World Birth rate ranking 2026 | China Population Atlas

Source: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant.

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Showing 237 countries and areas for 2026.

Rank	Country or area	Birth rate	Total population	Share of world population	Data type
1	Central African Republic	44.71 ‰	5,698,984 people	0.07%	Projection
2	Chad	42.20 ‰	21,560,380 people	0.26%	Projection
3	Somalia	41.19 ‰	20,305,907 people	0.24%	Projection
4	Niger	40.15 ‰	28,814,878 people	0.35%	Projection
5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	39.80 ‰	116,452,162 people	1.40%	Projection
6	Mali	38.77 ‰	25,932,275 people	0.31%	Projection
7	Angola	36.33 ‰	40,215,180 people	0.48%	Projection
8	Mozambique	36.13 ‰	36,639,850 people	0.44%	Projection
9	United Republic of Tanzania	33.90 ‰	72,563,780 people	0.87%	Projection
10	Afghanistan	33.76 ‰	45,047,068 people	0.54%	Projection
11	Mauritania	33.20 ‰	5,461,319 people	0.07%	Projection
12	Uganda	33.11 ‰	52,761,470 people	0.64%	Projection
13	Mayotte	32.99 ‰	347,536 people	0.00%	Projection
14	Yemen	32.75 ‰	42,961,653 people	0.52%	Projection
15	Benin	32.58 ‰	15,170,420 people	0.18%	Projection
16	Cameroon	32.36 ‰	30,640,817 people	0.37%	Projection
17	Guinea	32.21 ‰	15,441,992 people	0.19%	Projection
18	Burundi	32.02 ‰	14,729,157 people	0.18%	Projection
19	Zambia	32.02 ‰	22,521,915 people	0.27%	Projection
20	Nigeria	31.81 ‰	242,431,832 people	2.92%	Projection
21	Sudan	31.79 ‰	53,282,719 people	0.64%	Projection
22	Madagascar	30.84 ‰	33,522,052 people	0.40%	Projection
23	Côte d'Ivoire	30.72 ‰	33,494,346 people	0.40%	Projection
24	Burkina Faso	30.40 ‰	24,601,700 people	0.30%	Projection
25	Malawi	30.38 ‰	22,785,535 people	0.27%	Projection
26	Ethiopia	30.33 ‰	138,902,185 people	1.67%	Projection
27	Togo	30.15 ‰	9,930,918 people	0.12%	Projection
28	Congo	29.93 ‰	6,637,786 people	0.08%	Projection
29	Liberia	29.89 ‰	5,853,949 people	0.07%	Projection
30	South Sudan	29.43 ‰	12,436,037 people	0.15%	Projection
31	Zimbabwe	29.25 ‰	17,273,580 people	0.21%	Projection
32	Equatorial Guinea	29.17 ‰	1,984,468 people	0.02%	Projection
33	Sierra Leone	29.05 ‰	8,996,744 people	0.11%	Projection
34	Guinea-Bissau	28.74 ‰	2,297,808 people	0.03%	Projection
35	Gambia	28.65 ‰	2,884,079 people	0.03%	Projection
36	Senegal	28.63 ‰	19,366,548 people	0.23%	Projection
37	Eritrea	28.62 ‰	3,682,669 people	0.04%	Projection
38	Sao Tome and Principe	27.66 ‰	244,994 people	0.00%	Projection
39	Rwanda	27.49 ‰	14,889,693 people	0.18%	Projection
40	Comoros	27.36 ‰	899,010 people	0.01%	Projection
41	Vanuatu	26.84 ‰	342,564 people	0.00%	Projection
42	Pakistan	26.75 ‰	259,299,792 people	3.12%	Projection
43	Kenya	26.58 ‰	58,636,412 people	0.71%	Projection
44	Gabon	26.25 ‰	2,647,400 people	0.03%	Projection
45	Solomon Islands	26.15 ‰	858,288 people	0.01%	Projection
46	State of Palestine	25.38 ‰	5,692,790 people	0.07%	Projection
