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Rank	Country	Total fertility rate (children born/woman)
1	Niger	7.16
2	Mali	6.35
3	Somalia	6.26
4	Uganda	6.14
5	Burundi	6.08
6	Burkina Faso	6.07
7	Zambia	5.85
8	Afghanistan	5.64
9	Congo, Republic of the	5.59
10	Angola	5.54
11	Mozambique	5.4
12	Ethiopia	5.39
13	Nigeria	5.38
14	Malawi	5.35
15	East Timor	5.32
16	Benin	5.22
17	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5.09
18	Tanzania	5.08
19	Guinea	5.04
20	Liberia	5.02
21	Sao Tome and Principe	4.94
22	Chad	4.93
23	Sierra Leone	4.9
24	Equatorial Guinea	4.83
25	Rwanda	4.81
26	Senegal	4.69
27	Togo	4.64
28	Central African Republic	4.57
29	Gaza Strip	4.57
30	Gabon	4.56
31	Madagascar	4.45
32	Yemen	4.45
33	Guinea-Bissau	4.44
34	Eritrea	4.37
35	Mauritania	4.22
36	Western Sahara	4.22
37	Sudan	4.17
38	Ghana	4.15
39	Gambia, The	4.1
40	Cameroon	4.09
41	Comoros	4.09
42	Kenya	3.98
43	Cote d'Ivoire	3.82
44	Zimbabwe	3.61
45	Iraq	3.58
46	Vanuatu	3.57
47	Tonga	3.55
48	Solomon Islands	3.51
49	Papua New Guinea	3.39
50	Marshall Islands	3.37
51	Jordan	3.36
52	Guatemala	3.18
53	Belize	3.15
54	Philippines	3.15
55	Samoa	3.13
56	American Samoa	3.1
57	Tuvalu	3.08
58	Pakistan	3.07
59	Laos	3.06
60	Nauru	3.03
61	Swaziland	3.03
62	Honduras	3.01
63	Haiti	2.98
64	West Bank	2.98
65	Egypt	2.94
66	Bolivia	2.93
67	Lesotho	2.89
68	Oman	2.87
69	Tajikistan	2.85
70	Syria	2.85
71	Cambodia	2.78
72	Algeria	2.78
73	Kyrgyzstan	2.73
74	Kiribati	2.71
75	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.68
76	Israel	2.67
77	Malaysia	2.64
78	Djibouti	2.63
79	Kuwait	2.6
80	India	2.58
81	Fiji	2.58
82	Bangladesh	2.55
83	Botswana	2.46
84	Guam	2.45
85	Cape Verde	2.44
86	Panama	2.43
87	Nepal	2.41
88	Namibia	2.41
89	Dominican Republic	2.41
90	Kazakhstan	2.41
91	Faroe Islands	2.4
92	Venezuela	2.4
93	United Arab Emirates	2.38
94	Ecuador	2.38
95	Cook Islands	2.35
96	Argentina	2.29
97	Peru	2.29
98	South Africa	2.28
99	Mexico	2.27
100	Guyana	2.27
101	Saudi Arabia	2.26
102	Indonesia	2.23
103	Burma	2.23
104	Mongolia	2.19
105	Morocco	2.19
106	Sri Lanka	2.17
107	Grenada	2.15
108	Turkmenistan	2.14
109	Turkey	2.13
110	Bhutan	2.13
111	Colombia	2.12
112	Jamaica	2.12
113	Libya	2.12
114	Greenland	2.11
115	Sint Maarten	2.1
116	Northern Mariana Islands	2.09
117	Curacao	2.09
118	France	2.08
119	Suriname	2.08
120	Nicaragua	2.08
121	New Zealand	2.07
122	Paraguay	2.06
123	United States	2.06
124	Dominica	2.06
125	Antigua and Barbuda	2.05
126	El Salvador	2.04
127	New Caledonia	2.04
128	Tunisia	2.02
129	Korea, North	2.01
130	Ireland	2.01
131	French Polynesia	2
132	Bahamas, The	1.98
133	Bermuda	1.97
134	Isle of Man	1.96
135	Gibraltar	1.94
136	Qatar	1.93
137	Azerbaijan	1.92
138	Costa Rica	1.92
139	United Kingdom	1.91
140	Seychelles	1.9
141	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.89
142	Vietnam	1.89
143	Iceland	1.89
144	Iran	1.87
145	Chile	1.87
146	Cayman Islands	1.87
147	Uruguay	1.87
148	Uzbekistan	1.86
149	Bahrain	1.86
150	Brunei	1.85
151	Aruba	1.84
152	Brazil	1.82
153	Saint Lucia	1.8
154	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.79
155	Wallis and Futuna	1.79
156	Maldives	1.79
157	Mauritius	1.78
158	Netherlands	1.78
159	Virgin Islands	1.78
160	Norway	1.77
161	Luxembourg	1.77
162	Australia	1.77
163	Lebanon	1.76
164	Anguilla	1.75
165	Denmark	1.74
166	Finland	1.73
167	Palau	1.72
168	Trinidad and Tobago	1.72
169	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.7
170	Liechtenstein	1.69
171	Barbados	1.68
172	Sweden	1.67
173	Thailand	1.66
174	Jersey	1.66
175	Belgium	1.65
176	Puerto Rico	1.64
177	Russia	1.61
178	Canada	1.59
179	Macedonia	1.59
180	Saint Helena	1.57
181	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.55
182	Moldova	1.55
183	China	1.55
184	Guernsey	1.54
185	Malta	1.53
186	Switzerland	1.53
187	Portugal	1.51
188	Monaco	1.51
189	Albania	1.48
190	San Marino	1.48
191	Spain	1.48
192	Georgia	1.46
193	Belarus	1.45
194	Cuba	1.45
195	Estonia	1.44
196	Croatia	1.44
197	Bulgaria	1.43
198	Austria	1.41
199	Hungary	1.41
200	Germany	1.41
201	Italy	1.4
202	Serbia	1.4
203	Japan	1.39
204	Greece	1.39
205	Slovakia	1.38
206	Armenia	1.38
207	Andorra	1.36
208	Latvia	1.33
209	Slovenia	1.31
210	Poland	1.31
211	Romania	1.3
212	Ukraine	1.29
213	Lithuania	1.27
214	Montserrat	1.27
215	Czech Republic	1.27
216	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.24
217	Korea, South	1.23
218	British Virgin Islands	1.22
219	Taiwan	1.1
220	Hong Kong	1.09
221	Macau	0.92
222	Singapore	0.78

Definition: This entry gives a figure for the average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate (TFR) is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population change in the country. A rate of two children per woman is considered the replacement rate for a population, resulting in relative stability in terms of total numbers. Rates above two children indicate populations growing in size and whose median age is declining. Higher rates may also indicate difficulties for families, in some situations, to feed and educate their children and for women to enter the labor force. Rates below two children indicate populations decreasing in size and growing older. Global fertility rates are in general decline and this trend is most pronounced in industrialized countries, especially Western Europe, where populations are projected to decline dramatically over the next 50 years.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Total fertility rate map

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