Birth rate by country
Births per 1,000 people in 2024. 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.
- 16.2world average, per 1,000
- 46.2highest — Central African Republic
- 4.1lowest — 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 — which 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 | 46.2 | 5.95 | 246,000 | 5.33M |
| 2 | Chad | 43.3 | 6.03 | 878,000 | 20.3M |
| 3 | Somalia | 42.4 | 6.01 | 805,000 | 19M |
| 4 | Niger | 41.4 | 5.93 | 1,120,000 | 27M |
| 5 | DR Congo | 40.9 | 5.98 | 4,470,000 | 109M |
| 6 | Mali | 39.5 | 5.51 | 968,000 | 24.5M |
| 7 | Angola | 37.2 | 5.05 | 1,410,000 | 37.9M |
| 8 | Mozambique | 37.0 | 4.69 | 1,280,000 | 34.6M |
| 9 | Afghanistan | 35.0 | 4.76 | 1,490,000 | 42.6M |
| 10 | Tanzania | 34.8 | 4.54 | 2,390,000 | 68.6M |
| 11 | Mayotte | 34.5 | 4.56 | 11,300 | 327K |
| 12 | Uganda | 34.4 | 4.17 | 1,720,000 | 50M |
| 13 | Yemen | 34.4 | 4.50 | 1,390,000 | 40.6M |
| 14 | Mauritania | 34.0 | 4.63 | 176,000 | 5.17M |
| 15 | Benin | 33.4 | 4.48 | 483,000 | 14.5M |
| 16 | Cameroon | 33.3 | 4.26 | 971,000 | 29.1M |
| 17 | Guinea | 33.3 | 4.13 | 492,000 | 14.8M |
| 18 | Burundi | 33.2 | 4.79 | 467,000 | 14.1M |
| 19 | Sudan | 33.0 | 4.26 | 1,660,000 | 50.5M |
| 20 | Zambia | 32.7 | 4.04 | 697,000 | 21.3M |
| 21 | Nigeria | 32.5 | 4.38 | 7,560,000 | 233M |
| 22 | Madagascar | 31.7 | 3.91 | 1,010,000 | 32M |
| 23 | Côte d'Ivoire | 31.6 | 4.23 | 1,010,000 | 31.9M |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 31.5 | 3.91 | 4,160,000 | 132M |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 31.3 | 4.11 | 738,000 | 23.6M |
| 26 | Malawi | 31.1 | 3.59 | 674,000 | 21.7M |
| 27 | Togo | 30.8 | 4.12 | 293,000 | 9.52M |
| 28 | Liberia | 30.6 | 3.86 | 172,000 | 5.61M |
| 29 | Congo | 30.4 | 4.11 | 193,000 | 6.33M |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 30.1 | 3.70 | 260,000 | 8.64M |
| 31 | Equatorial Guinea | 30.0 | 4.12 | 56,800 | 1.89M |
| 32 | Zimbabwe | 29.9 | 3.67 | 497,000 | 16.6M |
| 33 | Gambia | 29.9 | 3.91 | 82,400 | 2.76M |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 29.6 | 3.76 | 65,100 | 2.2M |
| 35 | South Sudan | 29.2 | 3.79 | 349,000 | 11.9M |
| 36 | Senegal | 29.2 | 3.77 | 540,000 | 18.5M |
| 37 | Eritrea | 28.7 | 3.68 | 102,000 | 3.54M |
| 38 | Comoros | 28.2 | 3.82 | 24,500 | 867K |
| 39 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 28.1 | 3.60 | 6,620 | 236K |
| 40 | Rwanda | 28.1 | 3.65 | 400,000 | 14.3M |
| 41 | Vanuatu | 27.6 | 3.57 | 9,060 | 328K |
