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Countries by birth rate

Somalia had the highest birth rate of 215 countries in 2018, at 45.67 per 1,000 inhabitants. South Korea had the lowest, at 6.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 16.68 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the World was 18.19 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the World Bank.

Highest45.67Somalia
Lowest6.4South Korea
Median16.68215 countries
World18.19History

Top 40 countries, 2018

CSVChart (SVG)

SomaliaSomalia: 45.67 per 1,000 inhabitants45.67ChadChad: 44.4 per 1,000 inhabitants44.4NigerNiger: 44.18 per 1,000 inhabitants44.18Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 43.84 per 1,000 inhabitants43.84Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 42.89 per 1,000 inhabitants42.89MaliMali: 42.59 per 1,000 inhabitants42.59AngolaAngola: 40.06 per 1,000 inhabitants40.06MozambiqueMozambique: 39.45 per 1,000 inhabitants39.45UgandaUganda: 37.67 per 1,000 inhabitants37.67AfghanistanAfghanistan: 37.62 per 1,000 inhabitants37.62TanzaniaTanzania: 37.34 per 1,000 inhabitants37.34BurundiBurundi: 37.22 per 1,000 inhabitants37.22BeninBenin: 36.96 per 1,000 inhabitants36.96CameroonCameroon: 36.9 per 1,000 inhabitants36.9MauritaniaMauritania: 36.62 per 1,000 inhabitants36.62GuineaGuinea: 36.33 per 1,000 inhabitants36.33YemenYemen: 36.05 per 1,000 inhabitants36.05Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 36.01 per 1,000 inhabitants36.01NigeriaNigeria: 35.69 per 1,000 inhabitants35.69ZambiaZambia: 35.46 per 1,000 inhabitants35.46TogoTogo: 35.43 per 1,000 inhabitants35.43Côte d’IvoireCôte d’Ivoire: 35.08 per 1,000 inhabitants35.08SudanSudan: 35.07 per 1,000 inhabitants35.07MadagascarMadagascar: 33.65 per 1,000 inhabitants33.65EthiopiaEthiopia: 33.39 per 1,000 inhabitants33.39Sierra LeoneSierra Leone: 33.34 per 1,000 inhabitants33.34MalawiMalawi: 33.23 per 1,000 inhabitants33.23LiberiaLiberia: 32.96 per 1,000 inhabitants32.96Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo: 32.78 per 1,000 inhabitants32.78Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 32.4 per 1,000 inhabitants32.4Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: 32.37 per 1,000 inhabitants32.37GambiaGambia: 32.32 per 1,000 inhabitants32.32SenegalSenegal: 31.6 per 1,000 inhabitants31.6VanuatuVanuatu: 31.43 per 1,000 inhabitants31.43ZimbabweZimbabwe: 31.33 per 1,000 inhabitants31.33RwandaRwanda: 31.23 per 1,000 inhabitants31.23ComorosComoros: 30.91 per 1,000 inhabitants30.91NauruNauru: 30.66 per 1,000 inhabitants30.66GabonGabon: 30.54 per 1,000 inhabitants30.54PalestinePalestine: 30.53 per 1,000 inhabitants30.53
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2018
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2017
1Somalia45.67-0.48 pts
2Chad44.4-0.52 pts
3Niger44.18-0.88 pts
