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Countries by birth rate

The Central African Republic had the highest birth rate of 215 countries in 2022, at 45.43 per 1,000 inhabitants. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 4.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 14.27 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the World was 16.56 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the World Bank.

Highest45.43Central African Republic
Lowest4.4Hong Kong
Median14.27215 countries
World16.56History

Top 40 countries, 2022

CSVChart (SVG)

Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 45.43 per 1,000 inhabitants45.43SomaliaSomalia: 43.79 per 1,000 inhabitants43.79ChadChad: 43.35 per 1,000 inhabitants43.35NigerNiger: 41.95 per 1,000 inhabitants41.95Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 41.62 per 1,000 inhabitants41.62MaliMali: 40.35 per 1,000 inhabitants40.35AngolaAngola: 38.1 per 1,000 inhabitants38.1MozambiqueMozambique: 37.99 per 1,000 inhabitants37.99AfghanistanAfghanistan: 36.05 per 1,000 inhabitants36.05UgandaUganda: 35.8 per 1,000 inhabitants35.8TanzaniaTanzania: 35.64 per 1,000 inhabitants35.64YemenYemen: 35.41 per 1,000 inhabitants35.41MauritaniaMauritania: 34.84 per 1,000 inhabitants34.84GuineaGuinea: 34.38 per 1,000 inhabitants34.38BeninBenin: 34.35 per 1,000 inhabitants34.35BurundiBurundi: 34.31 per 1,000 inhabitants34.31CameroonCameroon: 34.27 per 1,000 inhabitants34.27ZambiaZambia: 33.54 per 1,000 inhabitants33.54SudanSudan: 33.54 per 1,000 inhabitants33.54NigeriaNigeria: 33.19 per 1,000 inhabitants33.19TogoTogo: 33.13 per 1,000 inhabitants33.13Côte d’IvoireCôte d’Ivoire: 32.5 per 1,000 inhabitants32.5MadagascarMadagascar: 32.5 per 1,000 inhabitants32.5EthiopiaEthiopia: 32.41 per 1,000 inhabitants32.41Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 32.04 per 1,000 inhabitants32.04MalawiMalawi: 31.74 per 1,000 inhabitants31.74LiberiaLiberia: 31.19 per 1,000 inhabitants31.19Sierra LeoneSierra Leone: 31.07 per 1,000 inhabitants31.07Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo: 30.94 per 1,000 inhabitants30.94ZimbabweZimbabwe: 30.88 per 1,000 inhabitants30.88GambiaGambia: 30.77 per 1,000 inhabitants30.77Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: 30.46 per 1,000 inhabitants30.46Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 30.12 per 1,000 inhabitants30.12SenegalSenegal: 29.46 per 1,000 inhabitants29.46South SudanSouth Sudan: 29.07 per 1,000 inhabitants29.07ComorosComoros: 29.06 per 1,000 inhabitants29.06RwandaRwanda: 28.86 per 1,000 inhabitants28.86EritreaEritrea: 28.68 per 1,000 inhabitants28.68VanuatuVanuatu: 28.67 per 1,000 inhabitants28.67GabonGabon: 28.3 per 1,000 inhabitants28.3
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2022
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2021
1Central African Republic45.43+0.2 pts
