The CIA World Factbook Edition 2011 People and Society

Total fertility rate In 36 editions of 36.

Total fertility rate was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2011 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2011 edition
234
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Total fertility rate” (1990 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

2.46 children born/woman (2011 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

1.75 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 161

Angola

5.97 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 9

Benin

5.31 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 14

Botswana

2.5 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 82

Burkina Faso

6.14 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 6

Burundi

6.16 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 5

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

2.49 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

Cameroon

4.17 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 39

Central African Republic

4.63 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 31

Chad

5.05 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 19

Comoros

4.72 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 28

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

5.24 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 15

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

5.68 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 10

Cote d'Ivoire

3.92 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

Djibouti

2.71 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 74

Egypt

2.97 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Equatorial Guinea

4.91 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 22

Eritrea

4.48 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 34

Swaziland now Eswatini

3.11 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 58

Ethiopia

6.02 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 7

Gabon

4.59 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 32

Gambia, The now The Gambia

4.23 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 37

Ghana

3.48 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

Guinea

5.1 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 17

Guinea-Bissau

4.51 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 33

Kenya

4.19 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 38

Lesotho

2.94 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

Liberia

5.13 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 16

Libya

2.96 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 66

Madagascar

5.02 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 20

Malawi

5.43 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 12

Mali

6.44 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 3

Mauritania

4.3 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 35

Mauritius

1.79 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 155

Mayotte

4 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

Morocco

2.21 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 103

Mozambique

5.46 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 11

Namibia

2.49 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 84

Niger

7.6 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 1

Nigeria

4.73 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 27

Rwanda

4.9 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 23

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

1.57 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 178

Sao Tome and Principe

5.08 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 18

Senegal

4.78 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 25

Seychelles

1.91 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 136

Sierra Leone

4.94 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 21

Somalia

6.35 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 4

South Africa

2.3 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 99

Sudan

4.84 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 24

Tanzania

4.16 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 40

Togo

4.69 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 29

Tunisia

2.03 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 124

Uganda

6.69 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 2

Western Sahara

4.3 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 36

Zambia

5.98 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 8

Zimbabwe

3.63 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 44

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

2.13 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 113

Iceland

1.89 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 141

Svalbard

NA

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

5.39 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 13

Armenia

1.37 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 204

Azerbaijan

2.02 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 127

Bangladesh

2.6 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 81

Bhutan

2.2 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

China

1.54 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 180

Georgia

1.45 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 190

India

2.62 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 79

Japan

1.21 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 218

Kazakhstan

1.87 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 147

Korea, North now North Korea

2.02 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 126

Korea, South now South Korea

1.23 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 217

Kyrgyzstan

2.63 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

Maldives

1.81 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 150

Mongolia

2.21 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Nepal

2.47 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

Pakistan

3.17 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 54

Russia

1.42 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 196

Sri Lanka

2.2 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 105

Tajikistan

2.89 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 69

Turkmenistan

2.16 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 110

Uzbekistan

1.89 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 140

Central America and the Caribbean

30 entries

Anguilla

1.75 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 160

Antigua and Barbuda

2.05 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 123

Aruba

1.84 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 149

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

1.99 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 128

Barbados

1.68 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 169

Belize

3.21 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 52

British Virgin Islands

1.71 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 166

Cayman Islands

1.87 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 146

Costa Rica

1.93 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 134

Cuba

1.44 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 192

Curacao

2.1 children born/woman (2009)

  • country comparison to the world: 117

Dominica

2.07 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 121

Dominican Republic

2.44 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

El Salvador

2.08 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 119

Grenada

2.18 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 107

Guatemala

3.27 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 50

Haiti

3.07 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 62

Honduras

3.09 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 60

Jamaica

2.17 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 109

Montserrat

1.26 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 213

Nicaragua

2.12 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 115

Panama

2.45 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 86

Puerto Rico

1.62 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 175

Saint Kitts and Nevis

1.79 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 154

Saint Lucia

1.81 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 151

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

1.92 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 135

Sint Maarten

1.7 children born/woman (2009)

  • country comparison to the world: 168

Trinidad and Tobago

1.72 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 165

Turks and Caicos Islands

1.7 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 167

Virgin Islands

1.8 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 153

Europe

46 entries

Albania

1.48 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 186

Andorra

1.35 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 205

Austria

1.4 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 198

Belarus

1.26 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 215

Belgium

1.65 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 174

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1.27 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 212

Bulgaria

1.42 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 195

Croatia

1.43 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 194

Czech Republic now Czechia

1.26 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 214

Denmark

1.74 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 162

Estonia

1.44 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 193

European Union

1.51 children born/woman (2010 est.)

