Net Reproduction Rate by Country in 2015

In the year 2015, the world had a net reproduction rate of 1.1423 (female births per woman).

The country with the highest net reproduction rate was 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 3.0132 female births per woman. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a net reproduction rate of 2.6948 female births per woman, and 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo with 2.6481 female children born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual net reproduction rate was 🇻🇦Holy See with 0.4888 female births per woman. Followed by 🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy with a net reproduction rate of 0.5324 female births per woman, and 🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China with 0.5559 female children born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest net reproduction rate was Africa with a rate of 1.9661 female births per woman. Closely followed by Oceania with a net reproduction rate of 1.1067 female births per woman, and Asia with 1.006 female children born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest net reproduction rate of 2.4637 female births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a net reproduction rate of 2.1163 female births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 2.0385 female children born per woman.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Low-income countries has the highest net reproduction rate of 2.141 children born per woman. While the lowest net reproduction rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 0.8111.