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Countries by Fertility Rate

Complete ranking of 226 countries • children per woman • Data refreshed May 5, 2026

Leader

Niger

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226 countries

Lowest rank

South Korea

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

What Fertility Rate Measures

Fertility Rate from World Bank Open Data, using the latest available country values in TerraBrawl.

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 children per woman (South Korea) to 6.55 children per woman (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 children per woman to 2.70 children per woman. The overall spread from 0.68 children per woman to 6.55 children per woman 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 children per woman

Asia

Afghanistan

4.89 children per woman

Oceania

Papua New Guinea

3.72 children per woman

North America

Haiti

2.39 children per woman

Europe

Faroe Islands

2.26 children per woman

South America

Ecuador

2.17 children per woman

Highest Fertility Rate

The 5 strongest Fertility Rate reads.

Niger6.55 children per woman Somalia6.38 children per woman Angola5.45 children per woman Congo, Democratic Republic5.42 children per woman Benin5.30 children per woman

Lowest Fertility Rate

The 5 lowest Fertility Rate reads.

South Korea0.68 children per woman Albania1.09 children per woman Taiwan1.12 children per woman Bosnia and Herzegovina1.15 children per woman Singapore1.18 children per woman

Data Note

Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank Open Data, 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

1stNiger6.5 children/woman

2ndSomalia6.4 children/woman

3rdAngola5.5 children/woman

4thCongo, Democratic Republic5.4 children/woman

5thBenin5.3 children/woman

6thMali5.3 children/woman

7thChad5.1 children/woman

8thUganda5.1 children/woman

9thSouth Sudan5.0 children/woman

10thBurundi4.9 children/woman

Country Ladder

Fertility Rate ranking for 226 countries
				Percentile
1st	Niger	6.5 children/woman	Africa	100%
2nd	Somalia	6.4 children/woman	Africa	100%
3rd	Angola	5.5 children/woman	Africa	99%
4th	Congo, Democratic Republic	5.4 children/woman	Africa	99%
5th	Benin	5.3 children/woman	Africa	98%
6th	Mali	5.3 children/woman	Africa	98%
7th	Chad	5.1 children/woman	Africa	97%
8th	Uganda	5.1 children/woman	Africa	97%
9th	South Sudan	5.0 children/woman	Africa	96%
10th	Burundi	4.9 children/woman	Africa	96%
11th	Afghanistan	4.9 children/woman	Asia	96%
12th	Mauritania	4.8 children/woman	Africa	95%
13th	Guinea	4.8 children/woman	Africa	95%
14th	Guinea-Bissau	4.6 children/woman	Africa	94%
15th	Nigeria	4.6 children/woman	Africa	94%
16th	Mozambique	4.6 children/woman	Africa	93%
17th	Tanzania	4.5 children/woman	Africa	93%
18th	Sudan	4.4 children/woman	Africa	92%
19th	Equatorial Guinea	4.0 children/woman	Africa	92%
20th	Togo	4.0 children/woman	Africa	92%
21st	Burkina Faso	4.0 children/woman	Africa	91%
22nd	Senegal	4.0 children/woman	Africa	91%
23rd	Central African Republic	3.9 children/woman	Africa	90%
24th	Cameroon	3.9 children/woman	Africa	90%
25th	Côte d'Ivoire	3.9 children/woman	Africa	89%
