List of sovereign states and dependent territories by birth rate

Crude birth rate refers to the number of births over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period.

It is expressed as number of births per 1,000 population. The first list is based on the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) "2011 annual statistics".

Lists 236 countries and territories in 2011 crude birth rate.

The second list is based on World Bank Data for the year 2016.[1]

The third list is based on CIA World Factbook estimates for years 2013 and 2014.[2] Dependent territories and not fully recognized states are not ranked.

Country/territory	WB 2016		OECD 2011		CIA WF 2013		CIA WF 2014		CIA WF 2016
	Rate ‰	Rank	Rate ‰	Rank	Rate ‰	Rank	Rate ‰	Rank	Rate ‰	Rank
World	19	–	19.4	–	19.40	–	19.40	–
Afghanistan	33	32	45.1	3	39.05	12	38.84	10	38.3	11
Albania	12	148	11.5	183	12.57	159	12.73	156	13.1	153
Algeria	23	70	24.8	75	24.25	63	23.99	63	23	68
Andorra	9	190	10.2	211	8.88	212	8.48	218	7.8	223
Angola	42	8	40.9	13	39.16	10	38.97	9	38.6	9
Antigua and Barbuda	16	115	13.8	152	16.07	125	15.94	124	15.8	120
Argentina	17	106	18.7	113	17.12	114	16.88	113	17	108
Armenia	13	134	13.3	159	12.86	154	13.92	143	13.3	150
Australia	13	139	13.3	158	12.23	163	12.19	162	12.1	163
Austria	10	177	9.3	222	8.73	214	8.76	214	9.5	204
Azerbaijan	16	113	19.4	107	17.17	112	16.96	111	16.2	116
Bahamas	15	126	13.8	151	15.81	126	15.65	126	15.4	127
Bahrain	15	124	15	139	14.16	141	13.92	142	13.5	144
Bangladesh	19	95	19.2	109	22.07	76	21.61	76	19	89
Barbados	12	147	12.2	174	12.1	166	11.97	166	11.8	168
Belarus	12	141	11.5	184	10.99	175	10.86	179	10.5	187
Belgium	11	162	11.9	175	10	195	9.99	193	11.4	171
Belize	23	73	22.1	89	25.58	55	25.14	55	24.3	59
Benin	37	15	37.3	19	37.02	19	36.51	20	35.5	19
Bhutan	18	103	20.7	100	18.43	105	18.12	106	17.5	105
Bolivia	23	68			23.77	68	23.28	70	22.4	73
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	187	8.3	235	8.92	211	8.89	211	8.8	213
Botswana	24	66	24.8	76	21.69	78	21.34	77	20.7	77
Brazil	12	127	13.01	151	12.76	139	12.45	144	12.32	155
Brunei	19	99	15.5	135	17.63	107	17.49	107	17.2	106
Bulgaria	9	186	9.6	217	9.07	207	8.92	210	8.8	212
Burkina Faso	39	11	45	4	42.81	4	42.42	5	41.6	6
Burundi	42	6	33.3	33	40.04	7	42.33	6	41.7	5
Cambodia	23	67	25.4	72	24.88	59	24.40	60	23.4	66
Cameroon	36	19	34.2	30	31.93	37	36.58	19	35.8	18
Canada	11	161	11.2	191	10.28	188	10.29	187	10.3	192
Cape Verde	21	80			20.96	81	20.72	82	20.2	81
Central African Republic	36	22	33.2	34	35.8	23	35.45	23	34.7	22
Chad	43	3	43.2	8	37.99	16	37.29	16	36.1	16
