Children per woman

Average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at that year's fertility.

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World map: Children per woman, 2024 — Map 2024. Source: Gapminder (CC BY 4.0), d’après ONU, HMD, Maddison et autres.

In 2024, 169 countries have a value. Highest: Chad (6), Somalia (6), Congo - Kinshasa (6). Lowest: South Korea (0.7), Taiwan (0.9), Singapore (1). World (population-weighted average): 2.2. France: 1.6 (111th of 169).

Country ranking in 2024

Rank	Country	Value
1	Chad	6
2	Somalia	6
3	Congo - Kinshasa	6
4	Central African Republic	6
5	Niger	5.9
6	Mali	5.5
7	Angola	5.1
8	Burundi	4.8
9	Afghanistan	4.8
10	Mozambique	4.7
11	Mauritania	4.6
12	Tanzania	4.5
13	Yemen	4.5
14	Benin	4.5
15	Nigeria	4.4
16	Cameroon	4.3
17	Sudan	4.3
18	Côte d’Ivoire	4.2
19	Uganda	4.2
20	Guinea	4.1
21	Equatorial Guinea	4.1
22	Togo	4.1
23	Burkina Faso	4.1
24	Congo - Brazzaville	4.1
25	Zambia	4
26	Ethiopia	3.9
27	Gambia	3.9
28	Madagascar	3.9
29	Liberia	3.9
30	South Sudan	3.8
31	Senegal	3.8
32	Guinea-Bissau	3.8
33	Sierra Leone	3.7
34	Eritrea	3.7
35	Zimbabwe	3.7
36	Rwanda	3.7
37	Gabon	3.6
38	Malawi	3.6
39	Vanuatu	3.6
40	Pakistan	3.6
41	Solomon Islands	3.5
42	Uzbekistan	3.5
43	Ghana	3.3
44	Palestine	3.3
45	Iraq	3.2
46	Namibia	3.2
47	Kenya	3.2
48	Papua New Guinea	3.1
49	Tajikistan	3
50	Kazakhstan	3
51	Israel	2.8
52	Kyrgyzstan	2.8
53	Egypt	2.7
54	Algeria	2.7
55	Eswatini	2.7
56	Botswana	2.7
57	Syria	2.7
58	Lesotho	2.7
59	Turkmenistan	2.7
60	Haiti	2.6
61	Mongolia	2.6
62	Timor-Leste	2.6
63	Djibouti	2.6
64	Jordan	2.6
65	Cambodia	2.6
66	Bolivia	2.5
67	Oman	2.5
68	Honduras	2.5
69	Paraguay	2.4
70	Guyana	2.4
71	Laos	2.4
72	Saudi Arabia	2.3
73	Libya	2.3
74	Guatemala	2.3
75	Fiji	2.3
76	Lebanon	2.2
77	Suriname	2.2
78	Dominican Republic	2.2
79	Morocco	2.2
80	Nicaragua	2.2
81	South Africa	2.2
82	Bangladesh	2.1
83	Indonesia	2.1
84	Panama	2.1
85	Myanmar (Burma)	2.1
86	Venezuela	2.1
87	Belize	2
88	Peru	2
89	India its history →	2
90	Nepal	2
91	Sri Lanka	2
92	Vietnam	1.9
93	Mexico	1.9
94	Philippines	1.9
95	Tunisia	1.8
96	Ecuador	1.8
97	Georgia	1.8
98	Montenegro	1.8
99	North Korea	1.8
100	El Salvador	1.8
101	Bulgaria	1.8
102	Brunei	1.7
103	Moldova	1.7
104	Armenia	1.7
105	Qatar	1.7
106	Romania	1.7
107	Iran	1.7
108	Azerbaijan	1.7
109	New Zealand	1.7
110	Australia its history →	1.6
111	France its history →	1.6
112	Colombia	1.6
113	Türkiye	1.6
114	United States	1.6
115	Brazil	1.6
116	Ireland	1.6
117	Slovenia	1.6
118	Slovakia	1.6
119	United Kingdom	1.6
120	Malaysia	1.5
121	Trinidad & Tobago	1.5
122	Denmark	1.5
123	Iceland	1.5
124	Kuwait	1.5
125	Portugal its history →	1.5
126	Argentina its history →	1.5
127	Serbia	1.5
128	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1.5
129	Hungary its history →	1.5
130	Croatia	1.5
131	North Macedonia	1.5
132	Czechia	1.5
133	Russia	1.5
134	Bhutan	1.5
135	Cuba	1.5
136	Germany its history →	1.5
137	Switzerland its history →	1.4
138	Netherlands its history →	1.4
139	Sweden its history →	1.4
140	Norway	1.4
141	Luxembourg	1.4
142	Uruguay	1.4
143	Belgium	1.4
144	Cyprus	1.4
145	Bahamas	1.4
146	Estonia	1.4
147	Jamaica	1.4
148	Albania	1.3
149	Canada	1.3
150	Greece	1.3
151	Latvia	1.3
152	Austria	1.3
153	Costa Rica	1.3
154	Poland	1.3
155	Finland	1.3
156	Belarus	1.2
157	Spain its history →	1.2
158	Japan	1.2
159	United Arab Emirates	1.2
160	Italy	1.2
161	Lithuania	1.2
162	Thailand	1.2
163	Chile	1.1
164	Malta	1.1
165	China	1
166	Ukraine its history →	1
167	Singapore	1
168	Taiwan	0.9
169	South Korea	0.7

9 countries or territories have no value that year.

Continent averages

World (population-weighted average)	2.2
Europe (average)	1.4
Africa (average)	4.1
Americas (average)	1.7
Asia (average)	1.8
Oceania (average)	2

Understanding this map

Definition

This is the “total fertility rate”: the birth rates of every age (15 to 49) observed in a single year, added up. It does not count the children of a real generation, but those of an imaginary woman living her whole life under that year's conditions.

The 2.1 threshold

At around 2.1 children per woman, each generation roughly replaces the previous one (a bit over 2, because some children die before adulthood). Below it, the population eventually shrinks without immigration.

The demographic transition

Everywhere, mortality falls first and fertility afterwards: in between, population booms. France is an early exception (decline from the late 18th century); South Korea goes from 6 children to 1 in half a century.

Sources : Gapminder (CC BY 4.0), d’après ONU, HMD, Maddison et autres

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