Faroe Islands

2.42 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 89

Finland

1.73 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 163

France

1.96 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 132

Germany

1.41 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 197

Gibraltar

1.96 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

Greece

1.38 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 202

Guernsey

1.54 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 181

Hungary

1.4 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 199

Ireland

2.02 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 125

Isle of Man

1.96 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 131

Italy

1.39 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 201

Jersey

1.66 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 172

Latvia

1.32 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 206

Liechtenstein

1.53 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 182

Lithuania

1.25 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 216

Luxembourg

1.77 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 157

Malta

1.52 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 183

Moldova

1.29 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 210

Monaco

1.5 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 184

Netherlands

1.66 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 173

Macedonia now North Macedonia

1.58 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 176

Norway

1.77 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 158

Poland

1.3 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 207

Portugal

1.5 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 185

Romania

1.29 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 209

San Marino

1.47 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 187

Serbia

1.4 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 200

Slovakia

1.37 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 203

Slovenia

1.3 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 208

Spain

1.47 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 188

Sweden

1.67 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 170

Switzerland

1.46 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 189

Ukraine

1.28 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 211

United Kingdom

1.91 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 138

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

1.88 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 143

Cyprus

1.45 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 191

Gaza Strip

4.74 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 26

Iran

1.88 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 142

Iraq

3.67 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 42

Israel

2.7 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 75

Jordan

3.39 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 49

Kuwait

2.64 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

Lebanon

1.77 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 159

Oman

2.87 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 70

Qatar

2.43 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

Saudi Arabia

2.31 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 97

Syria

2.94 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 68

Turkey now Turkiye

2.15 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 111

United Arab Emirates

2.4 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 92

West Bank

3.05 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 63

Yemen

4.63 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 30

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

1.97 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 129

Canada

1.58 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 177

Mexico

2.29 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 100

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

1.55 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 179

United States

2.06 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 122

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

3.16 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

Australia

1.78 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 156

Cook Islands

2.39 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 93

Fiji

2.61 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 80

French Polynesia

1.87 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 145

Guam

2.48 children born/woman (2011 est.)

Kiribati

2.78 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 72

Marshall Islands

3.44 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 48

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

2.74 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

Nauru

3.08 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 61

New Caledonia

2.07 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 120

New Zealand

2.08 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 118

Niue

NA

Norfolk Island

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

2.13 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 114

Palau

1.73 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 164

Papua New Guinea

3.46 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 47

Pitcairn Islands

NA

Samoa

3.22 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 51

Solomon Islands

3.59 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 45

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

3.65 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 43

Tuvalu

3.11 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 59

Vanuatu

2.39 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 94

Wallis and Futuna

1.81 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 152

South America

13 entries

Argentina

2.31 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 98

Bolivia

3 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Brazil

2.18 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 108

Chile

1.88 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 144

Colombia

2.15 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 112

Ecuador

2.42 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

Guyana

2.34 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 95

Paraguay

2.11 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 116

Peru

2.32 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 96

Suriname

1.95 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 133

Uruguay

1.89 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 139

Venezuela

2.42 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

1.86 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 148

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

2.26 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

Cambodia

2.84 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 71

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA

Hong Kong

1.07 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 221

Indonesia

2.25 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 102

Laos

3.14 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 56

Macau

0.92 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 222

Malaysia

2.67 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

Philippines

3.19 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 53

Singapore

1.11 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 220

Taiwan

1.15 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 219

Thailand

1.66 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 171

Timor-Leste

3.13 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

Vietnam

1.91 children born/woman (2011 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 137

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2011, “Total fertility rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/total-fertility-rate/2011.

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