Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate by country
The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Countries reporting
229
Highest
6.13 live births per woman
Somalia
Lowest
0.662 live births per woman
Macao
Median
1.97 live births per woman
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 6.13 live births per woman in Somalia; the lowest is 0.662 live births per woman in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.97 live births per woman, and the mean is 2.36 live births per woman.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 20 countries rose and 208 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 43.1%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 48.9%).
Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 6.13 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 2 | Chad | 6.12 live births per woman | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 3 | Niger | 6.06 live births per woman | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.05 live births per woman | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 6.01 live births per woman | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 6 | Mali | 5.61 live births per woman | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 7 | Angola | 5.12 live births per woman | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 8 | Burundi | 4.88 live births per woman | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 4.84 live births per woman | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 10 | Mozambique | 4.76 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 11 | Mauritania | 4.7 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 13 | Tanzania | 4.61 live births per woman | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 14 | Yemen | 4.59 live births per woman | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 15 | Benin | 4.56 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 16 | Nigeria | 4.48 live births per woman | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan | 4.32 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 4.32 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 19 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.28 live births per woman | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 19 | Uganda | 4.28 live births per woman | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea | 4.22 live births per woman | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 22 | Togo | 4.19 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 4.19 live births per woman | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 24 | Congo | 4.16 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 25 | Zambia | 4.1 live births per woman | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 26 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.08 live births per woman | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 27 | Gambia | 4.01 live births per woman | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 3.99 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 3.97 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 30 | Liberia | 3.95 live births per woman | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 31 | Comoros | 3.88 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 32 | South Sudan | 3.86 live births per woman | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 33 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.84 live births per woman | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 34 | Samoa | 3.83 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 35 | Senegal | 3.82 live births per woman | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 3.79 live births per woman | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 37 | Zimbabwe | 3.72 live births per woman | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 38 | Eritrea | 3.71 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 39 | Rwanda | 3.7 live births per woman | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 40 | Malawi | 3.65 live births per woman | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 41 | Gabon | 3.65 live births per woman | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 42 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.64 live births per woman | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 43 | Pakistan | 3.6 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 44 | Vanuatu | 3.6 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 3.56 live births per woman | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 3.5 live births per woman | 2023 | up 43.1% | falling |
| 47 | Ghana | 3.4 live births per woman | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 48 | French Guiana | 3.39 live births per woman | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 49 | Nauru | 3.33 live births per woman | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 50 | Palestine | 3.31 live births per woman | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 51 | Iraq | 3.25 live births per woman | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 52 | Namibia | 3.21 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 53 | Kenya | 3.21 live births per woman | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 53 | Tuvalu | 3.21 live births per woman | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 55 | Kiribati | 3.15 live births per woman | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 56 | Tonga | 3.13 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 3.07 live births per woman | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 3.01 live births per woman | 2023 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 60 | Marshall Islands | 2.92 live births per woman | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 61 | Israel | 2.83 live births per woman | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.8 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 63 | Guam | 2.78 live births per woman | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 64 | Algeria | 2.77 live births per woman | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 65 | Eswatini | 2.75 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 66 | Egypt | 2.75 live births per woman | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 67 | Micronesia (country) | 2.75 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 68 | Botswana | 2.73 live births per woman | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 69 | Saint Martin (French part) | 2.72 live births per woman | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 70 | Syria | 2.71 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 71 | East Timor | 2.71 live births per woman | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 72 | Lesotho | 2.69 live births per woman | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 73 | Turkmenistan | 2.69 live births per woman | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 74 | Mongolia | 2.69 live births per woman | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 75 | Haiti | 2.66 live births per woman | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 76 | Jordan | 2.64 live births per woman | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 77 | Tokelau | 2.61 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 78 | Djibouti | 2.61 live births per woman | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 79 | Cambodia | 2.58 live births per woman | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 80 | Bolivia | 2.55 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 81 | Oman | 2.52 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 82 | Niue | 2.51 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 83 | Honduras | 2.5 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 84 | Paraguay | 2.42 live births per woman | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 85 | Laos | 2.42 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 86 | Guyana | 2.41 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 87 | Libya | 2.35 live births per woman | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 88 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.35 live births per woman | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 89 | Guatemala | 2.31 live births per woman | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 90 | American Samoa | 2.29 live births per woman | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 91 | Fiji | 2.28 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 2.28 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 93 | Suriname | 2.25 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 2.24 live births per woman | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 95 | Faroe Islands | 2.24 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 96 | Lebanon | 2.24 live births per woman | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 97 | Morocco | 2.23 live births per woman | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 2.22 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 99 | South Africa | 2.22 live births per woman | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 100 | Reunion | 2.17 live births per woman | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 101 | Western Sahara | 2.16 live births per woman | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 2.16 live births per woman | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 103 | Seychelles | 2.13 live births per woman | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 104 | Indonesia | 2.13 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 105 | Panama | 2.12 live births per woman | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 106 | Myanmar | 2.12 live births per woman | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 107 | Monaco | 2.11 live births per woman | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 108 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.09 live births per woman | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 110 | Venezuela | 2.08 live births per woman | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 111 | Cook Islands | 2.04 live births per woman | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 113 | Belize | 2.01 live births per woman | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 114 | Nepal | 1.98 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 115 | New Caledonia | 1.98 live births per woman | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 115 | Peru | 1.98 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 117 | India | 1.98 live births per woman | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 1.97 live births per woman | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 119 | Greenland | 1.95 live births per woman | 2023 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Philippines | 1.92 live births per woman | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 