The CIA World Factbook Edition 2014 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 2014 edition carries it in 228 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2014 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

18.7 births/1,000 population

note: this rate results in about 255 worldwide births per minute or 4.3 births every second (2014 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

23.99 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 63

Angola

38.97 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 9

Benin

36.51 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 20

Botswana

21.34 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

Burkina Faso

42.42 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 5

Burundi

42.33 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 6

Cabo Verde

20.72 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 82

Cameroon

36.58 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 19

Central African Republic

35.45 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 23

Chad

37.29 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 16

Comoros

29.05 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 44

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

35.62 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 22

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

36.59 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 18

Cote d'Ivoire

29.25 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 43

Djibouti

24.08 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 62

Egypt

23.35 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 68

Equatorial Guinea

33.83 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 32

Eritrea

30.69 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

Swaziland now Eswatini

25.18 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 54

Ethiopia

37.66 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 14

Gabon

34.64 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 27

Gambia, The now The Gambia

31.75 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 37

Ghana

31.4 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 38

Guinea

36.02 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 21

Guinea-Bissau

33.83 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 31

Kenya

28.27 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 45

Lesotho

25.92 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 49

Liberia

35.07 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 26

Libya

18.4 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Madagascar

33.12 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 33

Malawi

41.8 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 7

Mali

45.53 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 2

Mauritania

31.83 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 36

Mauritius

13.46 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 149

Morocco

18.47 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 100

Mozambique

38.83 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 11

Namibia

20.28 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

Niger

46.12 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 1

Nigeria

38.03 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 12

Rwanda

34.61 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 28

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

10.03 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 191

Sao Tome and Principe

35.12 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 24

Senegal

35.09 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 25

Seychelles

14.54 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 136

Sierra Leone

37.4 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 15

Somalia

40.87 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 8

South Africa

18.94 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 93

South Sudan

37.68 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 13

Sudan

30.01 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 42

Tanzania

36.82 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 17

Togo

34.52 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 29

Tunisia

16.9 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 112

Uganda

44.17 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 3

Western Sahara

30.71 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 40

Zambia

42.46 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 4

Zimbabwe

32.47 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 34

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

14.53 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 137

Iceland

13.09 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 153

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

38.84 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 10

Armenia

13.92 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 143

Azerbaijan

16.96 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 111

Bangladesh

21.61 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

Bhutan

18.12 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

China

12.17 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 163

Georgia

12.93 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 155

India

19.89 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 86

Japan

8.07 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 222

Kazakhstan

19.61 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

Korea, North now North Korea

14.51 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 138

Korea, South now South Korea

8.26 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 220

Kyrgyzstan

23.33 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 69

Maldives

15.59 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 127

Mongolia

20.88 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 81

Nepal

21.07 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 79

Pakistan

23.19 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 71

Russia

11.87 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 168

Sri Lanka

16.24 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 122

Tajikistan

24.99 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 56

Turkmenistan

19.46 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 89

Uzbekistan

17.02 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 109

Central America and the Caribbean

30 entries

Anguilla

12.68 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 157

Antigua and Barbuda

15.94 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 124

Aruba

12.65 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 158

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

15.65 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 126

Barbados

11.97 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 166

Belize

25.14 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

British Virgin Islands

10.83 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 180

Cayman Islands

12.13 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 164

Costa Rica

16.08 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 123

Cuba

9.9 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 195

Curacao

NA

Dominica

15.53 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

Dominican Republic

18.97 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 92

El Salvador

16.79 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 115

Grenada

16.3 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 120

Guatemala

25.46 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 52

Haiti

22.83 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

Honduras

23.66 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Jamaica

18.41 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 102

Montserrat

11.31 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 174

Nicaragua

18.41 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 103

Panama

18.61 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 98

Puerto Rico

10.9 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 178

Saint Kitts and Nevis

13.64 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 146

Saint Lucia

13.94 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 141

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

13.85 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 144

Sint Maarten

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

  • country comparison to the world: 154

Trinidad and Tobago

13.8 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 145

Turks and Caicos Islands

16.61 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 119

Virgin Islands

10.49 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 184

Europe

47 entries

Albania

12.73 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 156

