Niger is the top country by total fertility in the world. As of 2023, total fertility in Niger was 6.46 children per woman. The top 5 countries also includes Somalia, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Chad.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.The average number of children a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality. Medium fertility variant