|
Note:
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.
Note:
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.
Note:
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.
Country ranking and comparison of TFR by year
1950 and 2015
1950 list by Our World In Data
|
2015 list by Our World In Data
|
Rank |
Country |
Fertility rate in 1950 (births/woman)
|
1 |
Iraq |
8.11
|
2 (1) |
Rwanda (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Rwanda) |
7.92
|
3 (2) |
New Hebrides (British and French Condominium → Vanuatu) |
7.68
|
4 (3) |
Samoa (United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa → Samoa) |
7.63
|
5 |
Jordan |
7.56
|
6 |
Morocco |
7.51
|
7 |
Honduras |
7.47
|
8 |
Afghanistan |
7.45
|
9 |
Philippines |
7.45
|
10 (4) |
Ivory Coast (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Ivory Coast → Ivory Coast |
7.38
|
11 |
Yemen ( North Yemen and South Yemen → Yemen) |
7.37
|
12 (5) |
Kenya (British Empire, Kenya Colony → Kenya) |
7.36
|
13 |
Ethiopia |
7.35
|
14 (6) |
Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola → Angola) |
7.34
|
15 (7) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) |
7.33
|
16 (8) |
Madagascar (French Colonial Empire, French Madagascar → Madagascar) |
7.30
|
17 (9) |
Tonga (British Empire, British Protectorate → Tonga) |
7.30
|
18 (10) |
Algeria (French Colonial Empire, French Algeria → Algeria) |
7.29
|
19 (11) |
Niger (French Colonial Empire, French Niger → Niger) |
7.26
|
20 (12) |
Somalia (British Empire, British Somaliland and Trust Territory of Somaliland → Somalia) |
7.25
|
21 |
Oman |
7.25
|
22 (13) |
Kuwait (British Empire, British Protectorate → Kuwait) |
7.22
|
23 |
Saudi Arabia |
7.20
|
24 (14) |
Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Micronesia) |
7.20
|
25 |
Syria |
7.18
|
26 |
Guatemala |
7.15
|
27 |
Libya |
7.10
|
28 (15) |
Qatar (British Empire, British Protectorate → Qatar) |
6.97
|
29 (16) |
Bahrain (British Empire → Bahrain) |
6.97
|
30 (17) |
Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique → Mozambique) |
6.97
|
31 (18) |
Mali (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Sudan → Mali) |
6.96
|
32 |
Peru |
6.95
|
33 (19) |
Cambodia (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Cambodia → Cambodia) |
6.95
|
34 (20) |
United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States → United Arab Emirates) |
6.94
|
35 |
Bolivia |
6.93
|
36 |
Iran |
6.92
|
37 (21) |
Eritrea ( Ethiopia → Eritrea) |
6.92
|
38 |
Republic of China (Taiwan) |
6.90
|
39 (22) |
Uganda (British Empire → Uganda) |
6.89
|
40 |
Nicaragua |
6.88
|
41 (23) |
Brunei (British Empire, British Protectorate → Brunei) |
6.86
|
42 (24) |
Malawi (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate → Malawi) |
6.84
|
43 (25) |
Burundi (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Burundi) |
6.82
|
44 (26) |
Senegal (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Senegal → Senegal) |
6.79
|
45 |
Colombia |
6.77
|
46 (27) |
Southern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zimbabwe) |
6.75
|
47 |
Turkey |
6.74
|
48 |
Mexico |
6.72
|
49 |
Ecuador |
6.72
|
50 |
Egypt |
6.72
|
51 (28) |
Swaziland (British Empire → Swaziland) |
6.71
|
52 (29) |
Tanzania (British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar → Tanzania) |
6.70
|
53 |
Belize |
6.69
|
54 (30) |
Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → Sudan) |
6.68
|
55 |
Bhutan |
6.67
|
56 |
China |
6.67
|
57 (31) |
South Sudan (British Empire, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan → Sudan → South Sudan) |
