Birth rate by country

The number of live births in a year per 1,000 people in the population.

Countries reporting
229
Highest
46.36 births per 1,000 people
Central African Republic
Lowest
4.21 births per 1,000 people
Vatican
Median
13.75 births per 1,000 people
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464

What the numbers show

Birth rate is currently reported for 229 countries. The highest value is 46.36 births per 1,000 people in Central African Republic; the lowest is 4.21 births per 1,000 people in Vatican.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.75 births per 1,000 people, and the mean is 17.23 births per 1,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11.

Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 221 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 15.1%), and the largest decrease in China (down 52.8%).

Birth rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Central African Republic 46.36 births per 1,000 people 2023 up 3.8% flat
2 Somalia 42.96 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.0% flat
3 Chad 42.4 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.6% flat
4 Niger 41.89 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.4% falling
5 Democratic Republic of Congo 41.3 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.5% falling
6 Mali 40.03 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.9% falling
7 Angola 37.59 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.7% falling
8 Mozambique 37.49 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.8% falling
9 Afghanistan 35.44 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.0% falling
11 Tanzania 35.22 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 8.3% falling
12 Yemen 35.21 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 0.8% falling
13 Uganda 35.2 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.2% falling
14 Mauritania 34.42 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.6% falling
15 Benin 33.88 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.4% falling
16 Guinea 33.85 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.8% falling
17 Cameroon 33.74 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.4% falling
18 Burundi 33.67 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.3% falling
19 Sudan 33.61 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.7% falling
20 Zambia 33.08 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.1% falling
21 Nigeria 32.95 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.5% falling
22 Togo 32.64 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.1% falling
23 Madagascar 32.09 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.4% falling
24 Cote d'Ivoire 31.99 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.9% falling
25 Ethiopia 31.9 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.2% falling
26 Burkina Faso 31.64 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.1% falling
27 Malawi 31.38 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.8% falling
28 Liberia 30.96 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.6% falling
29 Congo 30.63 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.8% falling
30 Sierra Leone 30.6 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.4% falling
31 Gambia 30.43 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.1% falling
32 Zimbabwe 30.41 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.8% falling
33 Guinea-Bissau 30.04 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.0% falling
34 Equatorial Guinea 29.6 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.8% falling
35 Senegal 29.42 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.9% falling
36 Comoros 28.65 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.4% falling
37 South Sudan 28.59 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.3% falling
38 Eritrea 28.54 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.0% falling
39 Rwanda 28.35 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.5% falling
40 Sao Tome and Principe 28.18 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.3% falling
41 Vanuatu 28.05 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.6% falling
42 Pakistan 27.81 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.8% falling
43 Gabon 27.67 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.3% flat
44 Kenya 27.11 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.4% falling
45 Palestine 27.06 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.7% falling
46 Solomon Islands 26.93 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.1% falling
47 Uzbekistan 26.46 births per 1,000 people 2023 up 15.1% falling
48 Ghana 26.31 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.3% falling
49 Tajikistan 26.12 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.7% falling
50 Namibia 25.89 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.0% falling
51 Kiribati 25.81 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.1% falling
52 Iraq 25.73 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.6% falling
53 Nauru 25.5 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.8% rising
54 Samoa 25.4 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.8% falling
54 French Guiana 25.4 births per 1,000 people 2023 unchanged falling
56 Botswana 24.71 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.1% falling
57 Papua New Guinea 24.58 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.3% falling
58 Lesotho 24.11 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.6% falling
59 Eswatini 24.07 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.8% falling
60 Tonga 23.12 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.0% falling
61 Tuvalu 23.07 births per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.1% falling
62 Micronesia (country) 22.3 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.2% falling
63 Haiti 22.2 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.8% falling
64 Syria 22.11 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.7% falling
65 East Timor 22.08 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.8% falling
66 Honduras 21.96 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.5% falling
67 Turkmenistan 21.74 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.5% falling
68 Kyrgyzstan 21.31 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.3% falling
69 Laos 21.27 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.0% falling
70 Bolivia 21.25 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.1% falling
71 Marshall Islands 21.14 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.9% falling
72 Egypt 21 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.5% falling
73 Guatemala 20.81 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.1% falling