| 42 | Pakistan | 27.4 | 3.55 | 6,890,000 | 251M |
| 43 | Gabon | 27.1 | 3.59 | 68,900 | 2.54M |
| 44 | Kenya | 27.0 | 3.17 | 1,520,000 | 56.4M |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 26.7 | 3.51 | 21,900 | 819K |
| 46 | Palestine | 26.5 | 3.25 | 145,000 | 5.5M |
| 47 | Ghana | 25.9 | 3.34 | 892,000 | 34.4M |
| 48 | Namibia | 25.9 | 3.21 | 78,500 | 3.03M |
| 49 | Iraq | 25.6 | 3.22 | 1,180,000 | 46M |
| 50 | Uzbekistan | 25.6 | 3.49 | 929,000 | 36.4M |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 25.3 | 3.04 | 268,000 | 10.6M |
| 52 | Kiribati | 25.3 | 3.12 | 3,400 | 135K |
| 53 | Samoa | 25.0 | 3.80 | 5,440 | 218K |
| 54 | French Guiana | 24.8 | 3.34 | 7,640 | 309K |
| 55 | Nauru | 24.6 | 3.29 | 293 | 11.9K |
| 56 | Botswana | 24.4 | 2.70 | 61,400 | 2.52M |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 24.3 | 3.07 | 257,000 | 10.6M |
| 58 | Lesotho | 23.8 | 2.66 | 55,500 | 2.34M |
| 59 | Eswatini | 23.6 | 2.72 | 29,400 | 1.24M |
| 60 | Syria | 23.2 | 2.70 | 571,000 | 24.7M |
| 61 | Tonga | 23.0 | 3.10 | 2,400 | 104K |
| 62 | Micronesia | 22.3 | 2.74 | 2,530 | 113K |
| 63 | Tuvalu | 22.0 | 3.17 | 212 | 9.65K |
| 64 | Haiti | 21.9 | 2.63 | 258,000 | 11.8M |
| 65 | Timor-Leste | 21.8 | 2.63 | 30,500 | 1.4M |
| 66 | Honduras | 21.6 | 2.48 | 234,000 | 10.8M |
| 67 | Bolivia | 21.0 | 2.52 | 261,000 | 12.4M |
| 68 | Laos | 20.9 | 2.40 | 163,000 | 7.77M |
| 69 | Djibouti | 20.9 | 2.62 | 24,500 | 1.17M |
| 70 | Egypt | 20.9 | 2.73 | 2,440,000 | 116M |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.9 | 2.78 | 150,000 | 7.19M |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 20.9 | 2.66 | 157,000 | 7.49M |
| 73 | Guatemala | 20.6 | 2.29 | 380,000 | 18.4M |
| 74 | Jordan | 20.4 | 2.60 | 236,000 | 11.6M |
| 75 | Cambodia | 20.3 | 2.55 | 358,000 | 17.6M |
| 76 | Tokelau | 20.2 | 2.60 | 51 | 2.51K |
| 77 | Marshall Islands | 20.1 | 2.86 | 754 | 37.5K |
| 78 | Bangladesh | 20.0 | 2.14 | 3,470,000 | 174M |
| 79 | Guyana | 19.9 | 2.40 | 16,500 | 831K |
| 80 | Paraguay | 19.7 | 2.42 | 137,000 | 6.93M |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 19.5 | 2.98 | 402,000 | 20.6M |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 19.1 | 2.21 | 132,000 | 6.92M |
| 83 | Nepal | 19.0 | 1.96 | 562,000 | 29.6M |
| 84 | Algeria | 18.8 | 2.72 | 882,000 | 46.8M |
| 85 | South Africa | 18.5 | 2.21 | 1,180,000 | 64M |
| 86 | Israel | 18.3 | 2.79 | 172,000 | 9.39M |
| 87 | Mongolia | 18.2 | 2.63 | 63,100 | 3.48M |
