Total Fertility Rate by Country in 2019

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In the year 2019, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.3968 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇸🇴Somalia with a rate of 6.5597 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇳🇪Niger with a fertility rate of 6.537 births per woman, and 🇹🇩Chad with 6.4118 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with 0.734 births per woman. Followed by 🇰🇷Republic of Korea with a fertility rate of 0.8805 births per woman, and 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with 0.936 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 4.3122 births per woman. Closely followed by Oceania with a fertility rate of 2.1993 births per woman, and Asia with 2.0747 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 5.7508 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 4.7769 births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 4.41 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 4.8132 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 1.5643.

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Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2019

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇸🇴Somalia	6.5597
2	🇳🇪Niger	6.537
3	🇹🇩Chad	6.4118
4	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.2525
5	🇨🇫Central African Republic	6.0897
6	🇲🇱Mali	5.8916
7	🇦🇴Angola	5.4423
8	🇧🇮Burundi	5.2713
9	🇦🇫Afghanistan	5.2383
10	🇲🇿Mozambique	5.0165
11	🇲🇷Mauritania	4.9837
12	🇧🇯Benin	4.9002
13	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	4.866
14	🇳🇬Nigeria	4.8606
15	🇺🇬Uganda	4.7443
16	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	4.6807
17	🇨🇲Cameroon	4.6515
18	🇸🇩Sudan	4.6169
19	🇾🇪Yemen	4.6033
20	🇾🇹Mayotte	4.58
21	🇬🇳Guinea	4.5763
22	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	4.5228
23	🇹🇬Togo	4.4504
24	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	4.4286
25	🇿🇲Zambia	4.4175
26	🇨🇬Congo	4.3798
27	🇪🇹Ethiopia	4.3473
28	🇬🇲Gambia	4.3304
29	🇸🇸South Sudan	4.2601
30	🇱🇷Liberia	4.2567
31	🇲🇬Madagascar	4.2214
32	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	4.1922
33	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	4.1534
34	🇰🇲Comoros	4.1376
35	🇸🇳Senegal	4.1
36	🇼🇸Samoa	4.0607
37	🇪🇷Eritrea	3.9969
38	🇷🇼Rwanda	3.9854
39	🇲🇼Malawi	3.9523
40	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	3.9
41	🇬🇦Gabon	3.8836
42	🇵🇰Pakistan	3.81
43	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	3.8
44	🇻🇺Vanuatu	3.7898
45	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	3.748
46	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.7322
47	🇬🇭Ghana	3.5935
48	🇵🇸State of Palestine	3.5912
49	🇳🇷Nauru	3.5311
50	🇮🇶Iraq	3.4797
51	🇰🇪Kenya	3.4329
52	🇳🇦Namibia	3.4037
53	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.3305
54	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	3.33
55	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	3.3216
56	🇰🇮Kiribati	3.2901
57	🇹🇯Tajikistan	3.2811
58	🇹🇴Tonga	3.2741
59	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	3.1162
60	🇮🇱Israel	3.0341
61	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	3.0121
62	🇲🇳Mongolia	3.0081
63	🇩🇿Algeria	2.9973
64	🇬🇺Guam	2.9384
65	🇸🇿Eswatini	2.9253
66	🇱🇸Lesotho	2.9237
67	🇧🇼Botswana	2.9064
68	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	2.89
69	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.8832
70	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	2.8776
71	🇪🇬Egypt	2.87
72	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	2.8692
73	🇭🇹Haiti	2.8623
74	🇯🇴Jordan	2.8551
75	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	2.8336
76	🇩🇯Djibouti	2.7979
77	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	2.7906
78	🇹🇰Tokelau	2.7454
79	🇰🇭Cambodia	2.7246
80	🇴🇲Oman	2.6962
81	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.6882
82	🇳🇺Niue	2.6289
83	🇭🇳Honduras	2.6112
84	🇬🇹Guatemala	2.5935
85	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.5888
86	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	2.5588
87	🇱🇾Libya	2.5386
88	🇵🇾Paraguay	2.5248
89	🇬🇾Guyana	2.5212
90	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	2.49
91	🇦🇸American Samoa	2.4037
92	🇲🇨Monaco	2.4033
93	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.3991
94	🇫🇯Fiji	2.3852
95	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	2.3662
96	🇸🇷Suriname	2.3467
97	🇲🇦Morocco	2.3417
98	🇱🇧Lebanon	2.3268
99	🇳🇮Nicaragua	2.3211
100	🇵🇦Panama	2.2882
101	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2.2806
102	🇿🇦South Africa	2.2637
103	🇸🇨Seychelles	2.262
104	🇵🇭Philippines	2.2148
105	🇲🇲Myanmar	2.206
106	🇮🇩Indonesia	2.205
107	🇧🇩Bangladesh	2.18
108	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	2.1619
109	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.1486
110	🇧🇿Belize	2.1415
111	🇷🇪Réunion	2.133
112	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.131
113	🇨🇰Cook Islands	2.1271
114	🇮🇳India	2.1203
115	🇹🇳Tunisia	2.1
116	🇰🇼Kuwait	2.0869
117	🇵🇪Peru	2.0859
118	🇳🇵Nepal	2.0799
119	🇳🇨New Caledonia	2.0503
120	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	2.0479
121	🇪🇨Ecuador	2.0348
122	🇲🇶Martinique	2.0247
123	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	2.0216
124	🇬🇪Georgia	2.0211
125	🇲🇽Mexico	2.02
126	🇬🇱Greenland	2.0061
127	🇵🇼Palau	1.984
128	🇻🇳Viet Nam	1.9428
129	🇬🇮Gibraltar	1.9118
130	🇹🇷Türkiye	1.8863
131	🇦🇷Argentina	1.8815
132	🇲🇸Montserrat	1.8648
