Population Facts - Birth and Death Rates


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	Updated: 2 Jan 2012

Birth and Death Rates by Country

By Country order (click column header to change order)

Rank	Country Name	Births	Deaths	Difference
1	Afghanistan	39.53	14.84	24.69
2	Albania	12.15	6.15	6.00
3	Algeria	16.69	4.69	12.00
4	American Samoa	22.84	4.10	18.74
5	Andorra	9.66	6.35	3.31
6	Angola	39.55	12.31	27.24
7	Anguilla	12.92	4.44	8.48
8	Antigua and Barbuda	16.31	5.73	10.58
9	Argentina	17.54	7.38	10.16
10	Armenia	12.85	8.46	4.39
11	Aruba	12.78	7.84	4.94
12	Australia	12.33	6.88	5.45
13	Azerbaijan	17.38	7.15	10.23
14	Bahamas, The	16.10	6.88	9.22
15	Bahrain	14.64	2.61	12.03
16	Bangladesh	22.98	5.75	17.23
17	Barbados	12.35	8.39	3.96
18	Belize	26.43	5.87	20.56
19	Benin	38.11	9.00	29.11
20	Bermuda	11.42	7.57	3.85
21	Bhutan	19.13	7.12	12.01
22	Bolivia	24.71	6.85	17.86
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.89	8.80	0.09
24	Botswana	22.31	10.57	11.74
25	Brazil	17.79	6.36	11.43
26	Brunei	17.87	3.35	14.52
27	Burkina Faso	43.59	12.74	30.85
28	Burundi	41.01	9.61	31.40
29	Cambodia	25.40	8.07	17.33
30	Cameroon	33.04	11.83	21.21
31	Canada	10.28	7.98	2.30
32	Cape Verde	21.47	6.34	15.13
33	Cayman Islands	12.24	5.10	7.14
34	Central African Republic	36.46	15.01	21.45
35	Chad	39.40	15.47	23.93
36	Chile	14.33	5.97	8.36
37	China	12.29	7.03	5.26
38	Colombia	17.49	5.26	12.23
39	Comoros	32.75	8.43	24.32
40	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	37.74	11.06	26.68
41	Congo, Republic of the	40.55	11.49	29.06
42	Cook Islands	15.37	7.37	8.00
43	Costa Rica	16.54	4.33	12.21
44	Cote d‘Ivoire	30.95	10.16	20.79
45	Cuba	9.99	7.47	2.52
46	Curacao	13.55	7.90	5.65
47	Cyprus	11.41	6.45	4.96
48	Denmark	10.29	10.19	0.10
49	Djibouti	25.27	8.23	17.04
50	Dominica	15.62	8.06	7.56
51	Dominican Republic	19.67	4.35	15.32
52	Ecuador	19.96	5.00	14.96
53	Egypt	24.63	4.82	19.81
54	El Salvador	17.75	5.62	12.13
55	Equatorial Guinea	35.43	9.03	26.40
56	Eritrea	32.80	8.08	24.72
57	Ethiopia	42.99	11.04	31.95
58	Faeroe Islands	12.95	8.67	4.28
59	Fiji	21.11	5.90	15.21
60	Finland	10.37	10.24	0.13
61	France	12.29	8.76	3.53
62	French Polynesia	16.14	4.69	11.45
63	Gabon	35.19	13.00	22.19
64	Gambia, The	34.19	7.65	26.54
65	Gaza Strip	35.30	3.29	32.01
66	Georgia	10.73	9.92	0.81
67	Ghana	27.55	8.75	18.80
68	Gibraltar	14.23	8.18	6.05
69	Greenland	14.60	8.12	6.48
70	Grenada	17.01	7.94	9.07
71	Guam	17.85	4.71	13.14
72	Guatemala	26.96	4.98	21.98
73	Guernsey	10.13	8.44	1.69
74	Guinea	36.90	10.45	26.45
75	Guinea-Bissau	35.15	15.27	19.88
76	Guyana	17.12	7.20	9.92
77	Haiti	24.40	8.21	16.19
78	Honduras	25.14	5.02	20.12
79	Hong Kong S.A.R.	7.49	7.07	0.42
80	Iceland	13.29	6.96	6.33
81	India	20.97	7.48	13.49
82	Indonesia	18.10	6.26	11.84
83	Iran	18.55	5.94	12.61
84	Iraq	28.81	4.82	23.99
85	Ireland	16.10	6.34	9.76
86	Isle of Man	11.42	9.92	1.50
87	Israel	19.24	5.47	13.77
88	Jamaica	19.20	6.54	12.66
89	Jersey	10.90	7.52	3.38
90	Jordan	26.79	2.69	24.10
91	Kazakhstan	20.80	8.60	12.20
92	Kenya	33.70	7.44	26.26
93	Kiribati	22.73	7.40	15.33
94	Korea, North	14.51	9.08	5.43
95	Korea, South	8.55	6.26	2.29
96	Kosovo	18.28	7.03	11.25
97	Kuwait	21.32	2.11	19.21
98	Kyrgyzstan	23.66	6.79	16.87