| 88 | Belize | 18.1 | 2.02 | 7,530 | 417K |
| 89 | Fiji | 17.9 | 2.27 | 16,600 | 929K |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 17.6 | 2.22 | 201,000 | 11.4M |
| 91 | Guam | 17.3 | 2.75 | 2,910 | 168K |
| 92 | Suriname | 17.1 | 2.23 | 10,900 | 634K |
| 93 | Oman | 16.8 | 2.51 | 88,600 | 5.28M |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 16.5 | 2.31 | 560,000 | 34M |
| 95 | Libya | 16.5 | 2.30 | 122,000 | 7.38M |
| 96 | Myanmar | 16.5 | 2.10 | 897,000 | 54.5M |
| 97 | Morocco | 16.4 | 2.21 | 625,000 | 38.1M |
| 98 | India | 16.0 | 1.96 | 23,200,000 | 1.45B |
| 99 | Lebanon | 16.0 | 2.23 | 92,700 | 5.81M |
| 100 | Philippines | 15.9 | 1.89 | 1,840,000 | 116M |
| 101 | Panama | 15.9 | 2.11 | 71,700 | 4.52M |
| 102 | Indonesia | 15.8 | 2.12 | 4,470,000 | 284M |
| 103 | Peru | 15.8 | 1.97 | 539,000 | 34.2M |
| 104 | El Salvador | 15.6 | 1.77 | 98,900 | 6.34M |
| 105 | Mexico | 15.5 | 1.89 | 2,020,000 | 131M |
| 106 | Western Sahara | 15.4 | 2.18 | 9,090 | 591K |
| 107 | Venezuela | 15.2 | 2.08 | 433,000 | 28.4M |
| 108 | Saint Martin (French part) | 15.0 | 2.67 | 393 | 26.1K |
| 109 | American Samoa | 15.0 | 2.27 | 701 | 46.8K |
| 110 | Ecuador | 14.8 | 1.81 | 269,000 | 18.1M |
| 111 | New Caledonia | 14.0 | 1.96 | 4,110 | 293K |
| 112 | Niue | 14.0 | 2.49 | 26 | 1.82K |
| 113 | Sri Lanka | 13.9 | 1.95 | 320,000 | 23.1M |
| 114 | Greenland | 13.7 | 1.93 | 762 | 55.8K |
| 115 | Seychelles | 13.4 | 2.11 | 1,750 | 130K |
| 116 | Vietnam | 13.4 | 1.90 | 1,360,000 | 101M |
| 117 | Tunisia | 13.4 | 1.82 | 164,000 | 12.3M |
| 118 | Réunion | 13.3 | 2.15 | 11,700 | 879K |
| 119 | Brunei | 13.3 | 1.73 | 6,170 | 463K |
| 120 | Colombia | 13.3 | 1.63 | 701,000 | 52.9M |
| 121 | North Korea | 12.9 | 1.78 | 341,000 | 26.5M |
| 122 | Faroe Islands | 12.7 | 2.22 | 705 | 55.4K |
| 123 | Iran | 12.6 | 1.68 | 1,150,000 | 91.6M |
| 124 | Bhutan | 12.5 | 1.45 | 9,910 | 792K |
| 125 | Malaysia | 12.4 | 1.54 | 439,000 | 35.6M |
| 126 | Cape Verde | 12.2 | 1.51 | 6,410 | 525K |
| 127 | Armenia | 12.2 | 1.72 | 36,300 | 2.97M |
| 128 | Gibraltar | 12.2 | 1.89 | 480 | 39.3K |
| 129 | Brazil | 12.1 | 1.61 | 2,570,000 | 212M |
| 130 | Türkiye | 12.1 | 1.62 | 1,060,000 | 87.5M |
| 131 | Northern Mariana Islands | 12.1 | 2.32 | 536 | 44.3K |
| 132 | Bahrain | 12.0 | 1.80 | 19,300 | 1.61M |
| 133 | St Vincent & Grenadines | 12.0 | 1.76 | 1,200 | 101K |
| 134 | Antigua & Barbuda | 11.8 | 1.58 | 1,100 | 93.8K |
| 135 | Azerbaijan | 11.7 | 1.67 | 121,000 | 10.3M |
