World ranking · 2026

Fertility rate by country, 2026

A population replaces itself at about 2.1 children per woman. The world average is 2.23 in 2026, down from 4.85 in 1950.

Highest

1. Chad5.84
2. DR Congo5.80
3. Somalia5.80
4. Central African Republic5.69
5. Niger5.64

Lowest

1. Hong Kong0.75
2. South Korea0.76
3. Taiwan0.86
4. Puerto Rico0.94
5. Singapore0.97

85 of 161 countries of a million people or more are below replacement.
16 are below 1.3, the level demographers call “lowest-low” fertility.

Highest and lowest among countries of a million people or more.

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Orange: fewer than 2.1 children per woman, too few to keep the population stable without migration. Teal: more.

Children per woman

1.31.62.12.53.54.5

All 237 countries and areas

Fertility rate by country, 2026
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1	Chad	5.84	21,560,380
2	DR Congo	5.80	116,452,162
3	Somalia	5.80	20,305,907
4	Central African Republic	5.69	5,698,984
5	Niger	5.64	28,814,878
6	Mali	5.33	25,932,275
7	Angola	4.89	40,215,180
8	Burundi	4.57	14,729,157
9	Afghanistan	4.56	45,047,068
10	Mozambique	4.54	36,639,850
11	Mauritania	4.48	5,461,319
12	Mayotte	4.43	347,536
13	Tanzania	4.41	72,563,780
14	Benin	4.34	15,170,420
15	Yemen	4.33	42,961,653
16	Nigeria	4.20	242,431,832
17	Sudan	4.13	53,282,719
18	Cameroon	4.12	30,640,817
19	Côte d'Ivoire	4.10	33,494,346
20	Togo	4.01	9,930,918
21	Congo	3.99	6,637,786
22	Uganda	3.97	52,761,470
23	Guinea	3.96	15,441,992
24	Equatorial Guinea	3.95	1,984,468
25	Burkina Faso	3.91	24,601,700
26	Zambia	3.91	22,521,915
27	Madagascar	3.78	33,522,052
28	Ethiopia	3.72	138,902,185
29	Liberia	3.71	5,853,949
30	Comoros	3.71	899,010
31	Gambia	3.70	2,884,079
32	Samoa	3.70	220,528
33	Senegal	3.66	19,366,548
34	South Sudan	3.63	12,436,037
35	Guinea-Bissau	3.62	2,297,808
36	Zimbabwe	3.57	17,273,580
37	Eritrea	3.55	3,682,669
38	Rwanda	3.54	14,889,693
39	Sierra Leone	3.53	8,996,744
40	Vanuatu	3.50	342,564
41	Gabon	3.49	2,647,400
42	Sao Tome and Principe	3.47	244,994
43	Malawi	3.45	22,785,535
44	Pakistan	3.44	259,299,792
45	Solomon Islands	3.42	858,288
46	Uzbekistan	3.40	37,724,223
47	Ghana	3.26	35,697,557
48	French Guiana	3.25	318,872
49	Nauru	3.20	12,101
50	Iraq	3.13	48,007,437
51	Palestine	3.13	5,692,790
52	Namibia	3.13	3,153,246
53	Tuvalu	3.10	9,362
54	Kenya	3.07	58,636,412
55	Kiribati	3.06	138,445
56	Tonga	3.04	103,291
57	Papua New Guinea	2.99	10,947,848
58	Tajikistan	2.96	10,978,598
59	Kazakhstan	2.92	21,083,626
60	Marshall Islands	2.77	35,075
61	Israel	2.73	9,647,689
62	Kyrgyzstan	2.72	7,400,464
63	Egypt	2.68	120,101,175
64	Guam	2.68	170,185
65	Micronesia	2.67	114,182
66	Eswatini	2.64	1,269,859
67	Botswana	2.63	2,603,388
68	Algeria	2.62	48,028,334
69	Syria	2.62	26,472,497
70	Lesotho	2.61	2,389,336
71	Turkmenistan	2.60	7,736,632
72	Saint Martin	2.59	23,898
73	Haiti	2.55	12,037,506
74	Jordan	2.54	11,589,532
75	Mongolia	2.54	3,556,798
76	Djibouti	2.54	1,199,459
77	Tokelau	2.54	2,691
78	Timor Leste	2.50	1,436,923
79	Cambodia	2.49	18,051,219
80	Bolivia	2.47	12,749,291
81	Oman	2.44	5,671,458
82	Niue	2.44	1,822
83	Honduras	2.42	11,184,760
84	Paraguay	2.37	7,095,279
85	Guyana	2.35	840,890
86	Laos	2.33	7,974,018
87	Saudi Arabia	2.27	35,165,787
88	Northern Mariana Islands	2.24	42,914
89	Guatemala	2.23	18,967,978
90	Fiji	2.23	937,282
91	American Samoa	2.22	45,318
92	Libya	2.21	7,539,852
93	Lebanon	2.19	5,897,467
94	Suriname	2.19	645,256
95	Faroe Islands	2.19	56,526
96	South Africa	2.17	65,453,084
97	Dominican Republic	2.17	11,609,500
98	Morocco	2.16	38,762,441
99	Nicaragua	2.16	7,097,329
100	Western Sahara	2.13	610,813
101	Reunion	2.12	886,298
102	Bangladesh	2.09	177,818,044
103	Indonesia	2.08	287,886,782
104	Monaco	2.08	38,087
105	Panama	2.07	4,625,718
106	Myanmar	2.06	55,184,819
107	Seychelles	2.06	134,959
108	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.05	83,400
109	Venezuela	2.04	28,633,711
110	Guadeloupe	2.04	372,453
111	Belize	1.99	428,644
112	Cook Islands	1.97	12,826
113	Martinique	1.95	337,711
114	India	1.93	1,476,625,576
115	Peru	1.93	34,922,148
116	Sri Lanka	1.93	23,348,315
117	New Caledonia	1.93	297,892
118	Nepal	1.92	29,629,410
119	Greenland	1.90	55,629
