World ranking · 2026
Birth rate by country, 2026
The crude birth rate counts births per 1,000 people a year. The world’s is 16.0 in 2026: about 362,782 babies a day.
Highest
- 1. Central African Republic44.7
- 2. Chad42.2
- 3. Somalia41.2
- 4. Niger40.2
- 5. DR Congo39.8
Lowest
- 1. South Korea4.8
- 2. Hong Kong5.2
- 3. Taiwan5.3
- 4. Puerto Rico5.9
- 5. Ukraine6.1
- 38 countries of a million people or more now have more deaths than births.
- 8 still have 35 births or more per 1,000 people.
Highest and lowest among countries of a million people or more.
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Darker = more babies born for the size of the population.
Births per 1,000 people a year
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All 237 countries and areas
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 44.7 | 5,698,984 |
| 2 | Chad | 42.2 | 21,560,380 |
| 3 | Somalia | 41.2 | 20,305,907 |
| 4 | Niger | 40.2 | 28,814,878 |
| 5 | DR Congo | 39.8 | 116,452,162 |
| 6 | Mali | 38.8 | 25,932,275 |
| 7 | Angola | 36.3 | 40,215,180 |
| 8 | Mozambique | 36.1 | 36,639,850 |
| 9 | Tanzania | 33.9 | 72,563,780 |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 33.8 | 45,047,068 |
| 11 | Mauritania | 33.2 | 5,461,319 |
| 12 | Uganda | 33.1 | 52,761,470 |
| 13 | Mayotte | 33.0 | 347,536 |
| 14 | Yemen | 32.7 | 42,961,653 |
| 15 | Benin | 32.6 | 15,170,420 |
| 16 | Cameroon | 32.4 | 30,640,817 |
| 17 | Guinea | 32.2 | 15,441,992 |
| 18 | Zambia | 32.0 | 22,521,915 |
| 19 | Burundi | 32.0 | 14,729,157 |
| 20 | Nigeria | 31.8 | 242,431,832 |
| 21 | Sudan | 31.8 | 53,282,719 |
| 22 | Madagascar | 30.8 | 33,522,052 |
| 23 | Côte d'Ivoire | 30.7 | 33,494,346 |
| 24 | Burkina Faso | 30.4 | 24,601,700 |
| 25 | Malawi | 30.4 | 22,785,535 |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 30.3 | 138,902,185 |
| 27 | Togo | 30.1 | 9,930,918 |
| 28 | Congo | 29.9 | 6,637,786 |
| 29 | Liberia | 29.9 | 5,853,949 |
| 30 | South Sudan | 29.4 | 12,436,037 |
| 31 | Zimbabwe | 29.3 | 17,273,580 |
| 32 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.2 | 1,984,468 |
| 33 | Sierra Leone | 29.0 | 8,996,744 |
| 34 | Gambia | 28.7 | 2,884,079 |
| 35 | Guinea-Bissau | 28.7 | 2,297,808 |
| 36 | Senegal | 28.6 | 19,366,548 |
| 37 | Eritrea | 28.6 | 3,682,669 |
| 38 | Sao Tome and Principe | 27.7 | 244,994 |
| 39 | Rwanda | 27.5 | 14,889,693 |
| 40 | Comoros | 27.4 | 899,010 |
| 41 | Vanuatu | 26.8 | 342,564 |
| 42 | Pakistan | 26.7 | 259,299,792 |
| 43 | Kenya | 26.6 | 58,636,412 |
| 44 | Gabon | 26.2 | 2,647,400 |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 26.1 | 858,288 |
| 46 | Palestine | 25.4 | 5,692,790 |
| 47 | Ghana | 25.3 | 35,697,557 |
| 48 | Iraq | 25.0 | 48,007,437 |
| 49 | Namibia | 25.0 | 3,153,246 |
