List of countries by total fertility rate

This is a list of all sovereign states and dependencies by total fertility rate (TFR): the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.

This agency collects and analyses information on demography issues based on its own work and national sources.

Note: Sometimes the World Bank changes its figures of fertility rates for a certain year due to more accurate and updated information from sources.

The INED - Institut National d'Études Démographiques is based on the online publication Population & Sociétés - Tous les pays du monde (2019), number 569, September 2019.

The PRB[7] is a private, nonprofit organization which informs people around the world about population, health and the environment for research or academic purposes.

World Population Data Sheets are double-sided wallcharts (now published online) that present detailed information on demographic, health and environment indicators for more than 200 countries.

Notes: 1- Changes in figures of fertility rates by country from one year to another do not always reflect an actual increase or decrease of fertility rates in a certain country, but instead reflect a change made due to more accurate and updated information from sources.

2- Figures of fertility rates by country and their ranking are based on single referenced sources, from organizations that investigate demographic issues.

Figures are from the 2015 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2015–2020, using the medium assumption.

[17][18] and from the 2019 revision United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2020–2025, using the medium assumption.

[19] The United Nations Population Division, part of the DESA - Department of Economic and Social Affairs,[20] ranking list is based on the forecast/prediction for the years 2015-2020 and 2020-2025.