Countries by Birth Rate — Full List 2026

Name: Countries by Birth Rate 2025
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Which countries have the highest birth rates? This table ranks all nations by number of births per 1,000 people, a key indicator of population growth and demographic trends.

229 countries ranked·Source: CIA World Factbook·Last updated: 2025

#	Country	Region	Birth Rate (per 1,000)
1	Somalia	Africa	46.4
2	Niger	Africa	46.3
3	Benin	Africa	39.8
4	Angola	Africa	39.8
5	Mali	Africa	39.4
6	Uganda	Africa	38.9
7	DRC	Africa	38.8
8	Chad	Africa	38.6
9	Mozambique	Africa	36.1
10	Afghanistan	South Asia	36.0
11	Burundi	Africa	35.9
12	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	35.8
13	South Sudan	Africa	35.7
14	Guinea	Africa	35.0
15	Mauritania	Africa	34.0
16	Nigeria	Africa	33.6
17	Tanzania	Africa	33.5
18	Sudan	Africa	33.0
19	Burkina Faso	Africa	31.7
20	Liberia	Africa	31.7
21	Central African Republic	Africa	31.5
22	Cameroon	Africa	30.8
23	Togo	Africa	30.2
24	Sierra Leone	Africa	30.0
25	Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	29.9
26	Zambia	Africa	29.6
27	Senegal	Africa	29.5
28	Ethiopia	Africa	29.1
29	Yemen	Middle East	29.1
30	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	28.6
31	Congo (Brazzaville)	Africa	28.3
32	Zimbabwe	Africa	28.2
33	Malawi	Africa	28.0
34	Western Sahara	Africa	28.0
35	Papua New Guinea	East and Southeast Asia	27.6
36	Madagascar	Africa	27.5
37	West Bank	Middle East	27.2
38	Ghana	Africa	27.1
39	The Gambia	Africa	26.5
40	Gaza, Gaza Strip	Middle East	26.1
41	Kenya	Africa	25.9
42	Eritrea	Africa	25.9
43	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	25.9
44	Gabon	Africa	25.5
45	Tajikistan	Central Asia	25.3
46	Rwanda	Africa	25.1
47	Pakistan	South Asia	25.1
48	Namibia	Africa	23.9
49	Timor-Leste	East and Southeast Asia	23.4
50	Iraq	Middle East	23.3

