The CIA World Factbook Edition 2008 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 2008 edition carries it in 233 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2008 edition
233
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

20.18 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

17.03 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Angola

44.09 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Benin

39.8 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Botswana

22.96 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Burkina Faso

44.68 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Burundi

41.72 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

23.95 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cameroon

34.59 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Central African Republic

33.13 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Chad

41.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Comoros

35.78 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

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

43 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

41.76 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

32.73 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Djibouti

38.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Egypt

22.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

37.04 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Eritrea

34.94 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

26.6 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Ethiopia

43.97 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Gabon

35.75 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

38.36 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Ghana

29.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guinea

37.84 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

36.4 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Kenya

37.89 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Lesotho

24.41 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Liberia

42.92 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Libya

25.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Madagascar

38.38 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Malawi

41.79 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mali

49.38 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mauritania

40.14 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mauritius

14.64 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mayotte

39.79 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Morocco

21.31 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mozambique

38.21 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Namibia

23.19 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Niger

49.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Nigeria

37.23 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Rwanda

39.97 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

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

11.45 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

39.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Senegal

36.52 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Seychelles

15.6 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sierra Leone

45.08 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Somalia

44.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

South Africa

20.23 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sudan

34.31 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Tanzania

35.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Togo

36.66 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Tunisia

15.5 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Uganda

48.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Western Sahara

39.95 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Zambia

40.52 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Zimbabwe

31.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

14.87 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Iceland

13.5 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Svalbard

  • NA (2008 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

45.82 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Armenia

12.53 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Azerbaijan

17.52 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bangladesh

28.86 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bhutan

20.56 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

China

13.71 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Georgia

10.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

India

22.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Japan

7.87 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Kazakhstan

16.44 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

14.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

9.09 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

23.31 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Maldives

14.84 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mongolia

21.09 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Nepal

29.92 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Pakistan

28.35 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Russia

11.03 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sri Lanka

16.63 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Tajikistan

27.18 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Turkmenistan

25.07 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Uzbekistan

17.99 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

13.11 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

16.78 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Aruba

12.81 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

17.06 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Barbados

12.48 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Belize

27.84 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

British Virgin Islands

14.72 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cayman Islands

12.43 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Costa Rica

17.71 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cuba

11.27 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Dominica

15.73 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Dominican Republic

22.65 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

El Salvador

25.72 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Grenada

21.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guatemala

28.55 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Haiti

35.69 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Honduras

26.93 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Jamaica

20.04 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Montserrat

12.01 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

14.37 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Nicaragua

23.7 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Panama

20.68 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Puerto Rico

12.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

17.73 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saint Lucia

15.4 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

15.82 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

13.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

21.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Virgin Islands

12.29 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

15.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Andorra

10.59 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Austria

8.66 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Belarus

9.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Belgium

10.22 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

8.82 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bulgaria

9.58 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Croatia

9.64 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

8.89 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Denmark

10.71 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Estonia

10.28 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

European Union

10.25 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Faroe Islands

13.25 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Finland

10.39 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

France

12.73 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Germany

8.18 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Gibraltar

10.71 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Greece

9.54 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guernsey

8.57 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Hungary

9.59 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Ireland

14.33 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Isle of Man

10.86 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Italy

8.36 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Jersey

8.84 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Latvia

9.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Liechtenstein

9.86 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Lithuania

9 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Luxembourg

11.77 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Malta

10.33 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Moldova

11.01 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Monaco

9.09 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Montenegro

11.17 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Netherlands

10.53 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Norway

11.12 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Poland

10.01 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Portugal

10.45 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Romania

10.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

San Marino

9.74 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Slovakia

10.64 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Slovenia

8.99 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Spain

9.87 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sweden

10.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Switzerland

9.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Ukraine

9.55 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

United Kingdom

10.65 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

17.26 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cyprus

12.56 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Gaza Strip

37.75 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Iran

16.89 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Iraq

30.77 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Israel

20.02 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Jordan

20.13 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Kuwait

21.9 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Lebanon

17.61 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Oman

35.26 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Qatar

15.69 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saudi Arabia

28.85 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Syria

26.57 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

16.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

United Arab Emirates

16.06 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

West Bank

25.95 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Yemen

42.42 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

11.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Canada

10.29 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Mexico

20.04 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

12.92 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

United States

14.18 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

23.66 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Australia

12.55 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cook Islands

16.71 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Fiji

22.15 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

French Polynesia

16.16 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Guam

18.37 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Kiribati

30.31 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Marshall Islands

31.52 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

23.66 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Nauru

24.26 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

New Caledonia

17.39 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

New Zealand

14.09 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Niue

  • NA (2008 est.)

Norfolk Island

  • NA (2008 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

19.04 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Palau

17.4 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Papua New Guinea

28.14 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

  • NA (2008 est.)

Samoa

28.2 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Solomon Islands

28.48 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Tokelau

  • NA (2008 est.)

Tonga

21.81 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Tuvalu

22.75 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Vanuatu

21.95 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

  • NA (2008 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

18.11 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Bolivia

22.31 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Brazil

18.72 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Chile

14.82 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Colombia

19.86 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Ecuador

21.54 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  • NA (2008 est.)

Guyana

17.85 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Paraguay

28.47 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Peru

19.77 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Suriname

17.02 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Uruguay

14.17 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Venezuela

20.92 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

18.39 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

17.23 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Cambodia

25.68 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Christmas Island

  • NA (2008 est.)

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  • NA (2008 est.)

Hong Kong

7.37 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Indonesia

19.24 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Laos

34.46 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Macau

8.69 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Malaysia

22.44 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Philippines

26.42 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Singapore

8.99 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Taiwan

8.99 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Thailand

13.57 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Timor-Leste

26.52 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Vietnam

16.47 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2008, “Birth rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/birth-rate/2008.

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