26th	Liberia	3.8 children/woman	Africa	89%
27th	Ethiopia	3.8 children/woman	Africa	88%
28th	Congo	3.7 children/woman	Africa	88%
29th	Papua New Guinea	3.7 children/woman	Oceania	88%
30th	Zambia	3.7 children/woman	Africa	87%
31st	Western Sahara	3.6 children/woman	Africa	87%
32nd	Yemen	3.6 children/woman	Asia	86%
33rd	Sierra Leone	3.5 children/woman	Africa	86%
34th	Tajikistan	3.5 children/woman	Asia	85%
35th	Ghana	3.5 children/woman	Africa	85%
36th	Madagascar	3.5 children/woman	Africa	85%
37th	Palestine	3.4 children/woman	Asia	84%
38th	Zimbabwe	3.4 children/woman	Africa	84%
39th	Gambia	3.4 children/woman	Africa	83%
40th	Eritrea	3.4 children/woman	Africa	83%
41st	Malawi	3.3 children/woman	Africa	82%
42nd	Pakistan	3.3 children/woman	Asia	82%
43rd	Rwanda	3.2 children/woman	Africa	81%
44th	Sao Tome and Principe	3.2 children/woman	Africa	81%
45th	Gabon	3.2 children/woman	Africa	81%
46th	Kenya	3.1 children/woman	Africa	80%
47th	Iraq	3.0 children/woman	Asia	80%
48th	Libya	3.0 children/woman	Africa	79%
49th	Algeria	2.9 children/woman	Africa	79%
50th	Israel	2.9 children/woman	Asia	78%
51st	Namibia	2.9 children/woman	Africa	78%
52nd	Jordan	2.8 children/woman	Asia	77%
53rd	Timor-Leste	2.8 children/woman	Asia	77%
54th	Tuvalu	2.8 children/woman	Oceania	77%
55th	Botswana	2.7 children/woman	Africa	76%
56th	Solomon Islands	2.7 children/woman	Oceania	76%
57th	Guam	2.7 children/woman	Oceania	75%
58th	Syria	2.6 children/woman	Asia	75%
59th	Eswatini	2.6 children/woman	Africa	74%
60th	Marshall Islands	2.6 children/woman	Oceania	74%
61st	Oman	2.6 children/woman	Asia	73%
62nd	Mongolia	2.6 children/woman	Asia	73%
63rd	Uzbekistan	2.6 children/woman	Asia	73%
64th	Tonga	2.6 children/woman	Oceania	72%
65th	Kazakhstan	2.6 children/woman	Asia	72%
66th	Egypt	2.5 children/woman	Africa	71%
67th	Northern Mariana Islands	2.5 children/woman	Oceania	71%
68th	Comoros	2.5 children/woman	Africa	70%
69th	Nauru	2.5 children/woman	Oceania	70%
70th	Lesotho	2.5 children/woman	Africa	69%
71st	Vanuatu	2.5 children/woman	Oceania	69%
72nd	Kyrgyzstan	2.4 children/woman	Asia	69%
73rd	Haiti	2.4 children/woman	North America	68%
74th	Panama	2.3 children/woman	North America	68%
75th	Honduras	2.3 children/woman	North America	67%
76th	Samoa	2.3 children/woman	Oceania	67%
77th	Faroe Islands	2.3 children/woman	Europe	66%
78th	Bangladesh	2.3 children/woman	Asia	66%
79th	Morocco	2.2 children/woman	Africa	65%
80th	South Africa	2.2 children/woman	Africa	65%
81st	Lebanon	2.2 children/woman	Asia	65%
82nd	Kuwait	2.2 children/woman	Asia	64%
83rd	Laos	2.2 children/woman	Asia	64%
84th	Fiji	2.2 children/woman	Oceania	63%
85th	Dominican Republic	2.2 children/woman	North America	63%
86th	Ecuador	2.2 children/woman	South America	62%
87th	Micronesia	2.2 children/woman	Oceania	62%
88th	Venezuela	2.2 children/woman	North America	62%
89th	Cambodia	2.1 children/woman	Asia	61%
90th	Bolivia	2.1 children/woman	South America	61%
91st	Kiribati	2.1 children/woman	Oceania	60%
92nd	Sri Lanka	2.1 children/woman	Asia	60%
93rd	Peru	2.1 children/woman	South America	59%
94th	Djibouti	2.1 children/woman	Africa	59%
95th	Cabo Verde	2.1 children/woman	Africa	58%
96th	Guyana	2.0 children/woman	North America	58%
97th	Belize	2.0 children/woman	North America	58%
