List of sovereign states and dependent territories by birth rate

Countries by birth rate, 2014.

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

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 2010.^[1]

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

Countries

Country/territory	WB 2010		OECD 2011		CIA WF 2013		CIA WF 2014		CIA WF 2016
	Rate ‰	Rank	Rate ‰	Rank	Rate ‰	Rank	Rate ‰	Rank	Rate ‰	Rank
World	19	0	19.4	0	19.40	0	19.40	0
Afghanistan	44	7	45.1	3	39.05	12	38.84	10	38.3	11
Albania	13	141	11.5	183	12.57	159	12.73	156	13.1	153
Algeria	20	92	24.8	75	24.25	63	23.99	63	23	68
Andorra	10	190	10.2	211	8.88	212	8.48	218	7.8	223
Angola	42	11	40.9	13	39.16	10	38.97	9	38.6	9
Antigua and Barbuda			13.8	152	16.07	125	15.94	124	15.8	120
Argentina	17	112	18.7	113	17.12	114	16.88	113	17	108
Armenia	15	127	13.3	159	12.86	154	13.92	143	13.3	150
Australia	13	139	13.3	158	12.23	163	12.19	162	12.1	163
Austria	9	195	9.3	222	8.73	214	8.76	214	9.5	204
Azerbaijan	19	100	19.4	107	17.17	112	16.96	111	16.2	116
Bahamas	15	123	13.8	151	15.81	126	15.65	126	15.4	127
Bahrain	20	96	15	139	14.16	141	13.92	142	13.5	144
Bangladesh	20	89	19.2	109	22.07	76	21.61	76	19	89
Barbados	11	179	12.2	174	12.1	166	11.97	166	11.8	168
Belarus	11	172	11.5	184	10.99	175	10.86	179	10.5	187
Belgium	12	166	11.9	175	10	195	9.99	193	11.4	171
Belize	25	64	22.1	89	25.58	55	25.14	55	24.3	59
Benin	40	15	37.3	19	37.02	19	36.51	20	35.5	19
Bhutan	20	87	20.7	100	18.43	105	18.12	106	17.5	105
Bolivia	26	58			23.77	68	23.28	70	22.4	73
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	203	8.3	235	8.92	211	8.89	211	8.8	213
Botswana	24	68	24.8	76	21.69	78	21.34	77	20.7	77
Brazil	15	122	14.7	143	14.97	133	14.72	134	14.3	136
Brunei	19	99	15.5	135	17.63	107	17.49	107	17.2	106
Bulgaria	10	186	9.6	217	9.07	207	8.92	210	8.8	212
Burkina Faso	43	10	45	4	42.81	4	42.42	5	41.6	6
Burundi	34	35	33.3	33	40.04	7	42.33	6	41.7	5
Cambodia	22	75	25.4	72	24.88	59	24.40	60	23.4	66
Cameroon	36	29	34.2	30	31.93	37	36.58	19	35.8	18
Canada	11	173	11.2	191	10.28	188	10.29	187	10.3	192
Cape Verde	21	84			20.96	81	20.72	82	20.2	81
Central African Republic	35	33	33.2	34	35.8	23	35.45	23	34.7	22
Chad	45	5	43.2	8	37.99	16	37.29	16	36.1	16
Chile	14	132	14.5	144	14.12	143	13.97	140	13.7	143
China	12	160	11.9	176	12.25	162	12.17	163	12.4	160
Colombia	20	94	18.9	111	16.98	118	16.73	116	16.3	114
Comoros	38	25	29.4	52	30.26	43	29.05	44	26.9	47
Democratic Republic of the Congo	35	31	31.9	39	39.63	9	36.59	18	34.2	24
