Birth rate by country. Definition, graph and map.

Rank	Countries	Amount	Date
# 1	Niger:	49.62 births/1,000 population	2008
# 2	Mali:	49.38 births/1,000 population	2008
# 3	Uganda:	48.15 births/1,000 population	2008
# 4	Afghanistan:	45.82 births/1,000 population	2008
# 5	Sierra Leone:	45.08 births/1,000 population	2008
# 6	Burkina Faso:	44.68 births/1,000 population	2008
# 7	Somalia:	44.12 births/1,000 population	2008
# 8	Angola:	44.09 births/1,000 population	2008
# 9	Ethiopia:	43.97 births/1,000 population	2008
# 10	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	43 births/1,000 population	2008
# 11	Liberia:	42.92 births/1,000 population	2008
# 12	Yemen:	42.42 births/1,000 population	2008
# 13	Malawi:	41.79 births/1,000 population	2008
# 14	Congo, Republic of the:	41.76 births/1,000 population	2008
# 15	Burundi:	41.72 births/1,000 population	2008
# 16	Chad:	41.61 births/1,000 population	2008
# 17	Zambia:	40.52 births/1,000 population	2008
# 18	Mauritania:	40.14 births/1,000 population	2008
# 19	Rwanda:	39.97 births/1,000 population	2008
# 20	Western Sahara:	39.95 births/1,000 population	2008
# 21	Benin:	39.8 births/1,000 population	2008
# 22	Mayotte:	39.79 births/1,000 population	2008
# 23	São Tomé and Príncipe:	39.12 births/1,000 population	2008
# 24	Djibouti:	38.61 births/1,000 population	2008
# 25	Madagascar:	38.38 births/1,000 population	2008
# 26	Gambia, The:	38.36 births/1,000 population	2008
# 27	Mozambique:	38.21 births/1,000 population	2008
# 28	Kenya:	37.89 births/1,000 population	2008
# 29	Guinea:	37.84 births/1,000 population	2008
# 30	Gaza Strip:	37.75 births/1,000 population	2008
# 31	Nigeria:	37.23 births/1,000 population	2008
# 32	Equatorial Guinea:	37.04 births/1,000 population	2008
# 33	Togo:	36.66 births/1,000 population	2008
# 34	Senegal:	36.52 births/1,000 population	2008
# 35	Guinea-Bissau:	36.4 births/1,000 population	2008
# 36	Comoros:	35.78 births/1,000 population	2008
# 37	Gabon:	35.75 births/1,000 population	2008
# 38	Haiti:	35.69 births/1,000 population	2008
# 39	Oman:	35.26 births/1,000 population	2008
# 40	Tanzania:	35.12 births/1,000 population	2008
# 41	Eritrea:	34.94 births/1,000 population	2008
# 42	Cameroon:	34.59 births/1,000 population	2008
# 43	Laos:	34.46 births/1,000 population	2008
# 44	Sudan:	34.31 births/1,000 population	2008
# 45	Central African Republic:	33.13 births/1,000 population	2008
# 46	Côte d'Ivoire:	32.73 births/1,000 population	2008
# 47	Zimbabwe:	31.62 births/1,000 population	2008
# 48	Marshall Islands:	31.52 births/1,000 population	2008
# 49	Iraq:	30.77 births/1,000 population	2008
# 50	Kiribati:	30.31 births/1,000 population	2008
# 51	Nepal:	29.92 births/1,000 population	2008
# 52	Ghana:	29.22 births/1,000 population	2008
# 53	Bangladesh:	28.86 births/1,000 population	2008
# 54	Saudi Arabia:	28.85 births/1,000 population	2008
# 55	Guatemala:	28.55 births/1,000 population	2008
# 56	Solomon Islands:	28.48 births/1,000 population	2008
# 57	Paraguay:	28.47 births/1,000 population	2008
# 58	Pakistan:	28.35 births/1,000 population	2008
# 59	Samoa:	28.2 births/1,000 population	2008
# 60	Papua New Guinea:	28.14 births/1,000 population	2008
# 61	Belize:	27.84 births/1,000 population	2008
# 62	Tajikistan:	27.18 births/1,000 population	2008
# 63	Honduras:	26.93 births/1,000 population	2008
# 64	Swaziland:	26.6 births/1,000 population	2008
# 65	Syria:	26.57 births/1,000 population	2008
# 66	East Timor:	26.52 births/1,000 population	2008
# 67	Philippines:	26.42 births/1,000 population	2008
# 68	West Bank:	25.95 births/1,000 population	2008
# 69	El Salvador:	25.72 births/1,000 population	2008
# 70	Cambodia:	25.68 births/1,000 population	2008
# 71	Libya:	25.62 births/1,000 population	2008
# 72	Turkmenistan:	25.07 births/1,000 population	2008
# 73	Lesotho:	24.41 births/1,000 population	2008
# 74	Nauru:	24.26 births/1,000 population	2008
# 75	Cape Verde:	23.95 births/1,000 population	2008
# 76	Nicaragua:	23.7 births/1,000 population	2008
= 77	American Samoa:	23.66 births/1,000 population	2008
