List of countries by birth rate

With 24 mn birth per year, India has the highest number of birth per year in the world due to large populations and significant fertility rates. India is ahead by a margin from China (16 mn births per year) due to the low fertility rate of China. China and India together account for about 29% of total births in the world. More than one million people are born per year in 27 countries and 10,000 born per day in eight countries. United States Virgin Islands have the lowest number of 1,166 births per year.

With 44.81 yearly births per 1000 people, Niger has the highest birth rate, followed by Somalia, Chad, and Mali, having figures above 40 births. The 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 usually expressed in units of births per 1,000 individuals per year.

Thirty-seven countries/territories have a birth rate over 30, of which the first 32 and a total of 35 belong to Africa. Afghanistan and Solomon Islands are the remaining two.

Puerto Rico (6.54) has the lowest birth rates worldwide, followed by South Korea (6.88). Out of 201 countries/territories projected by the UN, birth rates of 30 countries have below 10.