Countries by fertility rate (2026)

The total fertility rate estimates how many children a woman would have over her lifetime at current birth rates. Chad tops the table at 6.03; Macao sits at the bottom at 0.58.

The long-run replacement level is about 2.1 children per woman. 120 of the 218 countries and territories here are now below it — a majority of the world's population lives in a below-replacement country, which is why global growth keeps slowing even as the total still rises.

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Countries by fertility rate (2026)
#	Country	Fertility rate	Population	Median age
1	Chad	6.03	21,003,705	15.8 yrs
2	Somalia	6.01	19,654,739	15.6 yrs
3	DR Congo	5.98	112,832,473	15.8 yrs
4	Central African Republic	5.95	5,513,282	14.5 yrs
5	Niger	5.94	27,917,831	15.6 yrs
6	Mali	5.51	25,198,821	15.7 yrs
7	Angola	5.05	39,040,039	16.6 yrs
8	Burundi	4.79	14,390,003	16.4 yrs
9	Afghanistan	4.76	43,844,111	17.3 yrs
10	Mozambique	4.69	35,631,653	16.5 yrs
11	Mauritania	4.63	5,315,065	17.4 yrs
12	Tanzania	4.54	70,545,865	17.5 yrs
13	Yemen	4.50	41,773,878	18.4 yrs
14	Benin	4.48	14,814,460	18.0 yrs
15	Nigeria	4.38	237,527,782	18.1 yrs
16	Sudan	4.26	51,662,147	18.5 yrs
17	Cameroon	4.26	29,879,337	18.0 yrs
18	Ivory Coast	4.23	32,711,547	18.3 yrs
19	Uganda	4.17	51,384,894	16.9 yrs
20	Guinea	4.13	15,099,727	18.3 yrs
21	Togo	4.12	8,591,626	19.1 yrs
22	Equatorial Guinea	4.12	1,938,431	20.9 yrs
23	Burkina Faso	4.11	24,074,580	17.7 yrs
24	Republic of the Congo	4.11	6,484,437	18.6 yrs
25	Zambia	4.04	21,913,874	17.9 yrs
26	Madagascar	3.91	32,740,678	19.2 yrs
27	Ethiopia	3.91	135,472,051	19.1 yrs
28	Gambia	3.91	2,822,093	18.6 yrs
29	Liberia	3.86	5,731,206	18.8 yrs
30	Comoros	3.82	882,847	20.6 yrs
31	Samoa	3.80	219,306	19.8 yrs
32	South Sudan	3.79	12,188,788	18.7 yrs
33	Senegal	3.77	18,931,966	19.6 yrs
34	Guinea-Bissau	3.76	2,249,515	19.4 yrs
35	Sierra Leone	3.70	8,819,794	19.7 yrs
36	Eritrea	3.68	3,607,003	19.2 yrs
37	Zimbabwe	3.67	16,950,795	18.1 yrs
38	Rwanda	3.65	14,569,341	19.9 yrs
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.60	240,254	19.5 yrs
40	Gabon	3.59	2,593,130	21.5 yrs
41	Malawi	3.59	22,216,120	18.1 yrs
42	Vanuatu	3.57	335,169	20.3 yrs
43	Pakistan	3.55	255,219,554	20.6 yrs
44	Solomon Islands	3.51	838,645	20.7 yrs
45	Uzbekistan	3.49	37,053,428	27.0 yrs
46	Ghana	3.34	35,064,272	21.3 yrs
47	Nauru	3.29	12,025	20.2 yrs
48	Palestine	3.25	5,413,596	20.1 yrs
49	Iraq	3.22	47,020,774	20.8 yrs
50	Namibia	3.21	3,092,816	21.3 yrs
51	Tuvalu	3.17	9,492	24.2 yrs
52	Kenya	3.17	57,532,493	20.0 yrs
53	Kiribati	3.12	136,488	22.9 yrs
54	Tonga	3.10	103,742	20.8 yrs
55	Papua New Guinea	3.07	10,762,817	22.8 yrs
56	Tajikistan	3.04	10,786,734	22.2 yrs
57	Kazakhstan	2.98	20,843,754	29.7 yrs
58	Israel	2.87	10,122,800	29.2 yrs
59	Marshall Islands	2.86	36,282	20.4 yrs
60	Guam	2.75	168,999	31.5 yrs
61	Micronesia	2.74	113,683	23.3 yrs
62	Egypt	2.74	118,365,995	24.5 yrs
63	Algeria	2.72	47,435,312	28.6 yrs
64	Eswatini	2.72	1,256,174	22.5 yrs
65	Botswana	2.70	2,562,122	23.4 yrs
66	Syria	2.70	25,620,427	23.3 yrs
67	Saint Martin	2.67	24,941	42.5 yrs
68	Lesotho	2.66	2,363,325	21.8 yrs
