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 | 21,715,476 |
| 2 | The Democratic Republic of Congo | 40.5 /1,000 | 117,071,968 |
| 3 | South Sudan | 36.9 /1,000 | 12,612,798 |
| 4 | Ivory Coast | 36.0 /1,000 | 31,238,170 |
| 5 | Niger | 36.0 /1,000 | 27,965,624 |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 36.0 /1,000 | 24,611,915 |
| 7 | Mali | 36.0 /1,000 | 23,772,251 |
| 8 | Senegal | 36.0 /1,000 | 19,755,743 |
| 9 | Guinea | 36.0 /1,000 | 15,469,182 |
| 10 | Benin | 36.0 /1,000 | 14,311,241 |
| 11 | Togo | 36.0 /1,000 | 9,830,413 |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 36.0 /1,000 | 9,532,671 |
| 13 | Liberia | 36.0 /1,000 | 6,004,809 |
| 14 | Mauritania | 36.0 /1,000 | 5,486,868 |
| 15 | Gambia | 36.0 /1,000 | 2,841,178 |
| 16 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.0 /1,000 | 2,335,529 |
| 17 | Uganda | 35.5 /1,000 | 53,383,167 |
| 18 | Afghanistan | 35.5 /1,000 | 45,316,786 |
| 19 | Tanzania | 34.9 /1,000 | 73,006,252 |
| 20 | Nigeria | 34.2 /1,000 | 245,951,254 |
| 21 | Sudan | 33.4 /1,000 | 52,406,067 |
| 22 | Mozambique | 32.5 /1,000 | 36,507,570 |
| 23 | Madagascar | 32.5 /1,000 | 32,195,941 |
| 24 | Malawi | 32.5 /1,000 | 22,242,516 |
| 25 | Zambia | 32.5 /1,000 | 21,272,196 |
| 26 | Somalia | 32.5 /1,000 | 18,399,008 |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 32.5 /1,000 | 17,701,291 |
| 28 | Rwanda | 32.5 /1,000 | 15,081,372 |
| 29 | Burundi | 32.5 /1,000 | 13,700,278 |
| 30 | Mauritius | 32.5 /1,000 | 1,551,181 |
| 31 | Djibouti | 32.5 /1,000 | 1,175,572 |
| 32 | Reunion | 32.5 /1,000 | 1,054,253 |
| 33 | Comoros | 32.5 /1,000 | 1,020,370 |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 30.9 /1,000 | 139,263,318 |
| 35 | Yemen | 28.9 /1,000 | 42,636,531 |
| 36 | Eritrea | 28.1 /1,000 | 3,662,959 |
| 37 | Ghana | 27.0 /1,000 | 35,916,762 |
| 38 | Kenya | 26.8 /1,000 | 59,051,340 |
| 39 | Pakistan | 26.6 /1,000 | 262,211,363 |
| 40 | Iraq | 26.0 /1,000 | 48,172,779 |
| 41 | Papua New Guinea | 25.0 /1,000 | 9,925,312 |
| 42 | Fiji Islands | 25.0 /1,000 | 1,018,882 |
| 43 | Syria | 22.5 /1,000 | 24,482,393 |
| 44 | Egypt | 21.7 /1,000 | 120,570,844 |
| 45 | Algeria | 20.6 /1,000 | 48,331,831 |
| 46 | Jordan | 20.5 /1,000 | 12,020,806 |
| 47 | Namibia | 19.5 /1,000 | 2,666,939 |
| 48 | Botswana | 19.5 /1,000 | 2,455,466 |
| 49 | Lesotho | 19.5 /1,000 | 2,296,434 |
| 50 | Eswatini | 19.5 /1,000 | 1,237,677 |