Peeter I

This is a list of countries showing past fertility rate, ranging from 1900 to 2015 in five-year periods, as estimated by the World Population Prospects database by the United Nations Population Division and Our World in Data.

The fertility rate equals the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.

List of countries

1900–1950

Fertility rate per woman^[1]
Country/dependent territory	1900–1905	1905–1910	1910–1915	1915–1920	1920–1925	1925–1930	1930–1935	1935–1940	1940–1945	1945–1950
Albania							3.57	4.19	4.36	5.33
Argentina	5.91	5.63	5.31	5.08	4.72	4.34	3.89	3.49	3.39	3.22
Armenia	8.03	7.98	7.93	7.88	7.83	7.50	6.74	5.98	3.00	3.75
Australia	3.56	3.38	3.48	3.16	3.06	2.80	2.28	2.19	2.44	2.96
Austria	4.26	3.90	3.44	2.81	3.13	2.55	2.09	1.99	2.37	1.87
Barbados	5.05	5.03	5.00	4.99	4.89	4.56	4.32	4.28	4.34	4.44
Belarus	5.92	5.77	5.61	5.45	5.29	5.03	4.49	3.93	3.37	2.84
Belgium	3.73	3.47	3.20	2.94	2.67	2.41	2.16	2.02	1.90	2.41
Bolivia	6.48	6.48	6.48	6.48	6.48	6.48	6.50	6.56	6.62	6.68
Brazil	5.81	5.85	5.90	5.90	5.90	5.90	5.90	5.90	5.95	6.09
Bulgaria	5.73	5.72	5.48	5.37	5.19	4.65	3.94	3.31	3.08	2.96
Canada	4.03	4.04	3.99	3.74	3.39	3.26	3.04	2.69	2.92	3.37
Chile	5.94	6.15	6.11	5.80	5.68	5.60	5.39	4.95	4.95	4.92
China	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	5.45	5.33	5.06	5.08
Colombia	6.23	6.33	6.35	6.36	6.42	6.43	6.25	6.14	6.13	6.34
Costa Rica	7.05	7.22	7.25	6.79	6.75	6.88	6.69	6.53	6.73	6.53
Croatia	5.38	5.18	4.98	5.19	5.20	4.77	4.26	3.75	3.24	2.89
Cuba	5.33	5.79	5.80	5.79	5.46	4.93	4.47	4.25	4.07	4.43
Cyprus	4.04	4.10	4.48	4.36	3.79	3.89	4.31	4.37	4.30	3.95
Czech Republic	4.68	4.27	3.82	3.28	2.85	2.29	1.95	1.76	2.51	2.95
Denmark	4.04	3.83	3.54	3.14	2.98	2.48	2.19	2.15	2.59	2.76
Ecuador	6.98	6.92	6.85	6.82	6.97	7.13	7.08	6.95	6.75	6.71
Egypt			5.99	6.01	6.07	6.24	6.29	5.93	5.99	6.40
El Salvador	5.87	5.85	5.94	5.84	6.19	6.29	6.22	6.10	6.07	6.07
Estonia	3.83	3.58	3.32	2.76	2.55	2.46	2.25	2.14	2.14	2.11
Finland	4.80	4.72	4.36	3.55	3.49	2.97	2.48	2.46	2.41	3.35
France	2.82	2.64	2.47	1.45	2.50	2.32	2.21	2.11	2.07	2.98
Georgia	7.65	7.26	6.88	6.50	6.11	5.73	5.13	4.22	3.56	3.27
Germany	4.82	4.41	3.67	2.58	2.49	2.04	1.74	2.17	2.07	2.08
Greece	5.22	4.60	3.97	3.34	2.77	3.87	3.97	3.56	3.13	2.55
Guatemala		6.19	6.33	6.29	6.54	6.76	6.73	6.37	6.18	6.39
Guyana	5.36	5.52	4.95	4.39	4.84	5.00	5.01	5.08	5.37	5.45
Honduras			6.18	6.10	6.33	6.32	6.12	6.05	6.10	6.32
Hungary	5.16	4.85	4.50	4.09	3.56	3.13	2.75	2.48	2.54	2.72
Iceland	4.08	3.99	3.87	3.92	3.74	3.49	3.31	2.86	3.13	3.63
India	5.72	5.72	5.71	5.71	5.77	5.82	5.88	5.93	5.92	5.91
Indonesia	6.03	6.14	6.07	5.46	5.47	5.45	5.43	5.40	5.38	5.35
Ireland	3.06	3.13	3.09	2.81	2.83	2.72	2.61	2.66	2.87	3.48
Israel						4.40	4.30	3.74	3.49	4.21
Italy	4.47	4.45	4.28	3.40	3.69	3.56	3.14	2.98	2.70	2.77
Jamaica	4.98	5.23	5.00	5.11	5.26	4.82	4.84	4.39	4.06	3.89
Japan	4.82	4.84	5.10	4.89	5.20	5.07	4.69	4.21	3.94	3.99
Kazakhstan	6.40	6.37	6.34	6.30	6.27	6.15	5.90	5.66	5.15	4.54
Kyrgyzstan									4.34	4.28
Latvia						2.84	2.53	2.41	2.39	2.15
Lithuania	4.86	4.61	4.34	4.09	3.83	3.65	3.45	3.12	3.04	2.85
Luxembourg	4.13	4.00	3.57	2.96	2.72	2.62	2.36	1.79	1.73	2.34
Malaysia							4.91	5.30	5.22	5.20
Malta	5.33	5.23	4.54	4.30	4.55	4.51	4.57	4.48	4.67	5.06
Mauritius	5.09	4.83	4.94	4.68	5.10	5.11	4.29	4.20	4.40	5.51
Mexico	6.39	6.12	5.79	5.55	5.97	5.95	5.95	5.87	6.02	6.40
Netherlands	4.44	4.17	3.86	3.53	3.62	3.12	2.80	2.57	2.82	3.45
New Zealand	3.52	3.65	3.50	3.26	3.08	2.71	2.44	2.51	3.05	3.54
Nicaragua	6.16	6.16	6.16	6.16	6.16	6.16	6.16	6.26	6.50	6.74
Norway	4.25	3.91	3.72	3.38	3.20	2.43	1.99	1.84	2.12	2.60
Panama	5.39	5.45	5.46	5.11	5.31	5.21	5.04	5.08	5.27	5.41
Peru	6.80	6.75	6.70	6.65	6.60	6.55	6.56	6.64	6.74	6.84
Philippines	6.09	5.37	5.99	5.82	5.96	6.01	5.68	5.65	5.76	6.33
Poland	5.27	5.01	4.71	3.67	4.66	4.39	3.87	3.36	3.13	3.45
Portugal	4.12	4.01	4.40	3.98	4.29	4.13	3.84	3.41	3.20	3.29
Puerto Rico (USA)			4.69	5.04	5.07	4.87	5.11	5.24	5.30	5.49
Romania	5.28	5.38	5.60	4.25	4.88	4.63	4.52	4.04	3.11	3.19
Russia	7.27	7.08	7.06	4.55	6.12	6.57	4.79	4.73	3.03	2.67
Serbia	5.40	5.08	5.16	4.92	4.70	4.48	4.26	4.05	3.84	3.68
Singapore	5.47	5.39	5.40	5.58	5.84	6.35	7.03	7.48	6.23	6.38
Slovakia	5.20	4.92	4.34	3.04	4.53	3.78	3.18	2.79	2.93	3.17
Slovenia	4.48	4.35	4.08	2.61	3.87	3.61	3.35	2.88	2.78	2.67
South Korea			5.92	5.95	5.89	5.98	6.13	6.28	6.32	5.97
Spain	4.65	4.56	4.34	4.18	4.03	3.77	3.57	2.81	2.76	2.77
Sri Lanka	5.52	5.39	5.66	5.94	5.84	6.17	5.74	5.39	5.61	5.75
Sweden	3.89	3.71	3.37	2.85	2.72	2.10	1.82	1.76	2.16	2.49
Switzerland	3.77	3.53	3.04	2.51	2.38	2.17	1.93	1.79	2.20	2.55
Taiwan		5.66	5.99	5.69	5.93	6.24	6.48	6.38	5.91	5.74
Trinidad and Tobago	4.91	4.69	4.33	4.24	4.19	4.28	4.03	4.35	4.90	5.28
Turkey								6.69	6.65	6.82
Ukraine	6.56	6.23	5.90	5.57	5.24	4.83	4.18	3.51	3.04	2.84
United Kingdom	3.44	3.18	2.92	2.22	2.57	2.06	1.83	1.79	1.93	2.37
United States	3.83	3.66	3.54	3.34	3.18	2.78	2.26	2.04	2.36	2.88
Uruguay	4.38	4.42	4.28	3.78	3.49	3.31	2.99	2.71	2.68	2.69
Venezuela	5.65	5.82	5.91	5.59	5.55	5.69	5.40	5.40	5.57	5.95
Vietnam			4.15	4.50	4.47	4.71	4.86	4.99	5.01	4.97
World	5.49	5.41	5.33	5.06	5.17	5.10	4.91	4.83	4.71	4.79

