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Countries by birth rate

Somalia had the highest birth rate of 215 countries in 2014, at 47.46 per 1,000 inhabitants. Portugal had the lowest, at 7.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 18.67 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the World was 19.77 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the World Bank.

Highest47.46Somalia
Lowest7.9Portugal
Median18.67215 countries
World19.77History

Top 40 countries, 2014

CSVChart (SVG)

SomaliaSomalia: 47.46 per 1,000 inhabitants47.46NigerNiger: 47.2 per 1,000 inhabitants47.2ChadChad: 47.05 per 1,000 inhabitants47.05MaliMali: 44.98 per 1,000 inhabitants44.98Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 44.65 per 1,000 inhabitants44.65Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 43.51 per 1,000 inhabitants43.51BurundiBurundi: 42.9 per 1,000 inhabitants42.9AngolaAngola: 42.5 per 1,000 inhabitants42.5Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 40.86 per 1,000 inhabitants40.86MozambiqueMozambique: 40.79 per 1,000 inhabitants40.79NigeriaNigeria: 39.89 per 1,000 inhabitants39.89Côte d’IvoireCôte d’Ivoire: 39.84 per 1,000 inhabitants39.84UgandaUganda: 39.71 per 1,000 inhabitants39.71AfghanistanAfghanistan: 39.65 per 1,000 inhabitants39.65BeninBenin: 39.34 per 1,000 inhabitants39.34TanzaniaTanzania: 38.36 per 1,000 inhabitants38.36South SudanSouth Sudan: 38.19 per 1,000 inhabitants38.19MauritaniaMauritania: 38.13 per 1,000 inhabitants38.13ZambiaZambia: 38.11 per 1,000 inhabitants38.11GuineaGuinea: 38.05 per 1,000 inhabitants38.05CameroonCameroon: 37.55 per 1,000 inhabitants37.55GambiaGambia: 36.91 per 1,000 inhabitants36.91MalawiMalawi: 36.5 per 1,000 inhabitants36.5TogoTogo: 36.34 per 1,000 inhabitants36.34Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: 36.1 per 1,000 inhabitants36.1Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo: 35.82 per 1,000 inhabitants35.82YemenYemen: 35.74 per 1,000 inhabitants35.74Sierra LeoneSierra Leone: 35.62 per 1,000 inhabitants35.62SudanSudan: 35.49 per 1,000 inhabitants35.49SenegalSenegal: 35.48 per 1,000 inhabitants35.48ZimbabweZimbabwe: 35.41 per 1,000 inhabitants35.41Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 35.28 per 1,000 inhabitants35.28LiberiaLiberia: 35.22 per 1,000 inhabitants35.22NauruNauru: 34.69 per 1,000 inhabitants34.69São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé and Príncipe: 34.27 per 1,000 inhabitants34.27MadagascarMadagascar: 34.18 per 1,000 inhabitants34.18EthiopiaEthiopia: 33.41 per 1,000 inhabitants33.41IraqIraq: 33.33 per 1,000 inhabitants33.33ComorosComoros: 33.32 per 1,000 inhabitants33.32VanuatuVanuatu: 33.09 per 1,000 inhabitants33.09
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2014
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2013
1Somalia47.46-0.29 pts
2Niger47.2-0.6 pts
3Chad47.05-0.38 pts
4Mali44.98-0.48 pts
5Central African Republic44.65-0.01 pts
