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Crude birth rate (UN estimates)

Live births during the year per 1,000 people, estimated at midyear.

Unit: Births per 1,000 people Frequency: Annual Coverage: 217 countries and 11 groups 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank (original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects)
Highest in 2024 46.2 per 1,000 people Central African Republic Lowest in 2024 4.2 per 1,000 people San Marino
Euro area, 2024 8.0 per 1,000 people Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024 217 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

217 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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Births per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Crude birth rate (UN estimates) (births per 1,000 people), 2000 to 2024
Period WorldUnited StatesChinaIndia
2024 16.3 per 1,000 people 10.6 per 1,000 people 6.8 per 1,000 people 16.0 per 1,000 people
2023 16.3 per 1,000 people 10.7 per 1,000 people 6.4 per 1,000 people 16.1 per 1,000 people
2022 16.6 per 1,000 people 11.0 per 1,000 people 6.8 per 1,000 people 16.3 per 1,000 people
2021 16.8 per 1,000 people 11.0 per 1,000 people 7.5 per 1,000 people 16.5 per 1,000 people
2020 17.1 per 1,000 people 10.9 per 1,000 people 8.5 per 1,000 people 16.7 per 1,000 people
2019 17.8 per 1,000 people 11.4 per 1,000 people 10.4 per 1,000 people 17.4 per 1,000 people
2018 18.2 per 1,000 people 11.6 per 1,000 people 10.9 per 1,000 people 17.9 per 1,000 people
2017 18.8 per 1,000 people 11.8 per 1,000 people 12.6 per 1,000 people 18.0 per 1,000 people
2016 19.3 per 1,000 people 12.2 per 1,000 people 13.6 per 1,000 people 18.8 per 1,000 people
2015 19.3 per 1,000 people 12.4 per 1,000 people 12.0 per 1,000 people 18.9 per 1,000 people
2014 19.8 per 1,000 people 12.5 per 1,000 people 13.8 per 1,000 people 19.1 per 1,000 people
2013 19.9 per 1,000 people 12.4 per 1,000 people 13.0 per 1,000 people 20.1 per 1,000 people
2012 20.4 per 1,000 people 12.6 per 1,000 people 14.6 per 1,000 people 20.7 per 1,000 people
2011 20.3 per 1,000 people 12.7 per 1,000 people 13.3 per 1,000 people 21.2 per 1,000 people
2010 20.2 per 1,000 people 13.0 per 1,000 people 11.9 per 1,000 people 21.6 per 1,000 people
2009 20.4 per 1,000 people 13.5 per 1,000 people 12.0 per 1,000 people 22.2 per 1,000 people
2008 20.5 per 1,000 people 14.0 per 1,000 people 12.1 per 1,000 people 22.5 per 1,000 people
2007 20.6 per 1,000 people 14.3 per 1,000 people 12.1 per 1,000 people 22.9 per 1,000 people
2006 20.6 per 1,000 people 14.3 per 1,000 people 12.1 per 1,000 people 23.6 per 1,000 people
2005 20.8 per 1,000 people 14.0 per 1,000 people 12.4 per 1,000 people 24.3 per 1,000 people
2004 21.0 per 1,000 people 14.0 per 1,000 people 12.3 per 1,000 people 25.1 per 1,000 people
2003 21.1 per 1,000 people 14.1 per 1,000 people 12.4 per 1,000 people 25.8 per 1,000 people
2002 21.4 per 1,000 people 14.0 per 1,000 people 12.9 per 1,000 people 26.5 per 1,000 people
2001 21.7 per 1,000 people 14.1 per 1,000 people 13.4 per 1,000 people 27.2 per 1,000 people
2000 22.1 per 1,000 people 14.4 per 1,000 people 14.0 per 1,000 people 27.5 per 1,000 people

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In short

  • Among the 217 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Central African Republic (46.2 per 1,000 people) and the lowest San Marino (4.2 per 1,000 people).
  • Half of the countries are above 13.4 per 1,000 people and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 23 countries and fell in 183.
  • The figure for the world was 16.3 per 1,000 people in 2024, against 17.8 per 1,000 people in 2019 (−1.5).

