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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

  1. 1 Chad 6.03 children per woman 2024
  2. 2 Somalia 6.01 children per woman 2024
  3. 3 DR Congo 5.98 children per woman 2024
  4. 4 Central African Republic 5.95 children per woman 2024
  5. 5 Niger 5.94 children per woman 2024
  6. 6 Mali 5.51 children per woman 2024
  7. 7 Angola 5.05 children per woman 2024
  8. 8 Burundi 4.79 children per woman 2024
  9. 9 Afghanistan 4.76 children per woman 2024
  10. 10 Mozambique 4.69 children per woman 2024
  11. 11 Mauritania 4.63 children per woman 2024
  12. 12 Tanzania 4.54 children per woman 2024
  13. 13 Yemen 4.5 children per woman 2024
  14. 14 Benin 4.48 children per woman 2024
  15. 15 Nigeria 4.38 children per woman 2024
  16. 16 Sudan 4.26 children per woman 2024
  17. 17 Cameroon 4.26 children per woman 2024
  18. 18 Ivory Coast 4.23 children per woman 2024
  19. 19 Uganda 4.17 children per woman 2024
  20. 20 Guinea 4.13 children per woman 2024
  21. 21 Togo 4.12 children per woman 2024
  22. 22 Equatorial Guinea 4.12 children per woman 2024
  23. 23 Burkina Faso 4.11 children per woman 2024
  24. 24 Congo 4.11 children per woman 2024
  25. 25 Zambia 4.04 children per woman 2024
  26. 26 Madagascar 3.91 children per woman 2024
  27. 27 Ethiopia 3.91 children per woman 2024
  28. 28 Gambia 3.91 children per woman 2024
  29. 29 Liberia 3.86 children per woman 2024
  30. 30 Comoros 3.82 children per woman 2024
  31. 31 Samoa 3.8 children per woman 2024
  32. 32 South Sudan 3.79 children per woman 2024
  33. 33 Senegal 3.77 children per woman 2024
  34. 34 Guinea-Bissau 3.76 children per woman 2024
  35. 35 Sierra Leone 3.7 children per woman 2024
  36. 36 Eritrea 3.68 children per woman 2024
  37. 37 Zimbabwe 3.67 children per woman 2024
  38. 38 Rwanda 3.65 children per woman 2024
  39. 39 São Tomé and Príncipe 3.6 children per woman 2024
  40. 40 Gabon 3.59 children per woman 2024
  41. 41 Malawi 3.59 children per woman 2024
  42. 42 Vanuatu 3.57 children per woman 2024
  43. 43 Pakistan 3.55 children per woman 2024
  44. 44 Solomon Islands 3.51 children per woman 2024
  45. 45 Uzbekistan 3.49 children per woman 2024
  46. 46 Ghana 3.34 children per woman 2024
  47. 47 Nauru 3.29 children per woman 2024
  48. 48 Palestine 3.25 children per woman 2024
  49. 49 Iraq 3.22 children per woman 2024
  50. 50 Namibia 3.21 children per woman 2024

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