Fertility rate in Asia

50 countries in Asia, 2024. Unit: births per woman. World ranking →

First in the ranking
4.76
Afghanistan
Median country
1.96
half above, half below
World
2.19
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.58 to 4.76
Macao - Afghanistan

How to read it

Across 50 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Afghanistan (4.76) and the lowest in Macao (0.58).

The median country is at 1.96: half are above, half below.

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices… · via World Bank WDI (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN) · licence

Fertility rate over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Afghanistan4.76
2Yemen4.50
3Pakistan3.55
4Uzbekistan3.49
5Palestine3.25
6Iraq3.22
7Tajikistan3.04
8Kazakhstan2.98
9Israel2.87
10Syria2.70
11Turkmenistan2.66
12Timor-Leste2.63
13Jordan2.60
14Kyrgyzstan2.60
15Cambodia2.55
16Oman2.51
17Mongolia2.50
18Laos2.40
19Saudi Arabia2.31
20Lebanon2.23
21Bangladesh2.14
22Indonesia2.12
23Myanmar2.10
24India1.96
25Nepal1.96
26Sri Lanka1.95
27Vietnam1.90
28Philippines1.89
29Bahrain1.81
30Georgia1.80
31North Korea1.78
32Brunei1.73
33Qatar1.72
34Armenia1.70
35Iran1.68
36Kuwait1.56
37Maldives1.56
38Malaysia1.54
39Türkiye1.48
40Bhutan1.45
41Azerbaijan1.43
42Cyprus1.38
43United Arab Emirates1.21
44Thailand1.20
45Japan1.15
46China1.01
47Singapore0.97
48Hong Kong0.84
49South Korea0.75
50Macao0.58
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