Chile	13	135	14.5	144	14.12	143	13.97	140	13.7	143
China	12	145	11.9	176	12.25	162	12.17	163	12.4	160
Colombia	15	122	18.9	111	16.98	118	16.73	116	16.3	114
Comoros	33	37	29.4	52	30.26	43	29.05	44	26.9	47
DR Congo	42	5	31.9	39	39.63	9	36.59	18	34.2	24
Congo	35	26	42.5	9	36.34	20	35.62	22	35.1	21
Costa Rica	14	125	15.9	134	16.25	124	16.08	123	15.7	122
Ivory Coast	37	16	32.8	36	29.83	45	29.25	43	28.2	45
Croatia	9	189	9.4	220	9.53	201	9.49	201	9	210
Cuba	11	158	11.8	180	9.92	197	9.90	195	10.8	183
Cyprus	11	159	11.3	187	11.45	169	11.44	172	11.4	173
Czech Republic	11	163	10.4	206	8.55	217	9.79	198	9.5	203
Denmark	11	160	10.6	204	10.2	191	10.22	190	10.4	190
Djibouti	23	71	26.5	65	24.5	61	24.08	62	23.6	65
Dominica			12.8	164	15.61	130	15.53	130	15.2	130
Dominican Republic	20	83	21.1	98	19.21	93	18.97	92	18.6	92
Ecuador	20	82	15.1	138	19.23	92	18.87	95	18.2	97
Egypt	26	54	30.4	50	23.79	67	23.35	68	30.3	39
El Salvador	19	98	20	104	17.12	113	16.79	115	16.3	115
Equatorial Guinea	37	29	37.4	18	34.35	30	33.83	32	32.8	32
Eritrea	32	38	33.6	31	31.39	40	30.69	41	30.1	40
Estonia	11	164	11	198	10.38	185	10.29	188	10.3	191
Eswatini (Swaziland)	29	47	31.1	42	25.69	54	25.18	54	24.3	58
Ethiopia	32	40	35.7	27	38.07	15	37.66	14	36.9	13
Fiji	19	90	21.4	96	20.28	86	19.86	87	19	90
Finland	10	181	11.1	193	10.36	186	10.35	186	10.7	185
France	12	151	12.6	168	12.6	158	12.49	159	12.3	161
Gabon	30	45			34.82	29	34.64	27	34.3	23
Gambia	39	9	34.6	28	32.59	34	31.75	37	30.1	41
Georgia	13	133	12.9	162	12.9	181	16.3	155	12.5	158
Germany	9	186	8.1	236	8.37	218	8.42	219	8.5	217
Ghana	31	44	30.8	47	31.7	38	31.40	38	30.8	38
Greece	9	192	9.2	224	8.94	209	8.80	213	8.5	218
Grenada	19	97	16.5	131	16.57	121	16.30	120	15.8	121
Guatemala	25	59	30.5	48	25.99	53	25.46	52	24.5	55
Guinea	36	21	37.3	20	36.3	21	36.02	21	35.4	20
Guinea-Bissau	37	18	39.4	15	34.28	31	33.83	31	32.9	31
Guyana	21	81	16.6	130	16.31	123	15.90	125	15.5	125
Haiti	24	61	26	67	23.35	72	22.83	73	23.3	67
Honduras	22	75	27.3	62	24.16	64	23.66	65	22.8	70
Hungary	10	180	8.8	230	9.37	204	9.26	207	9.1	207
Iceland	12	144	14.1	149	13.15	152	13.09	153	13.8	142
India	19	93	21.8	92	20.24	87	19.89	86	19.3	86
Indonesia	19	94	18.1	118	17.38	108	17.04	108	16.4	113
Iran	17	111	18.2	117	18.4	106	18.23	105	17.8	103
Iraq	33	33	31	43	27.51	46	26.85	46	30.9	36
Ireland	14	132	16.3	132	15.5	131	15.18	132	14.5	133
Israel	21	77	21.4	97	18.71	102	18.44	101	18.3	95
Italy	8	198	9.1	227	8.94	210	8.84	212	8.7	215
Jamaica	17	110	15.2	136	18.65	103	18.41	103	18	99
Japan	8	199	8.3	233	8.23	220	8.07	222	7.8	224
Jordan	26	55	28.9	55	26.23	52	25.23	53	25.5	49
