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Countries with the Highest Birth Rates (2024)

Countries with the most births relative to the size of their population.

Criteria
Crude birth rate: live births per 1,000 people per year (World Bank), highest first.
Reference year
2024
Source
World Bank WDI
Countries with the Highest Birth Rates, Births per 1,000
#CountryBirths per 1,000
1Central African Republic46.2
2Chad43.3
3Somalia42.3
4Niger41.4
5Democratic Republic of the Congo40.9
6Mali39.5
7Angola37.2
8Mozambique37.0
9Afghanistan35.0
10Tanzania34.8
11Uganda34.4
12Yemen34.4
13Mauritania34.0
14Benin33.4
15Cameroon33.3
16Guinea33.3
17Burundi33.2
18Sudan33.0
19Zambia32.7
20Nigeria32.5
21Togo32.1
22Madagascar31.7
23Ivory Coast31.6
24Ethiopia31.5
25Burkina Faso31.3
26Malawi31.1
27Liberia30.6
28Republic of the Congo30.4
29Sierra Leone30.1
30Equatorial Guinea30.0
31Zimbabwe29.9
32Gambia29.9
33Guinea-Bissau29.6
34South Sudan29.2
35Senegal29.2
36Eritrea28.7
37Comoros28.2
38Sao Tome and Principe28.1
39Rwanda28.1
40Vanuatu27.7
41Pakistan27.4
42Gabon27.1
43Kenya27.0
44Solomon Islands26.7
45Palestinian Territory26.5
46Ghana25.9
47Namibia25.9
48Iraq25.6
49Uzbekistan25.6
50Tajikistan25.3
51Kiribati25.3
52Samoa25.0
53Nauru24.6
54Botswana24.4
55Papua New Guinea24.3
56Lesotho23.8
57Eswatini23.6
58Syria23.2
59Tonga23.0
60Micronesia22.3
61Tuvalu22.0
62Haiti21.9
63Timor Leste21.8
64Honduras21.6
65Bolivia21.0
66Laos20.9
67Djibouti20.9
68Egypt20.9
69Turkmenistan20.9
70Guatemala20.6
71Jordan20.5
72Cambodia20.3
73Marshall Islands20.1
74Bangladesh20.0
75Guyana19.9
76Paraguay19.7
77Kazakhstan19.5
78Kyrgyzstan19.4
79Nicaragua19.1
80Nepal19.0
81Algeria18.8
82Israel18.6
83South Africa18.5
84Belize18.1
85Fiji17.9
86Dominican Republic17.6
87Guam17.3
88Suriname17.2
89Mongolia16.9
90Oman16.8
91Libya16.5
92Saudi Arabia16.5
93Myanmar16.5
94Morocco16.4
95India16.0
96Lebanon16.0
97Philippines15.9
98Panama15.9
99Indonesia15.8
100Peru15.8
101El Salvador15.6
102Mexico15.5
103Venezuela15.2
104Saint Martin15.0
105American Samoa15.0
106Ecuador14.8
107New Caledonia14.0
108Vietnam13.4
109Tunisia13.4
110Brunei13.3
111Colombia13.3
112North Korea12.9
113Iran12.6
114Bhutan12.5
115Malaysia12.4
116Cabo Verde12.2
117Gibraltar12.2
118Brazil12.1
119Northern Mariana Islands12.1
120Bahrain12.0
121Greenland12.0
122Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12.0
123Antigua and Barbuda11.7
124Saint Kitts and Nevis11.7
125Cayman Islands11.6
126Grenada11.5
127Jamaica11.5
128Georgia11.3
129Saint Lucia11.2
130Iceland11.2
131Montenegro11.2
132Barbados11.1
133Armenia11.1
134U.S. Virgin Islands11.1
135Argentina11.1
136New Zealand11.0
137Seychelles11.0
138Turkey11.0
139Dominica11.0
140Bahamas10.8
141Faroe Islands10.8
142Australia10.7
143French Polynesia10.7
144Palau10.7
145United States10.6
146Moldova10.6
147Maldives10.6
148Trinidad and Tobago10.5
149Turks and Caicos Islands10.5
150Cyprus10.5
151Mauritius10.3
152Albania10.1
153Sri Lanka10.1
154Kuwait10.0
155Azerbaijan10.0
156Ireland10.0
157Costa Rica10.0
158United Kingdom9.9
159United Arab Emirates9.8
160Uruguay9.8
161France9.7
162Norway9.7
163Monaco9.6
164Qatar9.5
165Denmark9.5
166Luxembourg9.5
167Sweden9.3
168Belgium9.2
169Serbia9.2
170The Netherlands9.2
171Sint Maarten9.1
172Canada8.9
173North Macedonia8.8
174Chile8.7
175Switzerland8.7
176Cuba8.6
177Slovakia8.5
178Austria8.4
179Liechtenstein8.4
180Russia8.4
181Bulgaria8.3
182Croatia8.3
183Isle of Man8.3
184British Virgin Islands8.2
185Hungary8.2
186Thailand8.1
187Germany8.1
188Bermuda7.9
189Portugal7.9
190Slovenia7.9
191Finland7.8
192Bosnia and Herzegovina7.7
193Czechia7.7
194Malta7.7
195Aruba7.6
196Romania7.5
197Singapore7.4
198Curacao7.2
199Estonia7.1
200Belarus7.0
201Latvia6.9
202Poland6.9
203Andorra6.9
204China6.8
205Greece6.6
206Lithuania6.6
207Spain6.5
208Italy6.3
209Japan5.7
210Puerto Rico5.7
211Ukraine5.5
212Macao5.3
213Hong Kong4.9
214South Korea4.7
215San Marino4.2

Countries without a reported value are left out rather than estimated. Download the full dataset (CSV) or read the methodology.

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