Fertility Rate by Countries of the World

Total fertility rate map or TFR map indicates expected child births per women in her child bearing days. This map is an estimate for the year 2009 in regards to the total fertility rate.

Description : This map shows the total fertility rate of all the countries of the world.

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Total fertility rate map or TFR map indicates expected child births per women in her child bearing days. This map is an estimate for the year 2016 in regards to the total fertility rate.

Macau and Singapore are the countries in the world with a TFR of less than 1 child birth. About 47% of the world countries have a total fertility rate of 1.01 to 2.20 children born/women. Some countries pertaining to this group are Japan, Spain, Austria, Germany, China, Norway, New Zealand and Australia.

Almost a quarter of countries of world have a TFR lying between 2.21 to 3.30 children born per women. Some nations belonging to this section are Argentina, Bahrain, Egypt, South Africa, United Arab Emirates and Philippines.

Pakistan, Ghana, Samoa, Paraguay and Guatemala are some of the countries with a total fertility rate of 3.31 to 4.40 born children/women. 4.41 to 5.50 child births per women is the TF rate of countries like Sudan, Nigeria, Madagascar, Zambia and Mayotte.

Niger with 6.62 TFR, Burundi with 6.04 TFR, Mali with 5.95 TFR, Somalia with 5.89 TFR and Uganda with 5.8 TFR are world's top countries having highest child birth/women in the world.

