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Encyclopedia > Birth rate
Countries by birth rate, CIA map, not dated
Countries by birth rate, CIA map, not dated

demography, natality, childbirths per 1,000 people per year. It can be mathematically represented by CBR = frac{n}{p}{1000} where n is the number of childbirths in that year, and p is the current population. This figure is combined with the crude death rate to produce the rate of natural population growth (natural in that it does not take into account net migration). Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1481x628, 52 KB) Summary Crude Birth Rate (CBR), based on CIA factbook figures [1]. Shows births per 1000 population per year Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1481x628, 52 KB) Summary Crude Birth Rate (CBR), based on CIA factbook figures [1]. Shows births per 1000 population per year Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not... Map of countries by population Population growth showing projections for later this century Demography is the statistical study of human populations. ... Parturition redirects here. ... Mortality rate is the annual number of deaths per 1000 people. ... Theoretical Human population increase from 10,000 BC – 2000 AD. Population growth is the change in population over time, and can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals in a population per unit time. ...


As of 2007, the average birth rate for the whole world is 20.3 per year per 1000 total population, which for a world population of 6.6 billion comes to 134 million babies per year. 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map of countries by population — China and India, the only two countries to have a population greater than one billion, together possess more than a third of the worlds population. ...


Another indicator of fertility is frequently used: the total fertility rate — average number of children born to each woman over the course of her life. In general, the total fertility rate is a better indicator of (current) fertility rates because unlike the crude birth rate it is not affected by the age distribution of the population.


Fertility rates tend to be higher in less economically developed countries and lower in more economically developed countries.

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Other methods of measuring birth rate

General fertility rate (GFR) – This measures the number of births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 45.


Standardised birth rate (SBR) – This compares the age-sex structure to a hypothetical standard population.


Total fertility rate (TFR) – The mean number of children a woman is expected to bear during her child-bearing years. It is also independent of the age-sex structure of the population.


Factors affecting birth rate

  • Pro-natalist policies and Anti-natalist policies from government
  • Abortion rates
  • Existing age-sex structure
  • Social and religious beliefs - especially in relation to contraception
  • Female literacy levels
  • Economic prosperity (although in theory when the economy is doing well families can afford to have more children in practice the higher the economic prosperity the lower the birth rate).
  • Poverty levels – children can be seen as an economic resource in developing countries as they can earn money.
  • Infant Mortality Rate – a family may have more children if a country's IMR is high as it is likely some of those children will die.
  • Urbanization
  • Typical age of marriage
  • Pension availability
  • Conflict

Natalism is the belief that human reproduction is the basis for individual existence. ... Natalism is the belief that human reproduction is the basis for individual existence. ... Child labour or labor is the phenomenon of children in employment. ...

See also

This is a list of countries by birth rate, based on The World Factbook, as at September 2005. ... Population ageing or population aging (see English spelling differences) occurs when the median age of a country or region rises. ...

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External links

  • CIA World Factbook Birth Rate List by Rank
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