Country Comparison > Birth rate

Rank	Country	Birth rate (births/1,000 population)
1	Niger	51.6
2	Mali	49.15
3	Uganda	47.84
4	Afghanistan	45.46
5	Sierra Leone	44.73
6	Burkina Faso	44.33
7	Somalia	43.7
8	Angola	43.69
9	Ethiopia	43.66
10	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	42.63
11	Liberia	42.25
12	Yemen	42.14
13	Malawi	41.48
14	Burundi	41.42
15	Congo, Republic of the	41.37
16	Chad	40.86
17	Zambia	40.24
18	Rwanda	39.67
19	Western Sahara	39.54
20	Mayotte	39.26
21	Benin	39.22
22	Sao Tome and Principe	38.54
23	Madagascar	38.14
24	Djibouti	38.13
25	Mozambique	37.98
26	Gambia, The	37.87
27	Guinea	37.52
28	Gaza Strip	36.93
29	Senegal	36.84
30	Nigeria	36.65
31	Kenya	36.64
32	Equatorial Guinea	36.52
33	Togo	36.44
34	Guinea-Bissau	35.97
35	Gabon	35.57
36	Comoros	35.23
37	Oman	34.79
38	Tanzania	34.29
39	Eritrea	34.2
40	Mauritania	34.11
41	Cameroon	34.1
42	Laos	33.94
43	Sudan	33.74
44	Central African Republic	32.75
45	Cote d'Ivoire	32.11
46	Zimbabwe	31.49
47	Marshall Islands	30.7
48	Kiribati	30.2
49	Iraq	30.1
50	Haiti	29.1
51	Ghana	28.58
52	Saudi Arabia	28.55
53	Paraguay	28.17
54	Samoa	28.06
55	Guatemala	27.98
56	Solomon Islands	27.69
57	Pakistan	27.62
58	Papua New Guinea	27.55
59	Belize	27.33
60	Tajikistan	26.9
61	Honduras	26.27
62	East Timor	26.25
63	Swaziland	26.25
64	Philippines	26.01
65	Syria	25.9
66	Bolivia	25.82
67	Cambodia	25.73
68	West Bank	25.44
69	El Salvador	25.31
70	Libya	25.15
71	Bangladesh	24.68
72	Lesotho	24.14
73	Nauru	23.9
74	Cape Verde	23.5
75	Kyrgyzstan	23.44
76	American Samoa	23.31
77	Nicaragua	23.25
78	Nepal	23.18
79	Tuvalu	23.11
80	Micronesia, Federated States of	23.1
81	Botswana	22.89
82	Namibia	22.51
83	Dominican Republic	22.39
84	Malaysia	22.24
85	Fiji	21.92
86	Kuwait	21.81
87	India	21.76
88	Egypt	21.7
89	Vanuatu	21.53
90	Grenada	21.32
91	Mongolia	21.05
92	Morocco	20.96
93	Turks and Caicos Islands	20.79
94	Ecuador	20.77
95	Venezuela	20.61
96	Panama	20.18
97	Bhutan	20.07
98	South Africa	19.93
99	Tonga	19.84
100	Israel	19.77
101	Mexico	19.71
102	Turkmenistan	19.69
103	Jamaica	19.68
104	Colombia	19.57
105	Jordan	19.55
106	Peru	19.38
107	Indonesia	18.84
108	Northern Mariana Islands	18.77
109	Turkey	18.66
110	Brazil	18.43
111	Guam	18.22
112	Brunei	18.2
113	Argentina	17.94
114	Saint Kitts and Nevis	17.67
115	Azerbaijan	17.62
116	Uzbekistan	17.58
117	Guyana	17.56
118	Costa Rica	17.43
119	Iran	17.17
120	Lebanon	17.1
121	New Caledonia	17.04
122	Bahrain	17.02
123	Burma	16.97
124	Algeria	16.9
125	Bahamas, The	16.81
126	Suriname	16.8
127	Kazakhstan	16.6
128	Antigua and Barbuda	16.59
129	Vietnam	16.31
130	Sri Lanka	16.26
131	Cook Islands	16.18
132	United Arab Emirates	16.02
133	French Polynesia	15.91
134	Seychelles	15.87
135	Dominica	15.73
136	Qatar	15.61
137	Tunisia	15.42
138	Albania	15.29
139	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15.27
140	Saint Lucia	15.1
141	Korea, North	14.82
142	Greenland	14.76
143	Chile	14.64
144	British Virgin Islands	14.62
145	Maldives	14.55
146	Mauritius	14.41
147	Trinidad and Tobago	14.36
148	Ireland	14.23
149	Netherlands Antilles	14.19
150	China	14
151	New Zealand	13.94
152	Uruguay	13.91
153	United States	13.82
154	Iceland	13.43
155	Thailand	13.4
156	Faroe Islands	13.04
157	Anguilla	13.02
158	Aruba	12.79
159	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	12.76
160	Armenia	12.65
161	France	12.57
162	Barbados	12.55
163	Australia	12.47
164	Cayman Islands	12.36
165	Montserrat	12.36
166	Puerto Rico	12.12
167	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	11.97
168	Virgin Islands	11.95
169	Luxembourg	11.73
170	Bermuda	11.57
171	Palau	11.2
172	Montenegro	11.14
173	Cuba	11.13
174	Saint Helena	11.13
175	Moldova	11.12
176	Russia	11.1
177	Norway	10.99
178	Man, Isle of	10.77
179	Gibraltar	10.67
180	Georgia	10.66
181	United Kingdom	10.65
182	Slovakia	10.6
183	Denmark	10.54
184	Romania	10.53
185	Netherlands	10.4
186	Finland	10.38
187	Estonia	10.37
188	Malta	10.36
189	Andorra	10.35
190	Portugal	10.29
191	Canada	10.28
192	Belgium	10.15
193	Sweden	10.13
194	Poland	10.04
195	Latvia	9.78
196	Liechtenstein	9.75
197	Spain	9.72
198	Belarus	9.71
199	Croatia	9.64
200	San Marino	9.63
201	Ukraine	9.6
202	Switzerland	9.59
203	Hungary	9.51
204	Bulgaria	9.51
205	Greece	9.45
206	Lithuania	9.11
207	Monaco	9.1
208	Taiwan	8.99
209	Slovenia	8.97
210	Korea, South	8.93
211	Macau	8.88
212	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.85
213	Czech Republic	8.83
214	Singapore	8.82
215	Austria	8.65
216	Jersey	8.63
217	Guernsey	8.46
218	Germany	8.18
219	Italy	8.18
220	Japan	7.64
221	Hong Kong	7.42

Definition: 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.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009