Congo	43	9	42.5	9	36.34	20	35.62	22	35.1	21
Costa Rica	16	121	15.9	134	16.25	124	16.08	123	15.7	122
Ivory Coast	34	34	32.8	36	29.83	45	29.25	43	28.2	45
Croatia	10	189	9.4	220	9.53	201	9.49	201	9	210
Cuba	10	187	11.8	180	9.92	197	9.90	195	10.8	183
Cyprus	12	167	11.3	187	11.45	169	11.44	172	11.4	173
Czech Republic	11	175	10.4	206	8.55	217	9.79	198	9.5	203
Denmark	11	170	10.6	204	10.2	191	10.22	190	10.4	190
Djibouti	29	49	26.5	65	24.5	61	24.08	62	23.6	65
Dominica			12.8	164	15.61	130	15.53	130	15.2	130
Dominican Republic	22	79	21.1	98	19.21	93	18.97	92	18.6	92
Ecuador	21	85	15.1	138	19.23	92	18.87	95	18.2	97
Egypt	23	71	30.4	50	23.79	67	23.35	68	30.3	39
El Salvador	20	90	20	104	17.12	113	16.79	115	16.3	115
Equatorial Guinea	37	27	37.4	18	34.35	30	33.83	32	32.8	32
Eritrea	36	28	33.6	31	31.39	40	30.69	41	30.1	40
Estonia	12	164	11	198	10.38	185	10.29	188	10.3	191
Ethiopia	31	43	35.7	27	38.07	15	37.66	14	36.9	13
Fiji	22	82	21.4	96	20.28	86	19.86	87	19	90
Finland	11	171	11.1	193	10.36	186	10.35	186	10.7	185
France	13	140	12.6	168	12.6	158	12.49	159	12.3	161
Gabon	27	54			34.82	29	34.64	27	34.3	23
Gambia	38	22	34.6	28	32.59	34	31.75	37	30.1	41
Georgia	14.1	163	12.9	162	12.9	181	16.3	155	12.5	158
Germany	8	205	8.1	236	8.37	218	8.42	219	8.5	217
Ghana	32	42	30.8	47	31.7	38	31.40	38	30.8	38
Greece	10	191	9.2	224	8.94	209	8.80	213	8.5	218
Grenada	19	98	16.5	131	16.57	121	16.30	120	15.8	121
Guatemala	32	39	30.5	48	25.99	53	25.46	52	24.5	55
Guinea	39	17	37.3	20	36.3	21	36.02	21	35.4	20
Guinea-Bissau	38	20	39.4	15	34.28	31	33.83	31	32.9	31
Guyana	18	106	16.6	130	16.31	123	15.90	125	15.5	125
Haiti	27	56	26	67	23.35	72	22.83	73	23.3	67
Honduras	27	55	27.3	62	24.16	64	23.66	65	22.8	70
Hungary	9	201	8.8	230	9.37	204	9.26	207	9.1	207
Iceland	15	124	14.1	149	13.15	152	13.09	153	13.8	142
India	22	77	21.8	92	20.24	87	19.89	86	19.3	86
Indonesia	18	103	18.1	118	17.38	108	17.04	108	16.4	113
Iran	17	113	18.2	117	18.4	106	18.23	105	17.8	103
Iraq	35	30	31	43	27.51	46	26.85	46	30.9	36
Ireland	17	118	16.3	132	15.5	131	15.18	132	14.5	133
Israel	22	78	21.4	97	18.71	102	18.44	101	18.3	95
Italy	9	199	9.1	227	8.94	210	8.84	212	8.7	215
Jamaica	16	120	15.2	136	18.65	103	18.41	103	18	99
Japan	9	204	8.3	233	8.23	220	8.07	222	7.8	224
Jordan	25	61	28.9	55	26.23	52	25.23	53	25.5	49
Kazakhstan	22	76	22.5	87	20.03	88	19.61	88	18.7	91
Kenya	38	24	36.1	25	30.08	44	28.27	45	25.1	51
Kiribati			27.8	58	22.18	75	21.85	75	21.3	76
North Korea	14	133	14.4	147	14.49	138	14.51	138	14.6	132
