European Union - Fertility Rate 2021
1.53
+0.02 from 2020
European Union's fertility rate was 1.53 in 2021, increased +0.02 from 1.51 in 2020. This was the 49th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Macao SAR, China | 0.76 | -10.1% |
| 2nd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.77 | -12.6% |
| 3rd | Korea | 0.81 | -3.5% |
| 4th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.91 | -1.6% |
| 5th | British Virgin Islands | 1.00 | 2.5% |
| 6th | Andorra | 1.06 | 2.9% |
| 7th | China | 1.12 | -9.6% |
| 8th | Singapore | 1.12 | 1.8% |
| 9th | San Marino | 1.13 | 1.1% |
| 10th | Malta | 1.13 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Ukraine | 1.15 | -5.0% |
| 12th | United Arab Emirates | 1.16 | -9.9% |
| 13th | Chile | 1.18 | -10.0% |
| 14th | Spain | 1.18 | 0.0% |
| 15th | Thailand | 1.23 | -2.0% |
| 16th | Italy | 1.25 | 0.8% |
| 17th | Japan | 1.30 | -2.3% |
| 18th | Poland | 1.33 | -4.3% |
| 19th | Portugal | 1.35 | -4.9% |
| 20th | Costa Rica | 1.35 | -6.6% |
| 21st | Channel Islands | 1.36 | 2.3% |
| 22nd | Lithuania | 1.36 | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Albania | 1.37 | -0.4% |
| 24th | Belarus | 1.37 | 0.1% |
| 25th | Jamaica | 1.38 | -0.4% |
| 26th | Luxembourg | 1.38 | 1.5% |
| 27th | Bahamas, The | 1.38 | -0.3% |
| 28th | Bermuda | 1.39 | -4.3% |
| 29th | Cyprus | 1.39 | 2.3% |
| 30th | St. Lucia | 1.40 | -0.9% |
| 31st | Curaçao | 1.40 | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Mauritius | 1.41 | -2.1% |
| 33rd | Cuba | 1.43 | -4.2% |
| 34th | Greece | 1.43 | 2.9% |
| 35th | Canada | 1.44 | 2.1% |
| 36th | Uruguay | 1.45 | -3.4% |
| 37th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.46 | -0.7% |
| 38th | Finland | 1.46 | 6.6% |
| 39th | Austria | 1.48 | 2.8% |
| 40th | Dominica | 1.48 | -0.7% |
| 41st | Bhutan | 1.49 | -0.9% |
| 42nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.49 | -1.7% |
| 43rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.50 | -3.3% |
| 44th | Russian Federation | 1.51 | 0.0% |
| 45th | Grenada | 1.52 | -1.0% |
| 46th | Azerbaijan | 1.52 | -10.6% |
| 47th | Switzerland | 1.52 | 4.1% |
| 48th | Serbia | 1.52 | 2.7% |
| 49th | European Union | 1.53 | 1.4% |
| 50th | Liechtenstein | 1.53 | 4.8% |
| 51st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.53 | -1.2% |
| 52nd | French Polynesia | 1.53 | -2.4% |
| 53rd | Norway | 1.55 | 4.7% |
| 54th | Cayman Islands | 1.55 | -0.2% |
| 55th | Cabo Verde | 1.55 | -2.3% |
| 56th | Malaysia | 1.56 | -7.4% |
| 57th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.56 | -0.8% |
| 58th | Kosovo | 1.56 | -0.4% |
| 59th | Isle of Man | 1.57 | -1.0% |
| 60th | Latvia | 1.57 | 1.3% |
| 61st | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.58 | 0.7% |
| 62nd | Germany | 1.58 | 3.3% |
| 63rd | United Kingdom | 1.58 | 0.8% |
| 64th | Argentina | 1.59 | -1.0% |
| 65th | Maldives | 1.60 | -0.9% |
| 66th | Belgium | 1.60 | 3.2% |
| 67th | North Macedonia | 1.60 | 22.1% |
| 68th | Qatar | 1.61 | -4.2% |
| 69th | Estonia | 1.61 | 1.9% |
| 70th | Hungary | 1.61 | 1.3% |
| 71st | Croatia | 1.62 | 9.5% |
| 72nd | Netherlands | 1.62 | 5.2% |
| 73rd | Slovak Republic | 1.63 | 2.5% |
| 74th | Aruba | 1.63 | -1.9% |
| 75th | Brazil | 1.64 | -0.9% |