Fertility Rate by Countries of the World in 2016

Rank	Country	Fertility Rate (Children Born/Women)
1	Niger	6.62
2	Burundi	6.04
3	Mali	5.95
4	Somalia	5.89
5	Uganda	5.8
6	Burkina Faso	5.79
7	Zambia	5.67
8	Malawi	5.54
9	Angola	5.31
10	Afghanistan	5.22
11	South Sudan	5.19
12	Mozambique	5.15
13	Nigeria	5.13
14	Ethiopia	5.07
15	Timor-Leste	4.9
16	Benin	4.86
17	Tanzania	4.83
18	Guinea	4.82
19	Sierra Leone	4.76
20	Cameroon	4.7
21	Congo, Republic Of The	4.63
22	Liberia	4.6
23	Congo, Democratic Republic of The	4.53
24	Equatorial Guinea	4.48
25	Rwanda	4.46
26	Chad	4.45
27	Togo	4.43
28	Gabon	4.43
29	Sao Tome and Principe	4.4
30	Senegal	4.36
31	Central African Republic	4.36
32	Gaza Strip	4.3
33	Guinea-Bissau	4.16
34	Madagascar	4.12
35	Eritrea	4.07
36	Iraq	4.06
37	Ghana	4.03
38	Western Sahara	3.93
39	Mauritania	3.93
40	Yemen	3.77
41	Sudan	3.68
42	Gambia, The	3.63
43	Egypt	3.53
44	Zimbabwe	3.5
45	Comoros	3.47
46	Cote D'ivoire	3.46
47	Namibia	3.36
48	West Bank	3.33
49	Solomon Islands	3.22
50	Jordan	3.18
51	Tonga	3.18
52	Vanuatu	3.16
53	Kenya	3.14
54	Papua New Guinea	3.1
55	Marshall Islands	3.09
56	Philippines	3.06
57	Tuvalu	2.98
58	Belize	2.9
59	American Samoa	2.87
60	Nauru	2.84
61	Oman	2.84
62	Guatemala	2.83
63	Haiti	2.79
64	Samoa	2.77
65	Laos	2.76
66	Eswatini(Swaziland)	2.74
67	Algeria	2.74
68	Honduras	2.72
69	Bolivia	2.68
70	Lesotho	2.68
71	Pakistan	2.68
72	Tajikistan	2.67
73	Israel	2.66
74	Kyrgyzstan	2.64
75	Cambodia	2.56
76	Syria	2.55
77	Malaysia	2.53
78	India	2.45
79	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.45
80	Kuwait	2.44
81	Fiji	2.44
82	Kiribati	2.43
83	Faroe Islands	2.36
84	Venezuela	2.35
85	Djibouti	2.35
86	United Arab Emirates	2.33
87	Panama	2.33
88	Guam	2.31
89	South Africa	2.31
90	Dominican Republic	2.31
91	Botswana	2.3
92	Kazakhstan	2.28
93	Argentina	2.28
94	Cabo Verde	2.26
95	Mexico	2.25
96	Ecuador	2.22
97	Cook Islands	2.21
98	Bangladesh	2.19
99	Nepal	2.18
100	Peru	2.15
101	Burma	2.15
102	Indonesia	2.13
103	Mongolia	2.13
104	Morocco	2.12
105	Saudi Arabia	2.11
106	Sri Lanka	2.09
107	Turkmenistan	2.08
108	France	2.07
109	Curacao	2.06
110	Sint Maarten	2.06
111	Dominica	2.04
112	Grenada	2.04
113	Guyana	2.04
114	Libya	2.04
115	Turkey	2.03
116	New Zealand	2.03
117	Colombia	2.02
118	Antigua And Barbuda	2.01
119	Iceland	2.01
120	Greenland	2.01
121	Jamaica	1.99
122	Ireland	1.98
123	Tunisia	1.98
124	Northern Mariana Islands	1.96
125	Korea, North	1.96
126	Suriname	1.95
127	New Caledonia	1.95
128	Bahamas, The	1.95
129	Bermuda	1.94
130	Bhutan	1.93
131	Isle Of Man	1.93
132	Nicaragua	1.92
133	Gibraltar	1.91
134	Paraguay	1.91
135	Qatar	1.9
136	French Polynesia	1.9
137	Costa Rica	1.9
138	Azerbaijan	1.9
139	United Kingdom	1.89
140	El Salvador	1.89
141	Sweden	1.88
142	United States	1.87
143	Norway	1.86
144	Seychelles	1.86
145	Cayman Islands	1.85
146	Aruba	1.84
147	Iran	1.83
148	Vietnam	1.82
149	Uruguay	1.81
150	Chile	1.81
151	Saint Vincent and The Grenadines	1.81
152	Brunei	1.79
153	Belgium	1.78
154	Uzbekistan	1.78
155	Netherlands	1.78
156	Saint Kitts And Nevis	1.78
157	Bahrain	1.77
158	Australia	1.77
159	Georgia	1.76
160	Brazil	1.76
161	Saint Lucia	1.75
162	Finland	1.75
163	Anguilla	1.75
164	Mauritius	1.75
165	Wallis And Futuna	1.74
166	Denmark	1.73
167	Virgin Islands	1.73
168	Maldives	1.73
169	Lebanon	1.73
170	Trinidad and Tobago	1.71
171	Palau	1.71
172	Cuba	1.71
173	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.7
174	Liechtenstein	1.69
175	Barbados	1.68
176	Jersey	1.66
177	Armenia	1.64
178	Puerto Rico	1.64
179	Russia	1.61
180	Luxembourg	1.61
181	Macedonia	1.6
182	China	1.6
183	Canada	1.6
184	Estonia	1.6
185	Lithuania	1.59
186	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan Da Cunha	1.58
187	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.57
188	Moldova	1.56
189	Guernsey	1.56
190	Switzerland	1.55
191	Malta	1.55
192	Ukraine	1.54
193	Monaco	1.53
194	Portugal	1.53
195	Latvia	1.51
196	Thailand	1.51
197	Albania	1.51
198	San Marino	1.5
199	Spain	1.49
200	Belarus	1.48
201	Cyprus	1.47
202	Austria	1.47
203	Bulgaria	1.46
204	Czechia	1.45
205	Germany	1.44
206	Hungary	1.44
207	Serbia	1.43
208	Italy	1.43
209	Greece	1.42
210	Japan	1.41
211	Slovakia	1.4
212	Andorra	1.39
213	Croatia	1.39
214	Slovenia	1.35
215	Poland	1.34
216	Romania	1.34
217	Montserrat	1.31
218	British Virgin Islands	1.28
219	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.28
220	Korea, South	1.25
221	Hong Kong	1.19
222	Taiwan	1.12
223	Macau	0.94
224	Singapore	0.82

Source: https://www.cia.gov/

Last Updated on: May 08, 2017