Kazakhstan	23	74	22.5	87	20.03	88	19.61	88	18.7	91
Kenya	31	42	36.1	25	30.08	44	28.27	45	25.1	51
Kiribati	28	51	27.8	58	22.18	75	21.85	75	21.3	76
North Korea	14	129	14.4	147	14.49	138	14.51	138	14.6	132
South Korea	8	196	9.4	219	8.33	219	8.26	220	8.4	220
Kuwait	17	112	16	133	20.61	83	20.26	84	19.6	83
Kyrgyzstan	26	56	27.1	63	23.67	70	23.33	69	22.6	72
Laos	24	64	28	57	25.23	58	24.76	58	23.9	62
Latvia	11	154	9.1	226	9.91	198	9.79	199	9.9	197
Lebanon	15	117	24.3	79	14.79	136	14.80	133	14.4	134
Lesotho	28	52	30.4	49	26.31	51	25.92	49	25.1	52
Liberia	34	27	36.1	24	35.75	24	35.07	26	33.9	26
Libya	20	86	21.5	94	18.74	100	18.40	104	17.8	104
Liechtenstein	10	178	10.9	199	10.67	183	10.53	183	10.4	189
Lithuania	11	165	11.3	189	9.36	205	9.36	205	10	196
Luxembourg	10	169	10.9	200	11.72	168	11.75	169	11.4	172
Macedonia	11	153	11.1	192	11.72	167	11.64	171	11.5	170
Madagascar	33	34	33.5	32	33.58	32	33.12	33	32.1	34
Malawi	37	17	44.6	5	39.98	8	41.80	7	41.3	7
Malaysia	17	107	17.5	120	20.41	84	20.06	85	19.4	85
Maldives	18	100	22.4	88	15.38	132	15.59	127	16	119
Mali	43	4	45.4	2	46.06	2	45.53	2	44.4	2
Malta	10	173	10.2	213	10.27	190	10.24	189	10.1	195
Marshall Islands			31.1	40	27.21	47	26.36	47	25	53
Mauritania	34	28	33.2	35	32.31	36	31.83	36	30.9	37
Mauritius	10	168	11.4	185	13.62	148	13.46	149	13.1	151
Mexico	18	102	17.5	119	18.61	104	19.02	91	18.5	93
F.S. Micronesia	24	65	23.5	80	21.44	80	20.97	80	20.3	80
Moldova	10	171	11	196	12.38	160	12.21	161	11.8	169
Monaco	8	197	27.3	61	6.79	224	6.72	224	6.6	226
Mongolia	24	63	25.1	74	20.34	85	20.88	81	19.6	84
Montenegro	11	152	11.6	182	10.75	180	10.59	182	10.2	193
Morocco	20	84	18.8	112	18.73	101	18.47	100	18	100
Mozambique	39	10	41.4	12	39.08	11	38.83	11	38.3	10
Myanmar	18	104	19.3	108	18.89	97	18.65	97	18.2	96
Namibia	29	46			20.72	82	20.28	83	27.9	46
Nauru			29.7	51	26.39	49	25.61	51	24.4	56
Nepal	20	85	24.3	78	21.48	79	21.07	79	19.9	82
Netherlands	10	175	10.8	201	10.85	177	10.83	180	10.9	181
New Zealand	13	138	14.3	148	13.48	149	13.40	151	13.3	148
Nicaragua	20	89	23.2	83	18.77	99	18.41	102	17.9	102
Niger	48	1	46	1	46.84	1	46.12	1	44.8	1
Nigeria	39	12	36.9	21	38.78	13	38.03	12	37.3	12
Norway	11	156	12.2	173	10.8	178	12.09	165	12.2	162
Oman	19	96	31	44	24.43	62	24.47	59	24.3	57
Pakistan	28	50	27.5	60	23.76	69	23.19	71	22.3	74
Palau	12	146	13.6	155	10.9	176	10.95	177	11.2	176
Palestine	32	39	32.8	37	23.81	66	32.20	35
Panama	20	88	19.7	106	18.91	96	18.61	98	18.1	98
Papua New Guinea	28	53	30.9	46	25.4	57	24.89	57	24	60
Paraguay	21	79	22.9	85	16.95	119	16.66	118	16.5	111
Peru	19	91	19.9	105	18.85	98	18.57	99	18	101
