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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)
Albania
15.29 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Algeria
16.9 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.)
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.)
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.)
Botswana
22.89 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Brazil
18.43 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Brunei
18.2 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Bulgaria
9.51 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.)
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.)
Colombia
19.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Comoros
35.23 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Costa Rica
17.43 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.)
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.)
Ecuador
20.77 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Egypt
21.7 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.)
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.)
Gabon
35.57 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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
Paraguay
28.17 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Peru
19.38 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Poland
10.04 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Portugal
10.29 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.)
Samoa
28.06 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
San Marino
9.63 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.)
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.)
Somalia
43.7 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.)
Swaziland
26.25 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Sweden
10.13 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.)
Togo
36.44 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Tonga
19.84 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Tunisia
15.42 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Turkey
18.66 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.)
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.)
West Bank
25.44 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.)