Total Fertility Rate by Country in 2008

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In the year 2008, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.6264 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 7.7023 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a fertility rate of 7.4146 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 0.9831 births per woman. Followed by 🇻🇦Holy See with a fertility rate of 1.0 births per woman, and 🇸🇬Singapore with 1.044 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 4.9677 births per woman. Closely followed by Oceania with a fertility rate of 2.5911 births per woman, and Asia with 2.3606 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 6.247 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 5.7984 births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 5.4147 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 5.5601 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.7411.

Similar Population Metrics for 2008

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2008

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇳🇪Niger	7.7023
2	🇸🇴Somalia	7.4146
3	🇹🇩Chad	7.0634
4	🇲🇱Mali	6.6242
5	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.5795
6	🇧🇮Burundi	6.5149
7	🇦🇫Afghanistan	6.3916
8	🇦🇴Angola	6.3195
9	🇺🇬Uganda	6.2023
10	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	6.0501
11	🇳🇬Nigeria	6.0245
12	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.9024
13	🇪🇹Ethiopia	5.6948
14	🇬🇲Gambia	5.6254
15	🇲🇼Malawi	5.6087
16	🇲🇿Mozambique	5.5978
17	🇬🇳Guinea	5.5958
18	🇸🇸South Sudan	5.5691
19	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	5.5629
20	🇧🇯Benin	5.5478
21	🇿🇲Zambia	5.5305
22	🇲🇷Mauritania	5.4363
23	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	5.3626
24	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	5.3568
25	🇱🇷Liberia	5.3281
26	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	5.324
27	🇨🇲Cameroon	5.2937
28	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	5.2663
29	🇸🇩Sudan	5.2116
30	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	5.1709
31	🇾🇪Yemen	5.1133
32	🇹🇬Togo	5.1002
33	🇲🇬Madagascar	5.0434
34	🇸🇳Senegal	5.0241
35	🇷🇼Rwanda	4.922
36	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	4.9055
37	🇰🇲Comoros	4.8054
38	🇪🇷Eritrea	4.7371
39	🇨🇬Congo	4.7263
40	🇰🇪Kenya	4.6599
41	🇵🇰Pakistan	4.5154
42	🇵🇸State of Palestine	4.5089
43	🇾🇹Mayotte	4.4747
44	🇼🇸Samoa	4.4172
45	🇮🇶Iraq	4.3731
46	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	4.3584
47	🇬🇭Ghana	4.2171
48	🇻🇺Vanuatu	4.1594
49	🇬🇦Gabon	4.118
50	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	4.0146
51	🇹🇴Tonga	4.0124
52	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	3.9666
53	🇰🇮Kiribati	3.8991
54	🇯🇴Jordan	3.8764
55	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	3.7826
56	🇳🇷Nauru	3.6647
57	🇩🇯Djibouti	3.6209
58	🇭🇹Haiti	3.6207
59	🇳🇦Namibia	3.6162
60	🇬🇹Guatemala	3.5708
61	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.57
62	🇸🇿Eswatini	3.5673
63	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	3.4808
64	🇦🇸American Samoa	3.42
65	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.4153
66	🇵🇭Philippines	3.4011
67	🇱🇸Lesotho	3.3921
68	🇹🇯Tajikistan	3.3881
69	🇹🇰Tokelau	3.3776
70	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	3.368
71	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	3.3645
72	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	3.3309
73	🇭🇳Honduras	3.2598
74	🇪🇬Egypt	3.2377
75	🇧🇼Botswana	3.1309
76	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	3.0736
77	🇰🇭Cambodia	3.0478
78	🇳🇺Niue	3.0127
79	🇬🇺Guam	2.9046
80	🇮🇱Israel	2.9026
81	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	2.8384
82	🇫🇯Fiji	2.8187
83	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	2.8147
84	🇵🇾Paraguay	2.7918
85	🇩🇿Algeria	2.7848
86	🇧🇿Belize	2.7795
87	🇴🇲Oman	2.7619
88	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	2.7505
89	🇳🇵Nepal	2.7365
90	🇸🇷Suriname	2.7273
91	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2.7229
92	🇮🇳India	2.7114
93	🇬🇾Guyana	2.6969
94	🇪🇨Ecuador	2.6879
95	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	2.6868
96	🇿🇦South Africa	2.6787
97	🇳🇮Nicaragua	2.66
98	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	2.6349
99	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	2.6164
100	🇲🇦Morocco	2.6123
101	🇵🇦Panama	2.6085
102	🇨🇰Cook Islands	2.5988
103	🇱🇾Libya	2.5986
104	🇧🇩Bangladesh	2.5771
105	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.5684
106	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	2.5504
107	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	2.5461
108	🇲🇳Mongolia	2.5317
109	🇵🇪Peru	2.5282
110	🇧🇹Bhutan	2.4812
111	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.4749
112	🇷🇪Réunion	2.4664
113	🇮🇩Indonesia	2.4398
114	🇦🇷Argentina	2.4323
115	🇲🇲Myanmar	2.4043
116	🇲🇽Mexico	2.3907
117	🇲🇨Monaco	2.3836
118	🇲🇻Maldives	2.3711
119	🇶🇦Qatar	2.3689
120	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	2.3592
121	🇸🇨Seychelles	2.3188
122	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	2.2982
123	🇸🇻El Salvador	2.2913
124	🇬🇱Greenland	2.269
125	🇰🇼Kuwait	2.2658
126	🇲🇾Malaysia	2.2618
127	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	2.2319
128	🇳🇨New Caledonia	2.204
129	🇵🇫French Polynesia	2.1946
130	🇳🇿New Zealand	2.1875
131	🇱🇧Lebanon	2.1722
132	🇹🇷Türkiye	2.1666
133	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.1626
134	🇮🇸Iceland	2.1565
135	🇨🇴Colombia	2.1554
136	🇧🇭Bahrain	2.1521
