Total Fertility Rate by Country in 2029

-5 year -1 year 2029 +1 year +5 year

In the year 2029, the world is projected to have a total fertility rate of 2.2044 (births per woman).

The country with the highest total fertility rate is projected to be 🇹🇩Chad with a rate of 5.5408 births per woman. Closely followed by 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo with a fertility rate of 5.5154 births per woman, and 🇸🇴Somalia with 5.4707 child born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual fertility rate is projected to be 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with 0.7308 births per woman. Followed by 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with a fertility rate of 0.7759 births per woman, and 🇰🇷Republic of Korea with 0.8003 child born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest total fertility rate is projected to be Africa with a rate of 3.7123 births per woman. Closely followed by Oceania with a fertility rate of 2.084 births per woman, and Asia with 1.8488 child born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest total fertility rate of 5.0311 births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a fertility rate of 3.9417 births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 3.6884 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 4.0748 children born per woman. While the lowest total fertility rate is recorded by High-and-upper-middle-income countries with a TFR of only 1.485.

Similar Population Metrics for 2029

Countries with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2029

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	🇹🇩Chad	5.5408
2	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.5154
3	🇸🇴Somalia	5.4707
4	🇨🇫Central African Republic	5.3606
5	🇳🇪Niger	5.2177
6	🇲🇱Mali	5.0663
7	🇦🇴Angola	4.6648
8	🇲🇿Mozambique	4.3043
9	🇦🇫Afghanistan	4.3025
10	🇲🇷Mauritania	4.2925
11	🇧🇮Burundi	4.2784
12	🇾🇹Mayotte	4.2358
13	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	4.2204
14	🇧🇯Benin	4.1248
15	🇾🇪Yemen	4.0584
16	🇸🇩Sudan	3.948
17	🇨🇲Cameroon	3.9324
18	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	3.9301
19	🇳🇬Nigeria	3.92
20	🇹🇬Togo	3.842
21	🇨🇬Congo	3.8267
22	🇬🇳Guinea	3.7269
23	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	3.7239
24	🇿🇲Zambia	3.7225
25	🇺🇬Uganda	3.6936
26	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	3.6436
27	🇲🇬Madagascar	3.6073
28	🇼🇸Samoa	3.5819
29	🇰🇲Comoros	3.5488
30	🇸🇳Senegal	3.5297
31	🇱🇷Liberia	3.5079
32	🇪🇹Ethiopia	3.4976
33	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	3.4359
34	🇸🇸South Sudan	3.4314
35	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	3.425
36	🇬🇲Gambia	3.4146
37	🇻🇺Vanuatu	3.3878
38	🇷🇼Rwanda	3.3791
39	🇪🇷Eritrea	3.3758
40	🇬🇦Gabon	3.3306
41	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	3.3171
42	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	3.2987
43	🇵🇰Pakistan	3.298
44	🇲🇼Malawi	3.2898
45	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	3.2795
46	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	3.2671
47	🇬🇭Ghana	3.1387
48	🇬🇫French Guiana	3.1311
49	🇳🇷Nauru	3.0854
50	🇳🇦Namibia	3.0164
51	🇮🇶Iraq	3.0086
52	🇹🇻Tuvalu	3.0022
53	🇵🇸State of Palestine	2.975
54	🇰🇮Kiribati	2.9728
55	🇰🇪Kenya	2.9531
56	🇹🇴Tonga	2.9492
57	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	2.8794
58	🇹🇯Tajikistan	2.8598
59	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	2.8373
60	🇮🇱Israel	2.6563
61	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	2.6455
62	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	2.6454
63	🇪🇬Egypt	2.6102
64	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	2.5884
65	🇬🇺Guam	2.5835
66	🇸🇿Eswatini	2.5445
67	🇱🇸Lesotho	2.5265
68	🇧🇼Botswana	2.5239
69	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	2.5102
70	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	2.5086
71	🇩🇿Algeria	2.4932
72	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	2.4771
73	🇹🇰Tokelau	2.4659
74	🇭🇹Haiti	2.4583
75	🇩🇯Djibouti	2.4476
76	🇯🇴Jordan	2.4451
77	🇲🇳Mongolia	2.4241
78	🇰🇭Cambodia	2.4063
79	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2.3989
80	🇳🇺Niue	2.3636
81	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	2.361
82	🇭🇳Honduras	2.3508
83	🇴🇲Oman	2.3319
84	🇵🇾Paraguay	2.3126
85	🇬🇾Guyana	2.2767
86	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	2.2379
87	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	2.1961
88	🇫🇯Fiji	2.1794
89	🇦🇸American Samoa	2.1649
90	🇬🇹Guatemala	2.1496
91	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	2.149
92	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	2.1451
93	🇱🇧Lebanon	2.1301
94	🇸🇷Suriname	2.1282
