Mapped: Every Country by Total Fertility Rate

Mapped: Countries by Total Fertility Rate

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Fertility rates are dropping across the world.

Between 2019 and 2024, there were only 12 countries that saw fertility rates grow—meanwhile rates declined or stayed the same in 185 countries.

This map visualization by Idwardi Ishak uses data from the United Nations to show the total fertility rate for countries and other notable jurisdictions globally.

Total fertility rate is defined as the average number of children that would be born alive to a woman during her lifetime if she were to pass through her childbearing years conforming to the age-specific fertility rates of a given year.

Total Fertility Rate Data by Country

The below table shows the total fertility rate for each jurisdiction using data from 2019 and 2024, while also highlighting the five-year change between the years.

Rank	Country	Total Fertility Rate (2024)	TFR (2019)	5-Yr Change
1	Chad	6.03	6.41	-0.38
2	Somalia	6.01	6.56	-0.55
3	DR Congo	5.98	6.25	-0.27
4	Central African Republic	5.95	6.09	-0.14
5	Niger	5.94	6.54	-0.60
6	Mali	5.51	5.89	-0.38
7	Angola	5.05	5.44	-0.40
8	Burundi	4.79	5.27	-0.48
9	Afghanistan	4.76	5.24	-0.48
10	Mozambique	4.69	5.02	-0.33
11	Mauritania	4.63	4.98	-0.36
12	Mayotte	4.56	4.58	-0.02
13	Tanzania	4.54	4.87	-0.33
14	Yemen	4.50	4.60	-0.10
15	Benin	4.48	4.90	-0.42
16	Nigeria	4.38	4.86	-0.48
17	Sudan	4.26	4.62	-0.35
18	Cameroon	4.26	4.65	-0.39
19	Côte d’Ivoire	4.23	4.52	-0.29
20	Uganda	4.17	4.74	-0.58
21	Guinea	4.13	4.58	-0.45
22	Togo	4.12	4.45	-0.33
23	Equatorial Guinea	4.12	4.43	-0.31
24	Burkina Faso	4.11	4.68	-0.57
25	Republic of the Congo	4.11	4.38	-0.27
26	Zambia	4.04	4.42	-0.38
27	Madagascar	3.91	4.22	-0.31
28	Ethiopia	3.91	4.35	-0.44
29	Gambia	3.91	4.33	-0.42
30	Liberia	3.86	4.26	-0.39
31	Comoros	3.82	4.14	-0.32
32	Samoa	3.80	4.06	-0.26
33	South Sudan	3.79	4.26	-0.48
34	Senegal	3.77	4.10	-0.34
35	Guinea-Bissau	3.76	4.15	-0.40
36	Sierra Leone	3.70	4.19	-0.49
37	Eritrea	3.68	4.00	-0.32
38	Zimbabwe	3.67	3.75	-0.07
39	Rwanda	3.65	3.99	-0.34
40	São Tomé & Príncipe	3.60	3.90	-0.30
41	Gabon	3.59	3.88	-0.29
42	Malawi	3.59	3.95	-0.36
43	Vanuatu	3.57	3.79	-0.22
44	Pakistan	3.55	3.81	-0.26
45	Solomon Islands	3.51	3.80	-0.29
46	Uzbekistan	3.49	2.87	0.62
47	Ghana	3.34	3.59	-0.25
48	French Guiana	3.34	3.73	-0.39
49	Nauru	3.29	3.53	-0.24
50	Palestine	3.25	3.59	-0.34
51	Iraq	3.22	3.48	-0.26
52	Namibia	3.21	3.40	-0.19
53	Tuvalu	3.17	3.33	-0.16
54	Kenya	3.17	3.43	-0.27
55	Kiribati	3.12	3.29	-0.17
56	Tonga	3.10	3.27	-0.17
57	Papua New Guinea	3.07	3.32	-0.25
58	Tajikistan	3.04	3.28	-0.25
59	Kazakhstan	2.98	2.89	0.09
60	Marshall Islands	2.86	3.01	-0.15
61	Micronesia	2.83	2.98	-0.15
62	Israel	2.79	3.03	-0.25
63	Kyrgyzstan	2.78	3.33	-0.55
64	Guam	2.75	2.94	-0.19
65	Egypt	2.74	2.87	-0.14
66	Algeria	2.72	3.00	-0.28
67	Eswatini	2.72	2.93	-0.21
68	Botswana	2.70	2.91	-0.20
69	Syria	2.70	2.88	-0.18
70	Lesotho	2.66	2.92	-0.26
71	Turkmenistan	2.66	2.83	-0.17
72	Mongolia	2.63	3.01	-0.38
73	Timor-Leste	2.63	3.12	-0.49
74	Haiti	2.63	2.86	-0.24
75	Djibouti	2.62	2.80	-0.18
76	Jordan	2.60	2.86	-0.25
77	Cambodia	2.55	2.73	-0.18
78	Bolivia	2.52	2.69	-0.17
79	Oman	2.51	2.70	-0.19
80	Honduras	2.48	2.61	-0.14
81	Paraguay	2.42	2.53	-0.11
82	Laos	2.40	2.59	-0.19
83	Guyana	2.40	2.52	-0.13
84	Saudi Arabia	2.31	2.49	-0.18