6.63
|
58 (32) |
Northern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zambia) |
6.62
|
59 (33) |
Singapore (British Empire, British Singapore → Singapore) |
6.61
|
60 |
Pakistan |
6.60
|
61 (34) |
Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands → Suriname) |
6.58
|
62 (35) |
Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde → Cape Verde) |
6.57
|
63 (36) |
Tunisia (French Colonial Empire, French protectorate of Tunisia → Tunisia) |
6.56
|
64 |
Venezuela |
6.54
|
65 (37) |
East Timor (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor → East Timor) |
6.51
|
66 (38) |
Dominican Republic |
6.49
|
67 |
Paraguay |
6.49
|
68 (39) |
Botswana (British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate → Botswana) |
6.47
|
69 (40) |
Solomon Islands (British Empire → Solomon Islands) |
6.40
|
70 (41) |
Ghana (British Empire, Gold Coast (British colony) → Ghana) |
6.37
|
71 |
Nigeria (British Empire, British Nigeria → Nigeria |
6.36
|
72 (42) |
Malaysia (British Empire, British Malaya and British Borneo → Malaysia) |
6.36
|
73 (43) |
Togo (United Nations trust territories, French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Togoland → Togo) |
6.33
|
74 |
Haiti |
6.31
|
75 (44) |
Djibouti (French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland → Djibouti) |
6.30
|
76 (45) |
Fiji (British Empire → Fiji) |
6.30
|
77 |
Liberia |
6.25
|
78 |
El Salvador |
6.24
|
79 (46) |
Bangladesh (Pakistan, East Pakistan → Bangladesh) |
6.23
|
80 (47) |
Papua and New Guinea (United Nations trust territories → Papua New Guinea |
6.23
|
81 (48) |
São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → São Tomé and Príncipe) |
6.20
|
82 |
Brazil |
6.14
|
83 |
Thailand |
6.13
|
84 (49) |
Mauritania (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Mauritania → Mauritania |
6.12
|
85 (50) |
Kiribati (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Kiribati ) |
6.10
|
86 (51) |
Sierra Leone (British Empire → Sierra Leone) |
6.09
|
87 (52) |
Chad (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Chad → Chad) |
6.06
|
88 (53) |
Greenland (Denmark) |
6.05
|
89 |
South Africa |
6.04
|
90 (54) |
Maldives (British Empire, British Protectorate → Maldives) |
6.03
|
91 (55) |
Burkina Faso (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa → Republic of Upper Volta → Burkina Faso) |
6.03
|
92 |
Burma (→ Myanmar) |
6.03
|
93 (56) |
Saint Lucia (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Saint Lucia) |
6.00
|
94 (57) |
Comoros (French Colonial Empire → Comoros) |
6.00
|
95 (58) |
French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → France) |
6.00
|
96 (59) |
Belgian Congo (Belgian Colonial Empire, Belgian Congo → Congo-Léopoldville → Zaire → DR Congo) |
5.99
|
97 (60) |
Guinea (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa, French Guinea → Guinea |
5.97
|
98 (61) |
South West Africa ( South Africa → Namibia) |
5.96
|
99 |
Nepal |
5.96
|
100 |
Albania |
5.96
|
101 |
Laos (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Laos → Laos) |
5.94
|
102 (62) |
Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea → Guinea-Bissau) |
5.92
|
103 |
India |
5.91
|
104 (63) |
Mauritius (British Empire → Mauritius) |
5.90
|
105 (64) |
Lesotho (British Empire → Lesotho) |
5.81
|
106 (65) |
Grenada (British Empire → Grenada) |
5.80
|
107 |
Lebanon |
5.76
|
108 (66) |
Dahomey (French Colonial Empire, French West Africa → Dahomey → Benin) |
5.75
|
109 (67) |
Guyana (British Empire → Guyana) |
5.69
|
110 |
Panama |
5.68
|
111 (68) |
Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea → Equatorial Guinea) |
5.68
|
112 (69) |
Congo (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa → Congo) |
5.67
|
113 |
Costa Rica |
5.65
|
114 (70) |
Aruba (Netherlands) |
5.65
|
115 |
Sri Lanka |
5.64
|
116 (71) |
Cameroon (United Nations Trust Territories, French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, French Cameroons → Cameroon) |
5.54
|
117 (72) |
SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia → North Macedonia) |
5.52
|
118 |
Mongolia |
5.50
|
119 (73) |
Central African Republic (French Colonial Empire, French Equatorial Africa, Ubangi-Shari → Central African Republic) |
5.40
|
120 |
Indonesia |
5.35
|
121 (74) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia → Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
5.32
|
122 (75) |
Trinidad and Tobago (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Trinidad and Tobago) |
5.28
|
123 (76) |
U.S. Virgin Islands (US) |
5.25
|
124 (77) |
Gambia (British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate → Gambia) |
5.23
|
125 (78) |
New Caledonia (French colonial Empire → France) |
5.22
|
126 (79) |
Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union → Uzbekistan) |
5.08
|
127 (80) |
French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → France) |
5.08
|
128 |
Chile |
5.08
|
129 (81) |
Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union → Azerbaijan) |
5.07
|
130 (82) |
Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union → Tajikistan) |
5.04
|
131 |
South Korea |
5.02
|
132 (83) |
Puerto Rico (US) |
4.97
|
|
World |
4.96
|
133 (84) |
Vietnam (French Colonial Empire, French Indochina, French Vietnam → North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam) |
4.96
|
134 (85) |
Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union → Turkmenistan) |
4.89
|
135 |
Cuba |
4.76
|
136 (86) |
Montenegro ( Yugoslavia → Montenegro) |
4.62
|
137 |
Israel |
4.52
|
138 (87) |
Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire → Antigua and Barbuda) |
4.50
|
139 (88) |
Hong Kong (British Empire, Hong Kong colony → China, Special administrative regions of China) |
4.44
|
140 (89) |
Barbados (British Empire → Barbados) |
4.42
|
141 (90) |
Macau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau → China, Special administrative regions of China) |
4.39
|
142 (91) |
Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union → Kazakhstan) |
4.30
|
143 (92) |
Malta (British Empire → Malta) |
4.14
|
144 (93) |
Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union → Armenia ) |
4.13
|
145 (94) |
Bahamas (British Empire → Bahamas) |
3.98
|
146 (95) |
Gabon (French Colonial Empire, French Congo, French Equatorial Africa → Gabon |
3.95
|
147 (96) |
Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union → Kyrgyzstan) |
3.92
|
148 (97) |
Cyprus (British Empire, British Cyprus → Cyprus) |
3.85
|
149 (98) |
Jamaica (British Empire, Colony of Jamaica → Jamaica) |
3.80
|
150 |
Iceland |
3.62
|
151 (99) |
Slovak Socialist Republic' |
3.59
|
152 |
Poland |
3.53
|
153 (100) |
SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia) |
3.53
|
154 |
Canada |
3.47
|
155 |
Ireland |
3.47
|
156 (101) |
Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union → Moldova) |
3.47
|
157 |
Japan |
3.44
|
158 |
New Zealand |
3.38
|
159 |
Argentina |
3.16
|
160 |
Finland |
3.13
|
161 |
Portugal |
3.10
|
162 |
United States |
3.05
|
163 |
Netherlands |
3.05
|
164 |
Romania |
3.05
|
165 |
Australia |
3.01
|
166 (102) |
Czech Socialist Republic |
2.94
|
167 (103) |
SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia → Croatia) |
2.92
|
168 (104) |
Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union → Lithuania) |
2.90
|
169 (105) |
SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia → Slovenia) |
2.87
|
170 |
France |
2.83
|
171 (106) |
Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union → Russia) |
2.81
|
172 |
Hungary |
2.77
|
173 (107) |
Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union → Ukraine) |
2.72
|
174 |
Uruguay |
2.69
|
175 |
Bulgaria |
2.66
|
176 (108) |
Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union → Georgia) |
2.65
|
177 |
Denmark |
2.58
|
178 |
Italy |
2.50
|
179 (109) |
Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union → Belarus) |
2.50
|
180 |
Greece |
2.47
|
181 |
Norway |
2.46
|
182 |
Spain |
2.45
|
183 |
Belgium |
2.33
|
184 |
Switzerland |
2.33
|
185 |
Sweden |
2.25
|
|
Population replacement |
2.10
|
186 (110) |
Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union → Estonia) |
2.09
|
187 |
Germany ( West Germany and East Germany → Germany) |
2.09
|
188 |
United Kingdom |
2.08
|
189 |
Channel Islands - (111) Guernsey (UK) and (112) Jersey (UK) |
2.06
|
190 (113) |
Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union → Latvia) |
2.01
|
191 |
North Korea |
1.95
|
192 |
Austria |
1.87
|
193 |
Luxembourg |
1.87
|
|
Sovereign states: 80 |
|
|
Dependent territories: 113 |
|
|
World |
|
|
World |
4.96
|
|
Not ranked (no data or data from other years) |
|
1 (1) |
American Samoa (US) |
-
|
2 |
Andorra |
-
|
3 (2) |
Bermuda (UK) |
-
|
4 (3) |
Cayman Islands (UK) |
-
|
5 (4) |
Curaçao (Netherlands) |
-
|
6 |
Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992) |
-
|
7 (5) |
Dominica (British Colonial Empire → Dominica) |
-
|
8 (6) |
Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
-
|
9 (7) |
Gibraltar (UK) |
-
|
10 (8) |
Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → France) |
-
|
11 (9) |
Guam (US) |
-
|
12 (10) |
Isle of Man (UK) |
-
|
13 (11) |
SAP Kosovo ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia → Kosovo) |
-
|
14 |
Liechtenstein |
-
|
15 (12) |
Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Marshall Islands) |
-
|
16 (13) |
Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → France) |
-
|
17 |
Monaco |
-
|
18 |
Nauru |
-
|
19 (14) |
Northern Mariana Islands (US) |
-
|
20 (15) |
Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Palau) |
-
|
21 (16) |
Palestine (Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories) |
-
|
22 |
San Marino |
-
|
23 (17) |
Seychelles (British Colonial Empire, Crown colony → Seychelles) |
-
|
24 (18) |
Saint Martin (French part) |
-
|
25 (19) |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) |
-
|
26 (20) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Colonial Empire → Saint Kitts and Nevis) |
-
|
27 |
Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991) |
-
|
28 (21) |
Turks and Caicos Islands (British Colonial Empire → UK) |
-
|
29 (22) |
Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands → Tuvalu) |
-
|
30 |
Vatican City |
-
|
31 |
Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992) |
-
|
|
Sovereign states: 9 |
|
|
Dependent territories: 22 |
|
|
|
Notes:
(→) Country that changed name and flag, dependent territory that is now an independent country (sovereign state) from another current or extinct (dissolved) state or empire, former dependent territory from a sovereign state or empire that was included in another sovereign state.
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.
