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
34.79 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Akrotiri
NA
Albania
12.48 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Algeria
17.84 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
American Samoa
16.18 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Andorra
6.87 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Angola
41.42 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Anguilla
11.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
15.01 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Argentina
15.38 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Armenia
10.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Aruba
11.69 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
NA
Australia
12.23 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Austria
9.39 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Azerbaijan
13.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Bahamas, The
14.49 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Bahrain
12.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Bangladesh
17.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Barbados
10.73 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Belarus
8.87 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Belgium
10.86 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Belize
20.93 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Benin
40.72 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Bermuda
10.97 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Bhutan
15.61 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Bolivia
18.08 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8.31 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Botswana
19.95 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Bouvet Island
NA
Brazil
13.44 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
British Indian Ocean Territory
NA
British Virgin Islands
10.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Brunei
15.98 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Bulgaria
7.97 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Burkina Faso
32.71 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Burma
16.04 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Burundi
34.87 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Cabo Verde
18.19 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Cambodia
18.75 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Cameroon
35.13 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Canada
10.11 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Cayman Islands
11.62 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Central African Republic
32.37 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Chad
39.85 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Chile
12.57 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
China
9.69 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Christmas Island
NA
Clipperton Island
NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
NA
Colombia
15.06 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Comoros
22.06 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
39.64 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
31.55 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Cook Islands
12.34 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Coral Sea Islands
NA
Costa Rica
14.03 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
27.92 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Croatia
8.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Cuba
9.99 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Curacao
13.07 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Cyprus
10.37 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Czechia
8.43 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Denmark
11.25 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Dhekelia
NA
Djibouti
22.03 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Dominica
13.64 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Dominican Republic
17.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Ecuador
16.19 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Egypt
20.48 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
El Salvador
17.49 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
29.46 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Eritrea
26.72 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Estonia
8.48 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Eswatini
22.83 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Ethiopia
29.97 births/1,000 population (2023 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 (2023 est.)
Fiji
16.25 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Finland
10.33 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
France
11.56 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
French Polynesia
13.22 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
French Southern and Antarctic Lands
NA
Gabon
25.89 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Gambia, The
28.03 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Gaza Strip
27.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Georgia
10.79 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Germany
9.02 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Ghana
28.04 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Gibraltar
13.84 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Greece
7.52 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Greenland
13.66 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Grenada
13.61 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Guam
18.33 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Guatemala
21.88 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Guernsey
9.73 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Guinea
35.47 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
36.25 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Guyana
16.74 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Haiti
20.81 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
NA
Holy See (Vatican City)
NA
Honduras
17.64 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Hong Kong
7.85 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Hungary
8.58 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Iceland
12.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
India
16.53 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Indonesia
15.05 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Iran
14.79 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Iraq
24.22 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Ireland
12.08 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Isle of Man
10.49 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Israel
17.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Italy
7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Jamaica
15.77 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Jan Mayen
NA
Japan
6.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Jersey
12.31 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Jordan
22.37 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Kazakhstan
14.92 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Kenya
26.01 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Kiribati
19.92 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Korea, North
14.06 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Korea, South
6.95 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Kosovo
14.57 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Kuwait
17.65 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
19.08 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Laos
20.35 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Latvia
8.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Lebanon
12.86 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Lesotho
23.01 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Liberia
36.26 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Libya
20.88 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Liechtenstein
10.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Lithuania
9.09 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Luxembourg
11.59 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Macau
8.82 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Madagascar
28.14 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Malawi
27.29 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Malaysia
14.39 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Maldives
15.33 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Mali
40.54 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Malta
9.59 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Marshall Islands
21.61 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Mauritania
27.61 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Mauritius
9.82 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Mexico
13.95 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
18.12 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Moldova
9.94 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Monaco
6.61 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Mongolia
15.37 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Montenegro
11.04 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Montserrat
10.66 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Morocco
17.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
note: does not include data from the former Western SaharaMozambique
36.94 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Namibia
24.68 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Nauru
20.71 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Navassa Island
NA
Nepal
17.26 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Netherlands
10.98 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
New Caledonia
13.96 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
New Zealand
12.69 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Nicaragua
16.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Niger
46.86 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Nigeria
34 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Niue
NA
Norfolk Island
NA
North Macedonia
10.33 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
15.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Norway
11.89 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Oman
21.62 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Pakistan
26.01 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Palau
11.57 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Panama
17.71 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Papua New Guinea
28.54 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Paracel Islands
NA
Paraguay
16.15 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Peru
16.96 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Philippines
22.17 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
NA
Poland
8.31 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Portugal
7.99 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Puerto Rico
7.84 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Qatar
9.27 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Romania
8.63 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Russia
9.22 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Rwanda
25.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Saint Barthelemy
9.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
9.33 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
12.06 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Saint Lucia
11.73 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Saint Martin
13.95 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
6.54 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
12.09 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Samoa
19.03 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
San Marino
8.88 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
27.43 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Saudi Arabia
13.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Senegal
30.84 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Serbia
8.87 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Seychelles
12.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Sierra Leone
31.49 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Singapore
8.94 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Sint Maarten
12.41 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Slovakia
8.78 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Slovenia
8.12 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Solomon Islands
22.34 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Somalia
37.71 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
South Africa
18.24 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
NA
South Sudan
37.07 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Spain
7.12 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Spratly Islands
NA
Sri Lanka
13.61 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Sudan
33.32 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Suriname
15.17 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Svalbard
NA
Sweden
10.76 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Switzerland
10.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Syria
22.19 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Taiwan
7.33 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Tajikistan
20.28 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Tanzania
32.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Thailand
10.04 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Timor-Leste
30.36 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Togo
31.39 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Tokelau
NA
Tonga
20.02 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
10.62 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Tunisia
14.05 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Turkey (Turkiye)
14.04 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Turkmenistan
17.16 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
13.24 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Tuvalu
22.34 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Uganda
40.27 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Ukraine
8.79 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
United Arab Emirates
10.76 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
United Kingdom
10.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
United States
12.21 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges
NA
Uruguay
12.65 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Uzbekistan
15.18 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Vanuatu
21.19 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Venezuela
16.99 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Vietnam
15.29 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Virgin Islands
11.35 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Wake Island
NA
Wallis and Futuna
12.05 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
West Bank
24.02 births/1,000 population (2023 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 secondYemen
24.05 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Zambia
34.48 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Zimbabwe
32.77 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)