2Somalia43.79-0.3 pts
3Chad43.35+0.07 pts
4Niger41.95+0.02 pts
5Democratic Republic of the Congo41.62-0.31 pts
6Mali40.35-0.36 pts
7Angola38.1-0.57 pts
8Mozambique37.99-0.41 pts
9Afghanistan36.05-0.3 pts
10Uganda35.8-0.54 pts
11Tanzania35.64-0.38 pts
12Yemen35.41-0.26 pts
13Mauritania34.84-0.5 pts
14Guinea34.38-0.6 pts
15Benin34.35-0.43 pts
16Burundi34.31-0.75 pts
17Cameroon34.27-0.51 pts
18Zambia33.54-0.39 pts
19Sudan33.54-0.38 pts
20Nigeria33.19-0.35 pts
21Togo33.13-0.57 pts
22Côte d’Ivoire32.5-0.58 pts
23Madagascar32.5-0.41 pts
24Ethiopia32.41-0.46 pts
25Burkina Faso32.04-0.37 pts
26Malawi31.74-0.33 pts
27Liberia31.19-0.34 pts
28Sierra Leone31.07-0.57 pts
29Republic of the Congo30.94-0.44 pts
30Zimbabwe30.88-0.05 pts
31Gambia30.77-0.4 pts
32Guinea-Bissau30.46-0.51 pts
33Equatorial Guinea30.12-0.58 pts
34Senegal29.46-0.25 pts
35South Sudan29.07-0.63 pts
36Comoros29.06-0.44 pts
37Rwanda28.86-0.53 pts
38Eritrea28.68-0.14 pts
39Vanuatu28.67-0.66 pts
40Gabon28.3-0.64 pts
41São Tomé and Príncipe28.28-0.24 pts
42Pakistan28.13-0.25 pts
43Palestine27.58-0.65 pts
44Kenya27.34-0.27 pts
45Solomon Islands27.28-0.42 pts
46Tajikistan27.04-0.7 pts
47Nauru26.61-1.17 pts
48Ghana26.6-0.44 pts
49Uzbekistan26.52+0.07 pts
50Kiribati26.4-0.51 pts
51Namibia26.34-0.68 pts
52Samoa26.1-0.79 pts
53Iraq26-0.44 pts
54Botswana25.25-0.17 pts
55Papua New Guinea25.16-0.42 pts
56Eswatini24.61-0.35 pts
57Lesotho24.39-0.5 pts
58Tuvalu24.08-0.27 pts
59Tonga23.35-0.16 pts
60Turkmenistan22.64-0.71 pts
61Haiti22.55-0.37 pts
62Micronesia22.51-0.18 pts
63Timor-Leste22.42-0.31 pts
64Honduras22.24-0.29 pts
65Marshall Islands21.99-1.19 pts
66Laos21.69-0.45 pts
67Bolivia21.57-0.24 pts
68Kyrgyzstan21.5-0.9 pts
69Cambodia21.28-0.63 pts
70Syria21.23+0.06 pts
71Egypt21.09-0.06 pts
72Guatemala21.06-0.34 pts
73Djibouti21.03-0.28 pts
74Jordan20.92-0.39 pts
75Kazakhstan20.82-2.45 pts
76Guyana20.75-0.21 pts
77Bangladesh20.58+0.17 pts
78Algeria20.49-0.9 pts
79Paraguay20.36-0.33 pts
80Nicaragua19.7-0.35 pts
81Nepal19.64-0.03 pts
82Mongolia19.5-2.1 pts
83South Africa19.08-0.27 pts
84Israel19-0.7 pts
85Dominican Republic18.26-0.32 pts
86Fiji18.24-0.31 pts
87Guam18.01-0.29 pts
88Libya17.54-0.64 pts
89Suriname17.47-0.11 pts
90Belize17.39+0.85 pts
91Saint Martin17.33-0.22 pts
92Morocco17.04-0.42 pts
93Myanmar16.91-0.29 pts
94Lebanon16.37-0.2 pts
95Oman16.35-1.98 pts
96India16.34-0.16 pts
97Panama16.24-0.16 pts
98Indonesia16.2-0.21 pts
99Peru16.18-0.21 pts
100Philippines16.06-0.05 pts
101Mexico16.04-0.31 pts
102El Salvador15.92-0.23 pts
103American Samoa15.52-0.13 pts
104Ecuador15.42-0.46 pts
105Saudi Arabia15.22-0.68 pts
106Venezuela15.03-0.19 pts
107New Caledonia14.5-0.25 pts
108Vietnam14.27-0.46 pts
109Tunisia14.12+0.13 pts
110Brunei13.85-0.21 pts
111Northern Mariana Islands13.81-1.02 pts
112Colombia13.73-0.22 pts
113Iran13.31-0.37 pts
114Bahrain13.28+0.24 pts
115Greenland13.2-0.2 pts
