* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

The number of crude births per 1000 people, per year, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 47 countries was 16.54 births per 1000 people. The highest value was in Afghanistan: 35.14 births per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Hong Kong: 4.4 births per 1000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: births per 1000 people; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Birth rate, 2022 Global rank Available data
Afghanistan 35.14 1 1960 - 2022
Yemen 29.92 2 1960 - 2022
Palestine 27.69 3 1990 - 2022
Pakistan 27.23 4 1960 - 2022
Iraq 27.03 5 1960 - 2022
Uzbekistan 26.2 6 1960 - 2022
Tajikistan 26.02 7 1960 - 2022
Jordan 21.62 8 1960 - 2022
Philippines 21.62 9 1960 - 2022
Kyrgyzstan 21.5 10 1960 - 2022
Laos 21.46 11 1960 - 2022
Turkmenistan 20.75 12 1960 - 2022
Kazakhstan 20.57 13 1960 - 2022
Syria 20.53 14 1960 - 2022
Mongolia 20.45 15 1960 - 2022
Nepal 20.17 16 1960 - 2022
Israel 19 17 1960 - 2022
Cambodia 18.97 18 1960 - 2022
Oman 17.71 19 1960 - 2022
Bangladesh 17.48 20 1960 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 16.92 21 1960 - 2022
Burma 16.83 22 1960 - 2022
India 16.27 23 1960 - 2022
Indonesia 16.2 24 1960 - 2022
Malaysia 15.02 25 1960 - 2022
Vietnam 14.69 26 1960 - 2022
Lebanon 14.58 27 1960 - 2022
Sri Lanka 13.78 28 1960 - 2022
Maldives 13.64 29 1960 - 2022
Brunei 13.49 30 1960 - 2022
Iran 13.24 31 1960 - 2022
Georgia 13.1 32 1960 - 2022
North Korea 13.06 33 1960 - 2022
Bhutan 12.33 34 1960 - 2022
Azerbaijan 12.1 35 1960 - 2022
Armenia 11.7 36 1960 - 2022
Bahrain 11.45 37 1960 - 2022
Macao 10.04 38 1960 - 2022
UA Emirates 9.89 39 1960 - 2022
Kuwait 9.73 40 1960 - 2022
Qatar 9.09 41 1960 - 2022
Thailand 8.81 42 1960 - 2022
Singapore 7.9 43 1960 - 2022
China 6.77 44 1960 - 2022
Japan 6.3 45 1960 - 2022
South Korea 4.9 46 1960 - 2022
Hong Kong 4.4 47 1960 - 2022



Definition: 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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