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By Jagran Josh
Jan 11, 2013, 16:50 IST

The list of all countries and dependent territories by total fertility rate (TFR) as per Central Intelligence Agency.

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Rank Country Fertility Rate 2012 (births/ woman)
1  Niger 7.52
2 Uganda 6.65
3 Mali 6.35
4 Somalia 6.26
5 Burundi 6.08
6 Burkina Faso 6.07
7 Ethiopia 5.97
8 Zambia 5.90
9 Afghanistan 5.64
10 Republic of the Congo 5.59
11 Angola 5.54
12 Mozambique 5.40
13 Nigeria 5.38
14 Malawi 5.35
15 Benin 5.22
16 DR Congo 5.09
17 Guinea 5.04
18 Liberia 5.02
19 Madagascar 4.96
20 Sao Tome and Principe 4.94
21 Chad 4.93
22 Sierra Leone 4.90
23 Equatorial Guinea 4.83
24 Rwanda 4.81
25 Senegal 4.69
26 Togo 4.64
27 Gaza Strip 4.57
28 Central African Republic 4.57
29 Gabon 4.56
30 Yemen 4.45
31 Guinea-Bissau 4.44
32 Eritrea 4.37
33 Western Sahara 4.22
34 Mauritania 4.22
35 Sudan 4.17
36 Gambia 4.10
37 Cameroon 4.09
38 Comoros 4.09
39 Tanzania 4.02
40 Kenya 3.98
41 Côte d'Ivoire 3.82
42 Zimbabwe 3.61
43 Iraq 3.58
44 Tonga 3.55
45 Solomon Islands 3.51
46 Ghana 3.39
47 Papua New Guinea 3.39
48 Marshall Islands 3.37
49 Jordan 3.36
50 Guatemala 3.18
51 Belize 3.15
52 Philippines 3.15
53 Samoa 3.13
54 American Samoa (US) 3.10
55 Tuvalu 3.08
56 Pakistan 3.07
57 Laos 3.06
58 East Timor 3.06
59 Nauru 3.03
60 Swaziland 3.03
61 Honduras 3.01
62 West Bank 2.98
63 Haiti 2.98
64 Egypt 2.94
65 Bolivia 2.93
66 Libya 2.90
67 Lesotho 2.89
68 Oman 2.87
69 Syria 2.85
70 Tajikistan 2.85
71 Cambodia 2.78
72 Kyrgyzstan 2.73
73 Kiribati 2.71
74 Federated States of Micronesia 2.68
75 Israel 2.67
76 Malaysia 2.64
77 Djibouti 2.63
78 Kuwait 2.60
79 India 2.58
80 Fiji 2.58
81 Bangladesh 2.55
82 Botswana 2.46
83 Guam (US) 2.45
84 Cape Verde 2.44
85 Panama 2.43
86 Dominican Republic 2.41
87 Namibia 2.41
88 Kazakhstan 2.41
89 Nepal 2.41
90 Faroe Islands (Denmark) 2.40
91 Venezuela 2.40
92 United Arab Emirates 2.38
93 Ecuador 2.38
94 Cook Islands 2.35
95 Vanuatu 2.35
96 Peru 2.29
97 Argentina 2.29
98 South Africa 2.28
99 Mexico 2.27
100 Guyana 2.27
101 Saudi Arabia 2.26
102 Burma 2.23
103 Indonesia 2.23
104 Mongolia 2.19
105 Morocco 2.19
106 Sri Lanka 2.17
107 Brazil 2.16
108 Grenada 2.15
109 Turkmenistan 2.14
110 Bhutan 2.13
111 Turkey 2.13
112 Colombia 2.12
113 Jamaica 2.12
114 Greenland (Denmark) 2.11
115 Curacao (Netherlands) 2.10
116 Northern Mariana Islands (US) 2.09
117 Suriname 2.08
118 Nicaragua 2.08
119 France 2.08
120 New Zealand 2.07
121 Dominica 2.06
122 Paraguay 2.06
123 United States 2.06
124 Antigua and Barbuda 2.05
125 New Caledonia (France) 2.04
126 El Salvador 2.04
127 Tunisia 2.02
128 Ireland 2.01
129  North Korea 2.01
130 French Polynesia (France) 2.00
131 The Bahamas 1.98
132 Bermuda (UK) 1.97
133 Isle of Man (UK) 1.96
134 Gibraltar (UK) 1.94
135 Qatar 1.93
136 Azerbaijan 1.92
137 Costa Rica 1.92
138 United Kingdom 1.91
139 Seychelles 1.90
140  Vietnam 1.89
141 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.89
142 Iceland 1.89
143 Cayman Islands (UK) 1.87
144 Uruguay 1.87
145 Iran 1.87
146 Chile 1.87
147 Uzbekistan 1.86
148 Bahrain 1.86
149 Brunei 1.85
150 Aruba (Netherlands) 1.84
151 Saint Lucia 1.80
152 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.79
153 Wallis and Futuna (France) 1.79
154 Maldives 1.79
155 U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 1.78
156 Netherlands 1.78
157 Mauritius 1.78
158 Australia 1.77
159 Luxembourg 1.77
160 Norway 1.77
161 Lebanon 1.76
162 Anguilla (UK) 1.75
163 Denmark 1.74
164 Algeria 1.74
165 Finland 1.73
166 Trinidad and Tobago 1.72
167 Palau 1.72
168 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 1.70
169 Sint Maarten (Netherlands) 1.70
170 Liechtenstein 1.69
171 Barbados 1.68
172 Sweden 1.67
173 Jersey (UK) 1.66
174 Thailand 1.66
175 Belgium 1.65
176 Puerto Rico (US) 1.63
177 Russia 1.61
178 Macedonia 1.59
179 Canada 1.59
- European Union 1.58
180 Saint Helena (UK) 1.57
181 Moldova 1.55
182 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 1.55
183 People's Republic of China (mainland only) 1.55
184 Guernsey (UK) 1.54
185 Malta 1.53
186 Monaco 1.51
187 Portugal 1.51
188 Spain 1.48
189 San Marino 1.48
190 Albania 1.48
191 Switzerland 1.47
192 Georgia 1.46
193 Belarus 1.45
194 Cyprus 1.45
195 Cuba 1.45
196 Croatia 1.44
197 Estonia 1.44
198 Bulgaria 1.43
199 Germany 1.41
200 Austria 1.41
201 Hungary 1.41
202 Italy 1.40
203 Serbia 1.40
204 Japan 1.39
205 Greece 1.39
206 Slovakia 1.38
207 Armenia 1.38
208 Andorra 1.36
209 Latvia 1.33
210 Slovenia 1.31
211 Poland 1.31
212 Romania 1.30
213 Ukraine 1.29
214 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.28
215 Montserrat (UK) 1.27
216 Czech Republic 1.27
217 Lithuania 1.27
218 South Korea 1.23
219 British Virgin Islands (UK) 1.22
220 Republic of China (Taiwan) 1.10
221 Hong Kong (PRC) 1.09
222 Macau (PRC) 0.92
223 Singapore 0.78

 

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