The CIA World Factbook Edition 2023 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 2023 edition carries it in 254 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2023 edition
254
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

55 entries

Algeria

20.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Angola

41.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Benin

40.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Botswana

20 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Burkina Faso

32.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Burundi

34.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Cabo Verde

18.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Cameroon

35.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Central African Republic

32.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Chad

39.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Comoros

22.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

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

39.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

29.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

27.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Djibouti

22 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Egypt

20.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

29.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Eritrea

26.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Eswatini

22.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Ethiopia

30.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Gabon

25.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

28 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Ghana

28 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Guinea

35.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

36.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Kenya

26 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Lesotho

23 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Liberia

33 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Libya

20.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Madagascar

28.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Malawi

27.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Mali

40.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Mauritania

27.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Mauritius

9.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Morocco

17.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara

Mozambique

36.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Namibia

24.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Niger

46.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Nigeria

34 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Rwanda

25.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

9.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

27.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Senegal

30.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Seychelles

12.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Sierra Leone

31.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Somalia

37.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

South Africa

18.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

South Sudan

37.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Sudan

33.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Tanzania

32.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Togo

31.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Tunisia

14.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Uganda

40.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Zambia

34.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Zimbabwe

29.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Antarctic Region

4 entries

Bouvet Island

NA

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

NA

Heard Island and McDonald Islands

NA

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands now South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

NA

Arctic Region

4 entries

Greenland

13.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Iceland

12.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Jan Mayen

NA

Svalbard

NA

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

34.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Armenia

10.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Azerbaijan

11.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Bangladesh

17.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Bhutan

15.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

British Indian Ocean Territory

NA

China

9.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Georgia

12.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

India

16.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Japan

6.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Kazakhstan

17.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

13.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

19.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Maldives

15.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Mongolia

15.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Nepal

17.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Pakistan

26 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Russia

8.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Sri Lanka

14.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Tajikistan

26.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Turkmenistan

17.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Uzbekistan

22.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

33 entries

Anguilla

11.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

15 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Aruba

11.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

13.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Barbados

10.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Belize

18 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

British Virgin Islands

10.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Cayman Islands

11.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Costa Rica

10.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Cuba

10 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Curacao

13.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Dominica

13.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Dominican Republic

17.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

El Salvador

17.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Grenada

13.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Guatemala

21.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Haiti

21.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Honduras

20.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Jamaica

15.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Montserrat

10.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Navassa Island

NA

Nicaragua

16.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Panama

17.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Puerto Rico

7.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Saint Barthelemy

9.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

12.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Saint Lucia

11.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Saint Martin

14 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

12.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Sint Maarten

12.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

10.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

13.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Virgin Islands

11.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Europe

49 entries

Albania

12.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Andorra

6.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Austria

9.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Belarus

8.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Belgium

10.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

8.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Bulgaria

8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Croatia

8.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Czechia

10 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Denmark

11.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Estonia

8.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

European Union

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

Faroe Islands

14.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Finland

10.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

France

10.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Germany

9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Gibraltar

13.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Greece

7.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Guernsey

9.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA

Hungary

9.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Ireland

11.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Isle of Man

10.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Italy

7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Jersey

12.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Kosovo

14.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Latvia

8.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Liechtenstein

10.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Lithuania

9.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Luxembourg

11.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Malta

9.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Moldova

8.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Monaco

6.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Montenegro

11 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Netherlands

10.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

North Macedonia

10.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Norway

10.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Poland

8.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Portugal

8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Romania

8.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

San Marino

8.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Serbia

8.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Slovakia

10.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Slovenia

8.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Spain

7.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Sweden

10.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Switzerland

10.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Ukraine

5.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

United Kingdom

10.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Middle East

19 entries

Akrotiri

NA

Bahrain

12.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Cyprus

10.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Dhekelia

NA

Gaza Strip

27.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Iran

14.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Iraq

24.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Israel

19.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Jordan

22.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Kuwait

17.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Lebanon

12.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Oman

21.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Qatar

9.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Saudi Arabia

13.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Syria

22.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

14 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

United Arab Emirates

10.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

West Bank

28.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Yemen

24.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

North America

6 entries

Bermuda

11 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Canada

10.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Clipperton Island

NA

Mexico

14 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

6.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

United States

12.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Oceania

28 entries

American Samoa

16.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Australia

12.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Cook Islands

12.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Coral Sea Islands

NA

Fiji

16.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

French Polynesia

13.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Guam

18.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Kiribati

19.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Marshall Islands

21.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

18.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Nauru

20.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

New Caledonia

14 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

New Zealand

12.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Niue

NA

Norfolk Island

NA

Northern Mariana Islands

15.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Palau

11.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Papua New Guinea

28.5 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

NA

Samoa

19 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Solomon Islands

22.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

20 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Tuvalu

22.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

NA

Vanuatu

21.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Wake Island

NA

Wallis and Futuna

12.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

15.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Bolivia

18.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Brazil

13.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Chile

12.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Colombia

15.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Ecuador

18 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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

Guyana

16.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Paraguay

16.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Peru

17 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Suriname

15.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Uruguay

12.7 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Venezuela

17 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Southeast Asia

19 entries

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

NA

Brunei

16 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

16.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Cambodia

18.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA

Hong Kong

7.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Indonesia

15.1 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Laos

20.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Macau

8.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Malaysia

14.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Paracel Islands

NA

Philippines

22.2 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Singapore

8.9 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Spratly Islands

NA

Taiwan

7.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Thailand

10 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Timor-Leste

30.4 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Vietnam

15.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2023, “Birth rate”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/birth-rate/2023.

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