Countries by birth rate
Somalia had the highest birth rate of 215 countries in 2020, at 44.54 per 1,000 inhabitants. South Korea had the lowest, at 5.3 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 15.54 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the World was 17.15 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the World Bank.
Top 40 countries, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 44.54 | -0.6 pts |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 44.48 | +0.37 pts |
| 3 | Chad | 43.75 | -0.57 pts |
| 4 | Niger | 42.6 | -0.77 pts |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 42.19 | -0.36 pts |
| 6 | Mali | 40.96 | -0.18 pts |
| 7 | Angola | 39.13 | -0.41 pts |
| 8 | Mozambique | 38.74 | -0.38 pts |
| 9 | Uganda | 36.8 | -0.41 pts |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 36.6 | -0.54 pts |
| 11 | Tanzania | 36.44 | -0.45 pts |
| 12 | Yemen | 35.9 | -0.05 pts |
| 13 | Burundi | 35.86 | -0.72 pts |
| 14 | Mauritania | 35.74 | -0.48 pts |
| 15 | Guinea | 35.52 | -0.43 pts |
| 16 | Cameroon | 35.44 | -0.74 pts |
| 17 | Benin | 35.33 | -0.7 pts |
| 18 | Sudan | 34.48 | -0.43 pts |
| 19 | Zambia | 34.41 | -0.6 pts |
| 20 | Togo | 34.25 | -0.66 pts |
| 21 | Nigeria | 33.73 | -0.95 pts |
| 22 | Côte d’Ivoire | 33.65 | -0.65 pts |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 33.31 | -0.24 pts |
| 23 | Madagascar | 33.31 | -0.28 pts |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 32.74 | -1.59 pts |
| 26 | Malawi | 32.54 | -0.37 pts |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 32.2 | -0.61 pts |
| 28 | Liberia | 31.92 | -0.51 pts |
| 29 | Republic of the Congo | 31.74 | -0.44 pts |
| 30 | Gambia | 31.53 | -0.4 pts |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 31.41 | -0.44 pts |
| 32 | Equatorial Guinea | 31.35 | -0.43 pts |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 30.99 | -0.13 pts |
| 34 | Rwanda | 30.02 | -0.65 pts |
| 35 | Comoros | 29.99 | -0.46 pts |
| 36 | Vanuatu | 29.94 | -0.78 pts |
| 37 | Senegal | 29.93 | -0.47 pts |
| 38 | Gabon | 29.54 | -0.61 pts |
| 39 | South Sudan | 29.44 | +0.02 pts |
| 40 | Palestine | 28.88 | -0.83 pts |
| 41 | Eritrea | 28.87 | -0.25 pts |
| 42 | Nauru | 28.66 | -0.92 pts |
| 43 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 28.64 | -0.59 pts |
| 44 | Pakistan | 28.63 | -0.36 pts |
| 45 | Tajikistan | 28.36 | -0.81 pts |
| 46 | Solomon Islands | 27.97 | -0.45 pts |
| 47 | Kenya | 27.78 | -0.44 pts |
| 48 | Namibia | 27.69 | -0.7 pts |
| 49 | Samoa | 27.45 | -0.5 pts |
| 50 | Ghana | 27.43 | -0.46 pts |
| 51 | Kiribati | 27.36 | -0.47 pts |
| 52 | Iraq | 26.84 | -0.41 pts |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 26.09 | -0.37 pts |
| 54 | Uzbekistan | 25.63 | +0.91 pts |
| 55 | Lesotho | 25.63 | -0.81 pts |
| 56 | Botswana | 25.53 | -0.22 pts |
| 57 | Eswatini | 25.39 | -0.5 pts |
| 58 | Tuvalu | 24.63 | -0.23 pts |
| 59 | Turkmenistan | 24.12 | -0.72 pts |
| 60 | Kyrgyzstan | 24 | -2.9 pts |
| 61 | Tonga | 23.63 | -0.21 pts |
| 62 | Marshall Islands | 23.44 | -0.3 pts |
| 63 | Mongolia | 23.4 | -1 pts |
| 64 | Timor-Leste | 23.35 | -0.5 pts |
| 65 | Haiti | 23.34 | -0.44 pts |
| 66 | Honduras | 22.8 | -0.31 pts |
| 67 | Micronesia | 22.69 | -0.2 pts |
| 68 | Laos | 22.62 | -0.53 pts |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 22.57 | +1.15 pts |
| 70 | Algeria | 22.43 | -0.95 pts |
| 71 | Cambodia | 22.41 | -0.58 pts |
| 72 | Guatemala | 22.04 | -1.05 pts |
| 73 | Egypt | 22 | -0.26 pts |
| 74 | Bolivia | 22 | -0.26 pts |
| 75 | Jordan | 21.73 | -0.51 pts |
| 76 | Djibouti | 21.58 | -0.34 pts |
