Countries by Fertility Rate

Complete ranking of 226 countries • children per woman • Updated 2026

Niger leads all 226 countries in Fertility Rate with a value of 6.55, while South Korea ranks last at 0.68. This represents a 10-fold difference between the highest and lowest values.

What Fertility Rate Measures

Fertility Rate is a demographic indicator published by the World Bank that captures important population characteristics. Demographic metrics like this one inform government planning, healthcare provisioning, urban development, and migration policy. They are among the most frequently searched country statistics globally.

Why This Ranking Matters

Tracking Fertility Rate across countries reveals global population trends, from aging societies in Europe and East Asia to young, rapidly growing populations in Sub-Saharan Africa. These patterns shape labor markets, education systems, pension sustainability, and geopolitical influence for decades to come.

Global Range

Values range from 0.68 (South Korea) to 6.55 (Niger) — a 10-fold difference across 226 countries.

Regional Patterns

African countries dominate this ranking, holding 19 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.

Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 1.59 to 2.70. The overall spread from 0.68 to 6.55 reflects significant global variation.

Notable Outliers

The top of the ranking is competitive: Niger and Somalia are separated by only 3%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data.

Continental Leaders

Africa

Niger

6.55

Asia

Afghanistan

4.89

Oceania

Papua New Guinea

3.72

North America

Haiti

2.39

Europe

Faroe Islands

2.26

South America

Ecuador

2.17

Highest Ranked

The top five countries for Fertility Rate are Niger (6.55), Somalia (6.38), Angola (5.45), Congo, Democratic Republic (5.42), and Benin (5.30). Together, these nations represent the global leaders in this metric.

Lowest Ranked

At the other end of the spectrum, South Korea (0.68), Albania (1.09), Taiwan (1.12), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1.15), and Singapore (1.18) have the lowest values globally.

Data Source & Methodology

Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank, covering 226 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.