121 | Vietnam | 1.91 live births per woman | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 122 | Mexico | 1.91 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 123 | Palau | 1.91 live births per woman | 2023 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Gibraltar | 1.89 live births per woman | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 125 | Tunisia | 1.83 live births per woman | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 126 | Bahrain | 1.82 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 127 | Ecuador | 1.82 live births per woman | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 128 | Georgia | 1.81 live births per woman | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 129 | Montenegro | 1.8 live births per woman | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 130 | North Korea | 1.78 live births per woman | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 131 | El Salvador | 1.77 live births per woman | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 131 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.77 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Bulgaria | 1.75 live births per woman | 2023 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 134 | Brunei | 1.75 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 135 | Moldova | 1.73 live births per woman | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 136 | Qatar | 1.73 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 137 | Armenia | 1.71 live births per woman | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 138 | Romania | 1.71 live births per woman | 2023 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 139 | Barbados | 1.71 live births per woman | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 140 | Iran | 1.7 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Falkland Islands | 1.69 live births per woman | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 142 | Azerbaijan | 1.67 live births per woman | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 143 | New Zealand | 1.67 live births per woman | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 144 | Colombia | 1.65 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 145 | France | 1.64 live births per woman | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 146 | Australia | 1.64 live births per woman | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 147 | Saint Helena | 1.64 live births per woman | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 148 | Turkey | 1.62 live births per woman | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 149 | United States | 1.62 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 150 | Brazil | 1.62 live births per woman | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 151 | Aruba | 1.6 live births per woman | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 153 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.58 live births per woman | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 154 | Slovenia | 1.58 live births per woman | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 155 | Maldives | 1.57 live births per woman | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 156 | United Kingdom | 1.56 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 156 | Slovakia | 1.56 live births per woman | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 158 | Malaysia | 1.55 live births per woman | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 159 | Isle of Man | 1.55 live births per woman | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 160 | Iceland | 1.54 live births per woman | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.53 live births per woman | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 163 | Cayman Islands | 1.53 live births per woman | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 164 | Kuwait | 1.52 live births per woman | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 1.52 live births per woman | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 166 | Denmark | 1.51 live births per woman | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 167 | Portugal | 1.51 live births per woman | 2023 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 168 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.5 live births per woman | 2023 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 169 | French Polynesia | 1.5 live births per woman | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 170 | Argentina | 1.5 live births per woman | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 170 | Serbia | 1.5 live births per woman | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 172 | Grenada | 1.49 live births per woman | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 173 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.49 live births per woman | 2023 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 173 | Hungary | 1.49 live births per woman | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 175 | Dominica | 1.48 live births per woman | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 176 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 1.47 live births per woman | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 177 | Croatia | 1.47 live births per woman | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 178 | North Macedonia | 1.47 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 179 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.46 live births per woman | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 180 | Bhutan | 1.46 live births per woman | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 181 | Russia | 1.45 live births per woman | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 182 | Czechia | 1.45 live births per woman | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 183 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.45 live births per woman | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 184 | Montserrat | 1.44 live births per woman | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 185 | Germany | 1.44 live births per woman | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 186 | Cuba | 1.44 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 187 | Switzerland | 1.43 live births per woman | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 188 | Netherlands | 1.43 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 188 | Sweden | 1.43 live births per woman | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 190 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.41 live births per woman | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 191 | Uruguay | 1.41 live births per woman | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 192 | Norway | 1.41 live births per woman | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 193 | Bermuda | 1.4 live births per woman | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 195 | Cyprus | 1.39 live births per woman | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 196 | Belgium | 1.38 live births per woman | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 196 | Saint Lucia | 1.38 live births per woman | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 198 | Bahamas | 1.37 live births per woman | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 199 | Jersey | 1.37 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 200 | Anguilla | 1.36 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 201 | Guernsey | 1.36 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 202 | Jamaica | 1.36 live births per woman | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 203 | Estonia | 1.35 live births per woman | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 204 | Canada | 1.35 live births per woman | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 205 | Albania | 1.35 live births per woman | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 206 | Latvia | 1.34 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 207 | Greece | 1.33 live births per woman | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 208 | Costa Rica | 1.33 live births per woman | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 209 | Austria | 1.32 live births per woman | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 210 | Poland | 1.3 live births per woman | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 211 | Finland | 1.28 live births per woman | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 212 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.27 live births per woman | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 213 | Mauritius | 1.24 live births per woman | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 214 | Spain | 1.21 live births per woman | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 215 | Thailand | 1.21 live births per woman | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 216 | Belarus | 1.21 live births per woman | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 216 | Japan | 1.21 live births per woman | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 218 | Lithuania | 1.2 live births per woman | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 219 | United Arab Emirates | 1.2 live births per woman | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 220 | Italy | 1.2 live births per woman | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 221 | Chile | 1.17 live births per woman | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 222 | San Marino | 1.15 live births per woman | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 224 | Andorra | 1.08 live births per woman | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 225 | Curacao | 1.07 live births per woman | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 226 | British Virgin Islands | 1.04 live births per woman | 2023 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 227 | Vatican | 1 live births per woman | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 228 | China | 0.999 live births per woman | 2023 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 229 | Ukraine | 0.977 live births per woman | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 230 | Singapore | 0.943 live births per woman | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 231 | Puerto Rico | 0.941 live births per woman | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 232 | Taiwan | 0.87 live births per woman | 2023 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 233 | Saint Barthelemy | 0.801 live births per woman | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 234 | South Korea | 0.72 live births per woman | 2023 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 235 | Hong Kong | 0.717 live births per woman | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 236 | Macao | 0.662 live births per woman | 2023 | down 42.4% | volatile |
About this data
The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.