Total Fertility Rate by Country in 2018

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In the year 2018, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.4433 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 7.0232 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a fertility rate of 6.6319 births per woman, and 🇹🇩Chad with 6.4638 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands with 0.9166 births per woman. Followed by 🇸🇬Singapore with a fertility rate of 0.9455 births per woman, and 🇰🇷Republic of Korea with 0.97 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 4.4696 births per woman. Closely followed by Oceania with a fertility rate of 2.2866 births per woman, and Asia with 2.1115 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 5.7878 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 5.1842 births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 4.4534 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 4.8227 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.6069.

Similar Population Metrics for 2018

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2018

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇳🇪Niger	7.0232
2	🇸🇴Somalia	6.6319
3	🇹🇩Chad	6.4638
4	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.3018
5	🇲🇱Mali	6.1826
6	🇨🇫Central African Republic	6.0367
7	🇦🇴Angola	5.5187
8	🇳🇬Nigeria	5.4468
9	🇧🇮Burundi	5.38
10	🇧🇯Benin	5.1995
11	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	5.0693
12	🇦🇫Afghanistan	5.0023
13	🇬🇲Gambia	4.972
14	🇺🇬Uganda	4.9316
15	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	4.9225
16	🇾🇹Mayotte	4.9107
17	🇲🇿Mozambique	4.8524
18	🇸🇸South Sudan	4.6959
19	🇨🇲Cameroon	4.6938
20	🇸🇩Sudan	4.6813
21	🇬🇳Guinea	4.6689
22	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	4.6108
23	🇲🇷Mauritania	4.6069
24	🇸🇳Senegal	4.5843
25	🇿🇲Zambia	4.5361
26	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	4.5129
27	🇹🇬Togo	4.4425
28	🇨🇬Congo	4.367
29	🇪🇹Ethiopia	4.3429
30	🇱🇷Liberia	4.3356
31	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	4.2943
32	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	4.263
33	🇰🇲Comoros	4.196
34	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	4.1572
35	🇲🇼Malawi	4.1405
36	🇼🇸Samoa	4.1094
37	🇪🇷Eritrea	4.0564
38	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	4.0436
39	🇲🇬Madagascar	4.0434
40	🇾🇪Yemen	4.0428
41	🇷🇼Rwanda	3.9935
42	🇻🇺Vanuatu	3.8549
43	🇬🇭Ghana	3.7315
44	🇵🇸State of Palestine	3.7122
45	🇵🇰Pakistan	3.6847
46	🇬🇦Gabon	3.6794
47	🇳🇷Nauru	3.6701
48	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	3.6591
49	🇮🇶Iraq	3.6585
50	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.6253
51	🇰🇪Kenya	3.5798
52	🇳🇦Namibia	3.4616
53	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	3.4522
54	🇰🇮Kiribati	3.4095
55	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	3.3818
56	🇹🇴Tonga	3.3489
57	🇹🇯Tajikistan	3.2943
58	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.209
59	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	3.1817
60	🇱🇸Lesotho	3.1389
61	🇪🇬Egypt	3.0983
62	🇮🇱Israel	3.0924
63	🇩🇿Algeria	3.0233
64	🇯🇴Jordan	2.9729
65	🇸🇿Eswatini	2.9625
66	🇭🇹Haiti	2.959
67	🇩🇯Djibouti	2.9289
68	🇲🇳Mongolia	2.9227
69	🇧🇼Botswana	2.9028
70	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	2.886
71	🇴🇲Oman	2.8832
72	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	2.8765
73	🇹🇰Tokelau	2.8528
74	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.8403
75	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	2.8398
76	🇵🇭Philippines	2.8315
77	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	2.786
78	🇬🇹Guatemala	2.743
79	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.73
80	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	2.6932
81	🇬🇺Guam	2.6706
82	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.6188
83	🇱🇾Libya	2.5807
84	🇵🇾Paraguay	2.561
85	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	2.5455
86	🇳🇺Niue	2.5419
87	🇫🇯Fiji	2.5296
88	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	2.5172
89	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.511
90	🇬🇾Guyana	2.462
91	🇭🇳Honduras	2.4603
92	🇵🇼Palau	2.4527
93	🇸🇨Seychelles	2.4504
94	🇵🇦Panama	2.4406
95	🇰🇭Cambodia	2.4348
96	🇸🇷Suriname	2.4184
97	🇿🇦South Africa	2.4179
98	🇦🇸American Samoa	2.4151
99	🇲🇦Morocco	2.4148
100	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2.4074
101	🇳🇮Nicaragua	2.4039
102	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	2.3812
103	🇷🇪Réunion	2.3531
104	🇧🇿Belize	2.3447
105	🇨🇰Cook Islands	2.3319
106	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.2716
107	🇵🇪Peru	2.2602
108	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	2.2488
109	🇮🇩Indonesia	2.2341
110	🇲🇲Myanmar	2.213
111	🇲🇨Monaco	2.2128
112	🇮🇳India	2.1765
113	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	2.1756
114	🇹🇳Tunisia	2.1741
115	🇰🇼Kuwait	2.1652
116	🇱🇧Lebanon	2.1479
117	🇪🇨Ecuador	2.1329
118	🇬🇪Georgia	2.1143
119	🇳🇵Nepal	2.1038
120	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.0794
121	🇳🇨New Caledonia	2.0765
122	🇬🇩Grenada	2.0625
123	🇹🇷Türkiye	2.0538
124	🇧🇩Bangladesh	2.0395
125	🇦🇷Argentina	2.0392
126	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	2.0308
127	🇬🇱Greenland	2.0246
128	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.0053
129	🇲🇽Mexico	1.9955
