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Births per woman children

In 2023, Somalia had the most births per woman: 6.13.

Definition. The number of children a woman would have if she lived through her childbearing years at this year’s birth rates. How we measure

Source: UN WPP 20242023Updated 28 Oct 2026

Countries and territories with data, ranked

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Every row is 2023, so countries are compared on the same year.
1Somalia6.132023
2Chad6.122023
3Niger6.062023
4Democratic Republic of the Congo6.052023
5Central African Republic6.012023
6Mali5.612023
7Angola5.122023
8Burundi4.882023
9Afghanistan4.842023
10Mozambique4.762023
11Mauritania4.702023
12Mayotte4.622023
13Tanzania4.612023
14Yemen4.592023
15Benin4.562023
16Nigeria4.482023
17Sudan4.322023
18Cameroon4.322023
19Uganda4.282023
20Côte d'Ivoire4.282023
21Guinea4.222023
22Togo4.192023
23Burkina Faso4.192023
24Republic of the Congo4.162023
25Zambia4.102023
26Equatorial Guinea4.082023
27Gambia4.012023
28Ethiopia3.992023
29Madagascar3.972023
30Liberia3.952023
31Comoros3.882023
32South Sudan3.862023
33Guinea-Bissau3.842023
34Samoa3.832023
35Senegal3.822023
36Sierra Leone3.792023
37Zimbabwe3.722023
38Eritrea3.712023
39Rwanda3.702023
40Malawi3.652023
41Gabon3.652023
42São Tomé and Príncipe3.642023
43Pakistan3.612023
44Vanuatu3.602023
45Solomon Islands3.562023
46Uzbekistan3.502023
47Ghana3.402023
48French Guiana3.392023
49Nauru3.332023
50Palestine3.312023
51Iraq3.252023
52Namibia3.212023
53Tuvalu3.212023
54Kenya3.212023
55Kiribati3.152023
56Tonga3.132023
57Papua New Guinea3.102023
58Tajikistan3.072023
59Kazakhstan3.012023
60Marshall Islands2.922023
61Israel2.832023
62Kyrgyzstan2.802023
63Guam2.782023
64Algeria2.772023
65Eswatini2.752023
66Egypt2.752023
67Micronesia2.752023
68Botswana2.732023
69Saint Martin2.722023
70Syria2.712023
71Timor-Leste2.712023
72Lesotho2.692023
73Turkmenistan2.692023
74Mongolia2.692023
75Haiti2.662023
76Jordan2.642023
77Tokelau2.612023
78Djibouti2.612023
79Cambodia2.582023
80Bolivia2.552023
81Oman2.532023
82Niue2.512023
83Honduras2.502023
84Paraguay2.422023
85Laos2.422023
86Guyana2.412023
87Libya2.352023
88Northern Mariana Islands2.352023
89Guatemala2.312023
90American Samoa2.292023
91Fiji2.282023
92Saudi Arabia2.282023
93Suriname2.252023
94Dominican Republic2.242023
95Faroe Islands2.242023
96Lebanon2.242023
97Morocco2.232023
98Nicaragua2.222023
99South Africa2.222023
100Réunion2.172023
101Western Sahara2.162023
102Bangladesh2.162023
103Seychelles2.132023
104Indonesia2.132023
105Panama2.122023
106Myanmar2.122023
107Monaco2.112023
108US Virgin Islands2.092023
109Guadeloupe2.092023
110Venezuela2.082023
111Cook Islands2.052023
112Martinique2.012023
113Belize2.012023
114Nepal1.982023
115New Caledonia1.982023
116Peru1.982023
117India1.982023
118Sri Lanka1.972023
119Greenland1.952023
120Philippines1.922023
121Vietnam1.912023
122Mexico1.912023
123Palau1.912023
124Gibraltar1.892023
125Tunisia1.832023
126Bahrain1.822023
127Ecuador1.822023
128Georgia1.812023
129Montenegro1.802023
130North Korea1.782023
131Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.782023
132El Salvador1.782023
133Bulgaria1.752023
134Brunei1.752023
135Moldova1.732023
136Qatar1.732023
137Armenia1.712023
138Romania1.712023
139Barbados1.712023
140Iran1.702023
141Falkland Islands1.692023
142Azerbaijan1.672023
143New Zealand1.672023
144Colombia1.652023
145France1.642023
146Australia1.642023
147Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha1.642023
148Türkiye1.632023
149United States1.622023
150Brazil1.622023
151Aruba1.602023
152Ireland1.602023
153Antigua and Barbuda1.582023
154Slovenia1.582023
155Maldives1.582023
156United Kingdom1.562023
156Slovakia1.562023
158Malaysia1.552023
159Isle of Man1.552023
160Kosovo1.552023
161Iceland1.542023
162Liechtenstein1.542023
163Trinidad and Tobago1.532023
164Cayman Islands1.532023
165Kuwait1.522023
166Cabo Verde1.522023
167Denmark1.512023
168Portugal1.512023
169Saint Kitts and Nevis1.512023
170French Polynesia1.502023
171Argentina1.502023
171Serbia1.502023
173Grenada1.492023
174Hungary1.492023
175Bosnia and Herzegovina1.492023
176Dominica1.482023
177Caribbean Netherlands1.472023
178Croatia1.472023
179North Macedonia1.462023
180Turks and Caicos Islands1.462023
181Bhutan1.462023
182Russia1.452023
183Czechia1.452023
184Sint Maarten1.452023
185Montserrat1.442023
186Germany1.442023
187Cuba1.442023
188Switzerland1.432023
189Sweden1.432023
190Netherlands1.432023
191Wallis and Futuna1.412023
192Uruguay1.412023
193Norway1.402023
194Bermuda1.402023
195Luxembourg1.402023
196Cyprus1.392023
197Belgium1.382023
198Saint Lucia1.382023
199Bahamas1.372023
200Jersey1.372023
201Anguilla1.362023
202Guernsey1.362023
203Jamaica1.362023
204Estonia1.352023
205Canada1.352023
206Albania1.352023
207Latvia1.342023
208Greece1.332023
209Costa Rica1.332023
210Austria1.322023
211Poland1.302023
212Finland1.282023
213Saint Pierre and Miquelon1.272023
214Mauritius1.242023
215Spain1.212023
216Thailand1.212023
217Japan1.212023
218Belarus1.212023
219Lithuania1.202023
220United Arab Emirates1.202023
221Italy1.202023
222Chile1.172023
223San Marino1.152023
224Malta1.102023
225Andorra1.082023
226Curaçao1.072023
227British Virgin Islands1.042023
228Vatican City1.002023
229China1.002023
230Ukraine0.982023
231Singapore0.942023
232Puerto Rico0.942023
233Taiwan0.872023
234Saint Barthélemy0.802023
235South Korea0.722023
236Hong Kong0.722023
237Macao0.662023

Source: UN WPP 20242023Updated 28 Oct 2026

Births per woman, 2023
under 1.401.40–1.701.70–2.202.20–3.403.40+
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237 of 237 countries and territories reported for 2023.

Years after 2023 are projections.

Over time

The median country’s value ranged from 1.95 to 2.36 between 2009 and 2023.

0.002.004.006.008.002009201420192023SomaliaChadNigerDemocratic Republic…Democratic…Central African Rep…Central Afr…Median

The median of reporting countries and the five highest in 2023. Dashed: median.

Source: UN WPP 20242009–2023Updated 28 Oct 2026

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