Birth rate - The World Factbook - CIA

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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.

Rank	Country	(births/1,000 population)
Birth rate - The World Factbook - CIA
1	Niger	51.08
2	Uganda	47.55
3	Mali	46.09
4	Burkina Faso	43.98
5	Ethiopia	43.34
6	Angola	43.33
7	Somalia	43.33
8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	42.26
9	Burundi	41.43
10	Malawi	41.28
11	Republic of the Congo	41.01
12	Chad	40.12
13	Zambia	39.93
14	Sao Tome and Principe	39.09
15	Sierra Leone	38.79
16	Mayotte	38.76
17	Benin	38.67
18	Liberia	38.14
19	Afghanistan	38.11
20	Madagascar	37.89
21	Mozambique	37.80
22	Gambia	37.31
23	Rwanda	37.26
24	Guinea	37.21
25	Central African Republic	36.79
26	Senegal	36.36
27	Gaza Strip	36.26
28	Togo	36.23
29	Nigeria	36.07
30	Equatorial Guinea	36
31	Guinea-Bissau	35.56
32	Gabon	35.39
33	Kenya	35.14
34	Comoros	34.71
35	Yemen	34.37
36	Mauritania	33.67
37	Cameroon	33.58
38	Eritrea	33.48
39	Laos	33.44
40	Tanzania	33.44
41	Sudan	33.25
42	Western Sahara	32.56
43	Zimbabwe	31.57
44	Ivory Coast	31.48
45	Marshall Islands	29.94
46	Iraq	29.41
47	Haiti	28.70
48	Saudi Arabia	28.21
49	Ghana	28.09
50	Guatemala	27.40
51	Lesotho	27.17
52	Swaziland	27.12
53	Jordan	27.06
54	Papua New Guinea	26.95
55	Solomon Islands	26.87
56	Belize	26.84
57	Tajikistan	26.49
58	Timor-Leste	25.93
59	Cambodia	25.77
60	Philippines	25.68
61	Honduras	25.61
62	Djibouti	25.58
63	Bolivia	25.16
64	Pakistan	25.09
65	Egypt	25.02
66	West Bank	24.91
67	Libya	24.58
68	Syria	24.44
69	Oman	23.90
70	Bangladesh	23.80
71	Kyrgyzstan	23.58
72	Nauru	23.56
73	Kiribati	23.06
74	American Samoa	23.05
75	Tuvalu	23.01
76	Samoa	22.92
77	Nicaragua	22.77
78	Micronesia	22.57
79	Botswana	22.54
80	Nepal	22.43
81	Dominican Republic	22.13
82	Malaysia	22.06
83	Namibia	21.82
84	Cape Verde	21.67
85	Fiji	21.65
86	Kuwait	21.64
87	India	21.34
88	Vanuatu	21.08
89	Northern Mariana Islands	21.05
90	Mongolia	21.03
91	Turks and Caicos Islands	20.44
92	Ecuador	20.32
93	Venezuela	20.29
94	Panama	19.71
95	Bhutan	19.62
96	Turkmenistan	19.62
97	South Africa	19.61
98	Israel	19.51
99	Burma	19.49
100	Jamaica	19.47
101	Morocco	19.40
102	Mexico	19.39
103	Peru	19
104	Indonesia	18.45
105	Turkey	18.28
106	Brazil	18.11
107	El Salvador	18.06
108	Brunei	18
109	Tonga	17.78
110	Colombia	17.76
111	Argentina	17.75
112	Azerbaijan	17.75
113	Paraguay	17.73
114	Guyana	17.61
115	Uzbekistan	17.51
116	Iran	17.33
117	Vietnam	17.29
118	Grenada	17.20
119	Bahrain	16.81
120	Algeria	16.71
121	New Caledonia	16.71
122	Kazakhstan	16.66
123	Costa Rica	16.65
124	Suriname	16.61
125	Antigua and Barbuda	16.43
126	Bahamas	16.25
127	United Arab Emirates	15.98
128	Sri Lanka	15.88
129	Dominica	15.68
130	Cook Islands	15.67
131	French Polynesia	15.67
132	Qatar	15.54
133	Seychelles	15.53
134	Albania	15.39
135	Tunisia	15.31
136	Lebanon	15.10
137	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	14.89
138	St. Lucia	14.81
139	Greenland	14.68
140	North Korea	14.58
141	British Virgin Islands	14.52
142	Maldives	14.50
143	Chile	14.46
144	Trinidad and Tobago	14.37
145	St. Kitts and Nevis	14.23
146	Gibraltar	14.20
147	Mauritius	14.17
148	Ireland	14.10
149	Netherlands Antilles	14.05
150	United States	13.83
151	New Zealand	13.81
152	Uruguay	13.67
153	Iceland	13.36
154	Thailand	13.21
155	Anguilla	12.94
156	Faroe Islands	12.90
157	Aruba	12.77
158	Armenia	12.74
159	Barbados	12.43
160	France	12.43
161	Australia	12.39
162	Cayman Islands	12.29
163	China	12.17
164	Montserrat	12.11
165	Macedonia	11.92
166	Luxembourg	11.70
167	Puerto Rico	11.65
168	Virgin Islands	11.61
169	Bermuda	11.47
170	Cyprus	11.38
171	Moldova	11.16
172	Russia	11.11
173	Montenegro	11.09
174	Cuba	11.02
175	Saint Helena	10.95
176	Norway	10.90
177	Georgia	10.70
178	Isle of Man	10.70
179	Palau	10.68
180	United Kingdom	10.67
181	Slovakia	10.55
182	Romania	10.43
183	Estonia	10.42
184	Denmark	10.40
185	Malta	10.38
186	Finland	10.37
187	Netherlands	10.30
188	Canada	10.28
189	Sweden	10.14
190	Portugal	10.12
191	Belgium	10.10
192	Poland	10.04
193	Andorra	10.03
194	Latvia	9.90
195	Belarus	9.76
196	Liechtenstein	9.69
197	Croatia	9.63
198	Ukraine	9.62
199	Switzerland	9.56
200	Spain	9.54
201	Bulgaria	9.43
202	Hungary	9.43
203	Greece	9.34
204	Lithuania	9.21
205	Serbia	9.20
206	San Marino	9.18
207	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	9.15
208	Macau	8.98
209	Taiwan	8.97
210	Slovenia	8.92
211	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.87
212	Czech Republic	8.76
213	South Korea	8.72
214	Austria	8.65
215	Singapore	8.65
216	Jersey	8.56
217	Guernsey	8.55
218	Germany	8.21
219	Italy	8.01
220	Hong Kong	7.45
221	Japan	7.41
222	Monaco	7.03

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