The CIA World Factbook Edition 1998 People

Birth rate In 36 editions of 36.

Birth rate was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1998 edition carries it in 235 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1998 edition
235
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Birth rate” (1990 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

22 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

27.51 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Angola

43.58 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Benin

45.82 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Botswana

32.02 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Burkina Faso

46.24 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Burundi

41.61 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

34.47 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Cameroon

42.06 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Central African Republic

38.72 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Chad

43.45 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Comoros

40.52 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

46.77 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

38.5 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

42.15 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Djibouti

41.75 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Egypt

27.31 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

38.9 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Eritrea

42.52 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

41 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Ethiopia

44.69 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Gabon

28 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

43.3 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Ghana

32.81 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Guinea

41.28 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

38.67 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Kenya

31.68 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Lesotho

31.84 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Liberia

41.88 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Libya

43.95 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Madagascar

41.89 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Malawi

40.22 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Mali

49.88 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Mauritania

44.46 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Mauritius

18.64 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Mayotte

46.96 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Morocco

26.37 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Mozambique

43.52 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Namibia

35.84 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Niger

53.01 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Nigeria

42.24 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Reunion

22.78 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Rwanda

38.99 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

14.1 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

43.48 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Senegal

44.38 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Seychelles

19.71 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sierra Leone

46.16 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Somalia

46.75 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

South Africa

26.43 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sudan

39.94 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Tanzania

40.75 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Togo

45.23 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Tunisia

20.07 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Uganda

49.21 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Western Sahara

45.78 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Zambia

44.6 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Zimbabwe

31.32 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

15.83 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Iceland

15.11 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Svalbard

NA births/1,000 population

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

42.37 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Armenia

13.52 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Azerbaijan

22.2 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Bangladesh

28.89 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Bhutan

37.33 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

China

15.73 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Georgia

11.72 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

India

25.91 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Japan

10.26 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Kazakhstan

17.24 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

15.3 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

16.08 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

22.03 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Maldives

40.12 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Mongolia

23.56 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Nepal

35.66 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Pakistan

34.38 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Russia

9.57 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sri Lanka

18.4 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Tajikistan

27.67 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Turkmenistan

26.24 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Uzbekistan

23.69 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

17.04 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

16.72 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Aruba

13.74 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

21.03 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Barbados

14.92 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Belize

31.05 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

British Virgin Islands

16.15 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Cayman Islands

13.95 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Costa Rica

22.89 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Cuba

13.13 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Dominica

17.35 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Dominican Republic

26.42 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

El Salvador

26.71 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Grenada

28.1 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Guadeloupe

16.73 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Guatemala

36.02 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Haiti

32.84 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Honduras

31.79 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Jamaica

20.91 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Martinique

16.52 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Montserrat

14.27 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

17.61 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Nicaragua

36.04 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Panama

21.99 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Puerto Rico

16.7 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

22.87 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Saint Lucia

22.48 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

18.74 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

14.89 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

27.14 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Virgin Islands

16.45 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Europe

45 entries

Albania

21.35 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Andorra

10.48 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Austria

9.89 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Belarus

9.71 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Belgium

10.21 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

8.72 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Bulgaria

8.08 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Croatia

10.45 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

8.96 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Denmark

12.18 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Estonia

9.04 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Faroe Islands

13.08 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Finland

11.24 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

France

11.68 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Germany

8.84 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Gibraltar

13.01 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Greece

9.65 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Guernsey

13.91 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Hungary

10.69 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Ireland

13.49 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

12.49 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Italy

9.13 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Jersey

12.27 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Latvia

8.14 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Liechtenstein

12.64 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Lithuania

10.57 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Luxembourg

11.12 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Malta

11.73 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Moldova

14.35 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Monaco

10.71 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Netherlands

11.62 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

15.71 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Norway

12.9 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Poland

9.79 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Portugal

10.63 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Romania

9.33 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

San Marino

10.52 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

Montenegro-13.55 births/1,000 population; Serbia-12.62 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Slovakia

9.96 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Slovenia

8.58 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Spain

9.73 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sweden

11.7 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Switzerland

10.81 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Ukraine

9.53 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

United Kingdom

12.01 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

22.43 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Cyprus

13.93 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Gaza Strip

49.07 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Iran

31.37 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Iraq

38.58 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Israel

19.99 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Jordan

35.18 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Kuwait

20.97 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Lebanon

22.66 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Oman

37.83 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Qatar

16.97 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Saudi Arabia

37.63 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Syria

37.83 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

21.38 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

United Arab Emirates

18.61 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

West Bank

36.65 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Yemen

43.36 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

12.21 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Canada

12.12 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Mexico

25.49 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

12.45 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

United States

14.4 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

27.31 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Australia

13.47 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Cook Islands

22.52 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Fiji

22.92 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

French Polynesia

22.67 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Guam

25.04 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Kiribati

26.46 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Marshall Islands

45.39 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

27.55 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Nauru

18.03 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

New Caledonia

21.08 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

New Zealand

14.89 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Niue

NA births/1,000 population

Norfolk Island

NA births/1,000 population

Northern Mariana Islands

22.81 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Palau

21.26 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Papua New Guinea

32.37 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

NA births/1,000 population

Samoa

29.62 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Solomon Islands

36.62 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Tokelau

NA births/1,000 population

Tonga

26.43 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Tuvalu

22.6 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Vanuatu

29.18 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

23.02 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

19.96 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Bolivia

31.43 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Brazil

20.92 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Chile

18.28 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Colombia

24.93 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Ecuador

23.16 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA births/1,000 population

French Guiana

23.73 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Guyana

18.49 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Paraguay

32.21 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Peru

26.69 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Suriname

22.48 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Uruguay

16.92 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Venezuela

22.96 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

24.92 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

28.96 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Cambodia

41.63 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Christmas Island

NA births/1,000 population

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA births/1,000 population

Hong Kong

12.85 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Indonesia

23.1 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Laos

40.58 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Macau

12.76 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Malaysia

26.5 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Philippines

28.43 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Singapore

13.79 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Taiwan

14.79 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Thailand

16.76 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Vietnam

21.55 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1998, “Birth rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/birth-rate/1998.

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