Iceland - Birth Rate 1968
21.0
−1.2 from 1967
Iceland's birth rate was 21.0 in 1968, decreased +1.2 from 22.2 in 1967. This was the 48th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1968▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Macao SAR, China | 12.2 | -11.8% |
| 2nd | Isle of Man | 12.8 | 1.8% |
| 3rd | Czechia | 13.9 | -1.4% |
| 4th | Luxembourg | 14.0 | -5.4% |
| 5th | Latvia | 14.1 | 0.7% |
| 6th | Russian Federation | 14.2 | -2.6% |
| 7th | Sweden | 14.3 | -7.1% |
| 8th | Ukraine | 14.8 | -1.6% |
| 9th | Belgium | 14.8 | -3.3% |
| 10th | Channel Islands | 14.9 | -2.0% |
| 11th | Estonia | 14.9 | 4.9% |
| 12th | Croatia | 15.0 | -3.2% |
| 13th | Hungary | 15.1 | 3.4% |
| 14th | Denmark | 15.3 | -8.9% |
| 15th | Serbia | 15.5 | -0.4% |
| 16th | Germany | 15.7 | -4.8% |
| 17th | Monaco | 15.9 | 0.3% |
| 18th | Finland | 15.9 | -5.4% |
| 19th | Belarus | 16.3 | -2.1% |
| 20th | Poland | 16.3 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Malta | 16.7 | -1.8% |
| 22nd | Slovenia | 16.8 | -5.1% |
| 23rd | Bulgaria | 16.9 | 12.7% |
| 24th | Austria | 17.0 | -1.7% |
| 25th | Slovak Republic | 17.0 | -2.3% |
| 26th | San Marino | 17.1 | -0.8% |
| 27th | United Kingdom | 17.2 | -1.7% |
| 28th | Switzerland | 17.3 | -3.4% |
| 29th | European Union | 17.5 | -2.2% |
| 30th | France | 17.5 | -1.1% |
| 31st | Italy | 17.5 | -2.2% |
| 32nd | Canada | 17.6 | -3.3% |
| 33rd | Lithuania | 17.6 | -0.6% |
| 34th | Norway | 17.6 | 0.0% |
| 35th | United States | 17.6 | -1.1% |
| 36th | Bermuda | 18.1 | -2.5% |
| 37th | Greece | 18.4 | -2.1% |
| 38th | Japan | 18.6 | -4.1% |
| 39th | Netherlands | 18.6 | -1.6% |
| 40th | Georgia | 19.8 | -3.8% |
| 41st | Moldova | 19.9 | -1.8% |
| 42nd | Andorra | 20.1 | -3.5% |
| 43rd | Australia | 20.1 | 3.6% |
| 44th | Spain | 20.1 | -2.9% |
| 45th | Uruguay | 20.2 | -1.1% |
| 46th | Liechtenstein | 20.7 | 1.5% |
| 47th | Ireland | 20.9 | -0.9% |
| 48th | Iceland | 21.0 | -5.4% |
| 49th | Gibraltar | 21.2 | -3.5% |
| 50th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 21.7 | -8.4% |
| 51st | Montenegro | 21.9 | -4.3% |
| 52nd | Portugal | 22.1 | -3.1% |
| 53rd | New Zealand | 22.6 | 0.8% |
| 54th | Argentina | 22.7 | 1.1% |
| 55th | Singapore | 23.5 | -8.2% |
| 56th | Cyprus | 23.9 | -1.3% |
| 57th | Faroe Islands | 23.9 | -2.1% |
| 58th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24.6 | -5.3% |
| 59th | Israel | 24.9 | 5.1% |
| 60th | Armenia | 25.3 | -3.7% |
| 61st | Puerto Rico (US) | 25.5 | -4.5% |
| 62nd | Aruba | 25.8 | -3.5% |
| 63rd | North Macedonia | 26.1 | -2.5% |
| 64th | Kazakhstan | 26.2 | -3.9% |
| 65th | Romania | 26.6 | -1.5% |
| 66th | Nauru | 27.2 | -3.9% |
| 67th | Barbados | 27.4 | -0.1% |
| 68th | Curaçao | 27.6 | -4.3% |
| 69th | Cayman Islands | 27.7 | -1.8% |
| 70th | Antigua and Barbuda | 28.5 | -5.4% |
| 71st | Guam | 28.5 | -2.7% |
| 72nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 28.5 | -0.2% |
| 73rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 29.3 | -4.7% |
| 74th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 29.4 | -7.7% |
| 75th | Chile | 30.2 | -2.4% |