98th	Turkmenistan	2.0 children/woman	Asia	57%
99th	Dominica	2.0 children/woman	North America	57%
100th	Vietnam	2.0 children/woman	Asia	56%
101st	India	2.0 children/woman	Asia	56%
102nd	American Samoa	2.0 children/woman	Oceania	55%
103rd	Cook Islands	2.0 children/woman	Oceania	55%
104th	Guatemala	2.0 children/woman	North America	54%
105th	Sint Maarten	2.0 children/woman	North America	54%
106th	Curaçao	1.9 children/woman	North America	54%
107th	Myanmar	1.9 children/woman	Asia	53%
108th	U.S. Virgin Islands	1.9 children/woman	North America	53%
109th	Colombia	1.9 children/woman	North America	52%
110th	Georgia	1.9 children/woman	Europe	52%
111st	Philippines	1.9 children/woman	Asia	51%
112nd	Indonesia	1.9 children/woman	Asia	51%
113rd	Iceland	1.9 children/woman	Europe	50%
114th	Antigua and Barbuda	1.9 children/woman	North America	50%
115th	France	1.9 children/woman	Europe	50%
116th	Qatar	1.9 children/woman	Asia	49%
117th	Grenada	1.9 children/woman	North America	49%
118th	Bermuda	1.9 children/woman	North America	48%
119th	Gibraltar	1.9 children/woman	Europe	48%
120th	Paraguay	1.9 children/woman	South America	47%
121st	Turkey	1.9 children/woman	Europe	47%
122nd	Greenland	1.9 children/woman	North America	46%
123rd	Isle of Man	1.9 children/woman	Europe	46%
124th	Suriname	1.9 children/woman	North America	46%
125th	Jamaica	1.9 children/woman	North America	45%
126th	Mexico	1.9 children/woman	North America	45%
127th	New Zealand	1.8 children/woman	Oceania	44%
128th	Saudi Arabia	1.8 children/woman	Asia	44%
129th	Aruba	1.8 children/woman	North America	43%
130th	New Caledonia	1.8 children/woman	Oceania	43%
131st	Nicaragua	1.8 children/woman	North America	42%
132nd	Nepal	1.8 children/woman	Asia	42%
133rd	Cayman Islands	1.8 children/woman	North America	42%
134th	North Korea	1.8 children/woman	Asia	41%
135th	Montenegro	1.8 children/woman	Europe	41%
136th	Saint Martin	1.8 children/woman	North America	40%
137th	Seychelles	1.8 children/woman	Africa	40%
138th	French Polynesia	1.8 children/woman	Oceania	39%
139th	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.8 children/woman	North America	39%
140th	Bhutan	1.8 children/woman	Asia	38%
141st	Brunei	1.7 children/woman	Asia	38%
142nd	Brazil	1.7 children/woman	South America	38%
143rd	Czechia	1.7 children/woman	Europe	37%
144th	Malaysia	1.7 children/woman	Asia	37%
145th	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.7 children/woman	North America	36%
146th	Anguilla	1.7 children/woman	North America	36%
147th	Ireland	1.7 children/woman	Europe	35%
148th	Saint Lucia	1.7 children/woman	North America	35%
149th	Wallis and Futuna	1.7 children/woman	Oceania	35%
150th	Maldives	1.7 children/woman	Asia	34%
151st	Palau	1.7 children/woman	Oceania	34%
152nd	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.7 children/woman	North America	33%
153rd	Azerbaijan	1.7 children/woman	Europe	33%
154th	Liechtenstein	1.7 children/woman	Europe	32%
155th	Armenia	1.7 children/woman	Europe	32%
156th	Jersey	1.7 children/woman	Europe	31%
157th	Sweden	1.7 children/woman	Europe	31%
158th	Bahrain	1.6 children/woman	Asia	31%
159th	Saint Barthélemy	1.6 children/woman	North America	30%
160th	United Kingdom	1.6 children/woman	Europe	30%
