Birth rate - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

The number of crude births per 1000 people, per year, 2021:

The average for 2021 based on 194 countries was 18.88 births per 1000 people. The highest value was in Niger: 45.29 births per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Hong Kong: 5 births per 1000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: births per 1000 people; Source: The World Bank
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Birth rate, 2021 Global rank Available data
Niger 45.29 1 1960 - 2021
Somalia 43.56 2 1960 - 2021
Chad 43.36 3 1960 - 2021
C.A. Republic 42.68 4 1960 - 2021
DR Congo 42.05 5 1960 - 2021
Mali 41.64 6 1960 - 2021
Angola 38.81 7 1960 - 2021
Nigeria 37.12 8 1960 - 2021
Uganda 36.79 9 1960 - 2021
Benin 36.61 10 1960 - 2021
Mozambique 36.6 11 1960 - 2021
Tanzania 36.21 12 1960 - 2021
Afghanistan 35.84 13 1960 - 2021
Burkina Faso 35.54 14 1960 - 2021
Cameroon 34.94 15 1960 - 2021
Burundi 34.84 16 1960 - 2021
Zambia 34.51 17 1960 - 2021
Guinea 34.42 18 1960 - 2021
Ivory Coast 33.93 19 1960 - 2021
Sudan 33.6 20 1960 - 2021
Gambia 33.26 21 1960 - 2021
Mauritania 33.19 22 1960 - 2021
Malawi 32.86 23 1960 - 2021
Senegal 32.57 24 1960 - 2021
Ethiopia 32.38 25 1960 - 2021
Togo 31.86 26 1960 - 2021
Sierra Leone 31.36 27 1960 - 2021
Liberia 31.29 28 1960 - 2021
G.-Bissau 31.09 29 1960 - 2021
Madagascar 30.95 30 1960 - 2021
R. of Congo 30.69 31 1960 - 2021
Yemen 30.54 32 1960 - 2021
Zimbabwe 30.54 33 1960 - 2021
Eq. Guinea 30.5 34 1960 - 2021
Rwanda 29.98 35 1960 - 2021
Solomon Isl. 29.78 36 1960 - 2021
Vanuatu 29.44 37 1960 - 2021
Comoros 29.4 38 1960 - 2021
Eritrea 28.62 39 1960 - 2021
S.T.&Principe 28.26 40 1960 - 2021
Palestine 28.24 41 1990 - 2021
Kenya 27.68 42 1960 - 2021
Ghana 27.55 43 1960 - 2021
Pakistan 27.52 44 1960 - 2021
Namibia 27.44 45 1960 - 2021
Iraq 27.37 46 1960 - 2021
Samoa 27.25 47 1960 - 2021
Kiribati 27.21 48 1960 - 2021
Gabon 27.14 49 1960 - 2021
Tajikistan 26.75 50 1960 - 2021
Lesotho 26.11 51 1960 - 2021
Uzbekistan 25.9 52 1960 - 2021
Papua N.G. 25.51 53 1960 - 2021
Swaziland 24.13 54 1960 - 2021
