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Birth rate

Live births per 1,000 residents per year. State figures divide provisional CDC birth counts by Census population estimates; provisional counts are revised slightly. New York is not shown — the CDC series excludes New York City.

Darker = larger, by rank · 194 countries · World Bank / UN · tap a country to pin it here

Countries

194 · World Bank / UN
  1. 1stCentral African Republic46.2
  2. 2ndChad43.3
  3. 3rdSomalia42.3
  4. 4thNiger41.4
  5. 5thDR Congo40.9
  6. 6thMali39.5
  7. 7thAngola37.2
  8. 8thMozambique37
  9. 9thAfghanistan35
  10. 10thTanzania34.8
  11. 11thUganda34.4
  12. 12thYemen34.4
  13. 13thMauritania34
  14. 14thBenin33.4
  15. 15thCameroon33.3
  16. 16thGuinea33.3
  17. 17thBurundi33.2
  18. 18thSudan33
  19. 19thZambia32.7
  20. 20thNigeria32.5
  21. 21stTogo32.1
  22. 22ndMadagascar31.7
  23. 23rdIvory Coast31.6
  24. 24thEthiopia31.5
  25. 25thBurkina Faso31.3
  26. 26thMalawi31.1
  27. 27thLiberia30.6
  28. 28thRepublic of the Congo30.4
  29. 29thSierra Leone30.1
  30. 30thEquatorial Guinea30
  31. 31stZimbabwe29.9
  32. 32ndGambia29.9
  33. 33rdGuinea-Bissau29.6
  34. 34thSouth Sudan29.2
  35. 35thSenegal29.2
  36. 36thEritrea28.7
  37. 37thComoros28.2
  38. 38thSão Tomé and Príncipe28.1
  39. 39thRwanda28.1
  40. 40thVanuatu27.7
  41. 41stPakistan27.4
  42. 42ndGabon27.1
  43. 43rdKenya27
  44. 44thSolomon Islands26.7
  45. 45thGhana25.9
  46. 46thNamibia25.9
  47. 47thIraq25.6
  48. 48thUzbekistan25.6
  49. 49thTajikistan25.3
  50. 50thKiribati25.3
  51. 51stSamoa25
  52. 52ndNauru24.6
  53. 53rdBotswana24.4
  54. 54thPapua New Guinea24.3
  55. 55thLesotho23.8
  56. 56thEswatini23.6
  57. 57thSyria23.2
  58. 58thTonga23
  59. 59thMicronesia22.3
  60. 60thTuvalu22
  61. 61stHaiti21.9
  62. 62ndTimor-Leste21.8
  63. 63rdHonduras21.6
  64. 64thBolivia21
  65. 65thLaos20.9
  66. 66thDjibouti20.9
  67. 67thEgypt20.9
  68. 68thTurkmenistan20.9
  69. 69thGuatemala20.6
  70. 70thJordan20.5
  71. 71stCambodia20.3
  72. 72ndMarshall Islands20.1
  73. 73rdBangladesh20
  74. 74thGuyana19.9
  75. 75thParaguay19.7
  76. 76thKazakhstan19.5
  77. 77thKyrgyzstan19.4
  78. 78thNicaragua19.1
  79. 79thNepal19
  80. 80thAlgeria18.8
  81. 81stIsrael18.6
  82. 82ndSouth Africa18.5
  83. 83rdBelize18.1
  84. 84thFiji17.9
  85. 85thDominican Republic17.6
  86. 86thSuriname17.2
  87. 87thMongolia16.9
  88. 88thOman16.8
  89. 89thLibya16.5
  90. 89thSaudi Arabia16.5
  91. 91stMyanmar16.5
  92. 92ndMorocco16.4
  93. 93rdIndia16
  94. 94thLebanon16
  95. 95thPhilippines15.9
  96. 96thPanama15.9
  97. 97thIndonesia15.8
  98. 98thPeru15.8
  99. 99thEl Salvador15.6
  100. 100thMexico15.5
  101. 101stVenezuela15.2
  102. 102ndEcuador14.8
  103. 103rdVietnam13.4
  104. 104thTunisia13.4
  105. 105thBrunei13.3
  106. 106thColombia13.3
  107. 107thNorth Korea12.9
  108. 108thIran12.6
  109. 109thBhutan12.5
  110. 110thMalaysia12.4
  111. 111thCape Verde12.2
  112. 112thBrazil12.1
  113. 113thBahrain12
  114. 114thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines12
  115. 115thKosovo11.9
  116. 116thAntigua and Barbuda11.7
  117. 117thSaint Kitts and Nevis11.7
  118. 118thGrenada11.5
  119. 119thJamaica11.5
  120. 120thGeorgia11.3
  121. 121stSaint Lucia11.2
  122. 122ndIceland11.2
  123. 122ndMontenegro11.2
  124. 124thBarbados11.1
  125. 125thArmenia11.1
  126. 126thArgentina11.1
  127. 127thNew Zealand11
  128. 128thSeychelles11
  129. 128thTürkiye11
  130. 130thDominica11
  131. 131stBahamas10.8
  132. 132ndAustralia10.7
  133. 133rdPalau10.7
  134. 134thUnited States10.6
  135. 135thMoldova10.6
  136. 136thMaldives10.6
  137. 137thTrinidad and Tobago10.5
  138. 138thCyprus10.5
  139. 139thMauritius10.3
  140. 140thAlbania10.1
  141. 141stSri Lanka10.1
  142. 142ndKuwait10
  143. 143rdAzerbaijan10
  144. 143rdIreland10
  145. 145thCosta Rica10
  146. 146thUnited Kingdom9.9
  147. 147thUnited Arab Emirates9.8
  148. 148thUruguay9.8
  149. 149thFrance9.7
  150. 149thNorway9.7
  151. 151stMonaco9.6
  152. 152ndQatar9.5
  153. 153rdDenmark9.5
  154. 153rdLuxembourg9.5
  155. 155thSweden9.3
  156. 156thBelgium9.2
  157. 156thNetherlands9.2
  158. 156thSerbia9.2
  159. 159thCanada8.9
  160. 160thNorth Macedonia8.8
  161. 161stChile8.7
  162. 162ndSwitzerland8.7
  163. 163rdCuba8.6
  164. 164thSlovakia8.5
  165. 165thAustria8.4
  166. 165thLiechtenstein8.4
  167. 165thRussia8.4
  168. 168thBulgaria8.3
  169. 168thCroatia8.3
  170. 170thHungary8.2
  171. 171stThailand8.1
  172. 172ndGermany8.1
  173. 173rdPortugal7.9
  174. 173rdSlovenia7.9
  175. 175thFinland7.8
  176. 176thBosnia and Herzegovina7.7
  177. 177thCzechia7.7
  178. 177thMalta7.7
  179. 179thRomania7.5
  180. 180thSingapore7.4
  181. 181stEstonia7.1
  182. 182ndBelarus7
  183. 183rdLatvia6.9
  184. 183rdPoland6.9
  185. 185thAndorra6.9
  186. 186thChina6.8
  187. 187thGreece6.6
  188. 187thLithuania6.6
  189. 189thSpain6.5
  190. 190thItaly6.3
  191. 191stJapan5.7
  192. 192ndUkraine5.5
  193. 193rdSouth Korea4.7
  194. 194thSan Marino4.2

