Fertility Rate by Country

Saudi Arabia leads with 2.31 births per woman as of Dec 2024, across 50 economies tracked below.

#CountryLastPreviousReference
1Saudi Arabia2.31 births per woman2.28 births per womanDec 2024
2South Africa2.21 births per woman2.22 births per womanDec 2024
3Indonesia2.12 births per woman2.13 births per womanDec 2024
4India1.96 births per woman1.98 births per womanDec 2024
5Mexico1.89 births per woman1.91 births per womanDec 2024
6Bulgaria1.72 births per woman1.81 births per womanDec 2024
7United States1.63 births per woman1.62 births per womanDec 2024
8Brazil1.61 births per woman1.62 births per womanDec 2024
9France1.61 births per woman1.66 births per womanDec 2024
10New Zealand1.57 births per woman1.57 births per womanDec 2024
11United Kingdom1.55 births per woman1.56 births per womanDec 2024
12Slovenia1.52 births per woman1.51 births per womanDec 2024
13Argentina1.50 births per woman1.50 births per womanDec 2024
14Australia1.48 births per woman1.50 births per womanDec 2024
15Türkiye1.48 births per woman1.51 births per womanDec 2024
16Ireland1.47 births per woman1.50 births per womanDec 2024
17Denmark1.47 births per woman1.50 births per womanDec 2024
18Slovakia1.46 births per woman1.49 births per womanDec 2024
19Croatia1.46 births per woman1.46 births per womanDec 2024
20Norway1.45 births per woman1.40 births per womanDec 2024
21Belgium1.44 births per woman1.47 births per womanDec 2024
22Netherlands1.43 births per woman1.43 births per womanDec 2024
23Sweden1.43 births per woman1.45 births per womanDec 2024
24Russia1.42 births per woman1.41 births per womanDec 2024
25Portugal1.41 births per woman1.45 births per womanDec 2024
26Hungary1.41 births per woman1.55 births per womanDec 2024
27Romania1.39 births per woman1.54 births per womanDec 2024
28Cyprus1.38 births per woman1.39 births per womanDec 2024
29Germany1.36 births per woman1.39 births per womanDec 2024
30Czechia1.36 births per woman1.46 births per womanDec 2024
31Euro Area1.35 births per woman1.38 births per womanDec 2024
32Austria1.31 births per woman1.32 births per womanDec 2024
33Switzerland1.29 births per woman1.33 births per womanDec 2024
34Canada1.25 births per woman1.27 births per womanDec 2024
35Finland1.25 births per woman1.26 births per womanDec 2024
36Luxembourg1.25 births per woman1.25 births per womanDec 2024
37Greece1.24 births per woman1.26 births per womanDec 2024
38Latvia1.24 births per woman1.36 births per womanDec 2024
39Thailand1.20 births per woman1.21 births per womanDec 2024
40Italy1.18 births per woman1.21 births per womanDec 2024
41Estonia1.18 births per woman1.31 births per womanDec 2024
42Japan1.15 births per woman1.20 births per womanDec 2024
43Poland1.14 births per woman1.20 births per womanDec 2024
44Lithuania1.11 births per woman1.18 births per womanDec 2024
45Spain1.10 births per woman1.12 births per womanDec 2024
46China1.01 births per woman1.00 births per womanDec 2024
47Malta1.01 births per woman1.06 births per womanDec 2024
48Singapore0.97 births per woman0.97 births per womanDec 2024
49Hong Kong0.84 births per woman0.75 births per womanDec 2024
50South Korea0.75 births per woman0.72 births per womanDec 2024

Source & methodology

We use primary economic sources for every country. See our methodology page for how we source and verify this data.

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