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Countries by birth rate

Somalia had the highest birth rate of 215 countries in 2019, at 45.14 per 1,000 inhabitants. South Korea had the lowest, at 5.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 16.3 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the World was 17.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the World Bank.

Highest45.14Somalia
Lowest5.9South Korea
Median16.3215 countries
World17.8History

Top 40 countries, 2019

CSVChart (SVG)

SomaliaSomalia: 45.14 per 1,000 inhabitants45.14ChadChad: 44.32 per 1,000 inhabitants44.32Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 44.11 per 1,000 inhabitants44.11NigerNiger: 43.37 per 1,000 inhabitants43.37Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 42.55 per 1,000 inhabitants42.55MaliMali: 41.14 per 1,000 inhabitants41.14AngolaAngola: 39.54 per 1,000 inhabitants39.54MozambiqueMozambique: 39.12 per 1,000 inhabitants39.12UgandaUganda: 37.21 per 1,000 inhabitants37.21AfghanistanAfghanistan: 37.14 per 1,000 inhabitants37.14TanzaniaTanzania: 36.88 per 1,000 inhabitants36.88BurundiBurundi: 36.58 per 1,000 inhabitants36.58MauritaniaMauritania: 36.21 per 1,000 inhabitants36.21CameroonCameroon: 36.18 per 1,000 inhabitants36.18BeninBenin: 36.04 per 1,000 inhabitants36.04GuineaGuinea: 35.95 per 1,000 inhabitants35.95YemenYemen: 35.95 per 1,000 inhabitants35.95ZambiaZambia: 35.01 per 1,000 inhabitants35.01SudanSudan: 34.91 per 1,000 inhabitants34.91TogoTogo: 34.91 per 1,000 inhabitants34.91NigeriaNigeria: 34.69 per 1,000 inhabitants34.69Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 34.33 per 1,000 inhabitants34.33Côte d’IvoireCôte d’Ivoire: 34.31 per 1,000 inhabitants34.31MadagascarMadagascar: 33.59 per 1,000 inhabitants33.59EthiopiaEthiopia: 33.55 per 1,000 inhabitants33.55MalawiMalawi: 32.9 per 1,000 inhabitants32.9Sierra LeoneSierra Leone: 32.81 per 1,000 inhabitants32.81LiberiaLiberia: 32.43 per 1,000 inhabitants32.43Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo: 32.18 per 1,000 inhabitants32.18GambiaGambia: 31.92 per 1,000 inhabitants31.92Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: 31.85 per 1,000 inhabitants31.85Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 31.78 per 1,000 inhabitants31.78ZimbabweZimbabwe: 31.12 per 1,000 inhabitants31.12VanuatuVanuatu: 30.72 per 1,000 inhabitants30.72RwandaRwanda: 30.67 per 1,000 inhabitants30.67ComorosComoros: 30.45 per 1,000 inhabitants30.45SenegalSenegal: 30.41 per 1,000 inhabitants30.41GabonGabon: 30.15 per 1,000 inhabitants30.15PalestinePalestine: 29.71 per 1,000 inhabitants29.71NauruNauru: 29.58 per 1,000 inhabitants29.58
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2019
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2018
1Somalia45.14-0.53 pts
2Chad44.32-0.09 pts
3Central African Republic44.11+0.27 pts
