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Countries by birth rate

The Central African Republic had the highest birth rate of 215 countries in 2023, at 46.36 per 1,000 inhabitants. Hong Kong had the lowest, at 4.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 13.83 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the World was 16.33 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: the World Bank.

Highest46.36Central African Republic
Lowest4.4Hong Kong
Median13.83215 countries
World16.33History

Top 40 countries, 2023

CSVChart (SVG)

Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 46.36 per 1,000 inhabitants46.36SomaliaSomalia: 42.96 per 1,000 inhabitants42.96ChadChad: 42.4 per 1,000 inhabitants42.4NigerNiger: 41.89 per 1,000 inhabitants41.89Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 41.31 per 1,000 inhabitants41.31MaliMali: 40.03 per 1,000 inhabitants40.03AngolaAngola: 37.59 per 1,000 inhabitants37.59MozambiqueMozambique: 37.49 per 1,000 inhabitants37.49AfghanistanAfghanistan: 35.44 per 1,000 inhabitants35.44TanzaniaTanzania: 35.22 per 1,000 inhabitants35.22YemenYemen: 35.21 per 1,000 inhabitants35.21UgandaUganda: 35.2 per 1,000 inhabitants35.2MauritaniaMauritania: 34.42 per 1,000 inhabitants34.42BeninBenin: 33.88 per 1,000 inhabitants33.88GuineaGuinea: 33.85 per 1,000 inhabitants33.85CameroonCameroon: 33.74 per 1,000 inhabitants33.74BurundiBurundi: 33.67 per 1,000 inhabitants33.67SudanSudan: 33.61 per 1,000 inhabitants33.61ZambiaZambia: 33.08 per 1,000 inhabitants33.08NigeriaNigeria: 32.95 per 1,000 inhabitants32.95TogoTogo: 32.64 per 1,000 inhabitants32.64MadagascarMadagascar: 32.1 per 1,000 inhabitants32.1Côte d’IvoireCôte d’Ivoire: 31.99 per 1,000 inhabitants31.99EthiopiaEthiopia: 31.9 per 1,000 inhabitants31.9Burkina FasoBurkina Faso: 31.64 per 1,000 inhabitants31.64MalawiMalawi: 31.38 per 1,000 inhabitants31.38LiberiaLiberia: 30.96 per 1,000 inhabitants30.96Republic of the CongoRepublic of the Congo: 30.63 per 1,000 inhabitants30.63Sierra LeoneSierra Leone: 30.6 per 1,000 inhabitants30.6GambiaGambia: 30.43 per 1,000 inhabitants30.43ZimbabweZimbabwe: 30.41 per 1,000 inhabitants30.41Guinea-BissauGuinea-Bissau: 30.04 per 1,000 inhabitants30.04Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea: 29.6 per 1,000 inhabitants29.6SenegalSenegal: 29.42 per 1,000 inhabitants29.42ComorosComoros: 28.65 per 1,000 inhabitants28.65South SudanSouth Sudan: 28.59 per 1,000 inhabitants28.59EritreaEritrea: 28.54 per 1,000 inhabitants28.54RwandaRwanda: 28.35 per 1,000 inhabitants28.35São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé and Príncipe: 28.19 per 1,000 inhabitants28.19VanuatuVanuatu: 28.05 per 1,000 inhabitants28.05
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: World Bank. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