| 76th | Tuvalu | 30.6 | 1.4% |
| 77th | Korea | 30.7 | -2.5% |
| 78th | Mauritius | 31.6 | 1.9% |
| 79th | Cuba | 31.6 | -2.7% |
| 80th | Virgin Islands (US) | 32.0 | -0.9% |
| 81st | British Virgin Islands | 32.3 | 2.0% |
| 82nd | Sri Lanka | 32.6 | -1.9% |
| 83rd | Seychelles | 33.1 | -6.8% |
| 84th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 33.1 | -2.5% |
| 85th | Bahamas, The | 34.1 | -2.2% |
| 86th | Albania | 34.1 | 0.8% |
| 87th | Kyrgyz Republic | 34.2 | -2.0% |
| 88th | Azerbaijan | 34.3 | -5.0% |
| 89th | Gabon | 34.4 | 0.9% |
| 90th | Lebanon | 34.4 | -2.1% |
| 91st | Malaysia | 34.5 | -1.8% |
| 92nd | Dominica | 34.6 | -3.8% |
| 93rd | New Caledonia | 34.6 | -0.8% |
| 94th | Costa Rica | 34.6 | -5.8% |
| 95th | Viet Nam | 35.2 | 1.9% |
| 96th | Jamaica | 35.4 | -2.6% |
| 97th | Brunei Darussalam | 35.6 | -2.6% |
| 98th | China | 35.6 | 4.8% |
| 99th | United Arab Emirates | 35.9 | -7.2% |
| 100th | Greenland | 36.3 | -9.7% |
| 101st | Brazil | 36.3 | -2.8% |
| 102nd | Suriname | 36.4 | -4.2% |
| 103rd | Fiji | 37.0 | -2.5% |
| 104th | Palau | 37.0 | 1.4% |
| 105th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 37.1 | -5.7% |
| 106th | Grenada | 37.4 | -3.8% |
| 107th | São Tomé and Principe | 37.8 | 0.2% |
| 108th | Guyana | 38.0 | -1.5% |
| 109th | Belize | 38.1 | -1.3% |
| 110th | Myanmar | 38.2 | -1.2% |
| 111th | Paraguay | 38.4 | -2.1% |
| 112th | Panama | 38.5 | -1.7% |
| 113th | American Samoa | 38.7 | -2.9% |
| 114th | Guinea-Bissau | 38.8 | 0.4% |
| 115th | Uzbekistan | 38.9 | -4.1% |
| 116th | Colombia | 38.9 | -3.1% |
| 117th | Turkmenistan | 39.7 | -2.8% |
| 118th | Thailand | 39.7 | -2.5% |
| 119th | South Africa | 39.8 | -0.3% |
| 120th | French Polynesia | 40.0 | -1.5% |
| 121st | Kiribati | 40.1 | -2.7% |
| 122nd | St. Lucia | 40.2 | -0.5% |
| 123rd | St. Martin (French part) | 40.2 | 3.8% |
| 124th | Tonga | 40.3 | -1.8% |
| 125th | India | 40.5 | -0.8% |
| 126th | Philippines | 41.1 | -2.3% |
| 127th | Cabo Verde | 41.2 | -1.4% |
| 128th | Equatorial Guinea | 41.2 | 0.7% |
| 129th | Kosovo | 41.3 | 0.4% |
| 130th | Haiti | 41.4 | -0.6% |
| 131st | Türkiye | 41.5 | -1.5% |
| 132nd | Indonesia | 41.5 | -1.6% |
| 133rd | Mongolia | 41.6 | -1.7% |
| 134th | Lesotho | 41.9 | -1.6% |
| 135th | Cambodia | 41.9 | -0.7% |
| 136th | Ecuador | 42.0 | -0.8% |
| 137th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 42.5 | -0.7% |
| 138th | Vanuatu | 42.9 | -0.6% |
| 139th | Tajikistan | 43.0 | -1.4% |
| 140th | Bahrain | 43.2 | -2.4% |
| 141st | Namibia | 43.2 | 0.5% |
| 142nd | Samoa | 43.3 | -2.4% |
| 143rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 43.3 | -0.3% |
| 144th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 43.4 | 0.0% |
| 145th | Peru | 43.4 | -1.2% |
| 146th | Nepal | 43.5 | -0.1% |
| 147th | Tunisia | 43.6 | -3.1% |
| 148th | Dominican Republic | 43.6 | -2.9% |
| 149th | Timor-Leste | 43.8 | -0.9% |
| 150th | Central African Republic | 43.8 | 0.5% |
| 151st | Congo, Republic of | 43.9 | 0.4% |
| 152nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 43.9 | -1.4% |
| 153rd | Kuwait | 44.0 | 0.6% |
