Countries Ranked by Annual Birth Rate

This entry gives the average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.

Rank	Country	Births Per 1,000 People	Year
1	Niger	49.6	2008
2	Mali	49.4	2008
3	Uganda	48.2	2008
4	Afghanistan	45.8	2008
5	Sierra Leone	45.1	2008
6	Burkina Faso	44.7	2008
7	Somalia	44.1	2008
8	Angola	44.1	2008
9	Ethiopia	44.0	2008
10	Democratic Republic of the Congo	43.0	2008
11	Liberia	42.9	2008
12	Yemen	42.4	2008
13	Malawi	41.8	2008
14	Republic of the Congo	41.8	2008
15	Burundi	41.7	2008
16	Chad	41.6	2008
17	Zambia	40.5	2008
18	Mauritania	40.1	2008
19	Rwanda	40.0	2008
20	Western Sahara	40.0	2008
21	Benin	39.8	2008
22	Mayotte	39.8	2008
23	Sao Tome and Principe	39.1	2008
24	Djibouti	38.6	2008
25	Madagascar	38.4	2008
26	Gambia	38.4	2008
27	Mozambique	38.2	2008
28	Kenya	37.9	2008
29	Guinea	37.8	2008
30	Gaza Strip	37.8	2008
31	Nigeria	37.2	2008
32	Equatorial Guinea	37.0	2008
33	Togo	36.7	2008
34	Senegal	36.5	2008
35	Guinea-Bissau	36.4	2008
36	Comoros	35.8	2008
37	Gabon	35.8	2008
38	Haiti	35.7	2008
39	Oman	35.3	2008
40	Tanzania	35.1	2008
41	Eritrea	34.9	2008
42	Cameroon	34.6	2008
43	Laos	34.5	2008
44	Sudan	34.3	2008
45	Central African Republic	33.1	2008
46	Cote d'Ivoire	32.7	2008
47	Zimbabwe	31.6	2008
48	Marshall Islands	31.5	2008
49	Iraq	30.8	2008
50	Kiribati	30.3	2008
51	Nepal	29.9	2008
52	Ghana	29.2	2008
53	Bangladesh	28.9	2008
54	Saudi Arabia	28.9	2008
55	Guatemala	28.6	2008
56	Solomon Islands	28.5	2008
57	Paraguay	28.5	2008
58	Pakistan	28.4	2008
59	Samoa	28.2	2008
60	Papua New Guinea	28.1	2008
61	Belize	27.8	2008
62	Tajikistan	27.2	2008
63	Honduras	26.9	2008
64	Swaziland	26.6	2008
65	Syria	26.6	2008
66	Timor-Leste	26.5	2008
67	Philippines	26.4	2008
68	West Bank	26.0	2008
69	El Salvador	25.7	2008
70	Cambodia	25.7	2008
71	Libya	25.6	2008
72	Turkmenistan	25.1	2008
73	Lesotho	24.4	2008
74	Nauru	24.3	2008
75	Cape Verde	24.0	2008
76	Nicaragua	23.7	2008
77	American Samoa	23.7	2008
78	Micronesia, Federated States of	23.7	2008
79	Kyrgyzstan	23.3	2008
80	Namibia	23.2	2008
81	Botswana	23.0	2008
82	Tuvalu	22.8	2008
83	Dominican Republic	22.7	2008
84	Malaysia	22.4	2008
85	Bolivia	22.3	2008
86	India	22.2	2008
87	Fiji	22.2	2008
88	Egypt	22.1	2008
89	Vanuatu	22.0	2008
90	Kuwait	21.9	2008
91	Tonga	21.8	2008
92	Grenada	21.6	2008
93	Ecuador	21.5	2008
94	Morocco	21.3	2008
95	Turks and Caicos Islands	21.1	2008
96	Mongolia	21.1	2008
97	Venezuela	20.9	2008
98	Panama	20.7	2008
99	Bhutan	20.6	2008
100	South Africa	20.2	2008

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