List of countries by birth rate - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This article includes two versions of the list of countries by crude birth rate
Birth rate
Crude birth rate is the nativity or childbirths per 1,000 people per year . Another word used interchangeably with "birth rate" is "natality". When the crude birth rate is subtracted from the crude death rate, it reveals the rate of natural increase...

. Crude birth rate refers to the number of births over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is expressed as number of births per 1,000 population.

The first list is based on the United Nations Population Division's quinquennial estimates and projections. Figures are for the period 2005-2010 using the medium assumption. The average crude birth rate for the entire world is estimated to be 20.3 births per 1,000 population.

The second list is based on CIA World Factbook estimates for year 2011. Dependent territories and not fully recognized states are not ranked.

2005-2010 List by the UN

2011 List by the CIA World Factbook

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Rank	Country	Birth rate (births per 1000 persons)
1	Democratic Republic of the Congo	49.6
2	Guinea-Bissau	49.6
3	Liberia	49.6
4	Niger	49.0
5	Afghanistan	48.2
6	Mali	48.1
7	Angola	47.3
8	Burundi	47.1
9	Uganda	46.6
10	Sierra Leone	46.2
11	Chad	45.5
12	Rwanda	44.5
13	Burkina Faso	44.0
14	Somalia	42.9
15	East Timor	42.1
16	Malawi	40.7
17	Benin	40.2
18	Nigeria	39.9
19	Guinea	39.8
20	Mozambique	39.5
21	Eritrea	39.3
22	Zambia	39.3
23	Kenya	39.2
24	Tanzania	39.0
25	Equatorial Guinea	38.5
26	Yemen	38.3
27	Ethiopia	38.2
28	Togo	36.8
29	Madagascar	36.4
30	Central African Republic	36.1
31	Palestinian territories	35.9
32	Côte d'Ivoire	35.3
33	Senegal	35.2
34	Republic of the Congo	35.1
35	The Gambia	34.9
36	Cameroon	34.5
37	Comoros	33.4
38	Guatemala	33.2
39	Mauritania	32.5
40	São Tomé and Príncipe	32.4
41	Iraq	31.7
42	Sudan	31.5
43	Solomon Islands	30.5
44	Ghana	29.6
45	Papua New Guinea	29.6
46	Lesotho	29.0
47	Cape Verde	28.9
48	Vanuatu	28.8
49	Djibouti	28.7
50	Swaziland	28.5
51	Nepal	28.1
52	Haiti	27.9
53	Honduras	27.9
54	Zimbabwe	27.9
55	Bolivia	27.3
56	Tajikistan	27.3
57	Pakistan	27.2
58	Laos	26.8
59	Syria	26.7
60	Cambodia	26.4
61	Jordan	25.9
62	Federated States of Micronesia	25.9
63	Philippines	25.8
64	Gabon	25.7
65	Namibia	25.7
66	Tonga	25.6
67	Belize	25.2
68	Botswana	24.9
69	Nicaragua	24.9
70	Saudi Arabia	24.9
71	Bangladesh	24.8
72	Paraguay	24.8
73	Samoa	24.7
74	Egypt	24.2
75	French Guiana ( Early Modern France)	23.9
76	Dominican Republic	23.5
77	Libya	23.4
78	Maldives	23.4
79	Western Sahara	23.3
80	India	23.0
81	El Salvador	22.8
82	Uzbekistan	22.6
