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Ireland - Birth Rate 1998

Name: Ireland Birth Rate 1998
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Crude birth rate per 1,000 people · World Bank

14.5 +0.1 from 1997 Global rank: 58th

Ireland's birth rate was 14.5 in 1998, increased +0.1 from 14.4 in 1997. This was the 58th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Birth Rate by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Latvia	7.6	-1.3%
2nd	Bulgaria	7.9	2.6%
3rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	8.1	-11.0%
4th	Ukraine	8.4	-4.8%
5th	Czechia	8.8	0.0%
6th	Estonia	8.8	-2.2%
7th	Russian Federation	8.8	2.3%
8th	Slovenia	9.0	-1.1%
9th	Spain	9.1	-1.1%
10th	Belarus	9.2	3.4%
11th	Italy	9.3	-1.1%
12th	Greece	9.4	-2.1%
13th	Hungary	9.5	-3.1%
14th	Germany	9.6	-3.0%
15th	Japan	9.6	1.1%
16th	Serbia	10.1	-3.8%
17th	Sweden	10.1	-1.0%
18th	Austria	10.2	-2.9%
19th	Poland	10.2	-4.7%
20th	European Union	10.3	-1.4%
21st	Croatia	10.4	-14.8%
22nd	Lithuania	10.4	-1.9%
23rd	Macao SAR, China	10.5	-13.2%
24th	Romania	10.5	0.0%
25th	Slovak Republic	10.7	-2.7%
26th	San Marino	11.0	0.6%
27th	Switzerland	11.1	-2.6%
28th	Finland	11.1	-3.5%
29th	Belgium	11.2	-1.8%
30th	Portugal	11.2	0.0%
31st	Canada	11.4	-2.6%
32nd	Monaco	11.8	2.4%
33rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12.0	-3.6%
34th	Channel Islands	12.0	-1.6%
35th	Malta	12.1	-4.7%
36th	United Kingdom	12.3	-1.6%
37th	Denmark	12.5	-2.3%
38th	Liechtenstein	12.6	-9.4%
39th	Armenia	12.6	-4.7%
40th	Moldova	12.6	-7.2%
41st	British Virgin Islands	12.6	-25.8%
42nd	Luxembourg	12.7	-3.1%
43rd	Netherlands	12.7	3.3%
44th	France	12.8	0.8%
45th	Isle of Man	12.9	-1.3%
46th	Andorra	13.0	1.3%
47th	Barbados	13.1	-3.2%
48th	Singapore	13.1	-9.7%
49th	Georgia	13.1	-1.7%
50th	Bermuda	13.2	6.1%
51st	Norway	13.2	-2.9%
52nd	Australia	13.3	-2.2%
53rd	Cyprus	13.3	-5.3%
54th	Cuba	13.7	-0.9%
55th	Korea	13.7	-5.5%
56th	Faroe Islands	14.1	-7.2%
57th	United States	14.3	0.7%
58th	Ireland	14.5	0.7%
59th	New Zealand	14.5	-4.7%
60th	North Macedonia	14.6	-1.4%
61st	Aruba	14.9	-11.9%
62nd	Gibraltar	15.0	-1.9%
63rd	Montenegro	15.1	4.9%
64th	Trinidad and Tobago	15.1	-2.4%
65th	Iceland	15.2	-0.7%
66th	China	15.6	-5.6%
67th	Azerbaijan	15.7	-6.5%
68th	Puerto Rico (US)	15.7	-3.1%
69th	Palau	16.0	-8.7%
70th	United Arab Emirates	16.0	-1.3%
71st	Cayman Islands	16.2	-1.9%
72nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	16.2	-2.5%
73rd	Thailand	16.3	-3.3%
74th	Kazakhstan	16.3	-1.2%
75th	Uruguay	16.6	-2.7%
76th	Mauritius	16.7	-4.0%
77th	Curaçao	17.1	-4.3%
78th	Chile	17.4	-3.2%
79th	Qatar	17.5	-2.8%
80th	Greenland	17.5	-10.7%
81st	Tunisia	17.7	-5.2%
82nd	Sri Lanka	17.8	-3.4%
83rd	Seychelles	17.9	-6.3%
84th	Virgin Islands (US)	18.0	4.7%
85th	Dominica	18.2	-4.9%
86th	Viet Nam	18.3	-6.7%
87th	Antigua and Barbuda	18.3	-8.2%
88th	Grenada	18.5	-12.8%
89th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	18.9	-2.7%
90th	Bahamas, The	19.1	-3.5%
91st	St. Kitts and Nevis	19.5	-0.1%
92nd	Algeria	19.6	-5.5%
93rd	Albania	19.6	-5.6%
94th	Northern Mariana Islands	19.7	-20.6%
95th	Argentina	19.7	-1.3%
96th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	19.8	-4.2%
97th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	20.0	-3.9%
98th	French Polynesia	20.6	-4.0%
99th	St. Lucia	20.9	-12.2%
100th	Bahrain	20.9	-0.7%
101st	Brunei Darussalam	21.0	-2.8%
102nd	Costa Rica	21.0	-2.0%
103rd	Brazil	21.2	-1.7%
104th	Mongolia	21.4	-3.8%
105th	New Caledonia	21.6	-3.7%
106th	Libya	21.6	0.0%
107th	Kyrgyz Republic	21.7	0.5%
108th	Kosovo	21.7	9.1%
109th	Lebanon	21.8	-1.1%
110th	Israel	21.9	2.3%
111th	Jamaica	22.2	-4.1%
112th	Indonesia	23.0	-2.7%
113th	Maldives	23.0	-7.9%
114th	South Africa	23.2	-3.2%
115th	Türkiye	23.3	-1.2%
116th	Kuwait	23.3	-3.3%
