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Field Listing :: Birth rate

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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	45.46 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Albania	15.29 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Algeria	16.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


American Samoa	23.31 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Andorra	10.35 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Angola	43.69 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Anguilla	13.02 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Antigua and Barbuda	16.59 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Argentina	17.94 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Armenia	12.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Aruba	12.79 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Australia	12.47 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Austria	8.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Azerbaijan	17.62 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Bahamas, The	16.81 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Bahrain	17.02 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Bangladesh	24.68 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Barbados	12.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Belarus	9.71 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Belgium	10.15 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Belize	27.33 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Benin	39.22 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Bermuda	11.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Bhutan	20.07 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Bolivia	25.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.85 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Botswana	22.89 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Brazil	18.43 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


British Virgin Islands	14.62 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Brunei	18.2 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Bulgaria	9.51 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Burkina Faso	44.33 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Burma	16.97 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Burundi	41.42 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Cambodia	25.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Cameroon	34.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Canada	10.28 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Cape Verde	23.5 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Cayman Islands	12.36 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Central African Republic	32.75 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Chad	40.86 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Chile	14.64 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


China	14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Christmas Island	NA


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA


Colombia	19.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Comoros	35.23 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	42.63 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Congo, Republic of the	41.37 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Cook Islands	16.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Costa Rica	17.43 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Cote d'Ivoire	32.11 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Croatia	9.64 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Cuba	11.13 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Cyprus	12.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Czech Republic	8.83 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Denmark	10.54 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Djibouti	38.13 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Dominica	15.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Dominican Republic	22.39 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Ecuador	20.77 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Egypt	21.7 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


El Salvador	25.31 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Equatorial Guinea	36.52 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Eritrea	34.2 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Estonia	10.37 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Ethiopia	43.66 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


European Union	9.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA


Faroe Islands	13.04 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Fiji	21.92 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Finland	10.38 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


France	12.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


French Polynesia	15.91 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Gabon	35.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Gambia, The	37.87 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Gaza Strip	36.93 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Georgia	10.66 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Germany	8.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Ghana	28.58 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Gibraltar	10.67 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Greece	9.45 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Greenland	14.76 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Grenada	21.32 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Guam	18.22 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Guatemala	27.98 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Guernsey	8.46 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Guinea	37.52 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Guinea-Bissau	35.97 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Guyana	17.56 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Haiti	29.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Honduras	26.27 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Hong Kong	7.42 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Hungary	9.51 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Iceland	13.43 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


India	21.76 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Indonesia	18.84 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Iran	17.17 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Iraq	30.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Ireland	14.23 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Isle of Man	10.77 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Israel	19.77 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Italy	8.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Jamaica	19.68 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Japan	7.64 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Jersey	8.63 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Jordan	19.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Kazakhstan	16.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Kenya	36.64 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Kiribati	30.2 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Korea, North	14.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Korea, South	8.93 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Kuwait	21.81 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Kyrgyzstan	23.44 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Laos	33.94 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Latvia	9.78 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Lebanon	17.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Lesotho	24.14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Liberia	42.25 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Libya	25.15 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Liechtenstein	9.75 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Lithuania	9.11 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Luxembourg	11.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Macau	8.88 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Macedonia	11.97 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Madagascar	38.14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Malawi	41.48 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Malaysia	22.24 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Maldives	14.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Mali	49.15 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Malta	10.36 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Marshall Islands	30.7 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Mauritania	34.11 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Mauritius	14.41 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Mayotte	39.26 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Mexico	19.71 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Micronesia, Federated States of	23.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Moldova	11.12 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Monaco	9.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Mongolia	21.05 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Montenegro	11.14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Montserrat	12.36 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Morocco	20.96 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Mozambique	37.98 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Namibia	22.51 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Nauru	23.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Nepal	23.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Netherlands	10.4 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Netherlands Antilles	14.19 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


New Caledonia	17.04 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


New Zealand	13.94 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Nicaragua	23.25 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Niger	51.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Nigeria	36.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Niue	NA


Norfolk Island	NA


Northern Mariana Islands	18.77 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Norway	10.99 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Oman	34.79 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Pakistan	27.62 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Palau	11.2 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Panama	20.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Papua New Guinea	27.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Paraguay	28.17 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Peru	19.38 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Philippines	26.01 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Pitcairn Islands	NA


Poland	10.04 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Portugal	10.29 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Puerto Rico	12.12 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Qatar	15.61 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Romania	10.53 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Russia	11.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Rwanda	39.67 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Saint Helena	11.13 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	17.67 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Saint Lucia	15.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	12.76 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15.27 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Samoa	28.06 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


San Marino	9.63 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Sao Tome and Principe	38.54 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Saudi Arabia	28.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Senegal	36.84 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Serbia	9.19 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Seychelles	15.87 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Sierra Leone	44.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Singapore	8.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Slovakia	10.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Slovenia	8.97 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Solomon Islands	27.69 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Somalia	43.7 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


South Africa	19.93 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Spain	9.72 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Sri Lanka	16.26 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Sudan	33.74 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Suriname	16.8 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Svalbard	NA


Swaziland	26.25 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Sweden	10.13 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Switzerland	9.59 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Syria	25.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Taiwan	8.99 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Tajikistan	26.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Tanzania	34.29 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Thailand	13.4 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Timor-Leste	26.25 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Togo	36.44 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Tokelau	NA


Tonga	19.84 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Trinidad and Tobago	14.36 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Tunisia	15.42 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Turkey	18.66 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Turkmenistan	19.69 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Turks and Caicos Islands	20.79 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Tuvalu	23.11 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Uganda	47.84 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Ukraine	9.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


United Arab Emirates	16.02 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


United Kingdom	10.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


United States	13.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Uruguay	13.91 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Uzbekistan	17.58 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Vanuatu	21.53 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Venezuela	20.61 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Vietnam	16.31 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Virgin Islands	11.95 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Wallis and Futuna	NA


West Bank	25.44 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Western Sahara	39.54 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


World	19.95 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Yemen	42.14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Zambia	40.24 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)


Zimbabwe	31.49 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

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