Top 10 Countries

Congo, Democratic Republic5.42

Full Rankings

Fertility Rate ranking for 226 countries
				Percentile
1st	Niger	6.55	Africa	100%
2nd	Somalia	6.38	Africa	100%
3rd	Angola	5.45	Africa	99%
4th	Congo, Democratic Republic	5.42	Africa	99%
5th	Benin	5.30	Africa	98%
6th	Mali	5.26	Africa	98%
7th	Chad	5.13	Africa	97%
8th	Uganda	5.08	Africa	97%
9th	South Sudan	4.98	Africa	96%
10th	Burundi	4.94	Africa	96%
11th	Afghanistan	4.89	Asia	96%
12th	Mauritania	4.76	Africa	95%
13th	Guinea	4.75	Africa	95%
14th	Guinea-Bissau	4.59	Africa	94%
15th	Nigeria	4.59	Africa	94%
16th	Mozambique	4.58	Africa	93%
17th	Tanzania	4.45	Africa	93%
18th	Sudan	4.41	Africa	92%
19th	Equatorial Guinea	4.05	Africa	92%
20th	Togo	4.03	Africa	92%
21st	Burkina Faso	4.02	Africa	91%
22nd	Senegal	3.96	Africa	91%
23rd	Central African Republic	3.89	Africa	90%
24th	Cameroon	3.87	Africa	90%
25th	Côte d'Ivoire	3.85	Africa	89%
26th	Liberia	3.84	Africa	89%
27th	Ethiopia	3.77	Africa	88%
28th	Congo	3.72	Africa	88%
29th	Papua New Guinea	3.72	Oceania	88%
30th	Zambia	3.67	Africa	87%
31st	Western Sahara	3.65	Africa	87%
32nd	Yemen	3.65	Asia	86%
33rd	Sierra Leone	3.52	Africa	86%
34th	Tajikistan	3.52	Asia	85%
35th	Ghana	3.51	Africa	85%
36th	Madagascar	3.47	Africa	85%
37th	Palestine	3.44	Asia	84%
38th	Zimbabwe	3.42	Africa	84%
39th	Gambia	3.39	Africa	83%
40th	Eritrea	3.35	Africa	83%
41st	Malawi	3.33	Africa	82%
42nd	Pakistan	3.25	Asia	82%
43rd	Rwanda	3.20	Africa	81%
44th	Sao Tome and Principe	3.18	Africa	81%
45th	Gabon	3.16	Africa	81%
46th	Kenya	3.09	Africa	80%
47th	Iraq	3.03	Asia	80%
48th	Libya	2.96	Africa	79%
49th	Algeria	2.91	Africa	79%
50th	Israel	2.89	Asia	78%
51st	Namibia	2.85	Africa	78%
52nd	Jordan	2.83	Asia	77%
53rd	Timor-Leste	2.79	Asia	77%
54th	Tuvalu	2.76	Oceania	77%
55th	Botswana	2.73	Africa	76%
56th	Solomon Islands	2.72	Oceania	76%
57th	Guam	2.70	Oceania	75%
58th	Syria	2.64	Asia	75%
59th	Eswatini	2.64	Africa	74%
60th	Marshall Islands	2.62	Oceania	74%
61st	Oman	2.61	Asia	73%
62nd	Mongolia	2.60	Asia	73%
63rd	Uzbekistan	2.60	Asia	73%
64th	Tonga	2.59	Oceania	72%
65th	Kazakhstan	2.57	Asia	72%
66th	Egypt	2.53	Africa	71%
67th	Northern Mariana Islands	2.53	Oceania	71%
68th	Comoros	2.52	Africa	70%
69th	Nauru	2.52	Oceania	70%
70th	Lesotho	2.49	Africa	69%
71st	Vanuatu	2.46	Oceania	69%
72nd	Kyrgyzstan	2.43	Asia	69%
73rd	Haiti	2.39	North America	68%
74th	Panama	2.33	North America	68%
75th	Honduras	2.29	North America	67%
76th	Samoa	2.29	Oceania	67%
77th	Faroe Islands	2.26	Europe	66%
78th	Bangladesh	2.25	Asia	66%
79th	Morocco	2.24	Africa	65%
80th	South Africa	2.23	Africa	65%
81st	Lebanon	2.20	Asia	65%
82nd	Kuwait	2.19	Asia	64%
83rd	Laos	2.19	Asia	64%
84th	Fiji	2.18	Oceania	63%
85th	Dominican Republic	2.17	North America	63%
86th	Ecuador	2.17	South America	62%
87th	Micronesia	2.17	Oceania	62%
88th	Venezuela	2.16	North America	62%
89th	Cambodia	2.14	Asia	61%
90th	Bolivia	2.13	South America	61%
91st	Kiribati	2.13	Oceania	60%
92nd	Sri Lanka	2.12	Asia	60%
93rd	Peru	2.12	South America	59%
94th	Djibouti	2.09	Africa	59%
95th	Cabo Verde	2.08	Africa	58%
96th	Guyana	2.04	North America	58%
97th	Belize	2.02	North America	58%
98th	Turkmenistan	2.02	Asia	57%
99th	Dominica	2.01	North America	57%
100th	Vietnam	2.01	Asia	56%
101st	India	2.00	Asia	56%
102nd	American Samoa	1.99	Oceania	55%
103rd	Cook Islands	1.99	Oceania	55%
104th	Guatemala	1.97	North America	54%
105th	Sint Maarten	1.96	North America	54%
106th	Curaçao	1.95	North America	54%
107th	Myanmar	1.95	Asia	53%
108th	U.S. Virgin Islands	1.95	North America	53%
109th	Colombia	1.94	North America	52%
110th	Georgia	1.94	Europe	52%
111st	Philippines	1.94	Asia	51%
112nd	Indonesia	1.93	Asia	51%
113rd	Iceland	1.93	Europe	50%
114th	Antigua and Barbuda	1.92	North America	50%
115th	France	1.90	Europe	50%
116th	Qatar	1.90	Asia	49%
117th	Grenada	1.89	North America	49%