1960 and 2015
1960 list by the World Bank
|
2015 list by the World Bank
|
Rank |
Country |
Fertility rate in 1960 (births/woman)
|
1 (1) |
Rwanda (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Rwanda) |
8.19
|
2 (2) |
Kenya (British Empire, Kenya Colony → Kenya) |
7.95
|
3 |
Ivory Coast |
7.69
|
4 |
Jordan |
7.69
|
5 (3) |
Samoa (United Nations trust territories, Western Samoa → Samoa) |
7.65
|
6 |
Morocco |
7.55
|
7 (4) |
Algeria (French Colonial Empire, French Algeria → Algeria) |
7.52
|
8 |
Yemen ( North Yemen and South Yemen → Yemen) |
7.49
|
9 (5) |
Angola (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Angola → Angola |
7.48
|
10 |
Syria |
7.47
|
11 |
Honduras |
7.46
|
12 |
Afghanistan |
7.45
|
13 |
Niger |
7.45
|
14 (6) |
Tonga (British Empire, British Protectorate → Tonga) |
7.36
|
15 |
Nicaragua |
7.34
|
16 |
Madagascar |
7.30
|
17 |
Somalia |
7.25
|
18 |
Oman |
7.25
|
19 (7) |
Kuwait (British Empire, British Protectorate → Kuwait) |
7.24
|
20 (8) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (British Empire → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) |
7.22
|
21 |
Saudi Arabia |
7.22
|
22 |
Libya |
7.20
|
23 (9) |
New Hebrides (British and French Condominium → Vanuatu) |
7.20
|
24 (10) |
Southern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zimbabwe) |
7.16
|
25 |
Philippines |
7.15
|
26 (11) |
Northern Rhodesia (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland → Zambia) |
7.12
|
27 (12) |
Bahrain (British Empire → Bahrain) |
7.09
|
28 |
Dominican Republic |
7.04
|
29 (13) |
Maldives (British Empire, British Protectorate → Maldives) |
7.02
|
30 (14) |
Uganda (British Empire → Uganda) |
7.00
|
31 |
Senegal |
7.00
|
32 |
Mali |
6.97
|
33 |
Peru |
6.97
|
34 (15) |
Saint Lucia (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Saint Lucia) |
6.97
|
35 (16) |
Qatar (British Empire, British Protectorate → Qatar) |
6.97
|
36 |
Cambodia |
6.97
|
37 (17) |
Burundi (Belgian overseas colonies, Ruanda-Urundi → United Nations trust territories → Burundi) |
6.95
|
38 (18) |
Mozambique (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Mozambique → Mozambique) |
6.95
|
39 |
Mongolia |
6.95
|
40 (19) |
Malawi (British Empire, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Nyasaland Protectorate → Malawi) |
6.94
|
41 |
Tunisia |
6.94
|
42 (20) |
Micronesia (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Micronesia) |
6.93
|
43 (21) |
United Arab Emirates (British Empire, Trucial States → United Arab Emirates) |
6.93
|
44 |
Iran |
6.93
|
45 |
Guatemala |
6.90
|
46 (22) |
Eritrea ( Ethiopia → Eritrea) |
6.90
|
47 |
Ethiopia |
6.88
|
48 (23) |
Cape Verde (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Cape Verde → Cape Verde) |
6.88
|
49 (24) |
Brunei (British Empire, British Protectorate → Brunei) |
6.84
|
50 |
Colombia |
6.81
|
51 (25) |
Tanzania (British Empire, Tanganyika and Zanzibar → Tanzania) |
6.81
|
52 (26) |
Comoros (French Colonial Empire → Comoros) |
6.79
|
53 (27) |
Kiribati (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Kiribati ) |
6.79
|
54 |
Mauritania |
6.78
|
55 |
Mexico |
6.77
|
56 |
Ghana |
6.75
|
57 |
Grenada |
6.74
|
58 (28) |
South Sudan ( Sudan → South Sudan) |