= 77	Micronesia, Federated States of:	23.66 births/1,000 population	2008
# 79	Kyrgyzstan:	23.31 births/1,000 population	2008
# 80	Namibia:	23.19 births/1,000 population	2008
# 81	Botswana:	22.96 births/1,000 population	2008
# 82	Tuvalu:	22.75 births/1,000 population	2008
# 83	Dominican Republic:	22.65 births/1,000 population	2008
# 84	Malaysia:	22.44 births/1,000 population	2008
# 85	Bolivia:	22.31 births/1,000 population	2008
# 86	India:	22.22 births/1,000 population	2008
# 87	Fiji:	22.15 births/1,000 population	2008
# 88	Egypt:	22.12 births/1,000 population	2008
# 89	Vanuatu:	21.95 births/1,000 population	2008
# 90	Kuwait:	21.9 births/1,000 population	2008
# 91	Tonga:	21.81 births/1,000 population	2008
# 92	Grenada:	21.61 births/1,000 population	2008
# 93	Ecuador:	21.54 births/1,000 population	2008
# 94	Morocco:	21.31 births/1,000 population	2008
# 95	Turks and Caicos Islands:	21.12 births/1,000 population	2008
# 96	Mongolia:	21.09 births/1,000 population	2008
# 97	Venezuela:	20.92 births/1,000 population	2008
# 98	Panama:	20.68 births/1,000 population	2008
# 99	Bhutan:	20.56 births/1,000 population	2008
# 100	French Guiana:	20.46 births/1,000 population	2006
# 101	South Africa:	20.23 births/1,000 population	2008
# 102	Jordan:	20.13 births/1,000 population	2008
= 103	Jamaica:	20.04 births/1,000 population	2008
= 103	Mexico:	20.04 births/1,000 population	2008
# 105	Israel:	20.02 births/1,000 population	2008
# 106	Colombia:	19.86 births/1,000 population	2008
# 107	Peru:	19.77 births/1,000 population	2008
# 108	Indonesia:	19.24 births/1,000 population	2008
# 109	Northern Mariana Islands:	19.04 births/1,000 population	2008
# 110	Réunion:	18.9 births/1,000 population	2006
# 111	Brazil:	18.72 births/1,000 population	2008
# 112	Brunei:	18.39 births/1,000 population	2008
# 113	Guam:	18.37 births/1,000 population	2008
# 114	Argentina:	18.11 births/1,000 population	2008
# 115	Uzbekistan:	17.99 births/1,000 population	2008
# 116	Guyana:	17.85 births/1,000 population	2008
# 117	Saint Kitts and Nevis:	17.73 births/1,000 population	2008
# 118	Costa Rica:	17.71 births/1,000 population	2008
# 119	Lebanon:	17.61 births/1,000 population	2008
# 120	Azerbaijan:	17.52 births/1,000 population	2008
# 121	Palau:	17.4 births/1,000 population	2008
# 122	New Caledonia:	17.39 births/1,000 population	2008
# 123	Bahrain:	17.26 births/1,000 population	2008
# 124	Burma:	17.23 births/1,000 population	2008
# 125	Bahamas, The:	17.06 births/1,000 population	2008
# 126	Algeria:	17.03 births/1,000 population	2008
# 127	Suriname:	17.02 births/1,000 population	2008
# 128	Iran:	16.89 births/1,000 population	2008
# 129	Antigua and Barbuda:	16.78 births/1,000 population	2008
# 130	Cook Islands:	16.71 births/1,000 population	2008
# 131	Sri Lanka:	16.63 births/1,000 population	2008
# 132	Vietnam:	16.47 births/1,000 population	2008
# 133	Kazakhstan:	16.44 births/1,000 population	2008
# 134	French Polynesia:	16.16 births/1,000 population	2008
# 135	Turkey:	16.15 births/1,000 population	2008
# 136	United Arab Emirates:	16.06 births/1,000 population	2008
# 137	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:	15.82 births/1,000 population	2008
# 138	Dominica:	15.73 births/1,000 population	2008
# 139	Qatar:	15.69 births/1,000 population	2008
# 140	Seychelles:	15.6 births/1,000 population	2008
# 141	Tunisia:	15.5 births/1,000 population	2008
# 142	Saint Lucia:	15.4 births/1,000 population	2008
# 143	Albania:	15.22 births/1,000 population	2008
# 144	Guadeloupe:	15.05 births/1,000 