74 Djibouti 20.77 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.5% falling
75 Cambodia 20.75 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.5% falling
76 Jordan 20.61 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.3% falling
77 Bangladesh 20.35 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 1.0% falling
78 Guyana 20.29 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.1% falling
79 Kazakhstan 20.14 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.1% falling
80 Paraguay 19.98 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.1% falling
81 Algeria 19.62 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.1% falling
82 Tokelau 19.56 births per 1,000 people 2023 up 6.2% falling
83 Nicaragua 19.38 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.5% falling
84 Nepal 19.34 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.9% falling
85 Mongolia 18.95 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.8% falling
86 South Africa 18.77 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.2% falling
87 Israel 18.62 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.6% falling
88 Belize 18.02 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.3% falling
89 Fiji 18 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.3% falling
90 Dominican Republic 17.93 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.3% falling
91 Guam 17.66 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.4% falling
92 Suriname 17.3 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.0% falling
93 Saint Martin (French part) 17.07 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.7% falling
94 Libya 17.02 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.5% falling
95 Oman 16.85 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.6% falling
96 Morocco 16.7 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.9% falling
97 Myanmar 16.7 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.6% falling
98 Saudi Arabia 16.41 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.7% falling
99 India 16.15 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.5% falling
100 Lebanon 16.14 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.4% falling
101 Panama 16.03 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.5% falling
102 Philippines 16.02 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 34.8% falling
103 Peru 15.94 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.3% falling
104 Indonesia 15.94 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.8% falling
105 El Salvador 15.76 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.9% falling
106 Mexico 15.71 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.7% falling
107 Western Sahara 15.5 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.1% falling
108 American Samoa 15.39 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.8% falling
109 Venezuela 15.09 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.5% falling
110 Ecuador 15.03 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.5% falling
111 New Caledonia 14.26 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.3% falling
112 Greenland 14.11 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.3% falling
113 Sri Lanka 14.11 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.1% falling
114 Niue 13.87 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.5% falling
115 Vietnam 13.83 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.7% falling
116 Tunisia 13.75 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.4% falling
117 Reunion 13.72 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.7% falling
118 Seychelles 13.63 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.4% falling
119 Brunei 13.59 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.6% falling
120 Colombia 13.47 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.8% falling
121 Iran 12.95 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.1% falling
122 North Korea 12.95 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.1% falling
123 Northern Mariana Islands 12.92 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 43.3% falling
124 Bhutan 12.66 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.8% falling
125 Faroe Islands 12.61 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 5.3% falling
126 Cook Islands 12.48 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.0% falling
127 Bahrain 12.46 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.1% falling
128 Malaysia 12.41 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 25.9% falling
129 Cape Verde 12.33 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 33.0% falling
130 Brazil 12.32 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.7% falling
131 Turkey 12.28 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.9% falling
132 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.16 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.1% falling
133 Azerbaijan 12.13 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 39.9% falling
134 Gibraltar 12.07 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.1% falling
135 Antigua and Barbuda 11.85 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 4.7% falling
136 Cayman Islands 11.84 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.1% falling
137 Armenia 11.78 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.7% falling
138 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.74 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.9% falling
139 Grenada 11.71 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.0% falling
140 Jamaica 11.62 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.9% falling
141 Australia 11.51 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.9% falling
142 Georgia 11.49 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.7% falling
143 New Zealand 11.45 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.7% falling
144 Falkland Islands 11.31 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.3% falling
145 Saint Lucia 11.26 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.9% falling
147 Iceland 11.21 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.0% falling
148 United States Virgin Islands 11.19 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.4% falling
149 Barbados 11.17 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.1% falling
150 Dominica 11.09 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.6% falling
151 Argentina 11.06 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 37.4% falling
152 Montenegro 11.02 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.2% falling
153 Maldives 11.02 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 41.4% falling
154 French Polynesia 10.91 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 30.6% falling
