Benchmark · Mothers & children

Children per woman by country

Average number of children a woman would have in her life (UN World Population Prospects).

In births per woman. The latest year differs by country, so compare the year too.

Source: Our World in Data, Children per woman (births per woman). Retrieved 12 Nov 2026.

All countries, highest first

Births per woman, latest year for each.

Chart and every country
  1. 1NigerAfrica · 20236.06
  2. 2DR CongoAfrica · 20236.05
  3. 3MaliAfrica · 20235.61
  4. 4AfghanistanAPAC · 20234.84
  5. 5MozambiqueAfrica · 20234.76
  6. 6TanzaniaAfrica · 20234.61
  7. 7YemenMiddle East · 20234.59
  8. 8NigeriaAfrica · 20234.48
  9. 9SudanAfrica · 20234.32
  10. 10UgandaAfrica · 20234.28
  11. 11Burkina FasoAfrica · 20234.19
  12. 12ZambiaAfrica · 20234.10
  13. 13EthiopiaAfrica · 20233.99
  14. 14MalawiAfrica · 20233.65
  15. 15PakistanAPAC · 20233.61
  16. 16GhanaAfrica · 20233.40
  17. 17PalestineMiddle East · 20233.31
  18. 18IraqMiddle East · 20233.25
  19. 19KenyaAfrica · 20233.21
  20. 20EgyptAfrica · 20232.75
  21. 21SyriaMiddle East · 20232.71
  22. 22HaitiLatin America · 20232.66
  23. 23JordanMiddle East · 20232.64
  24. 24Saudi ArabiaMiddle East · 20232.28
  25. 25LebanonMiddle East · 20232.24
  26. 26MoroccoAfrica · 20232.23
  27. 27South AfricaAfrica · 20232.22
  28. 28BangladeshAPAC · 20232.16
  29. 29IndonesiaAPAC · 20232.13
  30. 30MyanmarAPAC · 20232.12
  31. 31NepalAPAC · 20231.98
  32. 32IndiaAPAC · 20231.98
  33. 33PhilippinesAPAC · 20231.92
  34. 34MexicoLatin America · 20231.91
  35. 35EcuadorLatin America · 20231.82
  36. 36QatarMiddle East · 20231.73
  37. 37New ZealandAPAC · 20231.67
  38. 38FranceEurope · 20231.64
  39. 39AustraliaAPAC · 20231.64
  40. 40USNorth America · 20231.62
  41. 41BrazilLatin America · 20231.62
  42. 42UKEurope · 20231.56
  43. 43MalaysiaAPAC · 20231.55
  44. 44RussiaEurope · 20231.45
  45. 45GermanyEurope · 20231.44
  46. 46CanadaNorth America · 20231.35
  47. 47SpainEurope · 20231.21
  48. 48ThailandAPAC · 20231.21
  49. 49JapanAPAC · 20231.21
  50. 50UAEMiddle East · 20231.20
  51. 51ItalyEurope · 20231.20
  52. 52ChinaAPAC · 20231.00
  53. 53SingaporeAPAC · 20230.94
  54. 54Hong KongAPAC · 20230.72

Source: Our World in Data, Children per woman (births per woman), latest year for each country. Retrieved 12 Nov 2026.

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Acuitas Health Analytics. Children per woman by country, latest year. Data: Our World in Data. Retrieved 12 Nov 2026, from https://www.acuitashealthanalytics.com/benchmarks/fertility

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About our sources. Values are the latest the source publishes for each place; nothing is filled in or estimated.