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Countries with the Lowest Birth Rates (2024)

Countries with the fewest births relative to population size, typically those with ageing populations.

Criteria
Crude birth rate: live births per 1,000 people per year (World Bank), lowest first.
Reference year
2024
Source
World Bank WDI
Countries with the Lowest Birth Rates, Births per 1,000
#CountryBirths per 1,000
1San Marino4.2
2South Korea4.7
3Hong Kong4.9
4Macao5.3
5Ukraine5.5
6Japan5.7
7Puerto Rico5.7
8Italy6.3
9Spain6.5
10Greece6.6
11Lithuania6.6
12China6.8
13Andorra6.9
14Latvia6.9
15Poland6.9
16Belarus7.0
17Estonia7.1
18Curacao7.2
19Singapore7.4
20Romania7.5
21Aruba7.6
22Czechia7.7
23Malta7.7
24Bosnia and Herzegovina7.7
25Finland7.8
26Portugal7.9
27Slovenia7.9
28Bermuda7.9
29Germany8.1
30Thailand8.1
31Hungary8.2
32British Virgin Islands8.2
33Isle of Man8.3
34Bulgaria8.3
35Croatia8.3
36Austria8.4
37Liechtenstein8.4
38Russia8.4
39Slovakia8.5
40Cuba8.6
41Switzerland8.7
42Chile8.7
43North Macedonia8.8
44Canada8.9
45Sint Maarten9.1
46Belgium9.2
47Serbia9.2
48The Netherlands9.2
49Sweden9.3
50Denmark9.5
51Luxembourg9.5
52Qatar9.5
53Monaco9.6
54France9.7
55Norway9.7
56Uruguay9.8
57United Arab Emirates9.8
58United Kingdom9.9
59Costa Rica10.0
60Azerbaijan10.0
61Ireland10.0
62Kuwait10.0
63Sri Lanka10.1
64Albania10.1
65Mauritius10.3
66Cyprus10.5
67Turks and Caicos Islands10.5
68Trinidad and Tobago10.5
69Maldives10.6
70Moldova10.6
71United States10.6
72Palau10.7
73French Polynesia10.7
74Australia10.7
75Faroe Islands10.8
76Bahamas10.8
77Dominica11.0
78Seychelles11.0
79Turkey11.0
80New Zealand11.0
81Argentina11.1
82Armenia11.1
83U.S. Virgin Islands11.1
84Barbados11.1
85Iceland11.2
86Montenegro11.2
87Saint Lucia11.2
88Georgia11.3
89Jamaica11.5
90Grenada11.5
91Cayman Islands11.6
92Saint Kitts and Nevis11.7
93Antigua and Barbuda11.7
94Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12.0
95Greenland12.0
96Bahrain12.0
97Northern Mariana Islands12.1
98Brazil12.1
99Gibraltar12.2
100Cabo Verde12.2
101Malaysia12.4
102Bhutan12.5
103Iran12.6
104North Korea12.9
105Colombia13.3
106Brunei13.3
107Tunisia13.4
108Vietnam13.4
109New Caledonia14.0
110Ecuador14.8
111American Samoa15.0
112Saint Martin15.0
113Venezuela15.2
114Mexico15.5
115El Salvador15.6
116Peru15.8
117Indonesia15.8
118Panama15.9
119Philippines15.9
120Lebanon16.0
121India16.0
122Morocco16.4
123Myanmar16.5
124Libya16.5
125Saudi Arabia16.5
126Oman16.8
127Mongolia16.9
128Suriname17.2
129Guam17.3
130Dominican Republic17.6
131Fiji17.9
132Belize18.1
133South Africa18.5
134Israel18.6
135Algeria18.8
136Nepal19.0
137Nicaragua19.1
138Kyrgyzstan19.4
139Kazakhstan19.5
140Paraguay19.7
141Guyana19.9
142Bangladesh20.0
143Marshall Islands20.1
144Cambodia20.3
145Jordan20.5
146Guatemala20.6
147Turkmenistan20.9
148Egypt20.9
149Djibouti20.9
150Laos20.9
151Bolivia21.0
152Honduras21.6
153Timor Leste21.8
154Haiti21.9
155Tuvalu22.0
156Micronesia22.3
157Tonga23.0
158Syria23.2
159Eswatini23.6
160Lesotho23.8
161Papua New Guinea24.3
162Botswana24.4
163Nauru24.6
164Samoa25.0
165Kiribati25.3
166Tajikistan25.3
167Uzbekistan25.6
168Iraq25.6
169Namibia25.9
170Ghana25.9
171Palestinian Territory26.5
172Solomon Islands26.7
173Kenya27.0
174Gabon27.1
175Pakistan27.4
176Vanuatu27.7
177Rwanda28.1
178Sao Tome and Principe28.1
179Comoros28.2
180Eritrea28.7
181Senegal29.2
182South Sudan29.2
183Guinea-Bissau29.6
184Gambia29.9
185Zimbabwe29.9
186Equatorial Guinea30.0
187Sierra Leone30.1
188Republic of the Congo30.4
189Liberia30.6
190Malawi31.1
191Burkina Faso31.3
192Ethiopia31.5
193Ivory Coast31.6
194Madagascar31.7
195Togo32.1
196Nigeria32.5
197Zambia32.7
198Sudan33.0
199Burundi33.2
200Guinea33.3
201Cameroon33.3
202Benin33.4
203Mauritania34.0
204Yemen34.4
205Uganda34.4
206Tanzania34.8
207Afghanistan35.0
208Mozambique37.0
209Angola37.2
210Mali39.5
211Democratic Republic of the Congo40.9
212Niger41.4
213Somalia42.3
214Chad43.3
215Central African Republic46.2

Countries without a reported value are left out rather than estimated. Download the full dataset (CSV) or read the methodology.

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