The following list sorts

countries A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state (polity), state, nation, or other polity, political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example, the country of Japan is an independent, so ...

and

dependent territories A dependent territory, dependent area, or dependency (sometimes referred as an external territory) is a territory that does not possess full political independence or sovereignty as a sovereign state, yet remains politically outside the controlli ...

by their

net reproduction rate In population ecology and demography, the net reproduction rate, ''R''0, is the average number of offspring (often specifically daughters) that would be born to a female if she passed through her lifetime conforming to the age-specific fertility ...

. The net reproduction rate (R₀) is the number of surviving daughters per woman and an important indicator of the population's reproductive rate. If R₀ is one, the population replaces itself and would stay without any migration and emigration at a stable level. If the R₀ is less than one, the reproductive performance of the population is below replacement level.

List of countries (2021)

Countries and dependent territories by the net reproduction rate in 2021 according to the ''World Population Prospects 2022'' of the

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for the follow-up to major United Nations Summits and Conferences, as well as services to the United Nations Econ ...

References

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