Countries ranked by fertility rate

Every country ranked by fertility rate, highest to lowest. Somalia tops the list at 6.13; Macao is lowest at 0.66.

Highest

1Somalia6.13
2Chad6.12
3Niger6.06
4Democratic Republic of Congo6.05
5Central African Republic6.01

Lowest

236Macao0.66
235South Korea0.72
234Hong Kong0.72
233Saint Barthelemy0.80
232Taiwan0.87

Full ranking — all 236 countries

#	Country	Fertility rate
1	Somalia	6.13
2	Chad	6.12
3	Niger	6.06
4	Democratic Republic of Congo	6.05
5	Central African Republic	6.01
6	Mali	5.61
7	Angola	5.12
8	Burundi	4.88
9	Afghanistan	4.84
10	Mozambique	4.76
11	Mauritania	4.70
12	Mayotte	4.62
13	Tanzania	4.61
14	Yemen	4.59
15	Benin	4.56
16	Nigeria	4.48
17	Cameroon	4.32
18	Sudan	4.32
19	Cote d'Ivoire	4.28
20	Uganda	4.28
21	Guinea	4.22
22	Burkina Faso	4.19
23	Togo	4.19
24	Congo	4.16
25	Zambia	4.10
26	Equatorial Guinea	4.08
27	Gambia	4.01
28	Ethiopia	3.99
29	Madagascar	3.97
30	Liberia	3.95
31	Comoros	3.88
32	South Sudan	3.86
33	Guinea-Bissau	3.84
34	Samoa	3.83
35	Senegal	3.82
36	Sierra Leone	3.79
37	Zimbabwe	3.72
38	Eritrea	3.71
39	Rwanda	3.70
40	Gabon	3.65
41	Malawi	3.65
42	Sao Tome and Principe	3.64
43	Pakistan	3.60
44	Vanuatu	3.60
45	Solomon Islands	3.56
46	Uzbekistan	3.50
47	Ghana	3.40
48	French Guiana	3.39
49	Nauru	3.33
50	Palestine	3.31
51	Iraq	3.25
52	Kenya	3.21
53	Namibia	3.21
54	Tuvalu	3.21
55	Kiribati	3.15
56	Tonga	3.13
57	Papua New Guinea	3.10
58	Tajikistan	3.07
59	Kazakhstan	3.01
60	Marshall Islands	2.92
61	Israel	2.83
62	Kyrgyzstan	2.80
63	Guam	2.78
64	Algeria	2.77
65	Egypt	2.75
66	Micronesia (country)	2.75
67	Eswatini	2.75
68	Botswana	2.73
69	Saint Martin (French part)	2.72
70	Syria	2.71
71	East Timor	2.71
72	Lesotho	2.69
73	Mongolia	2.69
74	Turkmenistan	2.69
75	Haiti	2.66
76	Jordan	2.64
77	Djibouti	2.61
78	Tokelau	2.61
79	Cambodia	2.58
80	Bolivia	2.55
81	Oman	2.52
82	Niue	2.51
83	Honduras	2.50
84	Laos	2.42
85	Paraguay	2.42
86	Guyana	2.41
87	Libya	2.35
88	Northern Mariana Islands	2.35
89	Guatemala	2.31
90	American Samoa	2.29
91	Fiji	2.28
92	Saudi Arabia	2.28
93	Suriname	2.25
94	Dominican Republic	2.24
95	Faroe Islands	2.24
96	Lebanon	2.24
97	Morocco	2.23
98	Nicaragua	2.22
99	South Africa	2.22
100	Reunion	2.17
101	Bangladesh	2.16
102	Western Sahara	2.16
103	Indonesia	2.13
104	Seychelles	2.13
105	Myanmar	2.12
106	Panama	2.12
107	Monaco	2.11
108	Guadeloupe	2.09
109	United States Virgin Islands	2.09
110	Venezuela	2.08
111	Cook Islands	2.04
112	Belize	2.01
113	Martinique	2.01
114	India	1.98
115	New Caledonia	1.98
116	Nepal	1.98
117	Peru	1.98
118	Sri Lanka	1.97
119	Greenland	1.95
120	Philippines	1.92
121	Mexico	1.91
122	Palau	1.91
123	Vietnam	1.91
124	Gibraltar	1.89
125	Tunisia	1.83
126	Bahrain	1.82
127	Ecuador	1.82
128	Georgia	1.81
129	Montenegro	1.80
130	North Korea	1.78
131	El Salvador	1.77
132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.77
133	Bulgaria	1.75