RankCountries2023
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2022
1Central African Republic46.36+0.93 pts
2Somalia42.96-0.83 pts
3Chad42.4-0.95 pts
4Niger41.89-0.06 pts
5Democratic Republic of the Congo41.31-0.32 pts
6Mali40.03-0.32 pts
7Angola37.59-0.51 pts
8Mozambique37.49-0.5 pts
9Afghanistan35.44-0.61 pts
10Tanzania35.22-0.41 pts
11Yemen35.21-0.2 pts
12Uganda35.2-0.6 pts
13Mauritania34.42-0.42 pts
14Benin33.88-0.47 pts
15Guinea33.85-0.53 pts
16Cameroon33.74-0.52 pts
17Burundi33.67-0.64 pts
18Sudan33.61+0.08 pts
19Zambia33.08-0.46 pts
20Nigeria32.95-0.24 pts
21Togo32.64-0.49 pts
22Madagascar32.1-0.4 pts
23Côte d’Ivoire31.99-0.51 pts
24Ethiopia31.9-0.51 pts
25Burkina Faso31.64-0.4 pts
26Malawi31.38-0.36 pts
27Liberia30.96-0.23 pts
28Republic of the Congo30.63-0.31 pts
29Sierra Leone30.6-0.47 pts
30Gambia30.43-0.34 pts
31Zimbabwe30.41-0.47 pts
32Guinea-Bissau30.04-0.42 pts
33Equatorial Guinea29.6-0.52 pts
34Senegal29.42-0.04 pts
35Comoros28.65-0.41 pts
36South Sudan28.59-0.48 pts
37Eritrea28.54-0.13 pts
38Rwanda28.35-0.51 pts
39São Tomé and Príncipe28.19-0.09 pts
40Vanuatu28.05-0.62 pts
41Pakistan27.81-0.32 pts
42Gabon27.67-0.63 pts
43Kenya27.11-0.24 pts
44Palestine27.06-0.51 pts
45Solomon Islands26.94-0.35 pts
46Uzbekistan26.47-0.06 pts
47Ghana26.31-0.29 pts
48Tajikistan26.12-0.92 pts
49Namibia25.89-0.45 pts
50Kiribati25.81-0.59 pts
51Iraq25.73-0.28 pts
52Nauru25.51-1.11 pts
53Samoa25.4-0.7 pts
54Botswana24.71-0.54 pts
55Papua New Guinea24.58-0.58 pts
56Lesotho24.11-0.28 pts
57Eswatini24.07-0.54 pts
58Tonga23.12-0.23 pts
59Tuvalu23.08-1.01 pts
60Micronesia22.3-0.21 pts
61Haiti22.2-0.35 pts
62Syria22.11+0.87 pts
63Timor-Leste22.08-0.35 pts
64Honduras21.96-0.28 pts
65Turkmenistan21.74-0.9 pts
66Laos21.27-0.42 pts
67Bolivia21.25-0.32 pts
68Marshall Islands21.14-0.85 pts
69Egypt21-0.09 pts
70Guatemala20.81-0.25 pts
71Djibouti20.77-0.26 pts
72Cambodia20.75-0.53 pts
73Jordan20.61-0.31 pts
74Kyrgyzstan20.6-0.9 pts
75Bangladesh20.35-0.23 pts
76Guyana20.29-0.46 pts
77Kazakhstan20.14-0.68 pts
78Paraguay19.99-0.37 pts
79Algeria19.63-0.87 pts
80Nicaragua19.38-0.32 pts
81Nepal19.34-0.3 pts
82Mongolia19-0.5 pts
83South Africa18.78-0.3 pts
84Israel18.6-0.4 pts
85Belize18.03+0.63 pts
86Fiji18-0.25 pts
87Dominican Republic17.93-0.32 pts
88Guam17.66-0.35 pts
89Suriname17.3-0.17 pts
90Saint Martin17.07-0.26 pts
91Libya17.02-0.51 pts
92Oman16.85+0.49 pts
93Morocco16.7-0.33 pts
94Myanmar16.7-0.22 pts
95Saudi Arabia16.42+1.2 pts
96India16.15-0.19 pts
97Lebanon16.14-0.23 pts
98Panama16.03-0.21 pts
99Philippines16.02-0.04 pts
100Peru15.94-0.24 pts
101Indonesia15.94-0.26 pts
102El Salvador15.76-0.16 pts
103Mexico15.71-0.34 pts
104American Samoa15.39-0.13 pts
105Venezuela15.09+0.06 pts
106Ecuador15.03-0.39 pts
107New Caledonia14.26-0.24 pts
108Vietnam13.83-0.44 pts
109Tunisia13.75-0.38 pts
110Brunei13.59-0.26 pts
111Colombia13.48-0.26 pts
112Seychelles13-0.1 pts
113Iran12.95-0.36 pts
114North Korea12.95-0.2 pts
