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Countries by Birth Rate 2026

🇨🇫 Central African Republic has the highest birth rate in the world at 44.7 births per 1,000 people, while 🇻🇦 Vatican City has the lowest at 4.4 births per 1,000 people. 237 countries ranked, UN World Population Prospects 2024 data.

The crude birth rate counts live births per 1,000 residents per year. It reflects both fertility and age structure: a young population produces more births even at the same fertility rate. Rates range from over 40 in parts of the Sahel to under 7 in the oldest societies.

Highest

44.7

🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Median country

12.7

🇨🇴 Colombia

Lowest

4.4

🇻🇦 Vatican City

Countries ranked

237

2026 values

#	Country	Birth rate (births per 1,000 people)	Population
1	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	44.7	5,698,984
2	🇹🇩 Chad	42.2	21,560,380
3	🇸🇴 Somalia	41.2	20,305,907
4	🇳🇪 Niger	40.2	28,814,878
5	🇨🇩 DR Congo	39.8	116,452,162
6	🇲🇱 Mali	38.8	25,932,275
7	🇦🇴 Angola	36.3	40,215,180
8	🇲🇿 Mozambique	36.1	36,639,850
9	🇹🇿 Tanzania	33.9	72,563,780
10	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	33.8	45,047,068
11	🇲🇷 Mauritania	33.2	5,461,319
12	🇺🇬 Uganda	33.1	52,761,470
13	🇾🇹 Mayotte	33.0	347,536
14	🇾🇪 Yemen	32.7	42,961,653
15	🇧🇯 Benin	32.6	15,170,420
16	🇨🇲 Cameroon	32.4	30,640,817
17	🇬🇳 Guinea	32.2	15,441,992
18	🇧🇮 Burundi	32.0	14,729,157
19	🇿🇲 Zambia	32.0	22,521,915
20	🇳🇬 Nigeria	31.8	242,431,832
21	🇸🇩 Sudan	31.8	53,282,719
22	🇲🇬 Madagascar	30.8	33,522,052
23	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	30.7	33,494,346
24	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	30.4	24,601,700
25	🇲🇼 Malawi	30.4	22,785,535
26	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	30.3	138,902,185
27	🇹🇬 Togo	30.1	9,930,918
28	🇨🇬 Congo	29.9	6,637,786
29	🇱🇷 Liberia	29.9	5,853,949
30	🇸🇸 South Sudan	29.4	12,436,037
31	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	29.3	17,273,580
32	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	29.2	1,984,468
33	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	29.0	8,996,744
34	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	28.7	2,297,808
35	🇬🇲 Gambia	28.7	2,884,079
36	🇸🇳 Senegal	28.6	19,366,548
37	🇪🇷 Eritrea	28.6	3,682,669
38	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe	27.7	244,994
39	🇷🇼 Rwanda	27.5	14,889,693
40	🇰🇲 Comoros	27.4	899,010
41	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	26.8	342,564
42	🇵🇰 Pakistan	26.7	259,299,792
43	🇰🇪 Kenya	26.6	58,636,412
44	🇬🇦 Gabon	26.2	2,647,400
45	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	26.1	858,288
46	🇵🇸 Palestine	25.4	5,692,790
47	🇬🇭 Ghana	25.3	35,697,557
48	🇳🇦 Namibia	25.0	3,153,246
49	🇮🇶 Iraq	25.0	48,007,437
50	🇼🇸 Samoa	24.4	220,528
51	🇰🇮 Kiribati	24.3	138,445
52	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	23.8	10,978,598
53	🇬🇫 French Guiana	23.7	318,872
54	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	23.7	37,724,223
55	🇳🇷 Nauru	23.6	12,101
56	🇸🇾 Syria	23.6	26,472,497
57	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	23.5	10,947,848
58	🇧🇼 Botswana	23.4	2,603,388
59	🇱🇸 Lesotho	23.1	2,389,336
60	🇸🇿 Eswatini	22.9	1,269,859
61	🇹🇴 Tonga	22.6	103,291
62	🇫🇲 Micronesia	22.0	114,182
63	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	21.4	1,436,923
64	🇭🇹 Haiti	21.3	12,037,506
65	🇭🇳 Honduras	20.9	11,184,760
66	🇹🇰 Tokelau	20.5	2,691
67	🇧🇴 Bolivia	20.5	12,749,291
68	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	20.5	9,362
69	🇪🇬 Egypt	20.5	120,101,175
70	🇩🇯 Djibouti	20.4	1,199,459