1950–2015

Fertility rate per woman
Country/dependent territory	1950–1955	1955–1960	1960–1965	1965–1970	1970–1975	1975–1980	1980–1985	1985–1990	1990–1995	1995–2000	2000–2005	2005–2010	2010–2015
Afghanistan	7.45	7.45	7.45	7.45	7.45	7.45	7.45	7.45	7.48	7.65	7.18	6.37	5.26
Albania	6.23	6.55	6.23	5.26	4.60	3.90	3.41	3.15	2.79	2.38	1.95	1.64	1.71
Algeria	7.28	7.38	7.65	7.65	7.57	7.18	6.32	5.30	4.12	2.88	2.38	2.72	2.96
Angola	7.30	7.35	7.60	7.60	7.60	7.60	7.40	7.35	7.10	6.75	6.55	6.35	5.95
Antigua and Barbuda	4.50	4.50	4.30	4.00	3.26	2.24	2.14	2.07	2.09	2.31	2.27	2.17	2.10
Argentina	3.15	3.13	3.09	3.05	3.15	3.44	3.15	3.05	2.90	2.63	2.52	2.40	2.34
Armenia	4.49	4.90	4.45	3.45	3.04	2.60	2.50	2.60	2.38	1.75	1.65	1.72	1.65
Aruba (Netherlands)	5.65	5.15	4.40	3.30	2.65	2.45	2.36	2.30	2.17	1.95	1.82	1.76	1.80
Australia	3.18	3.41	3.27	2.87	2.54	1.99	1.91	1.86	1.86	1.79	1.77	1.95	1.88
Austria	2.10	2.57	2.78	2.57	2.04	1.65	1.60	1.45	1.48	1.39	1.38	1.40	1.45
Azerbaijan	5.20	5.60	6.00	5.40	4.60	3.80	3.30	3.20	2.90	2.25	1.90	1.83	2.10
Bahamas	4.05	4.31	4.50	3.58	3.54	2.95	3.05	2.65	2.64	2.33	1.87	1.91	1.81
Bahrain	6.97	6.97	7.17	6.97	5.95	5.23	4.63	4.08	3.40	2.95	2.65	2.25	2.12
Bangladesh	6.36	6.62	6.80	6.92	6.91	6.63	5.98	4.98	4.06	3.43	2.94	2.48	2.22
Barbados	4.42	4.30	4.27	3.53	2.72	2.16	1.92	1.77	1.73	1.74	1.75	1.77	1.79
Belarus	2.61	2.73	2.59	2.28	2.25	2.09	2.09	2.08	1.68	1.31	1.26	1.43	1.64
Belgium	2.36	2.50	2.65	2.39	2.01	1.70	1.60	1.56	1.61	1.60	1.68	1.82	1.78
Belize	6.65	6.55	6.45	6.35	6.25	6.20	5.40	4.70	4.35	3.85	3.35	2.84	2.64
Benin	5.86	6.13	6.42	6.65	6.83	7.00	7.01	6.88	6.56	6.16	5.78	5.49	5.22
Bhutan	6.67	6.67	6.67	6.67	6.67	6.67	6.39	6.11	5.07	4.13	3.14	2.62	2.20
Bolivia	6.89	6.77	6.61	6.41	6.15	5.89	5.51	5.08	4.70	4.29	3.82	3.39	3.04
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.82	3.97	3.68	3.14	2.73	2.27	2.02	1.86	1.70	1.68	1.32	1.31	1.31
Botswana	6.50	6.58	6.65	6.70	6.55	6.35	5.95	4.90	4.25	3.68	3.15	2.90	2.88
Brazil	6.10	6.05	6.00	5.37	4.68	4.28	3.82	3.16	2.51	2.33	2.09	1.82	1.73
Brunei	6.90	6.89	6.66	5.90	5.49	4.45	3.79	3.47	3.08	2.51	1.99	1.80	1.90
Bulgaria	2.53	2.30	2.22	2.13	2.16	2.19	2.01	1.95	1.55	1.20	1.24	1.45	1.51
Burkina Faso	6.10	6.24	6.35	6.56	6.70	7.02	7.17	7.07	6.93	6.73	6.43	6.08	5.65
Burundi	6.80	6.86	7.07	7.27	7.30	7.44	7.40	7.55	7.40	7.15	6.85	6.50	6.00
Cambodia	6.95	6.95	6.95	6.70	6.16	5.42	6.37	5.99	5.13	4.25	3.44	3.08	2.70
Cameroon	5.49	5.53	5.80	6.08	6.31	6.50	6.70	6.60	6.22	5.75	5.45	5.25	4.95
Canada	3.64	3.88	3.68	2.61	1.98	1.73	1.63	1.62	1.69	1.56	1.52	1.64	1.61
Cape Verde	6.57	6.76	6.97	6.97	6.86	6.62	6.10	5.63	4.93	4.14	3.42	2.89	2.50
Central African Republic	5.52	5.75	5.90	5.95	5.95	5.95	5.95	5.90	5.70	5.55	5.45	5.30	5.10
Chad	6.10	6.20	6.30	6.40	6.67	6.87	7.04	7.21	7.39	7.41	7.24	6.85	6.31
Guernsey and Jersey (UK)	2.06	2.22	2.56	2.36	1.86	1.52	1.44	1.45	1.46	1.40	1.41	1.42	1.46
Chile	5.15	5.17	4.95	4.44	3.58	2.95	2.70	2.64	2.43	2.21	2.03	1.94	1.82
China^[2]	6.02	5.40	6.20	6.25	4.77	3.00	2.55	2.72	1.90	1.51	1.55	1.58	1.60
Colombia	6.76	6.76	6.76	6.18	4.90	4.25	3.70	3.18	2.84	2.50	2.30	2.10	1.93