83	South Africa	22.3
84	Oman	22.1
85	Kyrgyzstan	21.8
86	Turkmenistan	21.8
87	Brunei	21.5
88	Venezuela	21.4
89	Fiji	21.1
90	Ecuador	21.0
91	Peru	20.9
92	Algeria	20.8
93	Panama	20.8
94	Malaysia	20.6
95	Morocco	20.5
96	Iran	20.3
97	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20.1
98	Jamaica	19.9
99	Israel	19.7
100	Kazakhstan	19.7
101	Suriname	19.5
102	Mexico	19.3
103	Brazil	19.2
104	Saint Lucia	19.1
105	Vietnam	18.8
106	Colombia	18.7
107	Indonesia	18.7
108	Bhutan	18.5
109	Guam ( United States)	18.5
110	Mongolia	18.4
111	Turkey	18.4
112	French Polynesia ( Early Modern France)	18.3
113	Lebanon	18.2
114	Myanmar	18.2
115	Grenada	18.0
116	Réunion ( Early Modern France)	18.0
117	Kuwait	17.9
118	Costa Rica	17.8
119	Argentina	17.5
120	Bahrain	17.1
121	Guyana	17.1
122	The Bahamas	16.9
123	Tunisia	16.7
124	New Caledonia ( Early Modern France)	16.4
125	Albania	16.3
126	Azerbaijan	16.2
127	Qatar	16.2
128	United Arab Emirates	16.2
129	Republic of Ireland	15.5
130	Uruguay	15.1
131	Chile	15.0
132	Sri Lanka	15.0
133	Mauritius	14.8
134	Guadeloupe ( Early Modern France)	14.8
135	Trinidad and Tobago	14.8
136	Thailand	14.6
137	Iceland	14.3
138	Aruba ( Netherlands)	14.1
139	United States	14.0
140	New Zealand	13.7
141	Kingdom of Montenegro	13.6
142	United States Virgin Islands ( United States)	13.4
143	Puerto Rico ( United States)	13.3
144	North Korea	13.2
145	Serbia	12.8
146	Armenia	12.5
147	Netherlands Antilles	12.5
148	Australia	12.4
149	Martinique ( Early Modern France)	12.4
150	Cyprus	12.2
151	Early Modern France (metropolitan Metropolitan France Metropolitan France is the part of France located in Europe. It can also be described as mainland France or as the French mainland and the island of Corsica... )	12.2
152	United Kingdom	12.0
153	Norway	12.0
154	Luxembourg	11.5
155	Moldova	11.4
156	Sweden	11.3
157	People's Republic of China	11.2
158	Denmark	11.2
159	Finland	11.2
160	Netherlands	11.1
161	Barbados	11.0
162	Republic of Macedonia	10.9
163	Estonia	10.8
164	Georgia (country)	10.8
165	Spain	10.8
166	Russia	10.7
167	Portugal	10.5
168	Belgium	10.4
169	Canada	10.3
170	Cuba	10.3
171	Slovakia	10.0
172	Malta	9.8
173	Kingdom of Romania	9.8
174	Poland	9.5
175	Channel Islands Channel Islands The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey... ( United Kingdom)	9.4
176	Belarus	9.4
177	Greece	9.3
178	Hungary	9.3
179	South Korea	9.3
180	Latvia	9.3
181	Austria	9.2
182	Czech Republic	9.2
183	Italy	9.2
184	Switzerland	9.2
185	Ukraine	9.2
186	Lithuania	9.1
187	Independent State of Croatia	9.0
188	Slovenia	9.0
189	Kingdom of Bulgaria	8.9
190	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.8
191	Japan	8.3
192	Germany	8.2
193	Singapore	8.2
194	Hong Kong	7.6
195	Macau	7.6