South Korea	9	197	9.4	219	8.33	219	8.26	220	8.4	220
Kuwait	18	104	16	133	20.61	83	20.26	84	19.6	83
Kyrgyzstan	27	57	27.1	63	23.67	70	23.33	69	22.6	72
Laos	23	74	28	57	25.23	58	24.76	58	23.9	62
Latvia	9	202	9.1	226	9.91	198	9.79	199	9.9	197
Lebanon	15	125	24.3	79	14.79	136	14.80	133	14.4	134
Lesotho	28	51	30.4	49	26.31	51	25.92	49	25.1	52
Liberia	39	16	36.1	24	35.75	24	35.07	26	33.9	26
Libya	23	72	21.5	94	18.74	100	18.40	104	17.8	104
Liechtenstein	9	200	10.9	199	10.67	183	10.53	183	10.4	189
Lithuania	11	182	11.3	189	9.36	205	9.36	205	10	196
Luxembourg	12	168	10.9	200	11.72	168	11.75	169	11.4	172
Macedonia	11	183	11.1	192	11.72	167	11.64	171	11.5	170
Madagascar	35	32	33.5	32	33.58	32	33.12	33	32.1	34
Malawi	44	6	44.6	5	39.98	8	41.80	7	41.3	7
Malaysia	20	91	17.5	120	20.41	84	20.06	85	19.4	85
Maldives	17	116	22.4	88	15.38	132	15.59	127	16	119
Mali	46	2	45.4	2	46.06	2	45.53	2	44.4	2
Malta	10	193	10.2	213	10.27	190	10.24	189	10.1	195
Marshall Islands			31.1	40	27.21	47	26.36	47	25	53
Mauritania	34	36	33.2	35	32.31	36	31.83	36	30.9	37
Mauritius	12	165	11.4	185	13.62	148	13.46	149	13.1	151
Mexico	20	95	17.5	119	18.61	104	19.02	91	18.5	93
F.S. Micronesia	25	62	23.5	80	21.44	80	20.97	80	20.3	80
Moldova	12	146	11	196	12.38	160	12.21	161	11.8	169
Monaco			27.3	61	6.79	224	6.72	224	6.6	226
Mongolia	23	69	25.1	74	20.34	85	20.88	81	19.6	84
Montenegro	12	148	11.6	182	10.75	180	10.59	182	10.2	193
Morocco	20	97	18.8	112	18.73	101	18.47	100	18	100
Mozambique	38	23	41.4	12	39.08	11	38.83	11	38.3	10
Myanmar	17	111	19.3	108	18.89	97	18.65	97	18.2	96
Namibia	26	59			20.72	82	20.28	83	27.9	46
Nauru			29.7	51	26.39	49	25.61	51	24.4	56
Nepal	24	66	24.3	78	21.48	79	21.07	79	19.9	82
Netherlands	11	176	10.8	201	10.85	177	10.83	180	10.9	181
New Zealand	15	129	14.3	148	13.48	149	13.40	151	13.3	148
Nicaragua	24	67	23.2	83	18.77	99	18.41	102	17.9	102
Niger	49	1	46	1	46.84	1	46.12	1	44.8	1
Nigeria	40	14	36.9	21	38.78	13	38.03	12	37.3	12
Norway	13	143	12.2	173	10.8	178	12.09	165	12.2	162
Oman	18	107	31	44	24.43	62	24.47	59	24.3	57
Pakistan	27	52	27.5	60	23.76	69	23.19	71	22.3	74
Palau			13.6	155	10.9	176	10.95	177	11.2	176
Palestine	33	37	32.8	37	23.81	66	32.20	35
Panama	20	93	19.7	106	18.91	96	18.61	98	18.1	98
Papua New Guinea	30	45	30.9	46	25.4	57	24.89	57	24	60
Paraguay	24	65	22.9	85	16.95	119	16.66	118	16.5	111
Peru	20	88	19.9	105	18.85	98	18.57	99	18	101
Philippines	25	60	25.3	73	24.62	60	24.24	61	24	61
Poland	11	180	10.2	207	9.88	199	9.77	200	9.6	202