155 Palau 10.9 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.3% falling
156 Bahamas 10.85 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.9% falling
157 Cyprus 10.8 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.1% falling
159 Moldova 10.76 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.0% falling
160 Turks and Caicos Islands 10.74 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.4% falling
161 Trinidad and Tobago 10.71 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.7% falling
162 United States 10.65 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.3% falling
165 Albania 10.24 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.0% falling
166 Kuwait 10.2 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 39.4% falling
167 Costa Rica 10.18 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.1% falling
168 United Kingdom 10.02 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.8% falling
169 Qatar 9.91 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 12.8% volatile
170 Uruguay 9.87 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 31.1% falling
171 United Arab Emirates 9.77 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.3% falling
172 Denmark 9.72 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.1% falling
173 France 9.62 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.7% falling
174 Romania 9.6 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 0.1% falling
175 Slovakia 9.47 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.5% falling
176 Aruba 9.45 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.3% falling
177 Monaco 9.44 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.8% falling
178 Switzerland 9.44 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.5% falling
180 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 9.36 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.0% falling
181 Norway 9.34 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.7% falling
182 Sweden 9.28 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 20.9% falling
183 Netherlands 9.28 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.2% falling
184 Mauritius 9.27 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 15.0% falling
185 Bulgaria 9.22 births per 1,000 people 2023 up 0.4% falling
186 North Macedonia 9.21 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.4% falling
187 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 9.13 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 32.6% falling
188 Canada 9.08 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.3% falling
189 Anguilla 9.03 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.5% volatile
190 Chile 8.96 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 34.2% falling
191 Montserrat 8.93 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.7% falling
192 Russia 8.92 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 32.9% falling
193 Serbia 8.84 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 6.7% falling
194 Hungary 8.81 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 2.5% falling
195 Cuba 8.71 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.0% falling
196 Belgium 8.68 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.2% falling
197 Wallis and Futuna 8.58 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 29.0% falling
198 Germany 8.51 births per 1,000 people 2023 up 1.4% falling
199 Czechia 8.5 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.0% falling
200 Slovenia 8.45 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 18.0% falling
201 Austria 8.44 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 9.1% falling
202 Isle of Man 8.34 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 19.9% falling
203 British Virgin Islands 8.33 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 10.5% falling
204 Portugal 8.31 births per 1,000 people 2023 up 4.6% falling
205 Thailand 8.24 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.5% volatile
206 Jersey 8.23 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.4% falling
207 Poland 8.2 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.1% falling
208 Singapore 8.2 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 3.4% volatile
209 Guernsey 8.14 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.5% falling
210 Estonia 8.07 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 21.7% falling
211 Croatia 8.07 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 13.7% falling
212 Bermuda 8.05 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 14.3% falling
214 Finland 7.78 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 27.0% falling
215 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.71 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 11.7% volatile
216 Latvia 7.57 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.9% falling
217 Curacao 7.52 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 44.0% falling
218 Lithuania 7.51 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 26.0% falling
219 Saint Helena 7.34 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 17.8% falling
220 Greece 7.19 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 16.5% falling
221 Belarus 7.14 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 42.9% falling
222 Spain 7.03 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 22.7% falling
223 Andorra 6.86 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.0% falling
224 Italy 6.46 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 23.3% falling
225 Macao 6.33 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 43.6% volatile
226 China 6.26 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 52.8% falling
227 Japan 6.03 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 24.8% falling
228 San Marino 5.94 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 39.3% falling
229 Puerto Rico 5.82 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 42.3% falling
230 Taiwan 5.68 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 36.1% volatile
231 Ukraine 5.62 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 49.7% falling
232 Hong Kong 5.55 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 50.5% volatile
233 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 5.23 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 37.8% falling
234 Saint Barthelemy 4.82 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 40.5% falling
235 South Korea 4.57 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 47.3% volatile
236 Vatican 4.21 births per 1,000 people 2023 down 7.1% falling

About this data

Indicator
Birth rate
Unit
births per 1,000 people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The number of live births in a year per 1,000 people in the population.