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This is a list of countries by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years, based on 2006 age-specific fertility rate data. Sovereign states are ranked. Some countries might not be listed because they are not fully recognized as countries at the time of this census.

Ranking	Country	Fertility rate in 2000 (births/woman)	Fertility rate in 2006 (births/woman)
1	Mali	6.89	7.38
2	Niger	7.16	7.37
3	Uganda	6.96	6.84
4	Somalia	7.18	6.68
5	Afghanistan	5.87	6.64
6	Yemen	7.05	6.49
7	Burundi	6.25	6.48
8	Burkina Faso	6.44	6.41
9	Democratic Republic of the Congo	6.92	6.37
10	Angola	6.52	6.27
11	Sierra Leone	6.08	6.01
12	Republic of the Congo	5.06	5.99
13	Liberia	6.43	5.94
14	Mauritania	6.92	5.78
15	Guinea	5.46	5.75
16	Malawi	5.33	5.74
17	Oman	6.08	5.70
	''Mayotte'' (France)	6.33	5.69
	''Gaza Strip''	6.55	5.64
18	Chad	6.63	5.56
19	Sao Tome and Principe	6.08	5.53
20	Nigeria	5.66	5.45
21	Rwanda	5.07	5.37
22	Zambia	5.62	5.31
23	Mozambique	4.93	5.29
24	Madagascar	5.84	5.24
25	Djibouti	5.80	5.23
26	The Gambia	5.76	5.21
27	Ethiopia	7.07	5.10
28	Benin	6.32	5.08
29	Senegal	5.21	5.00
30	Comoros	5.38	4.97
31	Eritrea	5.93	4.96
32	Togo	5.50	4.90
33	Haiti	4.50	4.86
34	Kenya	3.66	4.82
35	Guinea-Bissau	5.27	4.79
36	Maldives	5.62	4.78
37	Tanzania	5.51	4.77
38	Gabon	3.73	4.71
39	Sudan	5.47	4.69
40	Bhutan	5.13	4.67
41	Laos	5.21	4.59
42	Cameroon	4.88	4.49
43	Equatorial Guinea	4.94	4.48
44	Côte d'Ivoire	5.80	4.43
45	Central African Republic	4.95	4.32
46	Samoa	3.50	4.21
	''West Bank''	5.02	4.17
47	Kiribati	4.40	4.12
48	Iraq	4.87	4.07
49	Nepal	4.68	4.01
50	Saudi Arabia	6.30	3.94
51	Ghana	3.95	3.89
52	Paraguay	4.16	3.84
53	Papua New Guinea	4.38	3.79
54	Solomon Islands	4.80	3.78
55	Marshall Islands	6.61	3.76
56	Pakistan	4.56	3.71
57	Guatemala	4.66	3.70
58	Belize	4.14	3.52
59	Honduras	4.26	3.48
	''French Guiana'' (France)	3.89 Tableau P3D - Indicateurs généraux de population par département et région	3.46 (in 2004)
60	East Timor		3.45
61	Swaziland	5.87	3.43
62	Syria	4.06	3.31
63	Cape Verde	4.19	3.28
64	Lesotho	4.15	3.21
"	Libya	3.71	3.21
66	Turkmenistan	3.63	3.13
67	Cambodia	4.82	3.12
68	Bangladesh	2.85	3.09
"	Tajikistan	4.35	3.09
70	El Salvador	3.38	3.08
"	Zimbabwe	3.34	3.08
	''American Samoa'' (US)	3.60	3.07
72	Federated States of Micronesia	3.83	3.07
73	Philippines	3.48	3.05
74	Nauru	3.71	3.02
	''Turks and Caicos Islands'' (UK)	3.25	3.02
75	Malaysia	3.29	3.01
76	Tuvalu	3.11	2.96
77	Namibia	4.89	2.94
78	Uzbekistan	3.09	2.88
79	Kuwait	3.26	2.86
80	Israel	2.92	2.84 1
81	Dominican Republic	3.00	2.81
"	India	3.11	2.81
83	Egypt	3.15	2.77
84	Bolivia	3.66	2.76
85	Qatar	3.25	2.75
"	Tonga	3.20	2.75
87	Botswana	3.80	2.73
88	Fiji	2.89	2.70
89	Nicaragua	3.27	2.69
90	Kyrgyzstan	3.22	2.68
91	Panama	2.32	2.66
92	Ecuador	3.18	2.63
"	Vanuatu	3.29	2.63
94	Morocco	3.13	2.62
	'World'	'2.80'	'2.59'
95	Bahrain	2.82	2.57
"	''Guam'' (US)	3.96	2.57
96	Jordan	3.44	2.55
96	Venezuela	2.51	2.55
97	Colombia	2.69	2.51
98	Peru	3.04	2.46
"	Palau	2.47	2.46
100	United Arab Emirates	3.29	2.43
	''Réunion'' (France)	2.47	2.42 (in 2005)[1]
	''Greenland'' (Denmark)	2.45	2.40
101	Mexico	2.67	2.39
102	Indonesia	2.61	2.38
103	Jamaica	2.11	2.36
104	Grenada	2.42	2.30
105	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.43	2.29
	''Guadeloupe'' (France)	2.24	2.26 (in 2004)
106	Mongolia	2.40	2.25
107	Antigua and Barbuda	1.92	2.23
108	Costa Rica	2.52	2.21
	''French Polynesia'' (France)	2.58 Taux général de fécondité et taux de fécondité par âge en Polynésie Française Institut Statistique de Polynésie Française (ISPF)	2.20
