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Birth rate

per 1,000 people · no best or worst — largest to smallest

216 of 216 countries report a figure for birth rate

World average: 17.2 /1,000

Show smallest first

RankCountryValueYear
#1Central African Republic46.2 /1,0002024
#2Chad43.3 /1,0002024
#3Somalia42.3 /1,0002024
#4Niger41.4 /1,0002024
#5Democratic Republic of the Congo40.9 /1,0002024
#6Mali39.5 /1,0002024
#7Angola37.2 /1,0002024
#8Mozambique37.0 /1,0002024
#9Afghanistan35.0 /1,0002024
#10Tanzania34.8 /1,0002024
#11Uganda34.4 /1,0002024
#12Yemen34.4 /1,0002024
#13Mauritania34.0 /1,0002024
#14Benin33.4 /1,0002024
#15Cameroon33.3 /1,0002024
#16Guinea33.3 /1,0002024
#17Burundi33.2 /1,0002024
#18Sudan33.0 /1,0002024
#19Zambia32.7 /1,0002024
#20Nigeria32.5 /1,0002024
#21Togo32.1 /1,0002024
#22Madagascar31.7 /1,0002024
#23Ivory Coast31.6 /1,0002024
#24Ethiopia31.5 /1,0002024
#25Burkina Faso31.3 /1,0002024
#26Malawi31.1 /1,0002024
#27Liberia30.6 /1,0002024
#28Republic of the Congo30.4 /1,0002024
#29Sierra Leone30.1 /1,0002024
#30Equatorial Guinea30.0 /1,0002024
#31Zimbabwe29.9 /1,0002024
#32The Gambia29.9 /1,0002024
#33Guinea-Bissau29.6 /1,0002024
#34South Sudan29.2 /1,0002024
#35Senegal29.2 /1,0002024
#36Eritrea28.7 /1,0002024
#37Comoros28.2 /1,0002024
#38São Tomé and Príncipe28.1 /1,0002024
#39Rwanda28.1 /1,0002024
#40Vanuatu27.7 /1,0002024
#41Pakistan27.4 /1,0002024
#42Gabon27.1 /1,0002024
#43Kenya27.0 /1,0002024
#44Solomon Islands26.7 /1,0002024
#45Palestine26.5 /1,0002024
#46Ghana25.9 /1,0002024
#47Namibia25.9 /1,0002024
#48Iraq25.6 /1,0002024
#49Uzbekistan25.6 /1,0002024
#50Tajikistan25.3 /1,0002024
#51Kiribati25.3 /1,0002024
#52Samoa25.0 /1,0002024
#53Nauru24.6 /1,0002024
#54Botswana24.4 /1,0002024
#55Papua New Guinea24.3 /1,0002024
#56Lesotho23.8 /1,0002024
#57Eswatini23.6 /1,0002024
#58Syria23.2 /1,0002024
#59Tonga23.0 /1,0002024
#60Federated States of Micronesia22.3 /1,0002024
#61Tuvalu22.0 /1,0002024
#62Haiti21.9 /1,0002024
#63Timor-Leste21.8 /1,0002024
#64Honduras21.6 /1,0002024
#65Bolivia21.0 /1,0002024
#66Laos20.9 /1,0002024
#67Djibouti20.9 /1,0002024
#68Egypt20.9 /1,0002024
#69Turkmenistan20.9 /1,0002024
#70Guatemala20.6 /1,0002024
#71Jordan20.5 /1,0002024
#72Cambodia20.3 /1,0002024
#73Marshall Islands20.1 /1,0002024
#74Bangladesh20.0 /1,0002024
#75Guyana19.9 /1,0002024
#76Paraguay19.7 /1,0002024
#77Kazakhstan19.5 /1,0002024
#78Kyrgyzstan19.4 /1,0002024
#79Nicaragua19.1 /1,0002024
#80Nepal19.0 /1,0002024
#81Algeria18.8 /1,0002024
#82Israel18.6 /1,0002024
#83South Africa18.5 /1,0002024
#84Belize18.1 /1,0002024
#85Fiji17.9 /1,0002024
#86Dominican Republic17.6 /1,0002024
#87Guam17.3 /1,0002024
#88Suriname17.2 /1,0002024
#89Mongolia16.9 /1,0002024
#90Oman16.8 /1,0002024
#91Libya16.5 /1,0002024
#92Saudi Arabia16.5 /1,0002024
#93Myanmar16.5 /1,0002024
#94Morocco16.4 /1,0002024
#95India16.0 /1,0002024
#96Lebanon16.0 /1,0002024
#97Philippines15.9 /1,0002024
#98Panama15.9 /1,0002024
#99Indonesia15.8 /1,0002024
#100Peru15.8 /1,0002024
#101El Salvador15.6 /1,0002024
#102Mexico15.5 /1,0002024
#103Venezuela15.2 /1,0002024
#104Saint-Martin15.0 /1,0002024
#105American Samoa15.0 /1,0002024
#106Ecuador14.8 /1,0002024
#107New Caledonia14.0 /1,0002024
#108Vietnam13.4 /1,0002024