About this measure

Definition
Live births during the year per 1,000 people, estimated at midyear.
Population covered
All residents, midyear
Unit
Births per 1,000 people
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Differences in the same unit (per 1,000 people)

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.CBRT.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Central African Republic 46.2 per 1,000 people
  2. 2 Chad 43.3 per 1,000 people
  3. 3 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 42.3 per 1,000 people
  4. 4 Niger 41.4 per 1,000 people
  5. 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.9 per 1,000 people
  6. 6 Mali 39.5 per 1,000 people
  7. 7 Angola 37.2 per 1,000 people
  8. 8 Mozambique 37.0 per 1,000 people
  9. 9 Afghanistan 35.0 per 1,000 people
  10. 10 Tanzania 34.8 per 1,000 people
  11. 11 Uganda 34.4 per 1,000 people
  12. 12 Yemen 34.4 per 1,000 people
  13. 13 Mauritania 34.0 per 1,000 people
  14. 14 Benin 33.4 per 1,000 people
  15. 15 Cameroon 33.3 per 1,000 people
  16. 16 Guinea 33.3 per 1,000 people
  17. 17 Burundi 33.2 per 1,000 people
  18. 18 Sudan 33.0 per 1,000 people
  19. 19 Zambia 32.7 per 1,000 people
  20. 20 Nigeria 32.5 per 1,000 people
  21. 21 Togo 32.1 per 1,000 people
  22. 22 Madagascar 31.7 per 1,000 people
  23. 23 Côte d'Ivoire 31.6 per 1,000 people
  24. 24 Ethiopia 31.5 per 1,000 people
  25. 25 Burkina Faso 31.3 per 1,000 people
  26. 26 Malawi 31.1 per 1,000 people
  27. 27 Liberia 30.6 per 1,000 people
  28. 28 Republic of the Congo 30.4 per 1,000 people
  29. 29 Sierra Leone 30.1 per 1,000 people
  30. 30 Equatorial Guinea 30.0 per 1,000 people
  31. 31 Zimbabwe 29.9 per 1,000 people
  32. 32 Gambia 29.9 per 1,000 people
  33. 33 Guinea-Bissau 29.6 per 1,000 people
  34. 34 South Sudan 29.2 per 1,000 people
  35. 35 Senegal 29.2 per 1,000 people
  36. 36 Eritrea 28.7 per 1,000 people
  37. 37 Comoros 28.2 per 1,000 people
  38. 38 São Tomé and Príncipe 28.1 per 1,000 people
  39. 39 Rwanda 28.1 per 1,000 people
  40. 40 Vanuatu 27.7 per 1,000 people
  41. 41 Pakistan 27.4 per 1,000 people
  42. 42 Gabon 27.1 per 1,000 people
  43. 43 Kenya 27.0 per 1,000 people
  44. 44 Solomon Islands 26.7 per 1,000 people
  45. 45 West Bank and Gaza 26.5 per 1,000 people
  46. 46 Ghana 25.9 per 1,000 people
  47. 47 Namibia 25.9 per 1,000 people
  48. 48 Iraq 25.6 per 1,000 people
  49. 49 Uzbekistan 25.6 per 1,000 people
  50. 50 Tajikistan 25.3 per 1,000 people
  51. 51 Kiribati 25.3 per 1,000 people
  52. 52 Samoa 25.0 per 1,000 people
  53. 53 Naoero 24.6 per 1,000 people
  54. 54 Botswana 24.4 per 1,000 people
  55. 55 Papua New Guinea 24.3 per 1,000 people
  56. 56 Lesotho 23.8 per 1,000 people
  57. 57 Eswatini 23.6 per 1,000 people
  58. 58 Syria 23.2 per 1,000 people
  59. 59 Tonga 23.0 per 1,000 people
  60. 60 Micronesia 22.3 per 1,000 people
  61. 61 Tuvalu 22.0 per 1,000 people
  62. 62 Haiti 21.9 per 1,000 people
  63. 63 Timor-Leste 21.8 per 1,000 people
  64. 64 Honduras 21.6 per 1,000 people
  65. 65 Bolivia 21.0 per 1,000 people
  66. 66 Laos 20.9 per 1,000 people
  67. 67 Djibouti 20.9 per 1,000 people
  68. 68 Egypt 20.9 per 1,000 people
  69. 69 Turkmenistan 20.9 per 1,000 people
  70. 70 Guatemala 20.6 per 1,000 people
  71. 71 Jordan 20.5 per 1,000 people
  72. 72 Cambodia 20.3 per 1,000 people
  73. 73 Marshall Islands 20.1 per 1,000 people
