Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling by country
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.
Countries reporting
229
Highest
6.03 live births per woman
Chad
Lowest
0.676 live births per woman
Macao
Median
1.95 live births per woman
Years covered
134
1891–2024
Data points
17,919
What the numbers show
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 6.03 live births per woman in Chad; the lowest is 0.676 live births per woman in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.95 live births per woman, and the mean is 2.33 live births per woman.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 16 countries rose and 212 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 36.9%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 46.4%).
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad | 6.03 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 2 | Somalia | 6.01 live births per woman | 2024 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 3 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.98 live births per woman | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 5.95 live births per woman | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 5 | Niger | 5.93 live births per woman | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 6 | Mali | 5.51 live births per woman | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 7 | Angola | 5.05 live births per woman | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 8 | Burundi | 4.79 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 4.76 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 10 | Mozambique | 4.69 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 11 | Mauritania | 4.62 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 13 | Tanzania | 4.54 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 14 | Yemen | 4.5 live births per woman | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 15 | Benin | 4.48 live births per woman | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 16 | Nigeria | 4.38 live births per woman | 2024 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan | 4.26 live births per woman | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 4.26 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 19 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.23 live births per woman | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 20 | Uganda | 4.17 live births per woman | 2024 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea | 4.13 live births per woman | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 22 | Togo | 4.12 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 23 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.12 live births per woman | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 4.11 live births per woman | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 25 | Congo | 4.11 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 26 | Zambia | 4.04 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 27 | Madagascar | 3.91 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 3.91 live births per woman | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 29 | Gambia | 3.91 live births per woman | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 30 | Liberia | 3.86 live births per woman | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 31 | Comoros | 3.82 live births per woman | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 32 | Samoa | 3.8 live births per woman | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 33 | South Sudan | 3.79 live births per woman | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 34 | Senegal | 3.77 live births per woman | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.76 live births per woman | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 3.7 live births per woman | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 37 | Eritrea | 3.68 live births per woman | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 38 | Zimbabwe | 3.67 live births per woman | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 39 | Rwanda | 3.65 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 40 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.6 live births per woman | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 41 | Gabon | 3.59 live births per woman | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 42 | Malawi | 3.59 live births per woman | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 43 | Vanuatu | 3.57 live births per woman | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 44 | Pakistan | 3.55 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 3.51 live births per woman | 2024 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 3.49 live births per woman | 2024 | up 36.9% | falling |
| 47 | Ghana | 3.34 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 48 | French Guiana | 3.34 live births per woman | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 49 | Nauru | 3.29 live births per woman | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 50 | Palestine | 3.25 live births per woman | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 51 | Iraq | 3.22 live births per woman | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 52 | Namibia | 3.21 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 53 | Tuvalu | 3.17 live births per woman | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 54 | Kenya | 3.17 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 55 | Kiribati | 3.12 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 56 | Tonga | 3.1 live births per woman | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 3.07 live births per woman | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 3.04 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 2.98 live births per woman | 2024 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 60 | Marshall Islands | 2.86 live births per woman | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 61 | Israel | 2.79 live births per woman | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.78 live births per woman | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 63 | Guam | 2.75 live births per woman | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 64 | Micronesia (country) | 2.74 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 65 | Egypt | 2.73 live births per woman | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 66 | Algeria | 2.72 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 67 | Eswatini | 2.72 live births per woman | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 68 | Botswana | 2.7 live births per woman | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 69 | Syria | 2.7 live births per woman | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 70 | Saint Martin (French part) | 2.67 live births per woman | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 71 | Lesotho | 2.66 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 2.66 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 73 | Mongolia | 2.63 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 74 | East Timor | 2.63 live births per woman | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 75 | Haiti | 2.62 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 76 | Djibouti | 2.62 live births per woman | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 77 | Jordan | 2.6 live births per woman | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 