List of sovereign states and dependent territories by birth rate

Countries by birth rate in 2008

This article includes two versions of the list of countries by crude birth rate. Crude birth rate refers to the number of births over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is expressed as number of births per 1,000 population.

The first list is based on the United Nations Population Division's quinquennial estimates and projections. Figures are for the period 2010-2015 using the medium assumption.

The second list is based on CIA World Factbook estimates for year 2012. Dependent territories and not fully recognized states are not ranked.

2010-2015 List by the UN

2012 List by the CIA World Factbook

Rank Country Birth rate (births per 1000 persons) 1 Niger 47.7 2 Zambia 46.5 3 Mali 45.0 4 Malawi 44.5 5 Uganda 43.9 6 Chad 43.4 7 Somalia 43.0 8 Burkina Faso 42.4 9 Afghanistan 42.3 10 DR Congo 42.1 11 Tanzania 41.0 12 Rwanda 40.6 13 Angola 39.9 14 Nigeria 39.3 15 Benin 38.3 16 Guinea 37.6 17 East Timor 37.6 18 Liberia 37.6 19 Guinea-Bissau 37.4 20 Yemen 37.2 21 Gambia 36.9 22 Kenya 36.9 23 Sierra Leone 36.5 24 Mozambique 36.3 25 Senegal 35.9 26 Equatorial Guinea 35.9 27 Comoros 35.7 28 Cameroon 34.9 29 Madagascar 34.6 30 Republic of the Congo 34.6 31 Central African Republic 34.5 32 Eritrea 34.4 33 Iraq 34.1 34 Burundi 33.3 35 Côte d'Ivoire 33.0 36 Mauritania 32.7 37 Mayotte 32.6 38 Palestinian territories 32.4 39 Sudan 31.9 40 Guatemala 31.5 41 Togo 31.0 42 Solomon Islands 30.4 43 Ghana 30.3 44 Ethiopia 30.0 45 Sao Tome and Principe 29.9 46 Papua New Guinea 29.0 47 Vanuatu 28.7 48 Zimbabwe 28.7 49 Swaziland 28.7 50 Djibouti 28.4 51 Tajikistan 27.7 52 Lesotho 27.1 53 Gabon 27.0 54 Pakistan 26.3 55 Bolivia 25.8 56 Honduras 25.8 57 Haiti 25.7 58 Tonga 25.7 59 Namibia 25.2 60 Philippines 24.5 61 Federated States of Micronesia 24.2 62 Kyrgyzstan 24.0 63 French Guiana 24.0 64 Belize 24.0 65 Samoa 23.7 66 Paraguay 23.7 67 Jordan 23.7 68 Nepal 23.2 69 Botswana 22.9 70 Nicaragua 22.8 71 Mongolia 22.7 72 Egypt 22.3 73 Syria 21.9 74 Laos 21.8 75 Libya 21.7 76 Cambodia 21.6 77 Saudi Arabia 21.4 78 Western Sahara 21.3 79 India 21.3 80 Turkmenistan 21.2 81 Dominican Republic 20.9 82 Uzbekistan 20.8 83 Kazakhstan 20.6 84 Fiji 20.6 85 South Africa 20.5 86 Israel 20.5 87 El Salvador 20.0 88 Cape Verde 19.9 89 Venezuela 19.8 90 Ecuador 19.8 91 Malaysia 19.8 92 Bhutan 19.6 93 Peru 19.6 94 Bangladesh 19.5 95 Azerbaijan 19.5 96 Grenada 19.3 97 Algeria 19.2 — World 19.2 98 Panama 19.1 99 Colombia 18.9 100 Morocco 18.7 101 Mexico 18.5 102 Brunei 18.2 103 Jamaica 17.9 104 Bahrain 17.9 105 Suriname 17.8 106 Guam 17.6 107 Guyana 17.4 108 Kuwait 17.4 109 Indonesia 17.4 110 Sri Lanka 17.0 111 Turkey 16.9 112 Oman 16.9 113 Saint Lucia 16.9 114 Réunion 16.9 115 Argentina 16.8 116 Myanmar 16.7 117 Tunisia 16.5 118 Maldives 16.5 119 French Polynesia 16.4 120 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.4 121 Iran 16.2 122 East Turkestan 16.0 123 New Caledonia 15.9 124 Vietnam 15.9 125 Ireland 15.6 126 Costa Rica 15.3 127 Bahamas 15.2 128 Brazil 15.0 129 Armenia 15.0 130 Lebanon 14.9 131 Iceland 14.7 132 Uruguay 14.5 133 New Zealand 14.3 134 Trinidad and Tobago 14.3 135 North Korea 14.2 136 Chile 14.0 137 United States 13.7 138 Australia 13.5 139 Guadeloupe 13.2 140 Netherlands Antilles 13.1 141 Puerto Rico 12.9 142 Albania 12.8 143 Mauritius 12.5 144 France 12.4 145 Norway 12.3 146 United Arab Emirates 12.3 147 United Kingdom 12.1 148 Moldova 12.1 149 United States Virgin Islands 12.1 150 Estonia 12.1 151 Montenegro 12.0 152 Sweden 12.0 153 China 11.9 154 Russia 11.8 155 Luxembourg 11.8 156 Qatar 11.6 157 Martinique 11.6 158 Cyprus 11.5 159 Georgia 11.5 160 Thailand 11.5 161 Finland 11.4 162 Belgium 11.4 163 Denmark 11.3 164 Canada 11.3 165 Belarus 11.2 166 Aruba 11.1 167 Serbia 11.0 168 Latvia 11.0 169 Czech Republic 10.9 170 Ukraine 10.9 171 Poland 10.9 172 Barbados 10.9 173 Lithuania 10.8 174 Netherlands 10.8 175 Slovakia 10.7 176 Spain 10.6 177 Macedonia 10.5 178 Romania 10.3 179 Macau 10.2 180 Greece 10.1 181 Hungary 10.1 182 Switzerland 10.0 183 Bulgaria 10.0 184 Slovenia 9.9 185 South Korea 9.9 186 Croatia 9.8 187 Cuba 9.6 188 Singapore 9.5 189 Channel Islands 9.3 190 Malta 9.1 191 Italy 9.1 192 Hong Kong 8.8 193 Portugal 8.8 194 Germany 8.7 195 Austria 8.6 196 Japan 8.5 197 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.2

