Afghanistan Fertility Rate 1960-2025

Afghanistan fertility rate for 2022 was 4.52, a 2.58% decline from 2021.
  • Afghanistan fertility rate for 2021 was 4.64, a 2.25% decline from 2020.
  • Afghanistan fertility rate for 2020 was 4.75, a 2.46% decline from 2019.
  • Afghanistan fertility rate for 2019 was 4.87, a 2.64% decline from 2018.
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.

Births per Woman

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Annual % Change

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Country Rankings
Country Name Births per Woman
Niger 6.75
Chad 6.22
Somalia 6.20
Democratic Republic of Congo 6.11
Central African Republic 5.92
Mali 5.87
Angola 5.21
Nigeria 5.14
Burundi 4.98
Benin 4.90
Burkina Faso 4.67
Tanzania 4.66
Gambia 4.59
Mozambique 4.56
Afghanistan 4.52
Uganda 4.47
Sudan 4.38
Cameroon 4.38
Mauritania 4.34
South Sudan 4.34
Senegal 4.31
Guinea 4.30
Zambia 4.24
Togo 4.20
Equatorial Guinea 4.17
Republic of Congo 4.10
Ethiopia 4.06
Liberia 4.02
Guinea-Bissau 3.93
Solomon Islands 3.93
Comoros 3.91
Sierra Leone 3.88
Samoa 3.88
Malawi 3.85
Madagascar 3.79
Eritrea 3.79
Sao Tome and Principe 3.75
Rwanda 3.75
Yemen 3.72
Vanuatu 3.70
Ghana 3.51
Nauru 3.46
Gabon 3.46
Iraq 3.45
Zimbabwe 3.44
West Bank and Gaza 3.44
Pakistan 3.41
Uzbekistan 3.31
Kenya 3.30
Kiribati 3.27
Namibia 3.25
Tonga 3.19
Papua New Guinea 3.17
Tuvalu 3.14
Tajikistan 3.14
Kazakhstan 3.05
Timor-Leste 3.05
Lesotho 2.98
Israel 2.89
Egypt 2.88
Algeria 2.83
Kyrgyz Republic 2.80
Jordan 2.79
Eswatini 2.79
Mongolia 2.77
Haiti 2.77
Djibouti 2.76
Botswana 2.75
Philippines 2.73
Syrian Arab Republic 2.70
Marshall Islands 2.67
Micronesia 2.67
Turkmenistan 2.62
Bolivia 2.58
Oman 2.57
Guam 2.55
Fiji 2.46
Lao PDR 2.45
Paraguay 2.44
Libya 2.40
Saudi Arabia 2.39
St. Martin (French part) 2.39
Guyana 2.37
Guatemala 2.35
South Africa 2.34
Honduras 2.34
Cambodia 2.32
Suriname 2.32
Seychelles 2.32
Morocco 2.30
Panama 2.30
Nicaragua 2.28
Dominican Republic 2.25
Venezuela 2.19
Peru 2.16
Indonesia 2.15
Myanmar 2.13
Kuwait 2.09
Lebanon 2.08
Tunisia 2.06
Georgia 2.06
Faroe Islands 2.05
New Caledonia 2.02
India 2.01
Nepal 2.01
Ecuador 2.00
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 2.00
Belize 1.99
Grenada 1.99
Sri Lanka 1.97
Bangladesh 1.95
Vietnam 1.94
Turkey 1.88
Cabo Verde 1.88
Argentina 1.88
Greenland 1.84
Gibraltar 1.84
Romania 1.81
Mexico 1.80
Moldova 1.80
Montenegro 1.80
Bahrain 1.80
France 1.79
North Korea 1.79
Malaysia 1.79
El Salvador 1.79
Qatar 1.78
Bulgaria 1.78
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.78
Brunei 1.76
Ireland 1.70
Colombia 1.69
French Polynesia 1.69
Iran 1.68
Maldives 1.68
Azerbaijan 1.67
United States 1.67
New Zealand 1.66
Turks and Caicos Islands 1.66
Barbados 1.63
Australia 1.63
Serbia 1.63
Brazil 1.63
Czech Republic 1.62
Trinidad and Tobago 1.61
North Macedonia 1.60
Iceland 1.59
Dominica 1.59
Antigua and Barbuda 1.58
Armenia 1.58
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.57
Isle of Man 1.57
United Kingdom 1.57
Slovak Republic 1.57
Denmark 1.55
Slovenia 1.55
Chile 1.54
Belgium 1.53
Croatia 1.53
Costa Rica 1.52
Hungary 1.52
Sweden 1.52
St. Kitts and Nevis 1.51
Kosovo 1.51
Belarus 1.50
Netherlands 1.49
Uruguay 1.48
Liechtenstein 1.47
Latvia 1.47
Channel Islands 1.47
Germany 1.46
Cuba 1.45
Euro Area 1.45
UAE 1.44
Greece 1.43
Portugal 1.43
Russia 1.42
Austria 1.41
Estonia 1.41
Norway 1.41
Bhutan 1.40
Switzerland 1.39
St. Lucia 1.39
Bahamas 1.38
Albania 1.38
Bosnia 1.35
Jamaica 1.34
Canada 1.33
Finland 1.32
Mauritius 1.32
Thailand 1.32
Cyprus 1.31
Luxembourg 1.31
Bermuda 1.30
Curacao 1.30
Lithuania 1.27
Ukraine 1.27
Poland 1.26
Japan 1.26
Italy 1.24
Aruba 1.18
China 1.18
Spain 1.16
Malta 1.15
Macao 1.11
Singapore 1.04
British Virgin Islands 1.02
Puerto Rico 0.90
South Korea 0.78
Hong Kong 0.70