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Birth Rate of Countries

(per 1,000 population)

Country Population Birth rate
Niger 12,894,865 50.2
Mali 11,995,402 49.6
Uganda 30,262,610 48.1
Afghanistan 31,889,923 46.2
Sierra Leone 6,144,562 45.4
Chad 10,238,807 45.3
Burkina Faso 14,326,203 45.3
Somalia 9,118,773 44.6
Angola 12,263,596 44.5
Liberia 3,193,942 43.7
Congo (Kinshasa) 64,606,759 43.3
Yemen 22,211,743 42.7
Congo (Brazzaville) 3,800,610 42.2
Malawi 13,603,181 42.1
Burundi 8,390,505 42.0
Guinea 9,947,814 41.5
Zambia 11,477,447 40.8
Mauritania 3,270,065 40.6
Western Sahara 382,617 40.4
Mayotte 208,807 40.4
Nigeria 135,031,164 40.2
Rwanda 9,907,509 40.2
Sao Tome and Principe 199,579 39.7
Djibouti 496,374 39.1
Kenya 36,913,721 38.9
Gaza Strip 1,482,405 38.9
Gambia, The 1,688,359 38.9
Madagascar 19,448,815 38.6
Mozambique 20,905,585 38.5
Benin 8,078,314 38.1
Senegal 12,521,851 37.4
Ethiopia 76,511,887 37.4
Tanzania 38,139,640 37.3
Togo 5,701,579 36.8
Guinea-Bissau 1,472,041 36.8
Comoros 710,960 36.4
Gabon 1,454,867 36.0
Haiti 8,706,497 35.9
Oman 3,204,897 35.8
Equatorial Guinea 551,201 35.2
Cameroon 18,060,382 35.1
Laos 6,521,998 35.0
Cote d'Ivoire 18,013,409 34.7
Maldives 369,031 34.2
Eritrea 4,906,585 34.0
Sudan 42,292,929 33.9
Central African Republic 4,369,038 33.5
Bhutan 2,327,849 33.3
Marshall Islands 61,782 32.4
Iraq 27,499,638 31.4
West Bank 2,535,927 31.0
Kiribati 107,817 30.5
Nepal 28,901,790 30.5
Ghana 22,931,299 29.9
Bangladesh 150,448,339 29.4
Solomon Islands 566,842 29.3
Saudi Arabia 27,601,038 29.1
Guatemala 12,728,111 29.1
Pakistan 169,270,617 29.1
Paraguay 6,667,147 28.8
Papua New Guinea 5,795,887 28.8
Belize 294,385 28.3
Zimbabwe 12,311,143 27.7
Honduras 7,483,763 27.6
Turkmenistan 5,136,262 27.5
Tajikistan 7,076,598 27.3
Syria 19,314,747 27.2
Swaziland 1,133,066 27.0
Cambodia 14,131,858 26.9
East Timor 1,084,971 26.8
Uzbekistan 27,780,059 26.5
El Salvador 6,939,688 26.2
Libya 6,036,914 26.1
Philippines 91,077,287 24.5
Nauru 13,528 24.5
Lesotho 2,012,649 24.5
Cape Verde 423,613 24.4
Micronesia, Federated States of 107,862 24.1
Nicaragua 5,675,356 24.1
Tonga 116,921 23.7
Namibia 2,055,080 23.5
Kyrgyzstan 5,284,149 23.1
Dominican Republic 9,365,818 22.9
Botswana 1,639,131 22.9
Bolivia 9,119,152 22.8
India 1,129,866,154 22.7
Malaysia 24,821,286 22.7
Egypt 80,264,543 22.6
Tuvalu 11,992 22.4
Fiji 918,675 22.4
Vanuatu 211,971 22.4
Cook Islands 21,750 22.2
Kuwait 2,505,559 22.0
Ecuador 13,755,680 21.9
Grenada 89,971 21.9
American Samoa 57,663 21.8
Wallis and Futuna 16,309 21.7
Morocco 33,757,175 21.6
Mongolia 2,874,127 21.6
Turks and Caicos Islands 21,746 21.5
Panama 3,242,173 21.5
Jordan 6,053,193 20.7
Jamaica 2,780,132 20.4
Mexico 108,700,891 20.4
French Guiana 203,321 20.3
Colombia 44,227,550 20.2
Peru 28,674,757 20.1
Indonesia 234,693,997 19.7
Saint Lucia 170,649 19.3
Northern Mariana Islands 84,546 19.3
United Arab Emirates 2,642,566 19.2
Reunion 798,094 18.6
Brunei 386,511 18.6
Guam 173,456 18.6
