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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 Ranking

By Country Listing of the values for the Birth rate field
Country Birth rate
Afghanistan
37.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Albania
13.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Algeria
21.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
American Samoa
19 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Andorra
7.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Angola
43.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Anguilla
12.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
15.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Argentina
16.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Armenia
12.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Aruba
12.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Australia
12 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Austria
9.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Azerbaijan
15.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Bahamas, The
15.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Bahrain
13.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Bangladesh
18.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Barbados
11.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Belarus
10 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Belgium
11.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Belize
22.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Benin
34.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Bermuda
11.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Bhutan
17 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Bolivia
21.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Botswana
21.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Brazil
13.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
British Virgin Islands
11.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Brunei
16.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Bulgaria
8.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Burkina Faso
36.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Burma
17.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Burundi
40.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Cabo Verde
19.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Cambodia
22.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Cameroon
35 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Canada
10.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Cayman Islands
12 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Central African Republic
34 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Chad
43 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Chile
13.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
China
12.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Colombia
15.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Comoros
25.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
32.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
33.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Cook Islands
13.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Costa Rica
15.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
30.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Croatia
8.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Cuba
10.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Curacao
13.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Cyprus
11.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Czechia
9.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Denmark
10.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Djibouti
23.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Dominica
15 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Dominican Republic
18.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Ecuador
17.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Egypt
28.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
El Salvador
16.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
31.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Eritrea
29.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Estonia
9.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Eswatini
25.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Ethiopia
36 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
European Union
9.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
10.9 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
Faroe Islands
14.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Fiji
18.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Finland
10.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
France
12.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
French Polynesia
14.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Gabon
26.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Gambia, The
28.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Gaza Strip
30.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Georgia
12.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Germany
8.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Ghana
30.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Gibraltar
13.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Greece
8.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Greenland
14.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Grenada
15.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Guam
19.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Guatemala
24.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Guernsey
9.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Guinea
36.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
37.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Guyana
15.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Haiti
22.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Honduras
22 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Hong Kong
8.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Hungary
8.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Iceland
13.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
India
18.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Indonesia
15.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Iran
17.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Iraq
30 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Ireland
13.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Isle of Man
10.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Israel
17.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Italy
8.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Jamaica
16.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Japan
7.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Jersey
12.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Jordan
23.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Kazakhstan
17.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Kenya
22.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Kiribati
21 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Korea, North
14.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Korea, South
8.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Kuwait
18.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
21.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Laos
23.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Latvia
9.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Lebanon
14.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Lesotho
24.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Liberia
37.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Libya
17.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Liechtenstein
10.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Lithuania
9.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Luxembourg
11.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Macau
8.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Madagascar
31 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Malawi
40.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Malaysia
18.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Maldives
16.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Mali
43.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Malta
10 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Marshall Islands
23.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Mauritania
29.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Mauritius
12.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Mexico
18.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
19.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Moldova
11.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Monaco
6.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Mongolia
18.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Montenegro
11.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Montserrat
10.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Morocco
17.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Mozambique
37.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Namibia
26.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Nauru
23.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Nepal
19.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Netherlands
10.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
New Caledonia
14.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
New Zealand
13.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Nicaragua
17.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Niger
43.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Nigeria
35.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
North Macedonia
10.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
14.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Norway
12.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Oman
23.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Pakistan
21.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Palau
11.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Panama
17.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Papua New Guinea
23.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Paraguay
16.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Peru
17.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Philippines
23.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Poland
9.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Portugal
8.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Puerto Rico
8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Qatar
9.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Romania
8.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Russia
10.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Rwanda
29.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
9.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
13 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Saint Lucia
13.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
13 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Samoa
20.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
San Marino
8.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
31.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Saudi Arabia
15.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Senegal
32.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Serbia
8.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Seychelles
13.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Sierra Leone
36 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Singapore
8.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Sint Maarten
13.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Slovakia
9.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Slovenia
9.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Solomon Islands
24.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Somalia
39.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
South Africa
19.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
South Sudan
36.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Spain
9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Sri Lanka
14.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Sudan
34.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Suriname
15.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Sweden
12.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Switzerland
10.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Syria
20.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Taiwan
8.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Tajikistan
22.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Tanzania
35.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Thailand
11 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Timor-Leste
32.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Togo
32.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Tonga
21.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
12.3 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Tunisia
17.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Turkey
15.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Turkmenistan
18.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
14.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Tuvalu
23.7 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Uganda
42.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Ukraine
10.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
United Arab Emirates
9.8 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
United Kingdom
12 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
United States
12.4 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Uruguay
13 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Uzbekistan
16.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Vanuatu
23.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Venezuela
18.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Vietnam
15.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Virgin Islands
12.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
13 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
West Bank
26 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Western Sahara
28.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
World
18.2 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)

note: this rate results in about 259 worldwide births per minute or 4.3 births every second

Yemen
27.6 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Zambia
41.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)
Zimbabwe
34 births/1,000 population (2018 est.)