1
🇨🇫Central African Republic
46.2
2
🇹🇩Chad
43.3
3
🇸🇴Somalia
42.3
4
🇳🇪Niger
41.4
5
🇨🇩DR Congo
40.9
6
🇲🇱Mali
39.5
7
🇦🇴Angola
37.2
8
🇲🇿Mozambique
37.0
9
🇦🇫Afghanistan
35.0
10
🇹🇿Tanzania
34.8
11
🇺🇬Uganda
34.4
12
🇾🇪Yemen
34.4
13
🇲🇷Mauritania
34.0
14
🇧🇯Benin
33.4
15
🇨🇲Cameroon
33.3
16
🇬🇳Guinea
33.3
17
🇧🇮Burundi
33.2
18
🇸🇩Sudan
33.0
19
🇿🇲Zambia
32.7
20
🇳🇬Nigeria
32.5
21
🇹🇬Togo
32.1
22
🇲🇬Madagascar
31.7
23
🇨🇮Ivory Coast
31.6
24
🇪🇹Ethiopia
31.5
25
🇧🇫Burkina Faso
31.3
26
🇲🇼Malawi
31.1
27
🇱🇷Liberia
30.6
28
🇨🇬Congo
30.4
29
🇸🇱Sierra Leone
30.1
30
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea
30.0
31
🇿🇼Zimbabwe
29.9
32
🇬🇲Gambia
29.9
33
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
29.6
34
🇸🇸South Sudan
29.2
35
🇸🇳Senegal
29.2
36
🇪🇷Eritrea
28.7
37
🇰🇲Comoros
28.2
38
🇸🇹São Tomé and Príncipe
28.1
39
🇷🇼Rwanda
28.1
40
🇻🇺Vanuatu
27.7
41
🇵🇰Pakistan
27.4
42
🇬🇦Gabon
27.1
43
🇰🇪Kenya
27.0
44
🇸🇧Solomon Islands
26.7
45
🇵🇸Palestine
26.5
46
🇬🇭Ghana
25.9
47
🇳🇦Namibia
25.9
48
🇮🇶Iraq
25.6
49
🇺🇿Uzbekistan
25.6
50
🇹🇯Tajikistan
25.3
Highlights
As of 2024, Central African Republic ranks first with 46.2, followed by Chad (43.3) and Somalia (42.3).
Across 215 countries and territories, values run from 46.2 (Central African Republic) to 4.2 (San Marino), with a median of 13.4.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 9 from Africa and 1 from Asia.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people), 2024. Unit: births per 1,000 people.
Source: World Bank Open Data — Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 13, 2026