Total Fertility Rate by Country in 2022

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In the year 2022, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.3142 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 6.7489 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇹🇩Chad with a fertility rate of 6.2152 births per woman, and 🇸🇴Somalia with 6.202 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 0.7555 births per woman. Followed by 🇰🇷Republic of Korea with a fertility rate of 0.874 births per woman, and 🇻🇦Holy See with 1.0 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate was Africa with a rate of 4.2426 births per woman. Closely followed by Oceania with a fertility rate of 2.1441 births per woman, and Asia with 1.9356 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 5.5541 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 4.8906 births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 4.1617 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 4.5423 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a TFR of only 1.5233.

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Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2022

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇳🇪Niger	6.7489
2	🇹🇩Chad	6.2152
3	🇸🇴Somalia	6.202
4	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.1061
5	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.9175
6	🇲🇱Mali	5.8669
7	🇦🇴Angola	5.209
8	🇳🇬Nigeria	5.1428
9	🇧🇮Burundi	4.9803
10	🇧🇯Benin	4.8953
11	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	4.6655
12	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	4.6611
13	🇬🇲Gambia	4.5859
14	🇲🇿Mozambique	4.5614
15	🇦🇫Afghanistan	4.5235
16	🇺🇬Uganda	4.4678
17	🇸🇩Sudan	4.384
18	🇨🇲Cameroon	4.3831
19	🇾🇹Mayotte	4.3667
20	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	4.3419
21	🇲🇷Mauritania	4.3415
22	🇸🇸South Sudan	4.3366
23	🇸🇳Senegal	4.3145
24	🇬🇳Guinea	4.3033
25	🇿🇲Zambia	4.242
26	🇹🇬Togo	4.1956
27	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	4.1696
28	🇨🇬Congo	4.095
29	🇪🇹Ethiopia	4.0626
30	🇱🇷Liberia	4.0156
31	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	3.9249
32	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	3.9247
33	🇰🇲Comoros	3.9116
34	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	3.8758
35	🇼🇸Samoa	3.8754
36	🇲🇼Malawi	3.8488
37	🇲🇬Madagascar	3.7906
38	🇪🇷Eritrea	3.7858
39	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	3.7505
40	🇷🇼Rwanda	3.7492
41	🇾🇪Yemen	3.7161
42	🇻🇺Vanuatu	3.6967
43	🇬🇭Ghana	3.5066
44	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.4693
45	🇳🇷Nauru	3.4626
46	🇬🇦Gabon	3.46
47	🇮🇶Iraq	3.4447
48	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	3.4371
49	🇵🇸State of Palestine	3.4357
50	🇵🇰Pakistan	3.4096
51	🇰🇪Kenya	3.2958
52	🇰🇮Kiribati	3.2708
53	🇳🇦Namibia	3.2475
54	🇹🇴Tonga	3.1934
55	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	3.1645
56	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.1439
57	🇹🇯Tajikistan	3.1406
58	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	3.0473
59	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	3.0473
60	🇱🇸Lesotho	2.9799
61	🇮🇱Israel	2.9483
62	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	2.9459
63	🇪🇬Egypt	2.8776
64	🇩🇿Algeria	2.8293
65	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	2.7995
66	🇯🇴Jordan	2.7856
67	🇸🇿Eswatini	2.7854
68	🇲🇳Mongolia	2.774
69	🇭🇹Haiti	2.7726
70	🇩🇯Djibouti	2.757
71	🇧🇼Botswana	2.7544
72	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.7402
73	🇵🇭Philippines	2.725
74	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	2.7039
75	🇹🇰Tokelau	2.6734
76	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	2.6722
77	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.6685
78	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	2.6174
79	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.5839
80	🇴🇲Oman	2.5668
81	🇬🇺Guam	2.5496
82	🇫🇯Fiji	2.4619
83	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.4477
84	🇵🇾Paraguay	2.444
85	🇳🇺Niue	2.4151
86	🇱🇾Libya	2.4022
87	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	2.3925
88	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	2.3854
89	🇵🇼Palau	2.3734
90	🇬🇾Guyana	2.3692
91	🇬🇹Guatemala	2.3536
92	🇿🇦South Africa	2.3414
93	🇭🇳Honduras	2.3403
94	🇰🇭Cambodia	2.3223
95	🇸🇷Suriname	2.3217
96	🇸🇨Seychelles	2.3133
97	🇲🇦Morocco	2.2991
98	🇵🇦Panama	2.2972
99	🇳🇮Nicaragua	2.284
100	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2.2754
101	🇦🇸American Samoa	2.2536
102	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	2.2474
103	🇨🇰Cook Islands	2.2256
104	🇷🇪Réunion	2.224
105	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.188
106	🇵🇪Peru	2.1637
107	🇮🇩Indonesia	2.1529
108	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	2.1485
109	🇲🇲Myanmar	2.1267
110	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	2.1104
111	🇰🇼Kuwait	2.0923
112	🇲🇨Monaco	2.0909
113	🇱🇧Lebanon	2.0801
114	🇹🇳Tunisia	2.0637
115	🇬🇪Georgia	2.0632
116	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.0329
117	🇮🇳India	2.0114
118	🇳🇵Nepal	2.0083
119	🇪🇨Ecuador	2.0034
120	🇳🇨New Caledonia	2.0011
121	🇧🇿Belize	1.9891
122	🇬🇩Grenada	1.9862
123	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	1.9736
124	🇬🇱Greenland	1.9577
125	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1.9504
126	🇻🇳Viet Nam	1.9409
127	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.9289
