People > Dynamics > Completeness of birth registration > Urban: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Completeness of birth registration is the percentage of children under age 5 whose births were registered at the time of the survey. The numerator of completeness of birth registration includes children whose birth certificate was seen by the interviewer or whose mother or caretaker says the birth has been registered.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Uzbekistan | 100% | 2006 | |
| =1 | Thailand | 100% | 2006 | |
| =1 | Ukraine | 100% | 2005 | |
| =1 | Cuba | 100% | 2005 | |
| =5 | Kazakhstan | 99% | 2006 | |
| =5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 99% | 2006 | |
| =5 | Serbia and Montenegro | 99% | 2006 | |
| =5 | Algeria | 99% | 2006 | |
| =9 | Suriname | 98% | 2006 | |
| =9 | Mongolia | 98% | 2005 | |
| =9 | Moldova | 98% | 2000 | |
| =12 | Georgia | 97% | 2005 | |
| =12 | Albania | 97% | 2005 | |
| =12 | Armenia | 97% | 2005 | |
| =12 | Colombia | 97% | 2005 | |
| =16 | Guyana | 96% | 2007 | |
| =16 | Azerbaijan | 96% | 2006 | |
| =16 | Kyrgyzstan | 96% | 2006 | |
| =16 | Turkmenistan | 96% | 2006 | |
| =16 | Syria | 96% | 2006 | |
| =21 | Honduras | 95% | 2006 | |
| =21 | Iraq | 95% | 2006 | |
| =21 | Peru | 95% | 2006 | |
| 24 | Vietnam | 94% | 2006 | |
| 25 | Togo | 93% | 2006 | |
| =26 | Belize | 92% | 2006 | |
| =26 | Morocco | 92% | 2000 | |
| =28 | Djibouti | 90% | 2006 | |
| =28 | Nicaragua | 90% | 2001 | |
| =28 | Gabon | 90% | 2000 | |
| 31 | Jamaica | 89% | 2006 | |
| =32 | Congo, Republic of the | 88% | 2005 | |
| =32 | Burma | 88% | 2003 | |
| =34 | Haiti | 87% | 2005 | |
| =34 | Madagascar | 87% | 2004 | |
| =34 | Turkey | 87% | 2003 | |
| =34 | Comoros | 87% | 2000 | |
| =34 | Philippines | 87% | 2000 | |
| =39 | Cameroon | 86% | 2006 | |
| =39 | Burkina Faso | 86% | 2006 | |
| =41 | Tajikistan | 85% | 2005 | |
| =41 | Ecuador | 85% | 2004 | |
| 43 | Laos | 84% | 2006 | |
| =44 | Zimbabwe | 83% | 2006 | |
| =44 | Namibia | 83% | 2006 | |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 82% | 2006 | |
| =47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 79% | 2006 | |
| =47 | Rwanda | 79% | 2005 | |
| 49 | Guinea | 78% | 2005 | |
| 50 | Bolivia | 76% | 2001 | |
| =51 | Mauritania | 75% | 2007 | |
| =51 | Mali | 75% | 2006 | |
| =51 | Senegal | 75% | 2005 | |
| 54 | Central African Republic | 72% | 2006 | |
| =55 | Niger | 71% | 2006 | |
| =55 | Cambodia | 71% | 2005 | |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 70% | 2006 | |
| =58 | Ghana | 69% | 2006 | |
| =58 | Indonesia | 69% | 2002 | |
| 60 | Benin | 68% | 2006 | |
| 61 | Botswana | 66% | 2000 | |
| 62 | Kenya | 64% | 2003 | |
| =63 | Sierra Leone | 62% | 2005 | |
| =63 | Burundi | 62% | 2005 | |
| 65 | India | 59% | 2006 | |
| 66 | The Gambia | 57% | 2006 | |
| =67 | Sudan | 53% | 2006 | |
| =67 | Guinea-Bissau | 53% | 2006 | |
| 69 | Nigeria | 50% | 2008 | |
| 70 | Equatorial Guinea | 43% | 2000 | |
| 71 | Nepal | 42% | 2006 | |
| =72 | Mozambique | 39% | 2008 | |
| =72 | Lesotho | 39% | 2004 | |
| 74 | Swaziland | 38% | 2007 | |
| 75 | Chad | 36% | 2004 | |
| 76 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 33% | 2007 | |
| 77 | Ethiopia | 29% | 2005 | |
| 78 | Uganda | 24% | 2006 | |
| 79 | Tanzania | 22% | 2005 | |
| 80 | Zambia | 16% | 2000 | |
| 81 | Bangladesh | 13% | 2006 | |
| 82 | Afghanistan | 12% | 2003 | |
| 83 | Somalia | 6% | 2006 | |
| 84 | Liberia | 5% | 2007 |