Venezuela 26,084,662 18.5
Lebanon 3,921,278 18.1
Guyana 769,095 18.1
Costa Rica 4,133,884 18.0
South Africa 43,997,828 17.9
Saint Kitts and Nevis 39,349 17.9
New Caledonia 221,943 17.8
Israel 6,426,679 17.7
Palau 20,842 17.7
Bahrain 708,573 17.5
Montserrat 9,538 17.5
Burma 47,373,958 17.5
Azerbaijan 8,120,247 17.5
Suriname 470,784 17.3
Bahamas, The 305,655 17.3
Algeria 33,333,216 17.1
Sri Lanka 20,926,315 17.0
Samoa 176,615 16.8
Vietnam 85,262,356 16.6
Antigua and Barbuda 69,481 16.6
Iran 65,397,521 16.6
Argentina 40,301,927 16.5
French Polynesia 278,633 16.4
Turkey 71,158,647 16.4
Brazil 190,010,647 16.3
Kazakhstan 15,284,929 16.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 118,149 16.0
Greenland 56,344 16.0
Seychelles 81,895 15.8
Qatar 907,229 15.6
Tunisia 10,276,158 15.5
Mauritius 1,250,882 15.3
Albania 3,600,523 15.2
Korea, North 23,301,725 15.1
Chile 16,284,741 15.0
Dominica 68,925 14.8
Virgin Islands, British 23,552 14.8
Guadeloupe 456,698 14.7
Netherlands Antilles 223,472 14.6
Ireland 4,109,086 14.4
United States 301,139,947 14.2
Faroe Islands 47,511 14.1
Anguilla 13,677 14.0
Thailand 65,068,149 13.7
Uruguay 3,447,496 13.7
Virgin Islands 108,448 13.7
New Zealand 4,115,771 13.6
Iceland 301,931 13.6
China 1,321,851,888 13.5
Martinique 439,202 13.4
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 7,036 13.1
Trinidad and Tobago 1,056,608 13.1
Puerto Rico 3,944,259 12.8
Barbados 280,946 12.6
Cayman Islands 46,600 12.6
Cyprus 788,457 12.6
Taiwan 23,174,294 12.5
Armenia 2,971,650 12.3
Serbia 10,150,265 12.1
Australia 20,434,176 12.0
Macedonia 2,055,915 12.0
Saint Helena 7,543 11.9
France 61,083,916 11.9
Luxembourg 480,222 11.8
Cuba 11,416,987 11.7
Norway 4,627,926 11.3
Bermuda 66,163 11.3
Montenegro 684,736 11.2
Isle of Man 75,831 11.0
Russia 141,377,752 10.9
Denmark 5,468,120 10.9
Moldova 4,320,490 10.9
Aruba 72,194 10.9
Canada 33,390,141 10.8
Netherlands 16,570,613 10.7
Gibraltar 27,967 10.7
Romania 22,276,056 10.7
United Kingdom 60,776,238 10.7
Slovakia 5,447,502 10.7
Portugal 10,642,836 10.6
Georgia 4,646,003 10.5
Finland 5,238,460 10.4
Belgium 10,392,226 10.3
Malta 401,880 10.3
Sweden 9,031,088 10.2
Estonia 1,315,912 10.2
Liechtenstein 34,247 10.0
Spain 40,448,191 10.0
Poland 38,518,241 9.9
Korea, South 49,044,790 9.9
San Marino 29,615 9.9
Hungary 9,956,108 9.7
Switzerland 7,554,661 9.7
Croatia 4,493,312 9.6
Bulgaria 7,322,858 9.6
Greece 10,706,290 9.6
Belarus 9,724,723 9.5
Ukraine 46,299,862 9.5
Latvia 2,259,810 9.4
Japan 127,467,972 9.2
Singapore 4,553,009 9.2
Monaco 32,671 9.1
Jersey 91,321 9.0
Slovenia 2,009,245 9.0
Czech Republic 10,228,744 9.0
Lithuania 3,575,439 8.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,552,198 8.8
Austria 8,199,783 8.7
Guernsey 65,573 8.7
Macau S.A.R. 456,989 8.6
Italy 58,147,733 8.5
Andorra 71,822 8.5
Germany 82,400,996 8.2
Hong Kong S.A.R. 6,980,412 7.3
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base.

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