133	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.8639
134	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	1.8452
135	🇧🇭Bahrain	1.8428
136	🇸🇻El Salvador	1.8383
137	🇫🇷France	1.8262
138	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.8251
139	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1.8195
140	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.8145
141	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	1.78
142	🇲🇾Malaysia	1.7769
143	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.7662
144	🇨🇿Czechia	1.7534
145	🇮🇸Iceland	1.7439
146	🇶🇦Qatar	1.7306
147	🇮🇪Ireland	1.7181
148	🇳🇿New Zealand	1.7174
149	🇧🇧Barbados	1.7154
150	🇷🇴Romania	1.7107
151	🇨🇴Colombia	1.7103
152	🇸🇪Sweden	1.7088
153	🇧🇷Brazil	1.7049
154	🇦🇼Aruba	1.7011
155	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.7007
156	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	1.6981
157	🇩🇰Denmark	1.6976
158	🇺🇸United States of America	1.6839
159	🇸🇭Saint Helena	1.6677
160	🇦🇺Australia	1.666
161	🇪🇪Estonia	1.6614
162	🇲🇰North Macedonia	1.6507
163	🇲🇻Maldives	1.6405
164	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.6319
165	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	1.6172
166	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.6113
167	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.6102
168	🇱🇻Latvia	1.6092
169	🇧🇪Belgium	1.6087
170	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.6064
171	🇦🇲Armenia	1.6007
172	🇨🇷Costa Rica	1.5999
173	🇧🇬Bulgaria	1.5801
174	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1.5785
175	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.5746
176	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.5718
177	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.5685
178	🇺🇾Uruguay	1.5671
179	🇵🇫French Polynesia	1.5668
180	🇸🇰Slovakia	1.5662
181	🇬🇩Grenada	1.5418
182	🇩🇪Germany	1.5409
183	🇨🇺Cuba	1.5399
184	🇳🇴Norway	1.5333
185	🇭🇺Hungary	1.5308
186	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.52
187	🇷🇸Serbia	1.513
188	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.5087
189	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.5077
190	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.504
191	🇩🇲Dominica	1.5036
192	🇨🇳China	1.4961
193	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.4828
194	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.481
195	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.4778
196	🇨🇦Canada	1.4755
197	🇭🇷Croatia	1.4703
198	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	1.4684
199	🇦🇹Austria	1.4642
200	🇧🇹Bhutan	1.4484
201	🇵🇱Poland	1.4359
202	🇨🇱Chile	1.43
203	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1.4237
204	🇵🇹Portugal	1.4215
205	🇧🇸Bahamas	1.3968
206	🇦🇱Albania	1.3953
207	🇯🇲Jamaica	1.3901
208	🇧🇾Belarus	1.3892
209	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.3834
210	🇦🇮Anguilla	1.3775
211	🇯🇪Jersey	1.3596
212	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.3584
213	🇫🇮Finland	1.3507
214	🇲🇺Mauritius	1.3506
215	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.3426
216	🇬🇷Greece	1.3373
217	🇨🇾Cyprus	1.3295
218	🇯🇵Japan	1.3234
219	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.3231
220	🇹🇭Thailand	1.2851
221	🇮🇹Italy	1.2591
222	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1.2466
223	🇪🇸Spain	1.23
224	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.2176
225	🇨🇼Curaçao	1.1805
226	🇲🇹Malta	1.1503
227	🇸🇲San Marino	1.0958
228	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	1.055
229	🇦🇩Andorra	1.0447
230	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	1.0445
231	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0
232	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	0.9791
233	🇸🇬Singapore	0.9422
234	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	0.941
235	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	0.936
236	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	0.8805
237	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	0.734

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2019

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	4.3122
2	Oceania	2.1993
3	Asia	2.0747
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.9281
5	Americas	1.8516
6	Northern America	1.664
7	Europe	1.4862

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2019

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	5.7508
2	Western Africa	4.7769
3	Eastern Africa	4.41
4	Melanesia	3.2582
5	Northern Africa	3.102
6	Central Asia	2.986
7	Micronesia	2.975
8	Western Asia	2.6824
9	Polynesia	2.6531
10	Southern Africa	2.3616
11	Southern Asia	2.3465
12	Central America	2.111
13	Caribbean	2.0839
14	South-Eastern Asia	2.0575
15	South America	1.8291
16	Australia/New Zealand	1.675
17	Western Europe	1.6327
18	Northern Europe	1.63
19	Eastern Europe	1.4696
20	Eastern Asia	1.4644
21	Southern Europe	1.318

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2019

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	4.8132
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	3.0244
3	Lower-middle-income countries	2.6827
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	2.5187
5	Middle-income countries	2.2758
6	No income group available	2.1356
7	Upper-middle-income countries	1.7617
8	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	1.706
9	High-income countries	1.5643

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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