Wanted fertility rate (births per woman)
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.
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Key Insights
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 3.2Births per woman)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2023. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niger | 7.4Births per woman |
| 2 | Chad | 6.1Births per woman |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.7Births per woman |
| 4 | Mali | 5.5Births per woman |
| 5 | Angola | 5.2Births per woman |
| 6 | Benin | 4.9Births per woman |
| 7 | Republic of the Congo | 4.8Births per woman |
| 8 | Nigeria | 4.8Births per woman |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 4.7Births per woman |
| 10 | Mauritania | 4.5Births per woman |
| 11 | Eritrea | 4.4Births per woman |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4.4Births per woman |
| 13 | Afghanistan | 4.4Births per woman |
| 14 | Cameroon | 4.3Births per woman |
| 15 | Guinea | 4.3Births per woman |
| 16 | Uganda | 4.3Births per woman |
| 17 | Mozambique | 4.2Births per woman |
| 18 | Sudan | 4.2Births per woman |
| 19 | Burkina Faso | 4.2Births per woman |
| 20 | Togo | 4.1Births per woman |
| 21 | El Salvador | 4.0Births per woman |
| 22 | Republic of The Gambia | 4.0Births per woman |
| 23 | Paraguay | 4.0Births per woman |
| 24 | Zambia | 4.0Births per woman |
| 25 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.9Births per woman |
| 26 | Botswana | 3.9Births per woman |
| 27 | Comoros | 3.8Births per woman |
| 28 | Madagascar | 3.8Births per woman |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 3.8Births per woman |
| 30 | Liberia | 3.7Births per woman |
| 31 | Burundi | 3.6Births per woman |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 3.6Births per woman |
| 33 | Senegal | 3.6Births per woman |
| 34 | Zimbabwe | 3.6Births per woman |
| 35 | Timor-Leste | 3.5Births per woman |
| 36 | Tajikistan | 3.5Births per woman |
| 37 | Ghana | 3.4Births per woman |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.4Births per woman |
| 39 | Malawi | 3.4Births per woman |
| 40 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.3Births per woman |
| 41 | Gabon | 3.2Births per woman |
| 42 | Rwanda | 3.1Births per woman |
| 43 | Uzbekistan | 3.1Births per woman |
| 44 | Yemen | 3.1Births per woman |
| 45 | Papua New Guinea | 3.0Births per woman |
| 46 | Kenya | 2.9Births per woman |
| 47 | Namibia | 2.9Births per woman |
| 48 | Pakistan | 2.9Births per woman |
| 49 | Tunisia | 2.9Births per woman |
| 50 | Ecuador | 2.8Births per woman |
| 51 | Mexico | 2.8Births per woman |
| 52 | Egypt | 2.8Births per woman |
| 53 | Turkmenistan | 2.7Births per woman |
| 54 | Guatemala | 2.6Births per woman |
| 55 | Cambodia | 2.4Births per woman |
| 56 | Lesotho | 2.3Births per woman |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 2.3Births per woman |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 2.2Births per woman |
| 59 | Honduras | 2.2Births per woman |
| 60 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.2Births per woman |
| 61 | Guyana | 2.1Births per woman |
| 62 | Indonesia | 2.1Births per woman |
| 63 | Eswatini | 2.1Births per woman |
| 64 | Myanmar | 2.0Births per woman |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 2.0Births per woman |
| 66 | South Africa | 2.0Births per woman |
| 67 | Bolivia | 2.0Births per woman |
| 68 | Haiti | 1.9Births per woman |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 1.9Births per woman |
| 70 | Jordan | 1.9Births per woman |
| 71 | Maldives | 1.9Births per woman |
| 72 | Türkiye | 1.9Births per woman |
| 73 | Morocco | 1.8Births per woman |
| 74 | Peru | 1.8Births per woman |
| 75 | Thailand | 1.8Births per woman |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 1.8Births per woman |
| 77 | Brazil | 1.8Births per woman |
| 78 | Nepal | 1.7Births per woman |
| 79 | Bangladesh | 1.7Births per woman |
| 80 | Armenia | 1.7Births per woman |
| 81 | Colombia | 1.6Births per woman |
| 82 | India | 1.6Births per woman |
| 83 | Vietnam | 1.6Births per woman |
| 84 | Albania | 1.6Births per woman |
| 85 | Philippines | 1.5Births per woman |
| 86 | Ukraine | 1.1Births per woman |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).
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