This table shows all U.N.-recognized countries and areas with populations over 90,000 that are projected to be below replacement fertility for the 2020-2025 quinquennial period.
Country or Sub-National Territory | Total Fertility Rate, projected (2020-2025)† | Replacement Level Fertility Rate, projected (2020-2025)† |
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Republic of Korea | 1.08 | 2.07 |
Puerto Rico | 1.18 | 2.07 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.22 | 2.07 |
Taiwan | 1.24 | 2.09 |
Singapore | 1.24 | 2.08 |
Greece | 1.26 | 2.08 |
Italy | 1.30 | 2.07 |
Macao Special Administrative Region (China) | 1.30 | 2.06 |
Cyprus | 1.30 | 2.08 |
Republic of Moldova | 1.31 | 2.09 |
Mauritius | 1.35 | 2.08 |
Portugal | 1.35 | 2.07 |
United Arab Emirates | 1.35 | 2.06 |
Japan | 1.37 | 2.07 |
Saint Lucia | 1.38 | 2.08 |
Spain | 1.39 | 2.08 |
Croatia | 1.41 | 2.07 |
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) | 1.41 | 2.08 |
Luxembourg | 1.41 | 2.06 |
Finland | 1.42 | 2.06 |
Serbia | 1.42 | 2.08 |
Ukraine | 1.44 | 2.09 |
Thailand | 1.46 | 2.09 |
North Macedonia | 1.46 | 2.08 |
Poland | 1.47 | 2.07 |
Canada | 1.48 | 2.08 |
Malta | 1.51 | 2.08 |
Channel Islands | 1.54 | 2.08 |
Hungary | 1.54 | 2.07 |
Albania | 1.54 | 2.12 |
Slovakia | 1.55 | 2.07 |
Switzerland | 1.56 | 2.07 |
Austria | 1.57 | 2.07 |
Cuba | 1.57 | 2.08 |
Chile | 1.60 | 2.07 |
Bulgaria | 1.61 | 2.08 |
Germany | 1.61 | 2.07 |
Estonia | 1.63 | 2.08 |
Slovenia | 1.64 | 2.07 |
Barbados | 1.64 | 2.08 |
Romania | 1.65 | 2.08 |
Brazil | 1.67 | 2.09 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1.67 | 2.11 |
Netherlands | 1.68 | 2.06 |
Costa Rica | 1.68 | 2.08 |
Czechia | 1.68 | 2.07 |
Norway | 1.70 | 2.07 |
Lithuania | 1.70 | 2.07 |
China | 1.70 | 2.14 |
Bahamas | 1.71 | 2.11 |
Iceland | 1.72 | 2.06 |
Curaçao | 1.72 | 2.08 |
Colombia | 1.73 | 2.10 |
Belgium | 1.73 | 2.06 |
Belarus | 1.74 | 2.08 |
Latvia | 1.74 | 2.08 |
Montenegro | 1.74 | 2.08 |
United Kingdom | 1.75 | 2.07 |
Brunei Darussalam | 1.76 | 2.10 |
Armenia | 1.76 | 2.13 |
Denmark | 1.77 | 2.07 |
Maldives | 1.77 | 2.09 |
Qatar | 1.78 | 2.07 |
Australia | 1.78 | 2.07 |
United States of America | 1.78 | 2.08 |
Ireland | 1.79 | 2.06 |
Nepal | 1.80 | 2.14 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.81 | 2.09 |
Russian Federation | 1.82 | 2.09 |
Martinique | 1.83 | 2.06 |
Sweden | 1.84 | 2.07 |
New Zealand | 1.85 | 2.07 |
France | 1.85 | 2.06 |
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 1.86 | 2.12 |
Bhutan | 1.87 | 2.13 |
French Polynesia | 1.88 | 2.07 |
Aruba | 1.88 | 2.09 |
Bahrain | 1.89 | 2.06 |
New Caledonia | 1.90 | 2.09 |
Jamaica | 1.91 | 2.10 |
Uruguay | 1.92 | 2.08 |
Malaysia | 1.92 | 2.09 |
Bangladesh | 1.93 | 2.13 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1.95 | 2.06 |
El Salvador | 1.96 | 2.10 |
United States Virgin Islands | 1.97 | 2.09 |
Grenada | 1.98 | 2.11 |
Azerbaijan | 1.99 | 2.17 |
Turkey | 1.99 | 2.10 |
Georgia | 2.02 | 2.09 |
Lebanon | 2.02 | 2.09 |
Viet Nam | 2.02 | 2.16 |
Mexico | 2.03 | 2.10 |
Kuwait | 2.03 | 2.07 |
Myanmar | 2.07 | 2.15 |
India | 2.14 | 2.22 |
† Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2019.