| Rank | Country | Birth rate (births/1,000 population) |
| 1 | Niger | 50.54 |  |
| 2 | Uganda | 47.49 |  |
| 3 | Mali | 45.62 |  |
| 4 | Zambia | 44.08 |  |
| 5 | Burkina Faso | 43.59 |  |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 42.99 |  |
| 7 | Angola | 42.91 |  |
| 8 | Somalia | 42.71 |  |
| 9 | Burundi | 41.01 |  |
| 10 | Malawi | 40.85 |  |
| 11 | Congo, Republic of the | 40.55 |  |
| 12 | Mozambique | 39.62 |  |
| 13 | Chad | 39.4 |  |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 38.46 |  |
| 15 | Benin | 38.11 |  |
| 16 | Sao Tome and Principe | 38.03 |  |
| 17 | Afghanistan | 37.83 |  |
| 18 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 37.74 |  |
| 19 | Madagascar | 37.51 |  |
| 20 | Liberia | 37.25 |  |
| 21 | Guinea | 36.9 |  |
| 22 | Rwanda | 36.74 |  |
| 23 | Senegal | 36.73 |  |
| 24 | Central African Republic | 36.46 |  |
| 25 | Sudan | 36.12 |  |
| 26 | Togo | 35.58 |  |
| 27 | Nigeria | 35.51 |  |
| 28 | Equatorial Guinea | 35.43 |  |
| 29 | Gaza Strip | 35.3 |  |
| 30 | Gabon | 35.19 |  |
| 31 | Guinea-Bissau | 35.15 |  |
| 32 | Comoros | 34.19 |  |
| 33 | Gambia, The | 34.19 |  |
| 34 | Kenya | 33.54 |  |
| 35 | Yemen | 33.49 |  |
| 36 | Mauritania | 33.23 |  |
| 37 | Cameroon | 33.04 |  |
| 38 | Eritrea | 32.8 |  |
| 39 | Tanzania | 32.64 |  |
| 40 | Western Sahara | 32.1 |  |
| 41 | Zimbabwe | 31.86 |  |
| 42 | Cote d'Ivoire | 30.95 |  |
| 43 | Marshall Islands | 29.11 |  |
| 44 | Iraq | 28.81 |  |
| 45 | Solomon Islands | 28.03 |  |
| 46 | Nauru | 27.78 |  |
| 47 | Ghana | 27.55 |  |
| 48 | Guatemala | 26.96 |  |
| 49 | Lesotho | 26.93 |  |
| 50 | Jordan | 26.79 |  |