137	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.1499
138	🇬🇩Grenada	2.1155
139	🇲🇶Martinique	2.0702
140	🇮🇪Ireland	2.0645
141	🇺🇸United States of America	2.0528
142	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	2.0415
143	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.0302
144	🇦🇺Australia	2.0204
145	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	2.0054
146	🇧🇸Bahamas	1.9985
147	🇫🇷France	1.9869
148	🇨🇷Costa Rica	1.9799
149	🇹🇳Tunisia	1.9753
150	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.9715
151	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.9696
152	🇩🇲Dominica	1.9678
153	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.961
154	🇯🇲Jamaica	1.9526
155	🇳🇴Norway	1.9507
156	🇵🇼Palau	1.947
157	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.941
158	🇻🇳Viet Nam	1.9332
159	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1.9177
160	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.905
161	🇸🇪Sweden	1.9045
162	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	1.9043
163	🇬🇮Gibraltar	1.9033
164	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.8953
165	🇦🇼Aruba	1.8895
166	🇩🇰Denmark	1.88
167	🇨🇼Curaçao	1.8662
168	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.8601
169	🇨🇱Chile	1.8495
170	🇧🇪Belgium	1.8463
171	🇫🇮Finland	1.8429
172	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.8334
173	🇬🇪Georgia	1.8316
174	🇧🇷Brazil	1.8148
175	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.7644
176	🇧🇧Barbados	1.7562
177	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.7433
178	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.7282
179	🇪🇪Estonia	1.7186
180	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.7026
181	🇨🇳China	1.7005
182	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1.7
183	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.6984
184	🇨🇦Canada	1.684
185	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	1.6375
186	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	1.6241
187	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1.6165
188	🇦🇱Albania	1.6164
189	🇸🇭Saint Helena	1.6158
190	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.6153
191	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.6061
192	🇲🇺Mauritius	1.6016
193	🇲🇸Montserrat	1.6
194	🇹🇭Thailand	1.5867
195	🇱🇻Latvia	1.5854
196	🇷🇴Romania	1.581
197	🇨🇺Cuba	1.5763
198	🇲🇰North Macedonia	1.5653
199	🇯🇪Jersey	1.5627
200	🇦🇮Anguilla	1.5617
201	🇭🇷Croatia	1.5546
202	🇧🇬Bulgaria	1.5522
203	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.5484
204	🇦🇲Armenia	1.541
205	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.5289
206	🇸🇲San Marino	1.521
207	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.5172
208	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1.5157
209	🇨🇿Czechia	1.5077
210	🇬🇷Greece	1.4936
211	🇨🇾Cyprus	1.4789
212	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.4783
213	🇧🇾Belarus	1.4485
214	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.4442
215	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.4441
216	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.442
217	🇪🇸Spain	1.4364
218	🇮🇹Italy	1.4351
219	🇲🇹Malta	1.4198
220	🇦🇹Austria	1.4106
221	🇩🇪Germany	1.3873
222	🇵🇱Poland	1.3864
223	🇵🇹Portugal	1.383
224	🇭🇺Hungary	1.3462
225	🇸🇰Slovakia	1.3421
226	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.34
227	🇷🇸Serbia	1.3307
228	🇯🇵Japan	1.3302
229	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	1.2721
230	🇦🇩Andorra	1.2495
231	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.2098
232	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	1.1905
233	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	1.0624
234	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	1.0536
235	🇸🇬Singapore	1.044
236	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0
237	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	0.9831

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2008

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	4.9677
2	Oceania	2.5911
3	Asia	2.3606
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2.2324
5	Americas	2.1672
6	Northern America	2.0179
7	Europe	1.5925

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2008

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	6.247
2	Western Africa	5.7984
3	Eastern Africa	5.4147
4	Melanesia	3.8583
5	Micronesia	3.2726
6	Northern Africa	3.2629
7	Polynesia	3.1653
8	Western Asia	3.0203
9	Southern Asia	2.8604
10	Southern Africa	2.7634
11	Central Asia	2.7527
12	Central America	2.53
13	South-Eastern Asia	2.4077
14	Caribbean	2.3267
15	South America	2.1032
16	Australia/New Zealand	2.0492
17	Northern Europe	1.884
18	Eastern Asia	1.6651
19	Western Europe	1.6596
20	Eastern Europe	1.4923
21	Southern Europe	1.467

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2008

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	5.5601
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	3.4961
3	Lower-middle-income countries	3.1536
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	2.7681
5	Middle-income countries	2.5407
6	No income group available	2.4767
7	Upper-middle-income countries	1.9251
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	1.8829
9	High-income countries	1.7411

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 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

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

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024

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