CANADA TFR 1.58

CANADA TFR 1.58 ( same as Macedonia)
USA TFR 2.05

WORLD TOTAL FERTILITY RATE

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dollar figure Military: Military expenditures - percent of GDP Telecommunications: Telephones - main lines in use per capita Telecommunications: Telephones - mobile cellular per capita Rank Country Total fertility rate (children born/woman) 1 Niger 7.75 2 Mali 7.29 3 Uganda 6.77 4 Afghanistan 6.53 5 Somalia 6.52 6 Burundi 6.33 7 Yemen 6.32 8 Burkina Faso 6.28 9 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6.2 10 Ethiopia 6.12 11 Angola 6.12 12 Sierra Leone 5.88 13 Congo, Republic of the 5.84 14 Liberia 5.79 15 Malawi 5.59 16 Oman 5.53 17 Mayotte 5.5 18 Benin 5.49 19 Sao Tome and Principe 5.33 20 Chad 5.31 21 Rwanda 5.25 22 Guinea 5.2 23 Mozambique 5.18 24 Zambia 5.15 25 Madagascar 5.14 26 Equatorial Guinea 5.08 27 Djibouti 5.06 28 Gambia, The 5.04 29 Gaza Strip 5.03 30 Senegal 4.95 31 Nigeria 4.91 32 Comoros 4.84 33 Togo 4.79 34 Eritrea 4.72 35 Gabon 4.65 36 Guinea-Bissau 4.65 37 Kenya 4.56 38 Sudan 4.48 39 Tanzania 4.46 40 Mauritania 4.45 41 Laos 4.41 42 Cameroon 4.33 43 Samoa 4.16 44 Central African Republic 4.14 45 Cote d'Ivoire 4.12 46 Kiribati 4.04 47 Iraq 3.86 48 Saudi Arabia 3.83 49 Haiti 3.81 50 Paraguay 3.75 51 Zimbabwe 3.69 52 Ghana 3.68 53 Papua New Guinea 3.62 54 Pakistan 3.6 55 Marshall Islands 3.59 56 Solomon Islands 3.52 57 Guatemala 3.47 58 Belize 3.36 59 American Samoa 3.29 60 East Timor 3.28 61 Honduras 3.27 62 Philippines 3.27 63 Swaziland 3.24 64 West Bank 3.22 65 Bolivia 3.17 66 Syria 3.12 67 Libya 3.08 68 Cape Verde 3.07 69 Lesotho 3.06 70 Cambodia 3.04 71 El Salvador 3 72 Tajikistan 2.99 73 Turks and Caicos Islands 2.95 74 Malaysia 2.95 75 Tuvalu 2.91 76 Micronesia, Federated States of 2.89 77 Nauru 2.85 78 Kuwait 2.76 79 Dominican Republic 2.76 80 Israel 2.75 81 Bangladesh 2.74 82 India 2.72 83 Namibia 2.69 84 Egypt 2.66 85 Fiji 2.65 86 Kyrgyzstan 2.65 87 Nepal 2.64 88 Botswana 2.6 89 Nicaragua 2.57 90 Guam 2.54 91 Panama 2.53 92 Morocco 2.51 93 Ecuador 2.51 94 Vanuatu 2.5 95 Bahrain 2.5 96 Cook Islands 2.49 97 Venezuela 2.48 98 Colombia 2.46 99 Qatar 2.45 100 Faroe Islands 2.44 101 United Arab Emirates 2.42 102 Jordan 2.39 103 South Africa 2.38 104 Bhutan 2.38 105 Peru 2.37 106 Argentina 2.35 107 Mexico 2.34 108 Indonesia 2.31 109 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.26 110 Jamaica 2.25 111 Tonga 2.25 112 Grenada 2.23 113 Mongolia 2.23 114 Turkmenistan 2.22 115 Turkey 2.21 116 Brazil 2.21 117 Greenland 2.19 118 New Caledonia 2.18 119 Costa Rica 2.14 120 New Zealand 2.1 121 Bahamas, The 2.1 122 Dominica 2.09 123 Antigua and Barbuda 2.07 124 United States 2.05 125 Azerbaijan 2.04 126 Guyana 2.03 127 Albania 2.01 128 Bermuda 1.99 129 Sri Lanka 1.99 130 Suriname 1.99 131 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.98 132 France 1.98 133 Netherlands Antilles 1.97 134 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.97 135 Korea, North 1.96 136 Uzbekistan 1.95 137 Seychelles 1.93 138 Chile 1.92 139 Uruguay 1.92 140 French Polynesia 1.92 141 Brunei 1.91 142 Iceland 1.9 143 Maldives 1.9 144 Burma 1.89 145 Cayman Islands 1.88 146 Kazakhstan 1.88 147 Wallis and Futuna 1.87 148 Virgin Islands 1.85 149 Ireland 1.85 150 Lebanon 1.85 151 Aruba 1.85 152 Saint Lucia 1.84 153 Vietnam 1.83 154 Palau 1.82 155 Mauritius 1.81 156 Algeria 1.79 157 China 1.79 158 Australia 1.78 159 Luxembourg 1.78 160 Norway 1.78 161 Monaco 1.75 162 Anguilla 1.75 163 Denmark 1.74 164 Finland 1.73 165 Tunisia 1.72 166 Trinidad and Tobago 1.72 167 British Virgin Islands 1.71 168 Iran 1.71 169 Puerto Rico 1.71 170 Barbados 1.68 171 Sweden 1.67 172 United Kingdom 1.66 173 Netherlands 1.66 174 Belgium 1.65 175 Thailand 1.65 176 Gibraltar 1.65 177 Man, Isle of 1.65 178 Cuba 1.61 179 Canada 1.58 180 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 1.58 181 Jersey 1.57 182 Saint Helena 1.56 183 Liechtenstein 1.52 184 Malta 1.51 185 Portugal 1.49 186 Switzerland 1.45 187 Georgia 1.44 188 Estonia 1.42 189 Croatia 1.42 190 Bulgaria 1.41 191 Russia 1.41 192 Germany 1.41 193 Guernsey 1.41 194 Romania 1.39 195 Austria 1.39 196 Greece 1.37 197 Armenia 1.36 198 San Marino 1.36 199 Slovakia 1.35 200 Hungary 1.35 201 Andorra 1.33 202 Italy 1.31 203 Spain 1.31 204 Latvia 1.3 205 Slovenia 1.28 206 Poland 1.28 207 Moldova 1.27 208 Ukraine 1.26 209 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.25 210 Belarus 1.24 211 Czech Republic 1.24 212 Lithuania 1.23 213 Montserrat 1.23 214 Korea, South 1.21 215 Japan 1.21 216 Northern Mariana Islands 1.15 217 Taiwan 1.14 218 Singapore 1.09 219 Hong Kong 1.02 220 Macau 0.91 Definition: This entry gives a figure for the average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their childbearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate (TFR) is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population change in the country. A rate of two children per woman is considered the replacement rate for a population, resulting in relative stability in terms of total numbers. Rates above two children indicate populations growing in size and whose median age is declining. Higher rates may also indicate difficulties for families, in some situations, to feed and educate their children and for women to enter the labor force. Rates below two children indicate populations decreasing in size and growing older. Global fertility rates are in general decline and this trend is most pronounced in industrialized countries, especially Western Europe, where populations are projected to decline dramatically over the next 50 years. Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009