The CIA World Factbook Edition 2013 People and Society

Birth rate In 36 editions of 36.

Birth rate was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2013 edition carries it in 228 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2013 edition
228
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

18.9 births/1,000 population

note: this rate results in about 255 worldwide births per minute or 4.3 births every second (2013 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

24.25 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 63

Angola

39.16 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 10

Benin

37.02 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 19

Botswana

21.69 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

Burkina Faso

42.81 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 4

Burundi

40.04 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 7

Cabo Verde

20.96 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 81

Cameroon

31.93 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 37

Central African Republic

35.8 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 23

Chad

37.99 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 16

Comoros

30.26 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 43

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

36.34 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 20

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

39.63 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 9

Cote d'Ivoire

29.83 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 45

Djibouti

24.5 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 61

Egypt

23.79 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

Equatorial Guinea

34.35 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 30

Eritrea

31.39 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 40

Swaziland now Eswatini

25.68 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 54

Ethiopia

38.07 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 15

Gabon

34.82 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 29

Gambia, The now The Gambia

32.59 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 34

Ghana

31.7 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 38

Guinea

36.3 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 21

Guinea-Bissau

34.28 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 31

Kenya

30.08 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 44

Lesotho

26.31 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 51

Liberia

35.75 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 24

Libya

18.74 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 100

Madagascar

33.58 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 32

Malawi

39.98 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 8

Mali

46.06 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 2

Mauritania

32.31 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 36

Mauritius

13.62 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 148

Morocco

18.73 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

Mozambique

39.08 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 11

Namibia

20.72 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 82

Niger

46.84 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 1

Nigeria

38.78 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 13

Rwanda

35.49 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 26

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

10.19 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 192

Sao Tome and Principe

36.05 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 22

Senegal

35.64 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 25

Seychelles

14.85 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 135

Sierra Leone

37.77 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 17

Somalia

41.45 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 6

South Africa

19.14 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 94

South Sudan

38.5 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 14

Sudan

30.84 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 42

Tanzania

37.25 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 18

Togo

34.9 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 27

Tunisia

17.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 115

Uganda

44.5 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 3

Western Sahara

31.18 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

Zambia

42.79 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 5

Zimbabwe

32.41 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 35

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

14.57 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 137

Iceland

13.15 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 152

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

39.05 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 12

Armenia

12.86 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 154

Azerbaijan

17.17 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 112

Bangladesh

22.07 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

Bhutan

18.43 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 105

China

12.25 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 162

Georgia

10.72 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 181

India

20.24 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

Japan

8.23 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 220

Kazakhstan

20.03 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

Korea, North now North Korea

14.49 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 138

Korea, South now South Korea

8.33 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 219

Kyrgyzstan

23.67 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 70

Maldives

15.38 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 132

Mongolia

20.34 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

Nepal

21.48 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 79

Pakistan

23.76 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 69

Russia

12.11 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 165

Sri Lanka

16.64 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 120

Tajikistan

25.49 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 56

Turkmenistan

19.53 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

Uzbekistan

17.2 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 111

Central America and the Caribbean

30 entries

Anguilla

12.82 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 155

Antigua and Barbuda

16.07 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 125

Aruba

12.72 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 156

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

15.81 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 126

Barbados

12.1 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 166

Belize

25.58 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

British Virgin Islands

10.78 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 179

Cayman Islands

12.17 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 164

Costa Rica

16.25 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 124

Cuba

9.92 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 197

Curacao

NA

Dominica

15.61 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

Dominican Republic

19.21 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 93

El Salvador

17.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 113

Grenada

16.57 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 121

Guatemala

25.99 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 53

Haiti

23.35 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 72

Honduras

24.16 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Jamaica

18.65 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 103

Montserrat

11.37 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 172

Nicaragua

18.77 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 99

Panama

18.91 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 96

Puerto Rico

11.28 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 173

Saint Kitts and Nevis

13.79 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 145

Saint Lucia

14.19 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 139

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

14.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 142

Sint Maarten

13 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 153

Trinidad and Tobago

14.07 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 144

Turks and Caicos Islands

17.05 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 117

Virgin Islands

10.69 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 182

Europe

47 entries

Albania

12.57 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 159