115Northern Mariana Islands12.92-0.89 pts
116Bhutan12.66-0.14 pts
117Greenland12.6-0.6 pts
118Bahrain12.46-0.82 pts
119Malaysia12.41+0.02 pts
120Cape Verde12.33-0.11 pts
121Brazil12.32-0.23 pts
122Armenia12.30 pts
123Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12.16-0.24 pts
124Gibraltar12.07+0.04 pts
125Antigua and Barbuda11.85-0.15 pts
126Cayman Islands11.84-0.35 pts
127Saint Kitts and Nevis11.75-0.21 pts
128Grenada11.71-0.22 pts
129Jamaica11.62-0.23 pts
130Georgia11.49-0.12 pts
131U.S. Virgin Islands11.4-0.2 pts
132Saint Lucia11.26-0.15 pts
133Iceland11.2-0.3 pts
133Montenegro11.2-0.1 pts
133Sri Lanka11.2-1.2 pts
133Türkiye11.2-1 pts
137Barbados11.17-0.08 pts
138Azerbaijan11.1-1 pts
139Dominica11.09-0.06 pts
140Argentina11.06+0.14 pts
141Maldives11.02-0.38 pts
142New Zealand10.95-0.62 pts
143French Polynesia10.91-0.25 pts
144Palau10.9-0.22 pts
145Bahamas10.85-0.09 pts
146Australia10.8-0.8 pts
147Cyprus10.8-0.25 pts
148Moldova10.76+0.21 pts
149Turks and Caicos Islands10.74-0.24 pts
150Trinidad and Tobago10.71-0.28 pts
151United States10.7-0.3 pts
152Faroe Islands10.6-1.2 pts
153Kuwait10.3-0.55 pts
154Ireland10.3-0.1 pts
154Mauritius10.3+0.6 pts
156Albania10.24-0.06 pts
157Costa Rica10.18-0.14 pts
158United Kingdom10.02-0.08 pts
159Qatar9.91-0.19 pts
160France9.9-0.8 pts
161Uruguay9.87-0.09 pts
162United Arab Emirates9.77+0.48 pts
163Denmark9.7-0.2 pts
164Luxembourg9.5-0.4 pts
164Sweden9.5-0.5 pts
166Monaco9.44+0.75 pts
167Belgium9.4-0.4 pts
167Norway9.40 pts
169Netherlands9.2-0.3 pts
169North Macedonia9.2-0.7 pts
169Serbia9.2-0.1 pts
172Sint Maarten9.13-0.07 pts
173Hungary9.1-0.2 pts
173Liechtenstein9.1-0.1 pts
175Slovakia9-0.7 pts
175Switzerland9-0.4 pts
177Chile8.96-0.71 pts
178Bulgaria8.9+0.1 pts
179Canada8.8-0.3 pts
180Cuba8.71+0.04 pts
181Russia8.6-0.3 pts
182Austria8.5-0.6 pts
183Czechia8.4-1.1 pts
183Romania8.4-1 pts
185Isle of Man8.34-0.1 pts
186British Virgin Islands8.33-0.08 pts
187Croatia8.3-0.5 pts
187Germany8.3-0.6 pts
189Thailand8.25-0.14 pts
190Malta8.10 pts
190Portugal8.1+0.1 pts
192Bermuda8.05-0.14 pts
193Estonia8-0.6 pts
193Slovenia8-0.3 pts
195Aruba7.97-0.55 pts
196Finland7.8-0.3 pts
197Bosnia and Herzegovina7.71-0.03 pts
198Latvia7.7-0.8 pts
199Curaçao7.6-0.4 pts
200Poland7.4-0.9 pts
200Singapore7.4-0.5 pts
202Lithuania7.2-0.6 pts
203Belarus7.14-0.93 pts
204Andorra6.86+0.01 pts
205Greece6.8-0.5 pts
206Spain6.6-0.3 pts
207Italy6.4-0.3 pts
208China6.39-0.38 pts
209Japan6-0.3 pts
210Puerto Rico5.8-0.1 pts
211Ukraine5.63-0.05 pts
212San Marino5.6-0.5 pts
213Macao5.5-0.9 pts
214South Korea4.5-0.4 pts
215Hong Kong4.40 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 46.36 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2023, according to the World Bank.

Which country has the lowest birth rate?

Hong Kong, with 4.4 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2023.

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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