Which country has the highest Estimated Fertility Rate?

Niger has the highest Estimated Fertility Rate in 2024, at 6.64 births per woman, followed by Angola (5.7 births per woman) and DR Congo (5.49 births per woman).

Which country has the lowest Estimated Fertility Rate?

Taiwan has the lowest Estimated Fertility Rate in 2024, at 1.11 births per woman.

What is the median Estimated Fertility Rate across countries?

The median is 1.94 births per woman across the 223 countries with data in 2024.

Where does this total fertility rate data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Total fertility rate - CIA World Factbook 2023; Fertility Rate, Total - World Bank 2021; Total Fertility Rate - Population Reference Bureau 2021.

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Total Fertility Rate

Name: Total Fertility Rate
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Niger has the highest Estimated Fertility Rate in 2024 (6.64 births per woman), followed by Angola (5.7 births per woman) and DR Congo (5.49 births per woman). Taiwan has the lowest (1.11 births per woman).

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Median

1.94 births per woman

Middle half 1.65 births per woman – 2.74 births per woman

Average

2.36 births per woman

223 countries

Highest

6.64 births per woman

Niger

Lowest

1.11 births per woman

Taiwan

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223 countries · # = rank by Estimated Fertility Rate

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1	Niger	6.64 births per woman
2	Angola	5.7 births per woman
3	DR Congo	5.49 births per woman
4	Mali	5.35 births per woman
5	Benin	5.34 births per woman
6	Chad	5.24 births per woman
7	Uganda	5.17 births per woman
8	Somalia	5.12 births per woman
9	South Sudan	5.09 births per woman
10	Burundi	4.9 births per woman
11	Guinea	4.78 births per woman
12	Mozambique	4.66 births per woman
13	Guinea-Bissau	4.62 births per woman
14	Nigeria	4.52 births per woman
15	Sudan	4.47 births per woman
16	Cameroon	4.44 births per woman
17	Afghanistan	4.43 births per woman
18	Zambia	4.42 births per woman
19	Tanzania	4.27 births per woman
20	Togo	4.13 births per woman
21	Equatorial Guinea	4.12 births per woman
22	Senegal	4.06 births per woman
23	Burkina Faso	4.02 births per woman
24	Timor-Leste	3.98 births per woman
25	Central African Republic	3.94 births per woman
26	Liberia	3.93 births per woman
27	Ethiopia	3.84 births per woman
28	Papua New Guinea	3.79 births per woman
28	Republic of the Congo	3.79 births per woman
30	Sierra Leone	3.61 births per woman
31	Ghana	3.56 births per woman
31	Tajikistan	3.56 births per woman
33	Gambia	3.52 births per woman
34	Madagascar	3.47 births per woman
34	Zimbabwe	3.47 births per woman
36	Eritrea	3.43 births per woman
37	Ivory Coast	3.4 births per woman
37	Mauritania	3.4 births per woman
39	Pakistan	3.32 births per woman
40	Sao Tome and Principe	3.31 births per woman
41	Gabon	3.21 births per woman
42	Malawi	3.19 births per woman
43	Kenya	3.16 births per woman
44	Rwanda	3.14 births per woman
45	Iraq	3.1 births per woman
46	Libya	3 births per woman
47	Algeria	2.94 births per woman
48	Israel	2.92 births per woman
49	Namibia	2.89 births per woman
50	Jordan	2.87 births per woman
51	Lesotho	2.85 births per woman
52	Yemen	2.82 births per woman
53	Tuvalu	2.78 births per woman
54	Solomon Islands	2.77 births per woman
55	Uzbekistan	2.76 births per woman
56	Philippines	2.75 births per woman
57	Guam	2.73 births per woman
58	Syria	2.69 births per woman
59	Marshall Islands	2.67 births per woman
60	Egypt	2.65 births per woman
60	Tonga	2.65 births per woman
62	Oman	2.64 births per woman
63	Comoros	2.61 births per woman
64	Kazakhstan	2.58 births per woman
65	Northern Mariana Islands	2.56 births per woman
66	Nauru	2.55 births per woman
67	Vanuatu	2.53 births per woman
68	Guatemala	2.52 births per woman
69	Kyrgyzstan	2.45 births per woman
70	Haiti	2.44 births per woman
71	Eswatini	2.37 births per woman
72	Panama	2.35 births per woman
73	Botswana	2.34 births per woman
74	Honduras	2.33 births per woman
74	Samoa	2.33 births per woman
76	South Africa	2.27 births per woman
76	Faroe Islands	2.27 births per woman
78	Morocco	2.25 births per woman
79	Laos	2.24 births per woman
80	Ecuador	2.21 births per woman
80	Kuwait	2.21 births per woman
80	Fiji	2.21 births per woman
83	Bolivia	2.2 births per woman
84	Micronesia	2.19 births per woman
85	Venezuela	2.18 births per woman
86	Cambodia	2.17 births per woman
87	Argentina	2.15 births per woman
87	Peru	2.15 births per woman
87	Dominican Republic	2.15 births per woman
87	Kiribati	2.15 births per woman
91	Sri Lanka	2.13 births per woman
92	Djibouti	2.11 births per woman
93	Cape Verde	2.1 births per woman
94	Bangladesh	2.07 births per woman
95	American Samoa	2.06 births per woman
