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Field Listing :: Birth rate
This entry gives the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
Birth rate(births/1,000 population)
Afghanistan 37.83 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Albania 12.15 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Algeria 16.69 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
American Samoa 22.84 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Andorra 9.66 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Angola 42.91 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Anguilla 12.92 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 16.31 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Argentina 17.54 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Armenia 12.85 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Aruba 12.78 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Australia 12.33 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Austria 8.67 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Azerbaijan 17.85 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Bahamas, The 16.1 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Bahrain 14.64 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Bangladesh 22.98 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Barbados 12.35 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Belarus 9.76 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Belgium 10.06 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Belize 26.43 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Benin 38.11 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Bermuda 11.42 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Bhutan 19.13 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Bolivia 24.71 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.89 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Botswana 22.31 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Brazil 17.79 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
British Virgin Islands 14.5 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Brunei 17.87 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Bulgaria 9.32 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Burkina Faso 43.59 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Burma 19.31 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Burundi 41.01 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Cambodia 25.4 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Cameroon 33.04 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Canada 10.28 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Cape Verde 21.47 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Cayman Islands 12.24 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Central African Republic 36.46 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Chad 39.4 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Chile 14.33 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
China 12.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia 17.49 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Comoros 34.19 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 37.74 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 40.55 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Cook Islands 15.37 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Costa Rica 16.54 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 30.95 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Croatia 9.6 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Cuba 9.99 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Curacao NA
Cyprus 11.41 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Czech Republic 8.7 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Denmark 10.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Djibouti 25.27 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Dominica 15.62 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Dominican Republic 19.67 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Ecuador 19.96 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Egypt 24.63 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
El Salvador 17.75 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 35.43 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Eritrea 32.8 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Estonia 10.45 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Ethiopia 42.99 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
European Union 9.83 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA
Faroe Islands 12.95 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Fiji 21.11 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Finland 10.37 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
France 12.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
French Polynesia 15.53 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Gabon 35.19 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Gambia, The 34.19 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Gaza Strip 35.3 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Georgia 10.73 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Germany 8.3 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Ghana 27.55 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Gibraltar 14.23 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Greece 9.21 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Greenland 14.6 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Grenada 17.01 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Guam 17.85 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Guatemala 26.96 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Guernsey 10.13 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Guinea 36.9 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 35.15 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Guyana 17.12 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Haiti 24.4 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Honduras 25.14 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Hong Kong 7.49 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Hungary 9.6 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Iceland 13.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
India 20.97 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Indonesia 18.1 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Iran 18.55 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Iraq 28.81 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Ireland 16.1 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Isle of Man 11.42 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Israel 19.24 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Italy 9.18 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Jamaica 19.2 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Japan 7.31 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Jersey 10.9 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Jordan 26.79 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Kazakhstan 16.65 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Kenya 33.54 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Kiribati 22.73 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Korea, North 14.51 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Korea, South 8.55 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Kuwait 21.32 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 23.66 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Laos 26.13 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Latvia 9.96 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Lebanon 15.02 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Lesotho 26.93 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Liberia 37.25 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Libya 24.04 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Liechtenstein 9.65 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Lithuania 9.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Luxembourg 11.69 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Macau 9.03 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Macedonia 11.87 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Madagascar 37.51 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Malawi 40.85 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Malaysia 21.08 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Maldives 14.83 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Mali 45.62 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Malta 10.35 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Marshall Islands 29.11 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Mauritania 33.23 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Mauritius 13.97 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Mexico 19.13 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 22.22 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Moldova 11.16 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Monaco 6.94 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Mongolia 20.93 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Montenegro 11 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Montserrat 11.67 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Morocco 19.19 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Mozambique 39.62 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Namibia 21.48 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Nauru 27.78 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Nepal 22.17 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Netherlands 10.23 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
New Caledonia 16.28 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
New Zealand 13.68 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Nicaragua 19.46 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Niger 50.54 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Nigeria 35.51 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Niue NA
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands 20.69 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Norway 10.84 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Oman 24.15 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Pakistan 24.81 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Palau 10.74 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Panama 19.43 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Papua New Guinea 26.44 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Paraguay 17.48 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Peru 19.41 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Philippines 25.34 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland 10.01 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Portugal 9.94 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Puerto Rico 11.35 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Qatar 15.48 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Romania 9.55 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Russia 11.05 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Rwanda 36.74 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 10.65 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 14.07 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Saint Lucia 14.63 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 8.32 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.62 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Samoa 22.5 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
San Marino 9.02 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 38.03 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Saudi Arabia 19.34 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Senegal 36.73 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Serbia 9.19 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Seychelles 15.33 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Sierra Leone 38.46 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Singapore 8.5 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Sint Maarten NA
Slovakia 10.48 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Slovenia 8.85 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Solomon Islands 28.03 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Somalia 42.71 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
South Africa 19.48 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Spain 10.66 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Sri Lanka 17.42 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Sudan 36.12 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Suriname 16.42 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 26.63 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Sweden 10.18 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Switzerland 9.53 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Syria 23.99 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Taiwan 8.9 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Tajikistan 26.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Tanzania 32.64 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Thailand 12.95 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Timor-Leste 25.7 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Togo 35.58 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Tokelau NA
Tonga 25.27 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 14.35 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Tunisia 17.4 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Turkey 17.93 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Turkmenistan 19.54 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 17.76 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Tuvalu 23.24 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Uganda 47.49 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Ukraine 9.62 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
United Arab Emirates 15.87 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
United Kingdom 12.29 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
United States 13.83 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Uruguay 13.52 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Uzbekistan 17.43 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Vanuatu 20.86 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Venezuela 20.1 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Vietnam 17.07 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Virgin Islands 11.41 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Wallis and Futuna 13.96 births/1,000 population NA (2011 est.)
West Bank 24.56 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Western Sahara 32.1 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
World 19.15 births/1,000 population
note: this rate results in about 252 worldwide births per minute or 4.2 births every second (2011 est.)
Yemen 33.49 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Zambia 44.08 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
Zimbabwe 31.86 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
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