Comoros	6.00	6.60	6.91	7.05	7.05	7.05	7.05	6.70	6.10	5.60	5.20	4.90	4.60
Costa Rica	5.95	6.39	6.28	5.26	4.06	3.70	3.50	3.31	3.01	2.61	2.17	2.01	1.85
Croatia	2.73	2.38	2.22	2.00	1.98	1.90	1.87	1.72	1.52	1.62	1.41	1.52	1.49
Cuba	4.15	3.70	4.68	4.30	3.60	2.15	1.85	1.85	1.65	1.64	1.59	1.58	1.71
Curaçao (Netherlands)	5.07	5.10	4.40	3.80	2.87	2.45	2.25	2.30	2.28	2.12	2.09	1.98	2.07
Cyprus	3.70	3.50	3.44	2.80	2.49	2.29	2.45	2.43	2.33	1.89	1.59	1.48	1.38
Czech Republic	2.74	2.38	2.21	1.96	2.21	2.36	1.97	1.90	1.65	1.17	1.19	1.43	1.48
Democratic Republic of the Congo	5.98	5.98	6.04	6.15	6.29	6.46	6.60	6.71	6.77	6.77	6.72	6.63	6.40
Denmark	2.55	2.55	2.58	2.27	1.96	1.68	1.43	1.54	1.75	1.76	1.76	1.85	1.73
Djibouti	6.31	6.39	6.55	6.71	6.84	6.64	6.45	6.18	5.85	4.81	4.21	3.55	3.10
Dominican Republic	7.60	7.64	7.35	6.65	5.68	4.76	4.15	3.65	3.31	2.98	2.83	2.67	2.53
Ecuador	6.75	6.75	6.65	6.40	5.80	5.05	4.45	4.00	3.55	3.20	2.88	2.73	2.59
Egypt	6.75	6.75	6.65	6.45	6.00	5.70	5.49	5.15	4.12	3.40	3.15	2.98	3.38
El Salvador	6.36	6.60	6.67	6.36	5.95	5.44	4.75	4.17	3.78	3.34	2.72	2.40	2.17
Equatorial Guinea	5.67	5.65	5.67	5.79	5.80	5.79	5.89	5.98	5.97	5.94	5.69	5.40	4.99
Eritrea	6.96	6.96	6.82	6.70	6.62	6.62	6.70	6.51	6.20	5.60	5.10	4.80	4.40
Estonia	2.06	1.99	1.94	2.02	2.15	2.06	2.09	2.20	1.63	1.33	1.39	1.66	1.59
Eswatini (Swaziland)	6.70	6.70	6.75	6.85	6.87	6.73	6.50	6.00	5.20	4.45	4.00	3.75	3.30
Ethiopia	7.17	6.90	6.90	6.87	7.10	7.18	7.42	7.37	7.09	6.83	6.13	5.26	4.63
Federated States of Micronesia	7.20	7.00	6.90	6.90	6.90	6.40	6.00	5.20	4.79	4.53	4.05	3.62	3.33
Fiji	6.62	6.79	5.95	5.00	4.20	4.00	3.80	3.47	3.35	3.19	2.98	2.75	2.60
Finland	3.00	2.77	2.66	2.19	1.62	1.66	1.68	1.66	1.82	1.74	1.75	1.84	1.77
France^[3]	2.75	2.69	2.83	2.64	2.30	1.87	1.87	1.80	1.71	1.76	1.88	1.98	1.98
French Guiana (France)	5.00	4.92	5.02	5.00	4.18	3.30	3.58	3.73	4.05	3.93	3.72	3.64	3.45
French Polynesia (France)	6.00	5.86	5.44	5.20	4.86	4.23	3.82	3.64	3.11	2.61	2.36	2.17	2.07
Gabon	3.99	4.20	4.59	4.93	5.23	5.57	5.72	5.58	5.22	4.77	4.35	4.15	4.00
Gambia	5.29	5.46	5.70	5.96	6.20	6.34	6.29	6.14	6.08	5.99	5.90	5.76	5.62
Georgia	2.75	2.91	2.93	2.80	2.60	2.39	2.27	2.26	2.05	1.72	1.58	1.80	2.00
Germany	2.13	2.27	2.47	2.36	1.71	1.51	1.46	1.43	1.30	1.35	1.35	1.36	1.43
Ghana	6.44	6.64	6.84	6.95	6.90	6.69	6.35	5.88	5.34	5.02	5.02	4.64	4.37
Greece	2.48	2.42	2.29	2.55	2.53	2.42	2.06	1.58	1.42	1.35	1.33	1.46	1.34
Grenada	5.80	6.70	6.40	4.80	4.60	4.30	4.23	4.14	3.46	2.81	2.43	2.30	2.18
Guadeloupe (France)	5.61	5.61	5.61	5.22	4.49	3.52	2.55	2.45	2.10	2.10	2.08	2.06	2.00
Guam (USA)	5.53	5.83	6.03	4.72	4.12	3.52	3.08	3.14	2.88	2.88	2.74	2.54	2.42
Guatemala	7.12	6.99	6.80	6.70	6.58	6.46	6.16	5.58	5.31	4.83	4.33	3.62	3.19
Guinea	6.00	6.07	6.15	6.18	6.29	6.45	6.59	6.63	6.51	6.24	5.91	5.54	5.13
Guinea-Bissau	5.90	5.90	5.95	6.00	6.10	6.25	6.70	6.68	6.50	6.05	5.60	5.20	4.90
Guyana	6.04	6.45	6.15	5.70	4.99	4.06	3.64	3.13	3.08	3.05	2.95	2.73	2.60
Haiti	6.30	6.30	6.30	6.00	5.60	5.80	6.21	5.70	5.15	4.62	4.00	3.55	3.13
Honduras	7.50	7.50	7.42	7.42	7.05	6.60	6.00	5.37	4.92	4.34	3.76	3.15	2.65
Hong Kong (China)	4.44	4.72	5.05	3.64	3.01	2.23	1.72	1.36	1.26	1.06	0.95	1.04	1.20
