Fertility rate, total (births per woman) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates.
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009)

Rank

Country

Value

1Niger7.07
2Mali6.52
3Afghanistan6.48
4Timor-Leste6.38
5Somalia6.35
6Uganda6.25
7Chad6.08
8Democratic Republic of the Congo5.91
9Burkina Faso5.84
10Liberia5.81
11Zambia5.74
12Guinea-Bissau5.66
13Angola5.64
14Nigeria5.60
15Tanzania5.52
16Malawi5.46
17Benin5.38
18Guinea5.33
19Rwanda5.33
20Equatorial Guinea5.28
21Ethiopia5.21
22Sierra Leone5.17
23Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)5.15
24Yemen5.10
25Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)5.05
26Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)5.05
27Gambia4.97
28Mozambique4.97
29West Bank and Gaza4.92
30Kenya4.86
31Senegal4.74
32Central African Republic4.70
33Madagascar4.62
34Cameroon4.54
35Eritrea4.53
36Ivory Coast4.51
37Burundi4.45
38Mauritania4.39
39Least developed countries: UN classification4.33
40Republic of the Congo4.27
41Low income4.19
42Togo4.17
43Sudan4.06
44Guatemala4.02
45Papua New Guinea4.01
46Tonga3.93
47Iraq3.93
48Ghana3.91
49Comoros3.88
50Vanuatu3.88
51Pakistan3.87
52Western Samoa3.85
53Djibouti3.79
54Solomon Islands3.78
55Sao Tome and Principe3.72
56Micronesia3.49
57Swaziland3.45
58Haiti3.42
59Laos3.42
60Jordan3.38
61Bolivia3.37
62Zimbabwe3.36
63Tajikistan3.35
64Namibia3.29
65Lesotho3.26
66Gabon3.24
67Arab World3.20
68Honduras3.19
69Syria3.14
70Saudi Arabia3.04
71Philippines3.03
72Mayotte2.99
73Oman2.98
74Paraguay2.98
75Israel2.96
76Cambodia2.86
77Belize2.84
78Nepal2.82
79South Asia2.82
80Egypt2.82
81Botswana2.82
82Kyrgyzstan2.80
83Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)2.72
84Middle East & North Africa (developing only)2.71
85Fiji2.69
86Nicaragua2.68
87India2.68
88Low & middle income2.66
89Cape Verde2.66
90Uzbekistan2.65
91Libya2.64
92Dominican Republic2.61
93Kazakhstan2.60
94Bhutan2.56
95Peru2.53
96Panama2.52
97Lower middle income2.52
98Venezuela2.51
99Ecuador2.51
100Malaysia2.51
101South Africa2.50
102Guam2.49
103Turkmenistan2.43
104Middle income2.41
105Colombia2.40
106Suriname2.37
107Jamaica2.36
108Greenland2.36
109Qatar2.36
110Algeria2.34
111Kosovo2.34
112Morocco2.33
113Sri Lanka2.31
114Azerbaijan2.30
115Guyana2.30
116Seychelles2.30
117Bangladesh2.29
118El Salvador2.29
119Burma2.28
120Grenada2.26
121Bahrain2.23
122Iceland2.23
123Argentina2.22
124New Caledonia2.20
125Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)2.19
126Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)2.19
127French Polynesia2.18
128High income: nonOECD2.18
129Kuwait2.15
130New Zealand2.14
131Indonesia2.13
132Turkey2.10
133St. Vincent and the Grenadines2.10
134Mexico2.07
135Ireland2.07
136United States2.05
137Tunisia2.05
138Brunei Darussalam2.05
139Vietnam2.03
140North America2.01
141Bahamas2
142Uruguay2
143Maldives2
144United Kingdom2
145France2
146Upper middle income2
147St. Lucia2
148Mongolia1.99
149Norway1.98
150Netherlands Antilles1.96
151Sweden1.94
152Costa Rica1.94
153East Asia & Pacific (developing only)1.93
154Chile1.93
155Australia1.90
156United Arab Emirates1.90
157East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)1.89
158Finland1.86
159Albania1.85
160Virgin Islands (U.S.)1.85
161Belgium1.85
162Denmark1.84
163Lebanon1.84
164Europe & Central Asia (developing only)1.84
165Brazil1.83
166Thailand1.82
167Netherlands1.79
168Iran1.78
169OECD members1.78
170China1.77
171Bermuda1.76
172Armenia1.75
173High income1.75
174Aruba1.73
175Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)1.72
176High income: OECD1.72
177Liechtenstein1.71
178Trinidad and Tobago1.65
179Puerto Rico1.65
180Montenegro1.64
181Canada1.63
182Estonia1.62
183European Union1.59
184Luxembourg1.59
185Georgia1.58
186Bulgaria1.57
187Euro area1.56
188Russia1.55
189Lithuania1.55
190Barbados1.54
191Slovenia1.53
192Greece1.52
193Cyprus1.52
194Cuba1.50
195Moldova1.50
196Switzerland1.50
197Mauritius1.50
198Belarus1.50
199Czech Republic1.49
200Croatia1.47
201Ukraine1.46
202Macedonia1.44
203Malta1.44
204Channel Islands1.42
205Italy1.41
206Slovakia1.41
207Poland1.40
208Serbia1.40
209Spain1.40
210Austria1.39
211Romania1.38
212Japan1.37
213Germany1.36
214Hungary1.32
215Portugal1.32
216Latvia1.31
217South Korea1.27
218North Korea1.27
219Singapore1.22
220Bosnia and Herzegovina1.21
221Andorra1.19
222Hong Kong1.04
223Macau0.97
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