Births per 1,000 Population

The annual number of births per 1,000 total population.

Births per 1,000 Population

Births per 1,000 Population

Geography Births per 1,000 Population
WORLD 17
AFRICA 32
NORTHERN AFRICA 23
Algeria 24
Egypt 21
Libya 17
Morocco 16
Sudan 33
Tunisia 14
Western Sahara 16
WESTERN AFRICA 36
Benin 36
Burkina Faso 31
Cape Verde 14
Cote d'Ivoire 33
Gambia 34
Ghana 27
Guinea 34
GuineaBissau 31
Liberia 31
Mali 41
Mauritania 39
Niger 45
Nigeria 37
Senegal 32
Sierra Leone 33
Togo 31
EASTERN AFRICA 33
Burundi 34
Comoros 29
Djibouti 22
Eritrea 28
Ethiopia 32
Kenya 28
Madagascar 35
Malawi 32
Mauritius 10
Mayotte 36
Mozambique 39
Reunion 16
Rwanda 28
Seychelles 13
Somalia 43
South Sudan 29
Tanzania 34
Uganda 36
Zambia 34
Zimbabwe 29
MIDDLE AFRICA 40
Angola 38
Cameroon 35
Central African Republic 44
Chad 43
Congo 30
Congo DR 42
Equatorial Guinea 30
Gabon 30
Sao Tome and Principe 28
SOUTHERN AFRICA 20
Botswana 25
eSwatini 24
Lesotho 26
Namibia 27
South Africa 20
NORTHERN AMERICA 11
Canada 9
United States 11
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 14
CENTRAL AMERICA 16
Belize 16
Costa Rica 10
El Salvador 16
Guatemala 22
Honduras 21
Mexico 15
Nicaragua 18
Panama 15
CARIBBEAN 15
Antigua and Barbuda 12
Bahamas 11
Barbados 11
Cuba 9
Curacao 8
Dominica 13
Dominican Republic 18
Grenada 16
Guadeloupe 11
Haiti 22
Jamaica 12
Martinique 10
Puerto Rico 6
St. Kitts and Nevis 12
St. Lucia 11
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 12
Trinidad and Tobago 11
SOUTH AMERICA 14
Argentina 14
Bolivia 21
Brazil 12
Chile 9
Colombia 14
Ecuador 17
French Guiana 27
Guyana 19
Paraguay 20
Peru 17
Suriname 17
Uruguay 10
Venezuela 16
ASIA 14
WESTERN ASIA 19
Armenia 12
Azerbaijan 12
Bahrain 11
Cyprus 10
Georgia 11
Iraq 27
Israel 19
Jordan 22
Kuwait 11
Lebanon 15
Oman 18
Palestinian Territory 29
Qatar 9
Saudi Arabia 17
Syria 21
Turkey 12
United Arab Emirates 10
Yemen 30
CENTRAL ASIA 24
Kazakhstan 21
Kyrgyzstan 22
Tajikistan 27
Turkmenistan 21
Uzbekistan 26
SOUTH ASIA 20
Afghanistan 42
Bangladesh 21
Bhutan 14
India 18
Iran 13
Maldives 13
Nepal 21
Pakistan 27
Sri Lanka 15
SOUTHEAST ASIA 15
Brunei 15
Cambodia 22
Indonesia 17
Laos 21
Malaysia 15
Myanmar 19
Philippines 12
Singapore 8
Thailand 7
Timor Leste 25
Vietnam 15
EAST ASIA 7
China 7
China, Hong Kong SAR 4
China, Macao SAR 6
Japan 6
Korea, North 13
Korea, South 5
Mongolia 19
Taiwan 6
EUROPE 9
NORTHERN EUROPE 10
Denmark 10
Estonia 9
Finland 8
Iceland 11
Ireland 11
Latvia 8
Lithuania 8
Norway 9
Sweden 10
United Kingdom 10
WESTERN EUROPE 10
Austria 9
Belgium 10
France 11
Germany 9
Liechtenstein 10
Luxembourg 10
Monaco 10
Netherlands 9
Switzerland 9
EASTERN EUROPE 9
Belarus 9
Bulgaria 9
Czechia 9
Hungary 9
Moldova 11
Poland 8
Romania 9
Russia 9
Slovakia 10
Ukraine 8
SOUTHERN EUROPE 7
Albania 8
Andorra 6
Bosnia Herzegovina 7
Croatia 9
Greece 8
Italy 7
Kosovo 13
Malta 9
Montenegro 11
North Macedonia 10
Portugal 8
San Marino 6
Serbia 9
Slovenia 8
Spain 7
OCEANIA 15
Australia 11
Federated States of Micronesia 21
Fiji 23
French Polynesia 13
Guam 18
Kiribati 27
Marshall Islands 19
Nauru 27
New Caledonia 14
New Zealand 11
Palau 15
Papua New Guinea 25
Samoa 27
Solomon Islands 29
Tonga 23
Tuvalu 23
