Highest fertility

Births per woman (TFR), 1960–2024 · top 15 highest. The world's highest fertility rates, year by year.

Total fertility rate: children a woman would have at that year's age-specific birth rates. Replacement is about 2.1. Source: World Bank Open Data. Change countries or indicator · All rankings

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Highest fertility

Births per woman (TFR), 1960–2024 · top 15 highest

  1. 1
    Rwanda8.28
  2. 2
    Yemen7.99
  3. 3
    Cote d'Ivoire7.69
  4. 4
    Kenya7.65
  5. 5
    Saudi Arabia7.63
  6. 6
    Jordan7.60
  7. 7
    Dominican Republic7.56
  8. 8
    Niger7.53
  9. 9
    Iran7.52
  10. 10
    Libya7.51
  11. 11
    Syria7.51
  12. 12
    Algeria7.50
  13. 13
    Honduras7.46
  14. 14
    Madagascar7.34
  15. 15
    Afghanistan7.28

Total fertility rate: children a woman would have at that year's age-specific birth rates. Replacement is about 2.1. Countries under 1 million people are left out.

World Bank Open Data

19602024

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birthrate.io, "Highest fertility". https://www.birthrate.io/stories/highest-fertility-world (accessed 11 November 2026).

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