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Fertility rate by country

The number of children a woman would have if she experienced current age-specific fertility rates throughout her childbearing years.

Unit: births per woman217 economies with data

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Fertility rate: historical trends

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Fertility rate·births per woman· World Bank
YearItalyJapanUnited States
20241.18 births1.15 births1.63 births
20231.21 births1.2 births1.62 births
20221.24 births1.26 births1.66 births
20211.25 births1.3 births1.66 births
20201.24 births1.33 births1.64 births
20191.27 births1.36 births1.71 births
20181.31 births1.42 births1.73 births
20171.34 births1.43 births1.77 births
20161.36 births1.44 births1.82 births
20151.36 births1.45 births1.84 births
20141.38 births1.42 births1.86 births
20131.39 births1.43 births1.86 births
20121.42 births1.41 births1.88 births
20111.42 births1.39 births1.89 births
20101.44 births1.39 births1.93 births
20091.44 births1.37 births2 births
20081.44 births1.37 births2.07 births
20071.39 births1.34 births2.12 births
20061.37 births1.32 births2.11 births
20051.33 births1.26 births2.06 births
20041.34 births1.29 births2.05 births
20031.29 births1.29 births2.05 births
20021.27 births1.32 births2.02 births
20011.25 births1.33 births2.03 births
20001.26 births1.36 births2.06 births
19991.23 births1.34 births2.01 births
19981.22 births1.38 births2 births
19971.22 births1.39 births1.97 births
19961.2 births1.43 births1.98 births
19951.19 births1.42 births1.98 births
19941.21 births1.5 births2 births
19931.25 births1.46 births2.02 births
19921.3 births1.5 births2.05 births
19911.3 births1.53 births2.06 births
19901.33 births1.54 births2.08 births
19891.33 births1.57 births2.01 births
19881.36 births1.66 births1.93 births
19871.33 births1.69 births1.87 births
19861.35 births1.72 births1.84 births
19851.42 births1.76 births1.84 births
19841.46 births1.81 births1.81 births
19831.51 births1.8 births1.8 births
19821.56 births1.77 births1.83 births
19811.58 births1.74 births1.81 births
19801.64 births1.75 births1.84 births
19791.73 births1.77 births1.81 births
19781.84 births1.79 births1.76 births
19771.93 births1.8 births1.79 births
19762.04 births1.85 births1.74 births
19752.17 births1.91 births1.77 births
19742.28 births2.05 births1.84 births
19732.3 births2.14 births1.88 births
19722.35 births2.14 births2.01 births
19712.4 births2.16 births2.27 births
19702.38 births2.13 births2.48 births
19692.47 births2.13 births2.46 births
19682.46 births2.13 births2.46 births
19672.5 births2.23 births2.56 births
19662.58 births1.58 births2.72 births
19652.6 births2.14 births2.91 births
19642.66 births2.05 births3.19 births
19632.51 births2 births3.32 births
19622.46 births1.98 births3.46 births
19612.44 births1.96 births3.62 births
19602.4 births2 births3.65 births