47	Ghana	25.32 ‰	35,697,557 people	0.43%	Projection
48	Namibia	25.03 ‰	3,153,246 people	0.04%	Projection
49	Iraq	25.00 ‰	48,007,437 people	0.58%	Projection
50	Samoa	24.36 ‰	220,528 people	0.00%	Projection
51	Kiribati	24.34 ‰	138,445 people	0.00%	Projection
52	Tajikistan	23.84 ‰	10,978,598 people	0.13%	Projection
53	French Guiana	23.71 ‰	318,872 people	0.00%	Projection
54	Uzbekistan	23.71 ‰	37,724,223 people	0.45%	Projection
55	Nauru	23.64 ‰	12,101 people	0.00%	Projection
56	Syrian Arab Republic	23.61 ‰	26,472,497 people	0.32%	Projection
57	Papua New Guinea	23.52 ‰	10,947,848 people	0.13%	Projection
58	Botswana	23.39 ‰	2,603,388 people	0.03%	Projection
59	Lesotho	23.15 ‰	2,389,336 people	0.03%	Projection
60	Eswatini	22.89 ‰	1,269,859 people	0.02%	Projection
61	Tonga	22.65 ‰	103,291 people	0.00%	Projection
62	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	21.97 ‰	114,182 people	0.00%	Projection
63	Timor-Leste	21.42 ‰	1,436,923 people	0.02%	Projection
64	Haiti	21.33 ‰	12,037,506 people	0.15%	Projection
65	Honduras	20.94 ‰	11,184,760 people	0.13%	Projection
66	Tokelau	20.55 ‰	2,691 people	0.00%	Projection
67	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	20.51 ‰	12,749,291 people	0.15%	Projection
68	Tuvalu	20.49 ‰	9,362 people	0.00%	Projection
69	Egypt	20.48 ‰	120,101,175 people	1.45%	Projection
70	Djibouti	20.42 ‰	1,199,459 people	0.01%	Projection
71	Kyrgyzstan	20.09 ‰	7,400,464 people	0.09%	Projection
72	Lao People's Democratic Republic	20.08 ‰	7,974,018 people	0.10%	Projection
73	Guatemala	20.06 ‰	18,967,978 people	0.23%	Projection
74	Cambodia	19.53 ‰	18,051,219 people	0.22%	Projection
75	Marshall Islands	19.46 ‰	35,075 people	0.00%	Projection
76	Jordan	19.23 ‰	11,589,532 people	0.14%	Projection
77	Turkmenistan	19.22 ‰	7,736,632 people	0.09%	Projection
78	Guyana	19.17 ‰	840,890 people	0.01%	Projection
79	Bangladesh	19.17 ‰	177,818,044 people	2.14%	Projection
80	Paraguay	18.98 ‰	7,095,279 people	0.09%	Projection
81	Kazakhstan	18.51 ‰	21,083,626 people	0.25%	Projection
82	Nicaragua	18.49 ‰	7,097,329 people	0.09%	Projection
83	Nepal	18.29 ‰	29,629,410 people	0.36%	Projection
84	South Africa	17.84 ‰	65,453,084 people	0.79%	Projection
85	Israel	17.82 ‰	9,647,689 people	0.12%	Projection
86	Fiji	17.43 ‰	937,282 people	0.01%	Projection
87	Belize	17.43 ‰	428,644 people	0.01%	Projection
88	Algeria	17.33 ‰	48,028,334 people	0.58%	Projection
89	Dominican Republic	16.96 ‰	11,609,500 people	0.14%	Projection
90	Mongolia	16.89 ‰	3,556,798 people	0.04%	Projection
91	Suriname	16.76 ‰	645,256 people	0.01%	Projection
92	Guam	16.75 ‰	170,185 people	0.00%	Projection
93	Saudi Arabia	16.15 ‰	35,165,787 people	0.42%	Projection
94	Oman	16.02 ‰	5,671,458 people	0.07%	Projection
95	Myanmar	15.97 ‰	55,184,819 people	0.66%	Projection
96	Morocco	15.84 ‰	38,762,441 people	0.47%	Projection
97	Libya	15.78 ‰	7,539,852 people	0.09%	Projection
