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. Here expressed as percentage.
The world average for this rate is: 1.85 %
| Rank | Flag | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  |
Niger | 4.42 % |
| 2. |  |
Angola | 4.42 % |
| 3. |  |
Mali | 4.39 % |
| 4. |  |
Uganda | 4.29 % |
| 5. |  |
Zambia | 4.15 % |
| 6. |  |
Burundi | 4.13 % |
| 7. |  |
Burkina Faso | 4.12 % |
| 8. |  |
Malawi | 4.10 % |
| 9. |  |
Somalia | 3.96 % |
| 10. |  |
Liberia | 3.83 % |
| 11. |  |
Mozambique | 3.81 % |
| 12. |  |
Afghanistan | 3.79 % |
| 13. |  |
Nigeria | 3.69 % |
| 14. |  |
Ethiopia | 3.65 % |
| 15. |  |
Sierra Leone | 3.63 % |
| 16. |  |
Tanzania | 3.56 % |
| 17. |  |
Chad | 3.56 % |
| 18. |  |
South Sudan | 3.55 % |
| 19. |  |
Cameroon | 3.54 % |
| 20. |  |
Guinea | 3.51 % |
| 21. |  |
Benin | 3.50 % |
| 22. |  |
Republic of the Congo | 3.44 % |
| 23. |  |
Central African Republic | 3.43 % |
| 24. |  |
Gabon | 3.42 % |
| 25. |  |
Zimbabwe | 3.42 % |
| 26. |  |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.35 % |
| 27. |  |
Senegal | 3.34 % |
| 28. |  |
East Timor | 3.34 % |
| 29. |  |
Togo | 3.33 % |
| 30. |  |
Guinea-Bissau | 3.25 % |
| 31. |  |
Sao Tome and Principe | 3.24 % |
| 32. |  |
Equatorial Guinea | 3.22 % |
| 33. |  |
Madagascar | 3.16 % |
| 34. |  |
Rwanda | 3.07 % |
| 35. |  |
Ghana | 3.05 % |
| 36. |  |
Iraq | 3.04 % |
| 37. |  |
Mauritania | 3.04 % |
| 38. |  |
Egypt | 2.96 % |
| 39. |  |
Eritrea | 2.96 % |
| 40. |  |
Gambia | 2.94 % |
| 41. |  |
Western Sahara | 2.93 % |
| 42. |  |
Yemen | 2.84 % |
| 43. |  |
Sudan | 2.79 % |
| 44. |  |
Ivory Coast | 2.77 % |
| 45. |  |
Namibia | 2.73 % |
| 46. |  |
Palestinian Territory | 2.63 % |
| 47. |  |
Comoros | 2.61 % |
| 48. |  |
Solomon Islands | 2.49 % |
| 49. |  |
Lesotho | 2.46 % |
| 50. |  |
Marshall Islands | 2.44 % |
| 51. |  |
Guatemala | 2.41 % |
| 52. |  |
Swaziland | 2.40 % |
| 53. |  |
Nauru | 2.40 % |
| 54. |  |
Vanuatu | 2.40 % |
| 55. |  |
Belize | 2.40 % |
| 56. |  |
Oman | 2.40 % |
| 57. |  |
Jordan | 2.39 % |
| 58. |  |
Kenya | 2.39 % |
| 59. |  |
Philippines | 2.37 % |
| 60. |  |
Papua New Guinea | 2.37 % |
| 61. |  |
Tuvalu | 2.37 % |
| 62. |  |
Laos | 2.36 % |
| 63. |  |
Djibouti | 2.34 % |
| 64. |  |
Tajikistan | 2.33 % |
| 65. |  |
Cambodia | 2.30 % |
| 66. |  |
Haiti | 2.30 % |
| 67. |  |
Honduras | 2.24 % |
| 68. |  |
Tonga | 2.22 % |
| 69. |  |
Algeria | 2.22 % |
| 70. |  |
Botswana | 2.21 % |
| 71. |  |
Kyrgyzstan | 2.21 % |
| 72. |  |
Bolivia | 2.20 % |
| 73. |  |
Pakistan | 2.19 % |
| 74. |  |
Kiribati | 2.12 % |
| 75. |  |
