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The World Factbook 2002
  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
Birth rate ( births/1,000 population)
Afghanistan 41.03 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Albania 18.59 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Algeria 22.34 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
American Samoa 24.04 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Andorra 9.97 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Angola 46.18 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Anguilla 14.94 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 18.84 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Argentina 18.23 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Armenia 12 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Aruba 12.22 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Australia 12.71 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Austria 9.58 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Azerbaijan 18.84 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The 18.69 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bahrain 19.53 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bangladesh 25.12 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Barbados 13.32 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Belarus 9.86 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Belgium 10.58 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Belize 31.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Benin 43.66 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bermuda 11.82 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bhutan 35.26 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bolivia 26.41 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.76 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Botswana 28.04 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Brazil 18.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
British Virgin Islands 15.09 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Brunei 20.06 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Bulgaria 8.05 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso 44.34 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Burma 19.65 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Burundi 39.87 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cambodia 32.93 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cameroon 35.66 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Canada 11.09 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cape Verde 27.81 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cayman Islands 13.45 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Central African Republic 36.6 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Chad 47.74 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Chile 16.46 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
China 15.85 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Christmas Island NA births/1,000 population
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA births/1,000 population
Colombia 21.99 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Comoros 39.01 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 45.55 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 37.91 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cook Islands NA births/1,000 population
Costa Rica 19.83 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 39.99 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Croatia 12.8 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cuba 12.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Cyprus 12.91 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Czech Republic 9.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Denmark 11.74 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Djibouti 40.33 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Dominica 17.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic 24.4 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
East Timor 28.07 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Ecuador 25.47 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Egypt 24.41 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
El Salvador 28.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 37.33 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Eritrea 42.25 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Estonia 8.96 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Ethiopia 44.31 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA births/1,000 population
Faroe Islands 13.74 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Fiji 23.2 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Finland 10.6 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
France 11.94 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
French Guiana 21.66 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
French Polynesia 18.17 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Gabon 27.24 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Gambia, The 41.25 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Gaza Strip 41.85 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Georgia 11.48 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Germany 8.99 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Ghana 28.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Gibraltar 11.19 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Greece 9.82 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Greenland 16.27 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Grenada 23.05 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guadeloupe 16.53 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guam 24.09 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guatemala 34.17 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guernsey 9.69 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guinea 39.49 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 38.95 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Guyana 17.89 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Haiti 31.42 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Honduras 31.21 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Hong Kong 10.92 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Hungary 9.34 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Iceland 14.37 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
India 23.79 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Indonesia 21.87 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Iran 17.54 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Iraq 34.2 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Ireland 14.62 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Israel 18.91 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Italy 8.93 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Jamaica 17.74 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Japan 10.03 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Jersey 10.86 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Jordan 24.58 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Kazakhstan 17.83 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Kenya 27.61 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Kiribati 31.58 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Korea, North 17.95 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Korea, South 14.55 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Kuwait 21.84 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 26.11 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Laos 37.39 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Latvia 8.27 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Lebanon 19.96 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Lesotho 30.72 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Liberia 45.95 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Libya 27.59 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Liechtenstein 11.24 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Lithuania 10.22 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Luxembourg 12.06 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Macau 12.19 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 13.35 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Madagascar 42.41 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Malawi 37.13 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Malaysia 24.22 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Maldives 37.41 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mali 48.37 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Malta 12.76 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Man, Isle of 11.49 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Marshall Islands 44.98 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Martinique 15.37 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mauritania 42.54 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mauritius 16.34 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mayotte 43.59 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mexico 22.36 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of NA births/1,000 population
Moldova 13.82 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Monaco 9.6 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mongolia 21.8 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Montserrat 17.54 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Morocco 23.69 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Mozambique 36.41 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Namibia 34.17 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Nauru 26.6 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Nepal 32.94 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Netherlands 11.58 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 16.16 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
New Caledonia 19.91 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
New Zealand 14.23 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Nicaragua 26.98 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Niger 49.95 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Nigeria 39.22 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Niue NA births/1,000 population
Norfolk Island NA births/1,000 population
Northern Mariana Islands 20.29 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Norway 12.39 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Oman 37.76 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Pakistan 30.4 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Palau 19.32 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Panama 18.6 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Papua New Guinea 31.61 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Paraguay 30.5 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Peru 23.36 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Philippines 26.88 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA births/1,000 population
Poland 10.29 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Portugal 11.5 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Puerto Rico 15.04 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Qatar 15.78 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Reunion 20.7 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Romania 10.81 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Russia 9.71 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Rwanda 33.28 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Saint Helena 13.26 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 18.61 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Saint Lucia 21.37 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 14.96 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.54 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Samoa 15.53 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
San Marino 10.64 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 42.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Saudi Arabia 37.25 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Senegal 36.99 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Seychelles 17.27 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sierra Leone 44.58 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Singapore 12.78 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Slovakia 10.09 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Slovenia 9.27 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Solomon Islands 33.26 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Somalia 46.83 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
South Africa 20.63 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Spain 9.29 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sri Lanka 16.36 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sudan 37.21 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Suriname 19.97 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Svalbard NA births/1,000 population
Swaziland 39.59 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Sweden 9.81 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Switzerland 9.84 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Syria 30.11 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Taiwan 14.21 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Tajikistan 32.99 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Tanzania 39.12 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Thailand 16.39 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Togo 36.11 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Tokelau NA births/1,000 population
Tonga 24.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 13.66 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Tunisia 16.83 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Turkey 17.95 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Turkmenistan 28.27 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 24.18 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Tuvalu 21.44 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Uganda 47.15 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Ukraine 9.59 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
United Arab Emirates 18.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
United Kingdom 11.34 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
United States 14.1 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Uruguay 17.28 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Uzbekistan 26.09 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Vanuatu 24.83 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Venezuela 20.22 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Vietnam 20.89 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands 15.85 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Wallis and Futuna NA births/1,000 population
West Bank 34.94 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Western Sahara NA births/1,000 population
World 21.16 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Yemen 43.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Yugoslavia 12.8 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Zambia 41.01 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
Zimbabwe 24.59 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)

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