Hungary	2.69	2.32	1.81	1.98	2.04	2.25	1.81	1.82	1.74	1.38	1.30	1.33	1.33
Iceland	3.86	4.17	3.94	3.24	2.87	2.45	2.23	2.12	2.19	2.06	1.99	2.13	1.98
India	5.90	5.90	5.89	5.72	5.41	4.97	4.68	4.27	3.83	3.48	3.14	2.80	2.44
Indonesia	5.49	5.67	5.62	5.57	5.30	4.73	4.11	3.40	2.90	2.55	2.52	2.50	2.45
Iran	6.91	6.91	6.91	6.68	6.24	6.28	6.53	5.62	3.95	2.63	1.97	1.79	1.75
Iraq	7.30	6.20	6.60	7.40	7.15	6.80	6.35	6.09	5.65	5.19	4.66	4.55	4.55
Ireland	3.42	3.58	4.06	3.76	3.82	3.24	2.76	2.18	1.90	1.94	1.96	2.00	2.00
Israel	4.28	3.89	3.85	3.78	3.81	3.47	3.13	3.07	2.93	2.93	2.91	2.93	3.04
Italy	2.36	2.29	2.50	2.50	2.32	1.89	1.52	1.35	1.27	1.22	1.30	1.42	1.43
Ivory Coast	7.45	7.62	7.76	7.90	7.93	7.81	7.31	6.85	6.41	6.05	5.68	5.40	5.14
Jamaica	4.22	5.08	5.64	5.78	5.00	4.00	3.55	3.10	2.84	2.70	2.45	2.28	2.08
Japan	2.96	2.17	2.03	2.04	2.13	1.83	1.76	1.65	1.48	1.37	1.30	1.34	1.41
Jordan	7.38	7.38	8.00	8.00	7.79	7.38	7.05	6.02	5.00	4.30	3.85	3.70	3.60
Kazakhstan	4.41	4.56	4.43	3.67	3.61	3.23	3.04	3.03	2.55	2.00	2.01	2.54	2.70
Kenya	7.48	7.78	8.06	8.11	7.99	7.64	7.22	6.54	5.65	5.35	5.00	4.65	4.10
Kiribati	6.10	6.60	6.78	6.04	5.00	5.10	5.00	4.80	4.55	4.20	3.96	3.88	3.79
Kuwait	7.20	7.20	7.30	7.40	6.75	5.60	5.00	3.65	2.55	3.00	2.60	2.40	2.05
Kyrgyzstan	4.36	5.20	5.55	5.21	5.12	4.59	4.20	4.06	3.64	2.96	2.50	2.78	3.12
Laos	5.94	5.96	5.97	5.98	5.99	6.15	6.36	6.27	5.88	4.81	3.90	3.40	2.93
Latvia	2.00	1.95	1.88	1.84	2.00	1.89	2.03	2.16	1.63	1.17	1.29	1.49	1.50
Lebanon	5.74	5.72	5.69	5.23	4.67	4.23	3.75	3.23	2.80	2.43	2.01	1.58	1.72
Lesotho	5.84	5.86	5.81	5.80	5.80	5.69	5.46	5.14	4.70	4.37	3.79	3.37	3.26
Liberia	6.27	6.35	6.47	6.59	6.80	6.93	6.96	6.72	6.27	6.05	5.68	5.23	4.83
Libya	7.14	7.20	7.30	7.99	8.10	7.67	6.68	5.71	4.22	3.20	2.64	2.43	2.40
Lithuania	2.84	2.66	2.43	2.30	2.30	2.10	2.04	2.06	1.82	1.47	1.28	1.42	1.59
Luxembourg	1.98	2.23	2.40	2.19	1.72	1.49	1.46	1.47	1.66	1.72	1.65	1.62	1.55
Macau (China)	4.39	4.81	4.41	2.74	1.79	1.41	2.06	2.00	1.40	1.12	0.83	0.94	1.19
North Macedonia	5.06	4.14	3.65	3.44	2.86	2.54	2.45	2.27	2.12	1.83	1.64	1.46	1.50
Madagascar	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.30	7.20	6.95	6.50	6.25	6.10	5.80	5.28	4.83	4.40
Malawi	6.85	6.90	7.00	7.20	7.40	7.60	7.60	7.25	6.60	6.30	6.00	5.72	4.88
Malaysia	6.35	6.38	6.36	5.38	4.72	4.20	3.97	3.67	3.44	3.13	2.45	2.22	2.11
Maldives	6.03	6.81	7.12	7.22	7.17	6.85	7.26	6.66	5.16	3.52	2.57	2.26	2.22
Mali	6.95	6.95	7.00	7.10	7.15	7.15	7.15	7.15	7.15	6.95	6.85	6.70	6.35
Malta	4.14	3.80	3.15	2.12	2.01	2.12	1.94	2.03	1.99	1.88	1.47	1.39	1.41
Martinique (France)	5.71	5.71	5.45	5.00	4.08	2.65	2.14	2.14	1.96	1.90	1.92	2.06	1.95
Mauritania	6.34	6.71	6.79	6.79	6.75	6.57	6.34	6.15	5.91	5.61	5.31	5.07	4.88
Mauritius	5.90	5.90	6.20	4.61	3.47	3.10	2.30	2.31	2.25	2.03	1.93	1.70	1.49
Mayotte (France)	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.91	7.35	6.73	5.25	5.08	4.80	4.60	4.10
Mexico	6.75	6.78	6.75	6.75	6.71	5.40	4.37	3.75	3.23	2.85	2.61	2.40	2.29
Moldova^[4]	3.50	3.44	3.15	2.66	2.56	2.44	2.55	2.64	2.11	1.70	1.24	1.27	1.27
Mongolia	5.60	6.30	7.50	7.50	7.50	6.65	5.75	4.84	3.27	2.40	2.08	2.37	2.83
