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	6,470,307	Africa
2	Somalia	43.0 per 1,000	19,655,000	Africa
3	Chad	42.4 per 1,000	19,340,757	Africa
4	Niger	41.9 per 1,000	26,312,034	Africa
5	DR Congo	41.3 per 1,000	112,832,000	Africa
6	Mali	40.0 per 1,000	22,395,489	Africa
7	Angola	37.6 per 1,000	36,170,961	Africa
8	Mozambique	37.5 per 1,000	34,090,466	Africa
9	Afghanistan	35.4 per 1,000	43,844,000	Asia
10	Tanzania	35.2 per 1,000	68,153,004	Africa
11	Yemen	35.2 per 1,000	32,684,503	Asia
12	Uganda	35.2 per 1,000	45,905,417	Africa
13	Mauritania	34.4 per 1,000	4,927,532	Africa
14	Benin	33.9 per 1,000	13,224,860	Africa
15	Guinea	33.9 per 1,000	14,363,931	Africa
16	Cameroon	33.7 per 1,000	29,442,327	Africa
17	Burundi	33.7 per 1,000	12,332,788	Africa
18	Sudan	33.6 per 1,000	51,662,000	Africa
19	Zambia	33.1 per 1,000	19,693,423	Africa
20	Nigeria	33.0 per 1,000	223,800,000	Africa
21	Madagascar	32.1 per 1,000	31,727,042	Africa
22	Ivory Coast	32.0 per 1,000	31,719,275	Africa
23	Ethiopia	31.9 per 1,000	111,652,998	Africa
24	Burkina Faso	31.6 per 1,000	24,070,553	Africa
25	Malawi	31.4 per 1,000	20,734,262	Africa
26	Togo	31.1 per 1,000	8,095,498	Africa
27	Liberia	31.0 per 1,000	5,248,621	Africa
28	Republic of the Congo	30.6 per 1,000	6,142,180	Africa
29	Sierra Leone	30.6 per 1,000	9,077,691	Africa
30	Gambia	30.4 per 1,000	2,422,712	Africa
31	Zimbabwe	30.4 per 1,000	17,073,087	Africa
32	Guinea-Bissau	30.0 per 1,000	1,781,308	Africa
33	Equatorial Guinea	29.6 per 1,000	1,668,768	Africa
34	Senegal	29.4 per 1,000	18,593,258	Africa
35	Comoros	28.6 per 1,000	919,901	Africa
36	South Sudan	28.6 per 1,000	15,786,898	Africa
37	Eritrea	28.5 per 1,000	3,607,000	Africa
38	Rwanda	28.4 per 1,000	14,104,969	Africa
39	São Tomé and Príncipe	28.2 per 1,000	209,607	Africa
40	Vanuatu	28.1 per 1,000	321,409	Oceania
41	Pakistan	27.8 per 1,000	241,499,431	Asia
42	Gabon	27.7 per 1,000	2,469,296	Africa
43	Kenya	27.1 per 1,000	53,330,978	Africa
44	Palestine	27.1 per 1,000	5,483,450	Asia
45	Solomon Islands	26.9 per 1,000	750,325	Oceania
46	Uzbekistan	26.5 per 1,000	37,859,698	Asia
47	Ghana	26.3 per 1,000	33,742,380	Africa
48	Tajikistan	26.1 per 1,000	10,499,000	Asia
49	Namibia	25.9 per 1,000	3,022,401	Africa
50	Kiribati	25.8 per 1,000	120,740	Oceania
51	Iraq	25.7 per 1,000	46,118,793	Asia
52	Nauru	25.5 per 1,000	11,680	Oceania
53	Samoa	25.4 per 1,000	205,557	Oceania
54	Botswana	24.7 per 1,000	2,359,609	Africa
55	Papua New Guinea	24.6 per 1,000	11,781,559	Oceania
56	Lesotho	24.1 per 1,000	2,116,427	Africa
57	Eswatini	24.1 per 1,000	1,235,549	Africa
58	Tonga	23.1 per 1,000	100,179	Oceania
59	Tuvalu	23.1 per 1,000	10,643	Oceania
60	Micronesia	22.3 per 1,000	105,564	Oceania
61	Haiti	22.2 per 1,000	11,867,032	Americas
62	Syria	22.1 per 1,000	25,620,000	Asia
63	Timor-Leste	22.1 per 1,000	1,391,221	Asia
64	Honduras	22.0 per 1,000	9,892,632	Americas
65	Turkmenistan	21.7 per 1,000	7,057,841	Asia
66	Laos	21.3 per 1,000	7,647,000	Asia
67	Bolivia	21.3 per 1,000	11,365,333	Americas
68	Marshall Islands	21.1 per 1,000	42,418	Oceania
69	Egypt	21.0 per 1,000	107,271,260	Africa
70	Guatemala	20.8 per 1,000	18,079,810	Americas
71	Djibouti	20.8 per 1,000	1,066,809	Africa
72	Cambodia	20.8 per 1,000	17,577,760	Asia
73	Jordan	20.6 per 1,000	11,734,000	Asia
