Fertility Rate (WB)
Fertility Rate. World Bank — World Development Indicators, 2017–2024.
Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators Licence: CC BY 4.0 Unit: births/woman Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗
Avg (2024)
2.3
0.00pp vs 2023
Improving
0
of 217 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
217
±0.5pp band
Fertility Rate
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2017–2024.
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇼 Curacao | 1.4 | +0.10pp |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.8 | +0.09pp |
| 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 1.8 | +0.06pp |
| 🇳🇴 Norway | 1.5 | +0.05pp |
| 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 4.1 | +0.04pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 1.9 | -0.33pp |
| 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 2.5 | -0.20pp |
| 🇦🇲 Armenia | 1.7 | -0.20pp |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | 1.4 | -0.15pp |
| 🇭🇺 Hungary | 1.4 | -0.14pp |
By group
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South Asia 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 0.00pp
Advanced / other 0.00pp
Americas 0.00pp
Europe & Central Asia 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa -0.10pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 48 | 4 | -0.10pp |
| South Asia | 8 | 2.4 | 0.00pp |
| Middle East & North Africa | 20 | 2.4 | 0.00pp |
| East Asia & Pacific | 37 | 2.2 | 0.00pp |
| Advanced / other | 4 | 1.8 | 0.00pp |
| Americas | 43 | 1.7 | 0.00pp |
| Europe & Central Asia | 57 | 1.6 | 0.00pp |
Fertility Rate (WB) — full ranking
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| # | Entity | Fertility Rate | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 6 | -0.09pp |
| 2 | 🇸🇴 Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 6 | -0.12pp |
| 3 | 🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep. | 6 | -0.07pp |
| 4 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 6 | -0.06pp |
| 5 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 5.9 | -0.12pp |
| 6 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 5.5 | -0.10pp |
| 7 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 5.1 | -0.07pp |
| 8 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 4.8 | -0.09pp |
| 9 | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 4.8 | -0.08pp |
| 10 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 4.7 | -0.07pp |
| 11 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 4.6 | -0.07pp |
| 12 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 4.5 | -0.07pp |
| 13 | 🇾🇪 Yemen, Rep. | 4.5 | -0.09pp |
| 14 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 4.5 | -0.08pp |
| 15 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 4.4 | -0.10pp |
| 16 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 4.3 | -0.06pp |
| 17 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 4.3 | -0.06pp |
| 18 | 🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire | 4.2 | -0.05pp |
| 19 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 4.2 | -0.11pp |
| 20 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 4.1 | -0.09pp |
| 21 | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 4.1 | +0.04pp |
| 22 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 4.1 | -0.07pp |
| 23 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 4.1 | -0.08pp |
| 24 | 🇨🇬 Congo, Rep. | 4.1 | -0.05pp |
| 25 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 4 | -0.06pp |
| 26 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 3.9 | -0.08pp |
| 27 | 🇬🇲 Gambia, The | 3.9 | -0.10pp |
| 28 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 3.9 | -0.06pp |
| 29 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 3.9 | -0.09pp |
| 30 | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 3.8 | -0.06pp |
| 31 | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 3.8 | -0.03pp |
| 32 | 🇸🇸 South Sudan | 3.8 | -0.07pp |
| 33 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 3.8 | -0.05pp |
| 34 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 3.8 | -0.08pp |
| 35 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 3.7 | -0.09pp |
| 36 | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 3.7 | -0.03pp |
| 37 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 3.7 | -0.05pp |
| 38 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 3.7 | -0.05pp |
| 39 | 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe | 3.6 | -0.04pp |
| 40 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 3.6 | -0.06pp |
| 41 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 3.6 | -0.06pp |
| 42 | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 3.6 | -0.03pp |
| 43 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 3.6 | -0.06pp |
| 44 | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 3.5 | -0.05pp |
| 45 | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 3.5 | -0.01pp |
| 46 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 3.3 | -0.06pp |
| 47 | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 3.3 | -0.04pp |
| 48 | 🇵🇸 West Bank and Gaza | 3.3 | -0.06pp |
| 49 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 3.2 | -0.03pp |
| 50 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 3.2 | 0.00pp |
| 51 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 3.2 | -0.04pp |
| 52 | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 3.2 | -0.04pp |
| 53 | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 3.1 | -0.03pp |
| 54 | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 3.1 | -0.03pp |
| 55 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 3.1 | -0.03pp |