117th	Turks and Caicos Islands	23.5	-1.5%
118th	Colombia	23.6	-1.4%
119th	Myanmar	23.8	-2.0%
120th	Uzbekistan	24.1	-6.8%
121st	Guam	24.1	-1.2%
122nd	Panama	24.1	-1.1%
123rd	Malaysia	24.4	-4.0%
124th	Morocco	24.5	-2.6%
125th	Turkmenistan	24.9	-3.3%
126th	Peru	24.9	-2.7%
127th	Mexico	25.1	-2.5%
128th	Fiji	25.2	-2.2%
129th	Oman	25.3	-3.2%
130th	Dominican Republic	25.3	-3.1%
131st	Suriname	25.6	-0.4%
132nd	St. Martin (French part)	26.4	0.7%
133rd	Ecuador	26.6	-1.8%
134th	Botswana	27.7	-0.6%
135th	Guyana	28.1	-2.4%
136th	India	28.2	-1.7%
137th	Bhutan	28.3	-4.6%
138th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	28.3	0.3%
139th	Tuvalu	28.4	-2.2%
140th	Nauru	28.7	-1.0%
141st	Paraguay	28.8	-2.7%
142nd	Nicaragua	29.2	-2.7%
143rd	Lesotho	29.2	-3.3%
144th	El Salvador	29.4	-0.6%
145th	Saudi Arabia	29.5	-2.5%
146th	Tonga	29.7	-0.3%
147th	American Samoa	29.8	-1.4%
148th	Cabo Verde	30.1	-3.2%
149th	Bangladesh	30.2	-0.6%
150th	Philippines	30.2	-1.9%
151st	Cambodia	30.4	-4.1%
152nd	Belize	30.9	1.1%
153rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	31.0	-1.5%
154th	Jordan	31.1	-5.0%
155th	Syrian Arab Republic	32.0	-1.5%
156th	Eswatini	32.2	-0.7%
157th	Micronesia, Federated States of	32.2	-0.1%
158th	Nepal	32.7	-3.0%
159th	Vanuatu	32.8	-1.7%
160th	Namibia	32.9	0.4%
161st	Haiti	32.9	-1.8%
162nd	Tajikistan	33.1	0.7%
163rd	Kiribati	33.4	-2.2%
164th	Djibouti	33.5	-0.5%
165th	Samoa	33.5	-1.3%
166th	Gabon	33.7	-0.6%
167th	Zimbabwe	34.5	3.3%
168th	Papua New Guinea	34.8	-0.3%
169th	Lao PDR	35.1	-3.0%
170th	Honduras	35.1	-1.5%
171st	Ghana	35.5	-0.4%
172nd	Guatemala	35.9	-1.6%
173rd	Solomon Islands	36.3	-1.2%
174th	Comoros	36.4	-2.2%
175th	Iraq	37.0	-0.9%
176th	Pakistan	37.4	-1.8%
177th	Congo, Republic of	37.5	-2.2%
178th	Togo	38.1	-0.4%
179th	Marshall Islands	38.4	-0.4%
180th	Mauritania	38.6	-2.0%
181st	São Tomé and Principe	39.2	0.1%
182nd	Senegal	39.2	0.0%
183rd	Eritrea	39.9	-3.2%
184th	Kenya	40.6	0.2%
185th	Timor-Leste	40.7	-0.8%
186th	Cameroon	41.0	0.1%
187th	Sudan	41.2	-1.2%
188th	Burundi	41.4	-2.0%
189th	Yemen, Republic of	41.9	-1.8%
190th	West Bank and Gaza	42.1	-1.4%
191st	Tanzania	42.1	0.2%
192nd	Rwanda	42.2	4.1%
193rd	Equatorial Guinea	42.3	-1.2%
194th	Gambia, The	42.5	-1.5%
195th	Central African Republic	42.6	-1.1%
196th	Guinea	42.8	-2.6%
197th	Benin	43.0	-0.9%
198th	Guinea-Bissau	43.2	-0.9%
199th	Nigeria	43.2	-0.7%
200th	Liberia	43.2	3.6%
201st	Mozambique	44.0	-0.5%
202nd	Madagascar	44.1	-0.8%
203rd	Côte d'Ivoire	44.2	0.2%
204th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	44.9	-2.3%
205th	Burkina Faso	45.6	-0.7%
206th	Malawi	45.9	-0.3%
207th	Zambia	46.2	-0.3%
208th	Sierra Leone	46.3	0.1%
209th	Mali	46.4	0.7%
210th	Angola	47.2	-0.8%
211th	Uganda	48.8	-1.5%
212th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	50.7	-0.3%
213th	South Sudan	51.2	-0.8%
214th	Afghanistan	51.5	-1.3%
215th	Chad	52.2	-0.3%
216th	Niger	54.0	-0.1%

FAQ

What was Ireland's birth rate in 1998?▾

Ireland's birth rate in 1998 was 14.5. This ranked 58th globally.

How did Ireland's birth rate change in 1998?▾

Ireland's birth rate increased by 0.7% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest birth rate in 1998?▾

Niger had the highest birth rate in 1998 at 54.0.

What is the birth rate of Ireland in 1998?▾

The birth rate of Ireland in 1998 was 14.5. This ranked 58th globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Ireland's birth rate?▾

Ireland's birth rate went from 14.4 in 1997 to 14.5 in 1998, a 0.7% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Ireland matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1998. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 9.4%. View full analysis →

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