Birth rate

This entry gives 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.

Country Comparison Ranking

• Afghanistan

  36.08 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Akrotiri

  NA

• Albania

  12.86 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Algeria

  19.24 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• American Samoa

  17.19 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Andorra

  6.91 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Angola

  42.22 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Anguilla

  12.12 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Antigua and Barbuda

  15.3 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Argentina

  15.8 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Armenia

  11.45 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Aruba

  11.95 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  NA

• Australia

  12.35 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Austria

  9.48 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Azerbaijan

  14.03 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Bahamas, The

  14.78 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Bahrain

  12.5 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Bangladesh

  17.88 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Barbados

  10.96 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Belarus

  9.32 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Belgium

  11.03 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Belize

  21.62 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Benin

  41.55 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Bermuda

  11.1 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Bhutan

  16.17 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Bolivia

  20.36 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  8.5 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Botswana

  20.6 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Bouvet Island

  NA

• Brazil

  13.44 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• British Indian Ocean Territory

  NA

• British Virgin Islands

  10.98 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Brunei

  16.3 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Bulgaria

  8.15 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Burkina Faso

  34.34 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Burma

  16.65 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Burundi

  35.48 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Cabo Verde

  18.78 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Cambodia

  20.84 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Cameroon

  35.91 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Canada

  10.21 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Cayman Islands

  11.77 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Central African Republic

  33.2 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Chad

  41.05 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Chile

  12.92 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• China

  11.3 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Christmas Island

  NA

• Clipperton Island

  NA

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  NA

• Colombia

  16.51 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Comoros

  22.98 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  40.53 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Congo, Republic of the

  32.15 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Cook Islands

  12.85 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Coral Sea Islands

  NA

• Costa Rica

  14.53 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  28.67 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Croatia

  8.68 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Cuba

  10.25 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Curacao

  13.29 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Cyprus

  10.76 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Czechia

  8.75 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Denmark

  11.17 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Dhekelia

  NA

• Djibouti

  22.43 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Dominica

  14.16 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Dominican Republic

  18.24 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Ecuador

  16.71 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Egypt

  26.44 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• El Salvador

  18.22 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Equatorial Guinea

  30.09 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Eritrea

  27.41 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Estonia

  9.03 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Eswatini

  23.87 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Ethiopia

  31.03 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• European Union

  9.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  10.9 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

• Faroe Islands

  14.92 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Fiji

  16.9 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Finland

  10.49 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• France

  11.77 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• French Polynesia

  13.69 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  NA

• Gabon

  26.14 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Gambia, The

  26.42 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Gaza Strip

  28.1 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Georgia

  11.26 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Germany

  8.63 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Ghana

  29.08 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Gibraltar

  13.99 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Greece

  7.72 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Greenland

  13.88 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Grenada

  14.27 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Guam

  18.76 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Guatemala

  22.79 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Guernsey

  9.77 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Guinea

  35.86 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Guinea-Bissau

  36.64 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Guyana

  16.64 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Haiti

  21.4 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  NA

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  NA

• Honduras

  18.19 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Hong Kong

  8.23 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Hungary

  8.72 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Iceland

  13.12 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• India

  17.53 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Indonesia

  15.59 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Iran

  15.78 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Iraq

  25.21 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Ireland

  12.6 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Isle of Man

  10.69 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Israel

  17.52 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Italy

  8.37 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Jamaica

  16.03 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Jan Mayen

  NA

• Japan

  7 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Jersey

  12.46 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Jordan

  22.79 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Kazakhstan

  15.87 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Kenya

  26.78 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Kiribati

  20.27 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Korea, North

  14.35 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Korea, South

  6.89 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Kosovo

  15.05 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Kuwait

  17.9 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Kyrgyzstan

  20.06 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Laos

  22.74 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Latvia

  8.96 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Lebanon

  13.35 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Lesotho

  23.3 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Liberia

  36.96 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Libya

  22.23 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Liechtenstein

  10.35 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Lithuania

  9.42 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Luxembourg

  11.62 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Macau

  9.41 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Madagascar

  29.22 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Malawi

  28.59 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Malaysia

  14.72 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Maldives

  15.69 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Mali

  41.6 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Malta

  9.84 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Marshall Islands

  22.42 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Mauritania

  28.49 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Mauritius

  12.44 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Mexico

  17.29 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  18.65 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Moldova

  10.45 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Monaco

  6.63 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Mongolia

  16.32 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Montenegro

  11.35 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Montserrat

  11.14 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Morocco

  17.58 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
  
  note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

• Mozambique

  38.03 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Namibia

  25.33 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Nauru

  21.49 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Navassa Island

  NA

• Nepal

  17.78 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Netherlands

  10.98 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• New Caledonia

  14.28 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• New Zealand

  12.83 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Nicaragua

  16.71 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Niger

  47.28 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Nigeria

  34.38 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Niue

  NA

• Norfolk Island

  NA

• North Macedonia

  10.55 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Northern Mariana Islands

  15.31 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Norway

  12.09 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Oman

  22.58 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Pakistan

  26.95 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Palau

  11.47 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Panama

  16.67 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Papua New Guinea

  22.08 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Paracel Islands

  NA

• Paraguay

  16.43 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Peru

  16.67 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Philippines

  22.66 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Pitcairn Islands

  NA

• Poland

  8.69 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Portugal

  8.02 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Puerto Rico

  7.9 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Qatar

  9.38 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Romania

  8.39 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Russia

  9.71 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Rwanda

  27.18 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Saint Barthelemy

  9.27 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  9.35 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  12.43 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Saint Lucia

  12.27 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Saint Martin

  14.2 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  6.58 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  12.44 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Samoa

  19.32 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• San Marino

  8.76 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  28.94 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Saudi Arabia

  14.56 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Senegal

  31.31 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Serbia

  8.74 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Seychelles

  12.63 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Sierra Leone

  35.04 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Singapore

  9.13 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Sint Maarten

  12.75 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Slovakia

  9.1 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Slovenia

  8.5 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Solomon Islands

  23.07 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Somalia

  38.25 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• South Africa

  18.89 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  NA

• South Sudan

  38.26 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Spain

  8.05 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Spratly Islands

  NA

• Sri Lanka

  14.01 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Sudan

  33.63 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Suriname

  14.7 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Svalbard

  NA

• Sweden

  11.93 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Switzerland

  10.41 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Syria

  23.25 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Taiwan

  7.43 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Tajikistan

  21.22 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Tanzania

  33.71 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Thailand

  10.25 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Timor-Leste

  31.45 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Togo

  32.34 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Tokelau

  NA

• Tonga

  20.6 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  11.12 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Tunisia

  15.21 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Turkey

  14.54 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Turkmenistan

  17.85 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  13.86 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Tuvalu

  22.97 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Uganda

  41.6 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Ukraine

  9.23 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• United Arab Emirates

  10.87 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• United Kingdom

  11.77 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• United States

  12.33 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  NA

• Uruguay

  12.75 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Uzbekistan

  15.85 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Vanuatu

  21.95 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Venezuela

  17.55 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Vietnam

  16.04 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Virgin Islands

  11.84 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Wake Island

  NA

• Wallis and Futuna

  12.49 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• West Bank

  24.8 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• World

  18.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)
  
  note: this rate results in about 259 worldwide births per minute or 4.3 births every second

• Yemen

  25.21 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Zambia

  35.23 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

• Zimbabwe

  33.34 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)