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217 countries & economies

Fertility rate· latest available values, mixed observation years ·births per woman
#Country / economyYearRelative value
1TDChad6 births2024
2SOSomalia, Fed. Rep.6 births2024
3CDDemocratic Republic of the Congo6 births2024
4CFCentral African Republic6 births2024
5NENiger5.9 births2024
6MLMali5.5 births2024
7AOAngola5 births2024
8BIBurundi4.8 births2024
9AFAfghanistan4.8 births2024
10MZMozambique4.7 births2024
11MRMauritania4.6 births2024
12TZTanzania4.5 births2024
13YEYemen4.5 births2024
14BJBenin4.5 births2024
15NGNigeria4.4 births2024
16SDSudan4.3 births2024
17CMCameroon4.3 births2024
18CICote d'Ivoire4.2 births2024
19UGUganda4.2 births2024
20GNGuinea4.1 births2024
21TGTogo4.1 births2024
22GQEquatorial Guinea4.1 births2024
23BFBurkina Faso4.1 births2024
24CGRepublic of the Congo4.1 births2024
25ZMZambia4 births2024
26MGMadagascar3.9 births2024
27ETEthiopia3.9 births2024
28GMGambia, The3.9 births2024
29LRLiberia3.9 births2024
30KMComoros3.8 births2024
31WSSamoa3.8 births2024
32SSSouth Sudan3.8 births2024
33SNSenegal3.8 births2024
34GWGuinea-Bissau3.8 births2024
35SLSierra Leone3.7 births2024
36EREritrea3.7 births2024
37ZWZimbabwe3.7 births2024
38RWRwanda3.6 births2024
39STSao Tome and Principe3.6 births2024
40GAGabon3.6 births2024
41MWMalawi3.6 births2024
42VUVanuatu3.6 births2024
43PKPakistan3.5 births2024
44SBSolomon Islands3.5 births2024
45UZUzbekistan3.5 births2024
46GHGhana3.3 births2024
47NRNaoero3.3 births2024
48PSWest Bank and Gaza3.3 births2024
49IQIraq3.2 births2024
50NANamibia3.2 births2024
51TVTuvalu3.2 births2024
52KEKenya3.2 births2024
53KIKiribati3.1 births2024
54TOTonga3.1 births2024
55PGPapua New Guinea3.1 births2024
56TJTajikistan3 births2024
57KZKazakhstan3 births2024
58ILIsrael2.9 births2024
59MHMarshall Islands2.9 births2024
60GUGuam2.7 births2024
61FMMicronesia, Fed. Sts.2.7 births2024
62EGEgypt2.7 births2024
63DZAlgeria2.7 births2024
64SZEswatini2.7 births2024
65BWBotswana2.7 births2024
66SYSyrian Arab Republic2.7 births2024
67MFSt. Martin (French part)2.7 births2024
68LSLesotho2.7 births2024
69TMTurkmenistan2.7 births2024
70TLTimor-Leste2.6 births2024
71HTHaiti2.6 births2024
72DJDjibouti2.6 births2024
73JOJordan2.6 births2024
74KGKyrgyz Republic2.6 births2024
75KHCambodia2.5 births2024
76BOBolivia2.5 births2024
77OMOman2.5 births2024
78MNMongolia2.5 births2024
79HNHonduras2.5 births2024
80PYParaguay2.4 births2024
81LALaos2.4 births2024
82GYGuyana2.4 births2024
83MPNorthern Mariana Islands2.3 births2024
84SASaudi Arabia2.3 births2024
85LYLibya2.3 births2024
86GTGuatemala2.3 births2024
87FJFiji2.3 births2024
88ASAmerican Samoa2.3 births2024
89SRSuriname2.2 births2024
90LBLebanon2.2 births2024
91DODominican Republic2.2 births2024
92MAMorocco2.2 births2024
93NINicaragua2.2 births2024
94ZASouth Africa2.2 births2024
95BDBangladesh2.1 births2024
96IDIndonesia2.1 births2024
97PAPanama2.1 births2024
98MCMonaco2.1 births2024
99MMMyanmar2.1 births2024
100VEVenezuela2.1 births2024
101BZBelize2 births2024
102VIVirgin Islands (U.S.)2 births2024
103PEPeru2 births2024
104NCNew Caledonia2 births2024
105INIndia2 births2024
106NPNepal2 births2024
107LKSri Lanka2 births2024
108FOFaroe Islands1.9 births2024
109VNVietnam1.9 births2024
110PHPhilippines1.9 births2024
