Countries with Highest Birth Rate (2026)

Central African Republic has the highest birth rate in the world at 46.4 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

46.4 per 1,000

#2

Somalia

43.0 per 1,000

#3

Chad

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	46.4 per 1,000	5,330,690	Africa
2	Somalia	43.0 per 1,000	19,009,151	Africa
3	Chad	42.4 per 1,000	20,299,123	Africa
4	Niger	41.9 per 1,000	27,032,412	Africa
5	DR Congo	41.3 per 1,000	109,276,265	Africa
6	Mali	40.0 per 1,000	24,478,595	Africa
7	Angola	37.6 per 1,000	37,885,849	Africa
8	Mozambique	37.5 per 1,000	34,631,766	Africa
9	Afghanistan	35.4 per 1,000	42,647,492	Asia
10	Tanzania	35.2 per 1,000	68,560,157	Africa
11	Yemen	35.2 per 1,000	40,583,164	Asia
12	Uganda	35.2 per 1,000	50,015,092	Africa
13	Mauritania	34.4 per 1,000	5,169,395	Africa
14	Benin	33.9 per 1,000	14,462,724	Africa
15	Guinea	33.9 per 1,000	14,754,785	Africa
16	Cameroon	33.7 per 1,000	29,123,744	Africa
17	Burundi	33.7 per 1,000	14,047,786	Africa
18	Sudan	33.6 per 1,000	50,448,963	Africa
19	Zambia	33.1 per 1,000	21,314,956	Africa
20	Nigeria	33.0 per 1,000	232,679,478	Africa
21	Madagascar	32.1 per 1,000	31,964,956	Africa
22	Ivory Coast	32.0 per 1,000	31,934,230	Africa
23	Ethiopia	31.9 per 1,000	132,059,767	Africa
24	Burkina Faso	31.6 per 1,000	23,548,781	Africa
25	Malawi	31.4 per 1,000	21,655,286	Africa
26	Togo	31.1 per 1,000	9,515,236	Africa
27	Liberia	31.0 per 1,000	5,612,817	Africa
28	Republic of the Congo	30.6 per 1,000	6,332,961	Africa
29	Sierra Leone	30.6 per 1,000	8,642,022	Africa
30	Gambia	30.4 per 1,000	2,759,988	Africa
31	Zimbabwe	30.4 per 1,000	16,634,373	Africa
32	Guinea-Bissau	30.0 per 1,000	2,201,352	Africa
33	Equatorial Guinea	29.6 per 1,000	1,892,516	Africa
34	Senegal	29.4 per 1,000	18,501,984	Africa
35	Comoros	28.6 per 1,000	866,628	Africa
36	South Sudan	28.6 per 1,000	11,943,408	Africa
37	Eritrea	28.5 per 1,000	3,535,603	Africa
38	Rwanda	28.4 per 1,000	14,256,567	Africa
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	28.2 per 1,000	235,536	Africa
40	Vanuatu	28.1 per 1,000	327,777	Oceania
41	Pakistan	27.8 per 1,000	251,269,164	Asia
42	Gabon	27.7 per 1,000	2,538,952	Africa
43	Kenya	27.1 per 1,000	56,432,944	Africa
44	Palestine	27.1 per 1,000	5,289,152	Asia
45	Solomon Islands	26.9 per 1,000	819,198	Oceania
46	Uzbekistan	26.5 per 1,000	36,361,859	Asia
47	Ghana	26.3 per 1,000	34,427,414	Africa
48	Tajikistan	26.1 per 1,000	10,590,927	Asia
49	Namibia	25.9 per 1,000	3,030,131	Africa
50	Kiribati	25.8 per 1,000	134,518	Oceania
51	Iraq	25.7 per 1,000	46,042,015	Asia
52	Nauru	25.5 per 1,000	11,947	Oceania
53	Samoa	25.4 per 1,000	218,019	Oceania
54	Botswana	24.7 per 1,000	2,521,139	Africa
55	Papua New Guinea	24.6 per 1,000	10,576,502	Oceania
56	Lesotho	24.1 per 1,000	2,337,423	Africa
57	Eswatini	24.1 per 1,000	1,242,822	Africa
58	Tonga	23.1 per 1,000	104,175	Oceania
59	Tuvalu	23.1 per 1,000	9,646	Oceania
60	Micronesia	22.3 per 1,000	113,160	Oceania
61	Haiti	22.2 per 1,000	11,772,557	Americas
62	Syria	22.1 per 1,000	24,672,760	Asia
63	Timor-Leste	22.1 per 1,000	1,400,638	Asia
64	Honduras	22.0 per 1,000	10,825,703	Americas
65	Turkmenistan	21.7 per 1,000	7,494,498	Asia
66	Laos	21.3 per 1,000	7,769,819	Asia
67	Bolivia	21.3 per 1,000	12,413,315	Americas
68	Marshall Islands	21.1 per 1,000	37,548	Oceania
69	Egypt	21.0 per 1,000	116,538,258	Africa