98	Philippines	15.75 ‰	117,724,472 people	1.42%	Projection
99	Lebanon	15.71 ‰	5,897,467 people	0.07%	Projection
100	India	15.57 ‰	1,476,625,576 people	17.79%	Projection
101	Panama	15.47 ‰	4,625,718 people	0.06%	Projection
102	Indonesia	15.35 ‰	287,886,782 people	3.47%	Projection
103	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	15.35 ‰	28,633,711 people	0.34%	Projection
104	Peru	15.26 ‰	34,922,148 people	0.42%	Projection
105	El Salvador	15.17 ‰	6,391,254 people	0.08%	Projection
106	Mexico	14.96 ‰	132,997,658 people	1.60%	Projection
107	Niue	14.91 ‰	1,822 people	0.00%	Projection
108	Western Sahara	14.75 ‰	610,813 people	0.01%	Projection
109	American Samoa	14.50 ‰	45,318 people	0.00%	Projection
110	Ecuador	14.48 ‰	18,444,506 people	0.22%	Projection
111	New Caledonia	13.55 ‰	297,892 people	0.00%	Projection
112	Sri Lanka	13.55 ‰	23,348,315 people	0.28%	Projection
113	Seychelles	13.24 ‰	134,959 people	0.00%	Projection
114	Greenland	12.84 ‰	55,629 people	0.00%	Projection
115	Faroe Islands	12.84 ‰	56,526 people	0.00%	Projection
116	Viet Nam	12.80 ‰	102,177,431 people	1.23%	Projection
117	Réunion	12.78 ‰	886,298 people	0.01%	Projection
118	Brunei Darussalam	12.72 ‰	469,775 people	0.01%	Projection
119	Colombia	12.70 ‰	53,936,226 people	0.65%	Projection
120	Tunisia	12.64 ‰	12,415,138 people	0.15%	Projection
121	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	12.33 ‰	26,633,691 people	0.32%	Projection
122	Gibraltar	12.28 ‰	40,867 people	0.00%	Projection
123	Bhutan	12.20 ‰	802,214 people	0.01%	Projection
124	Malaysia	12.10 ‰	36,385,115 people	0.44%	Projection
125	Saint Martin (French part)	11.99 ‰	23,898 people	0.00%	Projection
126	Cabo Verde	11.95 ‰	529,630 people	0.01%	Projection
127	Türkiye	11.89 ‰	87,926,082 people	1.06%	Projection
128	Bahrain	11.86 ‰	1,675,572 people	0.02%	Projection
129	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	11.83 ‰	93,168,497 people	1.12%	Projection
130	Brazil	11.67 ‰	213,562,666 people	2.57%	Projection
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.66 ‰	99,244 people	0.00%	Projection
132	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	11.55 ‰	1,666,992 people	0.02%	Projection
133	Armenia	11.50 ‰	2,930,915 people	0.04%	Projection
134	Azerbaijan	11.44 ‰	10,454,855 people	0.13%	Projection
135	Antigua and Barbuda	11.41 ‰	94,626 people	0.00%	Projection
136	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.23 ‰	46,992 people	0.00%	Projection
137	Australia	11.14 ‰	27,227,096 people	0.33%	Projection
138	Argentina	11.09 ‰	46,003,734 people	0.55%	Projection
139	Jamaica	11.05 ‰	2,833,404 people	0.03%	Projection
140	Grenada	11.04 ‰	117,362 people	0.00%	Projection
141	Barbados	10.99 ‰	282,724 people	0.00%	Projection
142	New Zealand	10.97 ‰	5,287,479 people	0.06%	Projection
143	Cayman Islands	10.92 ‰	77,196 people	0.00%	Projection
144	Northern Mariana Islands	10.92 ‰	42,914 people	0.00%	Projection