| 56 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 3 | -0.03pp |
| 57 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 3 | -0.03pp |
| 58 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 2.9 | +0.02pp |
| 59 | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 2.9 | -0.06pp |
| 60 | 🇬🇺 Guam | 2.8 | -0.03pp |
| 61 | 🇪🇬 Egypt, Arab Rep. | 2.7 | -0.01pp |
| 62 | 🇫🇲 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 2.7 | -0.01pp |
| 63 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 2.7 | -0.05pp |
| 64 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 2.7 | -0.03pp |
| 65 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 2.7 | -0.03pp |
| 66 | 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic | 2.7 | -0.01pp |
| 67 | 🇲🇫 St. Martin (French part) | 2.7 | -0.05pp |
| 68 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 2.7 | -0.03pp |
| 69 | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 2.7 | -0.03pp |
| 70 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 2.6 | -0.03pp |
| 71 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 2.6 | -0.08pp |
| 72 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 2.6 | +0.01pp |
| 73 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 2.6 | -0.04pp |
| 74 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic | 2.6 | -0.10pp |
| 75 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 2.6 | -0.03pp |
| 76 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 2.5 | -0.03pp |
| 77 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 2.5 | -0.02pp |
| 78 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 2.5 | -0.20pp |
| 79 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 2.5 | -0.02pp |
| 80 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 2.4 | 0.00pp |
| 81 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 2.4 | -0.01pp |
| 82 | 🇱🇦 Lao PDR | 2.4 | -0.02pp |
| 83 | 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands | 2.3 | -0.03pp |
| 84 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 2.3 | +0.03pp |
| 85 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 2.3 | -0.06pp |
| 86 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 2.3 | -0.02pp |
| 87 | 🇦🇸 American Samoa | 2.3 | -0.02pp |
| 88 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 2.3 | -0.01pp |
| 89 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 2.2 | -0.01pp |
| 90 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 2.2 | -0.02pp |
| 91 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 2.2 | -0.02pp |
| 92 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 2.2 | -0.02pp |
| 93 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 2.2 | -0.01pp |
| 94 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 2.2 | -0.01pp |
| 95 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 2.1 | -0.02pp |
| 96 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 2.1 | -0.01pp |
| 97 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 2.1 | -0.01pp |
| 98 | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 2.1 | -0.01pp |
| 99 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 2.1 | -0.02pp |
| 100 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela, RB | 2.1 | 0.00pp |
| 101 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 2 | +0.01pp |
| 102 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 2 | -0.01pp |
| 103 | 🇻🇮 Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 2 | -0.01pp |
| 104 | 🇮🇳 India | 2 | -0.02pp |
| 105 | 🇳🇨 New Caledonia | 2 | -0.02pp |
| 106 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 2 | -0.02pp |
| 107 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 2 | -0.02pp |
| 108 | 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands | 1.9 | +0.04pp |
| 109 | 🇻🇳 Viet Nam | 1.9 | -0.01pp |
| 110 | 🇬🇮 Gibraltar | 1.9 | 0.00pp |
| 111 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 1.9 | -0.02pp |
| 112 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 1.9 | -0.03pp |
| 113 | 🇵🇼 Palau | 1.9 | -0.03pp |
| 114 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 1.9 | -0.33pp |
| 115 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 1.8 | -0.01pp |
| 116 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 1.8 | -0.01pp |
| 117 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 1.8 | -0.01pp |
| 118 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 1.8 | -0.01pp |
| 119 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 1.8 | +0.06pp |
| 120 | 🇰🇵 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 1.8 | 0.00pp |
| 121 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 1.8 | -0.01pp |
| 122 | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.8 | -0.02pp |
| 123 | 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam | 1.7 | -0.02pp |
| 124 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 1.7 | 0.00pp |
| 125 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 1.7 | -0.09pp |
| 126 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 1.7 | -0.01pp |
| 127 | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 1.7 | 0.00pp |
| 128 | 🇬🇱 Greenland | 1.7 | -0.06pp |
| 129 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 1.7 | -0.20pp |
| 130 | 🇮🇷 Iran, Islamic Rep. | 1.7 | -0.02pp |
| 131 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 1.6 | +0.02pp |
| 132 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 1.6 | -0.02pp |
| 133 | 🇺🇸 United States | 1.6 | +0.01pp |
| 134 | 🇦🇼 Aruba | 1.6 | +0.01pp |
| 135 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 1.6 | -0.01pp |
| 136 | 🇫🇷 France | 1.6 | -0.05pp |
| 137 | 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | 1.6 | 0.00pp |
| 138 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 1.6 | 0.00pp |
