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Country
Birth rate (births/1,000 population)
Afghanistan 40.63 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Albania 18.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Algeria 21.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
American Samoa 23.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Andorra 9.65 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Angola 45.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Anguilla 14.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda 18.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Argentina 17.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Armenia 12.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Aruba 11.86 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Australia 12.55 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Austria 9.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Azerbaijan 19.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bahamas, The 18.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bahrain 19.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bangladesh 29.9 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Barbados 13.15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Belarus 10.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Belgium 10.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Belize 30.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Benin 43.15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bermuda 12.13 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bhutan 34.82 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bolivia 25.53 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.65 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Botswana 25.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Brazil 17.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
British Virgin Islands 15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Brunei 19.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Bulgaria 8.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso 44.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Burma 19.15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Burundi 39.72 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cambodia 27.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cameroon 35.49 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Canada 10.99 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cape Verde 26.95 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cayman Islands 13.33 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Central African Republic 35.93 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Chad 47.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Chile 16.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
China 12.96 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Christmas Island NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Colombia 21.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Comoros 38.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 45.12 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 29.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cook Islands NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Costa Rica 19.4 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 40.01 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Croatia 12.76 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cuba 11.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Cyprus 12.77 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Czech Republic 9.01 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Denmark 11.52 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Djibouti 40.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Dominica 16.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Dominican Republic 23.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
East Timor 27.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ecuador 24.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Egypt 24.36 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
El Salvador 27.9 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 36.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Eritrea 39.44 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Estonia 9.24 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ethiopia 39.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA births/1,000 population
Faroe Islands 13.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Fiji 23.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Finland 10.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
France 12.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
French Guiana 21.33 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
French Polynesia 17.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Gabon 36.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Gambia, The 40.77 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip 41.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Georgia 11.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Germany 8.6 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ghana 25.84 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Gibraltar 11.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Greece 9.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Greenland 16.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Grenada 22.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guadeloupe 16.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guam 23.19 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guatemala 35.05 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guernsey 9.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guinea 42.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 38.41 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Guyana 17.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Haiti 34.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Honduras 31.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Hong Kong 10.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Hungary 9.32 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Iceland 14.13 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
India 23.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Indonesia 21.49 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Iran 17.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Iraq 33.66 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ireland 14.63 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Israel 18.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Italy 9.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Jamaica 17.35 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Japan 9.61 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Jersey 10.44 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Jordan 23.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kazakhstan 18.36 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kenya 28.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kiribati 31.24 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Korea, North 17.61 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Korea, South 12.6 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kuwait 21.83 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 26.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Laos 36.93 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Latvia 8.55 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Lebanon 19.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Lesotho 27.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Liberia 45.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Libya 27.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Liechtenstein 10.92 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Lithuania 10.48 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Luxembourg 11.92 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Macau 12.07 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 13.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Madagascar 42.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Malawi 44.7 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Malaysia 23.7 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Maldives 36.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mali 47.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Malta 12.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Man, Isle of 11.38 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Marshall Islands 34.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Martinique 14.96 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mauritania 42.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mauritius 16.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mayotte 42.86 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mexico 21.92 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of 26.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Moldova 14.31 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Monaco 9.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mongolia 21.39 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Montserrat 17.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Morocco 23.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Mozambique 38.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Namibia 34.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Nauru 26.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Nepal 32.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Netherlands 11.31 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Netherlands Antilles 15.76 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
New Caledonia 19.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
New Zealand 14.14 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Nicaragua 26.29 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Niger 49.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Nigeria 38.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Niue NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Norfolk Island NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands 19.97 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Norway 12.17 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Oman 37.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Pakistan 29.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Palau 19.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Panama 20.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Papua New Guinea 31.07 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Paraguay 30.14 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Peru 22.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Philippines 26.3 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Poland 10.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Portugal 11.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Puerto Rico 15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Qatar 15.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Reunion 20.17 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Romania 10.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Russia 10.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Rwanda 40.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Helena 12.9 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 18.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Lucia 20.93 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 14.62 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 17.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Samoa 15.41 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
San Marino 10.49 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe 41.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Saudi Arabia 37.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Senegal 36.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro 12.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Seychelles 16.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sierra Leone 43.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Singapore 12.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Slovakia 10.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Slovenia 9.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Solomon Islands 32.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Somalia 46.42 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
South Africa 18.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Spain 10.08 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sri Lanka 16.12 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sudan 36.48 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Suriname 19.4 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Svalbard NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Swaziland 29.37 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sweden 9.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Switzerland 9.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Syria 29.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Taiwan 12.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tajikistan 32.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tanzania 39.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Thailand 16.37 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Togo 35.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tokelau NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tonga 24.51 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago 12.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tunisia 16.53 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Turkey 17.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Turkmenistan 28.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands 23.51 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Tuvalu 21.58 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Uganda 46.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Ukraine 9.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates 18.48 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
United Kingdom 10.99 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
United States 14.14 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Uruguay 17.19 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Uzbekistan 26.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Vanuatu 24.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Venezuela 19.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Vietnam 19.58 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Virgin Islands 15.8 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
West Bank 34.07 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Western Sahara NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
World 20.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Yemen 43.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Zambia 39.53 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Zimbabwe 30.34 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

This page was last updated on 1 August, 2003
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