4Central African Republic43.84+0.1 pts
5Democratic Republic of the Congo42.89-0.09 pts
6Mali42.59-0.86 pts
7Angola40.06-0.54 pts
8Mozambique39.45-0.31 pts
9Uganda37.67-0.27 pts
10Afghanistan37.62-0.55 pts
11Tanzania37.34-0.28 pts
12Burundi37.22-1.4 pts
13Benin36.96-0.89 pts
14Cameroon36.9-0.62 pts
15Mauritania36.62-0.42 pts
16Guinea36.33-0.56 pts
17Yemen36.05-0.02 pts
18Burkina Faso36.01-1.72 pts
19Nigeria35.69-1 pts
20Zambia35.46-0.47 pts
21Togo35.43-0.31 pts
22Côte d’Ivoire35.08-1.5 pts
23Sudan35.07+0.05 pts
24Madagascar33.65+0.06 pts
25Ethiopia33.39+0.17 pts
26Sierra Leone33.34-0.47 pts
27Malawi33.23-0.46 pts
28Liberia32.96-0.43 pts
29Republic of the Congo32.78-0.63 pts
30Equatorial Guinea32.4-0.67 pts
31Guinea-Bissau32.37-0.66 pts
32Gambia32.32-1.13 pts
33Senegal31.6-1.21 pts
34Vanuatu31.43-0.65 pts
35Zimbabwe31.33-0.49 pts
36Rwanda31.23-0.43 pts
37Comoros30.91-0.44 pts
38Nauru30.66-1.58 pts
39Gabon30.54-0.24 pts
40Palestine30.53-0.9 pts
41São Tomé and Príncipe29.8-0.76 pts
42Tajikistan29.46-0.19 pts
43Pakistan29.34-0.39 pts
44Eritrea29.2-0.36 pts
45Solomon Islands29.15-0.94 pts
46South Sudan29.07-3.73 pts
47Namibia29.07-0.59 pts
48Kenya29.04-0.57 pts
49Samoa28.49-0.31 pts
50Ghana28.39-0.54 pts
51Kiribati28.11-0.16 pts
52Iraq27.66-0.64 pts
53Lesotho27.36-0.88 pts
54Kyrgyzstan27.1+2.3 pts
55Papua New Guinea26.96-0.41 pts
56Eswatini26.41-0.51 pts
57Botswana25.9-0.18 pts
58Turkmenistan25.5-0.77 pts
59Tuvalu24.93+0.64 pts
60Mongolia24.5+0.6 pts
61Timor-Leste24.48-0.77 pts
62Guatemala24.32-0.86 pts
63Haiti24.22-0.42 pts
64Tonga24.14-0.37 pts
65Marshall Islands24.07-0.32 pts
66Algeria24.06-0.95 pts
67Uzbekistan24.01+0.81 pts
68Laos23.6-0.52 pts
69Egypt23.59-2.51 pts
70Honduras23.39-0.11 pts
71Cambodia23.37-0.28 pts
72Micronesia23.06-0.11 pts
73Jordan22.68-0.54 pts
74Bolivia22.57-0.34 pts
75Djibouti22.31-0.39 pts
76Paraguay21.84-0.33 pts
77Kazakhstan21.7+0.27 pts
78Guyana21.24-0.81 pts
79Nicaragua21.21-0.44 pts
80Belize21.14-0.14 pts
81Nepal21.12-0.45 pts
82Israel20.8-0.3 pts
83Bangladesh20.07+0.08 pts
84South Africa19.85-0.19 pts
85Dominican Republic19.85-0.16 pts
86Libya19.84-0.67 pts
87Guam19.82-0.8 pts
88Saudi Arabia19.74-0.09 pts
89Fiji19.6-0.43 pts
90Saint Martin19.42+0.25 pts
91Philippines19.42-1.15 pts
92Oman19.27-0.89 pts
93Syria18.93-0.65 pts
94Morocco18.57-0.34 pts
95Panama18.52-0.56 pts
96Suriname18.09-0.36 pts
97Lebanon18.09-0.56 pts
98Myanmar18.05-0.29 pts
99India17.91-0.09 pts
100Ecuador17.52-0.15 pts
101Tunisia17.34-0.82 pts
102Venezuela17.33-0.6 pts
103American Samoa17.2-1 pts
104Indonesia17.15-0.39 pts
105Seychelles17.1-0.1 pts
106Mexico17.04-0.18 pts
107Peru16.93-0.32 pts
108El Salvador16.68-0.44 pts
109Iran16.66-1.38 pts
110Northern Mariana Islands16.56-0.77 pts
111Cape Verde15.45-1.35 pts
112Vietnam15.44-1.33 pts
113Türkiye15.4-0.8 pts
114Argentina15.33-0.82 pts
115New Caledonia15.23-0.1 pts
116Sri Lanka15.15-0.22 pts
