Demographics

Birth rate

Live births during the year per 1,000 people (crude birth rate).

Year

Highest · 2024

Central African Republic

46.2

Coverage · 2024

199

countries

Method

Sorted from highest to lowest

Ranking 2024

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#	Country	Value
1	Central African Republic	46.2
2	Chad	43.3
3	Somalia	42.3
4	Niger	41.4
5	DR Congo	40.9
6	Mali	39.5
7	Angola	37.2
8	Mozambique	37.0
9	Afghanistan	35.0
10	Tanzania	34.8
11	Uganda	34.4
12	Yemen	34.4
13	Mauritania	34.0
14	Benin	33.4
15	Cameroon	33.3
16	Guinea	33.3
17	Burundi	33.2
18	Sudan	33.0
19	Zambia	32.7
20	Nigeria	32.5
21	Togo	32.1
22	Madagascar	31.7
23	Côte d'Ivoire	31.6
24	Ethiopia	31.5
25	Burkina Faso	31.3
26	Malawi	31.1
27	Liberia	30.6
28	Congo	30.4
29	Sierra Leone	30.1
30	Equatorial Guinea	30.0
31	Zimbabwe	29.9
32	Gambia	29.9
33	Guinea-Bissau	29.6
34	South Sudan	29.2
35	Senegal	29.2
36	Eritrea	28.7
37	Comoros	28.2
38	São Tomé and Príncipe	28.1
39	Rwanda	28.1
40	Vanuatu	27.7
41	Pakistan	27.4
42	Gabon	27.1
43	Kenya	27.0
44	Solomon Islands	26.7
45	West Bank and Gaza	26.5
46	Ghana	25.9
47	Namibia	25.9
48	Iraq	25.6
49	Uzbekistan	25.6
50	Tajikistan	25.3
51	Kiribati	25.3
52	Samoa	25.0
53	Nauru	24.6
54	Botswana	24.4
55	Papua New Guinea	24.3
56	Lesotho	23.8
57	Eswatini	23.6
58	Syria	23.2
59	Tonga	23.0
60	Micronesia	22.3
61	Tuvalu	22.0
62	Haiti	21.9
63	Timor-Leste	21.8
64	Honduras	21.6
65	Bolivia	21.0
66	Laos	20.9
67	Djibouti	20.9
68	Egypt	20.9
69	Turkmenistan	20.9
70	Guatemala	20.6
71	Jordan	20.5
72	Cambodia	20.3
73	Marshall Islands	20.1
74	Bangladesh	20.0
75	Guyana	19.9
76	Paraguay	19.7
77	Kazakhstan	19.5
78	Kyrgyzstan	19.4
79	Nicaragua	19.1
80	Nepal	19.0
81	Algeria	18.8
82	Israel	18.6
83	South Africa	18.5
84	Belize	18.1
85	Fiji	17.9
86	Dominican Republic	17.6
87	Suriname	17.2
88	Mongolia	16.9
89	Oman	16.8
90	Libya	16.5
90	Saudi Arabia	16.5
92	Myanmar	16.5
93	Morocco	16.4
94	India	16.0
95	Lebanon	16.0
96	Philippines	15.9
97	Panama	15.9
98	Indonesia	15.8
99	Peru	15.8
100	El Salvador	15.6
101	Mexico	15.5
102	Venezuela	15.2
103	Ecuador	14.8
104	Vietnam	13.4
105	Tunisia	13.4
106	Brunei	13.3
107	Colombia	13.3
108	North Korea	12.9
109	Iran	12.6
110	Bhutan	12.5
111	Malaysia	12.4
112	Cabo Verde	12.2
113	Brazil	12.1
114	Bahrain	12.0
115	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12.0
116	Kosovo	11.9
117	Antigua and Barbuda	11.7
118	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.7
119	Grenada	11.5
120	Jamaica	11.5
121	Georgia	11.3
122	Saint Lucia	11.2
123	Iceland	11.2
123	Montenegro	11.2
125	Barbados	11.1
126	Armenia	11.1
127	Argentina	11.1
128	New Zealand	11.0
129	Seychelles	11.0
129	Turkey	11.0
131	Dominica	11.0
132	Bahamas	10.8
133	Australia	10.7
134	Palau	10.7
135	United States	10.6
136	Moldova	10.6
137	Maldives	10.6
138	Trinidad and Tobago	10.5
139	Cyprus	10.5
140	Mauritius	10.3
141	Albania	10.1
142	Sri Lanka	10.1
143	Kuwait	10.0
144	Azerbaijan	10.0
144	Ireland	10.0
146	Costa Rica	9.99
147	United Kingdom	9.89
148	United Arab Emirates	9.82
149	Uruguay	9.80
150	France	9.70
150	Norway	9.70
152	Monaco	9.56
153	Qatar	9.52
154	Denmark	9.50
154	Luxembourg	9.50
156	Sweden	9.30
157	Belgium	9.20
157	Netherlands	9.20
157	Serbia	9.20
160	Canada	8.90
161	North Macedonia	8.80
162	Chile	8.72
163	Switzerland	8.70
164	Cuba	8.62
165	Slovakia	8.50
166	Austria	8.40
166	Liechtenstein	8.40
166	Russia	8.40
169	Bulgaria	8.30
169	Croatia	8.30
171	Hungary	8.20
172	Thailand	8.12
173	Germany	8.10
174	Portugal	7.90
174	Slovenia	7.90
176	Finland	7.80
177	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.72
178	Czechia	7.70
178	Malta	7.70
180	Aruba	7.59
181	Romania	7.50
182	Singapore	7.40
183	Estonia	7.10
184	Belarus	7.03
185	Latvia	6.90
185	Poland	6.90
187	Andorra	6.85
188	China	6.77
189	Greece	6.60
189	Lithuania	6.60
191	Spain	6.50
192	Italy	6.30
193	Japan	5.70
193	Puerto Rico	5.70
195	Ukraine	5.47
196	Macao	5.30
197	Hong Kong	4.90
198	South Korea	4.70
199	San Marino	4.20

Source: World Bank — Birth rate · Unit: Per 1,000 people · Year: 2024 · 199 entries