  74. 74 Bangladesh 20.0 per 1,000 people
  75. 75 Guyana 19.9 per 1,000 people
  76. 76 Paraguay 19.7 per 1,000 people
  77. 77 Kazakhstan 19.5 per 1,000 people
  78. 78 Kyrgyzstan 19.4 per 1,000 people
  79. 79 Nicaragua 19.1 per 1,000 people
  80. 80 Nepal 19.0 per 1,000 people
  81. 81 Algeria 18.8 per 1,000 people
  82. 82 Israel 18.6 per 1,000 people
  83. 83 South Africa 18.5 per 1,000 people
  84. 84 Belize 18.1 per 1,000 people
  85. 85 Fiji 17.9 per 1,000 people
  86. 86 Dominican Republic 17.6 per 1,000 people
  87. 87 Guam 17.3 per 1,000 people
  88. 88 Suriname 17.2 per 1,000 people
  89. 89 Mongolia 16.9 per 1,000 people
  90. 90 Oman 16.8 per 1,000 people
  91. 91 Libya 16.5 per 1,000 people
  92. 92 Saudi Arabia 16.5 per 1,000 people
  93. 93 Myanmar 16.5 per 1,000 people
  94. 94 Morocco 16.4 per 1,000 people
  95. 95 India 16.0 per 1,000 people
  96. 96 Lebanon 16.0 per 1,000 people
  97. 97 Philippines 15.9 per 1,000 people
  98. 98 Panama 15.9 per 1,000 people
  99. 99 Indonesia 15.8 per 1,000 people
  100. 100 Peru 15.8 per 1,000 people
  101. 101 El Salvador 15.6 per 1,000 people
  102. 102 Mexico 15.5 per 1,000 people
  103. 103 Venezuela 15.2 per 1,000 people
  104. 104 Saint Martin (French part) 15.0 per 1,000 people
  105. 105 American Samoa 15.0 per 1,000 people
  106. 106 Ecuador 14.8 per 1,000 people
  107. 107 New Caledonia 14.0 per 1,000 people
  108. 108 Viet Nam 13.4 per 1,000 people
  109. 109 Tunisia 13.4 per 1,000 people
  110. 110 Brunei 13.3 per 1,000 people
  111. 111 Colombia 13.3 per 1,000 people
  112. 112 North Korea 12.9 per 1,000 people
  113. 113 Iran 12.6 per 1,000 people
  114. 114 Bhutan 12.5 per 1,000 people
  115. 115 Malaysia 12.4 per 1,000 people
  116. 116 Cabo Verde 12.2 per 1,000 people
  117. 117 Gibraltar 12.2 per 1,000 people
  118. 118 Brazil 12.1 per 1,000 people
  119. 119 Northern Mariana Islands 12.1 per 1,000 people
  120. 120 Bahrain 12.0 per 1,000 people
  121. 121 Greenland 12.0 per 1,000 people
  122. 122 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.0 per 1,000 people
  123. 123 Kosovo 11.9 per 1,000 people
  124. 124 Antigua and Barbuda 11.7 per 1,000 people
  125. 125 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.7 per 1,000 people
  126. 126 Cayman Islands 11.6 per 1,000 people
  127. 127 Grenada 11.5 per 1,000 people
  128. 128 Jamaica 11.5 per 1,000 people
  129. 129 Georgia 11.3 per 1,000 people
  130. 130 Saint Lucia 11.2 per 1,000 people
  131. 131 Iceland 11.2 per 1,000 people
  132. 132 Montenegro 11.2 per 1,000 people
  133. 133 Barbados 11.1 per 1,000 people
  134. 134 Armenia 11.1 per 1,000 people
  135. 135 US Virgin Islands 11.1 per 1,000 people
  136. 136 Argentina 11.1 per 1,000 people
  137. 137 New Zealand 11.0 per 1,000 people
  138. 138 Seychelles 11.0 per 1,000 people
  139. 139 Türkiye 11.0 per 1,000 people
  140. 140 Dominica 11.0 per 1,000 people
  141. 141 Bahamas 10.8 per 1,000 people
  142. 142 Faroe Islands 10.8 per 1,000 people
  143. 143 Australia 10.7 per 1,000 people
  144. 144 French Polynesia 10.7 per 1,000 people
  145. 145 Palau 10.7 per 1,000 people
  146. 146 United States 10.6 per 1,000 people
  147. 147 Moldova 10.6 per 1,000 people
  148. 148 Maldives 10.6 per 1,000 people
  149. 149 Trinidad and Tobago 10.5 per 1,000 people
  150. 150 Turks and Caicos Islands 10.5 per 1,000 people
  151. 151 Cyprus 10.5 per 1,000 people