US states

50 · CDC NCHS (provisional counts)
  1. 1stUtah13
  2. 2ndTexas12.6
  3. 3rdAlaska12.3
  4. 4thNorth Dakota12.2
  5. 5thSouth Dakota12.2
  6. 6thNebraska12.1
  7. 7thLouisiana11.9
  8. 8thOklahoma11.8
  9. 9thMississippi11.7
  10. 10thTennessee11.6
  11. 11thKansas11.5
  12. 12thIndiana11.5
  13. 13thDistrict of Columbia11.5
  14. 14thArkansas11.5
  15. 15thKentucky11.4
  16. 16thIdaho11.3
  17. 17thGeorgia11.3
  18. 18thAlabama11.3
  19. 19thIowa11.2
  20. 20thNorth Carolina11
  21. 21stMissouri10.8
  22. 22ndNew Jersey10.8
  23. 23rdMinnesota10.7
  24. 24thOhio10.7
  25. 25thSouth Carolina10.7
  26. 26thVirginia10.6
  27. 27thMaryland10.6
  28. 28thArizona10.5
  29. 29thColorado10.4
  30. 30thWashington10.3
  31. 31stWyoming10.3
  32. 32ndHawaii10.3
  33. 33rdCalifornia10.2
  34. 34thWisconsin10.1
  35. 35thDelaware10
  36. 36thNevada9.9
  37. 37thNew Mexico9.9
  38. 38thIllinois9.9
  39. 39thMichigan9.8
  40. 40thMontana9.8
  41. 41stPennsylvania9.7
  42. 42ndFlorida9.7
  43. 43rdMassachusetts9.5
  44. 44thConnecticut9.5
  45. 45thWest Virginia9.4
  46. 46thOregon9
  47. 47thRhode Island9
  48. 48thNew Hampshire8.4
  49. 49thMaine8.3
  50. 50thVermont7.8

194 countries ranked and 50 US states.

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