Birth rate (per 1,000 people)

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The map shows the indicator: Birth rate (per 1,000 people). The data are for the different sovereign countries of the world.

Data source: The World Bank. The data correspond to the last date of registration provided by the source.

Color of the map for the indicator: Birth rate (per 1,000 people).

Color of the countries with the lowest data: light blue.

Color of the countries with the highest data: dark blue.

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You will eventually find a ranking of the best and lowest records for sovereign countries. You can download the data per country in CSV format or view it below the article.

Definition (source World Bank):

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

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Ranking of statistics – Birth rate (per 1,000 people)

The 5 highest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1960 :

1 - Niger - Birth rate (per 1,000 people) was 57.64 in 1961
2 - Yemen - Birth rate (per 1,000 people) was 55.14 in 1979
3 - Maldives - Birth rate (per 1,000 people) was 54.94 in 1962
4 - Angola - Birth rate (per 1,000 people) was 54.42 in 1960
5 - Côte d'Ivoire - Birth rate (per 1,000 people) was 54.39 in 1961

The 5 lowest records for sovereign countries (1 per country) since 1960 :

1 - Latvia - Birth rate (per 1,000 people) was 7.60 in 1998
2 - Ukraine - Birth rate (per 1,000 people) was 7.70 in 2001
3 - Bulgaria - Birth rate (per 1,000 people) was 7.70 in 1997
4 - Portugal - Birth rate (per 1,000 people) was 7.90 in 2013
5 - Germany - Birth rate (per 1,000 people) was 8.10 in 2011

Data table - Birth rate (per 1,000 people)

