| Fertility rate, total (births per woman) | ||||
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2014 | |
| World | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Low income | 6.4 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.8 |
| Middle income | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| High income | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 2 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| Middle East & North Africa | 4.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
| South Asia | 4.3 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 5 |
| Mozambique | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.6 | 5.4 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 4.7 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| India | 4 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| China | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| Brazil | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Turkey | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Russian Federation | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| Germany | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| United States | 2.1 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| Source: World Bank Data | ||||
| The links above will take you directly to relevant pages at www.worldbank.org | ||||
| The geographical regions do not include high income countries | ||||
| /karsten duus 9/2016 | ||||
| NB: in 1980 the fertility rate in the World was 3.7 | ||||