Portugal	10	194	9.2	225	9.59	200	9.42	202	9.1	208
Qatar	13	142	11.9	179	10.08	194	9.95	194	9.7	201
Romania	10	188	9.2	223	9.4	203	9.27	206	9	209
Russia	13	145	12.6	167	12.11	165	11.87	168	11.3	174
Rwanda	41	13	42.1	11	35.49	26	34.61	28	33.3	30
Saint Kitts and Nevis			12.5	169	13.79	145	13.64	146	13.3	147
Saint Lucia	13	138	12.8	165	14.19	139	13.94	141	13.5	145
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	17	114	16.8	124	14.12	142	13.85	144	13.4	146
Samoa	25	63	24.8	77	21.7	77	21.29	78	20.6	78
San Marino	11	177	10.2	209	8.78	213	8.70	215	8.6	216
São Tomé and Príncipe	31	44	29.4	53	36.05	22	35.12	24	33.3	29
Saudi Arabia	22	80	22.9	84	19.01	95	18.78	96	18.4	94
Senegal	37	26	36.7	23	35.64	25	35.09	25	34	25
Serbia	9	196	9	228	9.15	206	9.13	208	9	211
Seychelles	18	101	18.6	116	14.85	135	14.54	136	13.9	140
Sierra Leone	39	18	38.4	17	37.77	17	37.40	15	36.7	14
Singapore	9	198	9.5	218	7.91	221	8.10	221	8.5	221
Slovakia	11	174	11.3	188	10.27	189	10.01	192	9.8	198
Slovenia	11	178	10.7	202	8.66	215	8.54	217	8.3	222
Solomon Islands	32	41	34.3	29	26.9	48	26.33	48	25.3	50
Somalia	44	8	42.3	10	41.45	6	40.87	8	40	8
South Africa	21	83	21	99	19.14	94	18.94	93	20.5	79
South Sudan			36.8	22	38.5	14	37.68	13	36.2	15
Spain	11	184	10.2	208	10.14	193	9.88	197	9.4	205
Sri Lanka	18	105	17.4	121	16.64	120	16.24	122	15.5	126
Sudan	33	38	32.6	38	30.84	42	30.01	42	28.5	44
Suriname	18	102	18.7	114	17.1	116	16.73	117	16	118
Swaziland	29	47	31.1	42	25.69	54	25.18	54	24.3	58
Sweden	12	147	11.8	181	10.33	187	11.92	167	12	167
Switzerland	10	185	10.2	210	10.45	184	10.48	185	10.5	188
Syria	23	73	27.6	59	23.01	73	22.76	74	21.7	75
Taiwan			8.5	232	8.61	216	8.55	216	8.4	219
Tajikistan	28	50	28.7	56	25.49	56	24.99	56	23.8	63
Tanzania	41	12	39.8	14	37.25	18	36.82	17	36	17
Thailand	12	159	12.4	170	12.66	157	11.26	175	11.1	177
Timor-Leste	38	19	39.2	16	34.85	28	34.48	30	33.8	27
Togo	32	40	30.9	45	34.9	27	34.52	29	33.7	28
Tonga	27	53	26.5	64	24.12	65	23.55	66	22.6	71
Trinidad and Tobago	15	130	15.2	137	14.07	144	13.80	145	13.1	152
Tunisia	18	110	18.6	115	17.12	115	16.90	112	16.4	112
Turkey	18	109	16.7	127	17.22	110	16.86	114	16	117
Turkmenistan	22	81	21.7	93	19.53	91	19.46	89	19.3	87
Tuvalu			22.9	86	23.56	71	23.74	64	23.8	64
Uganda	45	4	44.1	6	44.5	3	44.17	3	43.4	3
Ukraine	11	181	11	197	9.52	202	9.41	203	10.5	186
United Arab Emirates	13	136	9.6	216	15.65	129	15.54	129	15.3	128
United Kingdom	13	137	12.9	163	12.26	161	12.22	160	12.1	165
United States	14	134	12.7	166	13.66	147	13.42	150	12.5	159