Philippines	23	69	25.3	73	24.62	60	24.24	61	24	61
Poland	10	176	10.2	207	9.88	199	9.77	200	9.6	202
Portugal	8	193	9.2	225	9.59	200	9.42	202	9.1	208
Qatar	10	174	11.9	179	10.08	194	9.95	194	9.7	201
Romania	10	182	9.2	223	9.4	203	9.27	206	9	209
Russia	13	137	12.6	167	12.11	165	11.87	168	11.3	174
Rwanda	31	43	42.1	11	35.49	26	34.61	28	33.3	30
Saint Kitts and Nevis			12.5	169	13.79	145	13.64	146	13.3	147
Saint Lucia	12	143	12.8	165	14.19	139	13.94	141	13.5	145
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	16	116	16.8	124	14.12	142	13.85	144	13.4	146
Samoa	25	60	24.8	77	21.7	77	21.29	78	20.6	78
San Marino	8	195	10.2	209	8.78	213	8.70	215	8.6	216
São Tomé and Príncipe	34	31	29.4	53	36.05	22	35.12	24	33.3	29
Saudi Arabia	20	87	22.9	84	19.01	95	18.78	96	18.4	94
Senegal	36	23	36.7	23	35.64	25	35.09	25	34	25
Serbia	8	196	9	228	9.15	206	9.13	208	9	211
Seychelles	17	105	18.6	116	14.85	135	14.54	136	13.9	140
Sierra Leone	35	25	38.4	17	37.77	17	37.40	15	36.7	14
Singapore	9	185	9.5	218	7.91	221	8.10	221	8.5	221
Slovakia	11	166	11.3	188	10.27	189	10.01	192	9.8	198
Slovenia	10	179	10.7	202	8.66	215	8.54	217	8.3	222
Solomon Islands	29	49	34.3	29	26.9	48	26.33	48	25.3	50
Somalia	42	2	42.3	10	41.45	6	40.87	8	40	8
South Africa	21	78	21	99	19.14	94	18.94	93	20.5	79
South Sudan	36	20	36.8	22	38.5	14	37.68	13	36.2	15
Spain	9	191	10.2	208	10.14	193	9.88	197	9.4	205
Sri Lanka	15	120	17.4	121	16.64	120	16.24	122	15.5	126
Sudan	33	36	32.6	38	30.84	42	30.01	42	28.5	44
Suriname	18	101	18.7	114	17.1	116	16.73	117	16	118
Sweden	12	149	11.8	181	10.33	187	11.92	167	12	167
Switzerland	11	167	10.2	210	10.45	184	10.48	185	10.5	188
Syria	21	76	27.6	59	23.01	73	22.76	74	21.7	75
Taiwan	8	200	8.5	232	8.61	216	8.55	216	8.4	219
Tajikistan	29	48	28.7	56	25.49	56	24.99	56	23.8	63
Tanzania	38	13	39.8	14	37.25	18	36.82	17	36	17
Thailand	10	170	12.4	170	12.66	157	11.26	175	11.1	177
East Timor	35	24	39.2	16	34.85	28	34.48	30	33.8	27
Togo	34	30	30.9	45	34.9	27	34.52	29	33.7	28
Tonga	25	62	26.5	64	24.12	65	23.55	66	22.6	71
Trinidad and Tobago	14	130	15.2	137	14.07	144	13.80	145	13.1	152
Tunisia	18	99	18.6	115	17.12	115	16.90	112	16.4	112
Turkey	16	114	16.7	127	17.22	110	16.86	114	16	117
Turkmenistan	25	58	21.7	93	19.53	91	19.46	89	19.3	87
Tuvalu			22.9	86	23.56	71	23.74	64	23.8	64
Uganda	42	7	44.1	6	44.5	3	44.17	3	43.4	3
Ukraine	10	172	11	197	9.52	202	9.41	203	10.5	186
United Arab Emirates	10	184	9.6	216	15.65	129	15.54	129	15.3	128
United Kingdom	12	150	12.9	163	12.26	161	12.22	160	12.1	165
United States	12	140	12.7	166	13.66	147	13.42	150	12.5	159
Uruguay	14	128	14.1	150	13.28	151	13.18	152	13	155
