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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 38.11 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Albania 15.39 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Algeria 16.71 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
American Samoa 23.05 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Andorra 10.03 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Angola 43.33 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Anguilla 12.94 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 16.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Argentina 17.75 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Armenia 12.74 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Aruba 12.77 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Australia 12.39 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Austria 8.65 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Azerbaijan 17.75 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bahamas, The 16.25 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bahrain 16.81 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bangladesh 23.8 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Barbados 12.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Belarus 9.76 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Belgium 10.1 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Belize 26.84 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Benin 38.67 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bermuda 11.47 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bhutan 19.62 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bolivia 25.16 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.87 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Botswana 22.54 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Brazil 18.11 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
British Virgin Islands 14.52 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Brunei 18 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bulgaria 9.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Burkina Faso 43.98 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Burma 19.49 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Burundi 41.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cambodia 25.77 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cameroon 33.58 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Canada 10.28 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cape Verde 21.67 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cayman Islands 12.29 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Central African Republic 36.79 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Chad 40.12 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Chile 14.46 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
China 12.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia 17.76 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Comoros 34.71 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 42.26 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 41.01 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cook Islands 15.67 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Costa Rica 16.65 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 31.48 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Croatia 9.63 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cuba 11.02 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Cyprus 11.38 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Czech Republic 8.76 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Denmark 10.4 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Djibouti 25.58 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Dominica 15.68 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Dominican Republic 22.13 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Ecuador 20.32 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Egypt 25.02 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
El Salvador 18.06 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 36 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Eritrea 33.48 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Estonia 10.42 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Ethiopia 43.34 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
European Union 9.83 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA
Faroe Islands 12.9 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Fiji 21.65 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Finland 10.37 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
France 12.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
French Polynesia 15.67 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Gabon 35.39 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Gambia, The 37.31 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Gaza Strip 36.26 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Georgia 10.7 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Germany 8.21 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Ghana 28.09 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Gibraltar 14.2 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Greece 9.34 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Greenland 14.68 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Grenada 17.2 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Guam 18.1 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Guatemala 27.4 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Guernsey 8.55 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Guinea 37.21 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 35.56 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Guyana 17.61 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Haiti 28.7 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Honduras 25.61 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Hong Kong 7.45 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Hungary 9.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Iceland 13.36 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
India 21.34 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Indonesia 18.45 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Iran 17.33 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Iraq 29.41 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Ireland 14.1 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Isle of Man 10.7 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Israel 19.51 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Italy 8.01 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Jamaica 19.47 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Japan 7.41 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Jersey 8.56 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Jordan 27.06 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Kazakhstan 16.66 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Kenya 35.14 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Kiribati 23.06 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Korea, North 14.58 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Korea, South 8.72 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Kuwait 21.64 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 23.58 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Laos 33.44 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Latvia 9.9 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Lebanon 15.1 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Lesotho 27.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Liberia 38.14 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Libya 24.58 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Liechtenstein 9.69 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Lithuania 9.21 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Luxembourg 11.7 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Macau 8.98 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Macedonia 11.92 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Madagascar 37.89 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Malawi 41.28 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Malaysia 22.06 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Maldives 14.5 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mali 46.09 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Malta 10.38 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Marshall Islands 29.94 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mauritania 33.67 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mauritius 14.17 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mayotte 38.76 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mexico 19.39 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 22.57 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Moldova 11.16 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Monaco 7.03 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mongolia 21.03 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Montenegro 11.09 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Montserrat 12.11 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Morocco 19.4 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Mozambique 37.8 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Namibia 21.82 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Nauru 23.56 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Nepal 22.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Netherlands 10.3 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 14.05 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
New Caledonia 16.71 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
New Zealand 13.81 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Nicaragua 22.77 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Niger 51.08 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Nigeria 36.07 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Niue NA
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands 21.05 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Norway 10.9 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Oman 23.9 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Pakistan 25.09 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Palau 10.68 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Panama 19.71 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Papua New Guinea 26.95 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Paraguay 17.73 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Peru 19 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Philippines 25.68 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland 10.04 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Portugal 10.12 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Puerto Rico 11.65 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Qatar 15.54 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Romania 10.43 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Russia 11.11 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Rwanda 37.26 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 10.95 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 14.23 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Saint Lucia 14.81 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 9.15 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.89 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Samoa 22.92 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
San Marino 9.18 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 39.09 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Saudi Arabia 28.21 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Senegal 36.36 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Serbia 9.2 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Seychelles 15.53 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Sierra Leone 38.79 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Singapore 8.65 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Slovakia 10.55 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Slovenia 8.92 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Solomon Islands 26.87 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Somalia 43.33 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
South Africa 19.61 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Spain 9.54 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Sri Lanka 15.88 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Sudan 33.25 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Suriname 16.61 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 27.12 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Sweden 10.14 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Switzerland 9.56 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Syria 24.44 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Taiwan 8.97 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Tajikistan 26.49 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Tanzania 33.44 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Thailand 13.21 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Timor-Leste 25.93 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Togo 36.23 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Tokelau NA
Tonga 17.78 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 14.37 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Tunisia 15.31 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Turkey 18.28 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Turkmenistan 19.62 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 20.44 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Tuvalu 23.01 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Uganda 47.55 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Ukraine 9.62 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
United Arab Emirates 15.98 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
United Kingdom 10.67 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
United States 13.83 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Uruguay 13.67 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Uzbekistan 17.51 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Vanuatu 21.08 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Venezuela 20.29 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Vietnam 17.29 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Virgin Islands 11.61 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Wallis and Futuna NA
West Bank 24.91 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Western Sahara 32.56 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
World 19.86 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Yemen 34.37 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Zambia 39.93 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Zimbabwe 31.57 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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