145	United States Virgin Islands	10.89 ‰	83,400 people	0.00%	Projection
146	Georgia	10.87 ‰	3,804,642 people	0.05%	Projection
147	Saint Lucia	10.85 ‰	180,488 people	0.00%	Projection
148	Iceland	10.80 ‰	402,329 people	0.00%	Projection
149	Montenegro	10.69 ‰	626,233 people	0.01%	Projection
150	Dominica	10.68 ‰	65,511 people	0.00%	Projection
151	Bahamas	10.55 ‰	404,628 people	0.00%	Projection
152	United States of America	10.52 ‰	349,035,494 people	4.20%	Projection
153	Palau	10.46 ‰	17,614 people	0.00%	Projection
154	Cook Islands	10.40 ‰	12,826 people	0.00%	Projection
155	Guadeloupe	10.35 ‰	372,453 people	0.00%	Projection
156	United Arab Emirates	10.31 ‰	11,574,682 people	0.14%	Projection
157	French Polynesia	10.30 ‰	283,076 people	0.00%	Projection
158	Turks and Caicos Islands	10.15 ‰	47,148 people	0.00%	Projection
159	Republic of Moldova	10.12 ‰	2,961,253 people	0.04%	Projection
160	Luxembourg	10.10 ‰	687,448 people	0.01%	Projection
161	Trinidad and Tobago	10.08 ‰	1,513,268 people	0.02%	Projection
162	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	9.96 ‰	3,465 people	0.00%	Projection
163	Cyprus	9.90 ‰	1,382,334 people	0.02%	Projection
164	Denmark	9.90 ‰	6,023,520 people	0.07%	Projection
165	Maldives	9.83 ‰	531,517 people	0.01%	Projection
166	Ireland	9.82 ‰	5,356,950 people	0.06%	Projection
167	Uruguay	9.72 ‰	3,382,537 people	0.04%	Projection
168	Qatar	9.72 ‰	3,173,559 people	0.04%	Projection
169	Costa Rica	9.70 ‰	5,174,789 people	0.06%	Projection
170	Monaco	9.70 ‰	38,087 people	0.00%	Projection
171	United Kingdom	9.70 ‰	69,931,528 people	0.84%	Projection
172	Kuwait	9.69 ‰	5,102,773 people	0.06%	Projection
173	Albania	9.67 ‰	2,751,025 people	0.03%	Projection
174	Martinique	9.62 ‰	337,711 people	0.00%	Projection
175	Netherlands	9.54 ‰	18,448,775 people	0.22%	Projection
176	France	9.50 ‰	66,746,401 people	0.80%	Projection
177	Aruba	9.48 ‰	108,164 people	0.00%	Projection
178	Norway	9.39 ‰	5,652,989 people	0.07%	Projection
179	Romania	9.37 ‰	18,800,605 people	0.23%	Projection
180	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	9.36 ‰	31,913 people	0.00%	Projection
181	Anguilla	9.26 ‰	14,817 people	0.00%	Projection
182	Liechtenstein	9.16 ‰	40,368 people	0.00%	Projection
183	Sweden	9.00 ‰	10,701,046 people	0.13%	Projection
184	Switzerland	8.95 ‰	9,007,798 people	0.11%	Projection
185	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	8.95 ‰	44,447 people	0.00%	Projection
186	Canada	8.93 ‰	40,467,728 people	0.49%	Projection
187	Bulgaria	8.90 ‰	6,667,660 people	0.08%	Projection
188	Mauritius	8.90 ‰	1,265,059 people	0.02%	Projection
189	North Macedonia	8.88 ‰	1,804,062 people	0.02%	Projection
190	Slovakia	8.79 ‰	5,451,342 people	0.07%	Projection
191	Hungary	8.66 ‰	9,585,818 people	0.12%	Projection
192	Serbia	8.61 ‰	6,641,964 people	0.08%	Projection
193	Wallis and Futuna Islands	8.59 ‰	11,113 people	0.00%	Projection