96	Jamaica	2.05 births per woman
96	Guyana	2.05 births per woman
96	Belize	2.05 births per woman
99	India	2.03 births per woman
99	Vietnam	2.03 births per woman
101	Turkmenistan	2.02 births per woman
101	El Salvador	2.02 births per woman
101	Cook Islands	2.02 births per woman
104	Dominica	2.01 births per woman
105	Myanmar	1.97 births per woman
105	United States Virgin Islands	1.97 births per woman
105	Sint Maarten	1.97 births per woman
108	Indonesia	1.96 births per woman
108	Curacao	1.96 births per woman
110	Georgia	1.95 births per woman
111	Colombia	1.94 births per woman
111	Iceland	1.94 births per woman
113	Tunisia	1.93 births per woman
113	Antigua and Barbuda	1.93 births per woman
115	Iran	1.91 births per woman
116	Turkey	1.9 births per woman
116	France	1.9 births per woman
116	Qatar	1.9 births per woman
116	Grenada	1.9 births per woman
120	Suriname	1.89 births per woman
120	Gibraltar	1.89 births per woman
122	Paraguay	1.88 births per woman
122	Isle of Man	1.88 births per woman
122	Bermuda	1.88 births per woman
122	Greenland	1.88 births per woman
126	Saudi Arabia	1.87 births per woman
126	Mongolia	1.87 births per woman
128	Nepal	1.85 births per woman
128	New Zealand	1.85 births per woman
130	United States	1.84 births per woman
131	Nicaragua	1.83 births per woman
131	New Caledonia	1.83 births per woman
133	Aruba	1.82 births per woman
133	Cayman Islands	1.82 births per woman
135	North Korea	1.81 births per woman
135	Seychelles	1.81 births per woman
137	Montenegro	1.8 births per woman
137	Saint Martin	1.8 births per woman
139	Mexico	1.79 births per woman
139	French Polynesia	1.79 births per woman
141	Denmark	1.77 births per woman
142	Belgium	1.76 births per woman
142	Bhutan	1.76 births per woman
142	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.76 births per woman
145	Chile	1.75 births per woman
145	Uruguay	1.75 births per woman
147	Brazil	1.74 births per woman
147	Finland	1.74 births per woman
147	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.74 births per woman
150	Malaysia	1.73 births per woman
150	Australia	1.73 births per woman
150	Czechia	1.73 births per woman
150	Brunei	1.73 births per woman
154	Ireland	1.72 births per woman
154	Anguilla	1.72 births per woman
156	Cuba	1.71 births per woman
156	Lebanon	1.71 births per woman
156	Saint Lucia	1.71 births per woman
156	Wallis and Futuna	1.71 births per woman
160	Maldives	1.7 births per woman
160	Barbados	1.7 births per woman
160	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.7 births per woman
160	Palau	1.7 births per woman
164	Azerbaijan	1.69 births per woman
164	Liechtenstein	1.69 births per woman
166	Sweden	1.67 births per woman
167	Jersey	1.66 births per woman
168	Armenia	1.65 births per woman
168	Bahrain	1.65 births per woman
170	Saint Barthelemy	1.64 births per woman
171	United Kingdom	1.63 births per woman
171	Romania	1.63 births per woman
171	Trinidad and Tobago	1.63 births per woman
171	Luxembourg	1.63 births per woman
175	Lithuania	1.62 births per woman
175	Estonia	1.62 births per woman
177	Netherlands	1.61 births per woman
177	United Arab Emirates	1.61 births per woman
179	Hungary	1.6 births per woman
179	Slovakia	1.6 births per woman
179	Slovenia	1.6 births per woman
179	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	1.6 births per woman
183	Switzerland	1.59 births per woman
183	Guernsey	1.59 births per woman
185	Germany	1.58 births per woman
185	Canada	1.58 births per woman
187	Norway	1.57 births per woman
188	China	1.55 births per woman
188	Albania	1.55 births per woman
188	Latvia	1.55 births per woman
191	Thailand	1.54 births per woman
191	Monaco	1.54 births per woman
191	San Marino	1.54 births per woman
194	North Macedonia	1.53 births per woman
195	Russia	1.52 births per woman
195	Austria	1.52 births per woman
197	Bulgaria	1.51 births per woman
197	Malta	1.51 births per woman
199	Cyprus	1.49 births per woman
200	Andorra	1.47 births per woman
201	Serbia	1.46 births per woman
201	Croatia	1.46 births per woman
203	Portugal	1.45 births per woman
203	Belarus	1.45 births per woman
205	Bahamas	1.44 births per woman
206	Costa Rica	1.43 births per woman
207	Greece	1.41 births per woman
208	Japan	1.4 births per woman
209	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.38 births per woman
209	British Virgin Islands	1.38 births per woman
211	Mauritius	1.36 births per woman
212	Montserrat	1.33 births per woman
213	Poland	1.32 births per woman
214	Spain	1.3 births per woman
215	Italy	1.26 births per woman
215	Puerto Rico	1.26 births per woman
215	Moldova	1.26 births per woman
218	Hong Kong	1.24 births per woman
218	Macau	1.24 births per woman
220	Ukraine	1.22 births per woman
221	Singapore	1.17 births per woman
222	South Korea	1.12 births per woman
223	Taiwan	1.11 births per woman

