Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) - Gender Statistics

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Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

Rank	Country	Value
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) - Gender Statistics (2009)
1	Niger	53.22
2	Burkina Faso	46.83
3	Afghanistan	46.13
4	Uganda	45.78
5	Chad	45.25
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo	44.29
7	Somalia	43.74
8	Zambia	42.35
9	Mali	42.30
10	Angola	42.27
11	Tanzania	41.28
12	Rwanda	41.05
13	Guinea-Bissau	40.84
14	Timor-Leste	40.06
15	Sierra Leone	39.94
16	Malawi	39.71
17	Nigeria	39.28
18	Guinea	39.18
19	Benin	39.01
20	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	38.89
21	Kenya	38.37
22	Mozambique	38.30
23	Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)	38.02
24	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	38.02
25	Senegal	37.96
26	Equatorial Guinea	37.88
27	Liberia	37.84
28	Ethiopia	37.74
29	Yemen	36.44
30	Cameroon	36.41
31	Eritrea	36.37
32	Gambia	36.27
33	Madagascar	35.34
34	Central African Republic	34.88
35	West Bank and Gaza	34.82
36	Ivory Coast	34.48
37	Burundi	34.27
38	Least developed countries: UN classification	34.25
39	Republic of the Congo	33.97
40	Low income	33.54
41	Mauritania	33.13
42	Guatemala	32.46
43	Togo	32.41
44	Ghana	32.07
45	Comoros	31.94
46	Sao Tome and Principe	31.51
47	Papua New Guinea	30.94
48	Sudan	30.73
49	Iraq	30.66
50	Zimbabwe	29.84
51	Solomon Islands	29.84
52	Pakistan	29.81
53	Vanuatu	29.78
54	Swaziland	29.63
55	Lesotho	28.62
56	Tajikistan	27.97
57	Djibouti	27.97
58	Syria	27.48
59	Haiti	27.30
60	Namibia	27.14
61	Tonga	27.13
62	Laos	27.11
63	Honduras	27.04
64	Gabon	26.91
65	Bolivia	26.56
66	Arab World	26.03
67	Kyrgyzstan	25.41
68	Jordan	25.35
69	Nepal	24.85
70	Micronesia	24.77
71	Cambodia	24.73
72	Mayotte	24.48
73	Egypt	24.44
74	Philippines	24.40
75	Botswana	24.36
76	Nicaragua	24.36
77	Belize	24.27
78	Paraguay	24.24
79	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	23.83
80	Cape Verde	23.72
81	Saudi Arabia	23.70
82	South Asia	23.54
83	Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)	23.48
84	Libya	22.99
85	Western Samoa	22.77
86	India	22.45
87	Kazakhstan	22.40
88	Uzbekistan	22.28
89	Dominican Republic	22.17
90	Oman	21.88
91	South Africa	21.73
92	Turkmenistan	21.69
93	Israel	21.65
94	Low & middle income	21.36
95	Bhutan	21.13
96	Venezuela	20.98
97	Bangladesh	20.95
98	Peru	20.74
99	Algeria	20.71
100	Fiji	20.62
101	Ecuador	20.43
102	Morocco	20.37
103	Burma	20.28
104	Panama	20.27
105	El Salvador	20.18
106	Colombia	20.09
107	Malaysia	20.02
108	Lower middle income	19.81
109	Grenada	19.53
110	Brunei Darussalam	19.50
111	Middle income	19.22
112	Sri Lanka	18.90
113	Maldives	18.81
114	Mongolia	18.81
115	Kosovo	18.76
116	Suriname	18.72
117	Iran	18.72
118	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	18.40
119	Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)	18.34
120	Indonesia	18.17
121	Guam	18.05
122	Mexico	18
123	Turkey	17.99
124	French Polynesia	17.84
125	Bahrain	17.74
126	Tunisia	17.70
127	Kuwait	17.46
128	Guyana	17.44
129	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	17.43
130	Seychelles	17.35
131	Azerbaijan	17.20
132	Argentina	17.16
133	New Caledonia	17
134	Upper middle income	16.95
135	Vietnam	16.86
136	Ireland	16.80
137	Bahamas	16.53
138	Costa Rica	16.50
139	Jamaica	16.33
140	Iceland	15.80
141	Lebanon	15.64
142	Brazil	15.63
143	Armenia	15.42
144	Trinidad and Tobago	14.87
145	Chile	14.85
146	Europe & Central Asia (developing only)	14.83
147	Greenland	14.79
148	Albania	14.78
149	High income: nonOECD	14.71
150	New Zealand	14.67
151	Uruguay	14.50
152	Thailand	14.42
153	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	14.21
154	United States	13.80
155	United Arab Emirates	13.73
156	East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)	13.69
157	North America	13.57
158	Australia	13.50
159	Netherlands Antilles	13.03
160	Norway	12.80
161	France	12.80
162	United Kingdom	12.80
163	Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)	12.61
164	OECD members	12.54
165	Moldova	12.48
166	Russia	12.40
167	Bermuda	12.28
168	Georgia	12.10
169	Montenegro	12.07
170	Sweden	12
171	Mauritius	12
172	China	11.99
173	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	11.95
174	Estonia	11.80
175	High income	11.79
176	Qatar	11.73
177	Puerto Rico	11.72
178	Hong Kong	11.70
179	Belgium	11.70
180	Aruba	11.55
181	Cyprus	11.54
182	High income: OECD	11.53
183	Belarus	11.50
184	Canada	11.48
185	Denmark	11.40
186	Liechtenstein	11.40
187	Slovakia	11.30
188	Czech Republic	11.30
189	Luxembourg	11.30
190	Finland	11.30
191	Netherlands	11.20
192	Barbados	11.16
193	Ukraine	11.10
194	San Marino	11
195	Lithuania	11
196	Poland	10.90
197	Macedonia	10.86
198	Spain	10.80
199	European Union	10.73
200	Bulgaria	10.70
201	Slovenia	10.70
202	Greece	10.50
203	Romania	10.40
204	Cuba	10.34
205	Euro area	10.32
206	Switzerland	10.10
207	Malta	10
208	North Korea	9.90
209	South Korea	9.90
210	Singapore	9.90
211	Andorra	9.90
212	Croatia	9.82
213	Latvia	9.60
214	Serbia	9.60
215	Hungary	9.60
216	Italy	9.50
217	Portugal	9.40
218	Channel Islands	9.15
219	Austria	9.10
220	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.07
221	Japan	8.50
222	Macau	8.38
223	Germany	8.10

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