DEFINITION
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 population growth rate in the absence of migration.
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Niger :
53.38 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#2 Afghanistan :
51.05 per 1,000 people
1987 ...
#3 East Timor :
50.74 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#4 Uganda :
50.66 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#5 Guinea-Bissau :
49.59 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#6 Liberia :
49.58 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
49.56 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#8 Mali :
48.73 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#9 Chad :
48.5 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#10 Angola :
47.81 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#11 Burkina Faso :
46.46 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#12 Sierra Leone :
46.3 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#13 Burundi :
45.44 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#14 Congo, Republic of the :
44.26 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#15 Somalia :
44.05 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#16 Equatorial Guinea :
43.08 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#17 Malawi :
42.84 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#18 Marshall Islands :
41.8 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#19 Rwanda :
41 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#20 Benin :
40.93 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#21 Guinea :
40.75 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#22 Nigeria :
40.51 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#23 Mauritania :
40.47 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#24 Zambia :
40.34 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#25 Yemen :
40.03 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#26 Kenya :
39.22 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#27 Ethiopia :
39.12 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#28 Mozambique :
38.77 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#29 Eritrea :
38.71 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#30 Iraq :
38.32 per 1,000 people
1997 ...
#31 Madagascar :
37.99 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#32 Togo :
37.92 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#33 Central African Republic :
36.83 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#34 Tanzania :
36.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#35 Côte d'Ivoire :
36.29 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#36 Senegal :
35.95 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#37 Comoros :
34.35 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#38 Guatemala :
34.33 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#39 Laos :
34.28 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#40 Cameroon :
34.19 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#41 Djibouti :
34.16 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#42 Gambia, The :
33.76 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#43 Swaziland :
33.67 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#44 São Tomé and Príncipe :
32.97 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#45 Sudan :
31.7 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#46 Solomon Islands :
31.58 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#47 Ghana :
30.63 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#48 Micronesia, Federated States of :
30.46 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#49 Maldives :
30.38 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#50 Cambodia :
30.31 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#51 Gabon :
29.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#52 Cape Verde :
29.8 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#53 Vanuatu :
29.71 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#54 Haiti :
29.65 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#55 Zimbabwe :
29.46 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#56 Papua New Guinea :
29.39 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#57 Nepal :
28.81 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#58 Bolivia :
28.56 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#59 Paraguay :
28.51 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#60 Honduras :
28.47 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#61 Tajikistan :
28.47 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#62 Belize :
28.04 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#63 Lesotho :
27.92 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#64 Jordan :
27.82 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#65 Nicaragua :
27.79 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#66 Kiribati :
27.7 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#67 Syria :
27.65 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#68 Saudi Arabia :
26.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#69 Samoa :
26.65 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#70 Bangladesh :
26.22 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#71 Pakistan :
26.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#72 Botswana :
25.79 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#73 Egypt :
25.57 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#74 Oman :
24.79 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#75 Grenada :
24.5 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#76 Philippines :
24.16 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#77 El Salvador :
23.95 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#78 India :
23.8 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#79 Dominican Republic :
23.58 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#80 South Africa :
23.51 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#81 Tonga :
23.41 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#82 Libya :
22.98 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#83 Morocco :
22.63 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#84 Fiji :
22.45 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#85 Namibia :
22.45 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#86 Peru :
22.39 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#87 Turkmenistan :
22.26 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#88 Ecuador :
22.17 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#89 Venezuela :
22.04 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#90 Brunei :
21.83 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#91 Panama :
21.57 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#92 Kyrgyzstan :
21.39 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#93 Malaysia :
21.38 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#94 Colombia :
21.11 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#95 Algeria :
20.82 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#96 Israel :
20.8 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#97 Suriname :
20.55 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#98 Guam :
20.48 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#99 Guyana :
20.27 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#100 Indonesia :
19.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#101 Uzbekistan :
19.88 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#102 Brazil :
19.79 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#103 Bhutan :
19.7 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#104 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
19.24 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#105 Burma :
19.23 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#106 Kuwait :
19.12 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#107 Turkey :
18.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#108 French Polynesia :
18.72 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#109 Lebanon :
18.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#110 Mexico :
18.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#111 Sri Lanka :
18.27 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#112 Bahamas, The :
18.25 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#113 Kazakhstan :
18.19 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#114 Antigua and Barbuda :
18.1 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#115 Seychelles :
18.1 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#116 Vietnam :
17.76 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#117 Argentina :
17.72 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#118 Mongolia :
17.69 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#119 Qatar :
17.68 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#120 Saint Kitts and Nevis :
17.3 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#121 Bahrain :
17.28 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#122 New Caledonia :
17.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#123 Tunisia :
17.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#124 Azerbaijan :
16.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#125 Costa Rica :
16.5 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#126 Greenland :
15.77 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#127 Jamaica :
15.76 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#128 Chile :
15.74 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#129 Thailand :
15.62 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#130 United Arab Emirates :
15.59 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#131 Dominica :
15.4 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#132 Ireland :
15.3 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#133 Korea, North :
15.17 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#134 Mauritius :
15.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#135 Uruguay :
14.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#136 Iran :
14.53 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#137 Trinidad and Tobago :
14.31 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#138 Saint Lucia :
14.31 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#139 Iceland :
14.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#140 New Zealand :
14.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#141 United States :
14 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#142 Virgin Islands :
14 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#143 Netherlands Antilles :
13.74 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#144 Bermuda :
13.2 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#145 Puerto Rico :
13 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#146 Barbados :
12.92 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#147 Albania :
12.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#148 France :
12.6 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#149 Australia :
12.55 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#150 Norway :
12.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#151 China :
12.22 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#152 Denmark :
11.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#153 United Kingdom :
11.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#154 Armenia :
11.7 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#155 Man, Isle of :
11.6 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#156 Netherlands :
11.6 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#157 Luxembourg :
11.5 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#158 Belgium :
11.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#159 Cuba :
11.3 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#160 Macedonia, Republic of :
11.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#161 Finland :
11 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#162 Cyprus :
10.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#163 Spain :
10.73 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#164 Georgia :
10.7 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#165 Serbia and Montenegro :
10.7 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#166 Estonia :
10.66 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#167 Portugal :
10.5 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#168 Canada :
10.5 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#169 Moldova :
10.5 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#170 Sweden :
10.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#171 Russia :
10.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#172 Romania :
10.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#173 Slovakia :
10 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#174 Singapore :
10 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#175 Czech Republic :
9.99 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#176 Malta :
9.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#177 Hungary :
9.6 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#178 Switzerland :
9.6 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#179 Austria :
9.5 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#180 Italy :
9.5 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#181 Belarus :
9.47 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#182 Greece :
9.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#183 Croatia :
9.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#184 Poland :
9.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#185 Latvia :
9.3 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#186 Korea, South :
9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#187 Bosnia and Herzegovina :
9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#188 Bulgaria :
9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#189 Ukraine :
9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#190 Lithuania :
8.9 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#191 Slovenia :
8.8 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#192 Japan :
8.41 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#193 Germany :
8.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#194 Hong Kong :
8.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#195 Macau :
7.29 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
Weighted average:
23.2 per 1,000 people
DEFINITION: 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 population growth rate in the absence of migration.
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