Country Comparison > Birth rate

Rank	Country	Birth rate (births/1,000 population)
1	Angola	44.2
2	Niger	44.2
3	Mali	43.9
4	Uganda	42.9
5	Zambia	41.5
6	Burundi	41.3
7	Burkina Faso	41.2
8	Malawi	41
9	Somalia	39.6
10	Liberia	38.3
11	Mozambique	38.1
12	Afghanistan	37.9
13	Nigeria	36.9
14	Ethiopia	36.5
15	Sierra Leone	36.3
16	Tanzania	35.6
17	Chad	35.6
18	South Sudan	35.5
19	Cameroon	35.4
20	Guinea	35.1
21	Benin	35
22	Congo, Republic of the	34.4
23	Central African Republic	34.3
24	Gabon	34.2
25	Zimbabwe	34.2
26	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	33.5
27	East Timor	33.4
28	Senegal	33.4
29	Togo	33.3
30	Guinea-Bissau	32.5
31	Sao Tome and Principe	32.4
32	Equatorial Guinea	32.2
33	Madagascar	31.6
34	Gaza Strip	31.4
35	Rwanda	30.7
36	Ghana	30.5
37	Iraq	30.4
38	Mauritania	30.4
39	Eritrea	29.6
40	Egypt	29.6
41	Gambia, The	29.4
42	Western Sahara	29.3
43	Yemen	28.4
44	Sudan	27.9
45	Cote d'Ivoire	27.7
46	Namibia	27.3
47	West Bank	26.3
48	Comoros	26.1
49	Solomon Islands	24.9
50	Lesotho	24.6
51	Marshall Islands	24.4
52	Guatemala	24.1
53	Belize	24
54	Nauru	24
55	Vanuatu	24
56	Oman	24
57	Swaziland	24
58	Jordan	23.9
59	Kenya	23.9
60	Philippines	23.7
61	Papua New Guinea	23.7
62	Tuvalu	23.7
63	Laos	23.6
64	Djibouti	23.4
65	Tajikistan	23.3
66	Cambodia	23
67	Haiti	23
68	Honduras	22.4
69	Algeria	22.2
70	Tonga	22.2
71	Botswana	22.1
72	Kyrgyzstan	22.1
73	Bolivia	22
74	Pakistan	21.9
75	Syria	21.2
76	Kiribati	21.2
77	Samoa	20.4
78	South Africa	20.2
79	Cape Verde	20
80	Micronesia, Federated States of	20
81	Guam	19.7
82	American Samoa	19.6
83	Nepal	19.5
84	Kuwait	19.2
85	Malaysia	19.1
86	Turkmenistan	19.1
87	India	19
88	Mongolia	18.9
89	Bangladesh	18.8
90	Venezuela	18.8
91	Fiji	18.6
92	Dominican Republic	18.4
93	Saudi Arabia	18.3
94	Mexico	18.3
95	Tunisia	18.2
96	Burma	18.1
97	Kazakhstan	18.1
98	Israel	18.1
99	Iran	17.9
100	Jamaica	17.9
101	Ecuador	17.9
102	Panama	17.9
103	Peru	17.8
104	Nicaragua	17.7
105	Morocco	17.7
106	Libya	17.5
107	Bhutan	17.3
108	Brunei	17
109	Uzbekistan	16.8
110	Argentina	16.7
111	Paraguay	16.6
112	El Salvador	16.2
113	Indonesia	16.2
114	Colombia	16.1
115	Maldives	16.1
116	Suriname	15.8
117	Azerbaijan	15.8
118	Antigua and Barbuda	15.7
119	Turkey	15.7
120	Vietnam	15.5
121	Costa Rica	15.5
122	Grenada	15.5
123	Guyana	15.4
124	Bahamas, The	15.3
125	Turks and Caicos Islands	15.3
126	Sri Lanka	15.2
127	Dominica	15.1
128	United Arab Emirates	15.1
129	New Caledonia	15
130	Northern Mariana Islands	15
131	French Polynesia	14.8
132	Korea, North	14.6
133	Greenland	14.4
134	Lebanon	14.3
135	Faroe Islands	14.3
136	Ireland	14.1
137	Brazil	14.1
138	Cook Islands	14
139	Gibraltar	14
140	Iceland	13.7
141	Curacao	13.7
142	Seychelles	13.7
143	Chile	13.6
144	Bahrain	13.3
145	Saint Lucia	13.3
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13.2
147	New Zealand	13.2
148	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13.2
149	Wallis and Futuna	13.2
150	Albania	13.2
151	Sint Maarten	13.1
152	Uruguay	13
153	Mauritius	13
154	Armenia	12.9
155	Virgin Islands	12.8
156	Trinidad and Tobago	12.7
157	United States	12.5
158	Anguilla	12.5
159	Aruba	12.4
160	Jersey	12.4
161	Georgia	12.3
162	China	12.3
163	France	12.2
164	Norway	12.2
165	United Kingdom	12.1
166	Sweden	12.1
167	Australia	12.1
168	Cayman Islands	12
169	Barbados	11.7
170	Moldova	11.5
171	Luxembourg	11.5
172	Macedonia	11.4
173	Bermuda	11.3
174	Belgium	11.3
175	Palau	11.3
176	British Virgin Islands	11.1
177	Russia	11
178	Thailand	11
179	Isle of Man	11
180	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	10.9
181	Netherlands	10.9
182	Montserrat	10.8
183	Finland	10.7
184	Cuba	10.7
185	Denmark	10.5
186	Switzerland	10.5
187	Liechtenstein	10.4
188	Canada	10.3
189	Belarus	10.3
190	Ukraine	10.3
191	Estonia	10.1
192	Malta	10.1
193	Montenegro	10
194	Lithuania	9.9
195	Guernsey	9.8
196	Latvia	9.7
197	Slovakia	9.7
198	Saint Helena	9.6
199	Qatar	9.6
200	Poland	9.5
201	Austria	9.5
202	Czech Republic	9.3
203	Spain	9.2
204	Portugal	9
205	Serbia	9
206	Hungary	9
207	Croatia	8.9
208	Hong Kong	8.9
209	Romania	8.9
210	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.8
211	Bulgaria	8.7
212	Italy	8.6
213	Germany	8.6
214	Macau	8.6
215	San Marino	8.6
216	Singapore	8.6
217	Greece	8.4
218	Korea, South	8.3
219	Taiwan	8.3
220	Slovenia	8.2
221	Puerto Rico	8.1
222	Japan	7.7
223	Andorra	7.5
224	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	7.1
225	Monaco	6.6

Definition: This entry gives the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2018