	''New Caledonia'' (France)	2.59 Évolution des naissances, des taux de natalité et de fécondité (on page 2 of the PDF) Institut de la statistique et des études économiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie (ISEE)	2.20 (in 2005)
109	South Africa	2.47	2.16
	''United States Virgin Islands'' (US)	2.27	2.16
110	The Bahamas	2.33	2.15
	''Faroe Islands'' (Denmark)	2.32	2.15
111	Saint Lucia	2.42	2.15
112	Argentina	2.47	2.13
113	Dominica	2.05	2.12
114	United States	2.06	2.09
115	Iceland	2.08	2.07 1
116	Azerbaijan	2.19	2.05
117	Sri Lanka	1.98	2.05
"	North Korea	2.30	2.05
119	Guyana	2.11	2.04
"	Suriname	2.50	2.03
	''Saint Pierre and Miquelon'' (France)	2.14	2.00
	''Netherlands Antilles'' (Netherlands)	2.09	1.99
122	Metropolitan France	1.87 Table 8 - Total fertility rate and reproduction rate (per 100 women), metropolitan France	1.98
123	Brunei	2.47	1.97
"	Chile	2.20	1.97
"	Uruguay	2.37	1.97
126	Burma	2.37	1.95
127	Mauritius	2.02	1.94
128	Norway	1.85	1.90 1
	'' Cayman Islands'' (UK)	2.05	1.89
129	Turkey	2.16	1.89
"	Kazakhstan	2.03	1.89
"	Vietnam	2.53	1.89
	''Bermuda'' (UK)	1.68	1.88
132	Lebanon	2.08	1.88
"	Brazil	2.13	1.88
	''Martinique'' (France)	1.98	1.88 (in 2004)
134	Algeria	2.80	1.86
"	Ireland	1.91	1.86
136	United Kingdom	1.63	1.85[2]
	''Aruba'' (Netherlands)	1.80	1.85
137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.11	1.81
"	Australia	1.79	1.81 1
139	Cyprus	1.95	1.80
140	New Zealand	1.80	1.79
141	Luxembourg	1.70	1.78
	''Montserrat'' (UK)	1.85	1.77
	''Puerto Rico'' (US)	1.90	1.77
142	People's Republic of China (mainland only)	1.82	1.75 or 1.32,1.22[3]
"	Monaco	1.76	1.75
144	Denmark	1.73	1.74
"	Trinidad and Tobago	1.83	1.74
"	Seychelles	1.85	1.74
146	Finland	1.70	1.73
"	Tunisia	2.04	1.73
	''Anguilla '' (UK)	1.80	1.72
	''British Virgin Islands'' (UK)	1.72	1.72
148	Iran	2.20	1.71
149	Serbia	1.70	1.69
150	Netherlands	1.64	1.66
151	Sweden	1.53	1.66
152	Barbados	1.70	1.65
	''Isle of Man'' (UK)	1.64	1.65
	''Gibraltar'' (UK)	2.15	1.65
153	Belgium	1.61	1.64
154	Thailand	1.88	1.64
155	Albania	2.37	1.60 1
156	Cuba	1.60	1.60
	''Jersey'' (UK)	1.56	1.58
157	Macedonia	1.82	1.57
	''Saint Helena'' (UK)	1.53	1.55
158	Canada	1.51	1.53 1
159	Liechtenstein	1.49	1.51
160	Malta	1.92	1.51
	European Union		1.50
161	Portugal	1.47	1.48
162	Switzerland	1.47	1.44
163	Georgia	1.41	1.42
164	Estonia	1.19	1.41
"	Croatia	1.94	1.41
	''Guernsey'' (UK)	1.35	1.40
166	Germany	1.38	1.40
167	Bulgaria	1.13	1.39
"	Russia	1.25	1.39
169	Romania	1.35	1.38
170	Austria	1.39	1.37
171	Greece	1.33	1.35
172	Armenia	1.47	1.34
"	San Marino	1.29	1.34
174	Hungary	1.25	1.33
"	Slovakia	1.25	1.33
176	Andorra	1.25	1.31
177	Italy	1.18	1.29
"	Spain	1.15	1.29
179	South Korea	1.72	1.28
"	Latvia	1.13	1.28
181	Poland	1.38	1.26
"	Slovenia	1.28	1.26
183	Moldova	1.63	1.25
184	Ukraine	1.26	1.24
185	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.71	1.23
"	Japan	1.41	1.23
187	Belarus	1.25	1.22
"	Czech Republic	1.18	1.22
	''Northern Mariana Islands'' (US)	1.76	1.21
189	Lithuania	1.34	1.21
190	Taiwan	1.76	1.12
191	Singapore	1.16	1.07
	''Macau'' (PRC)	1.30	1.03
	''Hong Kong'' (PRC)	1.27	0.98

:''Note: the only recognized and independent country that is missing from this list is Vatican City''.

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References

External links

See also

★ Fertility rate

★ Population growth

★ Sub-replacement fertility

References

1. 3.3 - NATALITÉ - FÉCONDITÉ
2. Table 2.2: Key demographic and health indicators (on page 55 of the PDF) ONS
3. http://txspace.tamu.edu/bitstream/1969.1/3892/1/etd-tamu-2005A-SOCI-Terrell.pdf

External links

★ Source: The World Factbook, CIA