Net Reproduction Rate by Country in 2016

In the year 2016, the world had a net reproduction rate of 1.1456 (female births per woman).

The country with the highest net reproduction rate was 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 3.005 female births per woman. Closely followed by 🇸🇴Somalia with a net reproduction rate of 2.6752 female births per woman, and 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo with 2.6492 female children born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual net reproduction rate was 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands with 0.4713 female births per woman. Followed by 🇸🇬Singapore with a net reproduction rate of 0.4816 female births per woman, and 🇻🇦Holy See with 0.4877 female children born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest net reproduction rate was Africa with a rate of 1.9444 female births per woman. Closely followed by Oceania with a net reproduction rate of 1.0931 female births per woman, and Asia with 1.0157 female children born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest net reproduction rate of 2.4581 female births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a net reproduction rate of 2.1 female births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 2.0196 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 2.1267 children born per woman. While the lowest net reproduction rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 0.8071.