51	Jordan	Middle East	21.9
52	Lesotho	Africa	21.7
53	Tuvalu	Australia-Oceania	21.6
54	Solomon Islands	Australia-Oceania	21.6
55	Djibouti	Africa	21.5
56	Syria	Middle East	21.3
57	Botswana	Africa	21.2
58	Comoros	Africa	21.1
59	Marshall Islands	Australia-Oceania	20.8
60	Haiti	Central America and Caribbean	20.8
61	Eswatini	Africa	20.7
62	Oman	Middle East	20.6
63	Vanuatu	Australia-Oceania	20.4
64	Libya	Africa	19.8
65	Honduras	Central America and Caribbean	19.7
66	Nauru	Australia-Oceania	19.6
67	Algeria	Africa	19.6
68	Bangladesh	South Asia	19.4
69	Tonga	Australia-Oceania	19.4
70	Kiribati	Australia-Oceania	19.4
71	Laos	East and Southeast Asia	19.2
72	Uzbekistan	Central Asia	18.9
73	Israel	Middle East	18.9
74	Egypt	Africa	18.6
75	Samoa	Australia-Oceania	18.5
76	Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	18.3
77	Mongolia	East and Southeast Asia	18.0
78	Guam	Australia-Oceania	17.9
79	Cambodia	East and Southeast Asia	17.7
80	Federated States of Micronesia	Australia-Oceania	17.6
81	Cabo Verde	Africa	17.5
82	Belize	Central America and Caribbean	17.4
83	Ecuador	South America	17.4
84	The Dominican	Central America and Caribbean	17.4
85	Kuwait	Middle East	17.4
86	South Africa	Africa	17.2
87	Guatemala	Central America and Caribbean	17.1
88	Panama	Central America and Caribbean	17.1
89	Bolivia	South America	17.0
90	Kazakhstan	Central Asia	16.8
91	Lebanon	Middle East	16.7
92	Guyana	South America	16.7
93	Nepal	South Asia	16.7
94	Morocco	Africa	16.5
95	Venezuela	South America	16.4
96	Peru	South America	16.4
97	Turkmenistan	Central Asia	16.4
98	Jamaica	Central America and Caribbean	16.1
99	Nicaragua	Central America and Caribbean	16.1
100	Philippines	East and Southeast Asia	16.0
101	India	South Asia	15.9
102	Northern Mariana Islands	Australia-Oceania	15.8
103	Paraguay	South America	15.7
104	Fiji	Australia-Oceania	15.6
105	Brunei	East and Southeast Asia	15.6
106	Burma	East and Southeast Asia	15.4
107	American Samoa	Australia-Oceania	15.3
108	Bhutan	South Asia	15.1
109	Maldives	South Asia	14.8
110	Faroe Islands	Europe	14.8
111	Mexico	North America	14.7
112	Colombia	South America	14.7
113	Antigua and Barbuda	Central America and Caribbean	14.7
114	Suriname	South America	14.6
115	Vietnam	East and Southeast Asia	14.6
116	Indonesia	East and Southeast Asia	14.6
117	Sri Lanka	South Asia	14.4
118	Kosovo	Europe	14.2
119	Malaysia	East and Southeast Asia	14.1
120	Saint Martin	Central America and Caribbean	13.8
121	New Caledonia	Australia-Oceania	13.6
122	Turkey	Middle East	13.6
123	Gibraltar	Europe	13.6
124	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	13.4
125	Greenland	North America	13.3
126	The Bahamas	Central America and Caribbean	13.1
127	Brazil	South America	13.0
128	Dominica	Central America and Caribbean	13.0
129	Grenada	Central America and Caribbean	13.0
130	North Korea	East and Southeast Asia	13.0
131	Turks and Caicos Islands	Central America and Caribbean	12.7
132	Curacao	Central America and Caribbean	12.7
133	French Polynesia	Australia-Oceania	12.7
134	Iceland	Europe	12.5
135	El Salvador	Central America and Caribbean	12.5
136	New Zealand	Australia-Oceania	12.4
137	Bahrain	Middle East	12.1
138	Sint Maarten	Central America and Caribbean	12.0
139	Jersey	Europe	12.0
140	Cook Islands	Australia-Oceania	11.8
141	Georgia	Middle East	11.7
142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Central America and Caribbean	11.7
143	Anguilla	Central America and Caribbean	11.7
144	Montserrat	Central America and Caribbean	11.6
145	Wallis and Futuna	Australia-Oceania	11.6
146	Seychelles	Africa	11.6
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Central America and Caribbean	11.6
148	Palau	Australia-Oceania	11.5
149	Aruba	Central America and Caribbean	11.4
150	Cayman Islands	Central America and Caribbean	11.4
151	Tunisia	Africa	11.3
152	Iran	Middle East	11.2
153	Saint Lucia	Central America and Caribbean	11.2
154	Azerbaijan	Middle East	11.1
155	Ireland	Europe	10.9
156	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	South America	10.9
157	Virgin Islands	Central America and Caribbean	10.9
158	France	Europe	10.9
159	Costa Rica	Central America and Caribbean	10.9
160	Bermuda	North America	10.8
161	British Virgin Islands	Central America and Caribbean	10.8
162	Montenegro	Europe	10.8
163	United Kingdom	Europe	10.8
164	Australia	Australia-Oceania	10.8
165	United States	North America	10.8
166	Netherlands	Europe	10.7
167	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	10.7
168	Sweden	Europe	10.6
169	Argentina	South America	10.5
170	Norway	Europe	10.3
171	Trinidad and Tobago	Central America and Caribbean	10.3
172	Liechtenstein	Europe	10.3
173	Isle of Man	Europe	10.3
174	Armenia	Middle East	10.2
175	North Macedonia	Europe	10.1
176	Switzerland	Europe	10.0
177	Cyprus	Europe	9.9
178	Thailand	East and Southeast Asia	9.8
179	Denmark	Europe	9.8
180	Slovakia	Europe	9.8
181	Mauritius	Africa	9.7
182	Guernsey	Europe	9.6
183	Czechia	Europe	9.6
184	Saint Barthelemy	Central America and Caribbean	9.3
185	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	Africa	9.3
186	Luxembourg	Europe	9.2
187	Qatar	Middle East	9.2
188	Canada	North America	9.1
189	Belgium	Europe	9.1
190	Uruguay	South America	9.1
191	San Marino	Europe	9.0
192	Hungary	Europe	9.0
193	Germany	Europe	8.9
194	Chile	South America	8.8
195	Austria	Europe	8.8
196	Singapore	East and Southeast Asia	8.8
197	Serbia	Europe	8.7
198	Albania	Europe	8.7
199	Croatia	Europe	8.5
200	Romania	Europe	8.4
201	Moldova	Europe	8.3
202	Macau	East and Southeast Asia	8.3
203	Russia	Central Asia	8.3
204	Belarus	Europe	8.2
205	Portugal	Europe	8.0
206	Poland	Europe	8.0
207	Barbados	Central America and Caribbean	8.0
208	Bulgaria	Europe	7.9
209	Estonia	Europe	7.9
210	Puerto Rico	Central America and Caribbean	7.8
211	Cuba	Central America and Caribbean	7.8
212	Finland	Europe	7.8
213	Malta	Europe	7.7
214	Slovenia	Europe	7.5
215	Hong Kong	East and Southeast Asia	7.5
216	Greece	Europe	7.4
217	China	East and Southeast Asia	7.3
218	Latvia	Europe	7.2
219	Taiwan	East and Southeast Asia	7.2
220	Spain	Europe	7.2
221	Italy	Europe	7.1
222	Lithuania	Europe	7.0
223	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	6.9
224	Andorra	Europe	6.9
225	Japan	East and Southeast Asia	6.8
226	Monaco	Europe	6.5
227	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	North America	6.3
228	Ukraine	Europe	6.2
229	South Korea	East and Southeast Asia	4.3

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  author = {Bamwor},
  title = {Countries by Birth Rate 2025},
  year = {2025},
  url = {https://bamwor.com/en/countries-by-birth-rate},
  note = {Bamwor World Encyclopedia. Accessed 2026-03-14}
}

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