4Niger43.37-0.81 pts
5Democratic Republic of the Congo42.55-0.34 pts
6Mali41.14-1.45 pts
7Angola39.54-0.52 pts
8Mozambique39.12-0.33 pts
9Uganda37.21-0.46 pts
10Afghanistan37.14-0.49 pts
11Tanzania36.88-0.45 pts
12Burundi36.58-0.64 pts
13Mauritania36.21-0.41 pts
14Cameroon36.18-0.72 pts
15Benin36.04-0.92 pts
16Guinea35.95-0.38 pts
17Yemen35.95-0.1 pts
18Zambia35.01-0.46 pts
19Sudan34.91-0.16 pts
20Togo34.91-0.52 pts
21Nigeria34.69-1 pts
22Burkina Faso34.33-1.68 pts
23Côte d’Ivoire34.31-0.78 pts
24Madagascar33.59-0.06 pts
25Ethiopia33.55+0.16 pts
26Malawi32.9-0.32 pts
27Sierra Leone32.81-0.53 pts
28Liberia32.43-0.52 pts
29Republic of the Congo32.18-0.6 pts
30Gambia31.92-0.4 pts
31Guinea-Bissau31.85-0.53 pts
32Equatorial Guinea31.78-0.62 pts
33Zimbabwe31.12-0.21 pts
34Vanuatu30.72-0.71 pts
35Rwanda30.67-0.56 pts
36Comoros30.45-0.46 pts
37Senegal30.41-1.19 pts
38Gabon30.15-0.39 pts
39Palestine29.71-0.82 pts
40Nauru29.58-1.08 pts
41South Sudan29.42+0.35 pts
42São Tomé and Príncipe29.23-0.57 pts
43Tajikistan29.17-0.29 pts
44Eritrea29.12-0.08 pts
45Pakistan28.99-0.36 pts
46Solomon Islands28.41-0.73 pts
47Namibia28.39-0.68 pts
48Kenya28.23-0.81 pts
49Samoa27.96-0.53 pts
50Ghana27.89-0.5 pts
51Kiribati27.83-0.29 pts
52Iraq27.25-0.41 pts
53Kyrgyzstan26.9-0.2 pts
54Papua New Guinea26.47-0.49 pts
55Lesotho26.44-0.92 pts
56Eswatini25.89-0.52 pts
57Botswana25.75-0.15 pts
58Tuvalu24.87-0.06 pts
59Turkmenistan24.84-0.66 pts
60Uzbekistan24.72+0.71 pts
61Mongolia24.4-0.1 pts
62Timor-Leste23.86-0.63 pts
63Tonga23.85-0.29 pts
64Haiti23.77-0.45 pts
65Marshall Islands23.74-0.33 pts
66Algeria23.38-0.68 pts
67Laos23.15-0.45 pts
68Honduras23.11-0.28 pts
69Guatemala23.09-1.23 pts
70Cambodia22.99-0.38 pts
71Micronesia22.89-0.17 pts
72Egypt22.27-1.32 pts
73Bolivia22.26-0.32 pts
74Jordan22.24-0.44 pts
75Guyana21.95+0.71 pts
76Djibouti21.91-0.4 pts
77Kazakhstan21.42-0.28 pts
78Paraguay21.42-0.41 pts
79Nicaragua20.81-0.4 pts
80Nepal20.65-0.47 pts
81Bangladesh20.13+0.06 pts
82Israel20.1-0.7 pts
83Syria19.72+0.79 pts
84South Africa19.69-0.16 pts
85Dominican Republic19.43-0.42 pts
86Belize19.34-1.81 pts
87Guam19.26-0.56 pts
88Libya19.24-0.6 pts
89Fiji19.23-0.38 pts
90Saint Martin18.96-0.47 pts
91Oman18.86-0.41 pts
92Morocco18.26-0.32 pts
93Philippines18.1-1.31 pts
94Saudi Arabia18.08-1.66 pts
95Suriname17.87-0.22 pts
96Myanmar17.77-0.28 pts
97Lebanon17.62-0.47 pts
98Panama17.57-0.95 pts
99India17.37-0.54 pts
100Ecuador16.92-0.6 pts
101Indonesia16.91-0.24 pts
102Mexico16.88-0.16 pts
103Peru16.85-0.08 pts
104Tunisia16.82-0.52 pts
105El Salvador16.57-0.11 pts
106Seychelles16.4-0.7 pts
107American Samoa16.3-0.9 pts
108Venezuela16.3-1.03 pts
109Northern Mariana Islands16.03-0.53 pts
110Vietnam15.51+0.07 pts
111New Caledonia15.18-0.04 pts
112Greenland15.1+0.5 pts
113Iran14.92-1.75 pts
114Sri Lanka14.6-0.55 pts
115Brunei14.57-0.35 pts
116Türkiye14.4-1 pts
117Cape Verde14.29-1.16 pts