6.72
|
59 (29) |
Bangladesh (Pakistan, East Pakistan → Bangladesh) |
6.72
|
60 |
Ecuador |
6.72
|
61 (30) |
Swaziland (British Empire → Swaziland) |
6.72
|
62 |
Egypt |
6.72
|
63 |
Bolivia |
6.70
|
64 |
Sudan |
6.69
|
65 |
El Salvador |
6.67
|
66 |
Bhutan |
6.67
|
67 |
Venezuela |
6.62
|
68 (31) |
Botswana (British Empire, Bechuanaland Protectorate → Botswana) |
6.62
|
69 (32) |
Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands → Suriname) |
6.61
|
70 |
Pakistan |
6.60
|
71 (33) |
Turkmen SSR ( Soviet Union → Turkmenistan) |
6.59
|
72 (34) |
Tajik SSR ( Soviet Union → Tajikistan) |
6.55
|
73 |
Togo |
6.52
|
74 |
Paraguay |
6.50
|
75 |
Belize |
6.50
|
76 |
Albania |
6.49
|
77 (35) |
Djibouti (French Colonial Empire, French Somaliland → Djibouti) |
6.46
|
78 (36) |
Fiji (British Empire → Fiji) |
6.46
|
79 |
Costa Rica |
6.45
|
80 |
Malaysia |
6.45
|
81 |
Liberia |
6.41
|
82 (37) |
Solomon Islands (British Empire → Solomon Islands) |
6.39
|
83 (38) |
East Timor (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Timor → East Timor) |
6.37
|
84 (39) |
Guyana (British Empire → Guyana) |
6.37
|
85 |
Turkey |
6.37
|
86 |
Nigeria |
6.35
|
87 |
Vietnam ( North Vietnam and South Vietnam → Vietnam) |
6.35
|
88 |
Haiti |
6.32
|
89 |
Republic of Upper Volta (→ Burkina Faso) |
6.29
|
90 |
Benin |
6.28
|
91 (40) |
New Caledonia (French colonial Empire → France) |
6.28
|
92 (41) |
Papua and New Guinea (United Nations trust territories → Papua New Guinea |
6.28
|
93 |
Chad |
6.25
|
94 |
Iraq |
6.25
|
95 (42) |
Uzbek SSR ( Soviet Union → Uzbekistan) |
6.25
|
96 (43) |
São Tomé and Príncipe (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Sao Tome and Principe → São Tomé and Príncipe) |
6.24
|
97 (44) |
Mauritius (British Empire → Mauritius) |
6.17
|
98 (45) |
South West Africa ( South Africa → Namibia) |
6.15
|
99 |
Thailand |
6.15
|
100 (46) |
Sierra Leone (British Empire → Sierra Leone) |
6.13
|
101 |
Guinea |
6.11
|
102 |
South Korea |
6.09
|
103 |
Brazil |
6.07
|
104 |
Myanmar (Burma) |
6.05
|
105 (47) |
Guam (US) |
6.05
|
106 |
South Africa |
6.04
|
107 |
Congo-Léopoldville (→ Zaire → DR Congo) |
6.00
|
108 |
Laos |
5.96
|
109 |
Nepal |
5.96
|
110 (48) |
Guinea-Bissau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Guinea → Guinea-Bissau) |
5.92
|
111 |
India |
5.91
|
112 |
Congo |
5.88
|
113 (49) |
Azerbaijan SSR ( Soviet Union → Azerbaijan) |
5.88
|
114 |
Panama |
5.87
|
115 |
Central African Republic |
5.84
|
116 (50) |
Lesotho (British Empire → Lesotho) |
5.84
|
117 |
Singapore |
5.76
|
118 |
China |
5.75
|
119 |
Lebanon |
5.74
|
120 |
Indonesia |
5.67
|
121 (51) |
French Polynesia (French Colonial Empire → France) |
5.66
|
122 |
Cameroon |
5.65
|
123 (52) |
Equatorial Guinea (Spanish Empire, Spanish Guinea → Equatorial Guinea) |
5.65
|
124 (53) |
U.S. Virgin Islands (US) |
5.62
|
125 (54) |
Gambia (British Empire, Gambia Colony and Protectorate → Gambia) |
5.57
|
126 |
Sri Lanka |
5.54
|
127 (55) |
Kirghiz SSR ( Soviet Union → Kyrgyzstan) |
5.47
|
128 (56) |
Jamaica (British Empire, Colony of Jamaica → Jamaica) |
5.42
|
129 (57) |
Trinidad and Tobago (British Empire, West Indies Federation → Trinidad and Tobago) |
5.26
|
130 |
Chile |
5.10
|
