Metric briefing
Fertility Rate by Country
226 countries • children per woman • World Bank Open Data
- Top country
- Niger
- Lowest country
- South Korea
- Source
- World Bank Open Data
What It Measures
Fertility Rate from World Bank Open Data, using the latest available country values in TerraBrawl.
At a Glance
World average
2.32
Middle country
1.93
Low end
0.68
High end
6.55
Countries
226
Data source
World Map
Highest & Lowest Fertility Rate
Highest Fertility Rate
#1Niger6.55 children per woman#2Somalia6.38 children per woman#3Angola5.45 children per woman#4Congo, Democratic Republic5.42 children per woman#5Benin5.30 children per woman#6Mali5.26 children per woman#7Chad5.13 children per woman#8Uganda5.08 children per woman#9South Sudan4.98 children per woman#10Burundi4.94 children per woman
Lowest Fertility Rate
#226South Korea0.68 children per woman#225Albania1.09 children per woman#224Taiwan1.12 children per woman#223Bosnia and Herzegovina1.15 children per woman#222Singapore1.18 children per woman#221Malta1.18 children per woman#220China1.20 children per woman#219Ukraine1.22 children per woman#218Lithuania1.22 children per woman#217Hong Kong1.24 children per woman
Worth a Double Take
Biggest ranking jump: #2 Somalia is 0.93 children per woman higher than #3 Angola (6.38 children per woman vs 5.45 children per woman).
Another sharp ranking jump: #225 Albania is 0.41 children per woman higher than #226 South Korea (1.09 children per woman vs 0.68 children per woman).
Another sharp ranking jump: #18 Sudan is 0.36 children per woman higher than #19 Equatorial Guinea (4.41 children per woman vs 4.05 children per woman).