Year-over-year change: +1.8%, trend up
5-year change: -9.5%, trend down
Macao
Net reproduction rate: 0.33 daughters per woman
View MoreAverage number of surviving daughters per woman
Global1.03daughters per woman
19502100
2026
Rankings at a glance
Highest 10 · Average number of surviving daughters per woman (2026)
DR Congo is projected to lead the world in average number of surviving daughters per woman at 2.51 daughters per woman in 2026, followed by Somalia (2.4 daughters per woman) and the Central African Republic (2.4 daughters per woman). Niger (2.36 daughters per woman) and Chad (2.32 daughters per woman) close out the top 5. Next up, Mali (2.26 daughters per woman) and Angola (2.21 daughters per woman). Mayotte (2.15 daughters per woman), Mauritania (2.09 daughters per woman), and Mozambique (2.06 daughters per woman) round out the top ten. Among these countries, Niger is projected to see the largest year-over-year change at -2.2%.
Rank changes
How average number of surviving daughters per woman changed between 2021 and 2026
2021and2026
Historical trends
Key terms
- Total fertility rate (TFR)
- — Average number of children a woman would have over her lifetime at current rates.
- Crude birth rate (CBR)
- — Births per 1,000 people per year.
- Net reproduction rate (NRR)
- — Average number of daughters per woman surviving to reproductive age.
- Replacement level
- — TFR of approximately 2.1 needed to maintain a stable population without migration.
Frequently asked questions
- Which country has the lowest net reproduction rate?
- Macao is projected to have the lowest net reproduction rate at 0.33 daughters per woman in 2026, according to UN Population Division (2024).
- Which country has the highest net reproduction rate?
- DR Congo is projected to have the highest net reproduction rate at 2.51 daughters per woman in 2026, according to UN Population Division (2024).
- What is the global net reproduction rate?
- The global net reproduction rate is projected to be 1.03 daughters per woman in 2026, as published by the United Nations in World Population Prospects 2024.
