Muslim countries Compared by People > Total fertility rate

DEFINITION: The average number of children that would be born per woman if all women lived to the end of their child-bearing years and bore children according to a given fertility rate at each age. The total fertility rate is a more direct measure of the level of fertility than the crude birth rate, since it refers to births per woman. This indicator shows the potential for population growth in the country. High rates will also place some limits on the labor force participation rates for women. Large numbers of children born to women indicate large family sizes that might limit the ability of the families to feed and educate their children.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Niger	7.03 children born/woman	2013
2	Mali	6.25 children born/woman	2013
3	Somalia	6.17 children born/woman	2013
4	Burkina Faso	6 children born/woman	2013
5	Afghanistan	5.54 children born/woman	2013
6	Nigeria	5.31 children born/woman	2013
7	Guinea	4.99 children born/woman	2013
8	Sierra Leone	4.87 children born/woman	2013
9	Chad	4.8 children born/woman	2013
10	Senegal	4.61 children born/woman	2013
11	Yemen	4.27 children born/woman	2013
12	Mauritania	4.15 children born/woman	2013
13	Sudan	4.05 children born/woman	2013
14	The Gambia	3.98 children born/woman	2013
15	Comoros	3.93 children born/woman	2013
16	Iraq	3.5 children born/woman	2013
17	Jordan	3.32 children born/woman	2013
18	Pakistan	2.96 children born/woman	2013
19	Egypt	2.9 children born/woman	2013
20	Oman	2.86 children born/woman	2013
21	Tajikistan	2.8 children born/woman	2013
22	Algeria	2.78 children born/woman	2013
23	Syria	2.77 children born/woman	2013
24	Kyrgyzstan	2.71 children born/woman	2013
25	Malaysia	2.61 children born/woman	2013
26	Kuwait	2.56 children born/woman	2013
27	Djibouti	2.55 children born/woman	2013
28	Bangladesh	2.5 children born/woman	2013
29	Kazakhstan	2.38 children born/woman	2013
30	United Arab Emirates	2.37 children born/woman	2013
31	Saudi Arabia	2.21 children born/woman	2013
32	Indonesia	2.2 children born/woman	2013
33	Morocco	2.17 children born/woman	2013
34	Turkmenistan	2.12 children born/woman	2013
35	Turkey	2.1 children born/woman	2013
36	Libya	2.09 children born/woman	2013
37	Tunisia	2.01 children born/woman	2013
=38	Qatar	1.92 children born/woman	2013
=38	Azerbaijan	1.92 children born/woman	2013
40	Iran	1.86 children born/woman	2013
=41	Bahrain	1.83 children born/woman	2013
=41	Uzbekistan	1.83 children born/woman	2013
=41	Brunei	1.83 children born/woman	2013
44	Maldives	1.78 children born/woman	2013
45	Lebanon	1.75 children born/woman	2013
46	Albania	1.49 children born/woman	2013

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