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.

• Afghanistan

  35.46 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Akrotiri

  NA

• Albania

  12.69 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Algeria

  18.52 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• American Samoa

  16.7 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Andorra

  6.88 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Angola

  41.8 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Anguilla

  12.01 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Antigua and Barbuda

  15.16 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Argentina

  15.58 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Armenia

  11.1 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Aruba

  11.82 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  NA

• Australia

  12.3 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Austria

  9.45 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Azerbaijan

  13.59 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Bahamas, The

  14.64 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Bahrain

  12.4 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Bangladesh

  17.69 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Barbados

  10.83 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Belarus

  9.08 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Belgium

  10.95 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Belize

  21.28 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Benin

  41.15 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Bermuda

  11.03 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Bhutan

  15.94 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Bolivia

  18.61 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  8.41 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Botswana

  20.28 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Bouvet Island

  NA

• Brazil

  13.96 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• British Indian Ocean Territory

  NA

• British Virgin Islands

  10.95 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Brunei

  16.14 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Bulgaria

  8.05 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Burkina Faso

  33.57 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Burma

  16.34 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Burundi

  35.17 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Cabo Verde

  18.49 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Cambodia

  19.29 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Cameroon

  35.53 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Canada

  10.17 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Cayman Islands

  11.69 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Central African Republic

  32.79 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Chad

  40.45 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Chile

  12.75 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• China

  9.93 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Christmas Island

  NA

• Clipperton Island

  NA

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  NA

• Colombia

  15.21 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Comoros

  22.52 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  40.08 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Congo, Republic of the

  31.82 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Cook Islands

  12.55 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Coral Sea Islands

  NA

• Costa Rica

  14.28 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Cote d'Ivoire

  28.3 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Croatia

  8.65 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Cuba

  10.11 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Curacao

  13.2 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Cyprus

  10.57 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Czechia

  8.59 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Denmark

  11.22 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Dhekelia

  NA

• Djibouti

  22.25 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Dominica

  13.91 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Dominican Republic

  18.03 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Ecuador

  16.45 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Egypt

  21.46 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• El Salvador

  17.87 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Equatorial Guinea

  29.95 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Eritrea

  27.04 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Estonia

  8.75 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Eswatini

  23.35 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Ethiopia

  30.49 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• European Union

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

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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

• Faroe Islands

  14.94 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Fiji

  16.56 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Finland

  10.42 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• France

  11.66 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• French Polynesia

  13.47 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  NA

• Gabon

  26.03 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Gambia, The

  28.78 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Gaza Strip

  27.67 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Georgia

  11 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Germany

  9.08 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Ghana

  28.55 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Gibraltar

  13.93 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Greece

  7.61 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Greenland

  13.79 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Grenada

  13.94 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Guam

  18.56 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Guatemala

  22.34 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Guernsey

  9.75 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Guinea

  35.67 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Guinea-Bissau

  36.45 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Guyana

  16.72 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Haiti

  21.12 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  NA

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  NA

• Honduras

  17.92 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Hong Kong

  8.04 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Hungary

  8.65 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Iceland

  12.96 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• India

  16.82 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Indonesia

  15.32 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Iran

  15.27 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Iraq

  24.7 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Ireland

  12.32 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Isle of Man

  10.58 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Israel

  17.41 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Italy

  6.95 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Jamaica

  15.91 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Jan Mayen

  NA

• Japan

  6.95 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Jersey

  12.41 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Jordan

  22.58 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Kazakhstan

  15.38 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Kenya

  26.39 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Kiribati

  20.12 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Korea, North

  14.21 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Korea, South

  6.92 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Kosovo

  14.85 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Kuwait

  17.78 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Kyrgyzstan

  19.54 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Laos

  20.9 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Latvia

  8.73 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Lebanon

  13.1 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Lesotho

  23.15 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Liberia

  36.64 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Libya

  21.56 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Liechtenstein

  10.32 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Lithuania

  9.26 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Luxembourg

  11.61 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Macau

  9.11 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Madagascar

  28.68 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Malawi

  27.94 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Malaysia

  14.55 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Maldives

  15.54 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Mali

  41.07 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Malta

  9.73 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Marshall Islands

  22 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Mauritania

  28.06 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Mauritius

  9.86 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Mexico

  13.55 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  18.39 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Moldova

  10.19 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Monaco

  6.66 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Mongolia

  15.84 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Montenegro

  11.19 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Montserrat

  10.9 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Morocco

  17.42 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
  
  note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

• Mozambique

  37.47 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Namibia

  25.01 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Nauru

  21.1 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Navassa Island

  NA

• Nepal

  17.53 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Netherlands

  10.99 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• New Caledonia

  14.13 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• New Zealand

  12.78 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Nicaragua

  16.52 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Niger

  47.08 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Nigeria

  34.19 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Niue

  NA

• Norfolk Island

  NA

• North Macedonia

  10.45 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Northern Mariana Islands

  15.5 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Norway

  12 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Oman

  22.11 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Pakistan

  26.48 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Palau

  11.52 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Panama

  17.99 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Papua New Guinea

  29.03 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Paracel Islands

  NA

• Paraguay

  16.32 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Peru

  17.21 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Philippines

  22.28 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Pitcairn Islands

  NA

• Poland

  8.5 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Portugal

  8 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Puerto Rico

  7.87 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Qatar

  9.33 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Romania

  8.76 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Russia

  9.45 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Rwanda

  26.44 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Saint Barthelemy

  9.29 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  9.34 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  12.24 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Saint Lucia

  12.02 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Saint Martin

  14.09 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  6.47 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  12.27 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Samoa

  19.21 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• San Marino

  8.85 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Sao Tome and Principe

  28.19 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Saudi Arabia

  14.22 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Senegal

  31.51 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Serbia

  8.92 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Seychelles

  12.37 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Sierra Leone

  32.2 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Singapore

  9.05 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Sint Maarten

  12.56 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Slovakia

  8.94 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Slovenia

  8.3 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Solomon Islands

  22.71 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Somalia

  37.98 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• South Africa

  18.56 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

  NA

• South Sudan

  37.69 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Spain

  7.13 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Spratly Islands

  NA

• Sri Lanka

  13.8 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Sudan

  33.47 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Suriname

  15.38 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Svalbard

  NA

• Sweden

  10.83 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Switzerland

  10.36 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Syria

  22.72 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Taiwan

  7.39 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Tajikistan

  20.73 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Tanzania

  33.3 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Thailand

  10.14 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Timor-Leste

  30.94 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Togo

  31.86 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Tokelau

  NA

• Tonga

  20.31 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Trinidad and Tobago

  10.79 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Tunisia

  14.62 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Turkey (Turkiye)

  14.28 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Turkmenistan

  17.51 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  13.54 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Tuvalu

  22.7 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Uganda

  40.94 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Ukraine

  9 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• United Arab Emirates

  10.81 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• United Kingdom

  10.79 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• United States

  12.28 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  NA

• Uruguay

  12.71 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Uzbekistan

  15.53 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Vanuatu

  21.57 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Venezuela

  17.27 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Vietnam

  15.69 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Virgin Islands

  11.63 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Wake Island

  NA

• Wallis and Futuna

  12.27 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• West Bank

  24.42 births/1,000 population (2022 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

  24.64 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Zambia

  34.86 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)

• Zimbabwe

  33.07 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)