| 139 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 1.6 | +0.01pp |
| 140 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 1.6 | +0.04pp |
| 141 | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 1.6 | -0.02pp |
| 142 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 1.6 | -0.01pp |
| 143 | 🇮🇲 Isle of Man | 1.5 | -0.01pp |
| 144 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 1.5 | -0.01pp |
| 145 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 1.5 | +0.01pp |
| 146 | 🇽🇰 Kosovo | 1.5 | -0.01pp |
| 147 | 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands | 1.5 | 0.00pp |
| 148 | 🇰🇳 St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.5 | +0.02pp |
| 149 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 1.5 | +0.01pp |
| 150 | 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde | 1.5 | -0.01pp |
| 151 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 1.5 | 0.00pp |
| 152 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.5 | 0.00pp |
| 153 | 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | 1.5 | -0.01pp |
| 154 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 1.5 | -0.02pp |
| 155 | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 1.5 | 0.00pp |
| 156 | 🇹🇷 Turkiye | 1.5 | -0.03pp |
| 157 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 1.5 | -0.03pp |
| 158 | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 1.5 | -0.02pp |
| 159 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 1.5 | -0.03pp |
| 160 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 1.5 | 0.00pp |
| 161 | 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic | 1.5 | -0.03pp |
| 162 | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 1.5 | -0.01pp |
| 163 | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 1.5 | +0.01pp |
| 164 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 1.5 | +0.05pp |
| 165 | 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.5 | -0.01pp |
| 166 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 1.4 | -0.03pp |
| 167 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 1.4 | +0.04pp |
| 168 | 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.4 | -0.01pp |
| 169 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 1.4 | -0.12pp |
| 170 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 1.4 | 0.00pp |
| 171 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 1.4 | -0.02pp |
| 172 | 🇷🇺 Russian Federation | 1.4 | +0.01pp |
| 173 | 🇧🇲 Bermuda | 1.4 | +0.01pp |
| 174 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 1.4 | -0.14pp |
| 175 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 1.4 | -0.04pp |
| 176 | 🇨🇼 Curacao | 1.4 | +0.10pp |
| 177 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 1.4 | -0.10pp |
| 178 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 1.4 | -0.01pp |
| 179 | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 1.4 | +0.01pp |
| 180 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 1.4 | -0.15pp |
| 181 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 1.4 | -0.01pp |
| 182 | 🇧🇸 Bahamas, The | 1.4 | 0.00pp |
| 183 | Channel Islands | 1.4 | 0.00pp |
| 184 | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | 1.4 | -0.08pp |
| 185 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 1.4 | -0.10pp |
| 186 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 1.4 | -0.03pp |
| 187 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 1.4 | -0.01pp |
| 188 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 1.3 | -0.01pp |
| 189 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 1.3 | -0.01pp |
| 190 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 1.3 | -0.01pp |
| 191 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 1.3 | -0.04pp |
| 192 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 1.3 | -0.02pp |
| 193 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 1.3 | -0.01pp |
| 194 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 1.3 | 0.00pp |
| 195 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 1.2 | -0.02pp |
| 196 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 1.2 | -0.12pp |
| 197 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 1.2 | +0.01pp |
| 198 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 1.2 | +0.01pp |
| 199 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 1.2 | -0.01pp |
| 200 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 1.2 | -0.13pp |
| 201 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 1.2 | -0.03pp |
| 202 | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 1.2 | +0.01pp |
| 203 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 1.2 | -0.05pp |
| 204 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 1.1 | -0.03pp |
| 205 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 1.1 | -0.06pp |
| 206 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 1.1 | -0.07pp |
| 207 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 1.1 | -0.02pp |
| 208 | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 1.1 | +0.01pp |
| 209 | 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands | 1.1 | 0.00pp |
| 210 | 🇨🇳 China | 1 | +0.01pp |
| 211 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 1 | -0.05pp |
| 212 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 1 | +0.01pp |
| 213 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 1 | 0.00pp |
| 214 | 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico (US) | 0.9 | 0.00pp |
| 215 | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.8 | +0.09pp |
| 216 | 🇰🇷 Korea, Rep. | 0.8 | +0.03pp |
| 217 | 🇲🇴 Macao SAR, China | 0.6 | -0.01pp |
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