161st	Romania	1.6 children/woman	Europe	29%
162nd	Trinidad and Tobago	1.6 children/woman	North America	29%
163rd	United States	1.6 children/woman	North America	28%
164th	Netherlands	1.6 children/woman	Europe	28%
165th	Saint Helena	1.6 children/woman	Africa	27%
166th	United Arab Emirates	1.6 children/woman	Asia	27%
167th	Hungary	1.6 children/woman	Europe	27%
168th	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.6 children/woman	North America	26%
169th	Slovakia	1.6 children/woman	Europe	26%
170th	Switzerland	1.6 children/woman	Europe	25%
171st	Germany	1.6 children/woman	Europe	25%
172nd	Guernsey	1.6 children/woman	Europe	24%
173rd	Tunisia	1.6 children/woman	Africa	24%
174th	Norway	1.6 children/woman	Europe	23%
175th	Monaco	1.6 children/woman	Europe	23%
176th	Thailand	1.6 children/woman	Asia	23%
177th	San Marino	1.5 children/woman	Europe	22%
178th	Iran	1.5 children/woman	Asia	22%
179th	North Macedonia	1.5 children/woman	Europe	21%
180th	Bulgaria	1.5 children/woman	Europe	21%
181st	Russia	1.5 children/woman	Europe	20%
182nd	Australia	1.5 children/woman	Oceania	20%
183rd	Denmark	1.5 children/woman	Europe	19%
184th	Cuba	1.5 children/woman	North America	19%
185th	Cyprus	1.5 children/woman	Europe	19%
186th	Slovenia	1.5 children/woman	Europe	18%
187th	Andorra	1.5 children/woman	Europe	18%
188th	Serbia	1.5 children/woman	Europe	17%
189th	Belgium	1.5 children/woman	Europe	17%
190th	Portugal	1.5 children/woman	Europe	16%
191st	Bahamas	1.4 children/woman	North America	16%
192nd	Belarus	1.4 children/woman	Europe	15%
193rd	Costa Rica	1.4 children/woman	North America	15%
194th	Argentina	1.4 children/woman	South America	15%
195th	Canada	1.4 children/woman	North America	14%
196th	Croatia	1.4 children/woman	Europe	14%
197th	Greece	1.4 children/woman	Europe	13%
198th	Japan	1.4 children/woman	Asia	13%
199th	El Salvador	1.4 children/woman	North America	12%
200th	British Virgin Islands	1.4 children/woman	North America	12%
201st	Estonia	1.4 children/woman	Europe	12%
202nd	Mauritius	1.4 children/woman	Africa	11%
203rd	Austria	1.4 children/woman	Europe	11%
204th	Montserrat	1.3 children/woman	North America	10%
205th	Poland	1.3 children/woman	Europe	10%
206th	Spain	1.3 children/woman	Europe	9%
207th	Finland	1.3 children/woman	Europe	9%
208th	Italy	1.3 children/woman	Europe	8%
209th	Moldova	1.3 children/woman	Europe	8%
210th	Puerto Rico	1.3 children/woman	North America	8%
211st	Uruguay	1.3 children/woman	South America	7%
212nd	Chile	1.3 children/woman	South America	7%
213rd	Luxembourg	1.3 children/woman	Europe	6%
214th	Latvia	1.3 children/woman	Europe	6%
215th	Macao	1.3 children/woman	Asia	5%
216th	Barbados	1.2 children/woman	North America	5%
217th	Hong Kong	1.2 children/woman	Asia	4%
218th	Lithuania	1.2 children/woman	Europe	4%
219th	Ukraine	1.2 children/woman	Europe	4%
220th	China	1.2 children/woman	Asia	3%
221st	Malta	1.2 children/woman	Europe	3%
222nd	Singapore	1.2 children/woman	Asia	2%
223rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.1 children/woman	Europe	2%
224th	Taiwan	1.1 children/woman	Asia	1%
225th	Albania	1.1 children/woman	Europe	1%
226th	South Korea	0.68 children/woman	Asia	0%

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