Total Fertility Rate by Country in 2024

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In the year 2024, the world had a total fertility rate of 2.3075 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate was 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 6.5956 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇹🇩Chad with a fertility rate of 6.0325 births per woman, and 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo with 5.9919 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate was 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 0.7822 births per woman. Followed by 🇰🇷Republic of Korea with a fertility rate of 0.8925 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 4.124 births per woman. Closely followed by Oceania with a fertility rate of 2.1254 births per woman, and Asia with 1.9304 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 5.4199 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 4.7475 births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 4.0011 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 4.3878 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by Upper-middle-income countries with a TFR of only 1.5341.

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Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2024

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇳🇪Niger	6.5956
2	🇹🇩Chad	6.0325
3	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.9919
4	🇸🇴Somalia	5.9777
5	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.7445
6	🇲🇱Mali	5.7116
7	🇦🇴Angola	5.0385
8	🇳🇬Nigeria	4.993
9	🇧🇮Burundi	4.778
10	🇧🇯Benin	4.7411
11	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	4.5053
12	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	4.4729
13	🇬🇲Gambia	4.407
14	🇲🇿Mozambique	4.3985
15	🇦🇫Afghanistan	4.2878
16	🇸🇩Sudan	4.2514
17	🇺🇬Uganda	4.2383
18	🇨🇲Cameroon	4.2313
19	🇾🇹Mayotte	4.2279
20	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	4.2252
21	🇲🇷Mauritania	4.1905
22	🇸🇳Senegal	4.1824
23	🇸🇸South Sudan	4.1417
24	🇬🇳Guinea	4.127
25	🇿🇲Zambia	4.1033
26	🇹🇬Togo	4.0658
27	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	3.9796
28	🇨🇬Congo	3.9617
29	🇱🇷Liberia	3.8761
30	🇪🇹Ethiopia	3.8757
31	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	3.8189
32	🇰🇲Comoros	3.788
33	🇼🇸Samoa	3.774
34	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	3.7695
35	🇲🇼Malawi	3.711
36	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	3.6929
37	🇲🇬Madagascar	3.6674
38	🇪🇷Eritrea	3.6292
39	🇷🇼Rwanda	3.629
40	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	3.62
41	🇻🇺Vanuatu	3.6108
42	🇾🇪Yemen	3.5733
43	🇬🇭Ghana	3.3962
44	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.3721
45	🇳🇷Nauru	3.3681
46	🇮🇶Iraq	3.3421
47	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	3.3368
48	🇬🇦Gabon	3.3292
49	🇵🇸State of Palestine	3.3208
50	🇵🇰Pakistan	3.2828
51	🇰🇮Kiribati	3.2016
52	🇰🇪Kenya	3.1869
53	🇳🇦Namibia	3.1644
54	🇹🇴Tonga	3.1322
55	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.085
56	🇹🇯Tajikistan	3.07
57	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	3.0563
58	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	2.9917
59	🇱🇸Lesotho	2.9038
60	🇮🇱Israel	2.8917
61	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	2.8774
62	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	2.875
63	🇪🇬Egypt	2.8142
64	🇩🇿Algeria	2.711
65	🇸🇿Eswatini	2.7086
66	🇯🇴Jordan	2.705
67	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	2.7046
68	🇭🇹Haiti	2.6934
69	🇧🇼Botswana	2.6792
70	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.6767
71	🇩🇯Djibouti	2.6688
72	🇵🇭Philippines	2.6666
73	🇲🇳Mongolia	2.6648
74	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	2.6254
75	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.5988
76	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	2.5961
77	🇹🇰Tokelau	2.5957
78	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	2.5531
79	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.5259
80	🇬🇺Guam	2.4958
81	🇴🇲Oman	2.474
82	🇫🇯Fiji	2.411
83	🇵🇾Paraguay	2.3996
84	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.3729
85	🇳🇺Niue	2.366
86	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	2.3317
87	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	2.3313
88	🇬🇾Guyana	2.3251
89	🇵🇼Palau	2.3079
90	🇱🇾Libya	2.3061
91	🇿🇦South Africa	2.2935
92	🇬🇹Guatemala	2.2905
93	🇭🇳Honduras	2.28
94	🇸🇷Suriname	2.2733
95	🇸🇨Seychelles	2.2646
96	🇵🇦Panama	2.2604
97	🇰🇭Cambodia	2.2572
98	🇲🇦Morocco	2.2429
99	🇳🇮Nicaragua	2.2242
100	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2.2166
101	🇦🇸American Samoa	2.2093
102	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	2.195
103	🇨🇰Cook Islands	2.1808
104	🇷🇪Réunion	2.1752
105	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2.1478
106	🇵🇪Peru	2.1193
107	🇮🇩Indonesia	2.1173
108	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	2.1023
109	🇲🇲Myanmar	2.0942
110	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	2.0915
111	🇲🇨Monaco	2.067
112	🇰🇼Kuwait	2.0485
113	🇬🇪Georgia	2.0401
114	🇱🇧Lebanon	2.0349
115	🇹🇳Tunisia	2.0214
116	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.0033
117	🇮🇳India	1.9823
118	🇪🇨Ecuador	1.9737
119	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1.9709
120	🇳🇵Nepal	1.9676
121	🇧🇿Belize	1.9639
122	🇬🇩Grenada	1.9511
123	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	1.9472
124	🇬🇱Greenland	1.9347
125	🇻🇳Viet Nam	1.9263