  152. 152 Mauritius 10.3 per 1,000 people
  153. 153 Albania 10.1 per 1,000 people
  154. 154 Sri Lanka 10.1 per 1,000 people
  155. 155 Kuwait 10.0 per 1,000 people
  156. 156 Azerbaijan 10.0 per 1,000 people
  157. 157 Ireland 10.0 per 1,000 people
  158. 158 Costa Rica 10.0 per 1,000 people
  159. 159 United Kingdom 9.9 per 1,000 people
  160. 160 United Arab Emirates 9.8 per 1,000 people
  161. 161 Uruguay 9.8 per 1,000 people
  162. 162 France 9.7 per 1,000 people
  163. 163 Norway 9.7 per 1,000 people
  164. 164 Monaco 9.6 per 1,000 people
  165. 165 Qatar 9.5 per 1,000 people
  166. 166 Denmark 9.5 per 1,000 people
  167. 167 Luxembourg 9.5 per 1,000 people
  168. 168 Sweden 9.3 per 1,000 people
  169. 169 Belgium 9.2 per 1,000 people
  170. 170 Netherlands 9.2 per 1,000 people
  171. 171 Serbia 9.2 per 1,000 people
  172. 172 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 9.1 per 1,000 people
  173. 173 Canada 8.9 per 1,000 people
  174. 174 North Macedonia 8.8 per 1,000 people
  175. 175 Chile 8.7 per 1,000 people
  176. 176 Switzerland 8.7 per 1,000 people
  177. 177 Cuba 8.6 per 1,000 people
  178. 178 Slovakia 8.5 per 1,000 people
  179. 179 Austria 8.4 per 1,000 people
  180. 180 Liechtenstein 8.4 per 1,000 people
  181. 181 Russia 8.4 per 1,000 people
  182. 182 Bulgaria 8.3 per 1,000 people
  183. 183 Croatia 8.3 per 1,000 people
  184. 184 Isle of Man 8.3 per 1,000 people
  185. 185 British Virgin Islands 8.2 per 1,000 people
  186. 186 Channel Islands 8.2 per 1,000 people
  187. 187 Hungary 8.2 per 1,000 people
  188. 188 Thailand 8.1 per 1,000 people
  189. 189 Germany 8.1 per 1,000 people
  190. 190 Bermuda 7.9 per 1,000 people
  191. 191 Portugal 7.9 per 1,000 people
  192. 192 Slovenia 7.9 per 1,000 people
  193. 193 Finland 7.8 per 1,000 people
  194. 194 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.7 per 1,000 people
  195. 195 Czechia 7.7 per 1,000 people
  196. 196 Malta 7.7 per 1,000 people
  197. 197 Aruba 7.6 per 1,000 people
  198. 198 Romania 7.5 per 1,000 people
  199. 199 Singapore 7.4 per 1,000 people
  200. 200 Curaçao 7.2 per 1,000 people
  201. 201 Estonia 7.1 per 1,000 people
  202. 202 Belarus 7.0 per 1,000 people
  203. 203 Latvia 6.9 per 1,000 people
  204. 204 Poland 6.9 per 1,000 people
  205. 205 Andorra 6.9 per 1,000 people
  206. 206 China 6.8 per 1,000 people
  207. 207 Greece 6.6 per 1,000 people
  208. 208 Lithuania 6.6 per 1,000 people
  209. 209 Spain 6.5 per 1,000 people
  210. 210 Italy 6.3 per 1,000 people
  211. 211 Japan 5.7 per 1,000 people
  212. 212 Puerto Rico (US) 5.7 per 1,000 people
  213. 213 Ukraine 5.5 per 1,000 people
  214. 214 Macao SAR, China 5.3 per 1,000 people
  215. 215 Hong Kong SAR, China 4.9 per 1,000 people
  216. 216 South Korea 4.7 per 1,000 people
  217. 217 San Marino 4.2 per 1,000 people
  218. East Asia and Pacific 9.2 per 1,000 people
  219. Euro area 8.0 per 1,000 people
  220. Europe and Central Asia 9.8 per 1,000 people
  221. European Union 7.9 per 1,000 people
  222. Latin America and Caribbean 14.0 per 1,000 people
  223. Middle East and North Africa 22.7 per 1,000 people
  224. North America 10.4 per 1,000 people
  225. OECD members 9.7 per 1,000 people
  226. South Asia 16.4 per 1,000 people
  227. Sub-Saharan Africa 32.8 per 1,000 people
  228. World 16.3 per 1,000 people
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