120	Gibraltar	1.88	40,867
121	Philippines	1.86	117,724,472
122	Vietnam	1.86	102,177,431
123	Mexico	1.85	132,997,658
124	Palau	1.84	17,614
125	Tunisia	1.79	12,415,138
126	Montenegro	1.79	626,233
127	Ecuador	1.78	18,444,506
128	Georgia	1.78	3,804,642
129	Bahrain	1.77	1,675,572
130	North Korea	1.75	26,633,691
131	Bulgaria	1.74	6,667,660
132	El Salvador	1.74	6,391,254
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.73	99,244
134	Moldova	1.72	2,961,253
135	Romania	1.71	18,800,605
136	Armenia	1.71	2,930,915
137	Brunei	1.70	469,775
138	Barbados	1.70	282,724
139	Qatar	1.69	3,173,559
140	Falkland Islands	1.69	3,465
141	Iran	1.66	93,168,497
142	Azerbaijan	1.66	10,454,855
143	France	1.64	66,746,401
144	Australia	1.64	27,227,096
145	New Zealand	1.64	5,287,479
146	Saint Helena	1.64	5,148
147	United States	1.62	349,035,494
148	Turkey	1.62	87,926,082
149	Aruba	1.61	108,164
150	Colombia	1.60	53,936,226
151	Ireland	1.60	5,356,950
152	Brazil	1.59	213,562,666
153	Slovenia	1.58	2,114,574
154	Slovakia	1.57	5,451,342
155	Antigua and Barbuda	1.57	94,626
156	Liechtenstein	1.54	40,368
157	United Kingdom	1.53	69,931,528
158	Maldives	1.53	531,517
159	Isle of Man	1.53	84,054
160	Malaysia	1.52	36,385,115
161	Portugal	1.52	10,395,362
162	Denmark	1.52	6,023,520
163	Kosovo	1.52	1,666,992
164	Trinidad and Tobago	1.52	1,513,268
165	Argentina	1.51	46,003,734
166	Serbia	1.51	6,641,964
167	Hungary	1.50	9,585,818
168	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.50	3,114,242
169	Cayman Islands	1.50	77,196
170	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.50	46,992
171	Kuwait	1.49	5,102,773
172	Cabo Verde	1.49	529,630
173	Iceland	1.49	402,329
174	Russia	1.47	143,394,458
175	Czechia	1.47	10,527,780
176	Croatia	1.47	3,822,345
177	North Macedonia	1.47	1,804,062
178	French Polynesia	1.47	283,076
179	Germany	1.46	83,644,258
180	Dominica	1.46	65,511
181	Cuba	1.45	10,892,659
182	Switzerland	1.45	9,007,798
183	Grenada	1.45	117,362
184	Montserrat	1.45	4,328
185	Netherlands	1.44	18,448,775
186	Sweden	1.44	10,701,046
187	Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba	1.44	31,913
188	Bhutan	1.43	802,214
189	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.43	47,148
190	Norway	1.42	5,652,989
191	Bermuda	1.42	64,459
192	Sint Maarten	1.42	44,447
193	Luxembourg	1.41	687,448
194	Belgium	1.40	11,774,642
195	Wallis and Futuna	1.39	11,113
196	Uruguay	1.38	3,382,537
197	Estonia	1.38	1,331,062
198	Jersey	1.38	104,106
199	Cyprus	1.37	1,382,334
200	Saint Lucia	1.37	180,488
201	Guernsey	1.37	64,610
202	Bahamas	1.36	404,628
203	Latvia	1.35	1,835,935
204	Greece	1.34	9,897,116
205	Austria	1.34	9,107,266
206	Anguilla	1.34	14,817
207	Canada	1.33	40,467,728
208	Jamaica	1.33	2,833,404
209	Albania	1.32	2,751,025
210	Poland	1.31	37,843,188
211	Costa Rica	1.31	5,174,789
212	Finland	1.30	5,621,739
213	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.28	5,513
214	Spain	1.24	47,850,793
215	Japan	1.23	122,427,731
216	Belarus	1.23	8,937,018
217	Italy	1.22	58,926,166
218	Lithuania	1.22	2,797,338
219	United Arab Emirates	1.21	11,574,682
220	Mauritius	1.21	1,265,059
221	Thailand	1.19	71,559,614
222	San Marino	1.17	33,605
223	Chile	1.12	19,945,850
224	Malta	1.12	549,011
225	Andorra	1.11	83,753
226	Curacao	1.07	185,440
227	British Virgin Islands	1.07	39,936
228	China	1.03	1,412,914,089
229	Ukraine	1.00	39,535,848
230	Vatican	1.00	506
231	Singapore	0.97	5,905,748
232	Puerto Rico	0.94	3,222,688
233	Taiwan	0.86	23,011,292
234	Saint Barthelemy	0.84	11,550
235	South Korea	0.76	51,600,388
236	Hong Kong	0.75	7,378,602
237	Macao	0.70	723,188

Questions

Which country has the lowest fertility rate?

Hong Kong, at 0.75 children per woman in 2026, followed by South Korea (0.76), Taiwan (0.86), Puerto Rico (0.94).

Which country has the highest fertility rate?

Chad, at 5.84, followed by DR Congo (5.80), Somalia (5.80), Central African Republic (5.69).

What is the replacement fertility rate?

About 2.1 children per woman: two to replace the parents, plus a little for children who do not survive to have their own. Below it, a population shrinks in the long run unless immigration fills the gap.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. 2026 figures are the medium-variant projection. Method