131 |
Hong Kong (British Empire, Hong Kong colony → China, Special administrative regions of China) |
5.01
|
|
World |
4.99
|
132 (58) |
Aruba (Netherlands) |
4.82
|
133 (59) |
Armenian SSR ( Soviet Union → Armenia ) |
4.79
|
134 (60) |
Macau (Portuguese Empire, Portuguese Macau → China, Special administrative regions of China) |
4.77
|
135 (61) |
Puerto Rico (US) |
4.66
|
136 |
North Korea |
4.58
|
137 (62) |
Kazakh SSR ( Soviet Union → Kazakhstan) |
4.56
|
138 (63) |
Bahamas (British Empire → Bahamas) |
4.50
|
139 (64) |
Antigua and Barbuda (British Empire → Antigua and Barbuda) |
4.42
|
140 |
Gabon |
4.38
|
141 (65) |
Barbados (British Empire → Barbados) |
4.33
|
142 |
Iceland |
4.29
|
143 |
Cuba |
4.18
|
144 |
New Zealand |
4.03
|
145 |
Israel |
3.87
|
146 (66) |
SR Macedonia ( Yugoslavia → North Macedonia) |
3.84
|
147 |
Canada |
3.81
|
148 (67) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina ( Yugoslavia → Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
3.80
|
149 |
Ireland |
3.78
|
150 |
United States |
3.65
|
151 (68) |
Malta (British Empire → Malta) |
3.62
|
152 (69) |
Montenegro ( Yugoslavia → Montenegro) |
3.60
|
153 |
Cyprus |
3.50
|
154 |
Australia |
3.45
|
155 (70) |
Moldavian SSR ( Soviet Union → Moldova) |
3.33
|
156 |
Portugal |
3.16
|
157 |
Netherlands |
3.12
|
158 |
Argentina |
3.11
|
159 (71) |
Slovak Socialist Republic |
3.04
|
160 |
Poland |
2.98
|
161 (72) |
Georgian SSR ( Soviet Union → Georgia) |
2.94
|
162 |
Uruguay |
2.88
|
163 |
Spain |
2.86
|
164 |
France |
2.85
|
165 |
Norway |
2.85
|
166 |
Finland |
2.72
|
167 |
Austria |
2.69
|
168 |
United Kingdom |
2.69
|
169 (73) |
Byelorussian SSR ( Soviet Union → Belarus) |
2.67
|
170 |
Denmark |
2.57
|
171 (74) |
Lithuanian SSR ( Soviet Union → Lithuania) |
2.56
|
172 |
Belgium |
2.54
|
173 (75) |
Russian SFSR ( Soviet Union → Russia) |
2.52
|
174 |
Switzerland |
2.44
|
175 |
Channel Islands - Guernsey (UK) and Jersey (UK) |
2.42
|
176 |
Italy |
2.40
|
177 |
Germany ( West Germany and East Germany → Germany) |
2.37
|
178 (76) |
SR Slovenia ( Yugoslavia → Slovenia) |
2.34
|
179 |
Romania |
2.34
|
180 |
Greece |
2.33
|
181 |
Bulgaria |
2.31
|
182 (77) |
SR Croatia ( Yugoslavia → Croatia) |
2.29
|
183 |
Luxembourg |
2.29
|
184 (78) |
Ukrainian SSR ( Soviet Union → Ukraine) |
2.24
|
185 |
Sweden |
2.17
|
|
Population replacement |
2.10
|
186 (79) |
Czech Socialist Republic |
2.09
|
187 |
Hungary |
2.02
|
188 |
Japan |
2.00
|
189 (80) |
Estonian SSR ( Soviet Union → Estonia) |
1.98
|
190 (81) |
Latvian SSR ( Soviet Union → Latvia) |
1.94
|
|
Sovereign states: 109 |
|
|
Dependent territories: 81 |
|
|
World |
|
|
World |
4.99
|
|
Major regions |
|
1 |
Arab World |
6.95
|
2 |
Middle East and North Africa (excluding high income) |
6.94
|
3 |
Middle East and North Africa |
6.88
|
4 |
Pacific island small states |
6.77
|
5 |
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) |
6.64
|
6 |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
6.64
|
7 |
South Asia |
6.05
|
8 |
Latin America and Caribbean (excluding high income) |
6.02
|
9 |
Latin America and Caribbean |
5.93
|
10 |
East Asia and Pacific (excluding high income) |
5.82
|
11 |
East Asia and Pacific |
5.39
|
12 |