| 76th | New Zealand | 1.64 | 1.9% |
| 77th | Slovenia | 1.64 | 3.1% |
| 78th | United States | 1.66 | 1.4% |
| 79th | Sweden | 1.67 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Colombia | 1.68 | -0.8% |
| 81st | Armenia | 1.70 | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Australia | 1.70 | 7.5% |
| 83rd | Barbados | 1.71 | 0.1% |
| 84th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.71 | 0.5% |
| 85th | Türkiye | 1.71 | -3.4% |
| 86th | Denmark | 1.72 | 2.4% |
| 87th | Montenegro | 1.75 | 0.0% |
| 88th | Moldova | 1.75 | -1.1% |
| 89th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.78 | -1.0% |
| 90th | Ireland | 1.78 | 9.2% |
| 91st | Bulgaria | 1.80 | 1.7% |
| 92nd | Tunisia | 1.80 | -10.0% |
| 93rd | El Salvador | 1.80 | -0.9% |
| 94th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.81 | -0.8% |
| 95th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.81 | -1.2% |
| 96th | Romania | 1.81 | 0.6% |
| 97th | Greenland | 1.82 | -9.9% |
| 98th | Iceland | 1.82 | 5.8% |
| 99th | Czechia | 1.83 | 5.2% |
| 100th | Belize | 1.84 | -10.0% |
| 101st | France | 1.84 | 0.5% |
| 102nd | Bahrain | 1.85 | -0.4% |
| 103rd | Gibraltar | 1.90 | -0.4% |
| 104th | Ecuador | 1.91 | -2.9% |
| 105th | Viet Nam | 1.94 | -0.8% |
| 106th | Philippines | 1.95 | -6.0% |
| 107th | Palau | 1.95 | -1.1% |
| 108th | Mexico | 1.97 | -1.0% |
| 109th | Georgia | 1.98 | 0.2% |
| 110th | Sri Lanka | 2.00 | -0.6% |
| 111th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.01 | -1.0% |
| 112th | New Caledonia | 2.01 | -0.5% |
| 113th | India | 2.01 | -1.6% |
| 114th | Nepal | 2.03 | -1.3% |
| 115th | Peru | 2.03 | -1.3% |
| 116th | Monaco | 2.12 | -10.8% |
| 117th | Kuwait | 2.15 | 5.7% |
| 118th | Panama | 2.15 | -1.5% |
| 119th | Myanmar | 2.16 | -1.0% |
| 120th | Indonesia | 2.17 | -1.1% |
| 121st | Saudi Arabia | 2.17 | -4.4% |
| 122nd | Bangladesh | 2.17 | -0.1% |
| 123rd | South Africa | 2.25 | -0.4% |
| 124th | Nicaragua | 2.27 | -1.5% |
| 125th | Lebanon | 2.28 | -1.1% |
| 126th | Morocco | 2.29 | -1.4% |
| 127th | Dominican Republic | 2.29 | -1.5% |
| 128th | Suriname | 2.30 | -0.8% |
| 129th | Faroe Islands | 2.33 | -1.1% |
| 130th | American Samoa | 2.33 | -1.4% |
| 131st | Fiji | 2.33 | -1.1% |
| 132nd | Guatemala | 2.39 | -3.3% |
| 133rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.44 | -2.1% |
| 134th | Seychelles | 2.46 | 7.4% |
| 135th | Guyana | 2.46 | -1.2% |
| 136th | Libya | 2.46 | -1.8% |
| 137th | Paraguay | 2.47 | -1.1% |
| 138th | Lao PDR | 2.49 | -1.6% |
| 139th | Honduras | 2.55 | -1.1% |
| 140th | Oman | 2.59 | -1.9% |
| 141st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.62 | -1.2% |
| 142nd | Cambodia | 2.66 | -1.3% |
| 143rd | Djibouti | 2.70 | -1.7% |
| 144th | Jordan | 2.74 | -2.0% |
| 145th | Haiti | 2.75 | -2.0% |
| 146th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.75 | -3.5% |
| 147th | Turkmenistan | 2.75 | -1.4% |
| 148th | Lesotho | 2.77 | -2.7% |
| 149th | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.80 | -1.4% |
| 150th | Mongolia | 2.80 | -3.4% |
| 151st | St. Martin (French part) | 2.80 | -0.9% |
| 152nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.82 | -1.2% |
| 153rd | Botswana | 2.83 | -1.2% |
