The birth rate is the number of live births per 1,000 people in a population over a specific period of time (typically a year). It is closely intertwined with total fertility rate, which tracks the average number of children that women in a given country give birth to during their childbearing years. The birth rate varies drastically by country. The average global birth rate was 18.5 births per 1,000 people in 2019, lower than in 2007 and 2012.

Birth rate and replacement rate

Both birth rate and fertility rate are helpful in analyzing a country's replacement rate, which compares the rate of births and deaths in a country to determine whether the population is growing or shrinking overall. This metric is important because populations that increase or decrease too rapidly can put a strain on a country's systems, including its economy, infrastructure, social programs.

The global decrease in birth rate has caused some countries to worry that their current birth rate is not enough to replace the older generation, which would lead to a population decline. Problems associated with population decline include a slowed economy, which can lead to the closing of businesses from restaurants to public transportation to schools to medical facilities. To help counteract these concerns, some governments offer financial incentives to encourage citizens to have children. Low birth rates are attributed to the high costs of raising a child, people choosing to further their careers over starting a family, and older average ages for first-time mothers.

On the other hand, some countries face overpopulation and the problems associated with it, such as overcrowding, poverty, an overwhelmed health care sector, low life expectancy, and low education levels. In these circumstances, a country's government might offer incentives for people to have only one child.

Top 10 Countries with the Highest Birth Rate (per 1000 people, CIA World Factbook 2021 estimate) - Black countries

Niger - 47.28
Angola - 42.22
Mali - 41.60 (tie)
Uganda - 41.60 (tie)
Benin - 41.55
Chad - 41.05
Congo (Dem Rep of) - 40.53
South Sudan - 38.26
Somalia - 38.25
Mozambique - 38.03

Top 10 Countries with the Lowest Birth Rate (per 1000 people, CIA World Factbook 2021 estimate) - Non black countries

Monaco - 6.63
South Korea - 6.89
Andorra - 6.91
Japan - 7.00
Taiwan (limited recognition) - 7.43
Greece - 7.72
Puerto Rico - 7.90
Portugal - 8.02
Spain - 8.05
Bulgaria - 8.15

Full List:

