List of sovereign states and dependent territories by birth rate

This article includes three versions of the list of countries by crude birth rate.

Countries by birth rate, 2017.

Methodology

Crude birth rate refers to the number of births over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period.

It is expressed as number of births per 1,000 population. The first list is based on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) "2011 annual statistics".

Lists 236 countries and territories in 2011 crude birth rate.

The second list is based on World Bank Data for the year 2018.[1]

The third list is based on CIA World Factbook estimates for years 2013 and 2014.[2] Dependent territories and not fully recognized states are not ranked.

List

Country/territory	WB 2018	OECD 2011	CIA WF 2013	CIA WF 2014	CIA WF 2020
	Rate ‰	Rate ‰	Rate ‰	Rate ‰	Rate ‰
World	19	19.4	19.40	19.40
Afghanistan	32	45.1	39.05	38.84	36.7
Albania	12	11.5	12.57	12.73	13.0
Algeria	24	24.8	24.25	23.99	20.0
Andorra	7	10.2	8.88	8.48	7.0
Angola	41	40.9	39.16	38.97	42.7
Antigua and Barbuda	15	13.8	16.07	15.94	15.4
Argentina	17	18.7	17.12	16.88	16.0
Armenia	14	13.3	12.86	13.92	11.9
Australia	13	13.3	12.23	12.19	12.4
Austria	10	9.3	8.73	8.76	9.5
Azerbaijan	14	19.4	17.17	16.96	14.5
Bahamas	14	13.8	15.81	15.65	14.8
Bahrain	14	15	14.16	13.92	12.7
Bangladesh	18	19.2	22.07	21.61	18.1
Barbados	11	12.2	12.1	11.97	11.3
Belarus	10	11.5	10.99	10.86	9.5
Belgium	10	11.9	10	9.99	11.1
Belize	21	22.1	25.58	25.14	22.0
Benin	36	37.3	37.02	36.51	42.1
Bhutan	17	20.7	18.43	18.12	16.3
Bolivia	22		23.77	23.28	20.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	8.3	8.92	8.89	8.6
Botswana	25	24.8	21.69	21.34	20.9
Brazil	14	12.9	12.04	11.78	13.6
Brunei	15	15.5	17.63	17.49	16.5
Bulgaria	9	9.6	9.07	8.92	8.3
Burkina Faso	38	45	42.81	42.42	35.1
Burundi	39	33.3	40.04	42.33	36.5
Cambodia	22	25.4	24.88	24.40	21.3
Cameroon	35	34.2	31.93	36.58	36.3
Canada	10	11.2	10.28	10.29	10.2
Cape Verde	19		20.96	20.72	19.1
Central African Republic	35	33.2	35.8	35.45	33.2
Chad	42	43.2	37.99	37.29	41.7
Chile	12	14.5	14.12	13.97	13.1
China	11	11.9	12.25	12.17	11.6
Colombia	15	18.9	16.98	16.73	15.4
Comoros	32	29.4	30.26	29.05	23.6
DR Congo	41	31.9	39.63	36.59	41.0
Congo	33	42.5	36.34	35.62	32.6
Costa Rica	14	15.9	16.25	16.08	14.8
Ivory Coast	36	32.8	29.83	29.25	29.1
Croatia	9	9.4	9.53	9.49	8.7
Cuba	10	11.8	9.92	9.90	10.4
Cyprus	10	11.3	11.45	11.44	10.9
Czech Republic	11	10.4	8.55	9.79	8.9
Denmark	11	10.6	10.2	10.22	11.1
Djibouti	21	26.5	24.5	24.08	22.7
Dominica		12.8	15.61	15.53	14.5
Dominican Republic	20	21.1	19.21	18.97	18.5
Ecuador	20	15.1	19.23	18.87	17.0
Egypt	26	30.4	23.79	23.35	27.2
El Salvador	18	20	17.12	16.79	18.6
Equatorial Guinea	33	37.4	34.35	33.83	30.7
Eritrea	30	33.6	31.39	30.69	27.9
Estonia	11	11	10.38	10.29	9.3
Eswatini (Swaziland)	26	31.1	25.69	25.18	24.5
Ethiopia	32	35.7	38.07	37.66	31.6
Fiji	21	21.4	20.28	19.86	17.4
Finland	9	11.1	10.36	10.35	10.6
France	11	12.6	12.6	12.49	11.9
Gabon	32		34.82	34.64	26.3
Gambia	39	34.6	32.59	31.75	27.0
Georgia	13	12.9	12.9	16.3	11.6
Germany	10	8.1	8.37	8.42	8.6
Ghana	29	30.8	31.7	31.40	29.6
Greece	8	9.2	8.94	8.80	7.8
Grenada	16	16.5	16.57	16.30	14.6
Guatemala	25	30.5	25.99	25.46	23.3
Guinea	36	37.3	36.3	36.02	36.1
Guinea-Bissau	35	39.4	34.28	33.83	36.9