| 154th | Eswatini | 2.84 | -1.6% |
| 155th | Guam | 2.86 | -1.3% |
| 156th | Algeria | 2.87 | -2.4% |
| 157th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.89 | -6.8% |
| 158th | Timor-Leste | 2.89 | -4.0% |
| 159th | Marshall Islands | 2.96 | -0.8% |
| 160th | Israel | 3.00 | 3.4% |
| 161st | Tajikistan | 3.17 | -1.3% |
| 162nd | Tonga | 3.20 | -1.1% |
| 163rd | Papua New Guinea | 3.22 | -1.8% |
| 164th | Kiribati | 3.22 | -1.1% |
| 165th | Uzbekistan | 3.27 | 6.9% |
| 166th | Tuvalu | 3.28 | -1.0% |
| 167th | Namibia | 3.30 | -1.4% |
| 168th | Kenya | 3.31 | -1.5% |
| 169th | Kazakhstan | 3.32 | 6.1% |
| 170th | Iraq | 3.36 | -1.8% |
| 171st | Nauru | 3.43 | -1.2% |
| 172nd | West Bank and Gaza | 3.44 | -2.0% |
| 173rd | Ghana | 3.49 | -1.4% |
| 174th | Solomon Islands | 3.69 | -1.5% |
| 175th | Vanuatu | 3.70 | -1.1% |
| 176th | Pakistan | 3.72 | -1.2% |
| 177th | São Tomé and Principe | 3.76 | -1.8% |
| 178th | Zimbabwe | 3.77 | 0.3% |
| 179th | Gabon | 3.78 | -1.4% |
| 180th | Malawi | 3.79 | -2.2% |
| 181st | Rwanda | 3.84 | -1.8% |
| 182nd | Eritrea | 3.87 | -1.7% |
| 183rd | Senegal | 3.94 | -1.7% |
| 184th | Samoa | 3.94 | -1.5% |
| 185th | Sierra Leone | 3.98 | -2.5% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | 4.00 | -1.9% |
| 187th | Comoros | 4.00 | -1.8% |
| 188th | South Sudan | 4.05 | -2.7% |
| 189th | Liberia | 4.09 | -2.0% |
| 190th | Madagascar | 4.10 | -1.6% |
| 191st | Gambia, The | 4.17 | -2.0% |
| 192nd | Zambia | 4.25 | -1.8% |
| 193rd | Equatorial Guinea | 4.27 | -1.8% |
| 194th | Congo, Republic of | 4.28 | -1.1% |
| 195th | Togo | 4.32 | -1.4% |
| 196th | Burkina Faso | 4.36 | -1.8% |
| 197th | Guinea | 4.40 | -2.0% |
| 198th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.41 | -1.1% |
| 199th | Sudan | 4.46 | -1.9% |
| 200th | Cameroon | 4.47 | -2.0% |
| 201st | Uganda | 4.51 | -2.4% |
| 202nd | Yemen, Republic of | 4.60 | -0.1% |
| 203rd | Nigeria | 4.64 | -1.4% |
| 204th | Benin | 4.71 | -1.8% |
| 205th | Tanzania | 4.73 | -1.4% |
| 206th | Mauritania | 4.85 | -1.3% |
| 207th | Mozambique | 4.91 | -1.1% |
| 208th | Afghanistan | 5.04 | -2.1% |
| 209th | Burundi | 5.08 | -1.9% |
| 210th | Angola | 5.30 | -1.2% |
| 211th | Mali | 5.78 | -1.2% |
| 212th | Central African Republic | 6.05 | -0.1% |
| 213th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.16 | -0.8% |
| 214th | Niger | 6.20 | -2.7% |
| 215th | Chad | 6.26 | -1.4% |
| 216th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 6.35 | -1.5% |
FAQ
What was European Union's fertility rate in 2021?▾
European Union's fertility rate in 2021 was 1.53. This ranked 49th globally.
How did European Union's fertility rate change in 2021?▾
European Union's fertility rate increased by 1.4% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2021?▾
Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest fertility rate in 2021 at 6.35.
What is the fertility rate of European Union in 2021?▾
The fertility rate of European Union in 2021 was 1.53. This ranked 49th globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for European Union's fertility rate?▾
European Union's fertility rate went from 1.51 in 2020 to 1.53 in 2021, a 1.4% increase.
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