Rank Country Birth rate (births/1000 persons) 1 Niger 50.60 2 Uganda 47.38 3 Mali 45.15 4 Zambia 43.51 5 Burkina Faso 43.20 6 Ethiopia 42.59 7 Somalia 42.12 8 Burundi 40.58 9 Malawi 40.42 10 Republic of the Congo 40.09 11 Angola 39.36 12 Mozambique 39.34 13 Afghanistan 39.30 14 Nigeria 39.23 15 Chad 38.70 16 Sierra Leone 38.12 17 Benin 37.55 18 Madagascar 37.12 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 37.05 20 Sao Tome and Principe 37.02 21 Guinea 36.60 22 Liberia 36.45 23 Senegal 36.19 24 Rwanda 36.14 25 Central African Republic 36.13 26 Togo 35.26 27 Gabon 35.00 28 Equatorial Guinea 34.88 29 Guinea-Bissau 34.72 30 Gaza Strip[1] 34.30 31 Gambia 33.41 32 Mauritania 32.78 33 Yemen 32.57 34 Cameroon 32.49 35 Zimbabwe 32.19 36 Eritrea 32.10 37 Kenya 31.93 38 Tanzania 31.81 39 Sudan 31.7 40 Western Sahara[2] 31.65 41 Comoros 31.49 42 Cote d'Ivoire 30.40 43 Iraq 28.19 44 Marshall Islands 28.14 45 Solomon Islands 27.46 46 Nauru 27.08 47 Ghana 26.99 48 Lesotho 26.65 49 Jordan 26.52 50 Guatemala 26.48 51 Swaziland 26.16 52 Belize 26.02 53 Tajikistan 25.93 54 Papua New Guinea 25.92 55 Laos 25.68 56 Timor-Leste 25.43 57 Cambodia 25.17 58 Philippines 24.98 59 Djibouti 24.91 60 Tonga 24.70 61 Honduras 24.66 62 Oman 24.33 63 Pakistan 24.30 64 Bolivia 24.24 65 Egypt 24.22 66 West Bank[3] 24.19 67 Kyrgyzstan 23.90 68 Haiti 23.81 69 Syria 23.52 70 Libya 23.47 71 Tuvalu 23.35 72 American Samoa[4] 22.69 73 Bangladesh 22.53 74 Kiribati 22.45 75 Samoa 22.10 76 Botswana 22.02 77 Federated States of Micronesia 21.85 78 Nepal 21.85 79 Cape Verde 21.21 80 Namibia 21.11 81 Kuwait 20.96 82 Malaysia 20.74 83 Fiji 20.70 84 Mongolia 20.70 85 India 20.60 86 Vanuatu 20.60 87 Kazakhstan 20.44 88 Northern Mariana Islands[5] 20.21 89 Venezuela 19.88 90 Ecuador 19.60 91 Turkmenistan 19.55 92 Dominican Republic 19.44 93 South Africa 19.32 94 Saudi Arabia 19.19 95 Panama 19.17 96 Peru 19.13 97 Nicaragua 19.12 98 Burma 19.11 99 Israel 18.97 100 Morocco 18.97 101 Jamaica 18.89 102 Mexico 18.87 103 Bhutan 18.72 104 Iran 18.52 105 Indonesia 17.76 106 Brunei 17.71 107 Turkey 17.58 108 Brazil 17.48 109 El Salvador 17.44 110 Turks and Caicos Islands[6] 17.44 111 Suriname 17.44 112 Argentina 17.34 113 Uzbekistan 17.33 114 Azerbaijan 17.30 115 Tunisia 17.28 116 Colombia 17.23 117 Paraguay 17.22 118 Sri Lanka 17.04 119 Vietnam 16.83 120 Grenada 