Vanuatu 29
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Geography Births per 1,000 Population
WORLD 17
AFRICA 32
NORTHERN AFRICA 23
Algeria 24
Egypt 21
Libya 17
Morocco 16
Sudan 33
Tunisia 14
Western Sahara 16
WESTERN AFRICA 36
Benin 36
Burkina Faso 31
Cape Verde 14
Cote d'Ivoire 33
Gambia 34
Ghana 27
Guinea 34
GuineaBissau 31
Liberia 31
Mali 41
Mauritania 39
Niger 45
Nigeria 37
Senegal 32
Sierra Leone 33
Togo 31
EASTERN AFRICA 33
Burundi 34
Comoros 29
Djibouti 22
Eritrea 28
Ethiopia 32
Kenya 28
Madagascar 35
Malawi 32
Mauritius 10
Mayotte 36
Mozambique 39
Reunion 16
Rwanda 28
Seychelles 13
Somalia 43
South Sudan 29
Tanzania 34
Uganda 36
Zambia 34
Zimbabwe 29
MIDDLE AFRICA 40
Angola 38
Cameroon 35
Central African Republic 44
Chad 43
Congo 30
Congo DR 42
Equatorial Guinea 30
Gabon 30
Sao Tome and Principe 28
SOUTHERN AFRICA 20
Botswana 25
eSwatini 24
Lesotho 26
Namibia 27
South Africa 20
NORTHERN AMERICA 11
Canada 9
United States 11
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 14
CENTRAL AMERICA 16
Belize 16
Costa Rica 10
El Salvador 16
Guatemala 22
Honduras 21
Mexico 15
Nicaragua 18
Panama 15
CARIBBEAN 15
Antigua and Barbuda 12
Bahamas 11
Barbados 11
Cuba 9
Curacao 8
Dominica 13
Dominican Republic 18
Grenada 16
Guadeloupe 11
Haiti 22
Jamaica 12
Martinique 10
Puerto Rico 6
St. Kitts and Nevis 12
St. Lucia 11
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 12
Trinidad and Tobago 11
SOUTH AMERICA 14
Argentina 14
Bolivia 21
Brazil 12
Chile 9
Colombia 14
Ecuador 17
French Guiana 27
Guyana 19
Paraguay 20
Peru 17
Suriname 17
Uruguay 10
Venezuela 16
ASIA 14
WESTERN ASIA 19
Armenia 12
Azerbaijan 12
Bahrain 11
Cyprus 10
Georgia 11
Iraq 27
Israel 19
Jordan 22
Kuwait 11
Lebanon 15
Oman 18
Palestinian Territory 29
Qatar 9
Saudi Arabia 17
Syria 21
Turkey 12
United Arab Emirates 10
Yemen 30
CENTRAL ASIA 24
Kazakhstan 21
Kyrgyzstan 22
Tajikistan 27
Turkmenistan 21
Uzbekistan 26
SOUTH ASIA 20
Afghanistan 42
Bangladesh 21
Bhutan 14
India 18
Iran 13
Maldives 13
Nepal 21
Pakistan 27
Sri Lanka 15
SOUTHEAST ASIA 15
Brunei 15
Cambodia 22
Indonesia 17
Laos 21
Malaysia 15
Myanmar 19
Philippines 12
Singapore 8
Thailand 7
Timor Leste 25
Vietnam 15
EAST ASIA 7
China 7
China, Hong Kong SAR 4
China, Macao SAR 6
Japan 6
Korea, North 13
Korea, South 5
Mongolia 19
Taiwan 6
EUROPE 9
NORTHERN EUROPE 10
Denmark 10
Estonia 9
Finland 8
Iceland 11
Ireland 11
Latvia 8
Lithuania 8
Norway 9
Sweden 10
United Kingdom 10
WESTERN EUROPE 10
Austria 9
Belgium 10
France 11
Germany 9
Liechtenstein 10
Luxembourg 10
Monaco 10
Netherlands 9
Switzerland 9
EASTERN EUROPE 9
Belarus 9
Bulgaria 9
Czechia 9
Hungary 9
Moldova 11
Poland 8
Romania 9
Russia 9
Slovakia 10
Ukraine 8
SOUTHERN EUROPE 7
Albania 8
Andorra 6
Bosnia Herzegovina 7
Croatia 9
Greece 8
Italy 7
Kosovo 13
Malta 9
Montenegro 11
North Macedonia 10
Portugal 8
San Marino 6
Serbia 9
Slovenia 8
Spain 7
OCEANIA 15
Australia 11
Federated States of Micronesia 21
Fiji 23
French Polynesia 13
Guam 18
Kiribati 27
Marshall Islands 19
Nauru 27
New Caledonia 14
New Zealand 11
Palau 15
Papua New Guinea 25
Samoa 27
Solomon Islands 29
Tonga 23
Tuvalu 23
Vanuatu 29

Endnotes

Sources

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