Country Comparison > Birth rate

Rank	Country	Birth rate (births/1,000 population)
1	Angola	43.7
2	Niger	43.6
3	Mali	43.2
4	Chad	43
5	Uganda	42.4
6	Zambia	41.1
7	Burundi	40.9
8	Malawi	40.7
9	Somalia	39.3
10	Liberia	37.9
11	Mozambique	37.8
12	Afghanistan	37.5
13	Guinea-Bissau	37.3
14	South Sudan	36.9
15	Burkina Faso	36.9
16	Guinea	36.4
17	Ethiopia	36
18	Sierra Leone	36
19	Tanzania	35.3
20	Nigeria	35.2
21	Cameroon	35
22	Benin	34.5
23	Sudan	34.2
24	Zimbabwe	34
25	Central African Republic	34
26	Congo, Republic of the	33.7
27	Senegal	32.9
28	East Timor	32.9
29	Togo	32.8
30	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	32.8
31	Equatorial Guinea	31.7
32	Sao Tome and Principe	31.5
33	Madagascar	31
34	Gaza Strip	30.5
35	Ghana	30.2
36	Cote d'Ivoire	30.1
37	Iraq	30
38	Mauritania	29.9
39	Rwanda	29.8
40	Eritrea	29.1
41	Western Sahara	28.9
42	Egypt	28.8
43	Gambia, The	28.6
44	Yemen	27.6
45	Namibia	26.8
46	Gabon	26.5
47	West Bank	26
48	Swaziland	25.8
49	Comoros	25.3
50	Guatemala	24.6
51	Solomon Islands	24.5
52	Lesotho	24.2
53	Marshall Islands	23.8
54	Tuvalu	23.7
55	Oman	23.7
56	Jordan	23.6
57	Vanuatu	23.5
58	Philippines	23.4
59	Papua New Guinea	23.3
60	Djibouti	23.3
61	Laos	23.2
62	Nauru	23.2
63	Belize	22.9
64	Tajikistan	22.8
65	Kenya	22.6
66	Haiti	22.6
67	Cambodia	22.5
68	Honduras	22
69	Tonga	21.8
70	Botswana	21.7
71	Bolivia	21.6
72	Kyrgyzstan	21.6
73	Pakistan	21.6
74	Algeria	21.5
75	Kiribati	21
76	Syria	20.7
77	Samoa	20.2
78	South Africa	19.9
79	Cape Verde	19.7
80	Micronesia, Federated States of	19.6
81	Guam	19.4
82	Nepal	19.1
83	American Samoa	19
84	Dominican Republic	18.9
85	Turkmenistan	18.9
86	Kuwait	18.8
87	Malaysia	18.8
88	India	18.7
89	Bangladesh	18.6
90	Venezuela	18.5
91	Fiji	18.2
92	Mongolia	18.2
93	Mexico	18.1
94	Israel	17.9
95	Burma	17.7
96	Ecuador	17.6
97	Panama	17.6
98	Peru	17.6
99	Nicaragua	17.5
100	Morocco	17.5
101	Kazakhstan	17.5
102	Iran	17.4
103	Tunisia	17.4
104	Libya	17.2
105	Bhutan	17
106	Brunei	16.9
107	Uzbekistan	16.6
108	Paraguay	16.6
109	Argentina	16.5
110	Jamaica	16.5
111	Maldives	16.1
112	El Salvador	16.1
113	Indonesia	15.9
114	Colombia	15.8
115	Antigua and Barbuda	15.6
116	Suriname	15.6
117	Saudi Arabia	15.6
118	Turkey	15.4
119	Guyana	15.4
120	Azerbaijan	15.3
121	Costa Rica	15.3
122	Grenada	15.2
123	Vietnam	15.2
124	Bahamas, The	15.1
125	Dominica	15
126	Northern Mariana Islands	14.9
127	Turks and Caicos Islands	14.9
128	New Caledonia	14.8
129	Sri Lanka	14.8
130	Korea, North	14.6
131	Faroe Islands	14.5
132	French Polynesia	14.5
133	Greenland	14.3
134	Lebanon	14.1
135	Gibraltar	13.9
136	Brazil	13.9
137	Ireland	13.8
138	Cook Islands	13.7
139	Iceland	13.6
140	Chile	13.4
141	Seychelles	13.4
142	Albania	13.2
143	Bahrain	13.1
144	New Zealand	13.1
145	Saint Lucia	13.1
146	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13
147	Uruguay	13
148	Saint Kitts and Nevis	13
149	Wallis and Futuna	13
150	Mauritius	12.8
151	Armenia	12.6
152	Jersey	12.5
153	Virgin Islands	12.5
154	United States	12.4
155	Anguilla	12.4
156	Aruba	12.3
157	Trinidad and Tobago	12.3
158	Norway	12.2
159	Sweden	12.1
160	China	12.1
161	France	12.1
162	Georgia	12.1
163	Cayman Islands	12
164	Australia	12
165	United Kingdom	12
166	Montenegro	11.9
167	Luxembourg	11.6
168	Barbados	11.6
169	Bermuda	11.3
170	Belgium	11.3
171	Palau	11.3
172	Moldova	11.2
173	British Virgin Islands	11.1
174	Thailand	11
175	Netherlands	10.9
176	Isle of Man	10.9
177	Denmark	10.9
178	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	10.9
179	Macedonia	10.8
180	Finland	10.7
181	Russia	10.7
182	Cuba	10.6
183	Montserrat	10.5
184	Switzerland	10.5
185	Liechtenstein	10.4
186	Canada	10.2
187	Ukraine	10.1
188	Belarus	10
189	Malta	10
190	Estonia	9.9
191	Lithuania	9.8
192	Guernsey	9.8
193	United Arab Emirates	9.8
194	Slovakia	9.6
195	Latvia	9.6
196	Austria	9.5
197	Qatar	9.5
198	Saint Helena	9.4
199	Poland	9.3
200	Slovenia	9.2
201	Czech Republic	9.2
202	Spain	9
203	Serbia	8.9
204	Hungary	8.9
205	Croatia	8.8
206	Hong Kong	8.8
207	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.7
208	Romania	8.7
209	Singapore	8.7
210	San Marino	8.6
211	Germany	8.6
212	Italy	8.5
213	Bulgaria	8.5
214	Macau	8.4
215	Korea, South	8.3
216	Greece	8.3
217	Taiwan	8.2
218	Portugal	8.2
219	Puerto Rico	8
220	Japan	7.5
221	Andorra	7.3
222	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	7
223	Monaco	6.5

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, 2019

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