Montenegro	4.35	3.80	3.42	2.89	2.62	2.31	2.21	2.11	2.04	1.91	1.85	1.82	1.71
Morocco	6.61	6.90	7.10	6.85	6.40	5.90	5.40	4.45	3.70	2.97	2.68	2.55	2.60
Mozambique	7.00	7.00	6.90	6.85	6.80	6.55	6.40	6.30	6.10	5.85	5.80	5.65	5.45
Myanmar	6.00	6.00	6.10	6.10	5.74	5.15	4.65	3.80	3.20	2.95	2.87	2.55	2.30
Namibia	6.00	6.10	6.20	6.30	6.60	6.60	6.20	5.55	4.91	4.29	3.81	3.60	3.60
Nepal	5.96	5.96	5.96	5.96	5.87	5.80	5.62	5.33	4.97	4.41	3.64	2.96	2.32
Netherlands	3.05	3.10	3.17	2.79	2.10	1.60	1.51	1.55	1.59	1.60	1.74	1.75	1.73
New Caledonia (France)	5.22	5.22	5.22	5.21	5.20	3.91	3.34	3.02	2.94	2.58	2.32	2.28	2.24
New Zealand	3.69	4.07	3.85	3.35	2.84	2.18	1.97	2.03	2.07	1.95	1.95	2.14	2.04
Nicaragua	7.20	7.50	7.10	6.95	6.79	6.35	5.85	5.00	4.20	3.40	2.84	2.56	2.32
Niger	7.30	7.40	7.50	7.55	7.60	7.75	7.90	7.80	7.75	7.70	7.65	7.55	7.40
Nigeria	6.35	6.35	6.35	6.35	6.61	6.76	6.76	6.60	6.37	6.17	6.05	5.91	5.74
North Korea	3.46	5.12	3.85	4.39	4.00	2.85	2.80	2.36	2.25	2.01	2.00	2.00	1.95
Norway	2.60	2.84	2.90	2.80	2.35	1.81	1.69	1.80	1.89	1.86	1.81	1.92	1.82
Oman	7.25	7.25	7.25	7.31	7.41	8.10	8.32	7.85	6.27	4.46	3.20	2.90	2.90
Pakistan	6.60	6.60	6.60	6.60	6.60	6.60	6.44	6.30	5.67	4.99	4.23	3.98	3.98
Palestine^[5]	7.38	7.38	8.00	8.00	7.69	7.50	7.05	6.76	6.60	5.81	5.02	4.60	4.25
Panama	5.76	5.87	5.79	5.41	4.88	4.19	3.63	3.24	2.92	2.81	2.68	2.63	2.60
Papua New Guinea	6.24	6.26	6.28	6.21	6.09	5.87	5.47	4.97	4.70	4.64	4.38	4.13	3.84
Paraguay	6.50	6.50	6.45	6.15	5.35	5.20	5.12	4.77	4.31	3.88	3.24	2.89	2.60
Peru	6.95	6.95	6.95	6.70	6.00	5.40	4.65	4.10	3.57	3.10	2.80	2.60	2.50
Philippines	7.42	7.27	6.98	6.54	5.98	5.46	4.92	4.53	4.14	3.90	3.70	3.30	3.05
Poland	3.63	3.47	2.72	2.33	2.23	2.23	2.31	2.16	1.95	1.51	1.26	1.37	1.33
Portugal	3.10	3.12	3.19	3.12	2.83	2.55	2.01	1.62	1.48	1.46	1.45	1.37	1.28
Puerto Rico (USA)	4.97	4.82	4.37	3.41	2.99	2.76	2.46	2.26	2.18	1.98	1.85	1.72	1.52
Qatar	6.97	6.97	6.97	6.97	6.75	6.10	5.45	4.40	3.74	3.46	2.95	2.23	2.00
Republic of the Congo	5.68	5.79	5.99	6.19	6.35	6.35	6.00	5.55	5.21	5.12	5.07	5.00	4.86
Romania	3.06	2.74	2.10	2.87	2.65	2.55	2.26	2.22	1.51	1.34	1.32	1.45	1.48
Russia	2.85	2.82	2.55	2.02	2.03	1.94	2.04	2.12	1.54	1.25	1.30	1.44	1.70
Rwanda	8.00	8.15	8.20	8.20	8.28	8.43	8.38	7.80	6.55	5.90	5.40	4.85	4.20
Réunion (France)	6.93	6.57	6.56	5.67	3.88	3.12	2.78	2.71	2.40	2.33	2.44	2.40	2.40
Saint Lucia	6.00	6.94	6.79	6.48	5.69	5.20	4.20	3.65	3.15	2.60	1.85	1.60	1.51
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.33	7.33	7.02	6.41	5.54	4.42	3.64	3.10	2.85	2.55	2.24	2.13	2.01
Samoa	7.63	7.63	7.63	7.35	7.00	6.49	5.91	5.35	4.92	4.62	4.44	4.47	4.16
São Tomé and Príncipe	6.20	6.20	6.30	6.40	6.52	6.50	6.24	5.96	5.68	5.41	5.15	4.90	4.67
Saudi Arabia	7.18	7.18	7.26	7.26	7.30	7.28	7.02	6.22	5.55	4.40	3.65	3.22	2.72
Senegal	6.80	6.90	7.10	7.25	7.30	7.28	7.28	6.78	6.28	5.72	5.28	5.10	5.00
Serbia^[6]	3.22	2.57	2.51	2.43	2.36	2.37	2.32	2.23	1.96	1.83	1.71	1.58	1.59
Seychelles	5.00	5.00	5.59	5.92	5.38	4.27	3.51	2.94	2.57	2.18	2.20	2.30	2.38
Sierra Leone	6.03	6.03	6.25	6.41	6.56	6.65	6.72	6.72	6.69	6.48	6.11	5.57	4.84
Singapore	6.61	6.34	5.12	3.64	2.82	1.84	1.69	1.70	1.73	1.57	1.35	1.26	1.23