118Malaysia14.23-0.57 pts
119Colombia14.22+0.02 pts
120Azerbaijan14.1+0.1 pts
121Argentina13.9-1.43 pts
122Georgia13.59-0.75 pts
123Brazil13.55-0.47 pts
124North Korea13.41-0.02 pts
125Bahrain13.32-0.32 pts
126Faroe Islands13.3-0.3 pts
127Saint Vincent and the Grenadines13.26-0.42 pts
128Saint Kitts and Nevis12.86-0.25 pts
129Costa Rica12.66-0.96 pts
130Moldova12.64-0.64 pts
131Maldives12.6-0.8 pts
132Grenada12.47+0.07 pts
133Cayman Islands12.44+1.85 pts
134Bhutan12.42-0.52 pts
135Iceland12.3+0.3 pts
135U.S. Virgin Islands12.3-0.3 pts
137Armenia12.2-0.1 pts
138Jamaica12.17-0.14 pts
139Australia12.1-0.5 pts
140Trinidad and Tobago12.09+0.03 pts
141Turks and Caicos Islands12.07-0.44 pts
142Kuwait12.06-0.76 pts
143New Zealand11.98+0.14 pts
144Gibraltar11.98-0.03 pts
145French Polynesia11.94-0.87 pts
146Palau11.92-0.08 pts
147Ireland11.9-0.6 pts
148Saint Lucia11.85-0.13 pts
149Dominica11.51-0.12 pts
150Antigua and Barbuda11.5+0.68 pts
150Montenegro11.5-0.1 pts
152Barbados11.45-0.09 pts
153United States11.4-0.2 pts
154France11.2-0.1 pts
155Bahamas11.2-0.07 pts
156Sweden11.1-0.3 pts
157Cyprus11.01-0.02 pts
158Chile10.94-0.76 pts
159Uruguay10.89-0.79 pts
160Aruba10.84+0.04 pts
161Albania10.76-0.14 pts
162United Kingdom10.65-0.36 pts
163Estonia10.6-0.3 pts
164Czechia10.5-0.2 pts
164Denmark10.5-0.1 pts
164Slovakia10.5-0.1 pts
167China10.41-0.45 pts
168Romania10.3-0.1 pts
169Belgium10.2-0.2 pts
169Mauritius10.2-0.1 pts
169Norway10.2-0.2 pts
172Curaçao10.1-0.4 pts
172Russia10.1-0.8 pts
174United Arab Emirates10.09-0.15 pts
175Sint Maarten10.02-0.43 pts
176Luxembourg10-0.3 pts
176Switzerland10-0.3 pts
178Qatar9.98+0.06 pts
179Monaco9.97-0.23 pts
180Canada9.9-0.2 pts
180Poland9.9-0.3 pts
182Latvia9.8-0.2 pts
182Netherlands9.80 pts
184Cuba9.67-0.5 pts
185Austria9.6-0.1 pts
185Hungary9.60 pts
185North Macedonia9.6-0.7 pts
188Germany9.4-0.1 pts
189Belarus9.3-0.6 pts
189Bulgaria9.30 pts
189Serbia9.3+0.1 pts
189Slovenia9.3-0.1 pts
193Liechtenstein9.2-0.7 pts
194Croatia9.1-0.2 pts
195Thailand9.06-0.34 pts
196Lithuania8.9-0.6 pts
196Macao8.9-0.1 pts
198Isle of Man8.83-0.17 pts
199Singapore8.80 pts
200Malta8.6-0.6 pts
201Bosnia and Herzegovina8.56-0.24 pts
202Portugal8.40 pts
203Bermuda8.38-0.03 pts
204Finland8.3-0.3 pts
205British Virgin Islands8.07+1.09 pts
206Ukraine7.82-0.3 pts
207Greece7.8-0.3 pts
208Spain7.6-0.3 pts
209Hong Kong7-0.2 pts
209Italy7-0.3 pts
209Japan7-0.4 pts
212Andorra6.99-0.17 pts
213San Marino6.7-0.1 pts
214Puerto Rico6.4-0.3 pts
215South Korea5.9-0.5 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?

Somalia, with 45.14 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2019, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest birth rate?

South Korea, with 5.9 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2019.

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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