118th	Bermuda	1.88	North America	48%
119th	Gibraltar	1.88	Europe	48%
120th	Paraguay	1.88	South America	47%
121st	Turkey	1.88	Europe	47%
122nd	Greenland	1.87	North America	46%
123rd	Isle of Man	1.87	Europe	46%
124th	Suriname	1.87	North America	46%
125th	Jamaica	1.86	North America	45%
126th	Mexico	1.85	North America	45%
127th	New Zealand	1.84	Oceania	44%
128th	Saudi Arabia	1.84	Asia	44%
129th	Aruba	1.82	North America	43%
130th	New Caledonia	1.82	Oceania	43%
131st	Nicaragua	1.82	North America	42%
132nd	Nepal	1.82	Asia	42%
133rd	Cayman Islands	1.81	North America	42%
134th	North Korea	1.80	Asia	41%
135th	Montenegro	1.80	Europe	41%
136th	Saint Martin	1.80	North America	40%
137th	Seychelles	1.80	Africa	40%
138th	French Polynesia	1.78	Oceania	39%
139th	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.76	North America	39%
140th	Bhutan	1.75	Asia	38%
141st	Brunei	1.73	Asia	38%
142nd	Brazil	1.73	South America	38%
143rd	Czechia	1.73	Europe	37%
144th	Malaysia	1.73	Asia	37%
145th	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.73	North America	36%
146th	Anguilla	1.72	North America	36%
147th	Ireland	1.72	Europe	35%
148th	Saint Lucia	1.71	North America	35%
149th	Wallis and Futuna	1.71	Oceania	35%
150th	Maldives	1.70	Asia	34%
151st	Palau	1.70	Oceania	34%
152nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.70	North America	33%
153rd	Azerbaijan	1.69	Europe	33%
154th	Liechtenstein	1.69	Europe	32%
155th	Armenia	1.66	Europe	32%
156th	Jersey	1.66	Europe	31%
157th	Sweden	1.66	Europe	31%
158th	Bahrain	1.64	Asia	31%
159th	Saint Barthélemy	1.64	North America	30%
160th	United Kingdom	1.64	Europe	30%
161st	Romania	1.63	Europe	29%
162nd	Trinidad and Tobago	1.63	North America	29%
163rd	United States	1.63	North America	28%
164th	Netherlands	1.62	Europe	28%
165th	Saint Helena	1.61	Africa	27%
166th	United Arab Emirates	1.60	Asia	27%
167th	Hungary	1.60	Europe	27%
168th	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.60	North America	26%
169th	Slovakia	1.60	Europe	26%
170th	Switzerland	1.59	Europe	25%
171st	Germany	1.59	Europe	25%
172nd	Guernsey	1.59	Europe	24%
173rd	Tunisia	1.59	Africa	24%
174th	Norway	1.58	Europe	23%
175th	Monaco	1.55	Europe	23%
176th	Thailand	1.55	Asia	23%
177th	San Marino	1.54	Europe	22%
178th	Iran	1.53	Asia	22%
179th	North Macedonia	1.53	Europe	21%
180th	Bulgaria	1.52	Europe	21%
181st	Russia	1.52	Europe	20%
182nd	Australia	1.50	Oceania	20%
183rd	Denmark	1.50	Europe	19%
184th	Cuba	1.49	North America	19%
185th	Cyprus	1.49	Europe	19%
186th	Slovenia	1.49	Europe	18%
187th	Andorra	1.47	Europe	18%
188th	Serbia	1.47	Europe	17%
189th	Belgium	1.46	Europe	17%
190th	Portugal	1.46	Europe	16%
191st	Bahamas	1.45	North America	16%
192nd	Belarus	1.45	Europe	15%
193rd	Costa Rica	1.45	North America	15%
194th	Argentina	1.43	South America	15%
195th	Canada	1.43	North America	14%
196th	Croatia	1.43	Europe	14%
197th	Greece	1.42	Europe	13%
198th	Japan	1.41	Asia	13%
199th	El Salvador	1.40	North America	12%
200th	British Virgin Islands	1.39	North America	12%
201st	Estonia	1.36	Europe	12%
202nd	Mauritius	1.36	Africa	11%
203rd	Austria	1.35	Europe	11%
204th	Montserrat	1.34	North America	10%
205th	Poland	1.33	Europe	10%
206th	Spain	1.32	Europe	9%
207th	Finland	1.28	Europe	9%
208th	Italy	1.27	Europe	8%
209th	Moldova	1.27	Europe	8%
210th	Puerto Rico	1.27	North America	8%
211st	Uruguay	1.27	South America	7%
212nd	Chile	1.25	South America	7%
213rd	Luxembourg	1.25	Europe	6%
214th	Latvia	1.25	Europe	6%
215th	Macao	1.25	Asia	5%
216th	Barbados	1.24	North America	5%
217th	Hong Kong	1.24	Asia	4%
218th	Lithuania	1.22	Europe	4%
219th	Ukraine	1.22	Europe	4%
220th	China	1.20	Asia	3%
221st	Malta	1.18	Europe	3%
222nd	Singapore	1.18	Asia	2%
223rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.15	Europe	2%
224th	Taiwan	1.12	Asia	1%
225th	Albania	1.09	Europe	1%
226th	South Korea	0.68	Asia	0%