74	Kyrgyzstan	20.6 per 1,000	7,281,800	Asia
75	Bangladesh	20.4 per 1,000	169,828,911	Asia
76	Guyana	20.3 per 1,000	772,975	Americas
77	Kazakhstan	20.1 per 1,000	20,426,568	Asia
78	Paraguay	20.0 per 1,000	6,109,644	Americas
79	Algeria	19.6 per 1,000	47,400,000	Africa
80	Nicaragua	19.4 per 1,000	6,803,886	Americas
81	Nepal	19.3 per 1,000	29,911,840	Asia
82	Mongolia	19.0 per 1,000	3,544,835	Asia
83	South Africa	18.8 per 1,000	63,100,945	Africa
84	Israel	18.6 per 1,000	10,134,800	Asia
85	Belize	18.0 per 1,000	417,634	Americas
86	Fiji	18.0 per 1,000	900,869	Oceania
87	Dominican Republic	17.9 per 1,000	10,771,504	Americas
88	Guam	17.7 per 1,000	153,836	Oceania
89	Suriname	17.3 per 1,000	616,500	Americas
90	Saint Martin	17.1 per 1,000	31,496	Americas
91	Libya	17.0 per 1,000	7,459,000	Africa
92	Oman	16.9 per 1,000	5,343,630	Asia
93	Myanmar	16.7 per 1,000	51,316,756	Asia
94	Morocco	16.7 per 1,000	36,828,330	Africa
95	Saudi Arabia	16.4 per 1,000	35,300,280	Asia
96	India	16.1 per 1,000	1,417,492,000	Asia
97	Lebanon	16.1 per 1,000	5,490,000	Asia
98	Panama	16.0 per 1,000	4,064,780	Americas
99	Philippines	16.0 per 1,000	114,123,600	Asia
100	Indonesia	15.9 per 1,000	284,438,782	Asia
101	Peru	15.9 per 1,000	34,350,244	Americas
102	El Salvador	15.8 per 1,000	6,029,976	Americas
103	Mexico	15.7 per 1,000	130,575,786	Americas
104	American Samoa	15.4 per 1,000	49,710	Oceania
105	Venezuela	15.1 per 1,000	28,517,000	Americas
106	Ecuador	15.0 per 1,000	18,103,660	Americas
107	New Caledonia	14.3 per 1,000	264,596	Oceania
108	Vietnam	13.8 per 1,000	101,343,800	Asia
109	Tunisia	13.8 per 1,000	11,972,169	Africa
110	Brunei	13.6 per 1,000	455,500	Asia
111	Colombia	13.5 per 1,000	53,057,212	Americas
112	Seychelles	13.0 per 1,000	122,729	Africa
113	Iran	12.9 per 1,000	85,961,000	Asia
114	North Korea	12.9 per 1,000	25,950,000	Asia
115	Northern Mariana Islands	12.9 per 1,000	47,329	Oceania
116	Bhutan	12.7 per 1,000	784,043	Asia
117	Greenland	12.6 per 1,000	56,542	Americas
118	Bahrain	12.5 per 1,000	1,594,654	Asia
119	Malaysia	12.4 per 1,000	34,231,700	Asia
120	Cape Verde	12.3 per 1,000	491,233	Africa
121	Brazil	12.3 per 1,000	213,421,037	Americas
122	Armenia	12.3 per 1,000	3,076,200	Asia
123	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	12.2 per 1,000	110,872	Americas
124	Kosovo	12.1 per 1,000	1,585,566	Europe
125	Gibraltar	12.1 per 1,000	38,000	Europe
126	Antigua and Barbuda	11.8 per 1,000	103,603	Americas
127	Cayman Islands	11.8 per 1,000	84,738	Americas
128	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.8 per 1,000	51,320	Americas
129	Grenada	11.7 per 1,000	109,021	Americas
130	Jamaica	11.6 per 1,000	2,825,544	Americas
131	Georgia	11.5 per 1,000	4,000,921	Asia
132	United States Virgin Islands	11.4 per 1,000	87,146	Americas
133	Saint Lucia	11.3 per 1,000	184,100	Americas
134	Turkey	11.2 per 1,000	85,664,944	Asia
135	Sri Lanka	11.2 per 1,000	21,763,170	Asia
136	Montenegro	11.2 per 1,000	623,327	Europe
137	Barbados	11.2 per 1,000	267,800	Americas
138	Azerbaijan	11.1 per 1,000	10,241,722	Asia
139	Dominica	11.1 per 1,000	67,408	Americas
140	Argentina	11.1 per 1,000	46,735,004	Americas
141	Maldives	11.0 per 1,000	515,132	Asia
142	Iceland	11.0 per 1,000	391,810	Europe
143	French Polynesia	10.9 per 1,000	279,500	Oceania
144	Palau	10.9 per 1,000	16,733	Oceania
