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Fertility rate, total (births per woman) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators

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Fertility rate, total (births per woman) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators (2008) Rank Country Value 1 Niger 7.12 2 Afghanistan 6.60 3 Mali 6.54 4 Timor-Leste 6.48 5 Somalia 6.39 6 Uganda 6.34 7 Chad 6.16 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.03 9 Burkina Faso 5.91 10 Liberia 5.90 11 Zambia 5.83 12 Angola 5.76 13 Guinea-Bissau 5.71 14 Nigeria 5.70 15 Tanzania 5.56 16 Malawi 5.55 17 Benin 5.45 18 Rwanda 5.41 19 Guinea 5.41 20 Equatorial Guinea 5.34 21 Ethiopia 5.32 22 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 5.23 23 Yemen 5.22 24 Sierra Leone 5.20 25 Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) 5.13 26 Mozambique 5.06 27 Gambia 5.05 28 West Bank and Gaza 5.04 29 Kenya 4.92 30 Senegal 4.82 31 Central African Republic 4.80 32 Madagascar 4.72 33 Eritrea 4.63 34 Cameroon 4.62 35 Ivory Coast 4.60 36 Burundi 4.59 37 Mauritania 4.47 38 Least developed countries: UN classification 4.40 39 Republic of the Congo 4.37 40 Togo 4.26 41 Low income 4.25 42 Sudan 4.17 43 Guatemala 4.11 44 Papua New Guinea 4.07 45 Iraq 4.05 46 Ghana 4 47 Tonga 4 48 Pakistan 3.96 49 Vanuatu 3.96 50 Comoros 3.95 51 Western Samoa 3.95 52 Djibouti 3.90 53 Solomon Islands 3.87 54 Sao Tome and Principe 3.81 55 Micronesia 3.57 56 Swaziland 3.53 57 Haiti 3.50 58 Jordan 3.49 59 Laos 3.47 60 Bolivia 3.46 61 Zimbabwe 3.43 62 Tajikistan 3.41 63 Namibia 3.36 64 Lesotho 3.33 65 Gabon 3.31 66 Honduras 3.26 67 Syria 3.25 68 Saudi Arabia 3.12 69 Mayotte 3.10 70 Philippines 3.08 71 Paraguay 3.05 72 Oman 3.04 73 Israel 2.96 74 Cambodia 2.91 75 Belize 2.90 76 Nepal 2.90 77 South Asia 2.88 78 Botswana 2.87 79 Egypt 2.86 80 Middle East & North Africa (developing only) 2.75 81 India 2.74 82 Fiji 2.73 83 Cape Verde 2.73 84 Nicaragua 2.72 85 Kyrgyzstan 2.70 86 Libya 2.69 87 Low & middle income 2.68 88 Dominican Republic 2.65 89 Bhutan 2.64 90 Peru 2.57 91 Uzbekistan 2.56 92 Malaysia 2.56 93 Ecuador 2.56 94 Kazakhstan 2.56 95 Panama 2.55 96 Lower middle income 2.54 97 South Africa 2.54 98 Venezuela 2.54 99 Guam 2.52 100 Turkmenistan 2.48 101 Colombia 2.43 102 Middle income 2.43 103 Qatar 2.41 104 Suriname 2.40 105 Jamaica 2.39 106 Kosovo 2.38 107 Algeria 2.36 108 Morocco 2.35 109 Bangladesh 2.34 110 Sri Lanka 2.33 111 El Salvador 2.32 112 Guyana 2.32 113 Azerbaijan 2.30 114 Burma 2.30 115 Seychelles 2.28 116 Grenada 2.28 117 Bahrain 2.27 118 Argentina 2.24 119 Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) 2.23 120 High income: nonOECD 2.22 121 French Polynesia 2.20 122 New Zealand 2.20 123 Greenland 2.18 124 New Caledonia 2.17 125 Kuwait 2.17 126 Indonesia 2.17 127 Iceland 2.14 128 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2.12 129 Turkey 2.11 130 Mexico 2.10 131 Ireland 2.10 132 United States 2.10 133 Brunei Darussalam 2.08 134 Tunisia 2.06 135 Vietnam 2.06 136 Maldives 2.02 137 Upper middle income 2.02 138 St. Lucia 2.01 139 Uruguay 2.01 140 Bahamas 2.01 141 Mongolia 2 142 France 2 143 Netherlands Antilles 1.97 144 Australia 1.97 145 Costa Rica 1.96 146 Norway 1.96 147 East Asia & Pacific (developing only) 1.94 148 United Kingdom 1.94 149 United Arab Emirates 1.94 150 Chile 1.93 151 Sweden 1.91 152 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 1.90 153 Denmark 1.89 154 Brazil 1.88 155 Albania 1.86 156 Lebanon 1.85 157 Finland 1.85 158 Belgium 1.82 159 Thailand 1.81 160 Iran 1.81 161 Puerto Rico 1.80 162 Europe & Central Asia (developing only) 1.79 163 Netherlands 1.77 164 China 1.76 165 High income 1.76 166 Bermuda 1.76 167 Armenia 1.74 168 Aruba 1.73 169 High income: OECD 1.72 170 Estonia 1.66 171 Trinidad and Tobago 1.64 172 Montenegro 1.64 173 Luxembourg 1.61 174 Canada 1.60 175 Georgia 1.58 176 Mauritius 1.58 177 Euro area 1.57 178 Barbados 1.53 179 Slovenia 1.53 180 Greece 1.51 181 Cyprus 1.51 182 Cuba 1.51 183 Moldova 1.50 184 Czech Republic 1.50 185 San Marino 1.50 186 Russia 1.49 187 Switzerland 1.48 188 Bulgaria 1.48 189 Croatia 1.47 190 Lithuania 1.47 191 Spain 1.46 192 Latvia 1.45 193 Macedonia 1.44 194 Malta 1.43 195 Channel Islands 1.42 196 Belarus 1.42 197 Italy 1.41 198 Austria 1.41 199 Liechtenstein 1.40 200 Serbia 1.40 201 Ukraine 1.39 202 Poland 1.39 203 Germany 1.38 204 Portugal 1.37 205 Romania 1.35 206 Hungary 1.35 207 Japan 1.34 208 Slovakia 1.32 209 Singapore 1.28 210 Andorra 1.26 211 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.21 212 North Korea 1.19 213 South Korea 1.19 214 Hong Kong 1.04 215 Macau 0.95

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