| 77 | Guyana | 21.25 | -0.69 pts |
| 78 | Paraguay | 21.04 | -0.38 pts |
| 79 | Syria | 20.64 | +0.92 pts |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 20.45 | -0.36 pts |
| 81 | Bangladesh | 20.29 | +0.16 pts |
| 82 | Nepal | 20.17 | -0.48 pts |
| 83 | South Africa | 19.52 | -0.17 pts |
| 84 | Israel | 19.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 85 | Dominican Republic | 18.96 | -0.47 pts |
| 86 | Oman | 18.86 | -0 pts |
| 87 | Fiji | 18.83 | -0.4 pts |
| 88 | Libya | 18.74 | -0.5 pts |
| 89 | Guam | 18.61 | -0.64 pts |
| 90 | Belize | 18.35 | -0.98 pts |
| 91 | Morocco | 17.85 | -0.41 pts |
| 92 | Suriname | 17.69 | -0.18 pts |
| 93 | Saint Martin | 17.6 | -1.35 pts |
| 94 | Myanmar | 17.46 | -0.32 pts |
| 95 | Philippines | 17.02 | -1.09 pts |
| 96 | Lebanon | 16.91 | -0.71 pts |
| 97 | India | 16.74 | -0.62 pts |
| 98 | Panama | 16.72 | -0.85 pts |
| 99 | Indonesia | 16.67 | -0.23 pts |
| 100 | Saudi Arabia | 16.63 | -1.45 pts |
| 101 | Peru | 16.61 | -0.24 pts |
| 102 | Mexico | 16.57 | -0.31 pts |
| 103 | Ecuador | 16.39 | -0.53 pts |
| 104 | El Salvador | 16.3 | -0.27 pts |
| 105 | Seychelles | 15.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 106 | Tunisia | 15.79 | -1.03 pts |
| 107 | American Samoa | 15.66 | -0.65 pts |
| 108 | Venezuela | 15.54 | -0.76 pts |
| 109 | Northern Mariana Islands | 15.49 | -0.54 pts |
| 110 | Vietnam | 15.23 | -0.28 pts |
| 111 | New Caledonia | 14.9 | -0.28 pts |
| 112 | Greenland | 14.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 113 | Brunei | 14.28 | -0.29 pts |
| 114 | Colombia | 14.11 | -0.11 pts |
| 115 | Iran | 14.01 | -0.91 pts |
| 116 | Sri Lanka | 13.8 | -0.8 pts |
| 117 | Türkiye | 13.4 | -1 pts |
| 118 | Malaysia | 13.39 | -0.84 pts |
| 119 | North Korea | 13.39 | -0.01 pts |
| 120 | Cape Verde | 13.14 | -1.15 pts |
| 121 | Faroe Islands | 13.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 122 | Georgia | 13.05 | -0.53 pts |
| 123 | Brazil | 13 | -0.55 pts |
| 124 | Bhutan | 12.95 | +0.53 pts |
| 125 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.84 | -0.42 pts |
| 126 | Bahrain | 12.81 | -0.5 pts |
| 127 | Cayman Islands | 12.72 | +0.28 pts |
| 128 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 12.58 | -0.29 pts |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 12.5 | -1.6 pts |
| 130 | Grenada | 12.32 | -0.14 pts |
| 131 | Armenia | 12.3 | +0.1 pts |
| 131 | Iceland | 12.3 | 0 pts |
| 133 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.18 | +0.68 pts |
| 134 | Maldives | 12.11 | -0.48 pts |
| 135 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 12.1 | -0.2 pts |
| 136 | Moldova | 12.08 | -0.56 pts |
| 137 | Jamaica | 12.02 | -0.15 pts |
| 138 | Gibraltar | 11.98 | +0.01 pts |
| 139 | Argentina | 11.8 | -2.1 pts |
| 140 | French Polynesia | 11.78 | -0.16 pts |
| 141 | Saint Lucia | 11.71 | -0.14 pts |
| 142 | Kuwait | 11.69 | -0.37 pts |
| 143 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.67 | -0.4 pts |
| 144 | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.65 | -0.44 pts |
| 145 | Palau | 11.62 | -0.3 pts |
| 146 | Australia | 11.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 147 | Dominica | 11.4 | -0.11 pts |
| 148 | Costa Rica | 11.37 | -1.29 pts |
| 149 | New Zealand | 11.36 | -0.62 pts |
| 150 | Barbados | 11.33 | -0.11 pts |
| 151 | Montenegro | 11.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 152 | Cyprus | 11.14 | +0.13 pts |
| 153 | Bahamas | 11.12 | -0.08 pts |
| 154 | Ireland | 11.1 | -0.8 pts |
