Countries with Highest Fertility Rate (2026)

Somalia has the highest fertility rate in the world at 6.13 births per woman. A fertility rate of 2.1 is considered the replacement level needed to maintain population without immigration. Countries with the highest fertility rates are predominantly in Sub-Saharan Africa.

#1

Somalia

6.13 births/woman

#2

Chad

6.12 births/woman

#3

Niger

6.06 births/woman

Countries with Highest Fertility Rate - 216 countries ranked by Fertility Rate

Rank	Country	Fertility Rate	Population	Region
1	Somalia	6.13 births/woman	19,655,000	Africa
2	Chad	6.12 births/woman	19,340,757	Africa
3	Niger	6.06 births/woman	26,312,034	Africa
4	DR Congo	6.05 births/woman	112,832,000	Africa
5	Central African Republic	6.01 births/woman	6,470,307	Africa
6	Mali	5.61 births/woman	22,395,489	Africa
7	Angola	5.12 births/woman	36,170,961	Africa
8	Burundi	4.88 births/woman	12,332,788	Africa
9	Afghanistan	4.84 births/woman	43,844,000	Asia
10	Mozambique	4.76 births/woman	34,090,466	Africa
11	Mauritania	4.70 births/woman	4,927,532	Africa
12	Tanzania	4.61 births/woman	68,153,004	Africa
13	Yemen	4.59 births/woman	32,684,503	Asia
14	Benin	4.56 births/woman	13,224,860	Africa
15	Nigeria	4.48 births/woman	223,800,000	Africa
16	Sudan	4.32 births/woman	51,662,000	Africa
17	Cameroon	4.32 births/woman	29,442,327	Africa
18	Uganda	4.28 births/woman	45,905,417	Africa
19	Ivory Coast	4.28 births/woman	31,719,275	Africa
20	Guinea	4.22 births/woman	14,363,931	Africa
21	Burkina Faso	4.19 births/woman	24,070,553	Africa
22	Togo	4.19 births/woman	8,095,498	Africa
23	Republic of the Congo	4.16 births/woman	6,142,180	Africa
24	Zambia	4.10 births/woman	19,693,423	Africa
25	Equatorial Guinea	4.08 births/woman	1,668,768	Africa
26	Gambia	4.01 births/woman	2,422,712	Africa
27	Ethiopia	3.99 births/woman	111,652,998	Africa
28	Madagascar	3.97 births/woman	31,727,042	Africa
29	Liberia	3.95 births/woman	5,248,621	Africa
30	Comoros	3.88 births/woman	919,901	Africa
31	South Sudan	3.86 births/woman	15,786,898	Africa
32	Guinea-Bissau	3.84 births/woman	1,781,308	Africa
33	Samoa	3.83 births/woman	205,557	Oceania
34	Senegal	3.82 births/woman	18,593,258	Africa
35	Sierra Leone	3.79 births/woman	9,077,691	Africa
36	Zimbabwe	3.72 births/woman	17,073,087	Africa
37	Eritrea	3.71 births/woman	3,607,000	Africa
38	Rwanda	3.70 births/woman	14,104,969	Africa
39	Malawi	3.65 births/woman	20,734,262	Africa
40	Gabon	3.65 births/woman	2,469,296	Africa
41	São Tomé and Príncipe	3.64 births/woman	209,607	Africa
42	Pakistan	3.61 births/woman	241,499,431	Asia
43	Vanuatu	3.60 births/woman	321,409	Oceania
44	Solomon Islands	3.56 births/woman	750,325	Oceania
45	Uzbekistan	3.50 births/woman	37,859,698	Asia
46	Ghana	3.40 births/woman	33,742,380	Africa
47	Nauru	3.33 births/woman	11,680	Oceania
48	Palestine	3.31 births/woman	5,483,450	Asia
49	Iraq	3.25 births/woman	46,118,793	Asia
50	Kenya	3.21 births/woman	53,330,978	Africa
51	Namibia	3.21 births/woman	3,022,401	Africa
52	Tuvalu	3.21 births/woman	10,643	Oceania
53	Kiribati	3.15 births/woman	120,740	Oceania
54	Tonga	3.13 births/woman	100,179	Oceania
55	Papua New Guinea	3.10 births/woman	11,781,559	Oceania
56	Tajikistan	3.07 births/woman	10,499,000	Asia
57	Kazakhstan	3.01 births/woman	20,426,568	Asia
58	Marshall Islands	2.92 births/woman	42,418	Oceania
59	Israel	2.85 births/woman	10,134,800	Asia
60	Guam	2.78 births/woman	153,836	Oceania
61	Algeria	2.77 births/woman	47,400,000	Africa
62	Egypt	2.75 births/woman	107,271,260	Africa
63	Eswatini	2.75 births/woman	1,235,549	Africa
64	Micronesia	2.75 births/woman	105,564	Oceania
65	Botswana	2.73 births/woman	2,359,609	Africa
66	Saint Martin	2.72 births/woman	31,496	Americas