78 | Tokelau | 2.6 live births per woman | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 79 | Cambodia | 2.55 live births per woman | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 80 | Bolivia | 2.52 live births per woman | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 81 | Oman | 2.51 live births per woman | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 82 | Niue | 2.49 live births per woman | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 83 | Honduras | 2.48 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 84 | Paraguay | 2.42 live births per woman | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 85 | Laos | 2.4 live births per woman | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 86 | Guyana | 2.4 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 87 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.32 live births per woman | 2024 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 88 | Saudi Arabia | 2.31 live births per woman | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 89 | Libya | 2.3 live births per woman | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 90 | Guatemala | 2.29 live births per woman | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 91 | Fiji | 2.27 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 92 | American Samoa | 2.27 live births per woman | 2024 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 93 | Suriname | 2.23 live births per woman | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 94 | Lebanon | 2.23 live births per woman | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 95 | Faroe Islands | 2.22 live births per woman | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 2.22 live births per woman | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 97 | Morocco | 2.21 live births per woman | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 2.21 live births per woman | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 99 | South Africa | 2.21 live births per woman | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 100 | Western Sahara | 2.18 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 101 | Reunion | 2.15 live births per woman | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 2.14 live births per woman | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 103 | Indonesia | 2.12 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 104 | Seychelles | 2.11 live births per woman | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 105 | Panama | 2.11 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 106 | Monaco | 2.1 live births per woman | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 107 | Myanmar | 2.1 live births per woman | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 108 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.08 live births per woman | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 109 | Venezuela | 2.08 live births per woman | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 111 | Belize | 2.02 live births per woman | 2024 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 111 | Cook Islands | 2.02 live births per woman | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 114 | Peru | 1.97 live births per woman | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 115 | New Caledonia | 1.96 live births per woman | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 116 | India | 1.96 live births per woman | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 117 | Nepal | 1.96 live births per woman | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 1.95 live births per woman | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 119 | Greenland | 1.93 live births per woman | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Vietnam | 1.9 live births per woman | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 121 | Philippines | 1.89 live births per woman | 2024 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 122 | Mexico | 1.89 live births per woman | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 123 | Gibraltar | 1.89 live births per woman | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 124 | Palau | 1.88 live births per woman | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Tunisia | 1.82 live births per woman | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 126 | Ecuador | 1.81 live births per woman | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 127 | Bahrain | 1.8 live births per woman | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 128 | Georgia | 1.8 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 129 | Montenegro | 1.8 live births per woman | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 130 | North Korea | 1.78 live births per woman | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 131 | El Salvador | 1.77 live births per woman | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 132 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.76 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Bulgaria | 1.75 live births per woman | 2024 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 134 | Brunei | 1.73 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Moldova | 1.73 live births per woman | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 136 | Qatar | 1.72 live births per woman | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 137 | Armenia | 1.72 live births per woman | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 138 | Romania | 1.71 live births per woman | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 139 | Barbados | 1.71 live births per woman | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 140 | Falkland Islands | 1.69 live births per woman | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 141 | Iran | 1.68 live births per woman | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Azerbaijan | 1.67 live births per woman | 2024 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 143 | New Zealand | 1.66 live births per woman | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 144 | Saint Helena | 1.64 live births per woman | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 145 | Australia | 1.64 live births per woman | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 146 | France | 1.64 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 147 | Colombia | 1.63 live births per woman | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 148 | United States | 1.62 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 149 | Turkey | 1.62 live births per woman | 2024 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 150 | Brazil | 1.61 live births per woman | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 151 | Aruba | 1.61 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 153 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.58 live births per woman | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 154 | Slovenia | 1.58 live births per woman | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 155 | Slovakia | 1.56 live births per woman | 2024 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 156 | Maldives | 1.56 live births per woman | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 157 | United Kingdom | 1.55 live births per woman | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 158 | Isle of Man | 1.54 live births per woman | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 159 | Malaysia | 1.54 live births