| 155 | France | 10.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 155 | Sweden | 10.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 155 | United States | 10.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 158 | Mauritius | 10.7 | +0.5 pts |
| 159 | Albania | 10.54 | -0.22 pts |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 10.47 | +0.37 pts |
| 161 | Uruguay | 10.41 | -0.48 pts |
| 162 | Denmark | 10.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 162 | Slovakia | 10.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 164 | Czechia | 10.3 | -0.2 pts |
| 164 | Romania | 10.3 | 0 pts |
| 166 | United Kingdom | 10.2 | -0.44 pts |
| 167 | Luxembourg | 10.2 | +0.2 pts |
| 168 | Chile | 10.1 | -0.84 pts |
| 169 | Qatar | 10.05 | +0.07 pts |
| 170 | Belgium | 9.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 170 | Estonia | 9.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 170 | Switzerland | 9.9 | -0.1 pts |
| 173 | Norway | 9.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 173 | Russia | 9.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 175 | Monaco | 9.75 | -0.22 pts |
| 176 | Sint Maarten | 9.75 | -0.28 pts |
| 177 | Hungary | 9.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 177 | Netherlands | 9.7 | -0.1 pts |
| 179 | Aruba | 9.69 | -1.15 pts |
| 180 | Canada | 9.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 180 | Poland | 9.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 182 | Austria | 9.4 | -0.2 pts |
| 183 | Germany | 9.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 184 | Cuba | 9.26 | -0.41 pts |
| 185 | Croatia | 9.2 | +0.1 pts |
| 185 | Latvia | 9.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 185 | North Macedonia | 9.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 188 | Liechtenstein | 9.1 | -0.1 pts |
| 189 | Bulgaria | 9 | -0.3 pts |
| 190 | Serbia | 8.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 190 | Slovenia | 8.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 192 | Belarus | 8.89 | -0.41 pts |
| 193 | Thailand | 8.79 | -0.26 pts |
| 194 | Curaçao | 8.7 | -1.4 pts |
| 195 | Isle of Man | 8.68 | -0.14 pts |
| 196 | Bermuda | 8.68 | +0.3 pts |
| 197 | Malta | 8.6 | 0 pts |
| 198 | China | 8.52 | -1.89 pts |
| 199 | Singapore | 8.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 200 | Finland | 8.4 | +0.1 pts |
| 200 | Lithuania | 8.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 202 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.35 | -0.21 pts |
| 203 | British Virgin Islands | 8.17 | +0.1 pts |
| 204 | Macao | 8.1 | -0.8 pts |
| 204 | Portugal | 8.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 206 | Greece | 7.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 207 | Ukraine | 7.56 | -0.27 pts |
| 208 | Spain | 7.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 209 | Andorra | 6.83 | -0.16 pts |
| 210 | Italy | 6.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 210 | Japan | 6.8 | -0.2 pts |
| 212 | San Marino | 6.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 213 | Puerto Rico | 6 | -0.4 pts |
| 214 | Hong Kong | 5.8 | -1.2 pts |
| 215 | South Korea | 5.3 | -0.6 pts |
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About this ranking
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.Use this data in your AI agent
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Which country has the highest birth rate?
Somalia, with 44.54 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2020, according to the World Bank.
Which country has the lowest birth rate?
South Korea, with 5.3 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2020.
Where does this ranking come from?
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