134	Brunei	1.75
135	Moldova	1.73
136	Qatar	1.73
137	Armenia	1.71
138	Barbados	1.71
139	Romania	1.71
140	Iran	1.70
141	Falkland Islands	1.69
142	Azerbaijan	1.67
143	New Zealand	1.67
144	Colombia	1.65
145	Australia	1.64
146	France	1.64
147	Saint Helena	1.64
148	Brazil	1.62
149	Turkey	1.62
150	United States	1.62
151	Aruba	1.60
152	Ireland	1.60
153	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58
154	Slovenia	1.58
155	Maldives	1.57
156	United Kingdom	1.56
157	Slovakia	1.56
158	Isle of Man	1.55
159	Malaysia	1.55
160	Iceland	1.54
161	Liechtenstein	1.54
162	Cayman Islands	1.53
163	Trinidad and Tobago	1.53
164	Cape Verde	1.52
165	Kuwait	1.52
166	Denmark	1.51
167	Portugal	1.51
168	Argentina	1.50
169	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.50
170	French Polynesia	1.50
171	Serbia	1.50
172	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49
173	Grenada	1.49
174	Hungary	1.49
175	Dominica	1.48
176	Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	1.47
177	Croatia	1.47
178	North Macedonia	1.47
179	Bhutan	1.46
180	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.46
181	Czechia	1.45
182	Russia	1.45
183	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	1.45
184	Cuba	1.44
185	Germany	1.44
186	Montserrat	1.44
187	Switzerland	1.43
188	Netherlands	1.43
189	Sweden	1.43
190	Norway	1.41
191	Uruguay	1.41
192	Wallis and Futuna	1.41
193	Bermuda	1.40
194	Luxembourg	1.40
195	Cyprus	1.39
196	Belgium	1.38
197	Saint Lucia	1.38
198	Bahamas	1.37
199	Jersey	1.37
200	Anguilla	1.36
201	Guernsey	1.36
202	Jamaica	1.36
203	Albania	1.35
204	Canada	1.35
205	Estonia	1.35
206	Latvia	1.34
207	Costa Rica	1.33
208	Greece	1.33
209	Austria	1.32
210	Poland	1.30
211	Finland	1.28
212	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.27
213	Mauritius	1.24
214	Belarus	1.21
215	Spain	1.21
216	Japan	1.21
217	Thailand	1.21
218	United Arab Emirates	1.20
219	Italy	1.20
220	Lithuania	1.20
221	Chile	1.17
222	San Marino	1.15
223	Malta	1.10
224	Andorra	1.08
225	Curacao	1.07
226	British Virgin Islands	1.04
227	China	1.00
228	Vatican	1.00
229	Ukraine	0.98
230	Puerto Rico	0.94
231	Singapore	0.94
232	Taiwan	0.87
233	Saint Barthelemy	0.80
234	Hong Kong	0.72
235	South Korea	0.72
236	Macao	0.66

Common questions

Which country has the highest fertility rate?

Somalia, at 6.13 — the highest of all 236 countries with data.

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

Macao, at 0.66, ranks lowest among the 236 countries in this list.

How many countries are ranked?

236 countries and territories with recent data are included, ordered from highest to lowest.

Where does the data come from?

UN (via Our World in Data). The ranking updates as new data is published.

Source: UN (via Our World in Data). See the data on the interactive fertility rate map, or browse all country rankings.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.