Slovakia	3.50	3.24	2.91	2.54	2.51	2.46	2.27	2.15	1.87	1.40	1.22	1.32	1.39
Slovenia	2.68	2.38	2.34	2.26	2.20	2.16	1.93	1.65	1.33	1.25	1.21	1.44	1.58
Solomon Islands	6.40	6.40	6.40	6.54	7.24	7.04	6.43	6.12	5.53	4.90	4.60	4.40	4.06
Somalia^[7]	7.25	7.25	7.25	7.25	7.10	7.00	7.07	7.26	7.53	7.70	7.46	7.10	6.61
South Africa	6.05	6.05	6.00	5.80	5.50	5.05	4.60	4.00	3.34	2.95	2.75	2.62	2.55
South Korea	5.65	6.33	5.60	4.65	4.00	2.92	2.23	1.57	1.68	1.50	1.21	1.17	1.23
South Sudan	6.65	6.70	6.75	6.85	6.90	6.92	6.78	6.83	6.65	6.42	6.00	5.60	5.15
Spain	2.53	2.70	2.81	2.84	2.85	2.55	1.88	1.46	1.28	1.19	1.29	1.39	1.33
Sri Lanka	5.80	5.80	5.20	4.70	4.00	3.61	3.19	2.64	2.38	2.24	2.26	2.28	2.11
Sudan	6.65	6.65	6.67	6.70	6.90	6.92	6.63	6.30	6.00	5.65	5.30	5.00	4.75
Suriname	6.56	6.56	6.75	6.86	5.29	4.20	3.70	3.36	3.19	2.96	2.77	2.59	2.46
Sweden	2.24	2.25	2.31	2.17	1.91	1.66	1.64	1.91	2.01	1.56	1.67	1.89	1.90
Switzerland	2.31	2.39	2.60	2.36	1.87	1.54	1.54	1.55	1.54	1.48	1.41	1.47	1.53
Syria	7.23	7.38	7.54	7.56	7.54	7.32	6.77	5.87	4.80	4.30	3.80	3.35	3.10
Tajikistan	5.40	6.20	6.80	7.00	6.83	5.90	5.60	5.50	4.88	4.29	3.60	3.50	3.50
Taiwan	6.72	6.14	5.35	4.38	3.33	2.74	2.23	1.77	1.76	1.67	1.32	1.05	1.11
Tanzania	6.74	6.80	6.80	6.79	6.75	6.73	6.55	6.36	6.05	5.75	5.66	5.58	5.24
Thailand	6.14	6.14	6.13	5.98	5.05	3.92	2.94	2.30	1.99	1.77	1.60	1.56	1.53
Timor-Leste	6.44	6.35	6.37	6.16	5.54	4.30	5.39	5.21	5.68	7.00	6.96	6.53	5.91
Togo	6.33	6.42	6.65	6.94	7.20	7.28	7.06	6.62	6.02	5.54	5.31	5.04	4.69
Tonga	7.30	7.30	7.30	6.50	5.50	5.50	5.50	4.74	4.62	4.29	4.23	4.03	3.79
Trinidad and Tobago	5.30	5.30	5.04	3.81	3.45	3.24	3.28	2.75	2.18	1.82	1.75	1.80	1.80
Tunisia	6.65	6.85	6.99	6.92	6.38	5.65	4.82	4.00	2.98	2.34	2.04	2.02	2.25
Turkey	6.69	6.50	6.20	5.80	5.39	4.69	4.11	3.39	2.90	2.65	2.37	2.20	2.12
Turkmenistan	5.30	6.20	6.80	6.56	6.19	5.60	4.79	4.55	4.03	3.03	2.76	2.65	3.00
Uganda	6.90	6.95	7.05	7.12	7.10	7.10	7.10	7.10	7.06	6.95	6.74	6.38	5.91
Ukraine	2.81	2.70	2.13	2.02	2.08	1.98	2.00	1.95	1.62	1.24	1.15	1.38	1.49
United Arab Emirates	6.97	6.97	6.87	6.77	6.45	5.75	5.30	4.90	3.92	2.97	2.40	1.97	1.82
United Kingdom	2.18	2.49	2.81	2.57	2.01	1.73	1.78	1.84	1.78	1.74	1.66	1.87	1.88
United States	3.31	3.58	3.23	2.54	2.03	1.77	1.80	1.91	2.03	2.00	2.04	2.05	1.88
United States Virgin Islands (USA)	5.25	5.49	5.67	5.52	4.66	3.49	2.97	3.02	2.79	2.19	2.14	2.44	2.30
Uruguay	2.73	2.83	2.90	2.80	3.00	2.89	2.57	2.53	2.49	2.30	2.20	2.12	2.04
Uzbekistan	5.30	5.90	6.50	6.40	6.16	5.46	4.80	4.40	3.95	3.10	2.51	2.49	2.38
Vanuatu	7.60	7.35	7.00	6.46	6.11	5.75	5.40	5.04	4.83	4.59	4.11	3.63	3.41
Venezuela	6.46	6.46	6.66	5.90	4.94	4.47	3.96	3.65	3.25	2.94	2.72	2.55	2.40
Vietnam	5.40	6.16	6.42	6.46	6.33	5.50	4.60	3.85	3.23	2.25	1.92	1.93	1.96
Western Sahara^[8]	6.34	6.42	6.53	6.60	6.57	6.23	5.33	4.60	4.00	3.40	2.85	2.55	2.60
Yemen	7.35	7.40	7.60	7.80	7.90	8.60	8.80	8.80	8.20	6.80	5.90	5.00	4.40
Zambia	6.70	6.95	7.25	7.30	7.40	7.25	6.90	6.60	6.30	6.10	5.95	5.60	5.20
Zimbabwe	6.80	7.00	7.30	7.40	7.40	7.30	6.74	5.66	4.77	4.20	4.00	4.00	4.00
World	4.96	4.89	5.03	4.92	4.46	3.87	3.60	3.44	3.02	2.75	2.63	2.57	2.52

