The CIA World Factbook Edition 2017 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 2017 edition carries it in 228 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2017 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

18.5 births/1,000 population

note: this rate results in about 258 worldwide births per minute or 4.3 births every second (2016 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

22.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 69

Angola

44.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 1

Benin

35 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 21

Botswana

22.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 71

Burkina Faso

41.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 7

Burundi

41.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 6

Cabo Verde

20 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 79

Cameroon

35.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 19

Central African Republic

34.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 23

Chad

35.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 17

Comoros

26.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 48

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo

33.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 26

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

34.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 22

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

27.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 45

Djibouti

23.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Egypt

29.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 40

Equatorial Guinea

32.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 32

Eritrea

29.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 39

Swaziland now Eswatini

24 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

Ethiopia

36.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 14

Gabon

34.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 24

Gambia, The now The Gambia

29.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

Ghana

30.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 36

Guinea

35.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 20

Guinea-Bissau

32.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 30

Kenya

23.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 59

Lesotho

24.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 50

Liberia

38.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 10

Libya

17.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

Madagascar

31.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 33

Malawi

41 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 8

Mali

43.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 3

Mauritania

30.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 38

Mauritius

13 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 153

Morocco

17.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 105

Mozambique

38.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 11

Namibia

27.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

Niger

44.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 2

Nigeria

36.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 13

Rwanda

30.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 35

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

9.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 200

Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe

32.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 31

Senegal

33.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 28

Seychelles

13.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 142

Sierra Leone

36.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 15

Somalia

39.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 9

South Africa

20.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

South Sudan

35.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 18

Sudan

27.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 44

Tanzania

35.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 16

Togo

33.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 29

Tunisia

18.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 95

Uganda

42.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 4

Western Sahara

29.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 42

Zambia

41.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 5

Zimbabwe

34.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 25

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

14.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 133

Iceland

13.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 141

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

37.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 12

Armenia

12.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 154

Azerbaijan

15.8 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 116

Bangladesh

18.8 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 89

Bhutan

17.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 107

China

12.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 161

Georgia

12.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 162

India

19 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

Japan

7.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 223

Kazakhstan

18.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 98

Korea, North now North Korea

14.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 132

Korea, South now South Korea

8.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 220

Kyrgyzstan

22.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 72

Maldives

16.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 115

Mongolia

18.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

Nepal

19.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

Pakistan

21.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 74

Russia

11 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 178

Sri Lanka

15.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 126

Tajikistan

23.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Turkmenistan

19.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 86

Uzbekistan

16.8 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 109

Central America and the Caribbean

30 entries

Anguilla

12.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 157

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

15.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 118

Aruba

12.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 159

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

15.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 125

Barbados

11.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 169

Belize

24 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 53

British Virgin Islands

11.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 177

Cayman Islands

12 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 168

Costa Rica

15.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 120

Cuba

10.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 184

Curacao

13.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 140

Dominica

15.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 127

Dominican Republic

18.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 92

El Salvador

16.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 112

Grenada

15.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 121

Guatemala

24.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 52

Haiti

23 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 66

Honduras

22.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 68

Jamaica

17.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 99

Montserrat

10.8 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 183

Nicaragua

17.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Panama

17.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 100

Puerto Rico

8.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 222

Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

13.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 147

Saint Lucia

13.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 144

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

13.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 146

Sint Maarten

13.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 151

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

12.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 156

Turks And Caicos Islands now Turks and Caicos Islands

15.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 124

Virgin Islands

12.8 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 155

Europe

47 entries

Albania

13.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 149

Andorra

7.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 224

Austria

9.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 201

Belarus

10.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 191

Belgium

11.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 175

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

8.8 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 211

Bulgaria

8.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 212

Croatia

8.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 210

Czechia

9.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 203

Denmark

10.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 186

Estonia

10.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 193

European Union

10.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)

Faroe Islands

14.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 134

Finland

10.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 185

France

12.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 163

Germany

8.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 213

Gibraltar

14 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 139

Greece

8.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 218

Guernsey

9.8 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 196

Hungary

9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 205

Ireland

14.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 137

Isle Of Man now Isle of Man

11 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 180

Italy

8.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 215

Jersey

12.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 160

Latvia

9.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 198

Liechtenstein

10.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 188

Lithuania

9.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 195

Luxembourg

11.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 170

Malta

10.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 192

Moldova

11.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 171

Monaco

6.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 226

Montenegro

10 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 194

Netherlands

10.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 182

Macedonia now North Macedonia

11.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 172

Norway

12.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 164

Poland

9.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 202

Portugal

9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 207

Romania

8.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 209

San Marino

8.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 217

Serbia

9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 206

Slovakia

9.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 197

Slovenia

8.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 221

Spain

9.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 204

Sweden

12.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 167

Switzerland

10.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 187

Ukraine

10.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 189

United Kingdom

12.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 166

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

13.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 145

Cyprus

11.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 176

Gaza Strip

31.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 34

Iran

17.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

Iraq

30.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 37

Israel

18.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 96

Jordan

23.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 58

Kuwait

19.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 84

Lebanon

14.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 135

Oman

24 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 54

Qatar

9.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 199

Saudi Arabia

18.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 93

Syria

21.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 75

Turkey now Turkiye

15.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 119

United Arab Emirates

15.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 128

West Bank

26.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 47

Yemen

28.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 43

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

11.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 173

Canada

10.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 190

Mexico

18.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 94

Saint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

7.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 225

United States

12.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 158

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

19.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 82

Australia

12.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 165

Cook Islands

14 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 138

Fiji

18.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

French Polynesia

14.8 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 131

Guam

19.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 81

Kiribati

21.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

Marshall Islands

24.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 51

Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia

20 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 80

Nauru

24 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 56

New Caledonia

15 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 129

New Zealand

13.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 150

Northern Mariana Islands

15 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

Palau

11.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 174

Papua New Guinea

23.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 60

Samoa

20.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

Solomon Islands

24.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 49

Tonga

22.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 70

Tuvalu

23.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 62

Vanuatu

24 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

Wallis And Futuna now Wallis and Futuna

13.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 148

South America

13 entries

Argentina

16.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 110

Bolivia

22 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

Brazil

14.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 136

Chile

13.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 143

Colombia

16.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 114

Ecuador

17.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 102

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

10.9 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 181

Guyana

15.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 123

Paraguay

16.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 111

Peru

17.8 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 103

Suriname

15.8 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 117

Uruguay

13 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 152

Venezuela

18.8 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

17 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 108

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

18.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 97

Cambodia

23 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

Hong Kong

8.9 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 208

Indonesia

16.2 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 113

Laos

23.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 63

Macau

8.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 216

Malaysia

19.1 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

Philippines

23.7 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 61

Singapore

8.6 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 214

Taiwan

8.3 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 219

Thailand

11 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 179

Timor-Leste

33.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 27

Vietnam

15.5 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)

  • country comparison to the world: 122

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2017, “Birth rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/birth-rate/2017.

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