Guyana	20	16.6	16.31	15.90	15.5
Haiti	24	26	23.35	22.83	21.7
Honduras	22	27.3	24.16	23.66	18.5
Hungary	10	8.8	9.37	9.26	8.8
Iceland	12	14.1	13.15	13.09	13.3
India	18	21.8	20.24	19.89	18.2
Indonesia	18	18.1	17.38	17.04	15.4
Iran	19	18.2	18.4	18.23	16.3
Iraq	29	31	27.51	26.85	25.7
Ireland	13	16.3	15.5	15.18	13.0
Israel	21	21.4	18.71	18.44	17.6
Italy	7	9.1	8.94	8.84	8.4
Jamaica	16	15.2	18.65	18.41	16.1
Japan	7	8.3	8.23	8.07	7.3
Jordan	22	28.9	26.23	25.23	23.0
Kazakhstan	22	22.5	20.03	19.61	16.4
Kenya	29	36.1	30.08	28.27	27.2
Kiribati	28	27.8	22.18	21.85	20.5
North Korea	14	14.4	14.49	14.51	14.5
South Korea	6	9.4	8.33	8.26	8.2
Kuwait	14	16	20.61	20.26	18.0
Kyrgyzstan	27	27.1	23.67	23.33	20.6
Laos	24	28	25.23	24.76	22.4
Latvia	10	9.1	9.91	9.79	9.2
Lebanon	18	24.3	14.79	14.80	13.6
Lesotho	27	30.4	26.31	25.92	23.2
Liberia	33	36.1	35.75	35.07	37.3
Libya	19	21.5	18.74	18.40	23.0
Liechtenstein	10	10.9	10.67	10.53	10.4
Lithuania	10	11.3	9.36	9.36	9.5
Luxembourg	10	10.9	11.72	11.75	11.6
Macedonia	11	11.1	11.72	11.64	10.7
Madagascar	33	33.5	33.58	33.12	29.9
Malawi	34	44.6	39.98	41.80	40.1
Malaysia	17	17.5	20.41	20.06	18.3
Maldives	14	22.4	15.38	15.59	16.0
Mali	42	45.4	46.06	45.53	42.2
Malta	9	10.2	10.27	10.24	9.9
Marshall Islands		31.1	27.21	26.36	22.8
Mauritania	34	33.2	32.31	31.83	29.0
Mauritius	10	11.4	13.62	13.46	12.6
Mexico	18	17.5	18.61	19.02	17.6
F.S. Micronesia	23	23.5	21.44	20.97	18.9
Moldova	10	11	12.38	12.21	10.7
Monaco	6	27.3	6.79	6.72	6.4
Mongolia	24	25.1	20.34	20.88	16.6
Montenegro	12	11.6	10.75	10.59	11.5
Morocco	19	18.8	18.73	18.47	17.9
Mozambique	38	41.4	39.08	38.83	38.6
Myanmar	18	19.3	18.89	18.65	17.0
Namibia	29		20.72	20.28	25.7
Nauru		29.7	26.39	25.61	21.9
Nepal	20	24.3	21.48	21.07	18.1
Netherlands	10	10.8	10.85	10.83	11.0
New Zealand	12	14.3	13.48	13.40	12.8
Nicaragua	21	23.2	18.77	18.41	17.1
Niger	46	46	46.84	46.12	47.5
Nigeria	38	36.9	38.78	38.03	34.6
Norway	10	12.2	10.8	12.09	12.2
Oman	19	31	24.43	24.47	23.1
Pakistan	28	27.5	23.76	23.19	27.4
Palau	14	13.6	10.9	10.95	11.3
Palestine	32	32.8	23.81	32.20
Panama	19	19.7	18.91	18.61	17.1
Papua New Guinea	27	30.9	25.4	24.89	22.5
Paraguay	21	22.9	16.95	16.66	16.6
Peru	18	19.9	18.85	18.57	17.0
Philippines	21	25.3	24.62	24.24	22.9
Poland	10	10.2	9.88	9.77	8.9
Portugal	9	9.2	9.59	9.42	8.1
Qatar	10	11.9	10.08	9.95	9.3
Romania	10	9.2	9.4	9.27	8.5
Russia	12	12.6	12.11	11.87	10.0
Rwanda	32	42.1	35.49	34.61	27.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis		12.5	13.79	13.64	12.6
Saint Lucia	12	12.8	14.19	13.94	12.5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	16	16.8	14.12	13.85	12.6
Samoa	24	24.8	21.7	21.29	19.6
San Marino	7	10.2	8.78	8.70	8.8
São Tomé and Príncipe	32	29.4	36.05	35.12	29.7
Saudi Arabia	18	22.9	19.01	18.78	14.7
Senegal	35	36.7	35.64	35.09	31.8
Serbia	9	9	9.15	9.13	8.8
Seychelles	17	18.6	14.85	14.54	12.8
Sierra Leone	33	38.4	37.77	37.40	35.4
Singapore	9	9.5	7.91	8.10	8.9
Slovakia	11	11.3	10.27	10.01	9.3
Slovenia	9	10.7	8.66	8.54	8.7
Solomon Islands	32	34.3	26.9	26.33	23.6
Somalia	42	42.3	41.45	40.87	38.7
South Africa	21	21	19.14	18.94	19.2
South Sudan	35	36.8	38.5	37.68	38.8
Spain	8	10.2	10.14	9.88	8.7
Sri Lanka	16	17.4	16.64	16.24	14.2
Sudan	32	32.6	30.84	30.01	33.8
Suriname	19	18.7	17.1	16.73	14.9
Sweden	11	11.8	10.33	11.92	12.1