| 50 | Samoa | 24.4 | 220,528 |
| 51 | Kiribati | 24.3 | 138,445 |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 23.8 | 10,978,598 |
| 53 | Uzbekistan | 23.7 | 37,724,223 |
| 54 | French Guiana | 23.7 | 318,872 |
| 55 | Syria | 23.6 | 26,472,497 |
| 56 | Nauru | 23.6 | 12,101 |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 23.5 | 10,947,848 |
| 58 | Botswana | 23.4 | 2,603,388 |
| 59 | Lesotho | 23.1 | 2,389,336 |
| 60 | Eswatini | 22.9 | 1,269,859 |
| 61 | Tonga | 22.6 | 103,291 |
| 62 | Micronesia | 22.0 | 114,182 |
| 63 | Timor Leste | 21.4 | 1,436,923 |
| 64 | Haiti | 21.3 | 12,037,506 |
| 65 | Honduras | 20.9 | 11,184,760 |
| 66 | Egypt | 20.5 | 120,101,175 |
| 67 | Bolivia | 20.5 | 12,749,291 |
| 68 | Tuvalu | 20.5 | 9,362 |
| 69 | Tokelau | 20.5 | 2,691 |
| 70 | Djibouti | 20.4 | 1,199,459 |
| 71 | Guatemala | 20.1 | 18,967,978 |
| 72 | Laos | 20.1 | 7,974,018 |
| 73 | Kyrgyzstan | 20.1 | 7,400,464 |
| 74 | Cambodia | 19.5 | 18,051,219 |
| 75 | Marshall Islands | 19.5 | 35,075 |
| 76 | Bangladesh | 19.2 | 177,818,044 |
| 77 | Jordan | 19.2 | 11,589,532 |
| 78 | Turkmenistan | 19.2 | 7,736,632 |
| 79 | Guyana | 19.2 | 840,890 |
| 80 | Paraguay | 19.0 | 7,095,279 |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 18.5 | 21,083,626 |
| 82 | Nicaragua | 18.5 | 7,097,329 |
| 83 | Nepal | 18.3 | 29,629,410 |
| 84 | South Africa | 17.8 | 65,453,084 |
| 85 | Israel | 17.8 | 9,647,689 |
| 86 | Fiji | 17.4 | 937,282 |
| 87 | Belize | 17.4 | 428,644 |
| 88 | Algeria | 17.3 | 48,028,334 |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 17.0 | 11,609,500 |
| 90 | Mongolia | 16.9 | 3,556,798 |
| 91 | Suriname | 16.8 | 645,256 |
| 92 | Guam | 16.8 | 170,185 |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 16.1 | 35,165,787 |
| 94 | Myanmar | 16.0 | 55,184,819 |
| 95 | Oman | 16.0 | 5,671,458 |
| 96 | Morocco | 15.8 | 38,762,441 |
| 97 | Libya | 15.8 | 7,539,852 |
| 98 | Philippines | 15.7 | 117,724,472 |
| 99 | Lebanon | 15.7 | 5,897,467 |
| 100 | India | 15.6 | 1,476,625,576 |
| 101 | Panama | 15.5 | 4,625,718 |
| 102 | Indonesia | 15.4 | 287,886,782 |
| 103 | Peru | 15.3 | 34,922,148 |
| 104 | Venezuela | 15.3 | 28,633,711 |
| 105 | El Salvador | 15.2 | 6,391,254 |
| 106 | Mexico | 15.0 | 132,997,658 |
| 107 | Niue | 14.9 | 1,822 |
| 108 | Western Sahara | 14.7 | 610,813 |
| 109 | Ecuador | 14.5 | 18,444,506 |
| 110 | American Samoa | 14.5 | 45,318 |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 13.6 | 23,348,315 |
| 112 | New Caledonia | 13.6 | 297,892 |
| 113 | Seychelles | 13.2 | 134,959 |
| 114 | Vietnam | 12.8 | 102,177,431 |
| 115 | Reunion | 12.8 | 886,298 |
| 116 | Faroe Islands | 12.8 | 56,526 |
| 117 | Greenland | 12.8 | 55,629 |
| 118 | Colombia | 12.7 | 53,936,226 |