| 136 | St Kitts & Nevis | 11.7 | 1.53 | 550 | 46.8K |
| 137 | Cook Islands | 11.6 | 2.02 | 159 | 13.7K |
| 138 | Cayman Islands | 11.6 | 1.52 | 861 | 74.5K |
| 139 | Grenada | 11.5 | 1.47 | 1,350 | 117K |
| 140 | Jamaica | 11.4 | 1.35 | 32,500 | 2.84M |
| 141 | Australia | 11.4 | 1.64 | 305,000 | 26.7M |
| 142 | New Zealand | 11.3 | 1.66 | 59,100 | 5.21M |
| 143 | Georgia | 11.3 | 1.80 | 43,000 | 3.81M |
| 144 | St Lucia | 11.2 | 1.39 | 2,010 | 180K |
| 145 | Iceland | 11.1 | 1.52 | 4,370 | 393K |
| 146 | Barbados | 11.1 | 1.71 | 3,140 | 283K |
| 147 | Argentina | 11.1 | 1.50 | 507,000 | 45.7M |
| 148 | US Virgin Islands | 11.1 | 2.08 | 941 | 84.9K |
| 149 | Montenegro | 11.1 | 1.80 | 7,060 | 639K |
| 150 | Dominica | 11.0 | 1.48 | 727 | 66.2K |
| 151 | Guadeloupe | 10.9 | 2.07 | 4,100 | 375K |
| 152 | Falkland Islands | 10.8 | 1.69 | 38 | 3.47K |
| 153 | Bahamas | 10.8 | 1.37 | 4,340 | 401K |
| 154 | French Polynesia | 10.7 | 1.49 | 3,010 | 282K |
| 155 | Palau | 10.7 | 1.88 | 189 | 17.7K |
| 156 | Moldova | 10.6 | 1.73 | 32,100 | 3.04M |
| 157 | Maldives | 10.6 | 1.56 | 5,590 | 528K |
| 158 | United States | 10.6 | 1.62 | 3,650,000 | 345M |
| 159 | Trinidad & Tobago | 10.5 | 1.54 | 15,900 | 1.51M |
| 160 | Turks & Caicos | 10.5 | 1.45 | 490 | 46.5K |
| 161 | Cyprus | 10.5 | 1.38 | 14,300 | 1.36M |
| 162 | Martinique | 10.4 | 1.99 | 3,560 | 343K |
| 163 | Luxembourg | 10.3 | 1.40 | 6,940 | 673K |
| 164 | Albania | 10.1 | 1.34 | 28,300 | 2.79M |
| 165 | Ireland | 10.0 | 1.60 | 52,800 | 5.25M |
| 166 | Costa Rica | 10.0 | 1.32 | 51,200 | 5.13M |
| 167 | United Kingdom | 9.9 | 1.55 | 684,000 | 69.1M |
| 168 | UAE | 9.8 | 1.21 | 108,000 | 11M |
| 169 | Denmark | 9.8 | 1.52 | 58,600 | 5.98M |
| 170 | Uruguay | 9.8 | 1.40 | 33,200 | 3.39M |
| 171 | Kuwait | 9.8 | 1.51 | 48,100 | 4.93M |
| 172 | France | 9.6 | 1.64 | 636,000 | 66.5M |
| 173 | Monaco | 9.6 | 2.10 | 369 | 38.6K |
| 174 | Romania | 9.5 | 1.71 | 181,000 | 19M |
| 175 | Qatar | 9.5 | 1.72 | 29,000 | 3.05M |
| 176 | Caribbean Netherlands | 9.5 | 1.46 | 291 | 30.7K |
| 177 | Aruba | 9.5 | 1.61 | 1,020 | 108K |
| 178 | Norway | 9.4 | 1.41 | 52,500 | 5.58M |
| 179 | Netherlands | 9.4 | 1.43 | 172,000 | 18.2M |
| 180 | Liechtenstein | 9.3 | 1.54 | 372 | 39.9K |
| 181 | Switzerland | 9.3 | 1.44 | 82,900 | 8.92M |
| 182 | Slovakia | 9.3 | 1.56 | 51,100 | 5.51M |
| 183 | Anguilla | 9.2 | 1.36 | 134 | 14.6K |
| 184 | Sweden | 9.2 | 1.43 | 97,500 | 10.6M |
| 185 | Mauritius | 9.1 | 1.23 | 11,600 | 1.27M |