per woman | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 161 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.54 live births per woman | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 162 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.53 live births per woman | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Cayman Islands | 1.52 live births per woman | 2024 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 164 | Denmark | 1.52 live births per woman | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 164 | Iceland | 1.52 live births per woman | 2024 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 166 | Kuwait | 1.51 live births per woman | 2024 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 167 | Portugal | 1.51 live births per woman | 2024 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 1.51 live births per woman | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 169 | Argentina | 1.5 live births per woman | 2024 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 170 | Serbia | 1.5 live births per woman | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 171 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.49 live births per woman | 2024 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 172 | Hungary | 1.49 live births per woman | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 1.49 live births per woman | 2024 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 174 | Dominica | 1.48 live births per woman | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 175 | Grenada | 1.47 live births per woman | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 175 | Croatia | 1.47 live births per woman | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 177 | North Macedonia | 1.47 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 178 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 1.46 live births per woman | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 179 | Russia | 1.46 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 180 | Czechia | 1.46 live births per woman | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 181 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.45 live births per woman | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 182 | Bhutan | 1.45 live births per woman | 2024 | down 24.6% | falling |
| 183 | Germany | 1.45 live births per woman | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 184 | Montserrat | 1.45 live births per woman | 2024 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 185 | Cuba | 1.45 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 186 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.44 live births per woman | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 187 | Switzerland | 1.44 live births per woman | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 188 | Netherlands | 1.43 live births per woman | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 188 | Sweden | 1.43 live births per woman | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 190 | Norway | 1.41 live births per woman | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 191 | Bermuda | 1.41 live births per woman | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 191 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.41 live births per woman | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 194 | Uruguay | 1.4 live births per woman | 2024 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 195 | Saint Lucia | 1.39 live births per woman | 2024 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 196 | Belgium | 1.38 live births per woman | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 197 | Cyprus | 1.38 live births per woman | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 198 | Bahamas | 1.37 live births per woman | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 198 | Jersey | 1.37 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 200 | Guernsey | 1.37 live births per woman | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 201 | Estonia | 1.36 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 202 | Anguilla | 1.36 live births per woman | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 203 | Jamaica | 1.35 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 204 | Canada | 1.34 live births per woman | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 205 | Latvia | 1.34 live births per woman | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 206 | Albania | 1.34 live births per woman | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 207 | Greece | 1.34 live births per woman | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 208 | Austria | 1.32 live births per woman | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 209 | Costa Rica | 1.32 live births per woman | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 210 | Poland | 1.3 live births per woman | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 211 | Finland | 1.29 live births per woman | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 212 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.27 live births per woman | 2024 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 213 | Mauritius | 1.23 live births per woman | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 214 | Spain | 1.22 live births per woman | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 215 | Belarus | 1.22 live births per woman | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 215 | Japan | 1.22 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 217 | United Arab Emirates | 1.21 live births per woman | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 218 | Lithuania | 1.21 live births per woman | 2024 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 219 | Italy | 1.21 live births per woman | 2024 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 220 | Thailand | 1.2 live births per woman | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 221 | San Marino | 1.16 live births per woman | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 222 | Chile | 1.14 live births per woman | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 224 | Andorra | 1.09 live births per woman | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 225 | Curacao | 1.07 live births per woman | 2024 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 226 | British Virgin Islands | 1.05 live births per woman | 2024 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 227 | China | 1.01 live births per woman | 2024 | down 42.7% | volatile |
| 228 | Vatican | 1 live births per woman | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 229 | Ukraine | 0.988 live births per woman | 2024 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 230 | Singapore | 0.952 live births per woman | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 231 | Puerto Rico | 0.939 live births per woman | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 232 | Taiwan | 0.863 live births per woman | 2024 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 233 | Saint Barthelemy | 0.815 live births per woman | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 234 | South Korea | 0.734 live births per woman | 2024 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 235 | Hong Kong | 0.727 live births per woman | 2024 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 236 | Macao | 0.676 live births per woman | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.