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 | 21,753,021 |
| 2 | The Democratic Republic of Congo | 40.5 /1,000 | 117,278,251 |
| 3 | South Sudan | 36.9 /1,000 | 12,631,623 |
| 4 | Ivory Coast | 36.0 /1,000 | 31,284,605 |
| 5 | Niger | 36.0 /1,000 | 28,007,192 |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 36.0 /1,000 | 24,648,499 |
| 7 | Mali | 36.0 /1,000 | 23,807,594 |
| 8 | Senegal | 36.0 /1,000 | 19,785,105 |
| 9 | Guinea | 36.0 /1,000 | 15,492,182 |
| 10 | Benin | 36.0 /1,000 | 14,332,521 |
| 11 | Togo | 36.0 /1,000 | 9,845,024 |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 36.0 /1,000 | 9,546,847 |
| 13 | Liberia | 36.0 /1,000 | 6,013,736 |
| 14 | Mauritania | 36.0 /1,000 | 5,495,024 |
| 15 | Gambia | 36.0 /1,000 | 2,845,401 |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.0 /1,000 | 2,339,001 |
| 17 | Uganda | 35.5 /1,000 | 53,472,820 |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 35.5 /1,000 | 45,388,637 |
| 19 | Tanzania | 34.9 /1,000 | 73,122,819 |
| 20 | Nigeria | 34.2 /1,000 | 246,300,599 |
| 21 | Sudan | 33.4 /1,000 | 52,481,657 |
| 22 | Mozambique | 32.5 /1,000 | 36,557,819 |
| 23 | Madagascar | 32.5 /1,000 | 32,240,252 |
| 24 | Malawi | 32.5 /1,000 | 22,273,124 |
| 25 | Zambia | 32.5 /1,000 | 21,301,471 |
| 26 | Somalia | 32.5 /1,000 | 18,424,331 |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 32.5 /1,000 | 17,725,648 |
| 28 | Rwanda | 32.5 /1,000 | 15,102,126 |
| 29 | Burundi | 32.5 /1,000 | 13,719,133 |
| 30 | Mauritius | 32.5 /1,000 | 1,553,311 |
| 31 | Djibouti | 32.5 /1,000 | 1,177,187 |
| 32 | Reunion | 32.5 /1,000 | 1,055,704 |
| 33 | Comoros | 32.5 /1,000 | 1,021,776 |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 30.9 /1,000 | 139,451,922 |
| 35 | Yemen | 28.9 /1,000 | 42,690,047 |
| 36 | Eritrea | 28.1 /1,000 | 3,667,236 |
| 37 | Ghana | 27.0 /1,000 | 35,956,495 |
| 38 | Kenya | 26.8 /1,000 | 59,120,902 |
| 39 | Pakistan | 26.6 /1,000 | 262,497,139 |
| 40 | Iraq | 26.0 /1,000 | 48,229,793 |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 25.0 /1,000 | 9,934,876 |
| 42 | Fiji Islands | 25.0 /1,000 | 1,019,868 |
| 43 | Syria | 22.5 /1,000 | 24,505,433 |
| 44 | Egypt | 21.7 /1,000 | 120,677,019 |
| 45 | Algeria | 20.6 /1,000 | 48,374,393 |
| 46 | Jordan | 20.5 /1,000 | 12,031,789 |
| 47 | Namibia | 19.5 /1,000 | 2,668,478 |
| 48 | Botswana | 19.5 /1,000 | 2,456,887 |
| 49 | Lesotho | 19.5 /1,000 | 2,297,764 |
| 50 | Eswatini | 19.5 /1,000 | 1,238,391 |