Birth Rate by Country (2026)

The three highest countries are Central African Republic (46.2), Chad (43.3), Somalia (42.3); the three lowest are San Marino (4.2), South Korea (4.7), Hong Kong (4.9).

Across all 216 countries the median is 13.4 births per 1,000 people and the simple (unweighted) average is 17.2; the spread from 4.2 to 46.2 shows how differently countries fare on this measure.

Over roughly the last decade the biggest increases were in Uzbekistan (+1.7 pts), Central African Republic (+1.5 pts), Cayman Islands (+0.3 pts), while the largest decreases were in Mongolia (-11.1 pts), Nauru (-10.1 pts), Burundi (-9.7 pts).

By continent, the leaders are Afghanistan in Asia (35), Gibraltar in Europe (12.2), Central African Republic in Africa (46.2), Haiti in North America (21.9), Bolivia in South America (21), Vanuatu in Oceania (27.7).

The crude birth rate counts live births per 1,000 mid-year population. It is "crude" because it ignores the age structure: a young population produces more births per 1,000 people than an old one even when women have the same number of children.

Source: World Bank Open Data (indicator SP.DYN.CBRT.IN). Countries without a published value are not ranked. Each country's own page shows the full historical series and its rank on this and every other indicator.