List of countries by past fertility rate

This is a list of countries showing past fertility rate, ranging from 1950 to 2015 in five-year periods, as estimated by the 2017 revision of the World Population Prospects database by the United Nations Population Division. The fertility rate equals the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.

List of countries 1950 to 2015

Country/dependent territory

1950–1955

1955–1960

1960–1965

1965–1970

1970–1975

1975–1980

1980–1985

1985–1990

1990–1995

1995–2000

2000–2005

2005–2010

2010–2015

7.45

7.48

7.65

7.18

6.37

5.26

6.23

6.55

6.23

5.26

4.60

3.90

3.41

3.15

2.79

2.38

1.95

1.64

1.71

7.28

7.38

7.65

7.57

7.18

6.32

5.30

4.12

2.88

2.38

2.72

2.96

7.30

7.35

7.60

7.40

7.35

7.10

6.75

6.55

6.35

5.95

4.50

4.30

4.00

3.26

2.24

2.14

2.07

2.09

2.31

2.27

2.17

2.10

3.15

3.13

3.09

3.05

3.15

3.44

3.15

3.05

2.90

2.63

2.52

2.40

2.34

4.49

4.90

4.45

3.45

3.04

2.60

2.50

2.60

2.38

1.75

1.65

1.72

1.65

5.65

5.15

4.40

3.30

2.65

2.45

2.36

2.30

2.17

1.95

1.82

1.76

1.80

3.18

3.41

3.27

2.87

2.54

1.99

1.91

1.86

1.79

1.77

1.95

1.88

2.10

2.57

2.78

2.57

2.04

1.65

1.60

1.45

1.48

1.39

1.38

1.40

1.45

5.20

5.60

6.00

5.40

4.60

3.80

3.30

3.20

2.90

2.25

1.90

1.83

2.10

4.05

4.31

4.50

3.58

3.54

2.95

3.05

2.65

2.64

2.33

1.87

1.91

1.81

6.97

7.17

6.97

5.95

5.23

4.63

4.08

3.40

2.95

2.65

2.25

2.12

6.36

6.62

6.80

6.92

6.91

6.63

5.98

4.98

4.06

3.43

2.94

2.48

2.22

4.42

4.30

4.27

3.53

2.72

2.16

1.92

1.77

1.73

1.74

1.75

1.77

1.79

2.61

2.73

2.59

2.28

2.25

2.09

2.08

1.68

1.31

1.26

1.43

1.64

2.36

2.50

2.65

2.39

2.01

1.70

1.60

1.56

1.61

1.60

1.68

1.82

1.78

6.65

6.55

6.45

6.35

6.25

6.20

5.40

4.70

4.35

3.85

3.35

2.84

2.64

5.86

6.13

6.42

6.65

6.83

7.00

7.01

6.88

6.56

6.16

5.78

5.49

5.22

6.67

6.39

6.11

5.07

4.13

3.14

2.62

2.20

6.89

6.77

6.61

6.41

6.15

5.89

5.51

5.08

4.70

4.29

3.82

3.39

3.04

4.82

3.97

3.68

3.14

2.73

2.27

2.02

1.86

1.70

1.68

1.32

1.31

6.50

6.58

6.65

6.70

6.55

6.35

5.95

4.90

4.25

3.68

3.15

2.90

2.88

6.10

6.05

6.00

5.37

4.68

4.28

3.82

3.16

2.51

2.33

2.09

1.82

1.73

6.90

6.89

6.66

5.90

5.49

4.45

3.79

3.47

3.08

2.51

1.99

1.80

1.90

2.53

2.30

2.22

2.13

2.16

2.19

2.01

1.95

1.55

1.20

1.24

1.45

1.51

6.10

6.24

6.35

6.56

6.70

7.02

7.17

7.07

6.93

6.73

6.43

6.08

5.65

6.80

6.86

7.07

7.27

7.30

7.44

7.40

7.55

7.40

7.15

6.85

6.50

6.00

6.95

6.70

6.16

5.42

6.37

5.99

5.13

4.25

3.44

3.08

2.70

5.49

5.53

5.80