| 119 | Brunei | 12.7 | 469,775 |
| 120 | Tunisia | 12.6 | 12,415,138 |
| 121 | North Korea | 12.3 | 26,633,691 |
| 122 | Gibraltar | 12.3 | 40,867 |
| 123 | Bhutan | 12.2 | 802,214 |
| 124 | Malaysia | 12.1 | 36,385,115 |
| 125 | Cabo Verde | 12.0 | 529,630 |
| 126 | Saint Martin | 12.0 | 23,898 |
| 127 | Turkey | 11.9 | 87,926,082 |
| 128 | Bahrain | 11.9 | 1,675,572 |
| 129 | Iran | 11.8 | 93,168,497 |
| 130 | Brazil | 11.7 | 213,562,666 |
| 131 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 11.7 | 99,244 |
| 132 | Kosovo | 11.6 | 1,666,992 |
| 133 | Armenia | 11.5 | 2,930,915 |
| 134 | Azerbaijan | 11.4 | 10,454,855 |
| 135 | Antigua and Barbuda | 11.4 | 94,626 |
| 136 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11.2 | 46,992 |
| 137 | Argentina | 11.1 | 46,003,734 |
| 138 | Australia | 11.1 | 27,227,096 |
| 139 | Jamaica | 11.1 | 2,833,404 |
| 140 | New Zealand | 11.0 | 5,287,479 |
| 141 | Barbados | 11.0 | 282,724 |
| 142 | Grenada | 11.0 | 117,362 |
| 143 | Georgia | 10.9 | 3,804,642 |
| 144 | Saint Lucia | 10.9 | 180,488 |
| 145 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 10.9 | 83,400 |
| 146 | Cayman Islands | 10.9 | 77,196 |
| 147 | Northern Mariana Islands | 10.9 | 42,914 |
| 148 | Iceland | 10.8 | 402,329 |
| 149 | Montenegro | 10.7 | 626,233 |
| 150 | Dominica | 10.7 | 65,511 |
| 151 | United States | 10.5 | 349,035,494 |
| 152 | Bahamas | 10.5 | 404,628 |
| 153 | Palau | 10.5 | 17,614 |
| 154 | Cook Islands | 10.4 | 12,826 |
| 155 | United Arab Emirates | 10.3 | 11,574,682 |
| 156 | Guadeloupe | 10.3 | 372,453 |
| 157 | French Polynesia | 10.3 | 283,076 |
| 158 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10.2 | 47,148 |
| 159 | Moldova | 10.1 | 2,961,253 |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10.1 | 1,513,268 |
| 161 | Luxembourg | 10.1 | 687,448 |
| 162 | Falkland Islands | 10.0 | 3,465 |
| 163 | Denmark | 9.9 | 6,023,520 |
| 164 | Cyprus | 9.9 | 1,382,334 |
| 165 | Ireland | 9.8 | 5,356,950 |
| 166 | Maldives | 9.8 | 531,517 |
| 167 | United Kingdom | 9.7 | 69,931,528 |
| 168 | Costa Rica | 9.7 | 5,174,789 |
| 169 | Kuwait | 9.7 | 5,102,773 |
| 170 | Uruguay | 9.7 | 3,382,537 |
| 171 | Qatar | 9.7 | 3,173,559 |
| 172 | Albania | 9.7 | 2,751,025 |
| 173 | Monaco | 9.7 | 38,087 |
| 174 | Martinique | 9.6 | 337,711 |
| 175 | France | 9.5 | 66,746,401 |
| 176 | Netherlands | 9.5 | 18,448,775 |
| 177 | Aruba | 9.5 | 108,164 |
| 178 | Romania | 9.4 | 18,800,605 |
| 179 | Norway | 9.4 | 5,652,989 |
| 180 | Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba | 9.4 | 31,913 |
| 181 | Anguilla | 9.3 | 14,817 |
| 182 | Liechtenstein | 9.2 | 40,368 |
| 183 | Sweden | 9.0 | 10,701,046 |
| 184 | Switzerland | 9.0 | 9,007,798 |
| 185 | Canada | 8.9 | 40,467,728 |