Botswana 23.58 55 1960 - 2021
Haiti 23.5 56 1960 - 2021
Kazakhstan 23.5 57 1960 - 2021
Tuvalu 23.48 58 1960 - 2021
Tonga 23.05 59 1960 - 2021
Egypt 22.56 60 1960 - 2021
Kyrgyzstan 22.4 61 1960 - 2021
Djibouti 22.2 62 1960 - 2021
Laos 21.97 63 1960 - 2021
Jordan 21.95 64 1960 - 2021
Bolivia 21.84 65 1960 - 2021
Philippines 21.81 66 1960 - 2021
Turkmenistan 21.59 67 1960 - 2021
Algeria 21.52 68 1960 - 2021
Mongolia 21.41 69 1960 - 2021
Guatemala 21.12 70 1960 - 2021
Honduras 21.07 71 1960 - 2021
Micronesia 20.78 72 1960 - 2021
Paraguay 20.63 73 1960 - 2021
Nicaragua 20.51 74 1960 - 2021
Nepal 20.4 75 1960 - 2021
Guyana 20.3 76 1960 - 2021
Syria 20.11 77 1960 - 2021
South Africa 19.82 78 1960 - 2021
Israel 19.7 79 1960 - 2021
Fiji 19.34 80 1960 - 2021
Cambodia 19.33 81 1960 - 2021
Domin. Rep. 18.43 82 1960 - 2021
Oman 18.42 83 1960 - 2021
Suriname 18.15 84 1960 - 2021
Belize 17.98 85 1960 - 2021
Libya 17.83 86 1960 - 2021
Bangladesh 17.82 87 1960 - 2021
Panama 17.69 88 1960 - 2021
Peru 17.62 89 1960 - 2021
Morocco 17.55 90 1960 - 2021
Saudi Arabia 17.47 91 1960 - 2021
Burma 17.1 92 1960 - 2021
Cape Verde 16.95 93 1960 - 2021
Ecuador 16.82 94 1960 - 2021
Seychelles 16.8 95 1971 - 2021
India 16.42 96 1960 - 2021
Indonesia 16.42 97 1960 - 2021
Tunisia 16.09 98 1960 - 2021
El Salvador 16.02 99 1960 - 2021
Grenada 15.96 100 1960 - 2021
Venezuela 15.88 101 1960 - 2021
Malaysia 15.24 102 1960 - 2021
Vietnam 15.01 103 1960 - 2021
Lebanon 14.95 104 1960 - 2021
Mexico 14.86 105 1960 - 2021
Turkey 14.68 106 1960 - 2021
N. Caledonia 14.3 107 1960 - 2021
Colombia 14.2 108 1960 - 2021
Maldives 14.09 109 1960 - 2021
Sri Lanka 14.02 110 1960 - 2021
Argentina 13.9 111 1960 - 2021
Brunei 13.8 112 1960 - 2021
Iran 13.7 113 1960 - 2021
Georgia 13.41 114 1960 - 2021
Palau 13.4 115 1990 - 2021
Dominica 13.33 116 1960 - 2021
North Korea 13.24 117 1960 - 2021
Iceland 13.1 118 1960 - 2021
St. Vincent & ... 12.9 119 1960 - 2021
Brazil 12.88 120 1960 - 2021
Faroe Isl. 12.8 121 1970 - 2021
Bhutan 12.48 122 1960 - 2021
Moldova 12.43 123 1960 - 2021
Ant.& Barb. 12.11 124 1960 - 2021