145	New Zealand	10.9 per 1,000	5,324,700	Oceania
146	Bahamas	10.8 per 1,000	398,165	Americas
147	Australia	10.8 per 1,000	27,536,874	Oceania
148	Cyprus	10.8 per 1,000	1,442,614	Europe
149	Moldova	10.8 per 1,000	2,749,076	Europe
150	Turks and Caicos Islands	10.7 per 1,000	50,828	Americas
151	Trinidad and Tobago	10.7 per 1,000	1,367,764	Americas
152	United States	10.7 per 1,000	340,110,988	Americas
153	Faroe Islands	10.6 per 1,000	54,885	Europe
154	Ireland	10.3 per 1,000	5,458,600	Europe
155	Kuwait	10.3 per 1,000	4,881,254	Asia
156	Albania	10.2 per 1,000	2,363,314	Europe
157	Mauritius	10.2 per 1,000	1,243,741	Africa
158	Costa Rica	10.2 per 1,000	5,309,625	Americas
159	United Kingdom	10.0 per 1,000	69,281,437	Europe
160	Qatar	9.9 per 1,000	3,173,024	Asia
161	France	9.9 per 1,000	66,351,959	Europe
162	Uruguay	9.9 per 1,000	3,499,451	Americas
163	United Arab Emirates	9.8 per 1,000	11,294,243	Asia
164	Denmark	9.7 per 1,000	6,011,488	Europe
165	Sweden	9.5 per 1,000	10,605,098	Europe
166	Luxembourg	9.5 per 1,000	681,973	Europe
167	Monaco	9.4 per 1,000	38,423	Europe
168	Belgium	9.4 per 1,000	11,825,551	Europe
169	Norway	9.4 per 1,000	5,606,944	Europe
170	Netherlands	9.2 per 1,000	18,100,436	Europe
171	Serbia	9.2 per 1,000	6,567,783	Europe
172	North Macedonia	9.2 per 1,000	1,822,612	Europe
173	Sint Maarten	9.1 per 1,000	41,349	Americas
174	Hungary	9.1 per 1,000	9,539,502	Europe
175	Liechtenstein	9.1 per 1,000	40,900	Europe
176	Switzerland	9.0 per 1,000	9,082,848	Europe
177	Slovakia	9.0 per 1,000	5,413,813	Europe
178	Chile	9.0 per 1,000	20,206,953	Americas
179	Bulgaria	8.9 per 1,000	6,437,360	Europe
180	Canada	8.8 per 1,000	41,651,653	Americas
181	Cuba	8.7 per 1,000	9,748,007	Americas
182	Russia	8.6 per 1,000	146,028,325	Europe
183	Austria	8.5 per 1,000	9,200,931	Europe
184	Czechia	8.4 per 1,000	10,882,341	Europe
185	Isle of Man	8.3 per 1,000	84,530	Europe
186	British Virgin Islands	8.3 per 1,000	39,471	Americas
187	Germany	8.3 per 1,000	83,491,249	Europe
188	Croatia	8.3 per 1,000	3,866,233	Europe
189	Thailand	8.2 per 1,000	65,859,640	Asia
190	Portugal	8.1 per 1,000	10,749,635	Europe
191	Malta	8.1 per 1,000	574,250	Europe
192	Bermuda	8.1 per 1,000	64,055	Americas
193	Romania	8.0 per 1,000	19,036,031	Europe
194	Slovenia	8.0 per 1,000	2,130,638	Europe
195	Estonia	8.0 per 1,000	1,369,995	Europe
196	Aruba	8.0 per 1,000	107,566	Americas
197	Finland	7.8 per 1,000	5,650,325	Europe
198	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.7 per 1,000	3,422,000	Europe
199	Latvia	7.7 per 1,000	1,829,000	Europe
200	Curaçao	7.5 per 1,000	156,115	Americas
201	Poland	7.4 per 1,000	37,392,000	Europe
202	Singapore	7.4 per 1,000	6,110,200	Asia
203	Lithuania	7.2 per 1,000	2,894,886	Europe
204	Belarus	7.1 per 1,000	9,109,280	Europe
205	Andorra	6.9 per 1,000	88,406	Europe
206	Greece	6.8 per 1,000	10,400,720	Europe
207	Spain	6.7 per 1,000	49,315,949	Europe
208	Italy	6.4 per 1,000	58,927,633	Europe
209	China	6.4 per 1,000	1,408,280,000	Asia
210	Japan	6.0 per 1,000	123,210,000	Asia
211	Puerto Rico	5.8 per 1,000	3,203,295	Americas
212	Ukraine	5.6 per 1,000	32,862,000	Europe
213	San Marino	5.6 per 1,000	34,132	Europe
214	Macau	5.5 per 1,000	685,900	Asia
215	South Korea	4.5 per 1,000	51,159,889	Asia
216	Hong Kong	4.4 per 1,000	7,527,500	Asia