111MXMexico1.9 births2024
112GIGibraltar1.9 births2024
113PWPalau1.9 births2024
114SCSeychelles1.9 births2024
115TNTunisia1.8 births2024
116ECEcuador1.8 births2024
117BHBahrain1.8 births2024
118GEGeorgia1.8 births2024
119MEMontenegro1.8 births2024
120KPNorth Korea1.8 births2024
121SVEl Salvador1.8 births2024
122VCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines1.8 births2024
123BNBrunei Darussalam1.7 births2024
124MDMoldova1.7 births2024
125BGBulgaria1.7 births2024
126QAQatar1.7 births2024
127BBBarbados1.7 births2024
128GLGreenland1.7 births2024
129AMArmenia1.7 births2024
130IRIran1.7 births2024
131RSSerbia1.6 births2024
132COColombia1.6 births2024
133USUnited States1.6 births2024
134BRBrazil1.6 births2024
135FRFrance1.6 births2024
136AWAruba1.6 births2024
137AGAntigua and Barbuda1.6 births2024
138NZNew Zealand1.6 births2024
139ISIceland1.6 births2024
140KWKuwait1.6 births2024
141MVMaldives1.6 births2024
142GBUnited Kingdom1.6 births2024
143IMIsle of Man1.5 births2024
144MYMalaysia1.5 births2024
145XKKosovo1.5 births2024
146TTTrinidad and Tobago1.5 births2024
147KNSt. Kitts and Nevis1.5 births2024
148KYCayman Islands1.5 births2024
149SISlovenia1.5 births2024
150CVCabo Verde1.5 births2024
151ARArgentina1.5 births2024
152BABosnia and Herzegovina1.5 births2024
153PFFrench Polynesia1.5 births2024
154AUAustralia1.5 births2024
155DMDominica1.5 births2024
156TRTürkiye1.5 births2024
157GDGrenada1.5 births2024
158DKDenmark1.5 births2024
159IEIreland1.5 births2024
160HRCroatia1.5 births2024
161SKSlovakia1.5 births2024
162TCTurks and Caicos Islands1.5 births2024
163NONorway1.5 births2024
164BTBhutan1.4 births2024
165CUCuba1.4 births2024
166BEBelgium1.4 births2024
167MUMauritius1.4 births2024
168SXSint Maarten (Dutch part)1.4 births2024
169AZAzerbaijan1.4 births2024
170NLNetherlands1.4 births2024
171SESweden1.4 births2024
172RURussia1.4 births2024
173HUHungary1.4 births2024
174PTPortugal1.4 births2024
175BMBermuda1.4 births2024
176CWCuracao1.4 births2024
177MKNorth Macedonia1.4 births2024
178UYUruguay1.4 births2024
179RORomania1.4 births2024
180LCSt. Lucia1.4 births2024
181CYCyprus1.4 births2024
182BSBahamas, The1.4 births2024
183JGChannel Islands1.4 births2024
184LILiechtenstein1.4 births2024
185CZCzechia1.4 births2024
186DEGermany1.4 births2024
187JMJamaica1.4 births2024
188ALAlbania1.3 births2024
189CRCosta Rica1.3 births2024
190ATAustria1.3 births2024
191CHSwitzerland1.3 births2024
192CACanada1.3 births2024
193FIFinland1.3 births2024
194LULuxembourg1.3 births2024
195GRGreece1.2 births2024
196LVLatvia1.2 births2024
197BYBelarus1.2 births2024
198AEUnited Arab Emirates1.2 births2024
199THThailand1.2 births2024
200EEEstonia1.2 births2024
201ITItaly1.2 births2024
202SMSan Marino1.2 births2024
203JPJapan1.2 births2024
204CLChile1.1 births2024
205PLPoland1.1 births2024
206LTLithuania1.1 births2024
207ESSpain1.1 births2024
208ADAndorra1.1 births2024
209VGBritish Virgin Islands1 births2024
210CNChina1 births2024
211MTMalta1 births2024
212UAUkraine1 births2024
213SGSingapore1 births2024
214PRPuerto Rico (US)0.9 births2024
215HKHong Kong SAR, China0.8 births2024
216KRSouth Korea0.7 births2024
217MOMacao SAR, China0.6 births2024

Source: World Bank · World Development IndicatorsRetrieved 2026-09-23 · Source updated 2026-07-13

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