#109Tunisia13.4 /1,0002024
#110Brunei13.3 /1,0002024
#111Colombia13.3 /1,0002024
#112North Korea12.9 /1,0002024
#113Iran12.6 /1,0002024
#114Bhutan12.5 /1,0002024
#115Malaysia12.4 /1,0002024
#116Cape Verde12.2 /1,0002024
#117Gibraltar12.2 /1,0002024
#118Brazil12.1 /1,0002024
#119Northern Mariana Islands12.1 /1,0002024
#120Bahrain12.0 /1,0002024
#121Greenland12.0 /1,0002024
#122Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12.0 /1,0002024
#123Kosovo11.9 /1,0002024
#124Antigua and Barbuda11.7 /1,0002024
#125Saint Kitts and Nevis11.7 /1,0002024
#126Cayman Islands11.6 /1,0002024
#127Grenada11.5 /1,0002024
#128Jamaica11.5 /1,0002024
#129Georgia11.3 /1,0002024
#130Saint Lucia11.2 /1,0002024
#131Iceland11.2 /1,0002024
#132Montenegro11.2 /1,0002024
#133Barbados11.1 /1,0002024
#134Armenia11.1 /1,0002024
#135United States Virgin Islands11.1 /1,0002024
#136Argentina11.1 /1,0002024
#137New Zealand11.0 /1,0002024
#138Seychelles11.0 /1,0002024
#139Turkey11.0 /1,0002024
#140Dominica11.0 /1,0002024
#141The Bahamas10.8 /1,0002024
#142Faroe Islands10.8 /1,0002024
#143Australia10.7 /1,0002024
#144French Polynesia10.7 /1,0002024
#145Palau10.7 /1,0002024
#146United States10.6 /1,0002024
#147Moldova10.6 /1,0002024
#148Maldives10.6 /1,0002024
#149Trinidad and Tobago10.5 /1,0002024
#150Turks and Caicos Islands10.5 /1,0002024
#151Cyprus10.5 /1,0002024
#152Mauritius10.3 /1,0002024
#153Albania10.1 /1,0002024
#154Sri Lanka10.1 /1,0002024
#155Kuwait10.0 /1,0002024
#156Azerbaijan10.0 /1,0002024
#157Ireland10.0 /1,0002024
#158Costa Rica10.0 /1,0002024
#159United Kingdom9.9 /1,0002024
#160United Arab Emirates9.8 /1,0002024
#161Uruguay9.8 /1,0002024
#162France9.7 /1,0002024
#163Norway9.7 /1,0002024
#164Monaco9.6 /1,0002024
#165Qatar9.5 /1,0002024
#166Denmark9.5 /1,0002024
#167Luxembourg9.5 /1,0002024
#168Sweden9.3 /1,0002024
#169Belgium9.2 /1,0002024
#170Kingdom of the Netherlands9.2 /1,0002024
#171Serbia9.2 /1,0002024
#172Sint Maarten9.1 /1,0002024
#173Canada8.9 /1,0002024
#174North Macedonia8.8 /1,0002024
#175Chile8.7 /1,0002024
#176Switzerland8.7 /1,0002024
#177Cuba8.6 /1,0002024
#178Slovakia8.5 /1,0002024
#179Austria8.4 /1,0002024
#180Liechtenstein8.4 /1,0002024
#181Russia8.4 /1,0002024
#182Bulgaria8.3 /1,0002024
#183Croatia8.3 /1,0002024
#184Isle of Man8.3 /1,0002024
#185British Virgin Islands8.2 /1,0002024
#186Hungary8.2 /1,0002024
#187Thailand8.1 /1,0002024
#188Germany8.1 /1,0002024
#189Bermuda7.9 /1,0002024
#190Portugal7.9 /1,0002024
#191Slovenia7.9 /1,0002024
#192Finland7.8 /1,0002024
#193Bosnia and Herzegovina7.7 /1,0002024
#194Czech Republic7.7 /1,0002024
#195Malta7.7 /1,0002024
#196Aruba7.6 /1,0002024
#197Romania7.5 /1,0002024
#198Singapore7.4 /1,0002024
#199Curaçao7.2 /1,0002024
#200Estonia7.1 /1,0002024
#201Belarus7.0 /1,0002024
#202Latvia6.9 /1,0002024
#203Poland6.9 /1,0002024
#204Andorra6.9 /1,0002024
#205People's Republic of China6.8 /1,0002024
#206Greece6.6 /1,0002024
#207Lithuania6.6 /1,0002024
#208Spain6.5 /1,0002024
#209Italy6.3 /1,0002024
#210Japan5.7 /1,0002024
#211Puerto Rico5.7 /1,0002024
#212Ukraine5.5 /1,0002024
#213Macau5.3 /1,0002024
#214Hong Kong4.9 /1,0002024
#215South Korea4.7 /1,0002024
#216San Marino4.2 /1,0002024

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)