6Democratic Republic of the Congo43.51-0.18 pts
7Burundi42.9-1 pts
8Angola42.5-0.56 pts
9Burkina Faso40.86-0.84 pts
10Mozambique40.79-0.76 pts
11Nigeria39.89-0.55 pts
12Côte d’Ivoire39.84-0.61 pts
13Uganda39.71-0.84 pts
14Afghanistan39.65-0.64 pts
15Benin39.34-0.24 pts
16Tanzania38.36-0.05 pts
17South Sudan38.19-0.1 pts
18Mauritania38.13-0.38 pts
19Zambia38.11-0.87 pts
20Guinea38.05-0.33 pts
21Cameroon37.55-0.53 pts
22Gambia36.91-1.19 pts
23Malawi36.5-1.22 pts
24Togo36.34-0.38 pts
25Guinea-Bissau36.1-0.99 pts
26Republic of the Congo35.82-1 pts
27Yemen35.74+0.26 pts
28Sierra Leone35.62-0.98 pts
29Sudan35.49-0.52 pts
30Senegal35.48-1.27 pts
31Zimbabwe35.41-1.57 pts
32Equatorial Guinea35.28-0.75 pts
33Liberia35.22-1.01 pts
34Nauru34.69-0.66 pts
35São Tomé and Príncipe34.27-1.09 pts
36Madagascar34.18-0.49 pts
37Ethiopia33.41-0.24 pts
38Iraq33.33-0.81 pts
39Comoros33.32-0.53 pts
40Vanuatu33.09-0.15 pts
41Palestine32.78-0.12 pts
42Solomon Islands32.55+0.07 pts
43Rwanda32.24-0.17 pts
44Tajikistan32.23+0.09 pts
45Ghana31.55-0.67 pts
46Kenya31.54-0.88 pts
47Eritrea31.46-0.25 pts
48Gabon31.38-0.54 pts
49Pakistan31.3-0.6 pts
50Namibia31.01-0.17 pts
51Samoa30.25-0.29 pts
52Lesotho29.5-0.49 pts
53Kiribati29.31-0.73 pts
54Eswatini29.02-0.63 pts
55Papua New Guinea28.9-0.45 pts
56Egypt28.39-0.2 pts
57Timor-Leste28.06-0.91 pts
58Mongolia28+0.5 pts
59Kyrgyzstan27.7+0.5 pts
60Turkmenistan27.47+0.12 pts
61Botswana26.8-0.39 pts
62Guatemala26.47-0.25 pts
63Tonga26.39-0.48 pts
64Algeria26.06+0.54 pts
65Haiti25.75-0.31 pts
66Marshall Islands25.7-0.7 pts
67Laos25.05-0.57 pts
68Cambodia24.4-0.16 pts
69Honduras24.39-0.41 pts
70Jordan24.32-0.6 pts
71Djibouti24.09-0.5 pts
72Bolivia24.04-0.4 pts
73Uzbekistan23.85+0.86 pts
74Syria23.78-3.08 pts
75Micronesia23.78-0.25 pts
76Philippines23.4-1.16 pts
77Kazakhstan23.02+0.37 pts
78Tuvalu22.98+0.14 pts
79Nicaragua22.84-0.37 pts
80Paraguay22.64+0.16 pts
81Libya22.62+0.08 pts
82Guyana22.61+0.04 pts
83Nepal22.39-0.07 pts
84Belize21.97-0.08 pts
85South Africa21.78-0.11 pts
86Israel21.5+0.2 pts
87Northern Mariana Islands21.46-1.32 pts
88Fiji21.29-0.2 pts
89Oman21.17+0.22 pts
90Dominican Republic20.84-0.33 pts
91Saint Martin20.64-0.35 pts
92American Samoa20.32-0.41 pts
93Bangladesh20.3-0.25 pts
94Guam20.23+0.29 pts
95Panama20.15-0.27 pts
96Suriname19.86-0.26 pts
97Saudi Arabia19.82+0.11 pts
98Morocco19.79-0.55 pts
99Tunisia19.66-0.1 pts
100Indonesia19.09-0.55 pts
101India19.09-0.97 pts
102Venezuela19.06-0.42 pts
103El Salvador19.01-0.17 pts
104Mexico18.96-0.6 pts
105Ecuador18.9-0.76 pts
106Iran18.83+0.3 pts
107Lebanon18.81+0.8 pts
108Vietnam18.67+0.78 pts
109Myanmar18.55-0.13 pts
110Peru18.37-0.45 pts
111Cape Verde18.08-0.32 pts
112Argentina18.02+0.34 pts
113Azerbaijan17.9-0.4 pts
114Maldives17.76-1.04 pts
115Türkiye17.5+0.5 pts
116Seychelles17-0.4 pts
117Malaysia16.72-0.04 pts
118Kuwait16.71-0.11 pts
119Brunei16.63-0.29 pts
120Sri Lanka16.52-0.51 pts
121Bhutan16.42-0.64 pts