95	🇿🇦South Africa	2.119
96	🇱🇾Libya	2.114
97	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	2.1054
98	🇲🇦Morocco	2.1004
99	🇳🇮Nicaragua	2.0903
100	🇪🇭Western Sahara	2.0714
101	🇷🇪Réunion	2.0662
102	🇲🇨Monaco	2.064
103	🇧🇩Bangladesh	2.0305
104	🇮🇩Indonesia	2.0272
105	🇵🇦Panama	2.0233
106	🇲🇲Myanmar	2.0113
107	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	2.0029
108	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	2.0013
109	🇸🇨Seychelles	1.9992
110	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1.9983
111	🇧🇿Belize	1.9445
112	🇨🇰Cook Islands	1.9238
113	🇲🇶Martinique	1.9187
114	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1.8932
115	🇮🇳India	1.8916
116	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	1.888
117	🇵🇪Peru	1.8836
118	🇳🇵Nepal	1.8751
119	🇬🇱Greenland	1.867
120	🇬🇮Gibraltar	1.8669
121	🇵🇭Philippines	1.8282
122	🇻🇳Viet Nam	1.8279
123	🇲🇽Mexico	1.8056
124	🇵🇼Palau	1.797
125	🇲🇪Montenegro	1.7847
126	🇹🇳Tunisia	1.7629
127	🇪🇨Ecuador	1.7544
128	🇬🇪Georgia	1.7538
129	🇧🇭Bahrain	1.737
130	🇧🇬Bulgaria	1.734
131	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	1.7262
132	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	1.7208
133	🇸🇻El Salvador	1.7154
134	🇦🇲Armenia	1.7075
135	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.7063
136	🇷🇴Romania	1.7001
137	🇧🇧Barbados	1.6954
138	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1.6927
139	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	1.666
140	🇶🇦Qatar	1.6636
141	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	1.6572
142	🇦🇺Australia	1.6432
143	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1.6394
144	🇫🇷France	1.6389
145	🇸🇭Saint Helena	1.6361
146	🇺🇸United States of America	1.6272
147	🇳🇿New Zealand	1.6248
148	🇹🇷Türkiye	1.6141
149	🇦🇼Aruba	1.6088
150	🇮🇪Ireland	1.6007
151	🇨🇴Colombia	1.5855
152	🇸🇮Slovenia	1.5825
153	🇧🇷Brazil	1.5778
154	🇸🇰Slovakia	1.5774
155	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	1.5656
156	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	1.5462
157	🇩🇰Denmark	1.533
158	🇵🇹Portugal	1.5303
159	🇬🇧United Kingdom	1.5244
160	🇲🇻Maldives	1.5177
161	🇮🇲Isle of Man	1.5159
162	🇷🇸Serbia	1.514
163	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.5129
164	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	1.5102
165	🇦🇷Argentina	1.5095
166	🇭🇺Hungary	1.5083
167	🇲🇾Malaysia	1.5058
168	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	1.5039
169	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	1.4982
170	🇨🇿Czechia	1.4926
171	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.4855
172	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1.4823
173	🇭🇷Croatia	1.4786
174	🇮🇸Iceland	1.4785
175	🇲🇰North Macedonia	1.4778
176	🇰🇼Kuwait	1.4777
177	🇩🇪Germany	1.4737
178	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	1.4714
179	🇨🇺Cuba	1.4646
180	🇵🇫French Polynesia	1.464
181	🇲🇸Montserrat	1.4609
182	🇸🇪Sweden	1.4565
183	🇩🇲Dominica	1.4557
184	🇳🇱Netherlands	1.4548
185	🇨🇭Switzerland	1.4538
186	🇬🇩Grenada	1.4398
187	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.4352
188	🇳🇴Norway	1.4307
189	🇱🇺Luxembourg	1.4278
190	🇧🇲Bermuda	1.4249
191	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	1.4239
192	🇧🇹Bhutan	1.4166
193	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.4155
194	🇧🇪Belgium	1.4145
195	🇪🇪Estonia	1.4117
196	🇯🇪Jersey	1.4039
197	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	1.3955
198	🇬🇬Guernsey	1.3847
199	🇺🇾Uruguay	1.3799
200	🇱🇻Latvia	1.3694
201	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1.3651
202	🇨🇾Cyprus	1.3625
203	🇬🇷Greece	1.3555
204	🇦🇹Austria	1.3554
205	🇧🇸Bahamas	1.3518
206	🇦🇮Anguilla	1.3409
207	🇯🇲Jamaica	1.3315
208	🇵🇱Poland	1.3266
209	🇦🇱Albania	1.3228
210	🇫🇮Finland	1.3226
211	🇨🇦Canada	1.3224
212	🇨🇷Costa Rica	1.306
213	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.2996
214	🇪🇸Spain	1.2581
215	🇧🇾Belarus	1.2541
216	🇯🇵Japan	1.2538
217	🇮🇹Italy	1.2424
218	🇱🇹Lithuania	1.2407
219	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1.2208
220	🇲🇺Mauritius	1.2068
221	🇹🇭Thailand	1.1953
222	🇸🇲San Marino	1.1915
223	🇲🇹Malta	1.1447
224	🇦🇩Andorra	1.1275
225	🇨🇱Chile	1.1247
226	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	1.0912
227	🇨🇼Curaçao	1.088
228	🇨🇳China	1.0519
229	🇺🇦Ukraine	1.0231
230	🇻🇦Holy See	0.9997
231	🇸🇬Singapore	0.9973
232	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	0.9624
233	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	0.884
234	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	0.8767
235	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	0.8003
236	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	0.7759
237	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	0.7308

Regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2029

Rank	Region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Africa	3.7123
2	Oceania	2.084
3	Asia	1.8488
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	1.7477
5	Americas	1.6983
6	Northern America	1.5976
7	Europe	1.4326

Sub-regions with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2029

Rank	Sub-region	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Middle Africa	5.0311
2	Western Africa	3.9417
3	Eastern Africa	3.6884
4	Central Asia	2.9745
5	Melanesia	2.8512
6	Northern Africa	2.7557
7	Micronesia	2.6819
8	Western Asia	2.447
9	Polynesia	2.4404
10	Southern Africa	2.1943
11	Southern Asia	2.1171
12	Caribbean	1.9115
13	Central America	1.8813
14	South-Eastern Asia	1.8612
15	South America	1.6634
16	Australia/New Zealand	1.641
17	Western Europe	1.5193
18	Northern Europe	1.4958
19	Eastern Europe	1.4126
20	Southern Europe	1.3113
21	Eastern Asia	1.0694

Income Groups with the Highest Total Fertility Rate in 2029

Rank	Income Group	Total Fertility Rate (births per woman)
1	Low-income countries	4.0748
2	Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries	2.7366
3	Lower-middle-income countries	2.4237
4	Low-and-middle-income countries	2.3021
5	Middle-income countries	2.0536
6	No income group available	2.0025
7	High-income countries	1.4859
8	Upper-middle-income countries	1.4855
9	High-and-upper-middle-income countries	1.485

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

Data Disclaimer

People at database.earth has not verified data entry and collection processes in person. We take all open data provided by this source at face value.

This data is the foundation for most content and visualization found on this page. If you find errors in the representation of the data, please contact us and we will correct it.

All data from sources are archived for future reference.