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Highest birth rates

The Central African Republic has the highest birth rate in the latest World Bank data, 46.2 births per 1,000 people in 2024, ahead of Chad at 43.3.

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  • Central African Republic ranks #1 with 46.2, ahead of Chad (43.3) and Somalia, Fed. Rep. (42.3).

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This ranking lists the countries with the highest crude birth rate, the number of live births in a year for every 1,000 people in the population. The Central African Republic leads at 46.2 in 2024, followed by Chad at 43.3, Somalia at 42.3, Niger at 41.4 and DR Congo at 40.9. Mali, Angola and Mozambique fill out the top eight, with Afghanistan the only country outside Africa in the top nine.

The crude birth rate counts all people, not only women of childbearing age, so it also reflects how young a country's population is. The data comes from the World Bank and covers countries with more than 1 million people. Each country's most recent value from the last ten years is shown, so years can differ between countries. The 15 highest values run from 46.2 down to 33.3 for Cameroon.

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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN), crude birth rate per 1,000 people; countries over 1 million people. Retrieved November 4, 2026. Each country's most recent value from the last ten years.

Highest birth rates, Births per 1,000 people, Latest
Date🇨🇫 Central African Republic🇹🇩 Chad🇸🇴 Somalia, Fed. Rep.🇳🇪 Niger🇨🇩 DR Congo🇲🇱 Mali🇦🇴 Angola🇲🇿 Mozambique🇦🇫 Afghanistan🇹🇿 Tanzania🇺🇬 Uganda🇾🇪 Yemen🇲🇷 Mauritania🇧🇯 Benin🇨🇲 Cameroon
Latest46.243.342.341.440.939.537.237.035.034.834.434.434.033.433.3

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Which country has the highest birth rate?

The Central African Republic has the highest birth rate in the latest data, at 46.2 births per 1,000 people in 2024. Chad is second at 43.3 and Somalia third at 42.3.

What does crude birth rate mean?

The crude birth rate is the number of live births in a year per 1,000 people in the total population. It does not adjust for age structure, so a country with many young adults can show a high rate even if women have fewer children than in the past.

Which countries outside Africa have the highest birth rates?

Afghanistan and Yemen are the two non-African countries in this top 15. Afghanistan sits ninth at 35.0 and Yemen is joint eleventh at 34.4, both measured in 2024.

Where does this data come from?

World Bank, World Development Indicators (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN), crude birth rate per 1,000 people; countries over 1 million people. Retrieved November 4, 2026. Each country's most recent value from the last ten years. You can download the full table as a CSV from this page.

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