Uruguay	14	131	14.1	150	13.28	151	13.18	152	13	155
Uzbekistan	23	70	21.5	95	17.2	111	17.02	109	16.9	109
Vanuatu	30	46	31.1	41	26.35	50	25.69	50	24.5	54
Venezuela	21	86	20.2	103	19.66	89	19.42	90	19.2	88
Vietnam	17	117	16.6	128	16.56	122	16.26	121	15.7	124
Western Sahara (Sahrawi)			21.9	91	31.18	41	30.71	40	29.8	42
Yemen	38	21	35.9	26	31.63	39	31.02	39	29.2	43
Zambia	46	3	43.6	7	42.79	5	42.46	4	41.8	4
Zimbabwe	29	48	29.2	54	32.41	35	32.47	34	31.9	35
Anguilla (UK)			11.1	194	12.82	155	12.68	157
Aruba (Netherlands)	11	169	10.6	205	12.72	156	12.65	158
Bermuda (UK)	12	161	11.9	177	11.39	170	11.35	173
Cayman Islands (UK)	15	128	14.5	145	12.17	164	12.13	164
Guernsey (Channel Islands, UK)			10.1	214	9.95	196	9.89	196
Jersey (Channel Islands, UK)			11.3	190	11.39	171	11.65	170
Cook Islands (New Zealand)			16.8	125	14.93	134	14.70	135
Curaçao (Netherlands)			13.6	153
Falkland Islands/Malvinas			9	229
Faroe Islands (Denmark)			11.9	178	13.36	150	13.57	147
Gibraltar (UK)			14.9	140	14.19	140	14.15	139
Greenland (Denmark)	15	126	14.5	146	14.57	137	14.53	137
Guadeloupe (France)			13.6	154
Guam (USA)	18	108	20.6	102	17.23	109	17.01	110
French Guiana			26.1	66
Hong Kong	13	144	13.5	156	7.58	223	9.38	204
Isle of Man (UK)			12.3	171	10.27	174	11.17	176
Kosovo			19.1	110
Macau	10	192	10.6	203	9.03	208	8.98	209
Martinique (France)			13	160
Mayotte (France)			23.2	82
Montserrat (UK)			9.3	221	11.37	172	11.31	174
New Caledonia (France)	16	119	16.7	126	15.81	127	15.57	128
Niue (New Zealand)			14.8	141
Northern Mariana Islands (USA)			20.7	101	19.6	90	18.94	94
Pitcairn Islands (UK)			12.3	172
French Polynesia	17	115	17	123	15.7	128	15.47	131
Puerto Rico (USA)	13	135	11.4	186	11.28	173	10.90	178
Réunion (France)			17	122
Saint Barthélemy (France)			10.2	212
Saint Helena & dependencies (UK)			8.5	231	10.19	192	10.03	191
Saint Martin (France)			16.6	129
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)			8.3	234	7.79	222	7.70	223
American Samoa			23.5	81	22.84	74	22.87	72
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)			13	161	13	153	13.00	154
Tokelau (New Zealand)			22.1	90
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)			14.8	142	17.05	117	16.61	119
British Virgin Islands			10.1	215	10.78	179	10.83	181
U.S. Virgin Islands	12	162	11.1	195	10.69	182	10.49	184
Wallis and Futuna (France)			13.4	157	13.74	146	13.56	148
Palestine/Gaza Strip					33.27	33	23.41	67

References

See also

• 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