| 154th | Lao PDR | 44.2 | -0.1% |
| 155th | El Salvador | 44.3 | -1.7% |
| 156th | Papua New Guinea | 44.4 | -0.2% |
| 157th | Cameroon | 44.4 | 0.8% |
| 158th | Pakistan | 44.7 | -0.8% |
| 159th | Solomon Islands | 44.9 | -1.1% |
| 160th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 45.3 | -1.0% |
| 161st | Guatemala | 45.3 | -0.7% |
| 162nd | Guinea | 45.5 | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Botswana | 45.5 | -0.1% |
| 164th | Mexico | 45.6 | -0.6% |
| 165th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 45.6 | -0.1% |
| 166th | Zimbabwe | 45.7 | -0.3% |
| 167th | Morocco | 45.9 | -1.8% |
| 168th | Iraq | 46.0 | -0.2% |
| 169th | Madagascar | 46.1 | 0.6% |
| 170th | Chad | 46.3 | 0.6% |
| 171st | Qatar | 46.4 | -1.4% |
| 172nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 46.5 | -0.1% |
| 173rd | Honduras | 46.6 | -0.7% |
| 174th | Algeria | 46.8 | -0.3% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 47.0 | 0.0% |
| 176th | Northern Mariana Islands | 47.1 | 39.7% |
| 177th | Nigeria | 47.2 | 0.2% |
| 178th | Nicaragua | 47.2 | -0.4% |
| 179th | Libya | 47.3 | -2.1% |
| 180th | Bangladesh | 47.3 | -0.5% |
| 181st | Eritrea | 47.3 | -0.5% |
| 182nd | Marshall Islands | 47.4 | -0.7% |
| 183rd | Benin | 47.5 | -0.1% |
| 184th | Rwanda | 47.6 | 0.3% |
| 185th | Burundi | 47.6 | 0.2% |
| 186th | Comoros | 47.6 | -0.5% |
| 187th | Mauritania | 47.6 | -0.3% |
| 188th | Sierra Leone | 47.7 | -0.6% |
| 189th | Ghana | 47.7 | -0.2% |
| 190th | Mozambique | 47.8 | -0.2% |
| 191st | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 47.8 | -0.1% |
| 192nd | Gambia, The | 47.9 | -0.7% |
| 193rd | Burkina Faso | 47.9 | 0.4% |
| 194th | Togo | 47.9 | -0.1% |
| 195th | Eswatini | 48.1 | 1.1% |
| 196th | Bhutan | 48.2 | -0.3% |
| 197th | Uganda | 48.4 | 0.5% |
| 198th | Maldives | 48.7 | -1.2% |
| 199th | Liberia | 48.8 | -0.4% |
| 200th | Sudan | 48.8 | 0.0% |
| 201st | Zambia | 48.9 | 0.2% |
| 202nd | Jordan | 49.2 | -0.1% |
| 203rd | Saudi Arabia | 49.3 | -0.9% |
| 204th | Senegal | 50.0 | -0.2% |
| 205th | Tanzania | 50.2 | -0.3% |
| 206th | Mali | 50.6 | 0.0% |
| 207th | Afghanistan | 51.2 | 0.2% |
| 208th | Angola | 52.0 | -0.4% |
| 209th | Oman | 52.2 | -0.5% |
| 210th | Côte d'Ivoire | 53.3 | -0.5% |
| 211th | Kenya | 53.5 | -1.0% |
| 212th | South Sudan | 54.0 | 0.4% |
| 213th | Malawi | 54.4 | 0.2% |
| 214th | Niger | 55.8 | -0.4% |
| 215th | Yemen, Republic of | 56.5 | -0.6% |
FAQ
What was Iceland's birth rate in 1968?▾
Iceland's birth rate in 1968 was 21.0. This ranked 48th globally.
How did Iceland's birth rate change in 1968?▾
Iceland's birth rate decreased by 5.4% in 1968 compared to 1967.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 1968?▾
Yemen, Republic of had the highest birth rate in 1968 at 56.5.
What is the birth rate of Iceland in 1968?▾
The birth rate of Iceland in 1968 was 21.0. This ranked 48th globally.
How does 1968 compare to 1967 for Iceland's birth rate?▾
Iceland's birth rate went from 22.2 in 1967 to 21.0 in 1968, a 5.4% decrease.
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