Birth rate by country
Births per 1,000 people in 2023. This is the crude birth rate: it counts births against the whole population, so a country with many young adults will rate higher than one with the same fertility and an older population.
- 16.3world average, per 1,000
- 46.4highest: Central African Republic
- 4.2lowest: Holy See
- 236countries and areas
Crude birth rate and fertility answer different questions. A country can have a high birth rate and moderate fertility simply because a large share of its population is of childbearing age. That is why children per woman is the better measure of how many children people are actually having.
| # | Country or area | Per 1,000 | Children per woman | Births | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 46.4 | 6.01 | 239,000 | 5.15M |
| 2 | Somalia | 43.0 | 6.13 | 789,000 | 18.4M |
| 3 | Chad | 42.4 | 6.12 | 819,000 | 19.3M |
| 4 | Niger | 41.9 | 6.06 | 1,100,000 | 26.2M |
| 5 | DR Congo | 41.3 | 6.05 | 4,370,000 | 106M |
| 6 | Mali | 40.0 | 5.61 | 951,000 | 23.8M |
| 7 | Angola | 37.6 | 5.12 | 1,380,000 | 36.8M |
| 8 | Mozambique | 37.5 | 4.76 | 1,260,000 | 33.6M |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 35.4 | 4.84 | 1,470,000 | 41.5M |
| 10 | Mayotte | 35.4 | 4.62 | 11,200 | 316K |
| 11 | Tanzania | 35.2 | 4.61 | 2,350,000 | 66.6M |
| 12 | Yemen | 35.2 | 4.59 | 1,390,000 | 39.4M |
| 13 | Uganda | 35.2 | 4.28 | 1,710,000 | 48.7M |
| 14 | Mauritania | 34.4 | 4.70 | 173,000 | 5.02M |
| 15 | Benin | 33.9 | 4.56 | 478,000 | 14.1M |
| 16 | Guinea | 33.9 | 4.22 | 488,000 | 14.4M |
| 17 | Cameroon | 33.7 | 4.32 | 957,000 | 28.4M |
| 18 | Burundi | 33.7 | 4.88 | 461,000 | 13.7M |
| 19 | Sudan | 33.6 | 4.32 | 1,680,000 | 50M |
| 20 | Zambia | 33.1 | 4.10 | 686,000 | 20.7M |
| 21 | Nigeria | 33.0 | 4.48 | 7,510,000 | 228M |
| 22 | Madagascar | 32.1 | 3.97 | 1,000,000 | 31.2M |
| 23 | Côte d'Ivoire | 32.0 | 4.28 | 997,000 | 31.2M |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 31.9 | 3.99 | 4,110,000 | 129M |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 31.6 | 4.19 | 729,000 | 23M |
| 26 | Malawi | 31.4 | 3.65 | 662,000 | 21.1M |
| 27 | Togo | 31.1 | 4.19 | 290,000 | 9.3M |
| 28 | Liberia | 31.0 | 3.95 | 170,000 | 5.49M |
| 29 | Congo | 30.6 | 4.16 | 189,000 | 6.18M |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 30.6 | 3.79 | 259,000 | 8.46M |
| 31 | Gambia | 30.4 | 4.01 | 82,100 | 2.7M |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 30.4 | 3.72 | 497,000 | 16.3M |
| 33 | Guinea-Bissau | 30.0 | 3.84 | 64,700 | 2.15M |