126	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1.9227
127	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.9035
128	🇲🇶Martinique	1.8851
129	🇹🇷Türkiye	1.8545
130	🇦🇷Argentina	1.8528
131	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	1.85
132	🇬🇮Gibraltar	1.8159
133	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	1.7936
134	🇫🇷France	1.7841
135	🇲🇽Mexico	1.7787
136	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.7774
137	🇧🇭Bahrain	1.7723
138	🇸🇻El Salvador	1.7695
139	🇲🇾Malaysia	1.7637
140	🇶🇦Qatar	1.7626
141	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.7552
142	🇮🇪Ireland	1.7547
143	🇳🇿New Zealand	1.7486
144	🇷🇴Romania	1.7394
145	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1.7371
146	🇩🇰Denmark	1.7201
147	🇮🇸Iceland	1.7174
148	🇨🇿Czechia	1.6975
149	🇨🇴Colombia	1.6811
150	🇪🇪Estonia	1.6727
151	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.6721
152	🇸🇪Sweden	1.6719
153	🇵🇫French Polynesia	1.6718
154	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.6678
155	🇺🇸United States of America	1.6618
156	🇲🇻Maldives	1.661
157	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	1.6467
158	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.6443
159	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	1.6391
160	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.6389
161	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.6374
162	🇸🇭Saint Helena	1.636
163	🇨🇼Curaçao	1.6353
164	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.6343
165	🇧🇧Barbados	1.6291
166	🇧🇷Brazil	1.6172
167	🇦🇺Australia	1.6031
168	🇧🇪Belgium	1.5989
169	🇧🇬Bulgaria	1.5978
170	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1.5975
171	🇱🇻Latvia	1.5872
172	🇭🇺Hungary	1.5838
173	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.5828
174	🇩🇲Dominica	1.5818
175	🇸🇰Slovakia	1.5798
176	🇦🇲Armenia	1.5788
177	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.5763
178	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	1.5753
179	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.5731
180	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.5648
181	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.5594
182	🇲🇸Montserrat	1.5543
183	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.5377
184	🇩🇪Germany	1.5376
185	🇷🇸Serbia	1.5328
186	🇨🇱Chile	1.5282
187	🇳🇴Norway	1.5188
188	🇧🇾Belarus	1.5186
189	🇨🇷Costa Rica	1.5108
190	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.5104
191	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.5078
192	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.5016
193	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.494
194	🇯🇪Jersey	1.4934
195	🇦🇹Austria	1.4794
196	🇺🇾Uruguay	1.4778
197	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.4765
198	🇵🇱Poland	1.4759
199	🇨🇦Canada	1.473
200	🇨🇺Cuba	1.4585
201	🇭🇷Croatia	1.4485
202	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1.4362
203	🇫🇮Finland	1.4122
204	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.4079
205	🇲🇺Mauritius	1.3891
206	🇲🇰North Macedonia	1.3863
207	🇧🇹Bhutan	1.3861
208	🇬🇷Greece	1.3804
209	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1.3804
210	🇧🇸Bahamas	1.3794
211	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.3761
212	🇵🇹Portugal	1.3751
213	🇦🇱Albania	1.3721
214	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.3463
215	🇯🇲Jamaica	1.3383
216	🇯🇵Japan	1.3278
217	🇨🇾Cyprus	1.3141
218	🇹🇭Thailand	1.3095
219	🇮🇹Italy	1.307
220	🇪🇸Spain	1.3032
221	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.2936
222	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	1.281
223	🇦🇮Anguilla	1.279
224	🇲🇹Malta	1.2313
225	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.2126
226	🇨🇳China	1.2054
227	🇦🇼Aruba	1.1901
228	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	1.1655
229	🇸🇲San Marino	1.1551
230	🇦🇩Andorra	1.1539
231	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1.1534
232	🇸🇬Singapore	1.0536
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	1.04
234	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	1.0355
235	🇻🇦Holy See	1.0
236	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	0.8925
237	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	0.7822

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2024

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	4.124
2	Oceania	2.1254
3	Asia	1.9304
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.83
5	Northern America	1.6446
6	Europe	1.513

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2024

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	5.4199
2	Western Africa	4.7475
3	Eastern Africa	4.0011
4	Melanesia	3.0417
5	Northern Africa	2.9508
6	Central Asia	2.841
7	Micronesia	2.7063
8	Polynesia	2.5863
9	Western Asia	2.5212
10	Southern Africa	2.3682
11	Southern Asia	2.1686
12	South-Eastern Asia	2.0935
13	Caribbean	2.0076
14	Central America	1.8869
15	South America	1.7839
16	Western Europe	1.629
17	Australia/New Zealand	1.6275
18	Northern Europe	1.594
19	Eastern Europe	1.526
20	Southern Europe	1.3444
21	Eastern Asia	1.2104

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2024

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	4.3878
2	Lower-middle-income countries	2.5276
3	Middle-income countries	2.1564
4	No income group available	2.1517
5	High-income countries	1.5683
6	Upper-middle-income countries	1.5341

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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