North America |
3.67
|
13 |
Europe and Central Asia (excluding high income) |
3.13
|
14 |
Europe and Central Asia |
2.83
|
15 |
Central Europe and the Baltics |
2.50
|
|
States’ Size |
|
1 |
Caribbean small states |
5.60
|
2 |
Small states |
5.31
|
3 |
Other small states |
5.06
|
|
International Organizations |
|
|
OECD members |
3.23
|
|
Security Situation |
|
|
Fragile and conflict affected situations |
6.59
|
|
Economic Situation |
|
1 |
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) |
6.75
|
2 |
Least developed countries: UN classification |
6.68
|
|
Economic Income |
|
1 |
Low income |
6.52
|
2 |
Lower middle income |
5.93
|
3 |
Low and middle income |
5.66
|
4 |
Middle income |
5.59
|
5 |
Upper middle income |
5.31
|
6 |
High income |
3.04
|
|
Not ranked (no data or data from other years) |
|
1 (1) |
American Samoa (US) |
-
|
2 |
Andorra |
-
|
3 (2) |
Bermuda (UK) |
-
|
4 (3) |
Cayman Islands (UK) |
-
|
5 (4) |
Curaçao (Netherlands) |
-
|
6 |
Czechoslovakia (Dissolved in 1992) |
-
|
7 (5) |
Dominica (British Colonial Empire → Dominica) |
-
|
8 (6) |
Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
-
|
9 (7) |
French Guiana (French Colonial Empire → France) |
-
|
10 (8) |
Gibraltar (UK) |
-
|
11 (9) |
Greenland (Denmark) |
-
|
12 (10) |
Guadeloupe (French Colonial Empire → France) |
-
|
13 (11) |
Isle of Man (UK) |
-
|
14 (12) |
SAP Kosovo ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia → Kosovo) |
-
|
15 |
Liechtenstein |
-
|
16 (13) |
Marshall Islands (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Marshall Islands) |
-
|
17 (14) |
Mayotte (French Colonial Empire → France) |
-
|
18 |
Monaco |
-
|
19 |
Nauru |
-
|
20 (15) |
Northern Mariana Islands (US) |
-
|
21 (16) |
Palau (Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → Palau) |
-
|
22 (17) |
Palestine (Jordan, West Bank and Egypt, Gaza Strip → Israeli occupied territories → Palestinian territories) |
-
|
23 |
San Marino |
-
|
24 (18) |
SR Serbia ( Yugoslavia → Serbia and Montenegro → Serbia) |
-
|
25 (19) |
Seychelles (British Colonial Empire, Crown colony → Seychelles) |
-
|
26 (20) |
Saint Martin (French part) |
-
|
27 (21) |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) |
-
|
28 (22) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis (British Colonial Empire → Saint Kitts and Nevis) |
-
|
29 |
Soviet Union (dissolved in 1991) |
-
|
30 (23) |
Turks and Caicos Islands (British Colonial Empire → UK) |
-
|
31 (24) |
Tuvalu (British Empire, Gilbert and Ellice Islands → Ellice Islands → Tuvalu) |
-
|
32 |
Vatican City |
-
|
33 |
Yugoslavia (dissolved in 1992) |
-
|
|
Sovereign states: 9 |
|
|
Dependent territories: 24 |
|
|
|
Notes:
(→) Country that changed name and flag, dependent territory that is now an independent country (sovereign state) from another current or extinct (dissolved) state or empire, former dependent territory from a sovereign state or empire that was included in another sovereign state.
(-) Data unavailable, inapplicable, not collected, or country or dependent territory not included. Sovereign states and dependent territories listed by alphabetical order, not ranked.
1970 and 2014
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