Country; Birth Rate 2021 Population
Angola 43.7 33,933,610
Niger 43.6 25,130,817
Mali 43.2 20,855,735
Chad 43 16,914,985
Uganda 42.4 47,123,531
Zambia 41.1 18,920,651
Burundi 40.9 12,255,433
Malawi 40.7 19,647,684
Somalia 39.3 16,359,504
Liberia 37.9 5,180,203
Mozambique 37.8 32,163,047
Afghanistan 37.5 39,835,428
Guinea Bissau 37.3 2,015,494
South Sudan 36.9 11,381,378
Burkina Faso 36.9 21,497,096
Guinea 36.4 13,497,244
Sierra Leone 36 8,141,343
Ethiopia 36 117,876,227
Tanzania 35.3 61,498,437
Nigeria 35.2 211,400,708
Cameroon 35 27,224,265
Benin 34.5 12,451,040
Sudan 34.2 44,909,353
Central African Republic 34 4,919,981
Zimbabwe 34 15,092,171
Republic of the Congo 33.7 5,657,013
Timor Leste 32.9 1,343,873
Senegal 32.9 17,196,301
Togo 32.8 8,478,250
DR Congo 32.8 92,377,993
Equatorial Guinea 31.7 1,449,896
Sao Tome And Principe 31.5 223,368
Madagascar 31 28,427,328
Ghana 30.2 31,732,129
Ivory Coast 30.1 27,053,629
Iraq 30 41,179,350
Mauritania 29.9 4,775,119
Rwanda 29.8 13,276,513
Eritrea 29.1 3,601,467
Egypt 28.8 104,258,327
Yemen 27.6 30,490,640
Namibia 26.8 2,587,344
Comoros 25.3 888,451
Guatemala 24.6 18,249,860
Solomon Islands 24.5 703,996
Lesotho 24.2 2,159,079
Marshall Islands 23.8 59,610
Tuvalu 23.7 11,931
Oman 23.7 5,223,375
Jordan 23.6 10,269,021
Vanuatu 23.5 314,464
Philippines 23.4 111,046,913
Djibouti 23.3 1,002,187
Papua New Guinea 23.3 9,119,010
Nauru 23.2 10,876
Laos 23.2 7,379,358
Belize 22.9 404,914
Tajikistan 22.8 9,749,627
Haiti 22.6 11,541,685
Kenya 22.6 54,985,698
Cambodia 22.5 16,946,438
Honduras 22 10,062,991
Tonga 21.8 106,760
Botswana 21.7 2,397,241
Kyrgyzstan 21.6 6,628,356
Bolivia 21.6 11,832,940
Pakistan 21.6 225,199,937
Algeria 21.5 44,616,624
Kiribati 21 121,392
Syria 20.7 18,275,702
Samoa 20.2 200,149
South Africa 19.9 60,041,994
Cape Verde 19.7 561,898
Micronesia 19.6 116,254
Guam 19.4 170,179
Nepal 19.1 29,674,920
American Samoa 19 55,100
Turkmenistan 18.9 6,117,924
Dominican Republic 18.9 10,953,703
Kuwait 18.8 4,328,550
Malaysia 18.8 32,776,194
India 18.7 1,393,409,038
Bangladesh 18.6 166,303,498
Venezuela 18.5 28,704,954
Fiji 18.2 902,906
Mongolia 18.2 3,329,289
Mexico 18.1 130,262,216
Israel 17.9 8,789,774
Myanmar 17.7 54,806,012
Panama 17.6 4,381,579
Ecuador 17.6 17,888,475
Peru 17.6 33,359,418
Nicaragua 17.5 6,702,385
Kazakhstan 17.5 18,994,962
Morocco 17.5 37,344,795
Tunisia 17.4 11,935,766
Iran 17.4 85,028,759
Libya 17.2 6,958,532
Bhutan 17 779,898
Brunei 16.9 441,532
Paraguay 16.6 7,219,638
Uzbekistan 16.6 33,935,763
Jamaica 16.5 2,973,463
Argentina 16.5 45,605,826
Maldives 16.1 543,617
El Salvador 16.1 6,518,499
Indonesia 15.9 276,361,783
Colombia 15.8 51,265,844
Antigua And Barbuda 15.6 98,731
Suriname 15.6 591,800
Saudi Arabia 15.6 35,340,683
Guyana 15.4 790,326
Turkey 15.4 85,042,738
Costa Rica 15.3 5,139,052
Azerbaijan 15.3 10,223,342
Grenada 15.2 113,021
Vietnam 15.2 98,168,833
Turks And Caicos Islands 14.9 39,231
Northern Mariana Islands 14.9 57,917
New Caledonia 14.8 288,218
Sri Lanka 14.8 21,497,310
North Korea 14.6 25,887,041
Faroe Islands 14.5 49,049
French Polynesia 14.5 282,530
Greenland 14.3 56,877
Lebanon 14.1 6,769,146
Brazil 13.9 213,993,437
Ireland 13.8 4,982,907
Cook Islands 13.7 17,565
Iceland 13.6 343,353
Seychelles 13.4 98,908
Chile 13.4 19,212,361
Albania 13.2 2,872,933
Saint Lucia 13.1 184,400
Bahrain 13.1 1,748,296
New Zealand 13.1 4,860,643
Saint Kitts And Nevis 13 53,544
Saint Vincent And the Grenadines 13 111,263
Uruguay 13 3,485,151
Mauritius 12.8 1,273,433
Armenia 12.6 2,968,127
United States Virgin Islands 12.5 104,226
Anguilla 12.4 15,117
United States 12.4 332,915,073
Aruba 12.3 107,204
Trinidad And Tobago 12.3 1,403,375
Norway 12.2 5,465,630
Georgia 12.1 3,979,765
Sweden 12.1 10,160,169
France 12.1 65,426,179
China 12.1 1,444,216,107
Cayman Islands 12 66,497
Australia 12 25,788,215
United Kingdom 12 68,207,116
Montenegro 11.9 628,053
Barbados 11.6 287,711
Luxembourg 11.6 634,814
Palau 11.3 18,169
Bermuda 11.3 62,090
Belgium 11.3 11,632,326
Moldova 11.2 4,024,019
British Virgin Islands 11.1 30,421
Thailand 11 69,950,850
Falkland Islands 10.9 3,533
Isle of Man 10.9 85,410
Denmark 10.9 5,813,298
Netherlands 10.9 17,173,099
North Macedonia 10.8 2,082,658
Finland 10.7 5,548,360
Russia 10.7 145,912,025
Cuba 10.6 11,317,505
Montserrat 10.5 4,977
Switzerland 10.5 8,715,494
Liechtenstein 10.4 38,250
Canada 10.2 38,067,903
Ukraine 10.1 43,466,819
Malta 10 442,784
Belarus 10 9,442,862
Estonia 9.9 1,325,185
Lithuania 9.8 2,689,862
United Arab Emirates 9.8 9,991,089
Latvia 9.6 1,866,942
Slovakia 9.6 5,460,721
Qatar 9.5 2,930,528
Austria 9.5 9,043,070
Poland 9.3 37,797,005
Slovenia 9.2 2,078,724
Czech Republic 9.2 10,724,555
Spain 9 46,745,216
Serbia 8.9 8,697,550
Hungary 8.9 9,634,164
Croatia 8.8 4,081,651
Hong Kong 8.8 7,552,810
Bosnia And Herzegovina 8.7 3,263,466
Singapore 8.7 5,896,686
Romania 8.7 19,127,774
San Marino 8.6 34,017
Germany 8.6 83,900,473
Bulgaria 8.5 6,896,663
Italy 8.5 60,367,477
Macau 8.4 658,394
Greece 8.3 10,370,744
South Korea 8.3 51,305,186
Portugal 8.2 10,167,925
Taiwan 8.2 23,855,010
Japan 8 126,050,804
Andorra 7.3 77,355
Monaco 6.5 39,511