6.08

6.31

6.50

6.70

6.60

6.22

5.75

5.45

5.25

4.95

3.64

3.88

3.68

2.61

1.98

1.73

1.63

1.62

1.69

1.56

1.52

1.64

1.61

6.57

6.76

6.97

6.86

6.62

6.10

5.63

4.93

4.14

3.42

2.89

2.50

5.52

5.75

5.90

5.95

5.90

5.70

5.55

5.45

5.30

5.10

6.10

6.20

6.30

6.40

6.67

6.87

7.04

7.21

7.39

7.41

7.24

6.85

6.31

Guernsey

List of regions

Region	1950–1955	1955–1960	1960–1965	1965–1970	1970–1975	1975–1980	1980–1985	1985–1990	1990–1995	1995–2000	2000–2005	2005–2010	2010–2015
Africa	6.62	6.66	6.72	6.72	6.71	6.64	6.48	6.18	5.72	5.34	5.08	4.89	4.72
Asia	5.80	5.56	5.81	5.73	5.03	4.10	3.70	3.50	2.92	2.56	2.41	2.30	2.20
Australia/New Zealand	3.27	3.53	3.38	2.96	2.59	2.02	1.92	1.89	1.90	1.82	1.80	1.99	1.91
Caribbean	5.27	5.19	5.48	5.00	4.37	3.62	3.41	3.13	2.83	2.64	2.49	2.38	2.28
Central America	6.76	6.81	6.75	6.68	6.55	5.49	4.60	3.99	3.50	3.09	2.80	2.54	2.38
Central Asia	4.86	5.32	5.57	5.16	5.02	4.51	4.13	4.00	3.57	2.89	2.51	2.66	2.71
Eastern Africa	7.05	7.05	7.11	7.11	7.14	7.10	7.02	6.80	6.41	6.12	5.76	5.35	4.89
Eastern Asia	5.56	4.98	5.53	5.53	4.36	2.86	2.48	2.59	1.87	1.51	1.52	1.56	1.59
Eastern Europe	2.92	2.82	2.43	2.15	2.14	2.07	2.08	2.09	1.63	1.30	1.26	1.42	1.57
Europe	2.66	2.66	2.57	2.37	2.17	1.98	1.88	1.81	1.57	1.43	1.43	1.55	1.60
Latin America	5.87	5.88	5.89	5.53	5.03	4.48	3.96	3.46	3.06	2.76	2.48	2.26	2.14
Melanesia	6.30	6.34	6.24	6.02	5.82	5.56	5.19	4.74	4.50	4.40	4.16	3.93	3.67
Micronesia	6.25	6.42	6.46	5.84	5.27	4.80	4.40	4.09	3.74	3.44	3.15	3.05	3.00
Middle Africa	6.08	6.11	6.24	6.35	6.50	6.65	6.73	6.76	6.67	6.52	6.39	6.24	5.94
Northern Africa	6.80	6.87	6.94	6.83	6.52	6.18	5.74	5.11	4.21	3.47	3.15	3.09	3.31
North America	3.34	3.61	3.28	2.55	2.02	1.77	1.79	1.88	2.00	1.95	1.99	2.01	1.85
Northern Europe	2.32	2.51	2.71	2.49	2.06	1.80	1.80	1.85	1.80	1.70	1.66	1.85	1.85
Oceania	3.84	4.06	3.94	3.55	3.21	2.73	2.60	2.51	2.49	2.46	2.44	2.53	2.41
Polynesia	6.78	6.86	6.82	6.39	5.74	5.23	4.79	4.37	3.96	3.55	3.32	3.17	2.97
South America	5.67	5.67	5.66	5.22	4.60	4.24	3.80	3.30	2.92	2.64	2.35	2.13	2.03
Southeast Asia	5.93	6.12	6.09	5.91	5.48	4.81	4.20	3.58	3.11	2.69	2.53	2.42	2.35
Southern Africa	6.06	6.07	6.03	5.86	5.60	5.19	4.75	4.15	3.50	3.09	2.85	2.71	2.64
Southern Asia	6.04	6.06	6.07	5.94	5.67	5.31	5.03	4.57	4.04	3.61	3.19	2.85	2.54
Southern Europe	2.68	2.62	2.70	2.68	2.56	2.24	1.83	1.56	1.42	1.34	1.37	1.44	1.42
Sub-Saharan Africa	6.57	6.60	6.67	6.70	6.77	6.78	6.70	6.49	6.16	5.90	5.65	5.40	5.10
Western Africa	6.56	6.63	6.80	6.91	6.87	6.67	6.41	6.16	5.95	5.75	5.53	5.20	4.88
Western Asia	6.15	6.00	5.73	5.36	5.00	4.51	4.03	3.60	3.23	3.02	2.90	2.74	2.61
Western Europe	2.65	2.47	1.96	1.65	1.62	1.57	1.49	1.52	1.59	1.64	1.67	1.69	1.71