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Countries by birth rate

Niger had the highest birth rate of 215 countries in 2013, at 47.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. Portugal had the lowest, at 7.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 18.68 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the World was 19.87 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the World Bank.

Highest47.8Niger
Lowest7.9Portugal
Median18.68215 countries
World19.87History

Top 40 countries, 2013

CSVChart (SVG)

NigerNiger: 47.8 per 1,000 inhabitants47.8SomaliaSomalia: 47.74 per 1,000 inhabitants47.74ChadChad: 47.43 per 1,000 inhabitants47.43MaliMali: 45.46 per 1,000 inhabitants45.46Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 44.66 per 1,000 inhabitants44.66BurundiBurundi: 43.9 per 1,000 inhabitants43.9Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 43.69 per 1,000 inhabitants43.69AngolaAngola: 43.07 per 1,000 inhabitants43.07Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 41.7 per 1,000 inhabitants41.7MozambiqueMozambique: 41.55 per 1,000 inhabitants41.55UgandaUganda: 40.55 per 1,000 inhabitants40.55Côte d’IvoireCôte d’Ivoire: 40.45 per 1,000 inhabitants40.45NigeriaNigeria: 40.44 per 1,000 inhabitants40.44AfghanistanAfghanistan: 40.29 per 1,000 inhabitants40.29BeninBenin: 39.58 per 1,000 inhabitants39.58ZambiaZambia: 38.98 per 1,000 inhabitants38.98MauritaniaMauritania: 38.51 per 1,000 inhabitants38.51TanzaniaTanzania: 38.41 per 1,000 inhabitants38.41GuineaGuinea: 38.38 per 1,000 inhabitants38.38South SudanSouth Sudan: 38.3 per 1,000 inhabitants38.3GambiaGambia: 38.1 per 1,000 inhabitants38.1CameroonCameroon: 38.08 per 1,000 inhabitants38.08MalawiMalawi: 37.72 per 1,000 inhabitants37.72Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: 37.08 per 1,000 inhabitants37.08ZimbabweZimbabwe: 36.98 per 1,000 inhabitants36.98Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo: 36.82 per 1,000 inhabitants36.82SenegalSenegal: 36.75 per 1,000 inhabitants36.75TogoTogo: 36.72 per 1,000 inhabitants36.72Sierra LeoneSierra Leone: 36.6 per 1,000 inhabitants36.6LiberiaLiberia: 36.23 per 1,000 inhabitants36.23Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 36.03 per 1,000 inhabitants36.03SudanSudan: 36.02 per 1,000 inhabitants36.02YemenYemen: 35.48 per 1,000 inhabitants35.48São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé and Príncipe: 35.36 per 1,000 inhabitants35.36NauruNauru: 35.34 per 1,000 inhabitants35.34MadagascarMadagascar: 34.67 per 1,000 inhabitants34.67IraqIraq: 34.14 per 1,000 inhabitants34.14ComorosComoros: 33.86 per 1,000 inhabitants33.86EthiopiaEthiopia: 33.64 per 1,000 inhabitants33.64VanuatuVanuatu: 33.24 per 1,000 inhabitants33.24
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2013
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2012
1Niger47.8-0.42 pts
2Somalia47.74-0.41 pts
3Chad47.43-0.75 pts
4Mali45.46-0.82 pts
5Central African Republic44.66-0.49 pts
6Burundi43.9-0.86 pts
7Democratic Republic of the Congo43.69-0.26 pts