117Brunei14.92-0.41 pts
118Malaysia14.81-0.52 pts
119Greenland14.6-0.6 pts
120Georgia14.33-0.57 pts
121Colombia14.2+0.02 pts
122Brazil14.02-0.1 pts
123Azerbaijan14-0.6 pts
124Saint Vincent and the Grenadines13.68-0.45 pts
125Bahrain13.64-0.43 pts
126Costa Rica13.62-0.19 pts
127Faroe Islands13.6+0.4 pts
128North Korea13.43-0.05 pts
129Maldives13.4-0.95 pts
130Moldova13.28-0.49 pts
131Saint Kitts and Nevis13.11-0.27 pts
132Bhutan12.94-0.82 pts
133Kuwait12.83-1.43 pts
134French Polynesia12.81-0.33 pts
135Australia12.60 pts
135U.S. Virgin Islands12.6-0.2 pts
137Turks and Caicos Islands12.51-0.18 pts
138Ireland12.5-0.3 pts
139Grenada12.4+0.75 pts
140Jamaica12.31-0.29 pts
141Armenia12.3-0.3 pts
142Trinidad and Tobago12.06-0.43 pts
143Palau12-0.43 pts
144Gibraltar12-0.02 pts
144Iceland12+0.1 pts
146Saint Lucia11.98-0.12 pts
147New Zealand11.84-0.54 pts
148Chile11.7-0.06 pts
149Uruguay11.69-1.02 pts
150Dominica11.64-0.18 pts
151Montenegro11.6-0.3 pts
151United States11.6-0.2 pts
153Barbados11.54-0.09 pts
154Sweden11.4-0.1 pts
155France11.3-0.2 pts
156Bahamas11.26-0.16 pts
157Cyprus11.03-0.13 pts
158United Kingdom11-0.4 pts
159Estonia10.9+0.4 pts
159Russia10.9-0.6 pts
161Albania10.9-0.52 pts
162China10.86-1.78 pts
163Antigua and Barbuda10.82-0.97 pts
164Aruba10.81-0.67 pts
165Czechia10.7-0.1 pts
166Denmark10.60 pts
166Slovakia10.6-0.1 pts
168Cayman Islands10.58+0.41 pts
169Curaçao10.5+0.8 pts
170Sint Maarten10.46-0.46 pts
171Belgium10.4-0.1 pts
171Norway10.4-0.3 pts
171Romania10.4-0.4 pts
174Luxembourg10.3-0.1 pts
174Mauritius10.3-0.4 pts
174North Macedonia10.3-0.2 pts
174Switzerland10.30 pts
178United Arab Emirates10.25-0.41 pts
179Poland10.2-0.4 pts
180Monaco10.19+0.19 pts
181Cuba10.17+0.06 pts
182Canada10.1-0.2 pts
183Latvia10-0.7 pts
184Qatar9.92-0.11 pts
185Belarus9.9-0.9 pts
185Liechtenstein9.9+1 pts
187Netherlands9.8-0.1 pts
188Austria9.7-0.3 pts
189Hungary9.6-0.1 pts
190Germany9.50 pts
190Lithuania9.5-0.3 pts
192Slovenia9.4-0.4 pts
192Thailand9.4-0.37 pts
194Bulgaria9.3-0.1 pts
194Croatia9.3+0.3 pts
196Malta9.20 pts
196Serbia9.20 pts
198Macao9-1.1 pts
199Isle of Man9-0.2 pts
200Bosnia and Herzegovina8.8+0.24 pts
201Singapore8.8-0.1 pts
202Finland8.6-0.5 pts
203Bermuda8.41-0.4 pts
204Portugal8.4+0.1 pts
205Ukraine8.13-0.65 pts
206Greece8.1-0.1 pts
207Spain7.9-0.5 pts
208Japan7.4-0.2 pts
209Italy7.3-0.3 pts
210Hong Kong7.2-0.4 pts
211Andorra7.16-0.67 pts
212British Virgin Islands6.98+0.06 pts
213San Marino6.8+0.1 pts
214Puerto Rico6.7-0.6 pts
215South Korea6.4-0.6 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 45.67 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2018, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest birth rate?

South Korea, with 6.4 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2018.

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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