Net Reproduction Rate by Country in 2019

In the year 2019, the world had a net reproduction rate of 1.0988 (female births per woman).

The country with the highest net reproduction rate was 🇳🇪Niger with a rate of 2.9792 female births per woman. Closely followed by 🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo with a net reproduction rate of 2.6324 female births per woman, and 🇸🇴Somalia with 2.6014 female children born per woman.

The country with the lowest annual net reproduction rate was 🇰🇷Republic of Korea with 0.4421 female births per woman. Followed by 🇻🇬British Virgin Islands with a net reproduction rate of 0.4531 female births per woman, and 🇸🇬Singapore with 0.4653 female children born per woman.

The geographic region with the highest net reproduction rate was Africa with a rate of 1.9057 female births per woman. Closely followed by Oceania with a net reproduction rate of 1.0397 female births per woman, and Asia with 0.9513 female children born per woman.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Middle Africa had the highest net reproduction rate of 2.4262 female births per woman. Closely followed by Western Africa with a net reproduction rate of 2.0455 female births per woman, and Eastern Africa with 1.9549 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 2.0739 children born per woman. While the lowest net reproduction rate is recorded by High-income countries with a TFR of only 0.7613.