2015–

List of regions

1900–1950

Fertility rate per woman
Region	1900–1905	1905–1910	1910–1915	1915–1920	1920–1925	1925–1930	1930–1935	1935–1940	1940–1945	1945–1950
Africa			5.99	6.01	6.07	6.24	6.29	5.93	5.99	6.40
Asia	5.95	5.84	5.81	5.77	5.72	5.73	5.65	5.61	5.29	5.43
Oceania	3.54	3.51	3.49	3.21	3.07	2.76	2.36	2.35	2.74	3.25
South America	6.02	6.04	5.99	5.83	5.76	5.71	5.55	5.42	5.42	5.49
Australia/New Zealand	3.54	3.51	3.49	3.21	3.07	2.76	2.36	2.35	2.74	3.25
Western Europe	4.00	3.73	3.32	2.68	2.79	2.46	2.18	2.06	2.17	2.53
Caribbean	5.07	5.18	5.03	5.03	4.95	4.65	4.42	4.32	4.34	4.51
Eastern Europe	5.67	5.47	5.22	4.36	4.70	4.37	3.74	3.32	2.97	2.98
Europe	4.59	4.37	4.09	3.55	3.70	3.39	3.01	2.77	2.75	3.00
North America	4.75	4.61	4.44	4.21	4.18	4.00	3.75	3.53	3.77	4.22
Latin America	5.87	5.90	5.84	5.71	5.73	5.66	5.53	5.42	5.47	5.67
Eastern Asia	5.16	5.33	5.53	5.51	5.54	5.60	5.69	5.55	5.23	5.20
Central America	6.12	6.17	6.23	6.04	6.19	6.26	6.17	6.07	6.15	6.23
Southern Europe	4.88	4.68	4.47	3.99	4.14	4.09	3.87	3.49	3.39	3.46
Northern Europe	4.03	3.87	3.63	3.23	3.12	2.74	2.45	2.36	2.53	2.98
Northern Africa			5.99	6.01	6.07	6.24	6.29	5.93	5.99	6.40
Southern Asia	5.62	5.55	5.69	5.83	5.80	6.00	5.81	5.66	5.77	5.83
Southeast Asia	5.86	5.63	5.40	5.34	5.43	5.63	5.75	5.88	5.60	5.76
Central Asia	6.40	6.37	6.34	6.30	6.27	6.15	5.90	5.66	5.15	4.54

