How many children per woman?
Fertility rate, 210 countries & territories. Births per woman if she lived to the end of her childbearing years at current age-specific rates. ~2.1 keeps a population stable without migration.
lowest≥ 1.36 children per woman≥ 1.49 children per woman≥ 1.73 children per woman≥ 2.21 children per woman≥ 2.74 children per woman≥ 3.8 children per woman no data
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN) via World Bank· 2024
Dots sit on a scale from the lowest (0.58 children per woman) to the highest value (6.03 children per woman).
The ranking
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Chad 6.03 children per woman 2024 - 2
Somalia 6.01 children per woman 2024 - 3
DR Congo 5.98 children per woman 2024 - 4
Central African Republic 5.95 children per woman 2024 - 5
Niger 5.94 children per woman 2024 - 6
Mali 5.51 children per woman 2024 - 7
Angola 5.05 children per woman 2024 - 8
Burundi 4.79 children per woman 2024 - 9
Afghanistan 4.76 children per woman 2024 - 10
Mozambique 4.69 children per woman 2024 - 11
Mauritania 4.63 children per woman 2024 - 12
Tanzania 4.54 children per woman 2024 - 13
Yemen 4.5 children per woman 2024 - 14
Benin 4.48 children per woman 2024 - 15
Nigeria 4.38 children per woman 2024 - 16
Sudan 4.26 children per woman 2024 - 17
Cameroon 4.26 children per woman 2024 - 18
Ivory Coast 4.23 children per woman 2024 - 19
Uganda 4.17 children per woman 2024 - 20
Guinea 4.13 children per woman 2024 - 21
Togo 4.12 children per woman 2024 - 22
Equatorial Guinea 4.12 children per woman 2024 - 23
Burkina Faso 4.11 children per woman 2024 - 24
Congo 4.11 children per woman 2024 - 25
Zambia 4.04 children per woman 2024 - 26
Madagascar 3.91 children per woman 2024 - 27
Ethiopia 3.91 children per woman 2024 - 28
Gambia 3.91 children per woman 2024 - 29
Liberia 3.86 children per woman 2024 - 30
Comoros 3.82 children per woman 2024 - 31
Samoa 3.8 children per woman 2024 - 32
South Sudan 3.79 children per woman 2024 - 33
Senegal 3.77 children per woman 2024 - 34
Guinea-Bissau 3.76 children per woman 2024 - 35
Sierra Leone 3.7 children per woman 2024 - 36
Eritrea 3.68 children per woman 2024 - 37
Zimbabwe 3.67 children per woman 2024 - 38
Rwanda 3.65 children per woman 2024 - 39
São Tomé and Príncipe 3.6 children per woman 2024 - 40
Gabon 3.59 children per woman 2024 - 41
Malawi 3.59 children per woman 2024 - 42
Vanuatu 3.57 children per woman 2024 - 43
Pakistan 3.55 children per woman 2024 - 44
Solomon Islands 3.51 children per woman 2024 - 45
Uzbekistan 3.49 children per woman 2024 - 46
Ghana 3.34 children per woman 2024 - 47
Nauru 3.29 children per woman 2024 - 48
Palestine 3.25 children per woman 2024 - 49
Iraq 3.22 children per woman 2024 - 50
Namibia 3.21 children per woman 2024