Fertility vs child mortality by country
Countries reporting
236
Highest
6.13
Somalia
Lowest
0.662
Macao
Median
1.96
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464
What the numbers show
Fertility vs child mortality is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 6.13 in Somalia; the lowest is 0.662 in Macao.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.96, and the mean is 2.35.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.
Over the past decade 23 countries rose and 212 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 43.1%), and the largest decrease in Curacao (down 48.9%).
Fertility vs child mortality: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 6.13 | 2023 | down 14.1% | flat |
| 2 | Chad | 6.12 | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 3 | Niger | 6.06 | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.05 | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 6.01 | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 6 | Mali | 5.61 | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 7 | Angola | 5.12 | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 8 | Burundi | 4.88 | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 4.84 | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 10 | Mozambique | 4.76 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 11 | Mauritania | 4.7 | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 12 | Mayotte | 4.62 | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 13 | Tanzania | 4.61 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 14 | Yemen | 4.59 | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 15 | Benin | 4.56 | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 16 | Nigeria | 4.48 | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 17 | Sudan | 4.32 | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 4.32 | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 19 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.28 | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 19 | Uganda | 4.28 | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 21 | Guinea | 4.22 | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 22 | Togo | 4.19 | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 23 | Burkina Faso | 4.19 | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 24 | Congo | 4.16 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 25 | Zambia | 4.1 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 26 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.08 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 27 | Gambia | 4.01 | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 3.99 | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 3.97 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 30 | Liberia | 3.95 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 31 | Comoros | 3.88 | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 32 | South Sudan | 3.86 | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 33 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.84 | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 34 | Samoa | 3.83 | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 35 | Senegal | 3.82 | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 36 | Sierra Leone | 3.79 | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 37 | Zimbabwe | 3.72 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 38 | Eritrea | 3.71 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 39 | Rwanda | 3.7 | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 40 | Malawi | 3.65 | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 41 | Gabon | 3.65 | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 42 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.64 | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 43 | Pakistan | 3.6 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 44 | Vanuatu | 3.6 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 3.56 | 2023 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 46 | Uzbekistan | 3.5 | 2023 | up 43.1% | falling |
| 47 | Ghana | 3.4 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 48 | French Guiana | 3.39 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 49 | Nauru | 3.33 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 50 | Palestine | 3.31 | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 51 | Iraq | 3.25 | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 52 | Namibia | 3.21 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 53 | Kenya | 3.21 | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 53 | Tuvalu | 3.21 | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 55 | Kiribati | 3.15 | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 56 | Tonga | 3.13 | 2023 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 3.1 | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 3.07 | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 59 | Kazakhstan | 3.01 | 2023 | up 12.8% | falling |
| 60 | Marshall Islands | 2.92 | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 61 | Israel | 2.83 | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.8 | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 63 | Guam | 2.78 | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 64 | Algeria | 2.77 | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 65 | Eswatini | 2.75 | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 66 | Egypt | 2.75 | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 67 | Micronesia (country) | 2.75 | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 68 | Botswana | 2.73 | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 69 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 2.72 | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 70 | Syria | 2.71 | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 71 | East Timor | 2.71 | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 72 | Lesotho | 2.69 | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 73 | Turkmenistan | 2.69 | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 74 | Mongolia | 2.69 | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 75 | Haiti | 2.66 | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 76 | Jordan | 2.64 | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 77 | Tokelau | 2.61 | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 78 | Djibouti | 2.61 | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 79 | Cambodia | 2.58 | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 80 | Bolivia | 2.55 | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 81 | Oman | 2.52 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 82 | Niue | 2.51 | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 83 | Honduras | 2.5 | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 84 | Paraguay | 2.42 | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 85 | Laos | 2.42 | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 86 | Guyana | 2.41 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 87 | Libya | 2.35 | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 88 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.35 | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 89 | Guatemala | 2.31 | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 90 | American Samoa | 2.29 | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 91 | Fiji | 2.28 | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 2.28 | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 93 | Suriname | 2.25 | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 2.24 | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 95 | Faroe Islands | 2.24 | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 96 | Lebanon | 2.24 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 97 | Morocco | 2.23 | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 2.22 | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 99 | South Africa | 2.22 | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 100 | Reunion | 2.17 | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 101 | Western Sahara | 2.16 | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 2.16 | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 103 | Seychelles | 2.13 | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 104 | Indonesia | 2.13 | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 105 | Panama | 2.12 | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 106 | Myanmar | 2.12 | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 107 | Monaco | 2.11 | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 108 | United States Virgin Islands | 2.09 | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 109 | Guadeloupe | 2.09 | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 110 | Venezuela | 2.08 | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 111 | Cook Islands | 2.04 | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 112 | Martinique | 2.01 | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 113 | Belize | 2.01 | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 114 | Nepal | 1.98 | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 115 | New Caledonia | 1.98 | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 115 | Peru | 1.98 | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 117 | India | 1.98 | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 1.97 | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 119 | Greenland | 1.95 | 2023 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Philippines | 1.92 | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 121 | Vietnam | 1.91 | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 122 | Mexico | 1.91 | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 123 | Palau | 1.91 | 2023 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Gibraltar | 1.89 | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 125 | Tunisia | 1.83 | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 126 | Bahrain | 1.82 | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 127 | Ecuador | 1.82 | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 128 | Georgia | 1.81 | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 129 | Montenegro | 1.8 | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 130 | North Korea | 1.78 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 131 | El Salvador | 1.77 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 131 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.77 | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Bulgaria | 1.75 | 2023 | up 18.0% | falling |
