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Countries with the Lowest Fertility Rates (2024)

Countries with the lowest fertility. A rate of about 2.1 is needed to keep a population stable without migration.

Criteria
Total fertility rate: average births per woman over a lifetime (World Bank), lowest first.
Reference year
2024
Source
World Bank WDI
Countries with the Lowest Fertility Rates, Births per woman
#CountryBirths per woman
1Macao0.58
2South Korea0.75
3Hong Kong0.84
4Puerto Rico0.92
5Singapore0.97
6Ukraine0.99
7Malta1.01
8China1.01
9British Virgin Islands1.05
10Andorra1.09
11Spain1.10
12Lithuania1.11
13Chile1.14
14Poland1.14
15Japan1.15
16San Marino1.16
17Estonia1.18
18Italy1.18
19Thailand1.20
20United Arab Emirates1.21
21Belarus1.22
22Greece1.24
23Latvia1.24
24Canada1.25
25Finland1.25
26Luxembourg1.25
27Switzerland1.29
28Austria1.31
29Costa Rica1.32
30Albania1.34
31Jamaica1.35
32Czechia1.36
33Germany1.36
34Liechtenstein1.37
35Bahamas1.37
36Cyprus1.38
37Saint Lucia1.39
38Romania1.39
39Uruguay1.40
40Curacao1.40
41North Macedonia1.40
42Bermuda1.41
43Hungary1.41
44Portugal1.41
45Russia1.42
46Azerbaijan1.43
47Sweden1.43
48The Netherlands1.43
49Belgium1.44
50Mauritius1.44
51Sint Maarten1.44
52Cuba1.45
53Bhutan1.45
54Norway1.45
55Turks and Caicos Islands1.45
56Croatia1.46
57Slovakia1.46
58Denmark1.47
59Ireland1.47
60Grenada1.47
61Dominica1.48
62Turkey1.48
63Australia1.48
64French Polynesia1.49
65Bosnia and Herzegovina1.49
66Argentina1.50
67Cabo Verde1.51
68Slovenia1.52
69Cayman Islands1.53
70Saint Kitts and Nevis1.53
71Trinidad and Tobago1.54
72Malaysia1.54
73Isle of Man1.54
74United Kingdom1.55
75Iceland1.56
76Kuwait1.56
77Maldives1.56
78New Zealand1.57
79Antigua and Barbuda1.58
80Aruba1.61
81France1.61
82Brazil1.61
83United States1.63
84Colombia1.63
85Serbia1.64
86Iran1.68
87Armenia1.70
88Greenland1.71
89Barbados1.71
90Qatar1.72
91Bulgaria1.72
92Moldova1.73
93Brunei1.73
94Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.76
95El Salvador1.77
96North Korea1.78
97Montenegro1.80
98Georgia1.80
99Bahrain1.81
100Ecuador1.81
101Tunisia1.82
102Seychelles1.85
103Palau1.88
104Gibraltar1.89
105Mexico1.89
106Philippines1.89
107Vietnam1.90
108Faroe Islands1.91
109Sri Lanka1.95
110Nepal1.96
111India1.96
112New Caledonia1.96
113Peru1.97
114U.S. Virgin Islands1.97
115Belize2.02
116Venezuela2.08
117Myanmar2.10
118Monaco2.10
119Panama2.11
120Indonesia2.12
121Bangladesh2.14
122South Africa2.21
123Nicaragua2.21
124Morocco2.21
125Dominican Republic2.22
126Lebanon2.23
127Suriname2.23
128American Samoa2.27
129Fiji2.27
130Guatemala2.29
131Libya2.30
132Saudi Arabia2.31
133Northern Mariana Islands2.32
134Guyana2.40
135Laos2.40
136Paraguay2.42
137Honduras2.48
138Mongolia2.50
139Oman2.51
140Bolivia2.52
141Cambodia2.55
142Kyrgyzstan2.60
143Jordan2.60
144Djibouti2.62
145Haiti2.63
146Timor Leste2.63
147Turkmenistan2.66
148Lesotho2.66
149Saint Martin2.67
150Syria2.70
151Botswana2.70
152Eswatini2.72
153Algeria2.72
154Egypt2.74
155Micronesia2.74
156Guam2.75
157Marshall Islands2.86
158Israel2.87
159Kazakhstan2.98
160Tajikistan3.04
161Papua New Guinea3.07
162Tonga3.10
163Kiribati3.12
164Kenya3.17
165Tuvalu3.17
166Namibia3.21
167Iraq3.22
168Palestinian Territory3.25
169Nauru3.29
170Ghana3.34
171Uzbekistan3.49
172Solomon Islands3.51
173Pakistan3.55
174Vanuatu3.57
175Malawi3.59
176Gabon3.59
177Sao Tome and Principe3.60
178Rwanda3.65
179Zimbabwe3.67
180Eritrea3.68
181Sierra Leone3.70
182Guinea-Bissau3.76
183Senegal3.77
184South Sudan3.79
185Samoa3.80
186Comoros3.82
187Liberia3.86
188Gambia3.91
189Ethiopia3.91
190Madagascar3.91
191Zambia4.04
192Republic of the Congo4.11
193Burkina Faso4.11
194Equatorial Guinea4.12
195Togo4.12
196Guinea4.13
197Uganda4.17
198Ivory Coast4.23
199Cameroon4.26
200Sudan4.26
201Nigeria4.38
202Benin4.48
203Yemen4.50
204Tanzania4.54
205Mauritania4.63
206Mozambique4.69
207Afghanistan4.76
208Burundi4.79
209Angola5.05
210Mali5.51
211Niger5.94
212Central African Republic5.95
213Democratic Republic of the Congo5.98
214Somalia6.01
215Chad6.03

Countries without a reported value are left out rather than estimated. Download the full dataset (CSV) or read the methodology.

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