1. RecordsSomalia, Chad and Niger

   The highest fertility in the world

   Somalia — 6.13, Chad — 6.12, Niger — 6.06, DR Congo — 6.05, Central African Republic — 6.01. Children per woman, the latest year with data; countries above one million people.

   Source: UN World Population Prospects 1998–2024; national statisticsOpen on the chart →

More findings

• Niger: more babies born than in Japan
• Somalia: more babies born than in the UK
• Chad: more babies born than in the UK
• Chad: 4.3 times as many foreign-born residents as natives abroad, mostly refugees
• China and Chad: similar GDP per person in 1990, 10.1 times apart in 2025
• Chad: in 2020–2023 net migration was higher than all 12 UN projections assumed

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