Country
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Birth rate (births/1,000 population)
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Afghanistan
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40.63 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Albania
|
18.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Algeria
|
21.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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American Samoa
|
23.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Andorra
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9.65 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Angola
|
45.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Anguilla
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14.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Antigua and Barbuda
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18.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Argentina
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17.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Armenia
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12.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Aruba
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11.86 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Australia
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12.55 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Austria
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9.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Azerbaijan
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19.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Bahamas, The
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18.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Bahrain
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19.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Bangladesh
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29.9 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Barbados
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13.15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Belarus
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10.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Belgium
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10.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Belize
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30.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Benin
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43.15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Bermuda
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12.13 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Bhutan
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34.82 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Bolivia
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25.53 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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12.65 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Botswana
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25.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Brazil
|
17.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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British Virgin Islands
|
15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Brunei
|
19.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Bulgaria
|
8.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Burkina Faso
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44.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Burma
|
19.15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Burundi
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39.72 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Cambodia
|
27.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Cameroon
|
35.49 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Canada
|
10.99 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Cape Verde
|
26.95 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Cayman Islands
|
13.33 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Central African Republic
|
35.93 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Chad
|
47.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Chile
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16.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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China
|
12.96 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Christmas Island
|
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Colombia
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21.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Comoros
|
38.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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45.12 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Congo, Republic of the
|
29.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Cook Islands
|
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Costa Rica
|
19.4 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Cote d'Ivoire
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40.01 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Croatia
|
12.76 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Cuba
|
11.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Cyprus
|
12.77 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Czech Republic
|
9.01 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Denmark
|
11.52 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Djibouti
|
40.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Dominica
|
16.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Dominican Republic
|
23.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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East Timor
|
27.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Ecuador
|
24.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Egypt
|
24.36 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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El Salvador
|
27.9 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Equatorial Guinea
|
36.94 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Eritrea
|
39.44 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Estonia
|
9.24 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Ethiopia
|
39.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
NA births/1,000 population
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Faroe Islands
|
13.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Fiji
|
23.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Finland
|
10.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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France
|
12.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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French Guiana
|
21.33 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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French Polynesia
|
17.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Gabon
|
36.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Gambia, The
|
40.77 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Gaza Strip
|
41.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Georgia
|
11.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Germany
|
8.6 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Ghana
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25.84 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Gibraltar
|
11.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Greece
|
9.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Greenland
|
16.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Grenada
|
22.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Guadeloupe
|
16.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Guam
|
23.19 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Guatemala
|
35.05 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Guernsey
|
9.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Guinea
|
42.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
38.41 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Guyana
|
17.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Haiti
|
34.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Honduras
|
31.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Hong Kong
|
10.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Hungary
|
9.32 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Iceland
|
14.13 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
India
|
23.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Indonesia
|
21.49 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Iran
|
17.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Iraq
|
33.66 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Ireland
|
14.63 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Israel
|
18.67 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Italy
|
9.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Jamaica
|
17.35 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Japan
|
9.61 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Jersey
|
10.44 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Jordan
|
23.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Kazakhstan
|
18.36 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
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Kenya
|
28.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Kiribati
|
31.24 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Korea, North
|
17.61 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Korea, South
|
12.6 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Kuwait
|
21.83 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
26.06 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Laos
|
36.93 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Latvia
|
8.55 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Lebanon
|
19.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Lesotho
|
27.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Liberia
|
45.28 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Libya
|
27.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Liechtenstein
|
10.92 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Lithuania
|
10.48 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Luxembourg
|
11.92 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Macau
|
12.07 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
|
13.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Madagascar
|
42.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Malawi
|
44.7 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Malaysia
|
23.7 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Maldives
|
36.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Mali
|
47.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Malta
|
12.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Man, Isle of
|
11.38 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Marshall Islands
|
34.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Martinique
|
14.96 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Mauritania
|
42.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Mauritius
|
16.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Mayotte
|
42.86 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Mexico
|
21.92 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
26.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Moldova
|
14.31 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Monaco
|
9.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Mongolia
|
21.39 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Montserrat
|
17.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Morocco
|
23.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Mozambique
|
38.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Namibia
|
34.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Nauru
|
26.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Nepal
|
32.46 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Netherlands
|
11.31 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
15.76 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
New Caledonia
|
19.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
New Zealand
|
14.14 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Nicaragua
|
26.29 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Niger
|
49.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Nigeria
|
38.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Niue
|
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Norfolk Island
|
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
19.97 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Norway
|
12.17 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Oman
|
37.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Pakistan
|
29.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Palau
|
19.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Panama
|
20.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Papua New Guinea
|
31.07 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Paraguay
|
30.14 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Peru
|
22.81 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Philippines
|
26.3 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Pitcairn Islands
|
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Poland
|
10.47 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Portugal
|
11.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Puerto Rico
|
15 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Qatar
|
15.68 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Reunion
|
20.17 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Romania
|
10.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Russia
|
10.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Rwanda
|
40.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Saint Helena
|
12.9 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
18.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Saint Lucia
|
20.93 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
14.62 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
17.16 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Samoa
|
15.41 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
San Marino
|
10.49 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
41.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Saudi Arabia
|
37.2 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Senegal
|
36.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
12.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Seychelles
|
16.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Sierra Leone
|
43.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Singapore
|
12.75 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Slovakia
|
10.1 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Slovenia
|
9.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Solomon Islands
|
32.45 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Somalia
|
46.42 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
South Africa
|
18.87 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Spain
|
10.08 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Sri Lanka
|
16.12 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Sudan
|
36.48 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Suriname
|
19.4 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Svalbard
|
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Swaziland
|
29.37 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Sweden
|
9.71 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Switzerland
|
9.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Syria
|
29.54 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Taiwan
|
12.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Tajikistan
|
32.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Tanzania
|
39.5 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Thailand
|
16.37 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Togo
|
35.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Tokelau
|
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Tonga
|
24.51 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
12.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Tunisia
|
16.53 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Turkey
|
17.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Turkmenistan
|
28.02 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
23.51 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Tuvalu
|
21.58 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Uganda
|
46.57 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Ukraine
|
9.89 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
United Arab Emirates
|
18.48 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
United Kingdom
|
10.99 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
United States
|
14.14 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Uruguay
|
17.19 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Uzbekistan
|
26.09 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Vanuatu
|
24.26 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Venezuela
|
19.78 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Vietnam
|
19.58 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Virgin Islands
|
15.8 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
West Bank
|
34.07 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Western Sahara
|
NA births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
World
|
20.43 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Yemen
|
43.23 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Zambia
|
39.53 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|
Zimbabwe
|
30.34 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
|