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/birth-rate-by-country

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Coolsperm:
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Give Nigeria their first position, dem no gree.

chatinent:
Give Nigeria their first position, dem no gree.

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Nigeria has the largest population in Africa. The United Nations project that the overall population of Nigeria will reach about 401.31 million by the end of the year 2050. By 2100, if current figures continue, the population of Nigeria will be over 728 million.

According to the Census Bureau of the United States, the population of Nigeria will surpass that of the United States in 2047, when the population of Nigeria will reach 379.25 million. With those numbers, Nigeria will become the third most populated country in the world.

The major contributors to Nigeria’s population growth are early marriages, high birth rates, and a lack of family planning access. The birth rate in Nigeria is about 37 births per 1,000 people.

Nigeria Population Growth

The Nigerian government has been doing its best to help curb a rapid growth in population. They have offered free contraception over the past 10 years or so and they have even started taking steps to discourage people who are looking to have large families. The government is banking on smaller families as a way to secure financial salvation in the future. They are looking toward territories like Thailand – another area with large population growth issues – as a model for their current strategy.

Until the point where some success is found in these efforts, the current projections for 2050 are over 390 million total residents.

Nigeria Population Projections

Nigeria continues to grow faster than many other countries of similar size, but the rate is predicted to slow somewhat in the coming years with the current rate of 2.62% dwindling down to 2.04% by 2050. Nigeria's population is predicted to hit 206 million by 2020, and 264 million by 2030 - crossing the 300 million threshold around 2036.

NwaNimo1:


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E dey move in different directions

One needs no high IQ to know that high birth rate is an attribute of underdevelopment.

Some nations are so poor that the major source of pleasure the citizens enjoy is sex. The major products from their factories are babies.