194	Belgium	8.57 ‰	11,774,642 people	0.14%	Projection
195	Singapore	8.56 ‰	5,905,748 people	0.07%	Projection
196	Chile	8.48 ‰	19,945,850 people	0.24%	Projection
197	Cuba	8.48 ‰	10,892,659 people	0.13%	Projection
198	Russian Federation	8.46 ‰	143,394,458 people	1.73%	Projection
199	Montserrat	8.41 ‰	4,328 people	0.00%	Projection
200	Germany	8.25 ‰	83,644,258 people	1.01%	Projection
201	Portugal	8.20 ‰	10,395,362 people	0.13%	Projection
202	Austria	8.18 ‰	9,107,266 people	0.11%	Projection
203	Isle of Man	8.11 ‰	84,054 people	0.00%	Projection
204	Guernsey	8.11 ‰	64,610 people	0.00%	Projection
205	Jersey	8.11 ‰	104,106 people	0.00%	Projection
206	British Virgin Islands	8.05 ‰	39,936 people	0.00%	Projection
207	Croatia	8.01 ‰	3,822,345 people	0.05%	Projection
208	Slovenia	7.99 ‰	2,114,574 people	0.03%	Projection
209	Thailand	7.91 ‰	71,559,614 people	0.86%	Projection
210	Czechia	7.90 ‰	10,527,780 people	0.13%	Projection
211	Finland	7.80 ‰	5,621,739 people	0.07%	Projection
212	Bermuda	7.75 ‰	64,459 people	0.00%	Projection
213	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7.72 ‰	3,114,242 people	0.04%	Projection
214	Malta	7.69 ‰	549,011 people	0.01%	Projection
215	Lithuania	7.67 ‰	2,797,338 people	0.03%	Projection
216	Estonia	7.63 ‰	1,331,062 people	0.02%	Projection
217	Curaçao	7.55 ‰	185,440 people	0.00%	Projection
218	Poland	7.49 ‰	37,843,188 people	0.46%	Projection
219	Latvia	7.26 ‰	1,835,935 people	0.02%	Projection
220	Saint Helena	7.14 ‰	5,148 people	0.00%	Projection
221	Andorra	6.86 ‰	83,753 people	0.00%	Projection
222	Belarus	6.86 ‰	8,937,018 people	0.11%	Projection
223	Spain	6.84 ‰	47,850,793 people	0.58%	Projection
224	Greece	6.81 ‰	9,897,116 people	0.12%	Projection
225	Italy	6.44 ‰	58,926,166 people	0.71%	Projection
226	China, Macao SAR	6.14 ‰	723,188 people	0.01%	Projection
227	Ukraine	6.12 ‰	39,535,848 people	0.48%	Projection
228	China View China data	6.11 ‰	1,412,914,089 people	17.02%	Projection
229	Japan	6.09 ‰	122,427,731 people	1.47%	Projection
230	Puerto Rico	5.93 ‰	3,222,688 people	0.04%	Projection
231	San Marino	5.81 ‰	33,605 people	0.00%	Projection
232	Saint Barthélemy	5.34 ‰	11,550 people	0.00%	Projection
233	China, Taiwan Province of China	5.33 ‰	23,011,292 people	0.28%	Projection
234	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	5.27 ‰	5,513 people	0.00%	Projection
235	China, Hong Kong SAR	5.17 ‰	7,378,602 people	0.09%	Projection
236	Republic of Korea	4.84 ‰	51,600,388 people	0.62%	Projection
237	Holy See	4.45 ‰	506 people	0.00%	Projection

Estimates cover 1950–2023; 2024 and later are UN medium-variant projections. Rankings use the latest available value for the selected year. The world total is the sum of all countries and areas in the dataset.

China's detailed profile follows this site's original China dataset. World rankings use UN WPP 2024 figures for cross-country comparability.