Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

(1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

Catalog Sources World Development Indicators

Country name	2008	2009	2010	2011
Afghanistan	45	44	44	43
Albania	13	13	13	13
Algeria	21	20	20	20
American Samoa
Andorra	10	10	10
Angola	43	42	42	41
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina	17	17	17	17
Armenia	15	15	15	15
Aruba	12	12	11	11
Australia	14	13	13	13
Austria	9	9	9	9
Azerbaijan	18	17	19	19
Bahamas, The	15	15	15	15
Bahrain	20	20	20	19
Bangladesh	21	21	20	20
Barbados	11	11	11	11
Belarus	11	11	11	12
Belgium	12	12	12	12
Belize	25	25	25	24
Benin	40	40	40	39
Bermuda	12	12	12	12
Bhutan	21	21	20	20
Bolivia	27	27	26	26
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	9	9	8
Botswana	24	24	24	23
Brazil	16	16	15	15
Brunei Darussalam	20	20	19	19
Bulgaria	10	11	10	10
Burkina Faso	44	43	43	43
Burundi	34	34	34	34
Cambodia	23	23	22	22
Cameroon	37	37	36	36
Canada	11	11	11	11
Cape Verde	22	21	21	20
Cayman Islands		16	15
Central African Republic	36	35	35	35
Chad	46	45	45	44
Chile	15	14	14	14
China	12	12	12	12
Colombia	20	20	20	19
Comoros	39	38	38	37
Congo, Dem. Rep.	45	44	43	43
Congo, Rep.	36	36	35	35
Costa Rica	16	16	16	16
Cote d'Ivoire	35	34	34	34
Croatia	10	10	10	9
Cuba	10	10	10	10
Curacao	14	13	14
Cyprus	12	12	12	12
Czech Republic	12	11	11	10
Denmark	12	11	11	11
Djibouti	29	29	29	29
Dominica			14
Dominican Republic	23	22	22	21
Ecuador	21	21	21	20
Egypt, Arab Rep.	24	23	23	23
El Salvador	21	20	20	20
Equatorial Guinea	37	37	37	36
Eritrea	37	37	36	36
Estonia	12	12	12	11
Ethiopia	33	32	31	31
Faeroe Islands				12
Fiji	22	22	22	21
Finland	11	11	11	11
France	13	13	13	13
French Polynesia	17	17	17	17
Gabon	27	27	27	27
Gambia, The	39	39	38	38
Georgia	12	12	12
Germany	8	8	8	8
Ghana	32	32	32	31
Greece	11	11	10	9
Greenland	15	16	15	14
Grenada	19	19	19	19
Guam	18	18	18	18
Guatemala	33	33	32	32
Guinea	40	39	39	38
Guinea-Bissau	39	39	38	38
Guyana	19	18	18	18
Haiti	27	27	27	26
Honduras	27	27	27	26
Hong Kong SAR, China	11	12	13	14
Hungary	10	10	9	9
Iceland	15	16	15	14
India	23	23	22	22
Indonesia	19	19	18	18
Iran, Islamic Rep.	18	17	17	17
Iraq	36	36	35	35
Ireland	17	17	17	16
Isle of Man
Israel	22	22	22	21
Italy	10	10	9	9
Jamaica	17	16	15	15
Japan	9	9	9	8
Jordan	26	26	25	25
Kazakhstan	23	22	23	23
Kenya	38	38	38	37
Kiribati
Korea, Dem. Rep.	14	14	14	14
Korea, Rep.	9	9	9	10
Kosovo	19	19	19	18
Kuwait	18	18	18	18
Kyrgyz Republic	24	25	27	27
Lao PDR	24	23	23	22
Latvia	11	10	9	9
Lebanon	16	16	15	15
Lesotho	28	28	28	28
Liberia	40	40	39	39
Libya	24	23	23	23
Liechtenstein	10	11	9	11
Lithuania	10	11	11	11
Luxembourg	12	11	12	11
Macao SAR, China	9	9	10	10
Macedonia, FYR	11	11	11	11
Madagascar	36	36	35	35
Malawi	44	44	44	44
Malaysia	21	21	20	20
Maldives	17	17	17	17
Mali	47	47	46	46
Malta	10	10	10	10
Marshall Islands
Mauritania	35	34	34	33
Mauritius	13	12	12	12
Mexico	20	20	20	19
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	25	25	25	24
Moldova	12	12	12	12
Monaco
Mongolia	23	23	23	23
Montenegro	13	12	12	12
Morocco	20	20	20	19
Mozambique	39	38	38	37
Myanmar	18	18	17	17
Namibia	27	27	26	26
Nepal	25	25	24	24
Netherlands	11	11	11	11
New Caledonia	16	16	17	17
New Zealand	15	15	15	14
Nicaragua	25	24	24	23
Niger	49	49	49	48
Nigeria	40	40	40	40
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway	13	13	13	12
Oman	19	18	18	18
Pakistan	28	28	27	27
Palau
Panama	21	20	20	20
Papua New Guinea	31	31	30	30
Paraguay	25	24	24	24
Peru	21	21	20	20
Philippines	26	25	25	25
Poland	11	11	11	10
Portugal	10	9	10	9
Puerto Rico	12	12	11	11
Qatar	14	13	13	12
Romania	10	10	10	9
Russian Federation	12	12	13	13
Rwanda	41	41	41	41
Samoa	26	25	25	24
San Marino	11	11	11	10
Sao Tome and Principe	32	32	31	31
Saudi Arabia	22	22	22	22
Senegal	38	38	37	37
Serbia	9	10	9	9
Seychelles	18	18	17	17
Sierra Leone	40	39	39	38
Singapore	10	10	9	10
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	13
Slovak Republic	11	11	11	11
Slovenia	11	11	11	11
Solomon Islands	33	32	32	31
Somalia	44	44	44	43
South Africa	22	21	21	21
South Sudan	30
Spain	11	11	11	10
Sri Lanka	19	19	18	18
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia	13	13	13	13
St. Martin (French part)	17	17	17	17
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	18	17	17	17
Sudan	34	33	33	32
Suriname	19	19	18	18
Swaziland	30	30	29	29
Sweden	12	12	12	12
Switzerland	10	10	10	10
Syrian Arab Republic	24	23	23	22
Tajikistan	28	28	28	28
Tanzania	42	41	41	41
Thailand	13	12	12	12
Timor-Leste	39	39	38	38
Togo	33	32	32	32
Tonga	28	28	27	27
Trinidad and Tobago	15	15	15	15
Tunisia	18	18	19	19
Turkey	18	18	18	18
Turkmenistan	22	22	22	21
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda	46	46	45	45
Ukraine	11	11	11	11
United Arab Emirates	14	13	13	13
United Kingdom	13	13	13	13
United States	14	14	13	13
Uruguay	15	15	14	14
Uzbekistan	24	23	23	21
Vanuatu	30	30	30	29
Venezuela, RB	21	21	21	20
Vietnam	17	17	17	16
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	12	12	12	12
West Bank and Gaza	34	33	33	33
Yemen, Rep.	39	38	38	38
Zambia	45	45	46	46
Zimbabwe	29	29	29	29

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