Syria | 2.12 % |
| 76. |  |
Samoa | 2.04 % |
| 77. |  |
South Africa | 2.02 % |
| 78. |  |
Cape Verde | 2.00 % |
| 79. |  |
Micronesia | 2.00 % |
| 80. |  |
Guam | 1.97 % |
| 81. |  |
American Samoa | 1.96 % |
| 82. |  |
Nepal | 1.95 % |
| 83. |  |
Kuwait | 1.92 % |
| 84. |  |
Malaysia | 1.91 % |
| 85. |  |
Turkmenistan | 1.91 % |
| 86. |  |
India | 1.90 % |
| 87. |  |
Mongolia | 1.89 % |
| 88. |  |
Bangladesh | 1.88 % |
| 89. |  |
Venezuela | 1.88 % |
| 90. |  |
Fiji | 1.86 % |
| 91. |  |
Dominican Republic | 1.84 % |
| 92. |  |
Mexico | 1.83 % |
| 93. |  |
Saudi Arabia | 1.83 % |
| 94. |  |
Tunisia | 1.82 % |
| 95. |  |
Myanmar | 1.81 % |
| 96. |  |
Kazakhstan | 1.81 % |
| 97. |  |
Israel | 1.81 % |
| 98. |  |
Panama | 1.79 % |
| 99. |  |
Jamaica | 1.79 % |
| 100. |  |
Ecuador | 1.79 % |
| 101. |  |
Iran | 1.79 % |
| 102. |  |
Peru | 1.78 % |
| 103. |  |
Morocco | 1.77 % |
| 104. |  |
Nicaragua | 1.77 % |
| 105. |  |
Libya | 1.75 % |
| 106. |  |
Bhutan | 1.73 % |
| 107. |  |
Brunei | 1.70 % |
| 108. |  |
Uzbekistan | 1.68 % |
| 109. |  |
Argentina | 1.67 % |
| 110. |  |
Paraguay | 1.66 % |
| 111. |  |
Indonesia | 1.62 % |
| 112. |  |
El Salvador | 1.62 % |
| 113. |  |
Maldives | 1.61 % |
| 114. |  |
Colombia | 1.61 % |
| 115. |  |
Azerbaijan | 1.58 % |
| 116. |  |
Suriname | 1.58 % |
| 117. |  |
Antigua and Barbuda | 1.57 % |
| 118. |  |
Turkey | 1.57 % |
| 119. |  |
Costa Rica | 1.55 % |
| 120. |  |
Grenada | 1.55 % |
| 121. |  |
Vietnam | 1.55 % |
| 122. |  |
Guyana | 1.54 % |
| 123. |  |
Bahamas | 1.53 % |
| 124. |  |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.53 % |
| 125. |  |
Sri Lanka | 1.52 % |
| 126. |  |
Dominica | 1.51 % |
| 127. |  |
United Arab Emirates | 1.51 % |
| 128. |  |
New Caledonia | 1.50 % |
| 129. |  |
Northern Mariana Islands | 1.50 % |
| 130. |  |
French Polynesia | 1.48 % |
| 131. |  |
North Korea | 1.46 % |
| 132. |  |
Greenland | 1.44 % |
| 133. |  |
Faroe Islands | 1.43 % |
| 134. |  |
Lebanon | 1.43 % |
| 135. |  |
Ireland | 1.41 % |
| 136. |  |
Brazil | 1.41 % |
| 137. |  |
Gibraltar | 1.40 % |
| 138. |  |
Cook Islands | 1.40 % |
| 139. |  |
Iceland | 1.37 % |
| 140. |  |
Seychelles | 1.37 % |
| 141. |  |
Chile | 1.36 % |
| 142. |  |
Bahrain | 1.33 % |
| 143. |  |
Saint Lucia | 1.33 % |
| 144. |  |
Albania | 1.32 % |
| 145. |  |
Wallis and Futuna | 1.32 % |
| 146. |  |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.32 % |
| 147. |  |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.32 % |
| 148. |  |
New Zealand | 1.32 % |
| 149. |  |
Uruguay | 1.30 % |
| 150. |  |
