Countries with Highest Birth Rate (2026)

Central African Republic has the highest birth rate in the world at 46.2 births per 1,000 people. High birth rates are associated with young populations, limited access to contraception, and cultural preferences for large families.

#1

Central African Republic

46.2 per 1,000

#2

Chad

43.3 per 1,000

#3

Somalia

42.4 per 1,000

Countries with Highest Birth Rate - 216 countries ranked by Birth Rate

Rank	Country	Birth Rate	Population	Region
1	Central African Republic	46.2 per 1,000	5,330,690	Africa
2	Chad	43.3 per 1,000	20,299,123	Africa
3	Somalia	42.4 per 1,000	19,009,151	Africa
4	Niger	41.4 per 1,000	27,032,412	Africa
5	DR Congo	40.9 per 1,000	109,276,265	Africa
6	Mali	39.5 per 1,000	24,478,595	Africa
7	Angola	37.2 per 1,000	37,885,849	Africa
8	Mozambique	37.0 per 1,000	34,631,766	Africa
9	Afghanistan	35.0 per 1,000	42,647,492	Asia
10	Tanzania	34.8 per 1,000	68,560,157	Africa
11	Uganda	34.4 per 1,000	50,015,092	Africa
12	Yemen	34.4 per 1,000	40,583,164	Asia
13	Mauritania	34.0 per 1,000	5,169,395	Africa
14	Benin	33.4 per 1,000	14,462,724	Africa
15	Cameroon	33.3 per 1,000	29,123,744	Africa
16	Guinea	33.3 per 1,000	14,754,785	Africa
17	Burundi	33.2 per 1,000	14,047,786	Africa
18	Sudan	33.0 per 1,000	50,448,963	Africa
19	Zambia	32.7 per 1,000	21,314,956	Africa
20	Nigeria	32.5 per 1,000	232,679,478	Africa
21	Togo	32.1 per 1,000	9,515,236	Africa
22	Madagascar	31.7 per 1,000	31,964,956	Africa
23	Ivory Coast	31.6 per 1,000	31,934,230	Africa
24	Ethiopia	31.5 per 1,000	132,059,767	Africa
25	Burkina Faso	31.3 per 1,000	23,548,781	Africa
26	Malawi	31.1 per 1,000	21,655,286	Africa
27	Liberia	30.6 per 1,000	5,612,817	Africa
28	Republic of the Congo	30.4 per 1,000	6,332,961	Africa
29	Sierra Leone	30.1 per 1,000	8,642,022	Africa
30	Equatorial Guinea	30.0 per 1,000	1,892,516	Africa
31	Zimbabwe	29.9 per 1,000	16,634,373	Africa
32	Gambia	29.9 per 1,000	2,759,988	Africa
33	Guinea-Bissau	29.6 per 1,000	2,201,352	Africa
34	South Sudan	29.2 per 1,000	11,943,408	Africa
35	Senegal	29.2 per 1,000	18,501,984	Africa
36	Eritrea	28.7 per 1,000	3,535,603	Africa
37	Comoros	28.2 per 1,000	866,628	Africa
38	São Tomé and Príncipe	28.1 per 1,000	235,536	Africa
39	Rwanda	28.1 per 1,000	14,256,567	Africa
40	Vanuatu	27.6 per 1,000	327,777	Oceania
41	Pakistan	27.4 per 1,000	251,269,164	Asia
42	Gabon	27.1 per 1,000	2,538,952	Africa
43	Kenya	27.0 per 1,000	56,432,944	Africa
44	Solomon Islands	26.7 per 1,000	819,198	Oceania
45	Palestine	26.5 per 1,000	5,289,152	Asia
46	Ghana	25.9 per 1,000	34,427,414	Africa
47	Namibia	25.9 per 1,000	3,030,131	Africa
48	Iraq	25.6 per 1,000	46,042,015	Asia
49	Uzbekistan	25.6 per 1,000	36,361,859	Asia
50	Tajikistan	25.3 per 1,000	10,590,927	Asia
51	Kiribati	25.3 per 1,000	134,518	Oceania
52	Samoa	25.0 per 1,000	218,019	Oceania
53	Nauru	24.6 per 1,000	11,947	Oceania
54	Botswana	24.4 per 1,000	2,521,139	Africa
55	Papua New Guinea	24.3 per 1,000	10,576,502	Oceania
56	Lesotho	23.8 per 1,000	2,337,423	Africa
57	Eswatini	23.6 per 1,000	1,242,822	Africa
58	Syria	23.2 per 1,000	24,672,760	Asia
59	Tonga	23.0 per 1,000	104,175	Oceania
60	Micronesia	22.3 per 1,000	113,160	Oceania
61	Tuvalu	22.0 per 1,000	9,646	Oceania
62	Haiti	21.9 per 1,000	11,772,557	Americas
63	Timor-Leste	21.8 per 1,000	1,400,638	Asia
64	Honduras	21.6 per 1,000	10,825,703	Americas
65	Bolivia	21.0 per 1,000	12,413,315	Americas
66	Laos	20.9 per 1,000	7,769,819	Asia