Andorra

8.88 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 212

Austria

8.73 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 214

Belarus

10.99 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 175

Belgium

10 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 195

Bosnia and Herzegovina

8.92 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 211

Bulgaria

9.07 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 207

Croatia

9.53 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 201

Czech Republic now Czechia

8.55 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 217

Denmark

10.2 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 191

Estonia

10.38 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 185

European Union

10.19 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

Faroe Islands

13.36 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 150

Finland

10.36 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 186

France

12.6 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 158

Germany

8.37 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 218

Gibraltar

14.19 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 140

Greece

8.94 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 209

Guernsey

9.95 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 196

Hungary

9.37 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 204

Ireland

15.5 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 131

Isle of Man

11.27 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 174

Italy

8.94 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 210

Jersey

11.38 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 171

Latvia

9.91 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 198

Liechtenstein

10.67 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 183

Lithuania

9.36 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 205

Luxembourg

11.72 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 168

Malta

10.27 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 190

Moldova

12.38 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 160

Monaco

6.79 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 224

Montenegro

10.75 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 180

Netherlands

10.85 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 177

Macedonia now North Macedonia

11.72 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 167

Norway

10.8 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 178

Poland

9.88 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 199

Portugal

9.59 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 200

Romania

9.4 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 203

San Marino

8.78 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 213

Serbia

9.15 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 206

Slovakia

10.27 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 189

Slovenia

8.66 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 215

Spain

10.14 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 193

Sweden

10.33 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 187

Switzerland

10.45 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 184

Ukraine

9.52 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 202

United Kingdom

12.26 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 161

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

14.16 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 141

Cyprus

11.45 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 169

Gaza Strip

33.27 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 33

Iran

18.4 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

Iraq

27.51 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

Israel

18.71 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 102

Jordan

26.23 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 52

Kuwait

20.61 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

Lebanon

14.79 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 136

Oman

24.43 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 62

Qatar

10.08 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 194

Saudi Arabia

19.01 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 95

Syria

23.01 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

Turkey now Turkiye

17.22 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 110

United Arab Emirates

15.65 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 129

West Bank

23.81 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 66

Yemen

31.63 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 39

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

11.39 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 170

Canada

10.28 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 188

Mexico

18.61 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

7.79 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 222

United States

13.66 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 147

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

22.84 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 74

Australia

12.23 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 163

Cook Islands

14.93 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 134

Fiji

20.28 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 86

French Polynesia

15.7 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 128

Guam

17.23 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 109

Kiribati

22.18 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 75

Marshall Islands

27.21 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 47

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

21.44 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 80

Nauru

26.39 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 49

New Caledonia

15.81 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 127

New Zealand

13.48 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 149

Northern Mariana Islands

19.6 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

Palau

10.9 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 176

Papua New Guinea

25.4 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

Samoa

21.7 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

Solomon Islands

26.9 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 48

Tonga

24.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Tuvalu

23.56 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 71

Vanuatu

26.35 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 50

Wallis and Futuna

13.74 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 146

South America

13 entries

Argentina

17.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 114

Bolivia

23.77 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 68

Brazil

14.97 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 133

Chile

14.12 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 143

Colombia

16.98 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 118

Ecuador

19.23 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 92

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

Guyana

16.31 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 123

Paraguay

16.95 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 119

Peru

18.85 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 98

Suriname

17.1 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 116

Uruguay

13.28 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 151

Venezuela

19.66 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 89

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

17.63 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 107

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

18.89 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 97

Cambodia

24.88 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 59

Hong Kong

7.58 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 223

Indonesia

17.38 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 108

Laos

25.23 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 58

Macau

9.03 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 208

Malaysia

20.41 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 84

Philippines

24.62 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 60

Singapore

7.91 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 221

Taiwan

8.61 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 216

Thailand

12.66 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 157

Timor-Leste

34.85 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 28

Vietnam

16.56 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 122

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2013, “Birth rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/birth-rate/2013.

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