116North Korea13.15-0.12 pts
117Seychelles13.1-3.7 pts
118Bhutan12.81-0.08 pts
119Brazil12.56-0.2 pts
120Cape Verde12.44-0.13 pts
121Sri Lanka12.4-0.5 pts
122Malaysia12.39+0.01 pts
123Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12.39-0.24 pts
124Armenia12.3-0.1 pts
125Türkiye12.2-0.7 pts
126Cayman Islands12.19-0.39 pts
127Azerbaijan12.1+1 pts
128Gibraltar12.03+0.03 pts
129Antigua and Barbuda12-0.13 pts
130Saint Kitts and Nevis11.96-0.31 pts
131Grenada11.94-0.21 pts
132Jamaica11.86-0.1 pts
133Faroe Islands11.8-1.2 pts
134Georgia11.61-1.27 pts
135Australia11.6-0.5 pts
135U.S. Virgin Islands11.6-0.2 pts
137New Zealand11.57+0.03 pts
138Iceland11.5-1.6 pts
139Saint Lucia11.42-0.15 pts
140Maldives11.4-0.3 pts
141Montenegro11.30 pts
142Barbados11.25-0.04 pts
143French Polynesia11.16-0.27 pts
144Dominica11.15-0.1 pts
145Palau11.12-0.26 pts
146Cyprus11.05-0.19 pts
147United States110 pts
148Trinidad and Tobago10.99-0.3 pts
149Turks and Caicos Islands10.98-0.22 pts
150Bahamas10.94-0.08 pts
151Argentina10.93-0.76 pts
152Kuwait10.85-1.39 pts
153France10.7-0.2 pts
154Moldova10.55-0.98 pts
155Ireland10.4-1.4 pts
156Costa Rica10.32-0.22 pts
157Albania10.31-0.21 pts
158United Kingdom10.1-0.14 pts
159Qatar10.1+0.54 pts
160Sweden10-1 pts
161Uruguay9.96-0.11 pts
162Denmark9.9-0.9 pts
162Luxembourg9.9-0.6 pts
162North Macedonia9.9-0.3 pts
165Belgium9.8-0.4 pts
166Mauritius9.7-0.6 pts
166Slovakia9.7-0.7 pts
168Chile9.67+0.6 pts
169Czechia9.5-1.1 pts
169Netherlands9.5-0.7 pts
171Norway9.4-1 pts
171Romania9.4-0.7 pts
171Switzerland9.4-0.9 pts
174Hungary9.3-0.5 pts
174Serbia9.3+0.2 pts
176United Arab Emirates9.3+0.02 pts
177Liechtenstein9.2-0.4 pts
178Sint Maarten9.2-0.27 pts
179Austria9.1-0.5 pts
179Canada9.1-0.7 pts
181Germany8.9-0.7 pts
181Russia8.9-0.7 pts
183Bulgaria8.8-0.2 pts
183Croatia8.8-0.6 pts
185Monaco8.69-0 pts
186Cuba8.66-0.15 pts
187Estonia8.6-1.4 pts
188Aruba8.53-0.93 pts
189Latvia8.5-0.7 pts
190Isle of Man8.44-0.1 pts
191British Virgin Islands8.42+0.02 pts
192Thailand8.38-0.16 pts
193Poland8.3-0.7 pts
193Slovenia8.3-0.7 pts
195Bermuda8.18-0.03 pts
196Finland8.1-0.9 pts
196Malta8.1-0.4 pts
198Belarus8.06-0.56 pts
199Curaçao8-0.5 pts
199Portugal8+0.4 pts
201Singapore7.9-0.7 pts
202Lithuania7.8-0.5 pts
203Bosnia and Herzegovina7.75-0.26 pts
204Greece7.3-0.8 pts
205Spain6.9-0.2 pts
206Andorra6.85+0.02 pts
207China6.77-0.75 pts
208Italy6.7-0.1 pts
209Macao6.4-1 pts
210Japan6.3-0.3 pts
211San Marino6.1-0.1 pts
212Puerto Rico5.90 pts
213Ukraine5.68-1.3 pts
214South Korea4.9-0.2 pts
215Hong Kong4.4-0.6 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?

The Central African Republic, with 45.43 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest birth rate?

Hong Kong, with 4.4 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2022.

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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