69	Turkmenistan	2.66	7,618,847	26.9 yrs
70	Timor-Leste	2.63	1,418,517	21.7 yrs
71	Haiti	2.63	11,906,095	24.1 yrs
72	Djibouti	2.62	1,184,076	24.9 yrs
73	Jordan	2.60	11,520,684	24.7 yrs
74	Kyrgyzstan	2.60	7,343,064	25.4 yrs
75	Cambodia	2.55	17,847,982	26.2 yrs
76	Bolivia	2.52	12,581,843	25.2 yrs
77	Oman	2.51	5,494,691	29.7 yrs
78	Mongolia	2.50	3,568,978	26.9 yrs
79	Honduras	2.48	11,005,850	24.2 yrs
80	Paraguay	2.42	7,013,078	27.0 yrs
81	Laos	2.40	7,873,046	24.9 yrs
82	Guyana	2.40	835,986	26.2 yrs
83	Northern Mariana Islands	2.32	43,541	38.0 yrs
84	Saudi Arabia	2.31	36,973,555	29.6 yrs
85	Libya	2.30	7,458,555	27.7 yrs
86	Guatemala	2.29	18,687,881	23.4 yrs
87	Fiji	2.27	933,154	28.1 yrs
88	American Samoa	2.27	46,029	29.0 yrs
89	Suriname	2.23	639,850	28.6 yrs
90	Lebanon	2.23	5,849,421	28.8 yrs
91	Dominican Republic	2.22	11,520,487	28.3 yrs
92	Morocco	2.21	38,430,770	29.8 yrs
93	Nicaragua	2.21	7,007,502	26.0 yrs
94	South Africa	2.21	64,747,319	28.7 yrs
95	Bangladesh	2.14	175,686,899	26.0 yrs
96	Indonesia	2.12	285,721,236	30.4 yrs
97	Panama	2.11	4,571,189	30.3 yrs
98	Monaco	2.10	38,341	53.6 yrs
99	Myanmar	2.10	54,850,648	30.1 yrs
100	Venezuela	2.08	28,516,896	29.4 yrs
101	Belize	2.02	422,924	26.9 yrs
102	U.S. Virgin Islands	1.97	103,792	44.8 yrs
103	Peru	1.97	34,576,665	30.2 yrs
104	New Caledonia	1.96	295,333	34.5 yrs
105	India	1.96	1,463,865,525	28.8 yrs
106	Nepal	1.96	29,618,118	25.3 yrs
107	Sri Lanka	1.95	21,756,000	33.3 yrs
108	Faroe Islands	1.91	54,900	37.1 yrs
109	Vietnam	1.90	101,598,527	33.4 yrs
110	Philippines	1.89	116,786,962	26.1 yrs
111	Mexico	1.89	131,946,900	29.6 yrs
112	Gibraltar	1.89	40,126	38.8 yrs
113	Palau	1.88	17,663	38.5 yrs
114	Seychelles	1.85	122,730	34.3 yrs
115	Tunisia	1.82	12,348,573	32.9 yrs
116	Ecuador	1.81	18,289,896	29.3 yrs
117	Bahrain	1.81	1,600,366	33.3 yrs
118	Georgia	1.80	3,935,766	37.3 yrs
119	Montenegro	1.80	623,129	40.0 yrs
120	North Korea	1.78	26,571,036	36.5 yrs
121	El Salvador	1.77	6,365,503	27.9 yrs
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.76	99,924	34.4 yrs
123	Brunei	1.73	466,330	32.7 yrs
124	Moldova	1.73	2,360,527	38.6 yrs
125	Bulgaria	1.72	6,433,302	44.8 yrs
126	Qatar	1.72	2,972,215	33.5 yrs
127	Barbados	1.71	282,623	39.4 yrs
128	Greenland	1.71	56,831	35.1 yrs
129	Armenia	1.70	3,086,700	36.6 yrs
130	Iran	1.68	92,417,681	34.0 yrs
131	Serbia	1.64	6,549,143	44.4 yrs
132	Colombia	1.63	53,425,635	32.5 yrs
133	United States	1.63	341,784,857	38.5 yrs
134	Brazil	1.61	212,812,405	34.8 yrs
135	France	1.61	68,720,337	42.3 yrs
136	Aruba	1.61	108,785	41.5 yrs
137	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58	94,209	36.3 yrs
138	New Zealand	1.57	5,324,700	37.7 yrs
139	Kuwait	1.56	4,865,298	34.8 yrs
140	Maldives	1.56	529,676	32.7 yrs
141	Iceland	1.56	392,404	36.2 yrs
142	United Kingdom	1.55	69,487,000	40.1 yrs
143	Isle of Man	1.54	84,118	46.1 yrs
144	Malaysia	1.54	35,977,838	31.0 yrs
145	Kosovo	1.54	1,576,876	32.6 yrs
146	Trinidad and Tobago	1.54	1,367,764	37.7 yrs
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.53	46,922	36.2 yrs
148	Cayman Islands	1.53	75,844	38.7 yrs
149	Slovenia	1.52	2,130,986	44.7 yrs
150	Cape Verde	1.51	527,326	29.0 yrs
