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Birth rate in Africa

54 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: per 1,000 people. World ranking →

First in the ranking

46.2 ‰

Central African Republic

Median country

30.1 ‰

half above, half below

World

16.3 ‰

World Bank aggregate

Range

10.3 to 46.2

Mauritius - Central African Republic

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Central African Republic (46.2 ‰) and the lowest in Mauritius (10.3 ‰).

The median country is at 30.1 ‰: half are above, half below.

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices… · via World Bank WDI (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN) · licence

Birth rate over time

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Ranking of countries

2024

In chart
Central African Republic in chart	1	Central African Republic	46.2
Chad in chart	2	Chad	43.3
Somalia in chart	3	Somalia	42.3
Niger in chart	4	Niger	41.4
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	5	Democratic Republic of the Congo	40.9
Mali in chart	6	Mali	39.5
Angola in chart	7	Angola	37.2
Mozambique in chart	8	Mozambique	37.0
Tanzania in chart	9	Tanzania	34.8
Uganda in chart	10	Uganda	34.4
Mauritania in chart	11	Mauritania	34.0
Benin in chart	12	Benin	33.4
Cameroon in chart	13	Cameroon	33.3
Guinea in chart	14	Guinea	33.3
Burundi in chart	15	Burundi	33.2
Sudan in chart	16	Sudan	33.0
Zambia in chart	17	Zambia	32.7
Nigeria in chart	18	Nigeria	32.5
Togo in chart	19	Togo	32.1
Madagascar in chart	20	Madagascar	31.7
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	21	Côte d'Ivoire	31.6
Ethiopia in chart	22	Ethiopia	31.5
Burkina Faso in chart	23	Burkina Faso	31.3
Malawi in chart	24	Malawi	31.1
Liberia in chart	25	Liberia	30.6
Republic of the Congo in chart	26	Republic of the Congo	30.4
Sierra Leone in chart	27	Sierra Leone	30.1
Equatorial Guinea in chart	28	Equatorial Guinea	30.0
Zimbabwe in chart	29	Zimbabwe	29.9
The Gambia in chart	30	The Gambia	29.9
Guinea-Bissau in chart	31	Guinea-Bissau	29.6
South Sudan in chart	32	South Sudan	29.2
Senegal in chart	33	Senegal	29.2
Eritrea in chart	34	Eritrea	28.7
Comoros in chart	35	Comoros	28.2
São Tomé and Principe in chart	36	São Tomé and Principe	28.1
Rwanda in chart	37	Rwanda	28.1
Gabon in chart	38	Gabon	27.1
Kenya in chart	39	Kenya	27.0
Ghana in chart	40	Ghana	25.9
Namibia in chart	41	Namibia	25.9
Botswana in chart	42	Botswana	24.4
Lesotho in chart	43	Lesotho	23.8
Eswatini in chart	44	Eswatini	23.6
Djibouti in chart	45	Djibouti	20.9
Egypt in chart	46	Egypt	20.9
Algeria in chart	47	Algeria	18.8
South Africa in chart	48	South Africa	18.5
Libya in chart	49	Libya	16.5
Morocco in chart	50	Morocco	16.4
Tunisia in chart	51	Tunisia	13.4
Cabo Verde in chart	52	Cabo Verde	12.2
Seychelles in chart	53	Seychelles	11.0
Mauritius in chart	54	Mauritius	10.3

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