67	Syria	2.71 births/woman	25,620,000	Asia
68	Timor-Leste	2.71 births/woman	1,391,221	Asia
69	Kyrgyzstan	2.70 births/woman	7,281,800	Asia
70	Mongolia	2.70 births/woman	3,544,835	Asia
71	Turkmenistan	2.69 births/woman	7,057,841	Asia
72	Lesotho	2.69 births/woman	2,116,427	Africa
73	Haiti	2.66 births/woman	11,867,032	Americas
74	Jordan	2.64 births/woman	11,734,000	Asia
75	Djibouti	2.61 births/woman	1,066,809	Africa
76	Cambodia	2.58 births/woman	17,577,760	Asia
77	Bolivia	2.55 births/woman	11,365,333	Americas
78	Oman	2.53 births/woman	5,343,630	Asia
79	Honduras	2.50 births/woman	9,892,632	Americas
80	Laos	2.42 births/woman	7,647,000	Asia
81	Paraguay	2.42 births/woman	6,109,644	Americas
82	Guyana	2.41 births/woman	772,975	Americas
83	Libya	2.36 births/woman	7,459,000	Africa
84	Northern Mariana Islands	2.35 births/woman	47,329	Oceania
85	Guatemala	2.31 births/woman	18,079,810	Americas
86	American Samoa	2.29 births/woman	49,710	Oceania
87	Saudi Arabia	2.28 births/woman	35,300,280	Asia
88	Fiji	2.28 births/woman	900,869	Oceania
89	Suriname	2.25 births/woman	616,500	Americas
90	Dominican Republic	2.24 births/woman	10,771,504	Americas
91	Lebanon	2.24 births/woman	5,490,000	Asia
92	Morocco	2.23 births/woman	36,828,330	Africa
93	South Africa	2.22 births/woman	63,100,945	Africa
94	Nicaragua	2.22 births/woman	6,803,886	Americas
95	Bangladesh	2.16 births/woman	169,828,911	Asia
96	Indonesia	2.13 births/woman	284,438,782	Asia
97	Myanmar	2.12 births/woman	51,316,756	Asia
98	Panama	2.12 births/woman	4,064,780	Americas
99	Monaco	2.11 births/woman	38,423	Europe
100	Venezuela	2.08 births/woman	28,517,000	Americas
101	Seychelles	2.02 births/woman	122,729	Africa
102	Belize	2.01 births/woman	417,634	Americas
103	India	1.98 births/woman	1,417,492,000	Asia
104	Peru	1.98 births/woman	34,350,244	Americas
105	Nepal	1.98 births/woman	29,911,840	Asia
106	New Caledonia	1.98 births/woman	264,596	Oceania
107	United States Virgin Islands	1.98 births/woman	87,146	Americas
108	Sri Lanka	1.97 births/woman	21,763,170	Asia
109	Philippines	1.92 births/woman	114,123,600	Asia
110	Mexico	1.91 births/woman	130,575,786	Americas
111	Vietnam	1.91 births/woman	101,343,800	Asia
112	Palau	1.91 births/woman	16,733	Oceania
113	Armenia	1.90 births/woman	3,076,200	Asia
114	Gibraltar	1.89 births/woman	38,000	Europe
115	Faroe Islands	1.86 births/woman	54,885	Europe
116	Tunisia	1.83 births/woman	11,972,169	Africa
117	Ecuador	1.82 births/woman	18,103,660	Americas
118	Bahrain	1.82 births/woman	1,594,654	Asia
119	Bulgaria	1.81 births/woman	6,437,360	Europe
120	Georgia	1.81 births/woman	4,000,921	Asia
121	North Korea	1.78 births/woman	25,950,000	Asia
122	El Salvador	1.78 births/woman	6,029,976	Americas
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.78 births/woman	110,872	Americas
124	Greenland	1.77 births/woman	56,542	Americas
125	Brunei	1.75 births/woman	455,500	Asia
126	Montenegro	1.74 births/woman	623,327	Europe
127	Qatar	1.73 births/woman	3,173,024	Asia
128	Moldova	1.73 births/woman	2,749,076	Europe
129	Romania	1.71 births/woman	19,036,031	Europe
130	Barbados	1.71 births/woman	267,800	Americas
131	Iran	1.70 births/woman	85,961,000	Asia
132	France	1.66 births/woman	66,351,959	Europe
133	Colombia	1.65 births/woman	53,057,212	Americas
134	United States	1.62 births/woman	340,110,988	Americas
135	Brazil	1.62 births/woman	213,421,037	Americas
136	Serbia	1.61 births/woman	6,567,783	Europe
137	Aruba	1.60 births/woman	107,566	Americas
138	Iceland	1.59 births/woman	391,810	Europe
139	Maldives	1.58 births/woman	515,132	Asia
140	Antigua and Barbuda	1.58 births/woman	103,603	Americas
141	United Kingdom	1.56 births/woman	69,281,437	Europe
142	New Zealand	1.56 births/woman	5,324,700	Oceania