85	Libya	2.30	2.54	-0.24
86	Guatemala	2.29	2.59	-0.31
87	Fiji	2.27	2.39	-0.12
88	American Samoa	2.27	2.40	-0.14
89	Suriname	2.23	2.35	-0.12
90	Lebanon	2.23	2.33	-0.10
91	Faroe Islands	2.22	2.40	-0.18
92	Dominican Republic	2.22	2.37	-0.14
93	Morocco	2.21	2.34	-0.13
94	Nicaragua	2.21	2.32	-0.12
95	South Africa	2.21	2.26	-0.06
96	Western Sahara	2.18	2.28	-0.10
97	Réunion	2.15	2.13	0.02
98	Bangladesh	2.14	2.18	-0.04
99	Indonesia	2.12	2.21	-0.09
100	Seychelles	2.11	2.26	-0.15
101	Panama	2.11	2.29	-0.18
102	Monaco	2.10	2.40	-0.30
103	Myanmar	2.10	2.21	-0.11
104	U.S. Virgin Islands	2.08	2.16	-0.08
105	Venezuela	2.08	2.13	-0.05
106	Belize	2.02	2.14	-0.12
107	Peru	1.97	2.09	-0.12
108	India	1.96	2.12	-0.16
109	Nepal	1.96	2.08	-0.12
110	Sri Lanka	1.95	2.02	-0.07
111	Greenland	1.93	2.01	-0.08
112	Vietnam	1.90	1.94	-0.05
113	Philippines	1.89	2.22	-0.32
114	Mexico	1.89	2.02	-0.13
115	Palau	1.88	1.98	-0.10
116	Tunisia	1.82	2.10	-0.28
117	Ecuador	1.81	2.04	-0.23
118	Bahrain	1.81	1.84	-0.04
119	Georgia	1.80	2.02	-0.22
120	Montenegro	1.80	1.81	-0.02
121	North Korea	1.78	1.83	-0.04
122	El Salvador	1.77	1.84	-0.07
123	Bulgaria	1.75	1.58	0.17
124	Brunei	1.73	1.82	-0.09
125	Moldova	1.73	1.78	-0.05
126	Qatar	1.72	1.73	-0.01
127	Armenia	1.72	1.60	0.12
128	Romania	1.71	1.71	0.00
129	Barbados	1.71	1.72	-0.01
130	Iran	1.68	1.77	-0.08
131	New Zealand	1.66	1.72	-0.06
132	Australia	1.64	1.67	-0.03
133	France	1.64	1.83	-0.19
134	Colombia	1.63	1.71	-0.08
135	United States	1.62	1.68	-0.06
136	Turkey	1.62	1.89	-0.27
137	Brazil	1.61	1.71	-0.09
138	Ireland	1.60	1.72	-0.12
139	Slovenia	1.58	1.61	-0.04
140	Slovakia	1.56	1.57	-0.00
141	Maldives	1.56	1.64	-0.08
142	United Kingdom	1.55	1.63	-0.08
143	Malaysia	1.54	1.78	-0.23
144	Liechtenstein	1.54	1.48	0.05
145	Trinidad & Tobago	1.54	1.58	-0.04
146	Denmark	1.52	1.70	-0.18
147	Kuwait	1.52	2.09	-0.57
148	Portugal	1.51	1.42	0.09
149	Argentina	1.50	1.88	-0.38
150	Serbia	1.50	1.51	-0.01
151	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.49	1.51	-0.02
152	Hungary	1.49	1.53	-0.04
153	Croatia	1.47	1.47	0.00
154	North Macedonia	1.47	1.65	-0.18
155	Russia	1.46	1.50	-0.05
156	Czechia	1.46	1.75	-0.30
157	Bhutan	1.45	1.45	0.00
158	Germany	1.45	1.54	-0.09
159	Cuba	1.45	1.54	-0.10
160	Switzerland	1.44	1.48	-0.04
161	Netherlands	1.43	1.57	-0.14
162	Sweden	1.43	1.71	-0.28
163	Norway	1.41	1.53	-0.12
164	Luxembourg	1.40	1.34	0.06
165	Uruguay	1.40	1.57	-0.17
166	Belgium	1.38	1.61	-0.23
167	Cyprus	1.38	1.33	0.05
168	Estonia	1.36	1.66	-0.30
169	Jamaica	1.35	1.39	-0.04
170	Canada	1.34	1.48	-0.13
171	Latvia	1.34	1.61	-0.27
172	Albania	1.34	1.40	-0.06
173	Greece	1.34	1.34	-0.00
174	Austria	1.32	1.46	-0.14
175	Costa Rica	1.32	1.60	-0.28
176	Poland	1.30	1.44	-0.13
177	Finland	1.29	1.35	-0.06
178	Mauritius	1.23	1.35	-0.13
179	Spain	1.22	1.23	-0.01
180	Belarus	1.22	1.39	-0.17
181	Japan	1.22	1.32	-0.11
182	United Arab Emirates	1.21	1.25	-0.03
183	Lithuania	1.21	1.61	-0.40
184	Italy	1.21	1.26	-0.05
185	Thailand	1.20	1.29	-0.08
186	San Marino	1.16	1.10	0.06
187	Chile	1.14	1.43	-0.29
188	Malta	1.11	1.15	-0.04
189	Andorra	1.09	1.05	0.04
190	China	1.01	1.50	-0.48
191	Ukraine	0.99	1.22	-0.23
192	Singapore	0.95	0.94	0.01
193	Puerto Rico	0.94	0.98	-0.04
194	Taiwan	0.86	1.05	-0.18
195	South Korea	0.73	0.88	-0.15
196	Hong Kong (SAR)	0.73	1.06	-0.33
197	Macau (SAR)	0.68	0.94	-0.26
—	Global Average	2.25	2.40	-0.15

