The CIA World Factbook Edition 2009 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 2009 edition carries it in 234 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2009 edition
234
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

19.95 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

16.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 124

Angola

43.69 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 8

Benin

39.22 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 21

Botswana

22.89 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 81

Burkina Faso

44.33 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 6

Burundi

41.42 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 14

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

23.5 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 74

Cameroon

34.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

Central African Republic

32.75 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 44

Chad

40.86 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 16

Comoros

35.23 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 36

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

42.63 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 10

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

41.37 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 15

Cote d'Ivoire

32.11 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 45

Djibouti

38.13 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 24

Egypt

21.7 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

Equatorial Guinea

36.52 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 32

Eritrea

34.2 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 39

Swaziland now Eswatini

26.25 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 63

Ethiopia

43.66 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 9

Gabon

35.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 35

Gambia, The now The Gambia

37.87 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 26

Ghana

28.58 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 51

Guinea

37.52 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 27

Guinea-Bissau

35.97 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 34

Kenya

36.64 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 31

Lesotho

24.14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 72

Liberia

42.25 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 11

Libya

25.15 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 70

Madagascar

38.14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 23

Malawi

41.48 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 13

Mali

49.15 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 2

Mauritania

34.11 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 40

Mauritius

14.41 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 146

Mayotte

39.26 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 20

Morocco

20.96 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 92

Mozambique

37.98 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 25

Namibia

22.51 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 82

Niger

51.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 1

Nigeria

36.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 30

Rwanda

39.67 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 18

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

11.13 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 175

Sao Tome and Principe

38.54 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 22

Senegal

36.84 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 29

Seychelles

15.87 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 134

Sierra Leone

44.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 5

Somalia

43.7 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 7

South Africa

19.93 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 99

Sudan

33.74 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 43

Tanzania

34.29 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 38

Togo

36.44 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 33

Tunisia

15.42 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 137

Uganda

47.84 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 3

Western Sahara

39.54 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 19

Zambia

40.24 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 17

Zimbabwe

31.49 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

14.76 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 142

Iceland

13.43 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 154

Svalbard

NA

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

45.46 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 4

Armenia

12.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 160

Azerbaijan

17.62 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 115

Bangladesh

24.68 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 71

Bhutan

20.07 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 97

China

14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 150

Georgia

10.66 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 181

India

21.76 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

Japan

7.64 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 222

Kazakhstan

16.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 127

Korea, North now North Korea

14.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 141

Korea, South now South Korea

8.93 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 212

Kyrgyzstan

23.44 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 75

Maldives

14.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 145

Mongolia

21.05 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

Nepal

23.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

Pakistan

27.62 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

Russia

11.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 177

Sri Lanka

16.26 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

Tajikistan

26.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 60

Turkmenistan

19.69 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 103

Uzbekistan

17.58 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 116

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

13.02 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 157

Antigua and Barbuda

16.59 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 128

Aruba

12.79 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 158

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

16.81 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 125

Barbados

12.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 163

Belize

27.33 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 59

British Virgin Islands

14.62 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 144

Cayman Islands

12.36 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 165

Costa Rica

17.43 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 118

Cuba

11.13 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 174

Dominica

15.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 135

Dominican Republic

22.39 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

El Salvador

25.31 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 69

Grenada

21.32 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

Guatemala

27.98 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

Haiti

29.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 50

Honduras

26.27 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 61

Jamaica

19.68 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Montserrat

12.36 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 166

Netherlands Antilles

14.19 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 149

Nicaragua

23.25 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

Panama

20.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 96

Puerto Rico

12.12 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 167

Saint Kitts and Nevis

17.67 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 114

Saint Lucia

15.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 140

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

15.27 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 139

Trinidad and Tobago

14.36 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 147

Turks and Caicos Islands

20.79 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 93

Virgin Islands

11.95 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 169

Europe

47 entries

Albania

15.29 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 138

Andorra

10.35 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 190

Austria

8.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 217