67	Djibouti	20.9 per 1,000	1,168,722	Africa
68	Egypt	20.9 per 1,000	116,538,258	Africa
69	Turkmenistan	20.9 per 1,000	7,494,498	Asia
70	Guatemala	20.6 per 1,000	18,406,359	Americas
71	Jordan	20.4 per 1,000	11,552,876	Asia
72	Cambodia	20.3 per 1,000	17,638,801	Asia
73	Marshall Islands	20.1 per 1,000	37,548	Oceania
74	Bangladesh	20.0 per 1,000	173,562,364	Asia
75	Guyana	19.9 per 1,000	831,087	Americas
76	Paraguay	19.7 per 1,000	6,929,153	Americas
77	Kazakhstan	19.5 per 1,000	20,592,571	Asia
78	Kyrgyzstan	19.4 per 1,000	7,221,868	Asia
79	Nicaragua	19.1 per 1,000	6,916,140	Americas
80	Nepal	19.0 per 1,000	29,651,054	Asia
81	Algeria	18.8 per 1,000	46,814,308	Africa
82	Israel	18.6 per 1,000	9,974,400	Asia
83	South Africa	18.5 per 1,000	64,007,187	Africa
84	Belize	18.1 per 1,000	417,072	Americas
85	Fiji	17.9 per 1,000	928,784	Oceania
86	Dominican Republic	17.6 per 1,000	11,427,557	Americas
87	Guam	17.3 per 1,000	167,777	Oceania
88	Suriname	17.1 per 1,000	634,431	Americas
89	Mongolia	16.9 per 1,000	3,524,788	Asia
90	Oman	16.8 per 1,000	5,281,538	Asia
91	Saudi Arabia	16.5 per 1,000	35,300,280	Asia
92	Libya	16.5 per 1,000	7,381,023	Africa
93	Myanmar	16.5 per 1,000	54,500,091	Asia
94	Morocco	16.4 per 1,000	38,081,173	Africa
95	India	16.0 per 1,000	1,450,935,791	Asia
96	Lebanon	16.0 per 1,000	5,805,962	Asia
97	Philippines	15.9 per 1,000	115,843,670	Asia
98	Panama	15.9 per 1,000	4,515,577	Americas
99	Indonesia	15.8 per 1,000	283,487,931	Asia
100	Peru	15.8 per 1,000	34,217,848	Americas
101	El Salvador	15.6 per 1,000	6,338,193	Americas
102	Mexico	15.5 per 1,000	130,861,007	Americas
103	Venezuela	15.2 per 1,000	28,405,543	Americas
104	Saint Martin	15.1 per 1,000	26,129	Americas
105	American Samoa	15.0 per 1,000	46,765	Oceania
106	Ecuador	14.8 per 1,000	18,135,478	Americas
107	New Caledonia	14.0 per 1,000	292,639	Oceania
108	Vietnam	13.4 per 1,000	100,987,686	Asia
109	Tunisia	13.4 per 1,000	12,277,109	Africa
110	Brunei	13.3 per 1,000	462,721	Asia
111	Colombia	13.3 per 1,000	52,886,363	Americas
112	North Korea	12.9 per 1,000	26,498,823	Asia
113	Iran	12.6 per 1,000	91,567,738	Asia
114	Bhutan	12.5 per 1,000	791,524	Asia
115	Malaysia	12.4 per 1,000	35,557,673	Asia
116	Cape Verde	12.2 per 1,000	524,877	Africa
117	Gibraltar	12.2 per 1,000	39,329	Europe
118	Brazil	12.1 per 1,000	211,998,573	Americas
119	Northern Mariana Islands	12.1 per 1,000	44,278	Oceania
120	Bahrain	12.0 per 1,000	1,588,670	Asia
121	Greenland	12.0 per 1,000	56,836	Americas
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12.0 per 1,000	100,616	Americas
123	Kosovo	11.8 per 1,000	1,594,353	Europe
124	Antigua and Barbuda	11.8 per 1,000	93,772	Americas
125	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.7 per 1,000	46,843	Americas
126	Cayman Islands	11.6 per 1,000	74,457	Americas
127	Grenada	11.5 per 1,000	117,207	Americas
128	Jamaica	11.4 per 1,000	2,839,175	Americas
129	Georgia	11.3 per 1,000	3,699,557	Asia
130	Saint Lucia	11.2 per 1,000	179,744	Americas
131	Montenegro	11.2 per 1,000	623,525	Europe
132	Iceland	11.2 per 1,000	386,506	Europe
133	Barbados	11.1 per 1,000	282,467	Americas
134	Armenia	11.1 per 1,000	3,033,500	Asia
135	United States Virgin Islands	11.1 per 1,000	104,377	Americas
136	Argentina	11.1 per 1,000	45,696,159	Americas
137	New Zealand	11.0 per 1,000	5,287,500	Oceania
138	Turkey	11.0 per 1,000	85,518,661	Asia
139	Seychelles	11.0 per 1,000	121,354	Africa
140	Dominica	11.0 per 1,000	66,205	Americas