| 186 | Bulgaria | 9.1 | 1.75 | 61,500 | 6.76M |
| 187 | North Macedonia | 9.1 | 1.47 | 16,600 | 1.82M |
| 188 | Canada | 9.1 | 1.34 | 361,000 | 39.7M |
| 189 | Sint Maarten | 9.1 | 1.44 | 394 | 43.4K |
| 190 | Hungary | 8.8 | 1.49 | 85,000 | 9.68M |
| 191 | Russia | 8.8 | 1.46 | 1,270,000 | 145M |
| 192 | Serbia | 8.8 | 1.50 | 59,000 | 6.74M |
| 193 | Chile | 8.7 | 1.14 | 172,000 | 19.8M |
| 194 | Montserrat | 8.7 | 1.45 | 38 | 4.39K |
| 195 | Belgium | 8.6 | 1.38 | 101,000 | 11.7M |
| 196 | Cuba | 8.6 | 1.45 | 94,600 | 11M |
| 197 | Wallis & Futuna | 8.6 | 1.41 | 97 | 11.3K |
| 198 | Germany | 8.5 | 1.45 | 717,000 | 84.5M |
| 199 | Czechia | 8.4 | 1.46 | 90,200 | 10.7M |
| 200 | Singapore | 8.4 | 0.95 | 48,800 | 5.83M |
| 201 | Austria | 8.4 | 1.32 | 76,200 | 9.12M |
| 202 | Slovenia | 8.3 | 1.58 | 17,600 | 2.12M |
| 203 | Isle of Man | 8.3 | 1.54 | 697 | 84.2K |
| 204 | Portugal | 8.3 | 1.51 | 86,100 | 10.4M |
| 205 | British Virgin Islands | 8.2 | 1.05 | 324 | 39.5K |
| 206 | Jersey | 8.2 | 1.37 | 852 | 104K |
| 207 | Guernsey | 8.2 | 1.37 | 525 | 64.3K |
| 208 | Thailand | 8.1 | 1.20 | 582,000 | 71.7M |
| 209 | Croatia | 8.1 | 1.47 | 31,400 | 3.88M |
| 210 | Poland | 8.0 | 1.30 | 309,000 | 38.5M |
| 211 | Estonia | 8.0 | 1.36 | 10,900 | 1.36M |
| 212 | Bermuda | 7.9 | 1.41 | 512 | 64.6K |
| 213 | Malta | 7.8 | 1.11 | 4,210 | 540K |
| 214 | Finland | 7.8 | 1.29 | 43,800 | 5.62M |
| 215 | Lithuania | 7.8 | 1.21 | 22,200 | 2.86M |
| 216 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 7.7 | 1.49 | 24,400 | 3.16M |
| 217 | Curaçao | 7.5 | 1.07 | 1,400 | 186K |
| 218 | Latvia | 7.5 | 1.34 | 14,000 | 1.87M |
| 219 | St Helena | 7.2 | 1.64 | 38 | 5.24K |
| 220 | Greece | 7.1 | 1.34 | 71,400 | 10.1M |
| 221 | Belarus | 7.0 | 1.22 | 63,700 | 9.06M |
| 222 | Spain | 7.0 | 1.22 | 333,000 | 47.9M |
| 223 | Andorra | 6.8 | 1.09 | 561 | 81.9K |
| 224 | Italy | 6.5 | 1.21 | 385,000 | 59.3M |
| 225 | Macao | 6.4 | 0.68 | 4,600 | 720K |
| 226 | China | 6.2 | 1.01 | 8,830,000 | 1.42B |
| 227 | Japan | 6.1 | 1.22 | 750,000 | 124M |
| 228 | Puerto Rico | 5.9 | 0.94 | 19,100 | 3.24M |
| 229 | San Marino | 5.8 | 1.16 | 196 | 33.6K |
| 230 | Taiwan | 5.5 | 0.86 | 129,000 | 23.2M |
| 231 | Ukraine | 5.5 | 0.99 | 207,000 | 37.9M |
| 232 | Hong Kong | 5.4 | 0.73 | 40,200 | 7.42M |
| 233 | St Pierre & Miquelon | 5.1 | 1.27 | 29 | 5.63K |
| 234 | Saint Barthélemy | 5.0 | 0.81 | 57 | 11.3K |
| 235 | South Korea | 4.7 | 0.73 | 241,000 | 51.7M |
| 236 | Holy See | 4.1 | 1.00 | 2 | 496 |