Rank	Country	Birth rate (births/1000 persons)
1	Niger	50.54
2	Uganda	47.49
3	Mali	45.62
4	Zambia	44.08
5	Burkina Faso	43.59
6	Ethiopia	42.99
7	Angola	42.91
8	Somalia	42.71
9	Burundi	41.01
10	Malawi	40.85
11	Republic of the Congo	40.55
12	Mozambique	39.62
13	Chad	39.40
14	Sierra Leone	38.46
15	Benin	38.11
16	São Tomé and Príncipe	38.03
17	Afghanistan	37.83
18	Democratic Republic of the Congo	37.74
19	Madagascar	37.51
20	Liberia	36.25
21	Guinea	36.90
22	Rwanda	36.4
23	Senegal	36.73
24	Central African Republic	36.46
25	Sudan	36.12
26	Togo	35.58
27	Nigeria	35.51
28	Equatorial Guinea	35.43
-	Gaza Strip	35.30
29	Gabon	35.19
30	Guinea-Bissau	35.15
31	Comoros	34.19
32	The Gambia	34.19
33	Kenya	33.54
34	Yemen	33.49
35	Mauritania	33.23
36	Cameroon	33.04
37	Eritrea	32.80
38	Tanzania	32.64
-	Western Sahara	32.10
39	Zimbabwe	31.86
-	Mayotte	31.67
40	Côte d'Ivoire	30.95
41	Marshall Islands	29.11
42	Iraq	28.81
43	Solomon Islands	28.03
44	Nauru	27.78
45	Ghana	27.55
46	Guatemala	26.96
47	Lesotho	26.93
48	Jordan	26.79
49	Swaziland	26.63
50	Papua New Guinea	26.44
51	Belize	26.43
52	Tajikistan	26.29
53	Laos	26.13
54	East Timor	25.70
55	Cambodia	25.40
56	Philippines	25.34
57	Djibouti	25.27
58	Tonga	25.27
59	Honduras	25.14
60	Pakistan	24.81
61	Bolivia	24.71
62	Egypt	24.63
-	West Bank	24.56
63	Haiti	24.40
64	Oman	24.15
65	Libya	24.04
66	Syria	23.99
67	Kyrgyzstan	23.66
68	Tuvalu	23.24
69	Bangladesh	22.98
-	American Samoa	22.84
70	Kiribati	22.73
71	Samoa	22.50
72	Botswana	22.31
73	Federated States of Micronesia	22.22
74	Nepal	22.17
75	Namibia	21.48
76	Cape Verde	21.47
77	Kuwait	21.32
78	Fiji	21.11
79	Malaysia	21.08
80	India	20.97
81	Mongolia	20.93
82	Vanuatu	20.86
-	Northern Mariana Islands	20.69
83	Venezuela	20.10
84	Ecuador	19.96
85	Dominican Republic	19.67
86	Turkmenistan	19.54
87	South Africa	19.48
88	Nicaragua	19.46
89	Panama	19.43
90	Peru	19.41
91	Saudi Arabia	19.34
92	Myanmar	19.31
92	Israel	19.24
93	Jamaica	19.20
94	Morocco	19.19
-	World	19.15
96	Bhutan	19.13
97	Mexico	19.13
98	Iran	18.55
99	Indonesia	18.10
100	Turkey	17.93
101	Brunei	17.87
102	Azerbaijan	17.85
103	Brazil	17.79
-	Turks and Caicos Islands	17.76
104	El Salvador	17.75
105	Argentina	17.54
106	Colombia	17.49
107	Paraguay	17.48
108	Uzbekistan	17.43
109	Sri Lanka	17.42
110	Tunisia	17.40
111	Guyana	17.12
112	Vietnam	17.07
113	Grenada	17.01
114	Algeria	16.69
115	Kazakhstan	16.65
116	Costa Rica	16.54
117	Suriname	16.42
118	Antigua and Barbuda	16.31
-	New Caledonia	16.28
119	The Bahamas	16.10
120	Republic of Ireland	16.10
121	United Arab Emirates	15.87
122	Dominica	15.62
-	French Polynesia	15.53
123	Qatar	15.48
-	Cook Islands	15.37
124	Seychelles	15.33
125	Lebanon	15.02
126	Maldives	14.83
127	Bahrain	14.64
128	Saint Lucia	14.63
129	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14.62
-	Greenland	14.60
130	North Korea	14.51
-	British Virgin Islands	14.50
131	Trinidad and Tobago	14.35
132	Chile	14.33
-	Gibraltar	14.23
133	Saint Kitts and Nevis	14.07
134	Mauritius	13.97
—	Wallis and Futuna	13.96
135	United States	13.83
136	New Zealand	13.68
137	Uruguay	13.52
-	Faroe Islands	13.29
138	Thailand	12.95
—	Anguilla	12.95
139	Armenia	12.95
—	Aruba	12.85
140	Barbados	12.78
141	Australia	12.35
142	Mainland China	12.33
143	Early Modern France	12.29
144	United Kingdom	12.29
-	Cayman Islands	12.24
145	Albania	12.15
146	Republic of Macedonia	11.87
147	Luxembourg	11.69
-	Montserrat	11.67
—	Bermuda	11.42
-	Isle of Man	11.42
148	Cyprus	11.41
149	United States Virgin Islands	11.41
-	Puerto Rico	11.35
150	Moldova	11.16
151	Russia	11.05
152	Kingdom of Montenegro	11.00
-	Jersey	10.90
153	Norway	10.84
154	Palau	10.74
155	Georgia (country)	10.73
156	Spain	10.66
—	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	10.65
157	Slovakia	10.48
158	Estonia	10.45
159	Finland	10.37
160	Malta	10.35
161	Denmark	10.29
162	Canada	10.28
163	Netherlands	10.23
164	Sweden	10.18
-	Guernsey	10.13
165	Belgium	10.06
166	Poland	10.01
167	Cuba	9.99
168	Latvia	9.96
169	Portugal	9.94
170	Belarus	9.76
171	Andorra	9.66
172	Liechtenstein	9.65
173	Ukraine	9.62
174	Independent State of Croatia	9.60
175	Hungary	9.60
176	Kingdom of Romania	9.55
177	Switzerland	9.53
178	Kingdom of Bulgaria	9.32
179	Lithuania	9.29
180	Greece	9.21
181	Serbia	9.19
182	Italy	9.18
-	Macau	9.03
183	San Marino	9.02
—	Republic of China	8.90
184	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.89
185	Slovenia	8.85
186	Czech Republic	8.70
186	Austria	8.67
187	South Korea	8.55
188	Singapore	8.50
-	Saint-Pierre and Miquelon	8.32
189	Germany	8.30
—	Hong Kong	7.49
190	Japan	7.31
191	Monaco	6.94

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