Birth Rate by Country

Birth Rate by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 217 countries for 2024, sourced from World Bank Open Data.

HighestCentral African Republic46.2

LowestSan Marino4.2

Average17.2217 countries

Year2024latest available

💡 Birth rates vary more than fivefold between high‑ and low‑fertility countries.

Top 10 countries

Central African Republic46.2

Chad43.3

Somalia, Fed. Rep.42.3

Niger41.4

Congo, Dem. Rep.40.9

Mali39.5

Angola37.2

Mozambique37

Afghanistan35

Tanzania34.8

Birth Rate: full country ranking (2024)

#	Country	Birth Rate
1	Central African Republic	46.2
2	Chad	43.3
3	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	42.3
4	Niger	41.4
5	Congo, Dem. Rep.	40.9
6	Mali	39.5
7	Angola	37.2
8	Mozambique	37
9	Afghanistan	35
10	Tanzania	34.8
11	Uganda	34.4
12	Yemen, Rep.	34.4
13	Mauritania	34
14	Benin	33.4
15	Cameroon	33.3
16	Guinea	33.3
17	Burundi	33.2
18	Sudan	33
19	Zambia	32.7
20	Nigeria	32.5
21	Togo	32.1
22	Madagascar	31.7
23	Cote d'Ivoire	31.6
24	Ethiopia	31.5
25	Burkina Faso	31.3
26	Malawi	31.1
27	Liberia	30.6
28	Congo, Rep.	30.4
29	Sierra Leone	30.1
30	Equatorial Guinea	30
31	Zimbabwe	29.9
32	Gambia, The	29.9
33	Guinea-Bissau	29.6
34	South Sudan	29.2
35	Senegal	29.2
36	Eritrea	28.7
37	Comoros	28.2
38	Sao Tome and Principe	28.1
39	Rwanda	28.1
40	Vanuatu	27.7
41	Pakistan	27.4
42	Gabon	27.1
43	Kenya	27
44	Solomon Islands	26.7
45	West Bank and Gaza	26.5
46	Ghana	25.9
47	Namibia	25.9
48	Iraq	25.6
49	Uzbekistan	25.6
50	Tajikistan	25.3
51	Kiribati	25.3
52	Samoa	25
53	Nauru	24.6
54	Botswana	24.4
55	Papua New Guinea	24.3
56	Lesotho	23.8
57	Eswatini	23.6
58	Syrian Arab Republic	23.2
59	Tonga	23
60	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	22.3
61	Tuvalu	22
62	Haiti	21.9
63	Timor-Leste	21.8
64	Honduras	21.6
65	Bolivia	21
66	Lao PDR	20.9
67	Djibouti	20.9
68	Egypt, Arab Rep.	20.9
69	Turkmenistan	20.9
70	Guatemala	20.6
71	Jordan	20.5
72	Cambodia	20.3
73	Marshall Islands	20.1
74	Bangladesh	20
75	Guyana	19.9
76	Paraguay	19.7
77	Kazakhstan	19.5
78	Kyrgyz Republic	19.4
79	Nicaragua	19.1
80	Nepal	19
81	Algeria	18.8
82	Israel	18.6
83	South Africa	18.5
84	Belize	18.1
85	Fiji	17.9
86	Dominican Republic	17.6
87	Guam	17.3
88	Suriname	17.2
89	Mongolia	16.9
90	Oman	16.8
91	Libya	16.5
92	Saudi Arabia	16.5
93	Myanmar	16.5
94	Morocco	16.4
95	India	16
96	Lebanon	16
97	Philippines	15.9
98	Panama	15.9
99	Indonesia	15.8
100	Peru	15.8
101	El Salvador	15.6
102	Mexico	15.5
103	Venezuela, RB	15.2
104	St. Martin (French part)	15
105	American Samoa	15
106	Ecuador	14.8
107	New Caledonia	14
108	Viet Nam	13.4
109	Tunisia	13.4
110	Brunei Darussalam	13.3
111	Colombia	13.3
112	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	12.9
113	Iran, Islamic Rep.	12.6
114	Bhutan	12.5
115	Malaysia	12.4
116	Cabo Verde	12.2
117	Gibraltar	12.2
118	Brazil	12.1
119	Northern Mariana Islands	12.1
120	Bahrain	12
121	Greenland	12
122	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	12
123	Kosovo	11.9
124	Antigua and Barbuda	11.7
125	St. Kitts and Nevis	11.7
126	Cayman Islands	11.6
127	Grenada	11.5
128	Jamaica	11.5
129	Georgia	11.3
130	St. Lucia	11.2
131	Iceland	11.2
132	Montenegro	11.2
133	Barbados	11.1
134	Armenia	11.1
135	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	11.1
136	Argentina	11.1
137	New Zealand	11
138	Seychelles	11
139	Turkiye	11
140	Dominica	11
141	Bahamas, The	10.8
142	Faroe Islands	10.8
143	Australia	10.7
144	French Polynesia	10.7
145	Palau	10.7
146	United States	10.6
147	Moldova	10.6
148	Maldives	10.6
149	Trinidad and Tobago	10.5
150	Turks and Caicos Islands	10.5
151	Cyprus	10.5
152	Mauritius	10.3
153	Albania	10.1
154	Sri Lanka	10.1
155	Kuwait	10
156	Azerbaijan	10
157	Ireland	10
158	Costa Rica	10
159	United Kingdom	9.9
160	United Arab Emirates	9.8
161	Uruguay	9.8
162	France	9.7
163	Norway	9.7
164	Monaco	9.6
165	Qatar	9.5
166	Denmark	9.5
167	Luxembourg	9.5
168	Sweden	9.3
169	Belgium	9.2
170	Netherlands	9.2
171	Serbia	9.2
172	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	9.1
173	Canada	8.9
174	North Macedonia	8.8
175	Chile	8.7
176	Switzerland	8.7
177	Cuba	8.6
178	Slovak Republic	8.5
179	Austria	8.4
180	Liechtenstein	8.4
181	Russian Federation	8.4
182	Bulgaria	8.3
183	Croatia	8.3
184	Isle of Man	8.3
185	British Virgin Islands	8.2
186	Channel Islands	8.2
187	Hungary	8.2
188	Thailand	8.1
189	Germany	8.1
190	Bermuda	7.9
191	Portugal	7.9
192	Slovenia	7.9
193	Finland	7.8
194	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.7
195	Czechia	7.7
196	Malta	7.7
197	Aruba	7.6
198	Romania	7.5
199	Singapore	7.4
200	Curacao	7.2
201	Estonia	7.1
202	Belarus	7
203	Latvia	6.9
204	Poland	6.9
205	Andorra	6.9
206	China	6.8
207	Greece	6.6
208	Lithuania	6.6
209	Spain	6.5
210	Italy	6.3
211	Japan	5.7
212	Puerto Rico (US)	5.7
213	Ukraine	5.5
214	Macao SAR, China	5.3
215	Hong Kong SAR, China	4.9
216	Korea, Rep.	4.7
217	San Marino	4.2

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2024. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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