143	Malaysia	1.55 births/woman	34,231,700	Asia
144	Azerbaijan	1.55 births/woman	10,241,722	Asia
145	Kosovo	1.55 births/woman	1,585,566	Europe
146	Isle of Man	1.55 births/woman	84,530	Europe
147	Trinidad and Tobago	1.53 births/woman	1,367,764	Americas
148	Cayman Islands	1.53 births/woman	84,738	Americas
149	Kuwait	1.52 births/woman	4,881,254	Asia
150	Cape Verde	1.52 births/woman	491,233	Africa
151	Turkey	1.51 births/woman	85,664,944	Asia
152	Hungary	1.51 births/woman	9,539,502	Europe
153	Slovenia	1.51 births/woman	2,130,638	Europe
154	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.51 births/woman	51,320	Americas
155	Argentina	1.50 births/woman	46,735,004	Americas
156	Australia	1.50 births/woman	27,536,874	Oceania
157	Denmark	1.50 births/woman	6,011,488	Europe
158	Ireland	1.50 births/woman	5,458,600	Europe
159	North Macedonia	1.50 births/woman	1,822,612	Europe
160	French Polynesia	1.50 births/woman	279,500	Oceania
161	Slovakia	1.49 births/woman	5,413,813	Europe
162	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.49 births/woman	3,422,000	Europe
163	Grenada	1.49 births/woman	109,021	Americas
164	Dominica	1.48 births/woman	67,408	Americas
165	Belgium	1.47 births/woman	11,825,551	Europe
166	Croatia	1.46 births/woman	3,866,233	Europe
167	Bhutan	1.46 births/woman	784,043	Asia
168	Turks and Caicos Islands	1.46 births/woman	50,828	Americas
169	Czechia	1.45 births/woman	10,882,341	Europe
170	Sweden	1.45 births/woman	10,605,098	Europe
171	Sint Maarten	1.45 births/woman	41,349	Americas
172	Liechtenstein	1.45 births/woman	40,900	Europe
173	Portugal	1.44 births/woman	10,749,635	Europe
174	Cuba	1.44 births/woman	9,748,007	Americas
175	Netherlands	1.43 births/woman	18,100,436	Europe
176	Russia	1.41 births/woman	146,028,325	Europe
177	Uruguay	1.41 births/woman	3,499,451	Americas
178	Norway	1.40 births/woman	5,606,944	Europe
179	Bermuda	1.40 births/woman	64,055	Americas
180	Germany	1.39 births/woman	83,491,249	Europe
181	Cyprus	1.39 births/woman	1,442,614	Europe
182	Mauritius	1.39 births/woman	1,243,741	Africa
183	Saint Lucia	1.38 births/woman	184,100	Americas
184	Bahamas	1.37 births/woman	398,165	Americas
185	Jamaica	1.36 births/woman	2,825,544	Americas
186	Latvia	1.36 births/woman	1,829,000	Europe
187	Albania	1.35 births/woman	2,363,314	Europe
188	Switzerland	1.33 births/woman	9,082,848	Europe
189	Costa Rica	1.33 births/woman	5,309,625	Americas
190	Greece	1.32 births/woman	10,400,720	Europe
191	Austria	1.32 births/woman	9,200,931	Europe
192	Estonia	1.31 births/woman	1,369,995	Europe
193	Canada	1.26 births/woman	41,651,653	Americas
194	Finland	1.26 births/woman	5,650,325	Europe
195	Luxembourg	1.25 births/woman	681,973	Europe
196	Thailand	1.21 births/woman	65,859,640	Asia
197	Belarus	1.21 births/woman	9,109,280	Europe
198	Japan	1.20 births/woman	123,210,000	Asia
199	Italy	1.20 births/woman	58,927,633	Europe
200	United Arab Emirates	1.20 births/woman	11,294,243	Asia
201	Curaçao	1.20 births/woman	156,115	Americas
202	Lithuania	1.18 births/woman	2,894,886	Europe
203	Chile	1.17 births/woman	20,206,953	Americas
204	Poland	1.16 births/woman	37,392,000	Europe
205	San Marino	1.15 births/woman	34,132	Europe
206	Spain	1.12 births/woman	49,315,949	Europe
207	Andorra	1.08 births/woman	88,406	Europe
208	Malta	1.06 births/woman	574,250	Europe
209	British Virgin Islands	1.05 births/woman	39,471	Americas
210	China	1.00 births/woman	1,408,280,000	Asia
211	Ukraine	0.98 births/woman	32,862,000	Europe
212	Singapore	0.97 births/woman	6,110,200	Asia
213	Puerto Rico	0.92 births/woman	3,203,295	Americas
214	Hong Kong	0.75 births/woman	7,527,500	Asia
215	South Korea	0.72 births/woman	51,159,889	Asia
216	Macau	0.59 births/woman	685,900	Asia