Belarus

9.71 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 199

Belgium

10.15 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 193

Bosnia and Herzegovina

8.85 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 214

Bulgaria

9.51 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 204

Croatia

9.64 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 200

Czech Republic now Czechia

8.83 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 215

Denmark

10.54 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 184

Estonia

10.37 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 188

European Union

9.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Faroe Islands

13.04 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 156

Finland

10.38 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 187

France

12.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 162

Germany

8.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 220

Gibraltar

10.67 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 180

Greece

9.45 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 206

Guernsey

8.46 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 219

Hungary

9.51 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 205

Ireland

14.23 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 148

Isle of Man

10.77 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 179

Italy

8.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 221

Jersey

8.63 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 218

Latvia

9.78 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 196

Liechtenstein

9.75 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 197

Lithuania

9.11 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 208

Luxembourg

11.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 170

Malta

10.36 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 189

Moldova

11.12 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 176

Monaco

9.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 209

Montenegro

11.14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 173

Netherlands

10.4 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 186

Macedonia now North Macedonia

11.97 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 168

Norway

10.99 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 178

Poland

10.04 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 195

Portugal

10.29 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 191

Romania

10.53 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 185

San Marino

9.63 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 201

Serbia

9.19 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 207

Slovakia

10.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 183

Slovenia

8.97 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 211

Spain

9.72 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 198

Sweden

10.13 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 194

Switzerland

9.59 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 203

Ukraine

9.6 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 202

United Kingdom

10.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 182

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

17.02 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 122

Cyprus

12.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 161

Gaza Strip

36.93 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 28

Iran

17.17 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 119

Iraq

30.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 49

Israel

19.77 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

Jordan

19.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

Kuwait

21.81 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 86

Lebanon

17.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 120

Oman

34.79 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 37

Qatar

15.61 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 136

Saudi Arabia

28.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 52

Syria

25.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Turkey now Turkiye

18.66 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 110

United Arab Emirates

16.02 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 132

West Bank

25.44 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 68

Yemen

42.14 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 12

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

11.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 171

Canada

10.28 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 192

Mexico

19.71 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 102

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

12.76 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 159

United States

13.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 153

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

23.31 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

Australia

12.47 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 164

Cook Islands

16.18 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 131

Fiji

21.92 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

French Polynesia

15.91 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 133

Guam

18.22 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Kiribati

30.2 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 48

Marshall Islands

30.7 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 47

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

23.1 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 80

Nauru

23.9 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

New Caledonia

17.04 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 121

New Zealand

13.94 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 151

Niue

NA

Norfolk Island

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

18.77 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 109

Palau

11.2 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 172

Papua New Guinea

27.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 58

Pitcairn Islands

NA

Samoa

28.06 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 54

Solomon Islands

27.69 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 56

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

19.84 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 100

Tuvalu

23.11 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 79

Vanuatu

21.53 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 89

Wallis and Futuna

NA

South America

13 entries

Argentina

17.94 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 113

Bolivia

25.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 66

Brazil

18.43 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 111

Chile

14.64 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 143

Colombia

19.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 105

Ecuador

20.77 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 94

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

Guyana

17.56 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 117

Paraguay

28.17 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 53

Peru

19.38 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 107

Suriname

16.8 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 126

Uruguay

13.91 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 152

Venezuela

20.61 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 95

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

18.2 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 112

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

16.97 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 123

Cambodia

25.73 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA

Hong Kong

7.42 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 223

Indonesia

18.84 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 108

Laos

33.94 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 42

Macau

8.88 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 213

Malaysia

22.24 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 84

Philippines

26.01 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Singapore

8.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 216

Taiwan

8.99 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 210

Thailand

13.4 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 155

Timor-Leste

26.25 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 62

Vietnam

16.31 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 129

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2009, “Birth rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/birth-rate/2009.

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