Australia 12.1 125 1960 - 2021
Armenia 12.05 126 1960 - 2021
Bahrain 11.93 127 1960 - 2021
Costa Rica 11.87 128 1960 - 2021
Chile 11.79 129 1960 - 2021
Jamaica 11.71 130 1960 - 2021
Tr.&Tobago 11.69 131 1960 - 2021
Ireland 11.6 132 1960 - 2021
Saint Lucia 11.49 133 1960 - 2021
New Zealand 11.48 134 1960 - 2021
Bahamas 11.44 135 1960 - 2021
Montenegro 11.4 136 1960 - 2021
Azerbaijan 11.1 137 1960 - 2021
Sweden 11 138 1960 - 2021
USA 11 139 1960 - 2021
France 10.9 140 1960 - 2021
Barbados 10.83 141 1960 - 2021
Denmark 10.8 142 1960 - 2021
Gibraltar 10.71 143 1960 - 2021
Czechia 10.6 144 1960 - 2021
Luxembourg 10.5 145 1960 - 2021
Uruguay 10.47 146 1960 - 2021
Kuwait 10.41 147 1960 - 2021
Norway 10.4 148 1960 - 2021
Slovakia 10.4 149 1960 - 2021
Cyprus 10.31 150 1960 - 2021
UA Emirates 10.31 151 1960 - 2021
Mauritius 10.3 152 1960 - 2021
Switzerland 10.3 153 1960 - 2021
Albania 10.24 154 1960 - 2021
Belgium 10.2 155 1960 - 2021
Netherlands 10.2 156 1960 - 2021
North Macedonia 10.2 157 1960 - 2021
Macao 10.11 158 1960 - 2021
UK 10.1 159 1960 - 2021
Estonia 10 160 1960 - 2021
Qatar 9.82 161 1960 - 2021
Hungary 9.7 162 1960 - 2021
Austria 9.6 163 1960 - 2021
Canada 9.6 164 1960 - 2021
Germany 9.6 165 1960 - 2021
Liechtenstein 9.6 166 1960 - 2021
Russia 9.6 167 1960 - 2021
Croatia 9.4 168 1960 - 2021
Romania 9.3 169 1960 - 2021
Belarus 9.28 170 1960 - 2021
Latvia 9.2 171 1960 - 2021
Serbia 9.1 172 1960 - 2021
Finland 9 173 1960 - 2021
Slovenia 9 174 1960 - 2021
Thailand 9 175 1960 - 2021
Poland 8.8 176 1960 - 2021
Singapore 8.6 177 1960 - 2021
Bulgaria 8.5 178 1960 - 2021
Malta 8.5 179 1960 - 2021
Bosnia & Herz. 8.42 180 1960 - 2021
Lithuania 8.3 181 1960 - 2021
Greece 8 182 1960 - 2021
Bermuda 7.7 183 1960 - 2021
Portugal 7.7 184 1960 - 2021
China 7.52 185 1960 - 2021
Ukraine 7.3 186 1960 - 2021
Aruba 7.19 187 1960 - 2021
Spain 7.1 188 1960 - 2021
Italy 6.8 189 1960 - 2021
Japan 6.6 190 1960 - 2021
San Marino 6.2 191 2004 - 2021
Puerto Rico 5.9 192 1960 - 2021
South Korea 5.1 193 1960 - 2021
Hong Kong 5 194 1960 - 2021



Definition: Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

