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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)
Albania
15.39 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Algeria
16.71 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.)
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.)
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.)
Botswana
22.54 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Brazil
18.11 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Brunei
18 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Bulgaria
9.43 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.)
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.)
Colombia
17.76 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Comoros
34.71 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Costa Rica
16.65 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.)
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.)
Ecuador
20.32 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Egypt
25.02 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.)
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.)
Gabon
35.39 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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
Paraguay
17.73 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Peru
19 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Poland
10.04 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Portugal
10.12 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.)
Samoa
22.92 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
San Marino
9.18 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.)
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.)
Somalia
43.33 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.)
Swaziland
27.12 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Sweden
10.14 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.)
Togo
36.23 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Tonga
17.78 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Tunisia
15.31 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Turkey
18.28 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.)
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.)
West Bank
24.91 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.)