Andorra

8.48 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 218

Austria

8.76 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 214

Belarus

10.86 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 179

Belgium

9.99 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 193

Bosnia and Herzegovina

8.89 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 211

Bulgaria

8.92 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 210

Croatia

9.49 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 201

Czech Republic now Czechia

9.79 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 199

Denmark

10.22 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 190

Estonia

10.29 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 187

European Union

10.17 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

Faroe Islands

13.57 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 147

Finland

10.35 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 186

France

12.49 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 159

Germany

8.42 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 219

Gibraltar

14.15 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 139

Greece

8.8 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 213

Guernsey

9.89 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 196

Hungary

9.26 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 207

Ireland

15.18 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 132

Isle of Man

11.17 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 176

Italy

8.84 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 212

Jersey

11.65 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 170

Latvia

9.79 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 198

Liechtenstein

10.53 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 183

Lithuania

9.36 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 205

Luxembourg

11.75 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 169

Malta

10.24 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 189

Moldova

12.21 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 161

Monaco

6.72 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 224

Montenegro

10.59 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 182

Netherlands

10.83 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 181

Macedonia now North Macedonia

11.64 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 171

Norway

12.09 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 165

Poland

9.77 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 200

Portugal

9.42 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 202

Romania

9.27 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 206

San Marino

8.7 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 215

Serbia

9.13 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 208

Slovakia

10.01 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 192

Slovenia

8.54 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 217

Spain

9.88 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 197

Sweden

11.92 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 167

Switzerland

10.48 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 185

Ukraine

9.41 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 203

United Kingdom

12.22 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 160

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

13.92 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 142

Cyprus

11.44 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 172

Gaza Strip

32.2 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 35

Iran

18.23 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 105

Iraq

26.85 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

Israel

18.44 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

Jordan

25.23 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 53

Kuwait

20.26 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 84

Lebanon

14.8 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 133

Oman

24.47 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 59

Qatar

9.95 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 194

Saudi Arabia

18.78 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 96

Syria

22.76 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 74

Turkey now Turkiye

16.86 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 114

United Arab Emirates

15.54 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 129

West Bank

23.41 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

Yemen

31.02 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 39

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

11.35 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 173

Canada

10.29 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 188

Mexico

19.02 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

7.7 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 223

United States

13.42 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 150

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

22.87 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 72

Australia

12.19 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 162

Cook Islands

14.7 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 135

Fiji

19.86 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

French Polynesia

15.47 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 131

Guam

17.01 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 110

Kiribati

21.85 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 75

Marshall Islands

26.36 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 47

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

20.97 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 80

Nauru

25.61 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 51

New Caledonia

15.57 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 128

New Zealand

13.4 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 151

Northern Mariana Islands

18.94 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 94

Palau

10.95 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 177

Papua New Guinea

24.89 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

Samoa

21.29 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

Solomon Islands

26.33 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 48

Tonga

23.55 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 66

Tuvalu

23.74 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Vanuatu

25.69 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 50

Wallis and Futuna

13.56 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 148

South America

13 entries

Argentina

16.88 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 113

Bolivia

23.28 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 70

Brazil

14.72 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 134

Chile

13.97 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 140

Colombia

16.73 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 117

Ecuador

18.87 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 95

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

Guyana

15.9 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 125

Paraguay

16.66 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 118

Peru

18.57 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 99

Suriname

16.73 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 116

Uruguay

13.18 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 152

Venezuela

19.42 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

17.49 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 107

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

18.65 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 97

Cambodia

24.4 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 60

Hong Kong

9.38 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 204

Indonesia

17.04 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 108

Laos

24.76 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 58

Macau

8.98 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 209

Malaysia

20.06 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

Philippines

24.24 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 61

Singapore

8.1 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 221

Taiwan

8.55 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 216

Thailand

11.26 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 175

Timor-Leste

34.48 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 30

Vietnam

16.26 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 121

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2014, “Birth rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/birth-rate/2014.

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