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1. Niger
2. Somalia
3. Chad
4. C.A. Republic
5. DR Congo
6. Mali
7. Angola
8. Nigeria
9. Uganda
10. Benin
11. Mozambique
12. Tanzania
13. Afghanistan
14. Burkina Faso
15. Cameroon
16. Burundi
17. Zambia
18. Guinea
19. Ivory Coast
20. Sudan
21. Gambia
22. Mauritania
23. Malawi
24. Senegal
25. Ethiopia
26. Togo
27. Sierra Leone
28. Liberia
29. G.-Bissau
30. Madagascar
31. R. of Congo
32. Yemen
33. Zimbabwe
34. Eq. Guinea
35. Rwanda
36. Solomon Isl.
37. Vanuatu
38. Comoros
39. Eritrea
40. S.T.&Principe
41. Palestine
42. Kenya
43. Ghana
44. Pakistan
45. Namibia
46. Iraq
47. Samoa
48. Kiribati
49. Gabon
50. Tajikistan
51. Lesotho
52. Uzbekistan
53. Papua N.G.
54. Swaziland
55. Botswana
56. Haiti
57. Kazakhstan
58. Tuvalu
59. Tonga
60. Egypt
61. Kyrgyzstan
62. Djibouti
63. Laos
64. Jordan
65. Bolivia
66. Philippines
67. Turkmenistan
68. Algeria
69. Mongolia
70. Guatemala
71. Honduras
72. Micronesia
73. Paraguay
74. Nicaragua
75. Nepal
76. Guyana
77. Syria
78. South Africa
79. Israel
80. Fiji
81. Cambodia
82. Domin. Rep.
83. Oman
84. Suriname
85. Belize
86. Libya
87. Bangladesh
88. Panama
89. Peru
90. Morocco
91. Saudi Arabia
92. Burma
93. Cape Verde
94. Ecuador
95. Seychelles
96. India
97. Indonesia
98. Tunisia
99. El Salvador
100. Grenada
101. Venezuela
102. Malaysia
103. Vietnam
104. Lebanon
105. Mexico
106. Turkey
107. N. Caledonia
108. Colombia
109. Maldives
110. Sri Lanka
111. Argentina
112. Brunei
113. Iran
114. Georgia
115. Palau
116. Dominica
117. North Korea
118. Iceland
119. St. Vincent & ...
120. Brazil
121. Faroe Isl.
122. Bhutan
123. Moldova
124. Ant.& Barb.
125. Australia
126. Armenia
127. Bahrain
128. Costa Rica
129. Chile
130. Jamaica
131. Tr.&Tobago
132. Ireland
133. Saint Lucia
134. New Zealand
135. Bahamas
136. Montenegro
137. Azerbaijan
138. Sweden
139. USA
140. France
141. Barbados
142. Denmark
143. Gibraltar
144. Czechia
145. Luxembourg
146. Uruguay
147. Kuwait
148. Norway
149. Slovakia
150. Cyprus
151. UA Emirates
152. Mauritius
153. Switzerland
154. Albania
155. Belgium
156. Netherlands
157. North Macedonia
158. Macao
159. UK
160. Estonia
161. Qatar
162. Hungary
163. Austria
164. Canada
165. Germany
166. Liechtenstein
167. Russia
168. Croatia
169. Romania
170. Belarus
171. Latvia
172. Serbia
173. Finland
174. Slovenia
175. Thailand
176. Poland
177. Singapore
178. Bulgaria
179. Malta
180. Bosnia & Herz.
181. Lithuania
182. Greece
183. Bermuda
184. Portugal
185. China
186. Ukraine
187. Aruba
188. Spain
189. Italy
190. Japan
191. San Marino
192. Puerto Rico
193. South Korea
194. Hong Kong
45.29
43.56
43.36
42.68
42.05
41.64
38.81
37.12
36.79
36.61
36.60
36.21
35.84
35.54
34.94
34.84
34.51
34.42
33.93
33.60
33.26
33.19
32.86
32.57
32.38
31.86
31.36
31.29
31.09
30.95
30.69
30.54
30.54
30.50
29.98
29.78
29.44
29.40
28.62
28.26
28.24
27.68
27.55
27.52
27.44
27.37
27.25
27.21
27.14
26.75
26.11
25.90
25.51
24.13
23.58
23.50
23.50
23.48
23.05
22.56
22.40
22.20
21.97
21.95
21.84
21.81
21.59
21.52
21.41
21.12
21.07
20.78
20.63
20.51
20.40
20.30
20.11
19.82
19.70
19.34
19.33
18.43
18.42
18.15
17.98
17.83
17.82
17.69
17.62
17.55
17.47
17.10
16.95
16.82
16.80
16.42
16.42
16.09
16.02
15.96
15.88
15.24
15.01
14.95
14.86
14.68
14.30
14.20
14.09
14.02
13.90
13.80
13.70
13.41
13.40
13.33
13.24
13.10
12.90
12.88
12.80
12.48
12.43
12.11
12.10
12.05
11.93
11.87
11.79
11.71
11.69
11.60
11.49
11.48
11.44
11.40
11.10
11.00
11.00
10.90
10.83
10.80
10.71
10.60
10.50
10.47
10.41
10.40
10.40
10.31
10.31
10.30
10.30
10.24
10.20
10.20
10.20
10.11
10.10
10.00
9.82
9.70
9.60
9.60
9.60
9.60
9.60
9.40
9.30
9.28
9.20
9.10
9.00
9.00
9.00
8.80
8.60
8.50
8.50
8.42
8.30
8.00
7.70
7.70
7.52
7.30
7.19
7.10
6.80
6.60
6.20
5.90
5.10
5.00
0
11.3
22.6
34
45.29


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