70	Guatemala	20.8 per 1,000	18,406,359	Americas
71	Djibouti	20.8 per 1,000	1,168,722	Africa
72	Cambodia	20.8 per 1,000	17,638,801	Asia
73	Jordan	20.6 per 1,000	11,552,876	Asia
74	Kyrgyzstan	20.6 per 1,000	7,221,868	Asia
75	Bangladesh	20.4 per 1,000	173,562,364	Asia
76	Guyana	20.3 per 1,000	831,087	Americas
77	Kazakhstan	20.1 per 1,000	20,592,571	Asia
78	Paraguay	20.0 per 1,000	6,929,153	Americas
79	Algeria	19.6 per 1,000	46,814,308	Africa
80	Nicaragua	19.4 per 1,000	6,916,140	Americas
81	Nepal	19.3 per 1,000	29,651,054	Asia
82	Mongolia	19.0 per 1,000	3,524,788	Asia
83	South Africa	18.8 per 1,000	64,007,187	Africa
84	Israel	18.6 per 1,000	9,974,400	Asia
85	Belize	18.0 per 1,000	417,072	Americas
86	Fiji	18.0 per 1,000	928,784	Oceania
87	Dominican Republic	17.9 per 1,000	11,427,557	Americas
88	Guam	17.7 per 1,000	167,777	Oceania
89	Suriname	17.3 per 1,000	634,431	Americas
90	Saint Martin	17.1 per 1,000	26,129	Americas
91	Libya	17.0 per 1,000	7,381,023	Africa
92	Oman	16.9 per 1,000	5,281,538	Asia
93	Myanmar	16.7 per 1,000	54,500,091	Asia
94	Morocco	16.7 per 1,000	38,081,173	Africa
95	Saudi Arabia	16.4 per 1,000	35,300,280	Asia
96	India	16.1 per 1,000	1,450,935,791	Asia
97	Lebanon	16.1 per 1,000	5,805,962	Asia
98	Panama	16.0 per 1,000	4,515,577	Americas
99	Philippines	16.0 per 1,000	115,843,670	Asia
100	Indonesia	15.9 per 1,000	283,487,931	Asia
101	Peru	15.9 per 1,000	34,217,848	Americas
102	El Salvador	15.8 per 1,000	6,338,193	Americas
103	Mexico	15.7 per 1,000	130,861,007	Americas
104	American Samoa	15.4 per 1,000	46,765	Oceania
105	Venezuela	15.1 per 1,000	28,405,543	Americas
106	Ecuador	15.0 per 1,000	18,135,478	Americas
107	New Caledonia	14.3 per 1,000	292,639	Oceania
108	Vietnam	13.8 per 1,000	100,987,686	Asia
109	Tunisia	13.8 per 1,000	12,277,109	Africa
110	Brunei	13.6 per 1,000	462,721	Asia
111	Colombia	13.5 per 1,000	52,886,363	Americas
112	Seychelles	13.0 per 1,000	121,354	Africa
113	Iran	12.9 per 1,000	91,567,738	Asia
114	North Korea	12.9 per 1,000	26,498,823	Asia
115	Northern Mariana Islands	12.9 per 1,000	44,278	Oceania
116	Bhutan	12.7 per 1,000	791,524	Asia
117	Greenland	12.6 per 1,000	56,836	Americas
118	Bahrain	12.5 per 1,000	1,588,670	Asia
119	Malaysia	12.4 per 1,000	35,557,673	Asia
120	Cape Verde	12.3 per 1,000	524,877	Africa
121	Brazil	12.3 per 1,000	211,998,573	Americas
122	Armenia	12.3 per 1,000	3,033,500	Asia
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12.2 per 1,000	100,616	Americas
124	Kosovo	12.1 per 1,000	1,594,353	Europe
125	Gibraltar	12.1 per 1,000	39,329	Europe
126	Antigua and Barbuda	11.8 per 1,000	93,772	Americas
127	Cayman Islands	11.8 per 1,000	74,457	Americas
128	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.8 per 1,000	46,843	Americas
129	Grenada	11.7 per 1,000	117,207	Americas
130	Jamaica	11.6 per 1,000	2,839,175	Americas
131	Georgia	11.5 per 1,000	3,699,557	Asia
132	United States Virgin Islands	11.4 per 1,000	104,377	Americas
133	Saint Lucia	11.3 per 1,000	179,744	Americas
134	Turkey	11.2 per 1,000	85,518,661	Asia
135	Sri Lanka	11.2 per 1,000	21,916,000	Asia
136	Montenegro	11.2 per 1,000	623,525	Europe
137	Barbados	11.2 per 1,000	282,467	Americas
138	Azerbaijan	11.1 per 1,000	10,202,830	Asia
139	Dominica	11.1 per 1,000	66,205	Americas
140	Argentina	11.1 per 1,000	45,696,159	Americas
141	Maldives	11.0 per 1,000	527,799	Asia
142	Iceland	11.0 per 1,000	386,506	Europe
