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Total Fertility Rate, 2023

2023, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Total Fertility Rate, 2023 covers 222 countries. Somalia is highest, at 6.1319; Macau is lowest, at 0.6616. The middle country reads 1.9617. Against 2022, 214 values changed (29 up, 185 down), the same countries are covered.

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Total Fertility Rate · Data for 2023

HighestSomalia

6.1319

LowestMacau

0.6616

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Total Fertility Rate, 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Total Fertility Rate, 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa6.1319
ChadTCDMiddle Africa6.1203
NigerNERWestern Africa6.0615
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa6.0505
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa6.0117
MaliMLIWestern Africa5.6141
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa5.1239
BurundiBDIEastern Africa4.8784
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia4.8403
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa4.7628
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa4.6973
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa4.6063
YemenYEMWestern Asia4.5900
BeninBENWestern Africa4.5564
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa4.4817
SudanSDNNorthern Africa4.3227
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa4.3220
UgandaUGAEastern Africa4.2829
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa4.2828
GuineaGINWestern Africa4.2175
TogoTGOWestern Africa4.1924
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa4.1857
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa4.1567
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa4.1014
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa4.0813

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Somalia6.1319
  2. Chad6.1203
  3. Niger6.0615
  4. DR Congo6.0505
  5. Central African Republic6.0117

Lowest

  1. Macau0.6616
  2. Hong Kong0.7169
  3. South Korea0.7200
  4. Taiwan0.8700
  5. Puerto Rico0.9413

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 1.9617. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 214values changed, of 222 in both
  • 29 · 185rose · fell
  • 8unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2023.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 2 countries share 1.5600. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2023). Total Fertility Rate, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertility-rate/2023

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07Questions

Total Fertility Rate, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertility rate in Total Fertility Rate, 2023?

Somalia, at 6.1319, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Total Fertility Rate, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Total Fertility Rate, 2023 cover?

222.

Where can I download Total Fertility Rate, 2023?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Total Fertility Rate, 2023 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-26, when it was read from the publisher.

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