| 34 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.6 | 4.08 | 54,700 | 1.85M |
| 35 | Senegal | 29.4 | 3.82 | 532,000 | 18.1M |
| 36 | Comoros | 28.7 | 3.88 | 24,400 | 850K |
| 37 | South Sudan | 28.6 | 3.86 | 328,000 | 11.5M |
| 38 | Eritrea | 28.5 | 3.71 | 99,000 | 3.47M |
| 39 | Rwanda | 28.4 | 3.70 | 396,000 | 14M |
| 40 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 28.2 | 3.64 | 6,510 | 231K |
| 41 | Vanuatu | 28.1 | 3.60 | 8,990 | 320K |
| 42 | Pakistan | 27.8 | 3.61 | 6,880,000 | 247M |
| 43 | Gabon | 27.7 | 3.65 | 68,800 | 2.49M |
| 44 | Kenya | 27.1 | 3.21 | 1,500,000 | 55.3M |
| 45 | Palestine | 27.1 | 3.31 | 146,000 | 5.41M |
| 46 | Solomon Islands | 26.9 | 3.56 | 21,600 | 800K |
| 47 | Uzbekistan | 26.5 | 3.50 | 943,000 | 35.7M |
| 48 | Ghana | 26.3 | 3.40 | 889,000 | 33.8M |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 26.1 | 3.07 | 271,000 | 10.4M |
| 50 | Namibia | 25.9 | 3.21 | 76,700 | 2.96M |
| 51 | Kiribati | 25.8 | 3.15 | 3,420 | 133K |
| 52 | Iraq | 25.7 | 3.25 | 1,160,000 | 45.1M |
| 53 | Nauru | 25.5 | 3.33 | 303 | 11.9K |
| 54 | French Guiana | 25.4 | 3.39 | 7,710 | 303K |
| 55 | Samoa | 25.4 | 3.83 | 5,500 | 217K |
| 56 | Botswana | 24.7 | 2.73 | 61,300 | 2.48M |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 24.6 | 3.10 | 255,000 | 10.4M |
| 58 | Lesotho | 24.1 | 2.69 | 55,700 | 2.31M |
| 59 | Eswatini | 24.1 | 2.75 | 29,600 | 1.23M |
| 60 | Tonga | 23.1 | 3.13 | 2,420 | 105K |
| 61 | Tuvalu | 23.1 | 3.21 | 227 | 9.82K |
| 62 | Micronesia | 22.3 | 2.75 | 2,510 | 113K |
| 63 | Haiti | 22.2 | 2.66 | 258,000 | 11.6M |
| 64 | Syria | 22.1 | 2.71 | 522,000 | 23.6M |
| 65 | Timor-Leste | 22.1 | 2.71 | 30,600 | 1.38M |
| 66 | Honduras | 22.0 | 2.50 | 234,000 | 10.6M |
| 67 | Turkmenistan | 21.7 | 2.69 | 160,000 | 7.36M |
| 68 | Kyrgyzstan | 21.3 | 2.80 | 151,000 | 7.07M |
| 69 | Laos | 21.3 | 2.42 | 163,000 | 7.67M |
| 70 | Bolivia | 21.3 | 2.55 | 260,000 | 12.2M |
| 71 | Marshall Islands | 21.1 | 2.92 | 821 | 38.8K |
| 72 | Egypt | 21.0 | 2.75 | 2,410,000 | 114M |
| 73 | Guatemala | 20.8 | 2.31 | 377,000 | 18.1M |
| 74 | Djibouti | 20.8 | 2.61 | 23,900 | 1.15M |
| 75 | Cambodia | 20.8 | 2.58 | 362,000 | 17.4M |
| 76 | Jordan | 20.6 | 2.64 | 236,000 | 11.4M |
| 77 | Bangladesh | 20.4 | 2.16 | 3,490,000 | 172M |
| 78 | Guyana | 20.3 | 2.41 | 16,800 | 826K |
| 79 | Kazakhstan | 20.1 | 3.01 | 409,000 | 20.3M |
| 80 | Paraguay | 20.0 | 2.42 | 137,000 | 6.84M |
| 81 | Algeria | 19.6 | 2.77 | 906,000 | 46.2M |
| 82 | Tokelau | 19.6 | 2.61 | 47 | 2.4K |
| 83 | Nicaragua | 19.4 | 2.22 | 132,000 | 6.82M |
