Birth rate (per 1,000 people) by country

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United States: 10.6 in 2024, 8th of 38 OECD members (highest first). 146th of all 217 with data.

Highest: Central African Republic (46.2, 2024) · Lowest: San Marino (4.2, 2024) · 217 countries and territories with data.

Live births in the year per 1,000 people. Different from the fertility rate, which counts children per woman.

Ranking

Latest value for each country (within 5 years).

Over time

United States: rank over time

Rank among the countries with data in each year (highest first).

World ranking (highest first)

RankCountryValueYear
1Central African Republic46.22024
2Chad43.32024
3Somalia42.32024
4Niger41.42024
5DR Congo40.92024
6Mali39.52024
7Angola37.22024
8Mozambique37.02024
9Afghanistan35.02024
10Tanzania34.82024
11Uganda34.42024
12Yemen34.42024
13Mauritania34.02024
14Benin33.42024
15Cameroon33.32024
16Guinea33.32024
17Burundi33.22024
18Sudan33.02024
19Zambia32.72024
20Nigeria32.52024
21Togo32.12024
22Madagascar31.72024
23Côte d'Ivoire31.62024
24Ethiopia31.52024
25Burkina Faso31.32024
26Malawi31.12024
27Liberia30.62024
28Republic of the Congo30.42024
29Sierra Leone30.12024
30Equatorial Guinea30.02024
31Zimbabwe29.92024
32Gambia29.92024
33Guinea-Bissau29.62024
34South Sudan29.22024
35Senegal29.22024
36Eritrea28.72024
37Comoros28.22024
38São Tomé and Príncipe28.12024
39Rwanda28.12024
40Vanuatu27.72024
41Pakistan27.42024
42Gabon27.12024
43Kenya27.02024
44Solomon Islands26.72024
45West Bank and Gaza26.52024
46Ghana25.92024
47Namibia25.92024
48Iraq25.62024
49Uzbekistan25.62024
50Tajikistan25.32024
51Kiribati25.32024
52Samoa25.02024
53Nauru24.62024
54Botswana24.42024
55Papua New Guinea24.32024
56Lesotho23.82024
57Eswatini23.62024
58Syria23.22024
59Tonga23.02024
60Micronesia22.32024
61Tuvalu22.02024
62Haiti21.92024
63Timor-Leste21.82024
64Honduras21.62024
65Bolivia21.02024
66Laos20.92024
67Djibouti20.92024
68Egypt20.92024
69Turkmenistan20.92024
70Guatemala20.62024
71Jordan20.52024
72Cambodia20.32024
73Marshall Islands20.12024
74Bangladesh20.02024
75Guyana19.92024
76Paraguay19.72024
77Kazakhstan19.52024
78Kyrgyzstan19.42024
79Nicaragua19.12024
80Nepal19.02024
81Algeria18.82024
82Israel18.62024
83South Africa18.52024
84Belize18.12024
85Fiji17.92024
86Dominican Republic17.62024
87Guam17.32024
88Suriname17.22024
89Mongolia16.92024
90Oman16.82024
91Libya16.52024
92Saudi Arabia16.52024
93Myanmar16.52024
94Morocco16.42024
95India16.02024
96Lebanon16.02024
97Philippines15.92024
98Panama15.92024
99Indonesia15.82024
100Peru15.82024
101El Salvador15.62024
102Mexico15.52024
103Venezuela15.22024
104St. Martin (French part)15.02024
105American Samoa15.02024
106Ecuador14.82024
107New Caledonia14.02024
108Vietnam13.42024
109Tunisia13.42024
110Brunei13.32024
111Colombia13.32024
112North Korea12.92024
113Iran12.62024
114Bhutan12.52024
115Malaysia12.42024
116Cabo Verde12.22024
117Gibraltar12.22024
118Brazil12.12024
119Northern Mariana Islands12.12024
120Bahrain12.02024
121Greenland12.02024
122St. Vincent and the Grenadines12.02024
123Kosovo11.92024
124Antigua and Barbuda11.72024
125St. Kitts and Nevis11.72024
126Cayman Islands11.62024
127Grenada11.52024
128Jamaica11.42024
129Georgia11.32024
130St. Lucia11.22024
131Iceland11.22024
132Montenegro11.22024
133Barbados11.12024
134Armenia11.12024
135U.S. Virgin Islands11.12024
136Argentina11.12024
137New Zealand11.02024
138Seychelles11.02024
139Türkiye11.02024
140Dominica11.02024
141Bahamas10.82024
142Faroe Islands10.82024
143Australia10.72024
144French Polynesia10.72024
145Palau10.72024
146United States10.62024
147Moldova10.62024
148Maldives10.62024
149Trinidad and Tobago10.52024
150Turks and Caicos Islands10.52024
151Cyprus10.52024
152Mauritius10.32024
153Albania10.12024
154Sri Lanka10.12024
155Kuwait10.02024
156Azerbaijan10.02024
157Ireland10.02024
158Costa Rica10.02024
159United Kingdom9.92024
160United Arab Emirates9.82024
161Uruguay9.82024
162France9.72024
163Norway9.72024
164Monaco9.62024
165Qatar9.52024
166Denmark9.52024
167Luxembourg9.52024
168Sweden9.32024
169Belgium9.22024
170Netherlands9.22024
171Serbia9.22024
172Sint Maarten (Dutch part)9.12024
173Canada8.92024
174North Macedonia8.82024
175Chile8.72024
176Switzerland8.72024
177Cuba8.62024
178Slovakia8.52024
179Austria8.42024
180Liechtenstein8.42024
181Russia8.42024
182Bulgaria8.32024
183Croatia8.32024
184Isle of Man8.32024
185British Virgin Islands8.22024
186Channel Islands8.22024
187Hungary8.22024
188Thailand8.12024
189Germany8.12024
190Bermuda7.92024
191Portugal7.92024
192Slovenia7.92024
193Finland7.82024
194Bosnia and Herzegovina7.72024
195Czechia7.72024
196Malta7.72024
197Aruba7.62024
198Romania7.52024
199Singapore7.42024
200Curaçao7.22024
201Estonia7.12024
202Belarus7.02024
203Latvia6.92024
204Poland6.92024
205Andorra6.92024
206China6.82024
207Greece6.62024
208Lithuania6.62024
209Spain6.52024
210Italy6.32024
211Japan5.72024
212Puerto Rico5.72024
213Ukraine5.52024
214Macao5.32024
215Hong Kong4.92024
216South Korea4.72024
217San Marino4.22024

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-11-02.

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