Switzerland	10	10.2	10.45	10.48	10.5
Syria	24	27.6	23.01	22.76	23.8
Taiwan	8	8.5	8.61	8.55	8.0
Tajikistan	31	28.7	25.49	24.99	21.8
Tanzania	37	39.8	37.25	36.82	34.6
Thailand	10	12.4	12.66	11.26	10.7
East Timor	29	39.2	34.85	34.48	32.0
Togo	33	30.9	34.9	34.52	32.0
Tonga	24	26.5	24.12	23.55	21.0
Trinidad and Tobago	13	15.2	14.07	13.80	11.4
Tunisia	18	18.6	17.12	16.90	15.9
Turkey	16	16.7	17.22	16.86	14.8
Turkmenistan	24	21.7	19.53	19.46	18.3
Tuvalu		22.9	23.56	23.74	23.4
Uganda	38	44.1	44.5	44.17	42.3
Ukraine	9	11	9.52	9.41	9.6
United Arab Emirates	10	9.6	15.65	15.54	9.5
United Kingdom	11	12.9	12.26	12.22	11.9
United States	12	12.7	13.66	13.42	12.4
Uruguay	14	14.1	13.28	13.18	12.9
Uzbekistan	23	21.5	17.2	17.02	16.1
Vanuatu	30	31.1	26.35	25.69	22.4
Venezuela	18	20.2	19.66	19.42	17.9
Vietnam	17	16.6	16.56	16.26	14.5
Western Sahara (Sahrawi)		21.9	31.18	30.71	28.0
Yemen	32	35.9	31.63	31.02	25.8
Zambia	38	43.6	42.79	42.46	40.4
Zimbabwe	33	29.2	32.41	32.47	33.6
Anguilla (UK)		11.1	12.82	12.68	12.2
Aruba (Netherlands)	11	10.6	12.72	12.65	12.1
Bermuda (UK)	10	11.9	11.39	11.35	11.2
British Virgin Islands		10.1	10.78	10.83	11.1
Cayman Islands (UK)	15	14.5	12.17	12.13	11.9
Guernsey (Channel Islands, UK)		10.1	9.95	9.89	9.8
Jersey (Channel Islands, UK)		11.3	11.39	11.65	12.7
Cook Islands (New Zealand)		16.8	14.93	14.70	13.3
Curaçao (Netherlands)	11	13.6			13.4
Falkland Islands (UK)		9			10.9
Faroe Islands (Denmark)	14	11.9	13.36	13.57	14.9
Gibraltar (UK)		14.9	14.19	14.15	13.8
Greenland (Denmark)	15	14.5	14.57	14.53	14.1
Guadeloupe (France)		13.6
Guam (USA)	17	20.6	17.23	17.01	18.9
French Guiana		26.1
Hong Kong (China)	8	13.5	7.58	9.38	8.4
Isle of Man (UK)		12.3	10.27	11.17	10.8
Kosovo	17	19.1			15.4
Macau (China)	12	10.6	9.03	8.98	7.9
Martinique (France)		13
Mayotte (France)		23.2
Montserrat (UK)		9.3	11.37	11.31	11.7
New Caledonia (France)	16	16.7	15.81	15.57	14.5
Niue (New Zealand)		14.8
Northern Mariana Islands (USA)		20.7	19.6	18.94	15.1
Pitcairn Islands (UK)		12.3
French Polynesia	16	17	15.7	15.47	14.0
Puerto Rico (USA)	9	11.4	11.28	10.90	8.0
Réunion (France)		17
Saint Barthélemy (France)		10.2			9.3
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)		8.5	10.19	10.03	9.4
Saint Martin (France)	16	16.6			14.3
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)		8.3	7.79	7.70	6.7
American Samoa		23.5	22.84	22.87	19.6
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)		13	13	13.00	14.3
Tokelau (New Zealand)		22.1
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)		14.8	17.05	16.61	14.1
U.S. Virgin Islands	13	11.1	10.69	10.49	12.1
Wallis and Futuna (France)		13.4	13.74	13.56	12.7
Palestine/Gaza Strip			33.27	23.41	28.6

No data for Christmas Island (Australia), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia), Norfolk Island (Australia), Svalbard (Norway) and Vatican City.

References

1. "Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) | Data". data.worldbank.org.
2. "The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency". www.cia.gov.

See also

• List of countries by number of births
• List of sovereign states and dependent territories by fertility rate
• List of countries by population growth rate
• Optimum population
• Overshoot (population)
• Population pyramid
• Risks to civilization, humans and planet Earth