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Total Fertility Rate

This entry gives a figure for the average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate (TFR) is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population change in the country. A rate of two children per woman is considered the replacement rate for a population, resulting in relative stability in terms of total numbers. Rates above two children indicate populations growing in size and whose median age is declining. Higher rates may also indicate difficulties for families, in some situations, to feed and educate their children and for women to enter the labor force. Rates below two children indicate populations decreasing in size and growing older. Global fertility rates are in general decline and this trend is most pronounced in industrialized countries, especially Western Europe, where populations are projected to decline dramatically over the next 50 years.

Country
Total fertility rate (children born/woman)
Afghanistan 6.64 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Albania 2.03 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Algeria 1.86 children born/woman (2007 est.)
American Samoa 3.07 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Andorra 1.31 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Angola 6.27 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Anguilla 1.72 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 2.23 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Argentina 2.13 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Armenia 1.34 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Aruba 1.85 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Australia 1.76 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Austria 1.37 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan 2.05 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The 2.15 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Bahrain 2.57 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Bangladesh 3.09 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Barbados 1.65 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Belarus 1.22 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Belgium 1.64 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Belize 3.52 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Benin 5.08 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Bermuda 1.88 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Bhutan 4.67 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Bolivia 2.76 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.23 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Botswana 2.73 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Brazil 1.88 children born/woman (2007 est.)
British Virgin Islands 1.72 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Brunei 1.97 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Bulgaria 1.39 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso 6.41 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Burma 1.95 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Burundi 6.48 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Cambodia 3.12 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Cameroon 4.49 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Canada 1.61 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Cape Verde 3.28 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Cayman Islands 1.89 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Central African Republic 4.32 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Chad 5.56 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Chile 1.97 children born/woman (2007 est.)
China 1.75 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia 2.51 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Comoros 4.97 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.37 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 5.99 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Cook Islands 3.1 children born/woman (2001 census)
Costa Rica 2.21 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 4.43 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Croatia 1.41 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Cuba 1.6 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Cyprus 1.8 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Czech Republic 1.22 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Denmark 1.74 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Djibouti 5.23 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Dominica 2.12 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic 2.81 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Ecuador 2.63 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Egypt 2.77 children born/woman (2007 est.)
El Salvador 3.08 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 4.48 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Eritrea 4.96 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Estonia 1.41 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Ethiopia 5.1 children born/woman (2007 est.)
European Union 1.5 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA
Faroe Islands 2.15 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Fiji 2.7 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Finland 1.73 children born/woman (2007 est.)
France 1.98 children born/woman (2007 est.)
French Polynesia 1.98 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Gabon 4.71 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Gambia, The 5.21 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip 5.64 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Georgia 1.42 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Germany 1.4 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Ghana 3.89 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Gibraltar 1.65 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Greece 1.35 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Greenland 2.4 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Grenada 2.3 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Guam 2.57 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Guatemala 3.7 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Guernsey 1.4 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Guinea 5.75 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 4.79 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Guyana 2.04 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Haiti 4.86 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Honduras 3.48 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Hong Kong 0.98 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Hungary 1.33 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Iceland 1.91 children born/woman (2007 est.)
India 2.81 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Indonesia 2.38 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Iran 1.71 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Iraq 4.07 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Ireland 1.86 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Isle of Man 1.65 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Israel 2.38 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Italy 1.29 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Jamaica 2.36 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Japan 1.23 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Jersey 1.58 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Jordan 2.55 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan 1.89 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Kenya 4.82 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Kiribati 4.12 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Korea, North 2.05 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Korea, South 1.28 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Kuwait 2.86 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 2.68 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Laos 4.59 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Latvia 1.28 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Lebanon 1.88 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Lesotho 3.21 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Liberia 5.94 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Libya 3.21 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Liechtenstein 1.51 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Lithuania 1.21 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Luxembourg 1.78 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Macau 1.03 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Macedonia 1.57 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Madagascar 5.24 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Malawi 5.74 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Malaysia 3.01 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Maldives 4.78 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Mali 7.38 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Malta 1.51 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Marshall Islands 3.76 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Mauritania 5.78 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Mauritius 1.94 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Mayotte 5.69 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Mexico 2.39 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 3.07 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Moldova 1.25 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Monaco 1.75 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Mongolia 2.25 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Montserrat 1.77 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Morocco 2.62 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Mozambique 5.29 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Namibia 2.94 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Nauru 3.02 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Nepal 4.01 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Netherlands 1.66 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 1.99 children born/woman (2007 est.)
New Caledonia 2.25 children born/woman (2007 est.)
New Zealand 1.79 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Nicaragua 2.69 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Niger 7.37 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Nigeria 5.45 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Niue NA
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands 1.21 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Norway 1.78 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Oman 5.7 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Pakistan 3.71 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Palau 2.46 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Panama 2.66 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea 3.79 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Paraguay 3.84 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Peru 2.46 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Philippines 3.05 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland 1.26 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Portugal 1.48 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico 1.77 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Qatar 2.75 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Romania 1.38 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Russia 1.39 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Rwanda 5.37 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Saint Helena 1.55 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.29 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Saint Lucia 2.15 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.81 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Samoa 4.21 children born/woman (2007 est.)
San Marino 1.34 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 5.53 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia 3.94 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Senegal 5 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Serbia 1.69 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Seychelles 1.74 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone 6.01 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Singapore 1.07 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Slovakia 1.33 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Slovenia 1.26 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands 3.78 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Somalia 6.68 children born/woman (2007 est.)
South Africa 2.16 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Spain 1.29 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka 2.05 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Sudan 4.69 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Suriname 2.03 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 3.43 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Sweden 1.66 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Switzerland 1.44 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Syria 3.31 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Taiwan 1.12 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Tajikistan 3.09 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Tanzania 4.77 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Thailand 1.64 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste 3.45 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Togo 4.9 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Tokelau NA
Tonga 2.75 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 1.74 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Tunisia 1.73 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Turkey 1.89 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan 3.13 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 3.02 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Tuvalu 2.96 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Uganda 6.84 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Ukraine 1.24 children born/woman (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates 2.43 children born/woman (2007 est.)
United Kingdom 1.66 children born/woman (2007 est.)
United States 2.09 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Uruguay 1.97 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan 2.88 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Vanuatu 2.63 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Venezuela 2.55 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Vietnam 1.89 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands 2.16 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Wallis and Futuna NA
West Bank 4.17 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Western Sahara NA
World 2.59 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Yemen 6.49 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Zambia 5.31 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe 3.08 children born/woman (2007 est.)

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