population	2006
# 145	Greenland:	14.87 births/1,000 population	2008
# 146	Maldives:	14.84 births/1,000 population	2008
# 147	Chile:	14.82 births/1,000 population	2008
# 148	British Virgin Islands:	14.72 births/1,000 population	2008
# 149	Mauritius:	14.64 births/1,000 population	2008
# 150	Korea, North:	14.61 births/1,000 population	2008
# 151	Netherlands Antilles:	14.37 births/1,000 population	2008
# 152	Ireland:	14.33 births/1,000 population	2008
# 153	United States:	14.18 births/1,000 population	2008
# 154	Uruguay:	14.17 births/1,000 population	2008
# 155	New Zealand:	14.09 births/1,000 population	2008
# 156	Martinique:	13.74 births/1,000 population	2006
# 157	China:	13.71 births/1,000 population	2008
# 158	Thailand:	13.57 births/1,000 population	2008
# 159	Iceland:	13.5 births/1,000 population	2008
# 160	Faroe Islands:	13.25 births/1,000 population	2008
# 161	Trinidad and Tobago:	13.22 births/1,000 population	2008
# 162	Anguilla:	13.11 births/1,000 population	2008
# 163	Saint Pierre and Miquelon:	12.92 births/1,000 population	2008
# 164	Aruba:	12.81 births/1,000 population	2008
# 165	France:	12.73 births/1,000 population	2008
# 166	Puerto Rico:	12.61 births/1,000 population	2008
# 167	Cyprus:	12.56 births/1,000 population	2008
# 168	Australia:	12.55 births/1,000 population	2008
# 169	Armenia:	12.53 births/1,000 population	2008
# 170	Barbados:	12.48 births/1,000 population	2008
# 171	Cayman Islands:	12.43 births/1,000 population	2008
# 172	Virgin Islands:	12.29 births/1,000 population	2008
# 173	Serbia and Montenegro:	12.12 births/1,000 population	2005
# 174	Montserrat:	12.01 births/1,000 population	2008
# 175	Macedonia, Republic of:	12 births/1,000 population	2008
# 176	Luxembourg:	11.77 births/1,000 population	2008
# 177	Saint Helena:	11.45 births/1,000 population	2008
# 178	Cuba:	11.27 births/1,000 population	2008
# 179	Montenegro:	11.17 births/1,000 population	2008
# 180	Bermuda:	11.15 births/1,000 population	2008
# 181	Norway:	11.12 births/1,000 population	2008
# 182	Russia:	11.03 births/1,000 population	2008
# 183	Moldova:	11.01 births/1,000 population	2008
# 184	Man, Isle of:	10.86 births/1,000 population	2008
= 185	Gibraltar:	10.71 births/1,000 population	2008
= 185	Denmark:	10.71 births/1,000 population	2008
# 187	United Kingdom:	10.65 births/1,000 population	2008
# 188	Slovakia:	10.64 births/1,000 population	2008
# 189	Georgia:	10.62 births/1,000 population	2008
# 190	Romania:	10.61 births/1,000 population	2008
# 191	Andorra:	10.59 births/1,000 population	2008
# 192	Netherlands:	10.53 births/1,000 population	2008
# 193	Portugal:	10.45 births/1,000 population	2008
# 194	Finland:	10.39 births/1,000 population	2008
# 195	Malta:	10.33 births/1,000 population	2008
# 196	Canada:	10.29 births/1,000 population	2008
# 197	Estonia:	10.28 births/1,000 population	2008
# 199	Belgium:	10.22 births/1,000 population	2008
# 200	Sweden:	10.15 births/1,000 population	2008
# 201	Poland:	10.01 births/1,000 population	2008
# 202	Spain:	9.87 births/1,000 population	2008
# 203	Liechtenstein:	9.86 births/1,000 population	2008
# 204	San Marino:	9.74 births/1,000 population	2008
# 205	Croatia:	9.64 births/1,000 population	2008
= 206	Belarus:	9.62 births/1,000 population	2008
= 206	Switzerland:	9.62 births/1,000 population	2008
= 206	Latvia:	9.62 births/1,000 population	2008
# 209	Hungary:	9.59 births/1,000 population	2008
# 210	Bulgaria:	9.58 births/1,000 population	2008
# 211	Ukraine:	9.55 births/1,000 population	2008
# 212	Greece:	9.54 births/1,000 population	2008
= 213	Korea, South:	9.09 births/1,000 population	2008
= 213	Monaco:	9.09 births/1,000 population	2008
# 215	Lithuania:	9 births/1,000 population	2008
= 216	Taiwan:	8.99 births/1,000 population	2008
= 216	Slovenia:	8.99 births/1,000 population	2008