128	🇲🇶Martinique	1.9063
129	🇹🇷Türkiye	1.8817
130	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	1.8789
131	🇦🇷Argentina	1.8755
132	🇬🇮Gibraltar	1.8368
133	🇲🇽Mexico	1.8029
134	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	1.8003
135	🇧🇭Bahrain	1.7973
136	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.7926
137	🇫🇷France	1.7881
138	🇲🇾Malaysia	1.7869
139	🇸🇻El Salvador	1.7848
140	🇶🇦Qatar	1.7812
141	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.7781
142	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1.7644
143	🇮🇪Ireland	1.7626
144	🇳🇿New Zealand	1.7623
145	🇷🇴Romania	1.7443
146	🇮🇸Iceland	1.7251
147	🇩🇰Denmark	1.719
148	🇨🇿Czechia	1.6984
149	🇨🇴Colombia	1.6922
150	🇵🇫French Polynesia	1.688
151	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.6811
152	🇲🇻Maldives	1.6784
153	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.6773
154	🇪🇪Estonia	1.6761
155	🇸🇪Sweden	1.6717
156	🇺🇸United States of America	1.6611
157	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	1.66
158	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	1.6576
159	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.6473
160	🇨🇼Curaçao	1.6467
161	🇸🇭Saint Helena	1.6431
162	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.6368
163	🇧🇧Barbados	1.6344
164	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.6275
165	🇧🇷Brazil	1.6264
166	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.6222
167	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1.6137
168	🇦🇺Australia	1.5989
169	🇧🇬Bulgaria	1.59
170	🇧🇪Belgium	1.588
171	🇩🇲Dominica	1.588
172	🇱🇻Latvia	1.5854
173	🇭🇺Hungary	1.5813
174	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	1.5801
175	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.5798
176	🇦🇲Armenia	1.5747
177	🇸🇰Slovakia	1.5741
178	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.5716
179	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.5712
180	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.5656
181	🇲🇸Montserrat	1.5651
182	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.5594
183	🇨🇱Chile	1.5391
184	🇩🇪Germany	1.533
185	🇷🇸Serbia	1.5286
186	🇨🇷Costa Rica	1.5225
187	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.5115
188	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.5099
189	🇳🇴Norway	1.5068
190	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.5048
191	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.4979
192	🇧🇾Belarus	1.4946
193	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.4921
194	🇯🇪Jersey	1.4879
195	🇺🇾Uruguay	1.4826
196	🇦🇹Austria	1.4739
197	🇨🇦Canada	1.4663
198	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.4613
199	🇵🇱Poland	1.4612
200	🇨🇺Cuba	1.4487
201	🇭🇷Croatia	1.4454
202	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1.443
203	🇧🇹Bhutan	1.3977
204	🇫🇮Finland	1.3969
205	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.3934
206	🇲🇺Mauritius	1.3933
207	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1.3874
208	🇧🇸Bahamas	1.3803
209	🇦🇱Albania	1.3765
210	🇲🇰North Macedonia	1.3735
211	🇬🇷Greece	1.3734
212	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.3674
213	🇵🇹Portugal	1.3665
214	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3458
215	🇯🇲Jamaica	1.3401
216	🇹🇭Thailand	1.3175
217	🇨🇾Cyprus	1.3106
218	🇯🇵Japan	1.3048
219	🇮🇹Italy	1.2898
220	🇪🇸Spain	1.286
221	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	1.2826
222	🇦🇮Anguilla	1.2782
223	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.2646
224	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.2158
225	🇲🇹Malta	1.1993
226	🇦🇼Aruba	1.179
227	🇨🇳China	1.1755
228	🇸🇲San Marino	1.1384
229	🇦🇩Andorra	1.1351
230	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	1.1324
231	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1.1093
232	🇸🇬Singapore	1.0346
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.0211
234	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	1.0154
235	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0
236	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	0.874
237	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	0.7555

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2022

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	4.2426
2	Oceania	2.1441
3	Asia	1.9356
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.8474
5	Northern America	1.6428
6	Europe	1.4898

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2022

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	5.5541
2	Western Africa	4.8906
3	Eastern Africa	4.1617
4	Melanesia	3.1409
5	Northern Africa	3.0272
6	Central Asia	2.9224
7	Micronesia	2.7735
8	Polynesia	2.6211
9	Western Asia	2.5638
10	Southern Africa	2.4188
11	Southern Asia	2.2038
12	South-Eastern Asia	2.1212
13	Caribbean	2.0358
14	Central America	1.9157
15	South America	1.796
16	Australia/New Zealand	1.6263
17	Western Europe	1.6246
18	Northern Europe	1.5867
19	Eastern Europe	1.4901
20	Southern Europe	1.3334
21	Eastern Asia	1.1801

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2022

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	4.5423
2	Lower-middle-income countries	2.5646
3	No income group available	2.1919
4	Middle-income countries	2.1641
5	High-income countries	1.561
6	Upper-middle-income countries	1.5233

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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