	🇬🇳Guinea	5.5583
19	🇸🇸South Sudan	5.5522
20	🇿🇲Zambia	5.5367
21	🇧🇯Benin	5.4829
22	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	5.4249
23	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.3626
24	🇱🇷Liberia	5.3281
25	🇨🇲Cameroon	5.2775
26	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	5.2735
27	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	5.2248
28	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	5.221
29	🇲🇷Mauritania	5.1533
30	🇾🇪Yemen	5.1288
31	🇸🇩Sudan	5.0743
32	🇹🇬Togo	5.0523
33	🇸🇳Senegal	5.0509
34	🇲🇬Madagascar	4.9326
35	🇷🇼Rwanda	4.9011
36	🇰🇲Comoros	4.8264
37	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	4.8249
38	🇪🇷Eritrea	4.7371
39	🇨🇬Congo	4.733
40	🇰🇪Kenya	4.6456
41	🇾🇹Mayotte	4.5389
42	🇵🇸State of Palestine	4.4972
43	🇼🇸Samoa	4.469
44	🇵🇰Pakistan	4.432
45	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	4.411
46	🇮🇶Iraq	4.3422
47	🇬🇭Ghana	4.2497
48	🇻🇺Vanuatu	4.1385
49	🇬🇦Gabon	4.118
50	🇹🇴Tonga	4.0265
51	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	4.0146
52	🇰🇮Kiribati	3.9054
53	🇯🇴Jordan	3.892
54	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	3.8618
55	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	3.7739
56	🇳🇷Nauru	3.7218
57	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.6273
58	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	3.6132
59	🇩🇯Djibouti	3.5885
60	🇳🇦Namibia	3.5867
61	🇬🇹Guatemala	3.5708
62	🇭🇹Haiti	3.5672
63	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.5493
64	🇸🇿Eswatini	3.5361
65	🇦🇸American Samoa	3.5036
66	🇱🇸Lesotho	3.4081
67	🇵🇭Philippines	3.4041
68	🇹🇰Tokelau	3.3987
69	🇹🇯Tajikistan	3.3881
70	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.3746
71	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.3645
72	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.3449
73	🇭🇳Honduras	3.1771
74	🇪🇬Egypt	3.101
75	🇧🇼Botswana	3.0658
76	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	3.0573
77	🇬🇺Guam	3.0205
78	🇪🇭Western Sahara	3.0142
79	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	2.9775
80	🇰🇭Cambodia	2.9691
81	🇮🇱Israel	2.9588
82	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	2.8726
83	🇳🇺Niue	2.8659
84	🇫🇯Fiji	2.8589
85	🇵🇾Paraguay	2.8463
86	🇴🇲Oman	2.8055
87	🇧🇿Belize	2.7989
88	🇩🇿Algeria	2.7532
89	🇳🇵Nepal	2.7188
90	🇮🇳India	2.7184
91	🇬🇾Guyana	2.7175
92	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	2.7123
93	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	2.6872
94	🇨🇰Cook Islands	2.6805
95	🇿🇦South Africa	2.6787
96	🇪🇨Ecuador	2.6746
97	🇸🇷Suriname	2.6586
98	🇳🇮Nicaragua	2.6571
99	🇵🇦Panama	2.631
100	🇵🇪Peru	2.6277
101	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	2.6258
102	🇱🇾Libya	2.5986
103	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	2.5852
104	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	2.5757
105	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.5716
106	🇲🇦Morocco	2.5492
107	🇧🇩Bangladesh	2.5348
108	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	2.533
109	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.5305
110	🇧🇹Bhutan	2.4964
111	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	2.4811
112	🇮🇩Indonesia	2.479
113	🇷🇪Réunion	2.4655
114	🇲🇳Mongolia	2.446
115	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.4436
116	🇲🇲Myanmar	2.4282
117	🇰🇼Kuwait	2.4218
118	🇲🇽Mexico	2.3907
119	🇲🇻Maldives	2.3589
120	🇦🇷Argentina	2.3411
121	🇸🇨Seychelles	2.3225
122	🇸🇻El Salvador	2.2913
123	🇬🇩Grenada	2.2815
124	🇬🇱Greenland	2.2802
125	🇶🇦Qatar	2.2757
126	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	2.2753
127	🇲🇾Malaysia	2.2438
128	🇲🇨Monaco	2.2005
129	🇨🇼Curaçao	2.1969
130	🇵🇫French Polynesia	2.1929
131	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.1879
132	🇳🇿New Zealand	2.1854
133	🇳🇨New Caledonia	2.1849
134	🇹🇷Türkiye	2.1778
135	🇧🇭Bahrain	2.1715
136	🇮🇸Iceland	2.1549
137	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.1367
138	🇱🇧Lebanon	2.0812
139	🇨🇴Colombia	2.0812
140	🇺🇸United States of America	2.0683
141	🇮🇲Isle of Man	2.0662
142	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	2.057
143	🇮🇪Ireland	2.057
144	🇲🇶Martinique	2.0557
145	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	2.0415
146	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.0302
147	🇩🇲Dominica	2.0269
148	🇨🇷Costa Rica	2.021
149	🇦🇺Australia	2.0168
150	🇹🇳Tunisia	2.0106
151	🇵🇼Palau	2.0043
152	🇧🇸Bahamas	1.9902
153	🇫🇷France	1.9873
154	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.9772
155	🇳🇴Norway	1.9551
156	🇦🇼Aruba	1.9352
157	🇻🇳Viet Nam	1.9203
158	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1.9177
159	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1.9168
160	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.9044
161	🇸🇪Sweden	1.9024
162	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.8909
163	🇯🇲Jamaica	1.8902
164	🇩🇰Denmark	1.8811
165	🇧🇪Belgium	1.8508
166	🇨🇱Chile	1.8495
167	🇫🇮Finland	1.8454
168	🇧🇷Brazil	1.8416
169	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.8334
170	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.8102
171	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.81
172	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	1.8075
173	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.7883
174	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.7697
175	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.7669
176	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.7639
177	🇬🇪Georgia	1.7623
178	🇬🇮Gibraltar	1.7618
179	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.7353
180	🇧🇧Barbados	1.7352
181	🇯🇪Jersey	1.7318
182	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.7296
183	🇪🇪Estonia	1.7176
184	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1.7126
185	🇨🇳China	1.7005
186	🇦🇮Anguilla	1.6919
187	🇨🇦Canada	1.6758
188	🇲🇺Mauritius	1.6668
189	🇦🇱Albania	1.648
190	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	1.6379
191	🇸🇭Saint Helena	1.6286
192	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	1.6201
193	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.6062
194	🇷🇴Romania	1.5876
195	🇹🇭Thailand	1.5795
196	🇨🇺Cuba	1.5755
197	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1.574
198	🇱🇻Latvia	1.5718
199	🇧🇬Bulgaria	1.5603
200	🇭🇷Croatia	1.5504
201	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.55
202	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.5209
203	🇸🇲San Marino	1.5139
204	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.5127
205	🇨🇿Czechia	1.5082
206	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.488
207	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.4807
208	🇨🇾Cyprus	1.4799
209	🇲🇰North Macedonia	1.4749
210	🇬🇷Greece	1.453
211	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.449
212	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.4469
213	🇪🇸Spain	1.445
214	🇮🇹Italy	1.4413
215	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.4412
216	🇦🇲Armenia	1.4408
217	🇧🇾Belarus	1.4312
218	🇲🇹Malta	1.4201
219	🇲🇸Montserrat	1.4175
220	🇦🇹Austria	1.4119
221	🇦🇩Andorra	1.4038
222	🇵🇱Poland	1.3866
223	🇵🇹Portugal	1.3864
224	🇩🇪Germany	1.3796
225	🇯🇵Japan	1.3672
226	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.3464
227	🇸🇰Slovakia	1.3435
228	🇭🇺Hungary	1.3429
229	🇷🇸Serbia	1.3173
230	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	1.2825
231	🇸🇬Singapore	1.2795
232	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.2755
233	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	1.1768
234	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	1.0533
235	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	1.0492
236	🇻🇦Holy See	0.9994
237	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	0.9467

