Total Fertility Rate by Country in 2023

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In the year 2023, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.3118 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 6.6676 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇹🇩Chad with a fertility rate of 6.1203 births per woman, and 🇸🇴Somalia with 6.0981 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 0.7709 births per woman. Followed by 🇰🇷Republic of Korea with a fertility rate of 0.8831 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 4.1843 births per woman. Closely followed by Oceania with a fertility rate of 2.1322 births per woman, and Asia with 1.9336 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 5.4868 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 4.8172 births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 4.0855 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 4.4681 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a TFR of only 1.5286.

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Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2023

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇳🇪Niger	6.6676
2	🇹🇩Chad	6.1203
3	🇸🇴Somalia	6.0981
4	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.0505
5	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.8298
6	🇲🇱Mali	5.7868
7	🇦🇴Angola	5.1239
8	🇳🇬Nigeria	5.0629
9	🇧🇮Burundi	4.8784
10	🇧🇯Benin	4.8176
11	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	4.5876
12	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	4.5664
13	🇬🇲Gambia	4.5043
14	🇲🇿Mozambique	4.4776
15	🇦🇫Afghanistan	4.4069
16	🇺🇬Uganda	4.3574
17	🇸🇩Sudan	4.3227
18	🇾🇹Mayotte	4.302
19	🇨🇲Cameroon	4.3016
20	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	4.2877
21	🇲🇷Mauritania	4.2722
22	🇸🇳Senegal	4.2523
23	🇸🇸South Sudan	4.2512
24	🇬🇳Guinea	4.2175
25	🇿🇲Zambia	4.1788
26	🇹🇬Togo	4.136
27	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	4.0813
28	🇨🇬Congo	4.0343
29	🇪🇹Ethiopia	3.9756
30	🇱🇷Liberia	3.9498
31	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	3.8699
32	🇰🇲Comoros	3.8461
33	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	3.8398
34	🇼🇸Samoa	3.8272
35	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	3.7914
36	🇲🇼Malawi	3.7909
37	🇲🇬Madagascar	3.7341
38	🇪🇷Eritrea	3.7135
39	🇷🇼Rwanda	3.6915
40	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	3.6815
41	🇻🇺Vanuatu	3.656
42	🇾🇪Yemen	3.6396
43	🇬🇭Ghana	3.4548
44	🇳🇷Nauru	3.4252
45	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.421
46	🇮🇶Iraq	3.3973
47	🇬🇦Gabon	3.39
48	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	3.3855
49	🇵🇸State of Palestine	3.3791
50	🇵🇰Pakistan	3.347
51	🇰🇪Kenya	3.24
52	🇰🇮Kiribati	3.2352
53	🇳🇦Namibia	3.2118
54	🇹🇴Tonga	3.1529
55	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.1047
56	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	3.0995
57	🇹🇯Tajikistan	3.0957
58	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	3.0239
59	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	2.9595
60	🇱🇸Lesotho	2.9426
61	🇮🇱Israel	2.9173
62	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	2.9068
63	🇪🇬Egypt	2.8445
64	🇩🇿Algeria	2.7673
65	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	2.7551
66	🇸🇿Eswatini	2.7499
67	🇯🇴Jordan	2.7447
68	🇭🇹Haiti	2.7328
69	🇩🇯Djibouti	2.7197
70	🇧🇼Botswana	2.7161
71	🇲🇳Mongolia	2.7148
72	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.7053
73	🇵🇭Philippines	2.6895
74	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	2.6729
75	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.6409
76	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	2.6382
77	🇹🇰Tokelau	2.6347
78	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	2.5801
79	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.547
80	🇬🇺Guam	2.5248
81	🇴🇲Oman	2.5219
82	🇫🇯Fiji	2.4366
83	🇵🇾Paraguay	2.4224
84	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.4081
85	🇳🇺Niue	2.3901
86	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	2.3587
87	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	2.3575
88	🇱🇾Libya	2.3546
89	🇬🇾Guyana	2.3478
90	🇵🇼Palau	2.3415
91	🇬🇹Guatemala	2.3176
92	🇿🇦South Africa	2.3165
93	🇭🇳Honduras	2.3061
94	🇸🇷Suriname	2.2938
95	🇸🇨Seychelles	2.2887
96	🇰🇭Cambodia	2.2806
97	🇵🇦Panama	2.2759
98	🇲🇦Morocco	2.2735
99	🇳🇮Nicaragua	2.2523
100	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2.2456
101	🇦🇸American Samoa	2.2331
102	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	2.2117
103	🇨🇰Cook Islands	2.2072
104	🇷🇪Réunion	2.1985
105	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.1706
106	🇵🇪Peru	2.1443
107	🇮🇩Indonesia	2.1337
108	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	2.128
109	🇲🇲Myanmar	2.1168
110	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	2.1
111	🇲🇨Monaco	2.0786
112	🇰🇼Kuwait	2.0665
113	🇱🇧Lebanon	2.0583
114	🇬🇪Georgia	2.0512
115	🇹🇳Tunisia	2.0424
116	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.0184
117	🇮🇳India	1.9986
118	🇪🇨Ecuador	1.9951
119	🇳🇵Nepal	1.9874
120	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1.9857
121	🇧🇿Belize	1.9801
122	🇬🇩Grenada	1.964
123	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	1.9589
124	🇬🇱Greenland	1.9453
125	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1.9358
126	🇻🇳Viet Nam	1.9326
127	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.9159
