The CIA World Factbook Edition 2020 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 2020 edition carries it in 231 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2020 edition
231
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

18.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

note: this rate results in about 259 worldwide births per minute or 4.3 births every second

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

20 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Angola

42.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Benin

42.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Botswana

20.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Burkina Faso

35.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Burundi

36.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Cabo Verde

19.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Cameroon

36.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Central African Republic

33.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Chad

41.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Comoros

23.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

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

41 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

32.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

29.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Djibouti

22.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Egypt

27.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

30.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Eritrea

27.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Eswatini

24.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Ethiopia

31.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Gabon

26.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

27 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Ghana

29.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Guinea

36.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

36.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Kenya

27.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Lesotho

23.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Liberia

37.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Libya

23 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Madagascar

29.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Malawi

40.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Mali

42.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Mauritania

29 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Mauritius

12.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Morocco

17.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Mozambique

38.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Namibia

25.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Niger

47.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Nigeria

34.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Rwanda

27.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

9.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

29.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Senegal

31.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Seychelles

12.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Sierra Leone

35.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Somalia

38.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

South Africa

19.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

South Sudan

38.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Sudan

33.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Tanzania

34.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Togo

32 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Tunisia

15.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Uganda

42.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Western Sahara

28 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Zambia

40.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Zimbabwe

33.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

14.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Iceland

13.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

36.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Armenia

11.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Azerbaijan

14.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Bangladesh

18.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Bhutan

16.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

China

11.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Georgia

11.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

India

18.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Japan

7.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Kazakhstan

16.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

14.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

8.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

20.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Maldives

16 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Mongolia

16.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Nepal

18.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Pakistan

27.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Russia

10 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Sri Lanka

14.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Tajikistan

21.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Turkmenistan

18.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Uzbekistan

16.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

12.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

15.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Aruba

12.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

14.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Barbados

11.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Belize

22 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

British Virgin Islands

11.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Cayman Islands

11.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Costa Rica

14.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Cuba

10.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Curacao

13.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Dominica

14.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Dominican Republic

18.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

El Salvador

18.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Grenada

14.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Guatemala

23.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Haiti

21.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Honduras

18.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Jamaica

16.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Montserrat

11.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Nicaragua

17.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Panama

17.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Puerto Rico

8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

9.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

12.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Saint Lucia

12.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Saint Martin

14.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

12.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Sint Maarten

12.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

11.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

14.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Virgin Islands

12.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

13 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Andorra

7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Austria

9.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Belarus

9.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Belgium

11.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

8.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Bulgaria

8.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Croatia

8.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Czechia

8.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Denmark

11.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Estonia

9.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

European Union

9.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Faroe Islands

14.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Finland

10.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

France

11.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Germany

8.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Gibraltar

13.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Greece

7.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Guernsey

9.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Hungary

8.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Ireland

13 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Isle of Man

10.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Italy

8.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Jersey

12.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Kosovo

15.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Latvia

9.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Liechtenstein

10.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Lithuania

9.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Luxembourg

11.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Malta

9.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Moldova

10.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Monaco

6.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Montenegro

11.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Netherlands

11 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

North Macedonia

10.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Norway

12.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Poland

8.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Portugal

8.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Romania

8.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

San Marino

8.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Serbia

8.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Slovakia

9.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Slovenia

8.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Spain

8.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Sweden

12.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Switzerland

10.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Ukraine

9.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

United Kingdom

11.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

12.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Cyprus

10.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Gaza Strip

28.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Iran

16.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Iraq

25.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Israel

17.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Jordan

23 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Kuwait

18 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Lebanon

13.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Oman

23.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Qatar

9.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Saudi Arabia

14.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Syria

23.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

14.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

United Arab Emirates

9.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

West Bank

25.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Yemen

25.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

11.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Canada

10.2 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Mexico

17.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

6.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

United States

12.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

17.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Australia

12.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Cook Islands

13.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Fiji

17.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

French Polynesia

14 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Guam

18.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Kiribati

20.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Marshall Islands

22.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

18.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Nauru

21.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

New Caledonia

14.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

New Zealand

12.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

15.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Palau

11.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Papua New Guinea

22.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Samoa

19.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Solomon Islands

23.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Tonga

21 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Tuvalu

23.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Vanuatu

22.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

12.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

16 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Bolivia

20.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Brazil

13.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Chile

13.1 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Colombia

15.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Ecuador

17 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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

Guyana

15.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Paraguay

16.6 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Peru

17 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Suriname

14.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Uruguay

12.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Venezuela

17.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

16.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

17 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Cambodia

21.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Hong Kong

8.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Indonesia

15.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Laos

22.4 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Macau

7.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Malaysia

18.3 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Philippines

22.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Singapore

8.9 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Taiwan

8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Thailand

10.7 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Timor-Leste

32 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Vietnam

14.5 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2020, “Birth rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/birth-rate/2020.

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