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