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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	39.3 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Albania	12.38 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Algeria	16.64 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


American Samoa	22.69 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Andorra	9.26 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Angola	39.36 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Anguilla	12.9 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	16.19 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Argentina	17.34 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Armenia	12.9 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Aruba	12.76 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Australia	12.28 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Austria	8.69 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Azerbaijan	17.3 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Bahamas, The	15.95 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Bahrain	14.41 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Bangladesh	22.53 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Barbados	12.23 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Belarus	9.73 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Belgium	10.03 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Belize	26.02 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Benin	37.55 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Bermuda	11.42 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Bhutan	18.75 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Bolivia	24.24 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.89 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Botswana	22.02 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Brazil	17.48 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


British Virgin Islands	10.69 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Brunei	17.74 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Bulgaria	9.2 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Burkina Faso	43.2 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Burma	19.11 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Burundi	40.58 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Cambodia	25.17 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Cameroon	32.49 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Canada	10.28 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Cape Verde	21.21 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Cayman Islands	12.21 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Central African Republic	36.13 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Chad	38.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Chile	14.28 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


China	12.31 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Christmas Island	-9 births/1,000 population


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


Colombia	17.23 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Comoros	31.49 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	37.05 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	40.09 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Cook Islands	15.22 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Costa Rica	16.4 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	30.4 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Croatia	9.57 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Cuba	9.96 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Curacao	NA


Cyprus	11.44 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Czech Republic	8.62 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Denmark	10.22 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Djibouti	24.91 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Dominica	15.6 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Dominican Republic	19.44 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Ecuador	19.6 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Egypt	24.22 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


El Salvador	17.44 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	34.88 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Eritrea	32.1 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Estonia	10.43 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Ethiopia	42.59 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


European Union	10.27 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA


Faroe Islands	13.14 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Fiji	20.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Finland	10.36 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


France	12.72 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


French Polynesia	15.92 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Gabon	35 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Gambia, The	33.41 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Gaza Strip	34.3 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Georgia	10.75 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Germany	8.33 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Ghana	26.99 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Gibraltar	14.22 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Greece	9.08 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Greenland	14.58 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Grenada	16.81 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Guam	17.55 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Guatemala	26.48 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Guernsey	10.04 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Guinea	36.6 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	34.72 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Guyana	16.69 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Haiti	23.87 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Honduras	24.66 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Hong Kong	7.54 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Hungary	9.49 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Iceland	13.23 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


India	20.6 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Indonesia	17.76 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Iran	18.52 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Iraq	28.19 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Ireland	15.81 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Isle of Man	11.36 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Israel	18.97 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Italy	9.06 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Jamaica	18.89 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Japan	8.39 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Jersey	11.12 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Jordan	26.52 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Kazakhstan	20.44 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Kenya	31.93 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Kiribati	22.45 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Korea, North	14.51 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Korea, South	8.42 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Kuwait	20.96 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	23.9 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Laos	25.68 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Latvia	9.97 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Lebanon	14.92 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Lesotho	26.65 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Liberia	36.45 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Libya	23.47 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Liechtenstein	10.76 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Lithuania	9.34 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Luxembourg	11.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Macau	9.05 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Macedonia	11.8 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Madagascar	37.13 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Malawi	40.42 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Malaysia	20.74 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Maldives	15.12 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Mali	45.15 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Malta	10.31 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Marshall Islands	28.14 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Mauritania	32.78 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Mauritius	13.78 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Mexico	18.87 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	21.85 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Moldova	12.5 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Monaco	6.85 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Mongolia	20.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Montenegro	10.89 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Montserrat	11.62 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Morocco	18.97 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Mozambique	39.34 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Namibia	21.11 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Nauru	27.08 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Nepal	21.85 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Netherlands	10.89 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


New Caledonia	16.05 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


New Zealand	13.57 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Nicaragua	19.12 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Niger	50.06 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Nigeria	39.23 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Niue	-9 births/1,000 population NA


Norfolk Island	-9 births/1,000 population NA


Northern Mariana Islands	20.21 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Norway	10.8 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Oman	24.33 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Pakistan	24.3 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Palau	10.79 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Panama	19.17 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Papua New Guinea	25.92 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Paraguay	17.22 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Peru	19.13 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Philippines	24.98 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Pitcairn Islands	-9 births/1,000 population NA


Poland	9.96 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Portugal	9.76 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Puerto Rico	11.26 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Qatar	10.23 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Romania	9.49 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Russia	10.94 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Rwanda	36.14 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	10.48 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	13.9 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Saint Lucia	14.42 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	8.06 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14.36 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Samoa	22.1 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


San Marino	8.9 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	37.02 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Saudi Arabia	19.19 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Senegal	36.19 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Serbia	9.17 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Seychelles	15.1 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Sierra Leone	38.12 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Singapore	7.72 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Sint Maarten	NA


Slovakia	10.38 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Slovenia	8.76 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Solomon Islands	27.46 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Somalia	42.12 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


South Africa	19.32 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Spain	10.4 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Sri Lanka	17.04 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Sudan	31.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Suriname	17.44 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Svalbard	-9 births/1,000 population NA


Swaziland	26.16 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Sweden	10.24 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Switzerland	9.51 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Syria	23.52 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Taiwan	8.81 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Tajikistan	25.93 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Tanzania	31.81 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Thailand	12.81 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Timor-Leste	25.43 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Togo	35.26 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Tokelau	-9 births/1,000 population NA


Tonga	24.7 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	14.25 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Tunisia	17.28 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Turkey	17.58 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Turkmenistan	19.55 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	17.44 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Tuvalu	23.35 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Uganda	47.38 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Ukraine	9.59 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


United Arab Emirates	15.76 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


United Kingdom	12.27 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


United States	13.68 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Uruguay	13.4 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Uzbekistan	17.33 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Vanuatu	20.6 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Venezuela	19.88 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Vietnam	16.83 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Virgin Islands	11.32 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	13.91 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


West Bank	24.19 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Western Sahara	31.65 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


World	19.14 births/1,000 population note: this rate results in about 252 worldwide births per minute or 4.2 births every second (2012 est.)


Yemen	32.57 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Zambia	43.51 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)


Zimbabwe	32.19 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

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