130	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.9679
131	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	1.9644
132	🇻🇳Viet Nam	1.9371
133	🇧🇭Bahrain	1.9295
134	🇲🇶Martinique	1.9229
135	🇲🇾Malaysia	1.881
136	🇬🇮Gibraltar	1.8789
137	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.8734
138	🇸🇻El Salvador	1.849
139	🇶🇦Qatar	1.8484
140	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1.8479
141	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.8453
142	🇫🇷France	1.8428
143	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	1.8086
144	🇮🇪Ireland	1.8056
145	🇵🇫French Polynesia	1.7891
146	🇨🇴Colombia	1.7868
147	🇦🇺Australia	1.7853
148	🇲🇻Maldives	1.7843
149	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.7595
150	🇸🇪Sweden	1.7559
151	🇷🇴Romania	1.7551
152	🇧🇷Brazil	1.7485
153	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	1.7316
154	🇳🇿New Zealand	1.729
155	🇩🇰Denmark	1.7277
156	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	1.7233
157	🇺🇸United States of America	1.7179
158	🇮🇸Iceland	1.7128
159	🇨🇷Costa Rica	1.7089
160	🇨🇿Czechia	1.7071
161	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.6808
162	🇪🇪Estonia	1.6674
163	🇺🇾Uruguay	1.6581
164	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1.6513
165	🇨🇼Curaçao	1.6473
166	🇸🇭Saint Helena	1.6454
167	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.6409
168	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.6336
169	🇨🇺Cuba	1.6311
170	🇧🇪Belgium	1.6215
171	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.6206
172	🇧🇧Barbados	1.6189
173	🇱🇻Latvia	1.6175
174	🇩🇲Dominica	1.6165
175	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.6102
176	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.6055
177	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.6055
178	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.5869
179	🇦🇼Aruba	1.5869
180	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.5868
181	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.5825
182	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.5822
183	🇲🇸Montserrat	1.5796
184	🇦🇲Armenia	1.5716
185	🇧🇹Bhutan	1.5695
186	🇳🇴Norway	1.5677
187	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.567
188	🇨🇱Chile	1.5637
189	🇩🇪Germany	1.5599
190	🇧🇬Bulgaria	1.5584
191	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.5543
192	🇨🇳China	1.5542
193	🇭🇺Hungary	1.5445
194	🇸🇰Slovakia	1.544
195	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.5149
196	🇨🇦Canada	1.4996
197	🇷🇸Serbia	1.4871
198	🇦🇹Austria	1.4768
199	🇵🇱Poland	1.4748
200	🇯🇪Jersey	1.4727
201	🇭🇷Croatia	1.4663
202	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.4634
203	🇧🇾Belarus	1.4566
204	🇦🇱Albania	1.4402
205	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1.436
206	🇲🇰North Macedonia	1.4182
207	🇵🇹Portugal	1.4118
208	🇧🇸Bahamas	1.4117
209	🇫🇮Finland	1.4084
210	🇲🇺Mauritius	1.4055
211	🇯🇲Jamaica	1.388
212	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.384
213	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.381
214	🇹🇭Thailand	1.3784
215	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	1.3713
216	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1.3555
217	🇯🇵Japan	1.3338
218	🇨🇾Cyprus	1.3202
219	🇬🇷Greece	1.3139
220	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.3065
221	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.304
222	🇦🇮Anguilla	1.2956
223	🇮🇹Italy	1.2865
224	🇪🇸Spain	1.2617
225	🇲🇹Malta	1.2403
226	🇦🇩Andorra	1.1732
227	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.1589
228	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1.1035
229	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	1.0977
230	🇸🇲San Marino	1.0807
231	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	1.0747
232	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	1.066
233	🇻🇦Holy See	0.9928
234	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	0.992
235	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	0.97
236	🇸🇬Singapore	0.9455
237	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	0.9166

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2018

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	4.4696
2	Oceania	2.2866
3	Asia	2.1115
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.9811
5	Northern America	1.6976
6	Europe	1.5281

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2018

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	5.7878
2	Western Africa	5.1842
3	Eastern Africa	4.4534
4	Melanesia	3.3346
5	Northern Africa	3.2086
6	Micronesia	2.9055
7	Central Asia	2.8734
8	Polynesia	2.7355
9	Western Asia	2.6951
10	Southern Africa	2.506
11	Southern Asia	2.3648
12	South-Eastern Asia	2.1839
13	Caribbean	2.1351
14	Central America	2.1086
15	South America	1.9094
16	Australia/New Zealand	1.7773
17	Northern Europe	1.6765
18	Western Europe	1.6499
19	Eastern Europe	1.5318
20	Eastern Asia	1.5212
21	Southern Europe	1.335

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2018

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	4.8227
2	Lower-middle-income countries	2.7019
3	Middle-income countries	2.3245
4	No income group available	2.2751
5	Upper-middle-income countries	1.7736
6	High-income countries	1.6069

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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