Shithole counties reproducing themselves


We need a higher birth rate for more innovative people.

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Amotolongbo:
One needs no high IQ to know that high birth rate is an attribute of underdevelopment.

Some nations are so poor that the major source of pleasure the citizens enjoy is sex. The major products from their factories are babies.

US and China nko?

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NwaNimo1:


US and China nko?

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You’ve seriously shown the level of your IQ!

So US and China have high birth rate as shown on the table?

Amotolongbo:
One needs no high IQ to know that high birth rate is an attribute of underdevelopment.

Some nations are so poor that the major source of pleasure the citizens enjoy is sex. The major products from their factories are babies.

Have sex is not the problem. Many people have sex and not became pregnant. The problem is the ausence of birth control. African countries don't have family planning and not offer free contraceptives. In my country the public health offer free contraceptives for women condoms and pills.
I don't understand why African countries can't. Many third world countries offer contraceptives why do African countries do not?

Samishiba:


Have sex is not the problem. Many people have sex and not became pregnant. The problem is the ausence of birth control. African countries don't have family planning and not offer free contraceptives. In my country the public health offer free contraceptives for women condoms and pills.
I don't understand why African countries can't. Many third world countries offer contraceptives why do African countries do not?

what country are you from sir/ma?

Amotolongbo:
what country are you from sir/ma?

Brazil. When Brazil don't offer free birth control the birth rate was 5,1 children for women in 1960. After the family planning the birth rate declined for 1,70 children for women. But the majority of Latin American countries have family planning. Including poor countries. The big challenge of Africa in my opinion are the barrier of religion. Religion does not allow the use of contraceptives or condemns it. That is so sad because a lot of poor africans have many children and perpetuate the cicle of the poverty.

Samishiba:


Have sex is not the problem. Many people have sex and not became pregnant. The problem is the ausence of birth control. African countries don't have family planning and not offer free contraceptives. In my country the public health offer free contraceptives for women condoms and pills.
I don't understand why African countries can't. Many third world countries offer contraceptives why do African countries do not?

There are free condoms in Nigeria lol, they just don't use them

1Sharon:
Shithole counties reproducing themselves


We need a higher birth rate for more innovative people.

White people have recessive genes and the UV rays from the sun is also sterilizing them. That is why their fertility rate is low. The Neanderthals and the Denisovans went the same way and became extinct. If you keep introducing recessive genes into your descendants, after awhile they suffer the same fate.

1Sharon:


There are free condoms in Nigeria lol, they just don't use them

The birth control rates in African countries are so low. Regardless of having access to them. Probably because religion barrer.

Several African nations stand out among the most conservative on the issue of contraceptive use, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey of people in 40 countries. Nigeria, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya and Senegal ranked among the nine countries with the most moral opposition to contraception.

In Nigeria and Ghana, roughly half or more of each population said that contraceptive use is morally unacceptable (54% and 52%, respectively). Out of the 40 countries surveyed, only Pakistan (65%) had a higher rate of opposition.[code][/code]

kmcutez:


White people have recessive genes and the UV rays from the sun is also sterilizing them. That is why their fertility rate is low. The Neanderthals and the Denisovans went the same way and became extinct. If you keep introducing recessive genes into your descendants, after awhile they suffer the same fate.

White people use birth control. The birth control rates in whites countries are high 80-85%

Samishiba:


White people use birth control. The birth control rates in whites countries are high 80-85%

You know nothing, John Snow.

kmcutez:


White people have recessive genes and the UV rays from the sun is also sterilizing them. That is why their fertility rate is low. The Neanderthals and the Denisovans went the same way and became extinct. If you keep introducing recessive genes into your descendants, after awhile they suffer the same fate.

I will keep reminding you, you are not a scientist and will never be a scientist so stop presenting yourself as a scientist. Anyway, chimpanzees have more chromosomes that humans, are we then to elevate chimpanzees to the status of gods in human societies on account of chromosome count??