143	French Polynesia	10.9 per 1,000	281,807	Oceania
144	Palau	10.9 per 1,000	17,695	Oceania
145	New Zealand	10.9 per 1,000	5,287,500	Oceania
146	Bahamas	10.8 per 1,000	401,283	Americas
147	Australia	10.8 per 1,000	27,196,812	Oceania
148	Cyprus	10.8 per 1,000	1,358,282	Europe
149	Moldova	10.8 per 1,000	2,402,306	Europe
150	Turks and Caicos Islands	10.7 per 1,000	46,535	Americas
151	Trinidad and Tobago	10.7 per 1,000	1,368,333	Americas
152	United States	10.7 per 1,000	340,110,988	Americas
153	Faroe Islands	10.6 per 1,000	54,681	Europe
154	Ireland	10.3 per 1,000	5,395,790	Europe
155	Kuwait	10.3 per 1,000	4,897,263	Asia
156	Albania	10.2 per 1,000	2,377,128	Europe
157	Mauritius	10.2 per 1,000	1,245,779	Africa
158	Costa Rica	10.2 per 1,000	5,129,910	Americas
159	United Kingdom	10.0 per 1,000	69,226,000	Europe
160	Qatar	9.9 per 1,000	2,857,822	Asia
161	France	9.9 per 1,000	68,551,653	Europe
162	Uruguay	9.9 per 1,000	3,386,588	Americas
163	United Arab Emirates	9.8 per 1,000	10,986,400	Asia
164	Denmark	9.7 per 1,000	5,976,992	Europe
165	Sweden	9.5 per 1,000	10,569,709	Europe
166	Luxembourg	9.5 per 1,000	677,012	Europe
167	Monaco	9.4 per 1,000	38,631	Europe
168	Belgium	9.4 per 1,000	11,858,610	Europe
169	Norway	9.4 per 1,000	5,572,279	Europe
170	Netherlands	9.2 per 1,000	17,993,485	Europe
171	Serbia	9.2 per 1,000	6,586,476	Europe
172	North Macedonia	9.2 per 1,000	1,824,359	Europe
173	Sint Maarten	9.1 per 1,000	43,350	Americas
174	Hungary	9.1 per 1,000	9,562,065	Europe
175	Liechtenstein	9.1 per 1,000	40,450	Europe
176	Switzerland	9.0 per 1,000	9,005,582	Europe
177	Slovakia	9.0 per 1,000	5,422,069	Europe
178	Chile	9.0 per 1,000	19,764,771	Americas
179	Bulgaria	8.9 per 1,000	6,441,421	Europe
180	Canada	8.8 per 1,000	41,288,599	Americas
181	Cuba	8.7 per 1,000	10,979,783	Americas
182	Russia	8.6 per 1,000	143,533,851	Europe
183	Austria	8.5 per 1,000	9,177,982	Europe
184	Czechia	8.4 per 1,000	10,905,028	Europe
185	Isle of Man	8.3 per 1,000	84,160	Europe
186	British Virgin Islands	8.3 per 1,000	39,471	Americas
187	Germany	8.3 per 1,000	83,516,593	Europe
188	Croatia	8.3 per 1,000	3,866,200	Europe
189	Thailand	8.2 per 1,000	71,668,011	Asia
190	Portugal	8.1 per 1,000	10,694,681	Europe
191	Malta	8.1 per 1,000	568,847	Europe
192	Bermuda	8.1 per 1,000	64,636	Americas
193	Romania	8.0 per 1,000	19,051,804	Europe
194	Slovenia	8.0 per 1,000	2,127,400	Europe
195	Estonia	8.0 per 1,000	1,372,341	Europe
196	Aruba	8.0 per 1,000	107,995	Americas
197	Finland	7.8 per 1,000	5,619,911	Europe
198	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.7 per 1,000	3,164,253	Europe
199	Latvia	7.7 per 1,000	1,866,124	Europe
200	Curaçao	7.5 per 1,000	155,967	Americas
201	Poland	7.4 per 1,000	36,559,233	Europe
202	Singapore	7.4 per 1,000	6,036,860	Asia
203	Lithuania	7.2 per 1,000	2,888,278	Europe
204	Belarus	7.1 per 1,000	9,132,629	Europe
205	Andorra	6.9 per 1,000	81,938	Europe
206	Greece	6.8 per 1,000	10,405,134	Europe
207	Spain	6.7 per 1,000	48,848,840	Europe
208	Italy	6.4 per 1,000	58,952,704	Europe
209	China	6.4 per 1,000	1,408,975,000	Asia
210	Japan	6.0 per 1,000	123,975,371	Asia
211	Puerto Rico	5.8 per 1,000	3,203,295	Americas
212	Ukraine	5.6 per 1,000	37,860,221	Europe
213	San Marino	5.6 per 1,000	33,977	Europe
214	Macau	5.5 per 1,000	687,000	Asia
215	South Korea	4.5 per 1,000	51,751,065	Asia
216	Hong Kong	4.4 per 1,000	7,524,100	Asia