122Saint Vincent and the Grenadines16.12+0.1 pts
123Georgia16.09+1.03 pts
124New Caledonia16.03-0.41 pts
125French Polynesia15.8+0.09 pts
126Bahrain15.63+0.04 pts
127Moldova15.3+1.5 pts
128Colombia15.26-0.37 pts
129Costa Rica14.85+0.08 pts
130Brazil14.78-0 pts
131Grenada14.53-0.87 pts
132Ireland14.4-0.5 pts
133Armenia14.3+0.5 pts
133Greenland14.3-0.2 pts
135Uruguay14.24-0.1 pts
136Saint Kitts and Nevis13.96-0.18 pts
137China13.83+0.8 pts
138Dominica13.68+0.39 pts
139Jamaica13.62-0.36 pts
140Bahamas13.5-0.4 pts
141Chile13.47-0.15 pts
142North Korea13.41+0.05 pts
143Iceland13.40 pts
144Palau13.36-0.66 pts
145Faroe Islands13.3+0.3 pts
145Russia13.3+0.1 pts
147Trinidad and Tobago13.29-0.22 pts
148Australia13.2-0.1 pts
148U.S. Virgin Islands13.2+0.1 pts
150Gibraltar13.13-0.16 pts
151Albania13.07-0.07 pts
152Sint Maarten12.93-0.62 pts
153Turks and Caicos Islands12.91-0.1 pts
154Aruba12.86+0.32 pts
155New Zealand12.67-0.53 pts
156Curaçao12.6-0.1 pts
157Belarus12.50 pts
157United States12.5+0.1 pts
159France12.40 pts
160Saint Lucia12.39-0.1 pts
161Antigua and Barbuda12.31-0.13 pts
162Montenegro12.1+0.1 pts
163United Kingdom12-0.1 pts
164Barbados11.91-0.12 pts
165Sweden11.9+0.1 pts
166Macao11.8+0.7 pts
167Norway11.5-0.1 pts
168United Arab Emirates11.47-0.35 pts
169North Macedonia11.4+0.2 pts
170Cayman Islands11.24-0.97 pts
171Belgium11.2-0.1 pts
172Cyprus11.14+0.11 pts
173Qatar11.13-0.24 pts
174Thailand10.95-0.42 pts
175Canada10.90 pts
175Latvia10.9+0.7 pts
175Luxembourg10.9-0.4 pts
178Cuba10.87-0.28 pts
179British Virgin Islands10.82+1.51 pts
180Monaco10.68+0.55 pts
181Ukraine10.63-0.54 pts
182Mauritius10.6-0.3 pts
183Finland10.5-0.2 pts
184Czechia10.4+0.2 pts
184Netherlands10.4+0.2 pts
184Switzerland10.4+0.2 pts
187Estonia10.30 pts
187Slovenia10.3+0.1 pts
189Slovakia10.2+0.1 pts
190Isle of Man10.11-0.3 pts
191Denmark10.1+0.1 pts
192Liechtenstein10+0.8 pts
192Lithuania10+0.3 pts
192Romania10+0.6 pts
195Poland9.9+0.2 pts
196Singapore9.8+0.5 pts
197Puerto Rico9.7-0.4 pts
198Austria9.6+0.2 pts
198Bulgaria9.6+0.3 pts
198Malta9.6+0.1 pts
201Hungary9.5+0.4 pts
202Croatia9.40 pts
203Serbia9.3+0.1 pts
204Spain9.2+0.1 pts
205San Marino9.1-0.6 pts
206Andorra8.97-0.06 pts
207Bermuda8.84-0.55 pts
208Germany8.8+0.3 pts
209Hong Kong8.6+0.6 pts
209South Korea8.60 pts
211Greece8.5-0.1 pts
212Bosnia and Herzegovina8.4-0.34 pts
213Italy8.3-0.2 pts
214Japan8-0.2 pts
215Portugal7.90 pts

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Live births per 1,000 residents during the year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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?

Somalia, with 47.46 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2014, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest birth rate?

Portugal, with 7.9 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2014.

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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