| 134 | Brunei | 1.75 | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 135 | Moldova | 1.73 | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 136 | Qatar | 1.73 | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 137 | Armenia | 1.71 | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 138 | Romania | 1.71 | 2023 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 139 | Barbados | 1.71 | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 140 | Iran | 1.7 | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Falkland Islands | 1.69 | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 142 | Azerbaijan | 1.67 | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 143 | New Zealand | 1.67 | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 144 | Colombia | 1.65 | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 145 | France | 1.64 | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 146 | Australia | 1.64 | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 147 | Saint Helena | 1.64 | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 148 | Turkey | 1.62 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 149 | United States | 1.62 | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 150 | Brazil | 1.62 | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 151 | Aruba | 1.6 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 152 | Ireland | 1.6 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 153 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.58 | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 154 | Slovenia | 1.58 | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 155 | Maldives | 1.57 | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 156 | United Kingdom | 1.56 | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 156 | Slovakia | 1.56 | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 158 | Malaysia | 1.55 | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 159 | Isle of Man | 1.55 | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 160 | Iceland | 1.54 | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 161 | Liechtenstein | 1.54 | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 162 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.53 | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 163 | Cayman Islands | 1.53 | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 164 | Kuwait | 1.52 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 165 | Cape Verde | 1.52 | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 166 | Denmark | 1.51 | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 167 | Portugal | 1.51 | 2023 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 168 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.5 | 2023 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 169 | French Polynesia | 1.5 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 170 | Argentina | 1.5 | 2023 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 170 | Serbia | 1.5 | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 172 | Grenada | 1.49 | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 173 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.49 | 2023 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 173 | Hungary | 1.49 | 2023 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 175 | Dominica | 1.48 | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 176 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 1.47 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 177 | Croatia | 1.47 | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 178 | North Macedonia | 1.47 | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 179 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.46 | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 180 | Bhutan | 1.46 | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 181 | Russia | 1.45 | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 182 | Czechia | 1.45 | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 183 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.45 | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 184 | Montserrat | 1.44 | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 185 | Germany | 1.44 | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 186 | Cuba | 1.44 | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 187 | Switzerland | 1.43 | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 188 | Netherlands | 1.43 | 2023 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 188 | Sweden | 1.43 | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 190 | Wallis and Futuna | 1.41 | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 191 | Uruguay | 1.41 | 2023 | down 30.7% | falling |
| 192 | Norway | 1.41 | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 193 | Bermuda | 1.4 | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 194 | Luxembourg | 1.4 | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 195 | Cyprus | 1.39 | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 196 | Belgium | 1.38 | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 196 | Saint Lucia | 1.38 | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 198 | Bahamas | 1.37 | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 199 | Jersey | 1.37 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 200 | Anguilla | 1.36 | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 201 | Guernsey | 1.36 | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 202 | Jamaica | 1.36 | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 203 | Estonia | 1.35 | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 204 | Canada | 1.35 | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 205 | Albania | 1.35 | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 206 | Latvia | 1.34 | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 207 | Greece | 1.33 | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 208 | Costa Rica | 1.33 | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 209 | Austria | 1.32 | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 210 | Poland | 1.3 | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 211 | Finland | 1.28 | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 212 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.27 | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 213 | Mauritius | 1.24 | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 214 | Spain | 1.21 | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 215 | Thailand | 1.21 | 2023 | down 20.6% | volatile |
| 216 | Belarus | 1.21 | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 216 | Japan | 1.21 | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 218 | Lithuania | 1.2 | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 219 | United Arab Emirates | 1.2 | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 220 | Italy | 1.2 | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 221 | Chile | 1.17 | 2023 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 222 | San Marino | 1.15 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 223 | Malta | 1.1 | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 224 | Andorra | 1.08 | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 225 | Curacao | 1.07 | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 226 | British Virgin Islands | 1.04 | 2023 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 227 | Vatican | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 228 | China | 0.999 | 2023 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 229 | Ukraine | 0.977 | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 230 | Singapore | 0.943 | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 231 | Puerto Rico | 0.941 | 2023 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 232 | Taiwan | 0.87 | 2023 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 233 | Saint Barthelemy | 0.801 | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 234 | South Korea | 0.72 | 2023 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 235 | Hong Kong | 0.717 | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 236 | Macao | 0.662 | 2023 | down 42.4% | volatile |