16.81 121 Guyana 16.69 122 Algeria 16.64 123 Costa Rica 16.40 124 Antigua and Barbuda 16.19 125 New Caledonia[7] 16.05 126 Bahamas 15.95 127 French Polynesia[8] 15.92 128 Ireland 15.81 129 United Arab Emirates 15.76 130 Dominica 15.60 131 Cook Islands[9] 15.22 132 Maldives 15.12 133 Seychelles 15.10 134 Lebanon 14.92 135 Greenland[10] 14.58 136 North Korea 14.51 137 Saint Lucia 14.42 138 Bahrain 14.41 139 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.36 140 Chile 14.28 141 Trinidad and Tobago 14.25 142 Gibraltar[11] 14.22 143 Wallis and Futuna[12] 13.91 144 Saint Kitts and Nevis 13.90 145 Mauritius 13.78 146 United States 13.68 147 New Zealand 13.57 148 Uruguay 13.40 149 Iceland 13.23 150 Faroe Islands [13] 13.14 151 Armenia 12.90 152 Anguilla[14] 12.90 153 Thailand 12.81 154 Aruba 12.76 155 France[15] 12.72 156 Moldova 12.50 157 Albania 12.38 158 China 12.31 159 Australia 12.28 160 United Kingdom 12.27 161 Barbados 12.23 162 Cayman Islands[16] 12.21 163 Macedonia 11.80 164 Luxembourg 11.70 165 Montserrat[17] 11.62 166 Cyprus 11.44 167 Bermuda[18] 11.42 168 Isle of Man[19] 11.36 169 U.S. Virgin Islands 11.32 170 Puerto Rico[20] 11.26 171 Jersey[21] 11.12 172 Russia 10.94 173 Netherlands 10.89 174 Montenegro 10.89 175 Norway 10.80 176 Palau 10.79 177 Liechtenstein 10.76 178 Georgia 10.75 179 British Virgin Islands[22] 10.69 180 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha[23] 10.48 181 Estonia 10.43 182 Spain 10.40 183 Slovakia 10.38 184 Finland 10.36 185 Malta 10.31 186 Canada 10.28 187 Sweden 10.24 188 Qatar 10.23 189 Denmark 10.22 190 Guernsey[24] 10.04 191 Belgium 10.03 192 Latvia 9.97 193 Cuba 9.96 194 Poland 9.96 195 Portugal 9.76 196 Belarus 9.73 197 Ukraine 9.59 198 Croatia 9.57 199 Switzerland 9.51 200 Romania 9.49 201 Hungary 9.49 202 Lithuania 9.34 203 Andorra 9.26 204 Serbia 9.20 205 Bulgaria 9.17 206 Greece 9.08 207 Italy 9.06 208 Macau[25] 9.05 209 San Marino 8.90 210 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.89 211 Taiwan[26] 8.81 212 Slovenia 8.76 213 Austria 8.69 214 Czech Republic 8.62 215 South Korea 8.42 216 Japan 7.39 217 Germany 8.33 218 Saint Pierre and Miquelon[27] 8.06 219 Singapore 7.72 220 Hong Kong 7.54 221 Monaco 6.85 No data for Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Christmas Island, Tokelau, Pitcairn Islands, Svalbard, and Norfolk Island.