Uzbekistan	23	72	21.5	95	17.2	111	17.02	109	16.9	109
Vanuatu	26	57	31.1	41	26.35	50	25.69	50	24.5	54
Venezuela	19	92	20.2	103	19.66	89	19.42	90	19.2	88
Vietnam	17	109	16.6	128	16.56	122	16.26	121	15.7	124
Western Sahara (Sahrawi)			21.9	91	31.18	41	30.71	40	29.8	42
Yemen	32	41	35.9	26	31.63	39	31.02	39	29.2	43
Zambia	38	14	43.6	7	42.79	5	42.46	4	41.8	4
Zimbabwe	33	35	29.2	54	32.41	35	32.47	34	31.9	35
Anguilla (UK)			11.1	194	12.82	155	12.68	157
Aruba (Netherlands)	11	157	10.6	205	12.72	156	12.65	158
Bermuda (UK)	10	183	11.9	177	11.39	170	11.35	173
British Virgin Islands			10.1	215	10.78	179	10.83	181
Cayman Islands (UK)	15	128	14.5	145	12.17	164	12.13	164
Guernsey (Channel Islands, UK)			10.1	214	9.95	196	9.89	196
Jersey (Channel Islands, UK)			11.3	190	11.39	171	11.65	170
Cook Islands (New Zealand)			16.8	125	14.93	134	14.70	135
Curaçao (Netherlands)	11	155	13.6	153
Falkland Islands (UK)			9	229
Faroe Islands (Denmark)	14	131	11.9	178	13.36	150	13.57	147
Gibraltar (UK)			14.9	140	14.19	140	14.15	139
Greenland (Denmark)	15	123	14.5	146	14.57	137	14.53	137
Guadeloupe (France)			13.6	154
Guam (USA)	17	108	20.6	102	17.23	109	17.01	110
French Guiana			26.1	66
Hong Kong (China)	8	194	13.5	156	7.58	223	9.38	204
Isle of Man (UK)			12.3	171	10.27	174	11.17	176
Kosovo	17	108	19.1	110
Macau (China)	12	142	10.6	203	9.03	208	8.98	209
Martinique (France)			13	160
Mayotte (France)			23.2	82
Montserrat (UK)			9.3	221	11.37	172	11.31	174
New Caledonia (France)	16	118	16.7	126	15.81	127	15.57	128
Niue (New Zealand)			14.8	141
Northern Mariana Islands (USA)			20.7	101	19.6	90	18.94	94
Pitcairn Islands (UK)			12.3	172
French Polynesia	16	119	17	123	15.7	128	15.47	131
Puerto Rico (USA)	9	188	11.4	186	11.28	173	10.90	178
Réunion (France)			17	122
Saint Barthélemy (France)			10.2	212
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)			8.5	231	10.19	192	10.03	191
Saint Martin (France)	16	121	16.6	129
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)			8.3	234	7.79	222	7.70	223
American Samoa			23.5	81	22.84	74	22.87	72
Sint Maarten (Netherlands)			13	161	13	153	13.00	154
Tokelau (New Zealand)			22.1	90
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)			14.8	142	17.05	117	16.61	119
U.S. Virgin Islands	13	136	11.1	195	10.69	182	10.49	184
Wallis and Futuna (France)			13.4	157	13.74	146	13.56	148
Palestine/Gaza Strip					33.27	33	23.41	67

No data for Christmas Island (Australia), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia), Norfolk Island (Australia), Svalbard (Norway) and Vatican City.

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