| 84 | Nepal | 19.3 | 1.98 | 574,000 | 29.7M |
| 85 | Mongolia | 18.9 | 2.69 | 65,000 | 3.43M |
| 86 | South Africa | 18.8 | 2.22 | 1,190,000 | 63.2M |
| 87 | Israel | 18.6 | 2.83 | 172,000 | 9.26M |
| 88 | Belize | 18.0 | 2.01 | 7,410 | 411K |
| 89 | Fiji | 18.0 | 2.28 | 16,600 | 924K |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 17.9 | 2.24 | 203,000 | 11.3M |
| 91 | Guam | 17.7 | 2.78 | 2,940 | 167K |
| 92 | Suriname | 17.3 | 2.25 | 10,900 | 629K |
| 93 | Saint Martin (French part) | 17.1 | 2.72 | 470 | 27.5K |
| 94 | Libya | 17.0 | 2.36 | 124,000 | 7.31M |
| 95 | Oman | 16.9 | 2.53 | 85,100 | 5.05M |
| 96 | Myanmar | 16.7 | 2.12 | 904,000 | 54.1M |
| 97 | Morocco | 16.7 | 2.23 | 630,000 | 37.7M |
| 98 | Saudi Arabia | 16.4 | 2.28 | 546,000 | 33.3M |
| 99 | India | 16.2 | 1.98 | 23,200,000 | 1.44B |
| 100 | Lebanon | 16.1 | 2.24 | 93,200 | 5.77M |
| 101 | Panama | 16.0 | 2.12 | 71,500 | 4.46M |
| 102 | Philippines | 16.0 | 1.92 | 1,840,000 | 115M |
| 103 | Indonesia | 15.9 | 2.13 | 4,480,000 | 281M |
| 104 | Peru | 15.9 | 1.98 | 539,000 | 33.9M |
| 105 | El Salvador | 15.8 | 1.78 | 99,400 | 6.31M |
| 106 | Mexico | 15.7 | 1.91 | 2,040,000 | 130M |
| 107 | Western Sahara | 15.5 | 2.16 | 8,990 | 580K |
| 108 | American Samoa | 15.4 | 2.29 | 731 | 47.5K |
| 109 | Venezuela | 15.1 | 2.08 | 427,000 | 28.3M |
| 110 | Ecuador | 15.0 | 1.82 | 270,000 | 18M |
| 111 | New Caledonia | 14.3 | 1.98 | 4,130 | 290K |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 14.1 | 1.97 | 324,000 | 23M |
| 113 | Greenland | 14.1 | 1.95 | 789 | 55.9K |
| 114 | Niue | 13.9 | 2.51 | 25 | 1.82K |
| 115 | Vietnam | 13.8 | 1.91 | 1,390,000 | 100M |
| 116 | Tunisia | 13.8 | 1.83 | 168,000 | 12.2M |
| 117 | Réunion | 13.7 | 2.17 | 12,000 | 875K |
| 118 | Seychelles | 13.6 | 2.13 | 1,740 | 128K |
| 119 | Brunei | 13.6 | 1.75 | 6,240 | 459K |
| 120 | Colombia | 13.5 | 1.65 | 705,000 | 52.3M |
| 121 | Iran | 13.0 | 1.70 | 1,170,000 | 90.6M |
| 122 | North Korea | 13.0 | 1.78 | 342,000 | 26.4M |
| 123 | Northern Mariana Islands | 12.9 | 2.35 | 583 | 45.1K |
| 124 | Bhutan | 12.7 | 1.46 | 9,960 | 786K |
| 125 | Faroe Islands | 12.6 | 2.24 | 690 | 54.7K |
| 126 | Cook Islands | 12.5 | 2.05 | 177 | 14.2K |
| 127 | Bahrain | 12.5 | 1.82 | 19,600 | 1.57M |
| 128 | Malaysia | 12.4 | 1.55 | 436,000 | 35.1M |
| 129 | Cape Verde | 12.3 | 1.52 | 6,440 | 522K |
| 130 | Brazil | 12.3 | 1.62 | 2,600,000 | 211M |
| 131 | Türkiye | 12.3 | 1.63 | 1,070,000 | 87.3M |
| 132 | St Vincent & Grenadines | 12.2 | 1.78 | 1,230 | 101K |