The eight highest ranking countries in terms of fertility are all found in Africa, with the top three being Chad (6.03), Somalia (6.01), and the DRC (5.98). Even so, these countries have seen meaningful five-year drops in their rates, averaging around a 0.4 decrease in births per woman.

At the bottom of the rankings, we have four Asian jurisdictions: Taiwan (0.86), South Korea (0.73), Hong Kong (0.73), and Macau (0.68).

Where Fertility is Falling the Fastest

Fertility is falling fastest in a mix of very different regions, highlighting how universal the shift has become.

Some of the sharpest declines since 2019 are in Africa, including Niger and Uganda, where fertility remains high but is dropping rapidly as urbanization and education expand.

East Asia continues to see steep declines from already low levels, with China, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Macau pushing deeper into ultra-low fertility. Meanwhile, parts of the Middle East (such as Kuwait) and Eastern Europe (including Lithuania) have also seen rapid drops, driven by economic pressure, delayed family formation, and migration.

The Developed World: One Big Outlier

In the developed countries, almost all places are now well below the replacement rate threshold.

That said, Israel remains as the one big outlier. In 2024, the country had a fertility rate of 2.79 children per woman.

This is largely because having children is strongly supported both culturally and institutionally in Israel, across income and education levels. Further, high fertility is reinforced by generous family policies, widespread childcare support, and strong social norms, including large families among religious communities.

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• Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-countries-by-fertility-rate/