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The World Factbook 2002
  Field Listing - Total fertility rate


This entry gives a figure for the average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population growth in the country. High rates will also place some limits on the labor force participation rates for women. Large numbers of children born to women indicate large family sizes that might limit the ability of the families to feed and educate their children.
Country
Total fertility rate ( children born/woman)
Afghanistan 5.72 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Albania 2.27 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Algeria 2.63 children born/woman (2002 est.)
American Samoa 3.4 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Andorra 1.26 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Angola 6.43 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Anguilla 1.77 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 2.29 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Argentina 2.41 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Armenia 1.53 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Aruba 1.8 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Australia 1.77 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Austria 1.4 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Azerbaijan 2.29 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The 2.28 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Bahrain 2.75 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Bangladesh 2.72 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Barbados 1.64 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Belarus 1.31 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Belgium 1.61 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Belize 3.96 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Benin 6.14 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Bermuda 1.81 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Bhutan 5 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Bolivia 3.37 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.71 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Botswana 3.6 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Brazil 2.05 children born/woman (2002 est.)
British Virgin Islands 1.72 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Brunei 2.4 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Bulgaria 1.13 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso 6.26 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Burma 2.23 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Burundi 6.07 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Cambodia 4.66 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Cameroon 4.72 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Canada 1.6 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Cape Verde 3.91 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Cayman Islands 2.03 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Central African Republic 4.77 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Chad 6.5 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Chile 2.13 children born/woman (2002 est.)
China 1.82 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Christmas Island NA children born/woman
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA children born/woman
Colombia 2.64 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Comoros 5.26 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.77 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 4.94 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Cook Islands NA children born/woman
Costa Rica 2.42 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 5.61 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Croatia 1.93 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Cuba 1.6 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Cyprus 1.9 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Czech Republic 1.18 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Denmark 1.73 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Djibouti 5.64 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Dominica 2.01 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic 2.94 children born/woman (2002 est.)
East Timor 3.88 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Ecuador 3.05 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Egypt 2.99 children born/woman (2002 est.)
El Salvador 3.29 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 4.81 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Eritrea 5.8 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Estonia 1.24 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Ethiopia 6.94 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA children born/woman
Faroe Islands 2.27 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Fiji 2.83 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Finland 1.7 children born/woman (2002 est.)
France 1.74 children born/woman (2002 est.)
French Guiana 3.13 children born/woman (2002 est.)
French Polynesia 2.18 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Gabon 3.65 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Gambia, The 5.61 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Gaza Strip 6.29 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Georgia 1.48 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Germany 1.39 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Ghana 3.69 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Gibraltar 1.65 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Greece 1.34 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Greenland 2.43 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Grenada 2.5 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Guadeloupe 1.92 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Guam 3.73 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Guatemala 4.51 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Guernsey 1.36 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Guinea 5.32 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 5.13 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Guyana 2.09 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Haiti 4.3 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Honduras 4.03 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Hong Kong 1.3 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Hungary 1.25 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Iceland 1.99 children born/woman (2002 est.)
India 2.98 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Indonesia 2.54 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Iran 2.01 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Iraq 4.63 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Ireland 1.9 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Israel 2.54 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Italy 1.19 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Jamaica 2.05 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Japan 1.42 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Jersey 1.57 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Jordan 3.15 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Kazakhstan 2.12 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Kenya 3.34 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Kiribati 4.32 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Korea, North 2.22 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Korea, South 1.72 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Kuwait 3.14 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 3.16 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Laos 5.03 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Latvia 1.18 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Lebanon 2.02 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Lesotho 4.01 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Liberia 6.29 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Libya 3.57 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Liechtenstein 1.5 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Lithuania 1.4 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Luxembourg 1.7 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Macau 1.31 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 1.77 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Madagascar 5.77 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Malawi 5.04 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Malaysia 3.18 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Maldives 5.38 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Mali 6.73 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Malta 1.91 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Man, Isle of 1.65 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Marshall Islands 6.49 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Martinique 1.79 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Mauritania 6.15 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Mauritius 2 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Mayotte 6.15 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Mexico 2.57 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of NA children born/woman
Moldova 1.71 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Monaco 1.76 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Mongolia 2.37 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Montserrat 1.81 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Morocco 2.97 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Mozambique 4.71 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Namibia 4.77 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Nauru 3.5 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Nepal 4.48 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Netherlands 1.65 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 2.06 children born/woman (2002 est.)
New Caledonia 2.44 children born/woman (2002 est.)
New Zealand 1.8 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Nicaragua 3.09 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Niger 7 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Nigeria 5.49 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Niue NA children born/woman
Norfolk Island NA children born/woman
Northern Mariana Islands 1.76 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Norway 1.8 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Oman 5.99 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Pakistan 4.25 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Palau 2.47 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Panama 2.22 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Papua New Guinea 4.21 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Paraguay 4.07 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Peru 2.89 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Philippines 3.35 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA children born/woman
Poland 1.37 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Portugal 1.48 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Puerto Rico 1.9 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Qatar 3.1 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Reunion 2.55 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Romania 1.35 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Russia 1.3 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Rwanda 4.72 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Saint Helena 1.53 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.39 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Saint Lucia 2.34 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2.1 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.01 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Samoa 3.3 children born/woman (2002 est.)
San Marino 1.3 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 5.95 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Saudi Arabia 6.21 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Senegal 5.03 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Seychelles 1.81 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Sierra Leone 5.94 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Singapore 1.23 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Slovakia 1.25 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Slovenia 1.28 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Solomon Islands 4.5 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Somalia 7.05 children born/woman (2002 est.)
South Africa 2.38 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Spain 1.16 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Sri Lanka 1.93 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Sudan 5.22 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Suriname 2.44 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Svalbard NA children born/woman
Swaziland 5.77 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Sweden 1.54 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Switzerland 1.47 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Syria 3.84 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Taiwan 1.76 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Tajikistan 4.23 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Tanzania 5.33 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Thailand 1.86 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Togo 5.14 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Tokelau NA children born/woman
Tonga 3 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 1.8 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Tunisia 1.94 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Turkey 2.07 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Turkmenistan 3.54 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 3.18 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Tuvalu 3.07 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Uganda 6.8 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Ukraine 1.32 children born/woman (2002 est.)
United Arab Emirates 3.16 children born/woman (2002 est.)
United Kingdom 1.73 children born/woman (2002 est.)
United States 2.07 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Uruguay 2.35 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Uzbekistan 3.03 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Vanuatu 3.08 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Venezuela 2.41 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Vietnam 2.44 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands 2.24 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Wallis and Futuna NA children born/woman
West Bank 4.77 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Western Sahara NA children born/woman
World 2.7 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Yemen 6.9 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Yugoslavia 1.78 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Zambia 5.43 children born/woman (2002 est.)
Zimbabwe 3.21 children born/woman (2002 est.)

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002
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