8Angola43.07-0.55 pts
9Burkina Faso41.7-0.58 pts
10Mozambique41.55-0.46 pts
11Uganda40.55-0.87 pts
12Côte d’Ivoire40.45-0.24 pts
13Nigeria40.44-0.67 pts
14Afghanistan40.29-0.41 pts
15Benin39.58-0.12 pts
16Zambia38.98-0.88 pts
17Mauritania38.51-0.23 pts
18Tanzania38.41+0.31 pts
19Guinea38.38-0.32 pts
20South Sudan38.3-0.85 pts
21Gambia38.1-0.72 pts
22Cameroon38.08-0.58 pts
23Malawi37.72-0.84 pts
24Guinea-Bissau37.08-0.49 pts
25Zimbabwe36.98-0.83 pts
26Republic of the Congo36.82-1 pts
27Senegal36.75-0.79 pts
28Togo36.72-0.77 pts
29Sierra Leone36.6-1.17 pts
30Liberia36.23-1.19 pts
31Equatorial Guinea36.03-0.74 pts
32Sudan36.02-0.58 pts
33Yemen35.48+0.32 pts
34São Tomé and Príncipe35.36-1 pts
35Nauru35.34-0.8 pts
36Madagascar34.67-0.39 pts
37Iraq34.14-0.69 pts
38Comoros33.86-0.38 pts
39Ethiopia33.64-0.92 pts
40Vanuatu33.24+0.06 pts
41Palestine32.9-0.47 pts
42Solomon Islands32.49-0.25 pts
43Kenya32.43-1.25 pts
44Rwanda32.41-0.44 pts
45Ghana32.22-0.3 pts
46Tajikistan32.15+0.13 pts
47Gabon31.92-0.57 pts
48Pakistan31.9-0.58 pts
49Eritrea31.7-0.71 pts
50Namibia31.18-0.18 pts
51Samoa30.53-0.16 pts
52Kiribati30.05-0.75 pts
53Lesotho29.99-0.04 pts
54Eswatini29.65-0.31 pts
55Papua New Guinea29.35-0.45 pts
56Timor-Leste28.96-0.83 pts
57Egypt28.59+0.47 pts
58Mongolia27.5+1.5 pts
59Turkmenistan27.35+0.47 pts
60Kyrgyzstan27.2-0.4 pts
61Botswana27.18-0.56 pts
62Syria26.87-0.85 pts
63Tonga26.87-0.41 pts
64Guatemala26.72-0.52 pts
65Marshall Islands26.4-1.31 pts
66Haiti26.07-0.62 pts
67Laos25.62-0.55 pts
68Algeria25.52-0.13 pts
69Jordan24.93-1.97 pts
70Honduras24.8-0.5 pts
71Djibouti24.59-0.47 pts
72Cambodia24.56-0.02 pts
72Philippines24.56-0.66 pts
74Bolivia24.44-0.39 pts
75Micronesia24.03-0.34 pts
76Nicaragua23.2-0.41 pts
77Uzbekistan22.99+1.03 pts
78Tuvalu22.83-0.06 pts
79Northern Mariana Islands22.78+1 pts
80Kazakhstan22.650 pts
81Guyana22.56+0.24 pts
82Libya22.54-0.05 pts
83Paraguay22.47-0.09 pts
84Nepal22.46-0.19 pts
85Belize22.06+0.05 pts
86South Africa21.89-0.22 pts
87Fiji21.5-0.09 pts
88Israel21.3-0.3 pts
89Dominican Republic21.18-0.34 pts
90Saint Martin20.99-0.66 pts
91Oman20.95+0.26 pts
92American Samoa20.73-0.54 pts
93Bangladesh20.55-0.16 pts
94Panama20.42-0.31 pts
95Morocco20.34-0.64 pts
96Suriname20.12-0.21 pts
97India20.06-0.61 pts
98Guam19.94-1.76 pts
99Tunisia19.76+0.18 pts
100Saudi Arabia19.71-0.68 pts
101Ecuador19.66-1.29 pts
102Indonesia19.64-0.77 pts
103Mexico19.56-0.3 pts
104Venezuela19.48-0.46 pts
105El Salvador19.19-0.21 pts
106Peru18.82-0.39 pts
107Maldives18.8-0.97 pts
108Myanmar18.68-0.13 pts
109Iran18.53+0.39 pts
110Cape Verde18.4-0.71 pts
111Azerbaijan18.3-0.5 pts
112Lebanon18.02-0.95 pts
113Vietnam17.89-0 pts
114Argentina17.68+0.2 pts
115Seychelles17.4-1.2 pts
116Bhutan17.07-0.52 pts
117Sri Lanka17.03-0.12 pts
118Türkiye17-0.2 pts
119Brunei16.91-0.18 pts
120Kuwait16.82-0.94 pts
121Malaysia16.76-0.24 pts
122New Caledonia16.44-0.35 pts
123Saint Vincent and the Grenadines16.02-0.18 pts
124French Polynesia15.71-0.82 pts
125Colombia15.63-0.36 pts
126Bahrain15.59+0.15 pts
127Grenada15.4-0.38 pts
