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
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
= 60
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
= 84
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
= 109
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
= 114
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
= 137
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
= 141
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
= 152
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
= 155
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
= 164
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
= 167
Canada :
10.5 per 1,000 people
2005
= 167
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
= 171
Romania :
10.2 per 1,000 people
2005
= 173
Slovakia :
10 per 1,000 people
2005
= 173
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
= 177
Switzerland :
9.6 per 1,000 people
2005
= 179
Austria :
9.5 per 1,000 people
2005
= 179
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
= 182
Croatia :
9.4 per 1,000 people
2005
= 182
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
= 186
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
9 per 1,000 people
2005
= 186
Bulgaria :
9 per 1,000 people
2005
= 186
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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