128	🇲🇶Martinique	1.8986
129	🇹🇷Türkiye	1.8633
130	🇦🇷Argentina	1.8617
131	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	1.858
132	🇬🇮Gibraltar	1.8207
133	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	1.797
134	🇲🇽Mexico	1.7901
135	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.7897
136	🇫🇷France	1.7861
137	🇧🇭Bahrain	1.7847
138	🇸🇻El Salvador	1.7751
139	🇲🇾Malaysia	1.7743
140	🇶🇦Qatar	1.7726
141	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.763
142	🇮🇪Ireland	1.7621
143	🇳🇿New Zealand	1.7581
144	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1.747
145	🇷🇴Romania	1.7417
146	🇮🇸Iceland	1.7195
147	🇩🇰Denmark	1.7179
148	🇨🇿Czechia	1.6983
149	🇨🇴Colombia	1.6886
150	🇵🇫French Polynesia	1.6812
151	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.6769
152	🇪🇪Estonia	1.6756
153	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.6704
154	🇸🇪Sweden	1.669
155	🇲🇻Maldives	1.666
156	🇺🇸United States of America	1.6623
157	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	1.6517
158	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.6492
159	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	1.6461
160	🇨🇼Curaçao	1.6414
161	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.6382
162	🇸🇭Saint Helena	1.6362
163	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.6311
164	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.6295
165	🇧🇧Barbados	1.6274
166	🇧🇷Brazil	1.6214
167	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1.6019
168	🇦🇺Australia	1.6
169	🇧🇬Bulgaria	1.5936
170	🇧🇪Belgium	1.5916
171	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.5851
172	🇱🇻Latvia	1.5837
173	🇩🇲Dominica	1.5832
174	🇭🇺Hungary	1.58
175	🇦🇲Armenia	1.5787
176	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	1.5783
177	🇸🇰Slovakia	1.5742
178	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.5704
179	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.5675
180	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.5652
181	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.5651
182	🇲🇸Montserrat	1.5556
183	🇩🇪Germany	1.5338
184	🇨🇱Chile	1.5287
185	🇷🇸Serbia	1.5284
186	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.5215
187	🇨🇷Costa Rica	1.5181
188	🇳🇴Norway	1.5116
189	🇧🇾Belarus	1.5083
190	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.5068
191	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.5051
192	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.5024
193	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.4923
194	🇯🇪Jersey	1.4917
195	🇺🇾Uruguay	1.481
196	🇦🇹Austria	1.4799
197	🇨🇦Canada	1.4694
198	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.469
199	🇵🇱Poland	1.4683
200	🇨🇺Cuba	1.4566
201	🇭🇷Croatia	1.448
202	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1.4371
203	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.4005
204	🇫🇮Finland	1.3994
205	🇧🇹Bhutan	1.3904
206	🇲🇺Mauritius	1.3845
207	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1.3794
208	🇲🇰North Macedonia	1.3787
209	🇬🇷Greece	1.3754
210	🇧🇸Bahamas	1.3738
211	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.3718
212	🇵🇹Portugal	1.3714
213	🇦🇱Albania	1.3713
214	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3405
215	🇯🇲Jamaica	1.3375
216	🇹🇭Thailand	1.3158
217	🇯🇵Japan	1.3148
218	🇨🇾Cyprus	1.3106
219	🇮🇹Italy	1.3012
220	🇪🇸Spain	1.2943
221	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	1.2811
222	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.281
223	🇦🇮Anguilla	1.274
224	🇲🇹Malta	1.2151
225	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.2063
226	🇨🇳China	1.1899
227	🇦🇼Aruba	1.1855
228	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	1.1504
229	🇸🇲San Marino	1.1484
230	🇦🇩Andorra	1.145
231	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1.1298
232	🇸🇬Singapore	1.0426
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.0306
234	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	1.0277
235	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0
236	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	0.8831
237	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	0.7709

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2023

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	4.1843
2	Oceania	2.1322
3	Asia	1.9336
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.8383
5	Northern America	1.6444
6	Europe	1.5038

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2023

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	5.4868
2	Western Africa	4.8172
3	Eastern Africa	4.0855
4	Melanesia	3.0823
5	Northern Africa	2.9895
6	Central Asia	2.8826
7	Micronesia	2.7428
8	Polynesia	2.6032
9	Western Asia	2.5413
10	Southern Africa	2.393
11	Southern Asia	2.1878
12	South-Eastern Asia	2.1058
13	Caribbean	2.0193
14	Central America	1.9
15	South America	1.7901
16	Australia/New Zealand	1.6266
17	Western Europe	1.6262
18	Northern Europe	1.5894
19	Eastern Europe	1.5149
20	Southern Europe	1.3393
21	Eastern Asia	1.1945

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2023

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	4.4681
2	Lower-middle-income countries	2.5495
3	No income group available	2.1745
4	Middle-income countries	2.1618
5	High-income countries	1.5647
6	Upper-middle-income countries	1.5286

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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