1
🇹🇩Chad
6.03
2
🇸🇴Somalia
6.01
3
🇨🇩DR Congo
5.98
4
🇨🇫Central African Republic
5.95
5
🇳🇪Niger
5.94
6
🇲🇱Mali
5.51
7
🇦🇴Angola
5.05
8
🇧🇮Burundi
4.79
9
🇦🇫Afghanistan
4.76
10
🇲🇿Mozambique
4.69
11
🇲🇷Mauritania
4.63
12
🇹🇿Tanzania
4.54
13
🇾🇪Yemen
4.50
14
🇧🇯Benin
4.48
15
🇳🇬Nigeria
4.38
16
🇸🇩Sudan
4.26
17
🇨🇲Cameroon
4.26
18
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
4.23
19
🇺🇬Uganda
4.17
20
🇬🇳Guinea
4.13
21
🇹🇬Togo
4.12
22
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea
4.12
23
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
4.11
24
🇨🇬Congo
4.11
25
🇿🇲Zambia
4.04
26
🇲🇬Madagascar
3.91
27
🇪🇹Ethiopia
3.91
28
🇬🇲Gambia
3.91
29
🇱🇷Liberia
3.86
30
🇰🇲Comoros
3.82
31
🇼🇸Samoa
3.80
32
🇸🇸South Sudan
3.79
33
🇸🇳Senegal
3.77
34
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
3.76
35
🇸🇱Sierra Leone
3.70
36
🇪🇷Eritrea
3.68
37
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
3.67
38
🇷🇼Rwanda
3.65
39
🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe
3.60
40
🇬🇦Gabon
3.59
41
🇲🇼Malawi
3.59
42
🇻🇺Vanuatu
3.57
43
🇵🇰Pakistan
3.55
44
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
3.51
45
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
3.49
46
🇬🇭Ghana
3.34
47
🇳🇷Nauru
3.29
48
🇵🇸Palestine
3.25
49
🇮🇶Iraq
3.22
50
🇳🇦Namibia
3.21
Highlights
As of 2024, Chad ranks first with 6.03, followed by Somalia (6.01) and DR Congo (5.98).
The top two are virtually level: Chad and Somalia differ by less than 1%.
Across 215 countries and territories, values run from 6.03 (Chad) to 0.58 (Macau), with a median of 1.91.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Africa and 1 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 2024. Unit: births per woman.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Fertility rate, total (births per woman) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026