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2008

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	4.9344
2	Oceania	2.5887
3	Asia	2.3539
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2.2346
5	Northern America	2.0312
6	Europe	1.5907

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2008

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	6.2333
2	Western Africa	5.8052
3	Eastern Africa	5.3857
4	Melanesia	3.8648
5	Micronesia	3.286
6	Polynesia	3.1728
7	Northern Africa	3.1589
8	Western Asia	3.0291
9	Southern Asia	2.8494
10	Southern Africa	2.7608
11	Central Asia	2.7142
12	Central America	2.527
13	South-Eastern Asia	2.4209
14	Caribbean	2.3091
15	South America	2.1105
16	Australia/New Zealand	2.0462
17	Northern Europe	1.8842
18	Eastern Asia	1.6666
19	Western Europe	1.6556
20	Eastern Europe	1.4897
21	Southern Europe	1.4707

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2008

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	5.525
2	Lower-middle-income countries	3.0618
3	No income group available	2.5356
4	Middle-income countries	2.518
5	Upper-middle-income countries	1.8749
6	High-income countries	1.7532

How is Total Fertility Rate calculated?

A population's fertility rate is most commonly calculated as Total Total Fertility Rate or TFR for short. The Total Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is a standard demographic indicator that is used internationally to estimate the average number of children born per woman in a population. It is calculated by adding up all the age-specific fertility rates, multiplying this sum by X (the width of the age-group interval), and then dividing by 1,000.

Population Total Fertility Rate Formula

Total Total Fertility Rate = (Sum of ASFR x 5 ) / 1000

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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