151	Argentina	1.50	45,851,378	32.9 yrs
152	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49	3,140,095	45.7 yrs
153	French Polynesia	1.49	282,465	36.1 yrs
154	Australia	1.48	27,614,411	38.3 yrs
155	Turkey	1.48	85,878,556	33.5 yrs
156	Dominica	1.48	65,871	36.3 yrs
157	Grenada	1.47	117,303	34.4 yrs
158	Denmark	1.47	6,009,169	41.3 yrs
159	Ireland	1.47	5,484,367	39.0 yrs
160	Slovakia	1.46	5,413,813	42.3 yrs
161	Croatia	1.46	3,876,200	45.3 yrs
162	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.45	46,855	39.2 yrs
163	Norway	1.45	5,610,870	39.8 yrs
164	Bhutan	1.45	796,682	30.5 yrs
165	Cuba	1.45	10,937,203	42.2 yrs
166	Belgium	1.44	11,941,781	41.9 yrs
167	Mauritius	1.44	1,243,741	37.8 yrs
168	Sint Maarten	1.44	43,923	41.8 yrs
169	Netherlands	1.43	18,087,633	41.5 yrs
170	Sweden	1.43	10,596,620	40.3 yrs
171	Azerbaijan	1.43	10,246,996	33.6 yrs
172	Russia	1.42	143,513,328	40.3 yrs
173	Portugal	1.41	10,804,871	46.9 yrs
174	Hungary	1.41	9,514,251	43.9 yrs
175	Bermuda	1.41	64,555	46.0 yrs
176	North Macedonia	1.40	1,820,909	41.0 yrs
177	Curaçao	1.40	156,263	38.7 yrs
178	Uruguay	1.40	3,384,688	36.4 yrs
179	Romania	1.39	19,020,271	43.2 yrs
180	Saint Lucia	1.39	180,149	34.6 yrs
181	Cyprus	1.38	1,370,754	38.6 yrs
182	Bahamas	1.37	403,033	35.3 yrs
183	Channel Islands	1.37	168,466	–
184	Liechtenstein	1.37	41,024	44.5 yrs
185	Germany	1.36	83,491,249	45.5 yrs
186	Czech Republic	1.36	10,886,878	43.8 yrs
187	Jamaica	1.35	2,837,077	32.8 yrs
188	Albania	1.34	2,349,580	37.3 yrs
189	Costa Rica	1.32	5,152,950	35.2 yrs
190	Austria	1.31	9,208,163	43.6 yrs
191	Switzerland	1.29	9,092,436	42.9 yrs
192	Canada	1.25	41,651,653	40.6 yrs
193	Finland	1.25	5,646,436	43.2 yrs
194	Luxembourg	1.25	686,970	39.5 yrs
195	Greece	1.24	10,413,962	46.8 yrs
196	Latvia	1.24	1,847,785	43.6 yrs
197	Belarus	1.22	9,085,991	41.3 yrs
198	United Arab Emirates	1.21	11,513,149	31.6 yrs
199	Thailand	1.20	71,619,863	40.6 yrs
200	Italy	1.18	58,915,656	48.2 yrs
201	Estonia	1.18	1,366,475	42.8 yrs
202	San Marino	1.16	34,109	48.6 yrs
203	Japan	1.15	123,366,734	49.8 yrs
204	Poland	1.14	36,435,861	42.5 yrs
205	Chile	1.14	19,859,921	36.9 yrs
206	Lithuania	1.11	2,888,774	42.3 yrs
207	Spain	1.10	49,355,143	45.9 yrs
208	Andorra	1.09	82,904	43.9 yrs
209	British Virgin Islands	1.05	39,732	38.6 yrs
210	China	1.01	1,406,585,000	40.1 yrs
211	Malta	1.01	579,704	41.1 yrs
212	Ukraine	0.99	38,980,376	41.8 yrs
213	Singapore	0.97	6,111,175	36.2 yrs
214	Puerto Rico	0.92	3,184,835	45.8 yrs
215	Taiwan	0.86	23,213,962	44.8 yrs
216	Hong Kong	0.84	7,498,900	47.4 yrs
217	South Korea	0.75	51,684,564	45.6 yrs
218	Macao	0.58	685,900	39.6 yrs

Total fertility rate, latest World Bank estimates; 218 of 218 tracked entities have published values.

Frequently asked questions

Which country has the highest fertility rate?

Chad has the highest total fertility rate at 6.03 children per woman (latest World Bank estimate).

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

Macao has the lowest, at 0.58 children per woman.

How many countries are below the replacement fertility level?

120 of 218 countries and territories are below the 2.1 replacement level.