Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) - Dynamics - Population - Health - World Development Indicators



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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.
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) - Dynamics - Population - Health - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Niger53.54
2Burkina Faso47.21
3Afghanistan46.54
4Uganda46.15
5Chad45.69
6Democratic Republic of the Congo44.87
7Somalia44.10
8Angola42.88
9Zambia42.88
10Mali42.61
11Tanzania41.53
12Guinea-Bissau41.19
13Rwanda41.13
14Sierra Leone40.31
15Malawi40.22
16Timor-Leste40
17Nigeria39.83
18Guinea39.63
19Benin39.40
20Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)39.31
21Mozambique39.19
22Kenya38.77
23Sub-Saharan Africa38.46
24Senegal38.44
25Liberia38.33
26Ethiopia38.23
27Equatorial Guinea37.97
28Eritrea36.98
29Cameroon36.86
30Yemen36.80
31Gambia36.76
32Madagascar35.90
33West Bank and Gaza35.54
34Central African Republic35.42
35Ivory Coast34.95
36Least developed countries: UN classification34.62
37Republic of the Congo34.51
38Burundi34.47
39Mauritania33.59
40Guatemala33.01
41Togo32.88
42Comoros32.43
43Ghana32.35
44Low income32.18
45Sao Tome and Principe32.11
46Papua New Guinea31.43
47Sudan31.29
48Iraq31.22
49Solomon Islands30.45
50Vanuatu30.20
51Pakistan30.09
52Zimbabwe29.93
53Swaziland29.90
54Lesotho28.94
55Djibouti28.43
56Tajikistan28.08
57Syria27.98
58Tonga27.73
59Haiti27.64
60Namibia27.56
61Honduras27.48
62Laos27.28
63Gabon27.27
64Bolivia27.10
65Jordan25.73
66Nepal25.39
67Micronesia25.26
68Mayotte25.08
69Philippines24.73
70Cambodia24.73
71Egypt24.70
72Belize24.70
73Paraguay24.63
74Nicaragua24.62
75Botswana24.54
76Kyrgyzstan24.36
77Cape Verde24.12
78Middle East & North Africa24.04
79South Asia23.82
80Samoa23.51
81Saudi Arabia23.42
82Libya23.30
83India22.80
84Kazakhstan22.70
85Dominican Republic22.53
86South Africa22.04
87Oman21.96
88Turkmenistan21.93
89Uzbekistan21.68
90Israel21.50
91Bhutan21.49
92Low & middle income21.48
93Bangladesh21.43
94Venezuela21.24
95Peru21.11
96Fiji20.95
97Ecuador20.80
98Algeria20.76
99Panama20.64
100Burma20.53
101Morocco20.42
102Colombia20.40
103Malaysia20.38
104El Salvador20.23
105Lower middle income19.87
106Brunei Darussalam19.80
107Grenada19.42
108Middle income19.23
109Kosovo19.01
110Suriname18.98
111Iran18.91
112Sri Lanka18.80
113Mongolia18.79
114Latin America & Caribbean18.77
115Maldives18.71
116Indonesia18.57
117Mexico18.33
118Guam18.31
119Turkey18.23
120Bahrain18.02
121French Polynesia17.99
122Guyana17.87
123Seychelles17.80
124Azerbaijan17.80
125Kuwait17.70
126Tunisia17.70
127St. Vincent and the Grenadines17.58
128Argentina17.27
129Vietnam17.15
130Ireland16.91
131Upper middle income16.74
132Bahamas16.70
133Jamaica16.69
134Costa Rica16.68
135New Caledonia16.20
136Brazil16.19
137Lebanon15.73
138High income: nonOECD15.40
139Armenia15.30
140Iceland15.23
141New Zealand15.06
142Chile14.94
143Trinidad and Tobago14.83
144Greenland14.80
145Albania14.65
146Uruguay14.58
147Thailand14.52
148East Asia & Pacific14.39
149Europe & Central Asia14.32
150United States14.30
151United Arab Emirates14
152Australia13.80
153Netherlands Antilles13.28
154United Kingdom12.94
155Mauritius12.90
156France12.86
157Norway12.69
158Bermuda12.48
159Moldova12.32
160China12.14
161Montenegro12.12
162Russia12.10
163Georgia12.09
164Qatar12.07
165High income12.03
166Virgin Islands (U.S.)12
167Estonia11.96
168Sweden11.86
169Denmark11.84
170Puerto Rico11.82
171Aruba11.72
172High income: OECD11.70
173Belgium11.67
174Cyprus11.50
175Czech Republic11.47
176Luxembourg11.45
177Spain11.39
178Hong Kong11.30
179Canada11.25
180Netherlands11.23
181Barbados11.21
182Finland11.20
183Belarus11.14
184San Marino11
185Ukraine11
186Macedonia10.90
187Poland10.87
188Slovakia10.61
189Latvia10.57
190Slovenia10.49
191Cuba10.49
192Euro area10.48
193Lithuania10.44
194Andorra10.40
195Romania10.31
196Greece10.28
197Singapore10.20
198Bulgaria10.19
199Switzerland10.06
200Malta10.02
201Liechtenstein9.90
202Croatia9.90
203Hungary9.88
204Portugal9.85
205Italy9.62
206North Korea9.40
207South Korea9.40
208Serbia9.40
209Austria9.33
210Channel Islands9.33
211Bosnia and Herzegovina9.10
212Japan8.70
213Germany8.31
214Macau8.20
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