Ranking	Country	Data	Date of information
1	Niger	49.66	2013
2	Angola	45.99	2013
3	Chad	45.75	2013
4	Burundi	44.15	2013
5	Mali	44.14	2013
6	Somalia	43.89	2013
7	Uganda	43.47	2013
8	Gambia	42.53	2013
9	Democratic Republic of the Congo	42.39	2013
10	Burkina Faso	40.55	2013
11	Zambia	40.47	2013
12	Nigeria	40.05	2013
13	Mozambique	39.71	2013
14	Tanzania	39.52	2013
15	Malawi	39.46	2013
16	Senegal	38.53	2013
17	Guinea-Bissau	37.50	2013
18	Guinea	37.34	2013
19	Côte d'Ivoire	37.32	2013
20	Cameroon	37.24	2013
21	South Sudan	37.13	2013
22	Republic of the Congo	37.01	2013
23	Sierra Leone	36.73	2013
24	Benin	36.44	2013
25	Togo	36.08	2013
26	East Timor	35.76	2013
27	Zimbabwe	35.72	2013
28	Liberia	35.52	2013
29	Equatorial Guinea	35.36	2013
30	Afghanistan	35.25	2013
31	Kenya	35.19	2013
32	Eritrea	34.80	2013
33	Madagascar	34.69	2013
34	São Tomé and Príncipe	34.54	2013
35	Comoros	34.33	2013
36	Central African Republic	34.08	2013
37	Mauritania	33.80	2013
38	Sudan	33.48	2013
39	Ghana	33.13	2013
40	Yemen	32.95	2013
41	Ethiopia	32.93	2013
42	Rwanda	32.69	2013
43	Marshall Islands	31.26	2011
44	Iraq	31.09	2013
45	Tajikistan	30.79	2013
46	Solomon Islands	30.58	2013
47	Gabon	30.56	2013
48	Swaziland	30.09	2013
49	Namibia	29.94	2013
50	Pakistan	29.58	2013
51	Kiribati	29.04	2013
52	Papua New Guinea	28.90	2013
53	Lesotho	28.74	2013
54	Egypt	28.03	2013
55	Guatemala	27.47	2013
56	Kyrgyzstan	27.20	2013
57	Laos	27.05	2013
58	Jordan	27.05	2013
59	Vanuatu	26.74	2013
60	Samoa	26.17	2013
61	Djibouti	25.49	2013
62	Tonga	25.41	2013
63	Haiti	25.35	2013
64	Botswana	25.27	2013
65	Algeria	24.74	2013
66	Cambodia	24.46	2013
67	Mongolia	24.28	2013
68	Bolivia	24.24	2013
69	Syria	24.04	2013
70	Philippines	23.79	2013
71	Micronesia	23.51	2013
72	Belize	23.09	2013
73	Kazakhstan	22.73	2013
74	Uzbekistan	22.50	2013
75	Cape Verde	21.63	2013
76	Paraguay	21.59	2013
77	Honduras	21.59	2013
78	Maldives	21.45	2013
79	Libya	21.43	2013
80	Turkmenistan	21.32	2013
81	Israel	21.30	2013
82	Dominican Republic	21.20	2013
83	Ecuador	21.07	2013
84	Morocco	21.02	2013
85	Nepal	20.92	2013
86	South Africa	20.85	2013
87	Nicaragua	20.79	2013
88	Saudi Arabia	20.58	2013
89	Kuwait	20.58	2013
90	Fiji	20.46	2013
91	Oman	20.42	2013
92	Indonesia	20.30	2013
93	India	20.29	2013
94	Peru	20.20	2013
95	Bangladesh	20.14	2013
96	Venezuela	19.84	2013
97	Tunisia	19.80	2013
98	Panama	19.68	2013
99	Grenada	19.33	2013
100	Mexico	19.10	2013
101	Guyana	18.89	2013
102	Seychelles	18.60	2013
103	Suriname	18.46	2013
104	Azerbaijan	18.30	2013
105	Bhutan	18.13	2013
106	Myanmar	18.12	2013
107	Iran	17.90	2013
108	Sri Lanka	17.86	2013
109	Argentina	17.72	2013
110	El Salvador	17.48	2013
111	Saint Kitts and Nevis	17.30	2002
112	Turkey	16.84	2013
113	Malaysia	16.81	2013
114	Antigua and Barbuda	16.45	2013
115	Brunei	16.41	2013
116	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	16.31	2013
117	Colombia	16.08	2013
118	Vietnam	15.54	2013
119	Saint Lucia	15.43	2013
120	Bahamas	15.34	2013
121	Bahrain	15.04	2013
122	Costa Rica	15.02	2013
123	Ireland	15.00	2013
124	Brazil	14.93	2013
125	Trinidad and Tobago	14.59	2013
126	Uruguay	14.37	2013
127	North Korea	14.36	2013
128	Jamaica	13.54	2013
129	Lebanon	13.43	2013
130	Iceland	13.40	2013
131	Chile	13.39	2013
132	Georgia	13.33	2013
133	Armenia	13.31	2013
134	Russia	13.20	2013
135	Australia	13.20	2013
136	New Zealand	13.12	2013
137	Dominica	13.11	2010
138	Palau	13.10	2013
139	Albania	12.88	2013
140	United States	12.50	2013
141	Belarus	12.50	2013
142	France	12.30	2013
143	United Kingdom	12.20	2013
144	Barbados	12.19	2013
145	Moldova	12.14	2013
146	China	12.10	2013
147	Qatar	11.94	2013
148	Sweden	11.80	2013
149	Montenegro	11.62	2013
150	Norway	11.60	2013
151	Cyprus	11.44	2013
152	Luxembourg	11.30	2013
153	Macedonia	11.22	2013
154	Belgium	11.20	2013
155	Ukraine	11.10	2013
156	United Arab Emirates	11.04	2013
157	Thailand	11.04	2013
158	Canada	10.90	2013
159	Mauritius	10.90	2013
160	Finland	10.70	2013
161	Cuba	10.40	2013
162	Estonia	10.30	2013
163	Latvia	10.20	2013
164	Czech Republic	10.20	2013
165	Switzerland	10.20	2013
166	Slovenia	10.20	2013
167	Netherlands	10.20	2013
168	Slovakia	10.10	2013
169	Lithuania	10.10	2013
170	Denmark	10.00	2013
171	San Marino	9.90	2012
172	Poland	9.60	2013
173	Malta	9.50	2013
174	Andorra	9.50	2012
175	Croatia	9.40	2013
176	Austria	9.40	2013
177	Singapore	9.30	2013
178	Liechtenstein	9.20	2013
179	Bulgaria	9.20	2013
180	Hungary	9.20	2013
181	Serbia	9.20	2013
182	Spain	9.10	2013
183	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9.06	2013
184	Romania	8.80	2013
185	South Korea	8.60	2013
186	Italy	8.50	2013
187	Greece	8.50	2013
188	Germany	8.50	2013
189	Japan	8.20	2013
190	Portugal	7.90	2013