= 216	Singapore:	8.99 births/1,000 population	2008
# 219	Czech Republic:	8.89 births/1,000 population	2008
# 220	Jersey:	8.84 births/1,000 population	2008
# 221	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	8.82 births/1,000 population	2008
# 222	Macau:	8.69 births/1,000 population	2008
# 223	Austria:	8.66 births/1,000 population	2008
# 224	Guernsey:	8.57 births/1,000 population	2008
# 225	Italy:	8.36 births/1,000 population	2008
# 226	Germany:	8.18 births/1,000 population	2008
# 227	Japan:	7.87 births/1,000 population	2008
# 228	Hong Kong:	7.37 births/1,000 population	2008
	Weighted average:	21.4 births/1,000 population
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union		10.25 births/1,000 population

DEFINITION: The average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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Al in CAL. 29th November 2009	What are the affects of homosexual relations on the birth rates? What about the effects of abortion and contraception? Are we creating humanicide? What would the creator of all things think about man creating extinction of man? Just a question. Thank you for conderation. Al
L.Holker 31st October 2009	The Birthy rate stats for the UK are definately wrong.Its at least 12/1000. There has been a huge increase recently.
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Ian Graham Staff Editor 31st March 2005	Australians are giving their all for their country. In the six months ending in September, there were 133,400 births in Australia, the most for a half-year period in 14 years, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The increase in births follows the Australian government's May 2004 announcement that it would give mothers $2,319 for each baby born after July 1 last year. The government announcement was a response to a falling birth-rate that was contributing to the prospect of a future labor shortage and a shrinking pool of taxpayers. When making the announcement in May, the government suggested that two children per couple were not enough to offset the aging population and that couples should have a third child for the sake of their country.
Suchita Vemuri Staff Writer 20th January 2005	What is the difference between crude birth rates and fertility rates? Crude birth rates measure births in the total population, while total fertility rates are defined as the average number of children a woman would have during her childbearing years (usually between ages 15-44). What does economic development have to do with delayed marriages and smaller families? Most underdeveloped economies are characterized by informal, family-dependent occupations and poor healthcare and civic facilities, leading to high infant and child mortality. With the dependence on family members to work fragmented parcels of land and at other family occupations, the uncertainty about childrens survival, as well as the poor access to contraception leads to larger families. At the same time, this encourages early marriage. It’s interesting that a majority of the countries with high birth rates also have high infant mortality rates.
Suchita Vemuri Staff Writer 20th January 2005	Birth rates are an important indicator of and factor in development, and tracking trends in birth rates and fertility is critical to government planning. Birth and fertility rates, together with crude death rates, determine population growth. Historically, birth rates have fallen with economic development. It is no coincidence that countries with the highest birth, fertility and population growth rates are also among the poorest. Not one appears among the top 50 countries in terms of purchasing power parity.

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