128Georgia15.07+0.21 pts
129Ireland14.9-0.7 pts
130Brazil14.79-0.15 pts
131Costa Rica14.77-0.69 pts
132Greenland14.5+0.7 pts
133Uruguay14.34+0.13 pts
134Saint Kitts and Nevis14.14-0.3 pts
135Palau14.02+0.03 pts
136Jamaica13.98-0.43 pts
137Bahamas13.9-0.17 pts
138Armenia13.8-0.2 pts
139Moldova13.8-0.46 pts
140Chile13.62-0.15 pts
141Sint Maarten13.54-0.54 pts
142Trinidad and Tobago13.51-0.24 pts
143Iceland13.4-0.7 pts
144North Korea13.36+0.04 pts
145Australia13.3-0.4 pts
146Dominica13.29-0.58 pts
147Gibraltar13.28+0.55 pts
148New Zealand13.2-0.67 pts
148Russia13.2-0.1 pts
150Albania13.14+0.27 pts
151U.S. Virgin Islands13.10 pts
152China13.03-1.54 pts
153Turks and Caicos Islands13-0.44 pts
154Faroe Islands13+0.2 pts
155Curaçao12.7-0.7 pts
156Aruba12.55-0.04 pts
157Belarus12.5+0.3 pts
158Saint Lucia12.49+0.04 pts
159Antigua and Barbuda12.44-1.02 pts
160France12.4-0.2 pts
160United States12.4-0.2 pts
162Cayman Islands12.22-0.86 pts
163United Kingdom12.1-0.7 pts
164Barbados12.03-0.12 pts
165Montenegro120 pts
166United Arab Emirates11.82+0.14 pts
167Sweden11.8-0.1 pts
168Norway11.6-0.4 pts
169Qatar11.37-0.03 pts
169Thailand11.37-0.39 pts
171Belgium11.3-0.2 pts
171Luxembourg11.30 pts
173North Macedonia11.2-0.2 pts
174Ukraine11.17-0.25 pts
175Cuba11.16-0.08 pts
176Macao11.1-1.8 pts
177Cyprus11.03-0.58 pts
178Canada10.9-0.1 pts
178Mauritius10.9-0.6 pts
180Finland10.7-0.3 pts
181Isle of Man10.42-0.35 pts
182Estonia10.3-0.3 pts
183Czechia10.2-0.1 pts
183Latvia10.2+0.4 pts
183Netherlands10.2-0.3 pts
183Slovenia10.2-0.5 pts
183Switzerland10.2-0.1 pts
188Monaco10.13-0.15 pts
189Puerto Rico10.1-0.5 pts
189Slovakia10.1-0.2 pts
191Denmark10-0.4 pts
192Lithuania9.7-0.3 pts
192Poland9.7-0.4 pts
192San Marino9.7+1 pts
195Malta9.5-0.3 pts
196Austria9.40 pts
196Croatia9.4-0.4 pts
196Romania9.4-0.6 pts
199Bermuda9.39-0.24 pts
200British Virgin Islands9.31-0.01 pts
201Bulgaria9.3-0.2 pts
201Singapore9.3-0.8 pts
203Liechtenstein9.2-0.5 pts
203Serbia9.2-0.1 pts
205Hungary9.10 pts
205Spain9.1-0.6 pts
207Andorra9.03-1.14 pts
208Bosnia and Herzegovina8.74-0.13 pts
209Greece8.6-0.5 pts
209South Korea8.6-1 pts
211Germany8.5+0.1 pts
211Italy8.5-0.4 pts
213Japan8.20 pts
214Hong Kong8-4.8 pts
215Portugal7.9-0.6 pts

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Live births per 1,000 residents during the year.

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How to cite

World Bank, World Development Indicators. Birth rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CBRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which country has the highest birth rate?

Niger, with 47.8 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2013, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest birth rate?

Portugal, with 7.9 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2013.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: World Bank, Birth rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN). Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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