Country Comparison :: 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.

All data in the table below is based on 2010 estimates except for Wallis and Futuna (NA) and World (2009 est.).

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Rank	Country
1	Niger	51.08
2	Uganda	47.55
3	Mali	46.09
4	Zambia	44.63
5	Burkina Faso	43.98
6	Ethiopia	43.34
7	Angola	43.33
8	Somalia	43.33
9	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	42.26
10	Burundi	41.43
11	Malawi	41.28
12	Congo, Republic of the	41.01
13	Chad	40.12
14	Sao Tome and Principe	39.09
15	Sierra Leone	38.79
16	Mayotte	38.76
17	Benin	38.67
18	Liberia	38.14
19	Afghanistan	38.11
20	Madagascar	37.89
21	Mozambique	37.80
22	Gambia, The	37.31
23	Senegal	37.27
24	Rwanda	37.26
25	Guinea	37.21
26	Central African Republic	36.79
27	Sudan	36.58
28	Gaza Strip	36.26
29	Nigeria	36.07
30	Equatorial Guinea	36.00
31	Togo	35.88
32	Guinea-Bissau	35.56
33	Gabon	35.39
34	Kenya	35.14
35	Comoros	34.71
36	Yemen	34.37
37	Mauritania	33.67
38	Cameroon	33.58
39	Eritrea	33.48
40	Tanzania	33.44
41	Western Sahara	32.56
42	Zimbabwe	31.57
43	Cote d’Ivoire	31.48
44	Marshall Islands	29.94
45	Iraq	29.41
46	Solomon Islands	28.60
47	Nauru	28.16
48	Ghana	28.09
49	Guatemala	27.40
50	Lesotho	27.17
51	Swaziland	27.12
52	Jordan	27.06
53	Papua New Guinea	26.95
54	Belize	26.84
55	Laos	26.57
56	Tajikistan	26.49
57	Timor-Leste	25.93
58	Philippines	25.68
59	Honduras	25.61
60	Cambodia	25.58
61	Djibouti	25.58
62	Pakistan	25.30
63	Bolivia	25.16
64	Egypt	25.02
65	West Bank	24.91
66	Libya	24.58
67	Syria	24.44
68	Haiti	24.40
69	Oman	23.90
70	Kyrgyzstan	23.58
71	Bangladesh	23.43
72	Kiribati	23.06
73	American Samoa	23.05
74	Tuvalu	23.01
75	Samoa	22.92
76	Nicaragua	22.77
77	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.57
78	Botswana	22.54
79	Nepal	22.43
80	Namibia	21.82
81	Cape Verde	21.67
82	Kuwait	21.64
83	Fiji	21.52
84	Malaysia	21.41
85	India	21.34
86	Vanuatu	21.08
87	Northern Mariana Islands	21.05
88	Mongolia	21.03
89	Turks and Caicos Islands	20.44
90	Ecuador	20.32
91	Venezuela	20.29
92	Dominican Republic	19.90
93	World	19.86
94	Panama	19.71
95	Bhutan	19.62
96	Turkmenistan	19.62
97	South Africa	19.61
98	Israel	19.51
99	Burma	19.49
100	Jamaica	19.47
101	Saudi Arabia	19.43
102	Morocco	19.40
103	Mexico	19.39
104	Peru	19.00
105	Iran	18.52
106	Indonesia	18.45
107	Turkey	18.28
108	Brazil	18.11
109	El Salvador	18.06
110	Brunei	18.00
111	Tonga	17.78
112	Colombia	17.76
113	Argentina	17.75
114	Azerbaijan	17.75
115	Paraguay	17.73
116	Guyana	17.61
117	Uzbekistan	17.51
118	Vietnam	17.29
119	Grenada	17.20
120	Bahrain	16.81
121	Algeria	16.71
122	Kazakhstan	16.66
123	Costa Rica	16.65
124	Suriname	16.61
125	New Caledonia	16.52
126	Antigua and Barbuda	16.43
127	Ireland	16.37
128	Bahamas, The	16.25
129	United Arab Emirates	15.98
130	Sri Lanka	15.88
131	Dominica	15.68
132	Cook Islands	15.67
133	French Polynesia	15.67
134	Qatar	15.54
135	Seychelles	15.53
136	Tunisia	15.31
137	Lebanon	15.10
138	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14.89
139	Saint Lucia	14.81
140	Greenland	14.68
141	Korea, North	14.58
142	British Virgin Islands	14.52
143	Maldives	14.50
144	Chile	14.46
145	Trinidad and Tobago	14.37
146	Saint Kitts and Nevis	14.23
147	Gibraltar	14.20
148	Mauritius	14.17
149	Wallis and Futuna	14.08
150	United States	13.83
151	New Zealand	13.81
152	Uruguay	13.67
153	Iceland	13.36
154	Thailand	13.01
155	Anguilla	13.00
156	Faroe Islands	12.90
157	Aruba	12.77
158	Armenia	12.74
159	Barbados	12.43
160	France	12.43
161	Australia	12.39
162	United Kingdom	12.34
163	Cayman Islands	12.29
164	China	12.17
165	Macedonia	11.92
166	Albania	11.88
167	Montserrat	11.72
168	Luxembourg	11.70
169	Isle of Man	11.54
170	Virgin Islands	11.51
171	Bermuda	11.47
172	Puerto Rico	11.42
173	Cyprus	11.38
174	Moldova	11.16
175	Russia	11.11
176	Montenegro	11.09
177	Cuba	11.02
178	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	10.95
179	Spain	10.91
180	Norway	10.90
181	Jersey	10.73
182	Georgia	10.70
183	Palau	10.68
184	Slovakia	10.55
185	Estonia	10.42
186	Denmark	10.40
187	Malta	10.38
188	Finland	10.37
189	Netherlands	10.30
190	Canada	10.28
191	Guernsey	10.25
192	Sweden	10.14
193	Portugal	10.12
194	Belgium	10.10
195	Poland	10.04
196	Andorra	10.03
197	Latvia	9.90
198	Belarus	9.76
199	Hungary	9.70
200	Liechtenstein	9.69
201	Croatia	9.63
202	Ukraine	9.62
203	Romania	9.58
204	Switzerland	9.56
205	Bulgaria	9.43
206	Greece	9.34
207	Lithuania	9.21
208	Serbia	9.20
209	San Marino	9.18
210	Macau	8.98
211	Taiwan	8.97
212	Slovenia	8.92
213	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.87
214	Czech Republic	8.76
215	Korea, South	8.72
216	Austria	8.65
217	Singapore	8.65
218	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	8.58
219	Germany	8.21
220	Italy	8.01
221	Hong Kong	7.45
222	Japan	7.41
223	Monaco	7.03

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