The 10 countries with the highest birth rates — and the 10 with the lowest

Somalia had the 3rd-highest birth rate in the world in 2024. MDart10/Shutterstock The World Bank Group collected data on birth rates for every country. Countries in Africa saw the highest birth rates, while European and Asian countries saw the lowest. The US ranked 135th worldwide in births per 1,000 people. Roughly 60 years after the post-WWII baby boom ended, the global birth rate is less than half what it was in the 1960s, the World Bank Group reported. But not every country reports simi...