| 133 | Azerbaijan | 12.1 | 1.67 | 125,000 | 10.3M |
| 134 | Gibraltar | 12.1 | 1.89 | 464 | 38.5K |
| 135 | Antigua & Barbuda | 11.9 | 1.58 | 1,110 | 93.3K |
| 136 | Cayman Islands | 11.8 | 1.53 | 865 | 73K |
| 137 | Armenia | 11.8 | 1.71 | 34,700 | 2.94M |
| 138 | St Kitts & Nevis | 11.7 | 1.51 | 549 | 46.8K |
| 139 | Grenada | 11.7 | 1.49 | 1,370 | 117K |
| 140 | Jamaica | 11.6 | 1.36 | 33,000 | 2.84M |
| 141 | Australia | 11.5 | 1.64 | 304,000 | 26.5M |
| 142 | Georgia | 11.5 | 1.81 | 43,700 | 3.81M |
| 143 | New Zealand | 11.5 | 1.67 | 59,200 | 5.17M |
| 144 | Falkland Islands | 11.3 | 1.69 | 39 | 3.48K |
| 145 | St Lucia | 11.3 | 1.38 | 2,020 | 179K |
| 146 | Guadeloupe | 11.2 | 2.09 | 4,230 | 377K |
| 147 | Iceland | 11.2 | 1.54 | 4,350 | 388K |
| 148 | US Virgin Islands | 11.2 | 2.09 | 959 | 85.7K |
| 149 | Barbados | 11.2 | 1.71 | 3,150 | 282K |
| 150 | Dominica | 11.1 | 1.48 | 738 | 66.5K |
| 151 | Argentina | 11.1 | 1.50 | 504,000 | 45.5M |
| 152 | Montenegro | 11.0 | 1.80 | 6,980 | 634K |
| 153 | Maldives | 11.0 | 1.58 | 5,800 | 526K |
| 154 | French Polynesia | 10.9 | 1.50 | 3,070 | 281K |
| 155 | Palau | 10.9 | 1.91 | 193 | 17.7K |
| 156 | Bahamas | 10.9 | 1.37 | 4,330 | 399K |
| 157 | Cyprus | 10.8 | 1.39 | 14,500 | 1.35M |
| 158 | Martinique | 10.8 | 2.01 | 3,730 | 346K |
| 159 | Moldova | 10.8 | 1.73 | 33,000 | 3.07M |
| 160 | Turks & Caicos | 10.7 | 1.46 | 496 | 46.2K |
| 161 | Trinidad & Tobago | 10.7 | 1.53 | 16,100 | 1.5M |
| 162 | United States | 10.7 | 1.62 | 3,660,000 | 344M |
| 163 | Luxembourg | 10.4 | 1.40 | 6,940 | 665K |
| 164 | Ireland | 10.3 | 1.60 | 53,300 | 5.2M |
| 165 | Albania | 10.2 | 1.35 | 28,800 | 2.81M |
| 166 | Kuwait | 10.2 | 1.53 | 49,400 | 4.84M |
| 167 | Costa Rica | 10.2 | 1.33 | 52,000 | 5.11M |
| 168 | United Kingdom | 10.0 | 1.56 | 688,000 | 68.7M |
| 169 | Qatar | 9.9 | 1.73 | 29,500 | 2.98M |
| 170 | Uruguay | 9.9 | 1.41 | 33,400 | 3.39M |
| 171 | UAE | 9.8 | 1.20 | 104,000 | 10.6M |
| 172 | Denmark | 9.7 | 1.51 | 57,800 | 5.95M |
| 173 | France | 9.6 | 1.64 | 639,000 | 66.4M |
| 174 | Romania | 9.6 | 1.71 | 184,000 | 19.1M |
| 175 | Slovakia | 9.5 | 1.56 | 52,300 | 5.52M |
| 176 | Aruba | 9.5 | 1.60 | 1,020 | 108K |
| 177 | Switzerland | 9.4 | 1.43 | 83,700 | 8.87M |
| 178 | Monaco | 9.4 | 2.11 | 368 | 39K |
| 179 | Liechtenstein | 9.4 | 1.54 | 371 | 39.6K |
| 180 | Caribbean Netherlands | 9.4 | 1.47 | 280 | 29.9K |
| 181 | Norway | 9.3 | 1.41 | 51,500 | 5.52M |
| 182 | Netherlands | 9.3 | 1.43 | 168,000 | 18.1M |
| 183 | Sweden | 9.3 | 1.43 | 97,900 | 10.6M |
| 184 | Mauritius | 9.3 | 1.24 | 11,800 | 1.27M |
