List of countries by birth rate explained

This article includes two versions of the list of countries by crude birth rate.

Methodology

Crude birth rate refers to the number of births over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period.

It is expressed as number of births per 1,000 population.

The article lists 233 countries and territories in crude birth rate.

The first list is provided by Population Reference Bureau.^[1]

The second list is based on CIA World Factbook estimates for the year 2023.^[2]

Dependent territories and not fully recognized states might not be ranked.

List

Country/territory	PRB 2022	CIA WF 2023
	36	34.79
	10	12.48
	22	17.84
	6	6.87
	39	41.42
	12	15.01
	14	15.38
	12	10.80
	12	12.23
	10	9.39
	13	13.20
	11	14.49
	12	12.30
	18	17.50
	8	10.73
	9	8.87
	10	10.86
	17	20.93
	36	40.72
	14	15.61
	22	18.08
	7	8.31
	24	19.95
	11	10.67
	14	15.98
	9	7.97
	35	32.71
	35	34.87
	22	18.75
	35	35.13
	10	10.11
	15	18.19
	43	32.37
	43	39.85
	11	12.57
	7	9.7
	15	15.06
	29	22.06
	42	39.64
	31	31.55
	11	14.03
	34	27.92
	9	8.60
	9	9.99
	10	10.37
	11	8.43
	11	11.25
	22	22.03
	13	13.64
	18	17.80
	17	16.19
	21	20.48
	16	17.49
	30	29.46
	29	26.72
	9	8.48
	24	22.83
	32	29.97
	19	16.25
	9	10.33
	11	11.56
	27	25.89
	33	28.03
	12	10.79
	10	9.02
	28	28.04
	8	7.52
	16	13.61
	21	21.88
	34	35.47
	31	36.25
	20	16.74
	23	20.81
	21	17.64
	9	8.58
	13	12.80
	20	16.53
	16	15.05
	14	14.79
	27	24.22
	12	12.08
	20	17.30
	7	7.00
	12	15.77
	7	6.90
	18	22.37
	23	14.92
	28	26.01
	27	19.92
	13	14.06
	5	6.95
	12	17.65
	24	19.08
	21	20.35
	9	8.50
	15	12.86
	26	23.01
	31	36.26
	17	20.88
	9	10.30
	9	9.09
	10	11.59
	35	28.14
	33	27.29
	14	14.39
	13	15.33
	42	40.54
	9	9.59
	19	21.61
	39	27.61
	10	9.82
	15	13.95
		18.12
	11	9.94
	25	6.61
	22	15.37
	11	11.04
	17	17.10
	37	36.94
	17	16.04
	27	24.68
	28	20.71
	20	17.26
	10	10.98
	11	12.69
	19	16.30
	45	46.86
	37	34.00
		10.33
	10	11.89
	19	21.62
	28	26.01
	15	11.57
	29
	15	17.71
	26	28.54
	21	16.15
	17	16.96
	22	22.17
	9	8.31
	8	7.99
	10	9.27
	9	8.63
	10	9.22
	30	25.70
		12.06
	12	11.73
		12.09
	29	19.03
	6	8.88
	28	27.43
	17	13.90
	32	30.84
	9	8.87
	17	12.10
	33	31.49
	9	8.94
	10	8.78
	9	8.12
	30	22.34
	44	37.71
	20	18.24
	29	37.07
	7	7.12
	13	13.61
	34	33.32
	17	15.17
	11	10.76
	10	10.30
	20	22.19
	7	7.33
	27	20.28
	36	32.90
	10	10.04
	25	30.36
	32	31.39
	23	20.02
	11	10.62
	16	14.05
	13	14.04
	22	17.16
	25	22.34
	37	40.27
	7	8.79
	10	10.76
	10	10.80
	11	12.21
	10	12.65
	26	15.18
	29	21.19
	16	16.99
	15	15.29
Western Sahara (Sahrawi)	17
	30	24.05
	34	34.48
	31	32.77
Anguilla (UK)		11.90
Aruba (Netherlands)		11.69
Bermuda (UK)		10.97
		10.90
Cayman Islands (UK)		11.62
(Channel Islands, UK)		9.73
(Channel Islands, UK)		12.31
Cook Islands (New Zealand)		12.34
(Netherlands)		13.07
Faroe Islands (Denmark)		14.94
Gibraltar (UK)		13.84
Greenland (Denmark)		13.66
Guadeloupe (France)	11
Guam (USA)	17	18.33
French Guiana	27
Hong Kong (China)		7.85
(UK)		10.49
	15	14.57
(China)		8.82
Martinique (France)	10
Mayotte (France)	34
Montserrat (UK)		10.66
New Caledonia (France)	14	13.96
Northern Mariana Islands (USA)		15.60
	13	13.22
Puerto Rico (USA)	6	7.84
Reunion (France)	16
(France)		9.30
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)		9.33
(France)		13.95
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)		6.54
		16.18
(Netherlands)		12.41
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)		13.24
		11.35
Wallis and Futuna (France)		12.05
		27.20
		18.10