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Neither China, nor Canada, are among the 10 countries with the highest and lowest total fertility rate. TFR is the expected number of children born per woman in her child-bearing years.



Rank

Country

Rate

1

Niger

7.19

2

Guinea-Bissau

7.07

3

Afghanistan

7.07

4

Burundi

6.80

5

Liberia

6.77

6

DR Congo

6.70

7

East Timor

6.53

8

Mali

6.52

9

Sierra Leone

6.47

10

Uganda

6.46

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154

China

1.73

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160

Canada

1.53

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184

Japan

1.27

185

Lithuania

1.26

186

Singapore

1.26

187

Slovakia

1.25

188

Czech Republic

1.24

189

Bosnia-Herzegovina

1.23

190

Poland

1.23

191

Ukraine

1.22

192

South Korea

1.21

193

Belarus

1.20

Source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2005-2010

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