What correlates with Estimated Fertility Rate (2024)?

Pearson r against 1,295 other country metrics sharing at least 134 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Estimated Fertility Rate tend to score higher on these

Total Fertility Rate (Avg. Births Per Woman) 2015-2020Pronatalist Countries
r = +0.95 · very strong · n = 183
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Aged 0-14Age Structure by Country
r = +0.94 · very strong · n = 223
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Crude Birth Rate (CIA)Birth Rate by Country
r = +0.92 · very strong · n = 220
Plot
Births per WomanHealth Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = +0.92 · very strong · n = 214
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Young ADRAge Dependency Ratio by Country
r = +0.91 · very strong · n = 214
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Crude Birth Rate (UN)Birth Rate by Country
r = +0.91 · very strong · n = 218
Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Estimated Fertility Rate tend to score lower on these

Median AgeMedian Age by Country
r = −0.85 · very strong · n = 212
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Basic NeedsSocial Progress Index by Country
r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 172
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ICT Development IndexICT Development Index by Country
r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 162
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Internet Users (% of People)Development Indicators by Country (World Bank)
r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 182
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Water & SanitationSocial Progress Index by Country
r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 172
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Internet PenetrationInternet Penetration by Country
r = −0.82 · very strong · n = 181
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Estimated Fertility Rate?: Niger has the highest Estimated Fertility Rate in 2024, at 6.64 births per woman, followed by Angola (5.7 births per woman) and DR Congo (5.49 births per woman).
Which country has the lowest Estimated Fertility Rate?: Taiwan has the lowest Estimated Fertility Rate in 2024, at 1.11 births per woman.
What is the median Estimated Fertility Rate across countries?: The median is 1.94 births per woman across the 223 countries with data in 2024.
Where does this total fertility rate data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Total fertility rate - CIA World Factbook 2023; Fertility Rate, Total - World Bank 2021; Total Fertility Rate - Population Reference Bureau 2021.