71	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	20.1	7,400,464
72	🇱🇦 Laos	20.1	7,974,018
73	🇬🇹 Guatemala	20.1	18,967,978
74	🇰🇭 Cambodia	19.5	18,051,219
75	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	19.5	35,075
76	🇯🇴 Jordan	19.2	11,589,532
77	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	19.2	7,736,632
78	🇬🇾 Guyana	19.2	840,890
79	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	19.2	177,818,044
80	🇵🇾 Paraguay	19.0	7,095,279
81	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	18.5	21,083,626
82	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	18.5	7,097,329
83	🇳🇵 Nepal	18.3	29,629,410
84	🇿🇦 South Africa	17.8	65,453,084
85	🇮🇱 Israel	17.8	9,647,689
86	🇫🇯 Fiji	17.4	937,282
87	🇧🇿 Belize	17.4	428,644
88	🇩🇿 Algeria	17.3	48,028,334
89	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	17.0	11,609,500
90	🇲🇳 Mongolia	16.9	3,556,798
91	🇸🇷 Suriname	16.8	645,256
92	🇬🇺 Guam	16.8	170,185
93	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	16.1	35,165,787
94	🇴🇲 Oman	16.0	5,671,458
95	🇲🇲 Myanmar	16.0	55,184,819
96	🇲🇦 Morocco	15.8	38,762,441
97	🇱🇾 Libya	15.8	7,539,852
98	🇵🇭 Philippines	15.7	117,724,472
99	🇱🇧 Lebanon	15.7	5,897,467
100	🇮🇳 India	15.6	1,476,625,576
101	🇵🇦 Panama	15.5	4,625,718
102	🇮🇩 Indonesia	15.4	287,886,782
103	🇻🇪 Venezuela	15.3	28,633,711
104	🇵🇪 Peru	15.3	34,922,148
105	🇸🇻 El Salvador	15.2	6,391,254
106	🇲🇽 Mexico	15.0	132,997,658
107	🇳🇺 Niue	14.9	1,822
108	🇪🇭 Western Sahara	14.7	610,813
109	🇦🇸 American Samoa	14.5	45,318
110	🇪🇨 Ecuador	14.5	18,444,506
111	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	13.6	297,892
112	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	13.6	23,348,315
113	🇸🇨 Seychelles	13.2	134,959
114	🇬🇱 Greenland	12.8	55,629
115	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	12.8	56,526
116	🇻🇳 Vietnam	12.8	102,177,431
117	🇷🇪 Réunion	12.8	886,298
118	🇧🇳 Brunei	12.7	469,775
119	🇨🇴 Colombia	12.7	53,936,226
120	🇹🇳 Tunisia	12.6	12,415,138
121	🇰🇵 North Korea	12.3	26,633,691
122	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	12.3	40,867
123	🇧🇹 Bhutan	12.2	802,214
124	🇲🇾 Malaysia	12.1	36,385,115
125	🇲🇫 Saint Martin	12.0	23,898
126	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	12.0	529,630
127	🇹🇷 Türkiye	11.9	87,926,082
128	🇧🇭 Bahrain	11.9	1,675,572
129	🇮🇷 Iran	11.8	93,168,497
130	🇧🇷 Brazil	11.7	213,562,666
131	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.7	99,244
132	🇽🇰 Kosovo	11.6	1,666,992
133	🇦🇲 Armenia	11.5	2,930,915
134	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	11.4	10,454,855
135	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	11.4	94,626
136	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.2	46,992
137	🇦🇺 Australia	11.1	27,227,096
138	🇦🇷 Argentina	11.1	46,003,734
139	🇯🇲 Jamaica	11.1	2,833,404
140	🇬🇩 Grenada	11.0	117,362
141	🇧🇧 Barbados	11.0	282,724
142	🇳🇿 New Zealand	11.0	5,287,479
143	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	10.9	42,914
144	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	10.9	77,196
145	🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands	10.9	83,400
146	🇬🇪 Georgia	10.9	3,804,642
147	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	10.9	180,488
148	🇮🇸 Iceland	10.8	402,329
149	🇲🇪 Montenegro	10.7	626,233
150	🇩🇲 Dominica	10.7	65,511
151	🇧🇸 Bahamas	10.5	404,628
152	🇺🇸 United States	10.5	349,035,494
153	🇵🇼 Palau	10.5	17,614
154	🇨🇰 Cook Islands	10.4	12,826
155	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	10.3	372,453
156	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	10.3	11,574,682
157	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	10.3	283,076
