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Fertility rate by country

216 countries ranked · 2024 · World Bank

The average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at current rates. About 2.1 is 'replacement level' — below it a population shrinks without immigration.

1. 1Chad6.0 children/woman
2. 2Somalia6.0 children/woman
3. 3DR Congo6.0 children/woman
4. 4Central African Republic6.0 children/woman
5. 5Niger5.9 children/woman
6. 6Mali5.5 children/woman
7. 7Angola5.0 children/woman
8. 8Burundi4.8 children/woman
9. 9Afghanistan4.8 children/woman
10. 10Mozambique4.7 children/woman
11. 11Mauritania4.6 children/woman
12. 12Tanzania4.5 children/woman
13. 13Yemen4.5 children/woman
14. 14Benin4.5 children/woman
15. 15Nigeria4.4 children/woman
16. 16Sudan4.3 children/woman
17. 17Cameroon4.3 children/woman
18. 18Ivory Coast4.2 children/woman
19. 19Uganda4.2 children/woman
20. 20Guinea4.1 children/woman
21. 21Togo4.1 children/woman
22. 22Equatorial Guinea4.1 children/woman
23. 23Burkina Faso4.1 children/woman
24. 24Congo4.1 children/woman
25. 25Zambia4.0 children/woman

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