Business Insider· 2h ago· 1 min read
<figure><img src="https://i.insider.com/6a0caa177684ba33f73806b4?format=jpeg" height="3456" width="4608" alt="Crowd of people on a beach in Mogadishu, Somalia."><figcaption>Somalia had the 3rd-highest birth rate in the world in 2024.<p class="copyright">MDart10/Shutterstock</p></figcaption></figure><ul class="summary-list"><li>The World Bank Group collected data on birth rates for every country.</li><li>Countries in Africa saw the highest birth rates, while European and Asian countries saw the lowest.</li><li>The US ranked 135th worldwide in births per 1,000 people.</li></ul><p>Roughly 60 years after the post-WWII <a target="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/boomers-stuff-avalanche-millennial-children-inheritance-tough-conversations-homes-2025-11">baby boom</a> ended, the global birth rate is less than half what it was in the 1960s, the World Bank Group…
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