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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	39.05 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Albania	12.57 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Algeria	24.25 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


American Samoa	22.84 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Andorra	8.88 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Angola	39.16 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Anguilla	12.82 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	16.07 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Argentina	17.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Armenia	12.86 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Aruba	12.72 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Australia	12.23 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Austria	8.73 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Azerbaijan	17.17 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Bahamas, The	15.81 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Bahrain	14.16 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Bangladesh	22.07 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Barbados	12.1 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Belarus	10.99 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Belgium	10 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Belize	25.58 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Benin	37.02 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Bermuda	11.39 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Bhutan	18.43 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Bolivia	23.77 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.92 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Botswana	21.69 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Brazil	14.97 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


British Virgin Islands	10.78 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Brunei	17.63 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Bulgaria	9.07 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Burkina Faso	42.81 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Burma	18.89 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Burundi	40.04 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Cambodia	24.88 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Cameroon	31.93 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Canada	10.28 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Cape Verde	20.96 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Cayman Islands	12.17 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Central African Republic	35.8 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Chad	37.99 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Chile	14.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


China	12.25 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Christmas Island	-9 births/1,000 population


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	-9 births/1,000 population


Colombia	16.98 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Comoros	30.26 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	36.34 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	39.63 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Cook Islands	14.93 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Costa Rica	16.25 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	29.83 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Croatia	9.53 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Cuba	9.92 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Curacao	NA


Cyprus	11.45 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Czech Republic	8.55 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Denmark	10.2 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Djibouti	24.5 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Dominica	15.61 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Dominican Republic	19.21 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Ecuador	19.23 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Egypt	23.79 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


El Salvador	17.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	34.35 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Eritrea	31.39 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Estonia	10.38 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Ethiopia	38.07 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


European Union	10.2 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA


Faroe Islands	13.36 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Fiji	20.28 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Finland	10.36 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


France	12.6 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


French Polynesia	15.7 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Gabon	34.82 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Gambia, The	32.59 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Gaza Strip	33.27 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Georgia	10.72 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Germany	8.37 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Ghana	31.7 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Gibraltar	14.19 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Greece	8.94 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Greenland	14.57 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Grenada	16.57 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Guam	17.23 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Guatemala	25.99 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Guernsey	9.95 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Guinea	36.3 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	34.28 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Guyana	16.31 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Haiti	23.35 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Honduras	24.16 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Hong Kong	7.58 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Hungary	9.37 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Iceland	13.15 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


India	20.24 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Indonesia	17.38 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Iran	18.4 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Iraq	27.51 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Ireland	15.5 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Isle of Man	11.27 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Israel	18.71 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Italy	8.94 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Jamaica	18.65 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Japan	8.23 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Jersey	11.38 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Jordan	26.23 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Kazakhstan	20.03 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Kenya	30.08 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Kiribati	22.18 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Korea, North	14.49 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Korea, South	8.33 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Kuwait	20.61 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	23.67 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Laos	25.23 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Latvia	9.91 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Lebanon	14.79 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Lesotho	26.31 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Liberia	35.75 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Libya	18.74 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Liechtenstein	10.67 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Lithuania	9.36 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Luxembourg	11.72 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Macau	9.03 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Macedonia	11.72 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Madagascar	33.58 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Malawi	39.98 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Malaysia	20.41 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Maldives	15.38 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Mali	46.06 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Malta	10.27 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Marshall Islands	27.21 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Mauritania	32.31 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Mauritius	13.62 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Mexico	18.61 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	21.44 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Moldova	12.38 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Monaco	6.79 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Mongolia	20.34 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Montenegro	10.75 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Montserrat	11.37 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Morocco	18.73 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Mozambique	39.08 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Namibia	20.72 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Nauru	26.39 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Nepal	21.48 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Netherlands	10.85 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


New Caledonia	15.81 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


New Zealand	13.48 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Nicaragua	18.77 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Niger	46.84 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Nigeria	38.78 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Niue	-9 births/1,000 population NA


Norfolk Island	-9 births/1,000 population NA


Northern Mariana Islands	19.6 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Norway	10.8 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Oman	24.43 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Pakistan	23.76 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Palau	10.9 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Panama	18.91 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Papua New Guinea	25.4 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Paraguay	16.95 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Peru	18.85 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Philippines	24.62 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Pitcairn Islands	-9 births/1,000 population NA


Poland	9.88 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Portugal	9.59 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Puerto Rico	11.28 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Qatar	10.08 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Romania	9.4 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Russia	12.11 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Rwanda	35.49 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	10.19 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	13.79 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Saint Lucia	14.19 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	7.79 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Samoa	21.7 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


San Marino	8.78 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	36.05 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Saudi Arabia	19.01 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Senegal	35.64 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Serbia	9.15 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Seychelles	14.85 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Sierra Leone	37.77 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Singapore	7.91 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Sint Maarten	13 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Slovakia	10.27 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Slovenia	8.66 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Solomon Islands	26.9 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Somalia	41.45 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


South Africa	19.14 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Spain	10.14 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Sri Lanka	16.64 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Sudan	30.84 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Suriname	17.1 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Svalbard	-9 births/1,000 population NA


Swaziland	25.68 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Sweden	10.33 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Switzerland	10.45 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Syria	23.01 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Taiwan	8.61 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Tajikistan	25.49 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Tanzania	37.25 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Thailand	12.66 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Timor-Leste	34.85 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Togo	34.9 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Tokelau	-9 births/1,000 population NA


Tonga	24.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	14.07 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Tunisia	17.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Turkey	17.22 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Turkmenistan	19.53 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	17.05 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Tuvalu	23.56 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Uganda	44.5 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Ukraine	9.52 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


United Arab Emirates	15.65 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


United Kingdom	12.26 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


United States	13.66 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Uruguay	13.28 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Uzbekistan	17.2 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Vanuatu	26.35 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Venezuela	19.66 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Vietnam	16.56 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Virgin Islands	10.69 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	13.74 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


West Bank	23.81 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Western Sahara	31.18 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


World	18.9 births/1,000 population note: this rate results in about 252 worldwide births per minute or 4.2 births every second (2013 est.)


Yemen	31.63 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Zambia	42.79 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)


Zimbabwe	32.41 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

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