158	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands	10.2	47,148
159	🇲🇩 Moldova	10.1	2,961,253
160	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	10.1	687,448
161	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	10.1	1,513,268
162	🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	10.0	3,465
163	🇨🇾 Cyprus	9.9	1,382,334
164	🇩🇰 Denmark	9.9	6,023,520
165	🇲🇻 Maldives	9.8	531,517
166	🇮🇪 Ireland	9.8	5,356,950
167	🇺🇾 Uruguay	9.7	3,382,537
168	🇶🇦 Qatar	9.7	3,173,559
169	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	9.7	5,174,789
170	🇲🇨 Monaco	9.7	38,087
171	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	9.7	69,931,528
172	🇰🇼 Kuwait	9.7	5,102,773
173	🇦🇱 Albania	9.7	2,751,025
174	🇲🇶 Martinique	9.6	337,711
175	🇳🇱 Netherlands	9.5	18,448,775
176	🇫🇷 France	9.5	66,746,401
177	🇦🇼 Aruba	9.5	108,164
178	🇳🇴 Norway	9.4	5,652,989
179	🇷🇴 Romania	9.4	18,800,605
180	🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands	9.4	31,913
181	🇦🇮 Anguilla	9.3	14,817
182	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	9.2	40,368
183	🇸🇪 Sweden	9.0	10,701,046
184	🇨🇭 Switzerland	9.0	9,007,798
185	🇸🇽 Sint Maarten	8.9	44,447
186	🇨🇦 Canada	8.9	40,467,728
187	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	8.9	6,667,660
188	🇲🇺 Mauritius	8.9	1,265,059
189	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	8.9	1,804,062
190	🇸🇰 Slovakia	8.8	5,451,342
191	🇭🇺 Hungary	8.7	9,585,818
192	🇷🇸 Serbia	8.6	6,641,964
193	🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna	8.6	11,113
194	🇧🇪 Belgium	8.6	11,774,642
195	🇸🇬 Singapore	8.6	5,905,748
196	🇨🇱 Chile	8.5	19,945,850
197	🇨🇺 Cuba	8.5	10,892,659
198	🇷🇺 Russia	8.5	143,394,458
199	🇲🇸 Montserrat	8.4	4,328
200	🇩🇪 Germany	8.2	83,644,258
201	🇵🇹 Portugal	8.2	10,395,362
202	🇦🇹 Austria	8.2	9,107,266
203	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	8.1	84,054
204	🇬🇬 Guernsey	8.1	64,610
205	🇯🇪 Jersey	8.1	104,106
206	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	8.0	39,936
207	🇭🇷 Croatia	8.0	3,822,345
208	🇸🇮 Slovenia	8.0	2,114,574
209	🇹🇭 Thailand	7.9	71,559,614
210	🇨🇿 Czechia	7.9	10,527,780
211	🇫🇮 Finland	7.8	5,621,739
212	🇧🇲 Bermuda	7.8	64,459
213	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.7	3,114,242
214	🇲🇹 Malta	7.7	549,011
215	🇱🇹 Lithuania	7.7	2,797,338
216	🇪🇪 Estonia	7.6	1,331,062
217	🇨🇼 Curaçao	7.6	185,440
218	🇵🇱 Poland	7.5	37,843,188
219	🇱🇻 Latvia	7.3	1,835,935
220	🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	7.1	5,148
221	🇦🇩 Andorra	6.9	83,753
222	🇧🇾 Belarus	6.9	8,937,018
223	🇪🇸 Spain	6.8	47,850,793
224	🇬🇷 Greece	6.8	9,897,116
225	🇮🇹 Italy	6.4	58,926,166
226	🇲🇴 Macau	6.1	723,188
227	🇺🇦 Ukraine	6.1	39,535,848
228	🇨🇳 China	6.1	1,412,914,089
229	🇯🇵 Japan	6.1	122,427,731
230	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	5.9	3,222,688
231	🇸🇲 San Marino	5.8	33,605
232	🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy	5.3	11,550
233	🇹🇼 Taiwan	5.3	23,011,292
234	🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5.3	5,513
235	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	5.2	7,378,602
236	🇰🇷 South Korea	4.8	51,600,388
237	🇻🇦 Vatican City	4.4	506

FAQ

Which country has the highest birth rate in the world?

Central African Republic has the highest birth rate in the world at 44.7 births per 1,000 people (2026, UN World Population Prospects 2024).

Which country has the lowest birth rate?

Vatican City has the lowest birth rate at 4.4 births per 1,000 people (2026).

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant, 2026 values. Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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