| 185 | Bulgaria | 9.2 | 1.75 | 62,700 | 6.8M |
| 186 | North Macedonia | 9.2 | 1.47 | 16,900 | 1.83M |
| 187 | Sint Maarten | 9.1 | 1.45 | 390 | 42.8K |
| 188 | Canada | 9.1 | 1.35 | 357,000 | 39.3M |
| 189 | Anguilla | 9.0 | 1.36 | 130 | 14.4K |
| 190 | Chile | 9.0 | 1.17 | 176,000 | 19.7M |
| 191 | Montserrat | 8.9 | 1.44 | 40 | 4.42K |
| 192 | Russia | 8.9 | 1.45 | 1,300,000 | 145M |
| 193 | Serbia | 8.8 | 1.50 | 59,900 | 6.77M |
| 194 | Hungary | 8.8 | 1.49 | 85,300 | 9.69M |
| 195 | Cuba | 8.7 | 1.44 | 96,000 | 11M |
| 196 | Belgium | 8.7 | 1.38 | 102,000 | 11.7M |
| 197 | Wallis & Futuna | 8.6 | 1.41 | 98 | 11.4K |
| 198 | Germany | 8.5 | 1.44 | 720,000 | 84.6M |
| 199 | Czechia | 8.5 | 1.45 | 91,900 | 10.8M |
| 200 | Slovenia | 8.5 | 1.58 | 17,900 | 2.12M |
| 201 | Austria | 8.4 | 1.32 | 77,100 | 9.13M |
| 202 | Isle of Man | 8.3 | 1.55 | 702 | 84.2K |
| 203 | British Virgin Islands | 8.3 | 1.05 | 325 | 39K |
| 204 | Portugal | 8.3 | 1.51 | 86,700 | 10.4M |
| 205 | Thailand | 8.2 | 1.21 | 591,000 | 71.7M |
| 206 | Jersey | 8.2 | 1.37 | 853 | 104K |
| 207 | Poland | 8.2 | 1.30 | 318,000 | 38.8M |
| 208 | Singapore | 8.2 | 0.94 | 47,500 | 5.79M |
| 209 | Guernsey | 8.1 | 1.36 | 521 | 64K |
| 210 | Croatia | 8.1 | 1.47 | 31,400 | 3.9M |
| 211 | Estonia | 8.1 | 1.35 | 11,000 | 1.37M |
| 212 | Bermuda | 8.1 | 1.40 | 521 | 64.7K |
| 213 | Malta | 7.9 | 1.10 | 4,210 | 533K |
| 214 | Finland | 7.8 | 1.28 | 43,600 | 5.6M |
| 215 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 7.7 | 1.49 | 24,600 | 3.19M |
| 216 | Latvia | 7.6 | 1.34 | 14,200 | 1.88M |
| 217 | Curaçao | 7.5 | 1.07 | 1,390 | 185K |
| 218 | Lithuania | 7.5 | 1.20 | 21,400 | 2.85M |
| 219 | St Helena | 7.3 | 1.64 | 39 | 5.29K |
| 220 | Greece | 7.2 | 1.33 | 73,600 | 10.2M |
| 221 | Belarus | 7.1 | 1.21 | 65,100 | 9.12M |
| 222 | Spain | 7.0 | 1.21 | 337,000 | 47.9M |
| 223 | Andorra | 6.9 | 1.08 | 555 | 80.9K |
| 224 | Italy | 6.5 | 1.20 | 384,000 | 59.5M |
| 225 | Macao | 6.3 | 0.66 | 4,510 | 714K |
| 226 | China | 6.3 | 1.00 | 8,910,000 | 1.42B |
| 227 | Japan | 6.0 | 1.21 | 750,000 | 124M |
| 228 | San Marino | 5.9 | 1.15 | 200 | 33.7K |
| 229 | Puerto Rico | 5.8 | 0.94 | 18,900 | 3.24M |
| 230 | Taiwan | 5.7 | 0.87 | 132,000 | 23.3M |
| 231 | Ukraine | 5.6 | 0.98 | 212,000 | 37.7M |
| 232 | Hong Kong | 5.6 | 0.72 | 41,300 | 7.44M |
| 233 | St Pierre & Miquelon | 5.2 | 1.27 | 30 | 5.68K |
| 234 | Saint Barthélemy | 4.8 | 0.80 | 53 | 11.1K |
| 235 | South Korea | 4.6 | 0.72 | 236,000 | 51.8M |
| 236 | Holy See | 4.2 | 1.00 | 2 | 496 |