141	Bahamas	10.8 per 1,000	401,283	Americas
142	Faroe Islands	10.8 per 1,000	54,681	Europe
143	Australia	10.7 per 1,000	27,196,812	Oceania
144	French Polynesia	10.7 per 1,000	281,807	Oceania
145	Palau	10.7 per 1,000	17,695	Oceania
146	United States	10.6 per 1,000	340,110,988	Americas
147	Moldova	10.6 per 1,000	2,402,306	Europe
148	Maldives	10.6 per 1,000	527,799	Asia
149	Trinidad and Tobago	10.5 per 1,000	1,368,333	Americas
150	Turks and Caicos Islands	10.5 per 1,000	46,535	Americas
151	Cyprus	10.5 per 1,000	1,358,282	Europe
152	Mauritius	10.3 per 1,000	1,245,779	Africa
153	Albania	10.1 per 1,000	2,377,128	Europe
154	Sri Lanka	10.1 per 1,000	21,916,000	Asia
155	Kuwait	10.0 per 1,000	4,897,263	Asia
156	Azerbaijan	10.0 per 1,000	10,202,830	Asia
157	Ireland	10.0 per 1,000	5,395,790	Europe
158	Costa Rica	10.0 per 1,000	5,129,910	Americas
159	United Kingdom	9.9 per 1,000	69,226,000	Europe
160	United Arab Emirates	9.8 per 1,000	10,986,400	Asia
161	Uruguay	9.8 per 1,000	3,386,588	Americas
162	France	9.7 per 1,000	68,551,653	Europe
163	Norway	9.7 per 1,000	5,572,279	Europe
164	Monaco	9.6 per 1,000	38,631	Europe
165	Qatar	9.5 per 1,000	2,857,822	Asia
166	Denmark	9.5 per 1,000	5,976,992	Europe
167	Luxembourg	9.5 per 1,000	677,012	Europe
168	Sweden	9.3 per 1,000	10,569,709	Europe
169	Netherlands	9.2 per 1,000	17,993,485	Europe
170	Belgium	9.2 per 1,000	11,858,610	Europe
171	Serbia	9.2 per 1,000	6,586,476	Europe
172	Sint Maarten	9.1 per 1,000	43,350	Americas
173	Canada	8.9 per 1,000	41,288,599	Americas
174	North Macedonia	8.8 per 1,000	1,824,359	Europe
175	Chile	8.7 per 1,000	19,764,771	Americas
176	Switzerland	8.7 per 1,000	9,005,582	Europe
177	Cuba	8.6 per 1,000	10,979,783	Americas
178	Slovakia	8.5 per 1,000	5,422,069	Europe
179	Russia	8.4 per 1,000	143,533,851	Europe
180	Austria	8.4 per 1,000	9,177,982	Europe
181	Liechtenstein	8.4 per 1,000	40,450	Europe
182	Bulgaria	8.3 per 1,000	6,441,421	Europe
183	Croatia	8.3 per 1,000	3,866,200	Europe
184	Isle of Man	8.3 per 1,000	84,160	Europe
185	British Virgin Islands	8.2 per 1,000	39,471	Americas
186	Hungary	8.2 per 1,000	9,562,065	Europe
187	Thailand	8.1 per 1,000	71,668,011	Asia
188	Germany	8.1 per 1,000	83,516,593	Europe
189	Bermuda	7.9 per 1,000	64,636	Americas
190	Portugal	7.9 per 1,000	10,694,681	Europe
191	Slovenia	7.9 per 1,000	2,127,400	Europe
192	Finland	7.8 per 1,000	5,619,911	Europe
193	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.7 per 1,000	3,164,253	Europe
194	Czechia	7.7 per 1,000	10,905,028	Europe
195	Malta	7.7 per 1,000	568,847	Europe
196	Aruba	7.6 per 1,000	107,995	Americas
197	Romania	7.5 per 1,000	19,051,804	Europe
198	Singapore	7.4 per 1,000	6,036,860	Asia
199	Curaçao	7.2 per 1,000	155,967	Americas
200	Estonia	7.1 per 1,000	1,372,341	Europe
201	Belarus	7.0 per 1,000	9,132,629	Europe
202	Poland	6.9 per 1,000	36,559,233	Europe
203	Latvia	6.9 per 1,000	1,866,124	Europe
204	Andorra	6.8 per 1,000	81,938	Europe
205	China	6.8 per 1,000	1,408,975,000	Asia
206	Greece	6.6 per 1,000	10,405,134	Europe
207	Lithuania	6.6 per 1,000	2,888,278	Europe
208	Spain	6.5 per 1,000	48,848,840	Europe
209	Italy	6.3 per 1,000	58,952,704	Europe
210	Japan	5.7 per 1,000	123,975,371	Asia
211	Puerto Rico	5.7 per 1,000	3,203,295	Americas
212	Ukraine	5.5 per 1,000	37,860,221	Europe
213	Macau	5.3 per 1,000	687,000	Asia
214	Hong Kong	4.9 per 1,000	7,524,100	Asia
215	South Korea	4.7 per 1,000	51,751,065	Asia
216	San Marino	4.2 per 1,000	33,977	Europe