1950–2015

Fertility rate per woman
Region	1950–1955	1955–1960	1960–1965	1965–1970	1970–1975	1975–1980	1980–1985	1985–1990	1990–1995	1995–2000	2000–2005	2005–2010	2010–2015
Africa	6.62	6.66	6.72	6.72	6.71	6.64	6.48	6.18	5.72	5.34	5.08	4.89	4.72
Asia	5.80	5.56	5.81	5.73	5.03	4.10	3.70	3.50	2.92	2.56	2.41	2.30	2.20
Australia/New Zealand	3.27	3.53	3.38	2.96	2.59	2.02	1.92	1.89	1.90	1.82	1.80	1.99	1.91
Caribbean	5.27	5.19	5.48	5.00	4.37	3.62	3.41	3.13	2.83	2.64	2.49	2.38	2.28
Central America	6.76	6.81	6.75	6.68	6.55	5.49	4.60	3.99	3.50	3.09	2.80	2.54	2.38
Central Asia	4.86	5.32	5.57	5.16	5.02	4.51	4.13	4.00	3.57	2.89	2.51	2.66	2.71
Eastern Africa	7.05	7.05	7.11	7.11	7.14	7.10	7.02	6.80	6.41	6.12	5.76	5.35	4.89
Eastern Asia	5.56	4.98	5.53	5.53	4.36	2.86	2.48	2.59	1.87	1.51	1.52	1.56	1.59
Eastern Europe	2.92	2.82	2.43	2.15	2.14	2.07	2.08	2.09	1.63	1.30	1.26	1.42	1.57
Europe	2.66	2.66	2.57	2.37	2.17	1.98	1.88	1.81	1.57	1.43	1.43	1.55	1.60
Latin America	5.87	5.88	5.89	5.53	5.03	4.48	3.96	3.46	3.06	2.76	2.48	2.26	2.14
Melanesia	6.30	6.34	6.24	6.02	5.82	5.56	5.19	4.74	4.50	4.40	4.16	3.93	3.67
Micronesia	6.25	6.42	6.46	5.84	5.27	4.80	4.40	4.09	3.74	3.44	3.15	3.05	3.00
Middle Africa	6.08	6.11	6.24	6.35	6.50	6.65	6.73	6.76	6.67	6.52	6.39	6.24	5.94
Northern Africa	6.80	6.87	6.94	6.83	6.52	6.18	5.74	5.11	4.21	3.47	3.15	3.09	3.31
North America	3.34	3.61	3.28	2.55	2.02	1.77	1.79	1.88	2.00	1.95	1.99	2.01	1.85
Northern Europe	2.32	2.51	2.71	2.49	2.06	1.80	1.80	1.85	1.80	1.70	1.66	1.85	1.85
Oceania	3.84	4.06	3.94	3.55	3.21	2.73	2.60	2.51	2.49	2.46	2.44	2.53	2.41
Polynesia	6.78	6.86	6.82	6.39	5.74	5.23	4.79	4.37	3.96	3.55	3.32	3.17	2.97
South America	5.67	5.67	5.66	5.22	4.60	4.24	3.80	3.30	2.92	2.64	2.35	2.13	2.03
Southeast Asia	5.93	6.12	6.09	5.91	5.48	4.81	4.20	3.58	3.11	2.69	2.53	2.42	2.35
Southern Africa	6.06	6.07	6.03	5.86	5.60	5.19	4.75	4.15	3.50	3.09	2.85	2.71	2.64
Southern Asia	6.04	6.06	6.07	5.94	5.67	5.31	5.03	4.57	4.04	3.61	3.19	2.85	2.54
Southern Europe	2.68	2.62	2.70	2.68	2.56	2.24	1.83	1.56	1.42	1.34	1.37	1.44	1.42
Sub-Saharan Africa	6.57	6.60	6.67	6.70	6.77	6.78	6.70	6.49	6.16	5.90	5.65	5.40	5.10
Western Africa	6.56	6.63	6.80	6.91	6.87	6.67	6.41	6.16	5.95	5.75	5.53	5.20	4.88
Western Asia	6.15	6.00	5.73	5.36	5.00	4.51	4.03	3.60	3.23	3.02	2.90	2.74	2.61
Western Europe	2.65	2.47	1.96	1.65	1.62	1.57	1.49	1.52	1.59	1.64	1.67	1.69	1.71

References

↑ "Children born per woman, 1800". Our World in Data. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2026.
↑ Figure refers to mainland China, excluding its Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of Hong Kong and Macau, The first one returned to Chinese sovereignty in mid-1997 and the second one did so on December 20, 1999,
↑ Estimate not only refers to metropolitan France, but also includes its separatedly listed overseas departments (Départements d'outre-mer, DOM) of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte (from March 31, 2011) and Réunion and its overseas collectivities (Collectivités d'outre-mer, COM) of French Polynesia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna, The population of metropolitan France alone stood at 63,730,000 in November 2012, according to a monthly [www,insee,fr/fr/bases-de-donnees/bsweb/serie,asp?idbank=000436387 official estimate],
↑ Excludes (statistica,md,2010,pdf) Transnistria (555,347, census 2005),
↑ Comprises the Gaza Strip and West Bank
↑ Excludes the Kosovo (1,733,872, 2011 Archived 2019-05-19 at the Wayback Machine),
↑ Includes Puntland (with a population of about 3,900,000 inhabitants) and Somaliland (some 3,500,000 inhabitants),
↑ Administration is split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory,

External links

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division – World Population Prospects, the 2017 Revision

[1] "Children born per woman, 1800". Our World in Data. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved May 15, 2026.

[2] Figure refers to mainland China, excluding its Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of Hong Kong and Macau, The first one returned to Chinese sovereignty in mid-1997 and the second one did so on December 20, 1999,

[3] Estimate not only refers to metropolitan France, but also includes its separatedly listed overseas departments (Départements d'outre-mer, DOM) of French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte (from March 31, 2011) and Réunion and its overseas collectivities (Collectivités d'outre-mer, COM) of French Polynesia, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Wallis and Futuna, The population of metropolitan France alone stood at 63,730,000 in November 2012, according to a monthly [www,insee,fr/fr/bases-de-donnees/bsweb/serie,asp?idbank=000436387 official estimate],

[4] Excludes (statistica,md,2010,pdf) Transnistria (555,347, census 2005),

[5] Comprises the Gaza Strip and West Bank

[6] Excludes the Kosovo (1,733,872, 2011 Archived 2019-05-19 at the Wayback Machine),

[7] Includes Puntland (with a population of about 3,900,000 inhabitants) and Somaliland (some 3,500,000 inhabitants),

[8] Administration is split between Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, both of which claim the entire territory,

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