Highest Birth Rate Countries 2026
Where the most babies are born per 1,000 people each year.
| # | Country | Countries | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad | 42.8 /1,000 | 21,677,977 |
| 2 | The Democratic Republic of Congo | 40.5 /1,000 | 116,865,930 |
| 3 | South Sudan | 36.9 /1,000 | 12,593,999 |
| 4 | Ivory Coast | 36.0 /1,000 | 31,191,773 |
| 5 | Niger | 36.0 /1,000 | 27,924,088 |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 36.0 /1,000 | 24,575,367 |
| 7 | Mali | 36.0 /1,000 | 23,736,950 |
| 8 | Senegal | 36.0 /1,000 | 19,726,400 |
| 9 | Guinea | 36.0 /1,000 | 15,446,212 |
| 10 | Benin | 36.0 /1,000 | 14,289,989 |
| 11 | Togo | 36.0 /1,000 | 9,815,813 |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 36.0 /1,000 | 9,518,515 |
| 13 | Liberia | 36.0 /1,000 | 5,995,894 |
| 14 | Mauritania | 36.0 /1,000 | 5,478,719 |
| 15 | Gambia | 36.0 /1,000 | 2,836,959 |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.0 /1,000 | 2,332,066 |
| 17 | Uganda | 35.5 /1,000 | 53,293,621 |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 35.5 /1,000 | 45,245,002 |
| 19 | Tanzania | 34.9 /1,000 | 72,889,805 |
| 20 | Nigeria | 34.2 /1,000 | 245,602,214 |
| 21 | Sudan | 33.4 /1,000 | 52,330,544 |
| 22 | Mozambique | 32.5 /1,000 | 36,457,367 |
| 23 | Madagascar | 32.5 /1,000 | 32,151,661 |
| 24 | Malawi | 32.5 /1,000 | 22,211,923 |
| 25 | Zambia | 32.5 /1,000 | 21,242,938 |
| 26 | Somalia | 32.5 /1,000 | 18,373,712 |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 32.5 /1,000 | 17,676,947 |
| 28 | Rwanda | 32.5 /1,000 | 15,060,626 |
| 29 | Burundi | 32.5 /1,000 | 13,681,436 |
| 30 | Mauritius | 32.5 /1,000 | 1,549,042 |
| 31 | Djibouti | 32.5 /1,000 | 1,173,959 |
| 32 | Reunion | 32.5 /1,000 | 1,052,801 |
| 33 | Comoros | 32.5 /1,000 | 1,018,971 |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 30.9 /1,000 | 139,074,868 |
| 35 | Yemen | 28.9 /1,000 | 42,583,052 |
| 36 | Eritrea | 28.1 /1,000 | 3,658,687 |
| 37 | Ghana | 27.0 /1,000 | 35,877,040 |
| 38 | Kenya | 26.8 /1,000 | 58,981,823 |
| 39 | Pakistan | 26.6 /1,000 | 261,925,736 |
| 40 | Iraq | 26.0 /1,000 | 48,115,801 |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 25.0 /1,000 | 9,915,761 |
| 42 | Fiji Islands | 25.0 /1,000 | 1,017,905 |
| 43 | Syria | 22.5 /1,000 | 24,459,359 |
| 44 | Egypt | 21.7 /1,000 | 120,464,705 |
| 45 | Algeria | 20.6 /1,000 | 48,289,281 |
| 46 | Jordan | 20.5 /1,000 | 12,009,829 |
| 47 | Namibia | 19.5 /1,000 | 2,665,398 |
| 48 | Botswana | 19.5 /1,000 | 2,454,052 |
| 49 | Lesotho | 19.5 /1,000 | 2,295,104 |
| 50 | Eswatini | 19.5 /1,000 | 1,236,964 |