| 186 | Bulgaria | 8.9 | 6,667,660 |
| 187 | North Macedonia | 8.9 | 1,804,062 |
| 188 | Mauritius | 8.9 | 1,265,059 |
| 189 | Sint Maarten | 8.9 | 44,447 |
| 190 | Slovakia | 8.8 | 5,451,342 |
| 191 | Hungary | 8.7 | 9,585,818 |
| 192 | Belgium | 8.6 | 11,774,642 |
| 193 | Serbia | 8.6 | 6,641,964 |
| 194 | Singapore | 8.6 | 5,905,748 |
| 195 | Wallis and Futuna | 8.6 | 11,113 |
| 196 | Russia | 8.5 | 143,394,458 |
| 197 | Chile | 8.5 | 19,945,850 |
| 198 | Cuba | 8.5 | 10,892,659 |
| 199 | Montserrat | 8.4 | 4,328 |
| 200 | Germany | 8.2 | 83,644,258 |
| 201 | Portugal | 8.2 | 10,395,362 |
| 202 | Austria | 8.2 | 9,107,266 |
| 203 | Jersey | 8.1 | 104,106 |
| 204 | Isle of Man | 8.1 | 84,054 |
| 205 | Guernsey | 8.1 | 64,610 |
| 206 | Croatia | 8.0 | 3,822,345 |
| 207 | Slovenia | 8.0 | 2,114,574 |
| 208 | British Virgin Islands | 8.0 | 39,936 |
| 209 | Thailand | 7.9 | 71,559,614 |
| 210 | Czechia | 7.9 | 10,527,780 |
| 211 | Finland | 7.8 | 5,621,739 |
| 212 | Bermuda | 7.8 | 64,459 |
| 213 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.7 | 3,114,242 |
| 214 | Lithuania | 7.7 | 2,797,338 |
| 215 | Malta | 7.7 | 549,011 |
| 216 | Estonia | 7.6 | 1,331,062 |
| 217 | Curacao | 7.6 | 185,440 |
| 218 | Poland | 7.5 | 37,843,188 |
| 219 | Latvia | 7.3 | 1,835,935 |
| 220 | Saint Helena | 7.1 | 5,148 |
| 221 | Belarus | 6.9 | 8,937,018 |
| 222 | Andorra | 6.9 | 83,753 |
| 223 | Spain | 6.8 | 47,850,793 |
| 224 | Greece | 6.8 | 9,897,116 |
| 225 | Italy | 6.4 | 58,926,166 |
| 226 | China | 6.1 | 1,412,914,089 |
| 227 | Japan | 6.1 | 122,427,731 |
| 228 | Ukraine | 6.1 | 39,535,848 |
| 229 | Macao | 6.1 | 723,188 |
| 230 | Puerto Rico | 5.9 | 3,222,688 |
| 231 | San Marino | 5.8 | 33,605 |
| 232 | Taiwan | 5.3 | 23,011,292 |
| 233 | Saint Barthelemy | 5.3 | 11,550 |
| 234 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 5.3 | 5,513 |
| 235 | Hong Kong | 5.2 | 7,378,602 |
| 236 | South Korea | 4.8 | 51,600,388 |
| 237 | Vatican | 4.4 | 506 |
Questions
Which country has the lowest birth rate?
South Korea, with 4.8 births per 1,000 people in 2026, then Hong Kong (5.2), Taiwan (5.3), Puerto Rico (5.9).
Which country has the highest birth rate?
Central African Republic, with 44.7 births per 1,000 people, then Chad (42.2), Somalia (41.2), Niger (40.2).
What is the difference between birth rate and fertility rate?
The birth rate is births per 1,000 people of all ages, so a young population can have a high birth rate even with few children per woman. The fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would have over her life at today’s rates; 2.1 replaces a population.
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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. 2026 figures are the medium-variant projection. Method