Mauritius | 1.30 % |
| 151. |  |
Armenia | 1.29 % |
| 152. |  |
U.S. Virgin Islands | 1.28 % |
| 153. |  |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1.27 % |
| 154. |  |
Anguilla | 1.25 % |
| 155. |  |
United States | 1.25 % |
| 156. |  |
Aruba | 1.24 % |
| 157. |  |
Jersey | 1.24 % |
| 158. |  |
Georgia | 1.23 % |
| 159. |  |
China | 1.23 % |
| 160. |  |
France | 1.22 % |
| 161. |  |
Norway | 1.22 % |
| 162. |  |
Sweden | 1.21 % |
| 163. |  |
Australia | 1.21 % |
| 164. |  |
United Kingdom | 1.21 % |
| 165. |  |
Cayman Islands | 1.20 % |
| 166. |  |
Barbados | 1.17 % |
| 167. |  |
Luxembourg | 1.15 % |
| 168. |  |
Moldova | 1.15 % |
| 169. |  |
Macedonia | 1.14 % |
| 170. |  |
Bermuda | 1.13 % |
| 171. |  |
Cyprus | 1.13 % |
| 172. |  |
Palau | 1.13 % |
| 173. |  |
Belgium | 1.13 % |
| 174. |  |
British Virgin Islands | 1.11 % |
| 175. |  |
Thailand | 1.10 % |
| 176. |  |
Russia | 1.10 % |
| 177. |  |
Isle of Man | 1.10 % |
| 178. |  |
Netherlands | 1.09 % |
| 179. |  |
Falkland Islands | 1.09 % |
| 180. |  |
Montserrat | 1.08 % |
| 181. |  |
Finland | 1.07 % |
| 182. |  |
Cuba | 1.07 % |
| 183. |  |
Denmark | 1.05 % |
| 184. |  |
Switzerland | 1.05 % |
| 185. |  |
Liechtenstein | 1.04 % |
| 186. |  |
Belarus | 1.03 % |
| 187. |  |
Canada | 1.03 % |
| 188. |  |
Ukraine | 1.03 % |
| 189. |  |
Estonia | 1.01 % |
| 190. |  |
Malta | 1.01 % |
| 191. |  |
Montenegro | 1.00 % |
| 192. |  |
Lithuania | 0.99 % |
| 193. |  |
Guernsey | 0.98 % |
| 194. |  |
Latvia | 0.97 % |
| 195. |  |
Slovakia | 0.97 % |
| 196. |  |
Saint Helena | 0.96 % |
| 197. |  |
Qatar | 0.96 % |
| 198. |  |
Austria | 0.95 % |
| 199. |  |
Poland | 0.95 % |
| 200. |  |
Czechia | 0.93 % |
| 201. |  |
Spain | 0.92 % |
| 202. |  |
Portugal | 0.90 % |
| 203. |  |
Hungary | 0.90 % |
| 204. |  |
Serbia | 0.90 % |
| 205. |  |
Romania | 0.89 % |
| 206. |  |
Hong Kong | 0.89 % |
| 207. |  |
Croatia | 0.89 % |
| 208. |  |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.88 % |
| 209. |  |
Bulgaria | 0.87 % |
| 210. |  |
Germany | 0.86 % |
| 211. |  |
Macao | 0.86 % |
| 212. |  |
Italy | 0.86 % |
| 213. |  |
Singapore | 0.86 % |
| 214. |  |
San Marino | 0.86 % |
| 215. |  |
Greece | 0.84 % |
| 216. |  |
South Korea | 0.83 % |
| 217. |  |
Taiwan | 0.83 % |
| 218. |  |
Slovenia | 0.82 % |
| 219. |  |
Puerto Rico | 0.81 % |
| 220. |  |
Japan | 0.77 % |
| 221. |  |
Andorra | 0.75 % |
| 222. |  |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.71 % |
| 223. |  |
Monaco | 0.66 % |
| Compiled by Tripmondo 2018 | |||
Last modified: 26.03.2018, edited by: Nils