99	Laos	26.13	8.13	18.00
100	Lebanon	15.02	6.54	8.48
101	Lesotho	26.93	15.19	11.74
102	Liberia	37.25	10.62	26.63
103	Libya	24.04	3.40	20.64
104	Liechtenstein	10.90	6.64	4.26
105	Luxembourg	11.69	8.48	3.21
106	Macau S.A.R.	9.03	3.72	5.31
107	Macedonia	11.87	8.91	2.96
108	Madagascar	37.51	7.79	29.72
109	Malawi	40.85	13.22	27.63
110	Malaysia	21.08	4.93	16.15
111	Maldives	14.83	3.71	11.12
112	Mali	45.62	14.29	31.33
113	Malta	10.35	8.60	1.75
114	Marshall Islands	29.11	4.38	24.73
115	Mauritania	33.23	8.83	24.40
116	Mauritius	13.97	6.68	7.29
117	Mayotte	31.67	2.60	29.07
118	Mexico	19.13	4.86	14.27
119	Micronesia, Federated States of	22.22	4.35	17.87
120	Mongolia	20.93	6.04	14.89
121	Montenegro	11.00	8.89	2.11
122	Montserrat	11.67	7.20	4.47
123	Morocco	19.19	4.75	14.44
124	Mozambique	39.62	13.00	26.62
125	Myanmar (Burma)	19.31	8.16	11.15
126	Namibia	21.48	12.95	8.53
127	Nauru	27.78	6.11	21.67
128	Nepal	22.17	6.81	15.36
129	Netherlands	10.97	8.31	2.66
130	New Caledonia	16.28	5.28	11.00
131	New Zealand	13.68	7.15	6.53
132	Nicaragua	19.46	5.03	14.43
133	Niger	50.54	14.11	36.43
134	Nigeria	39.69	13.78	25.91
135	Northern Mariana Islands	20.69	3.28	17.41
136	Norway	10.84	9.24	1.60
137	Oman	24.15	3.45	20.70
138	Pakistan	24.81	6.92	17.89
139	Palau	10.74	7.87	2.87
140	Panama	19.43	4.65	14.78
141	Papua New Guinea	26.44	6.58	19.86
142	Paraguay	17.48	4.57	12.91
143	Peru	19.41	5.93	13.48
144	Philippines	25.34	5.02	20.32
145	Puerto Rico	11.35	7.95	3.40
146	Qatar	10.42	1.56	8.86
147	Rwanda	36.74	9.88	26.86
148	Saint Helena	10.65	6.88	3.77
149	Saint Kitts and Nevis	14.07	7.10	6.97
150	Saint Lucia	14.63	7.00	7.63
151	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14.62	6.98	7.64
152	Samoa	22.50	5.34	17.16
153	San Marino	9.02	7.89	1.10
154	Sao Tome and Principe	38.03	8.18	29.85
155	Saudi Arabia	19.34	3.33	16.01
156	Senegal	36.73	9.26	27.47
157	Seychelles	15.33	6.91	8.42
158	Sierra Leone	38.46	11.73	26.73
159	Singapore	7.56	3.41	4.15
160	Slovakia	10.48	9.60	0.88
161	Solomon Islands	28.03	3.93	24.10
162	Somalia	42.71	14.87	27.84
163	South Africa	19.48	17.09	2.39
164	Spain	10.66	8.80	1.86
165	Sri Lanka	17.42	5.92	11.50
166	Sudan	36.12	11.00	25.12
167	Suriname	17.77	6.20	11.57
168	Swaziland	26.63	14.60	12.03
169	Switzerland	9.53	8.72	0.81
170	Syria	23.99	3.68	20.31
171	Taiwan	8.90	7.00	1.90
172	Tajikistan	26.29	6.60	19.69
173	Tanzania	32.64	12.09	20.55
174	Thailand	12.95	7.29	5.66
175	Togo	35.58	7.96	27.62
176	Tonga	25.27	4.90	20.37
177	Trinidad and Tobago	14.35	8.29	6.06
178	Tunisia	17.40	5.83	11.57
179	Turkey	17.93	6.10	11.83
180	Turkmenistan	19.54	6.24	13.30
181	Turks and Caicos Islands	17.76	2.99	14.77
182	Tuvalu	23.20	9.20	14.04
183	Uganda	47.49	11.71	35.78
184	United Arab Emirates	15.87	2.06	13.81
185	United Kingdom	12.29	9.33	2.96
186	United States	13.69	8.38	5.31
187	Uruguay	13.52	9.58	3.94
188	Uzbekistan	17.43	5.29	12.14
189	Vanuatu	20.86	7.43	13.43
190	Venezuela	20.10	5.17	14.93
191	Vietnam	17.07	5.96	11.11
192	Virgin Islands, British	10.60	4.80	5.80
193	Virgin Islands, US	11.41	7.17	4.24
194	Wallis and Futuna	13.96	4.68	NA
195	West Bank	24.56	3.58	20.98
196	Western Sahara	32.10	8.96	23.14
197	Yemen	33.49	7.02	26.47
198	Zambia	44.08	12.61	31.47
199	Zimbabwe	31.86	13.58	18.28