Japan - Birth Rate 1989
10.2
−0.6 from 1988
Japan's birth rate was 10.2 in 1989, decreased +0.6 from 10.8 in 1988. This was the 4th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1989▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 9.9 | 1.5% |
| 2nd | Italy | 9.9 | -2.0% |
| 3rd | Greece | 10.1 | -5.6% |
| 4th | Japan | 10.2 | -5.6% |
| 5th | Spain | 10.5 | -2.8% |
| 6th | Germany | 11.2 | -1.8% |
| 7th | Austria | 11.6 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Croatia | 11.7 | -4.9% |
| 9th | Slovenia | 11.7 | -7.1% |
| 10th | Hungary | 11.8 | 0.9% |
| 11th | Portugal | 11.8 | -3.3% |
| 12th | Serbia | 11.8 | -2.9% |
| 13th | Denmark | 12.0 | 4.3% |
| 14th | Belgium | 12.2 | 0.8% |
| 15th | Switzerland | 12.2 | 0.0% |
| 16th | European Union | 12.3 | -2.2% |
| 17th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 12.3 | -8.2% |
| 18th | Czechia | 12.4 | -3.1% |
| 19th | Luxembourg | 12.4 | 0.8% |
| 20th | Monaco | 12.4 | -4.1% |
| 21st | Bulgaria | 12.6 | -3.8% |
| 22nd | Isle of Man | 12.6 | 2.0% |
| 23rd | Channel Islands | 12.7 | 1.6% |
| 24th | Netherlands | 12.7 | 0.8% |
| 25th | Finland | 12.8 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Andorra | 12.8 | 3.6% |
| 27th | Liechtenstein | 13.2 | -11.4% |
| 28th | France | 13.6 | -1.4% |
| 29th | United Kingdom | 13.6 | -1.4% |
| 30th | Sweden | 13.7 | 3.0% |
| 31st | Ukraine | 13.8 | -5.9% |
| 32nd | Norway | 14.0 | 2.2% |
| 33rd | Latvia | 14.6 | -6.4% |
| 34th | Russian Federation | 14.6 | -8.8% |
| 35th | Ireland | 14.8 | -4.5% |
| 36th | Barbados | 14.9 | 3.1% |
| 37th | Australia | 14.9 | 0.0% |
| 38th | Canada | 14.9 | 2.8% |
| 39th | Poland | 14.9 | -4.5% |
| 40th | Bermuda | 14.9 | -0.1% |
| 41st | Belarus | 15.1 | -6.2% |
| 42nd | Korea | 15.1 | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Lithuania | 15.1 | -2.6% |
| 44th | Slovak Republic | 15.2 | -4.4% |
| 45th | Estonia | 15.5 | -3.1% |
| 46th | Montenegro | 15.7 | -4.7% |
| 47th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.7 | -4.3% |
| 48th | Malta | 15.9 | 0.0% |
| 49th | Romania | 16.0 | -3.0% |
| 50th | United States | 16.4 | 2.5% |
| 51st | Gibraltar | 16.9 | -0.2% |
| 52nd | Cayman Islands | 17.2 | 6.8% |
| 53rd | British Virgin Islands | 17.3 | 3.9% |
| 54th | New Zealand | 17.4 | 0.5% |
| 55th | Singapore | 17.5 | -11.6% |
| 56th | Cuba | 17.8 | -0.7% |
| 57th | Iceland | 18.0 | -3.7% |
| 58th | Uruguay | 18.1 | -0.1% |
| 59th | North Macedonia | 18.4 | -4.1% |
| 60th | Aruba | 18.9 | 18.0% |
| 61st | Cyprus | 19.0 | -4.7% |
| 62nd | Georgia | 19.0 | -1.0% |
| 63rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 19.1 | -1.0% |
| 64th | Moldova | 19.6 | -9.3% |
| 65th | Faroe Islands | 19.6 | 5.4% |
| 66th | Thailand | 20.1 | -0.5% |
| 67th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 20.2 | -0.2% |
| 68th | Sri Lanka | 20.6 | 1.2% |
| 69th | Curaçao | 20.6 | -0.7% |
| 70th | Mauritius | 20.8 | 3.5% |
| 71st | Antigua and Barbuda | 20.8 | 0.9% |
| 72nd | China | 21.6 | -3.5% |
| 73rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 21.7 | -1.4% |
| 74th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 21.7 | -3.5% |
| 75th | Greenland | 21.9 | -0.9% |
| 76th | Argentina | 22.0 | -0.9% |
| 77th | Bahamas, The | 22.1 | 1.0% |
| 78th | Palau | 22.2 | 0.9% |
| 79th | Israel | 22.3 | -1.3% |
| 80th | Chile | 22.3 | -0.5% |
| 81st | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.5 | -5.7% |
| 82nd | Seychelles | 23.0 | -3.4% |
| 83rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 23.3 | -1.3% |
| 84th | Macao SAR, China | 23.3 | -6.8% |
| 85th | Northern Mariana Islands | 23.6 | -6.4% |
| 86th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 23.7 | 1.3% |
| 87th | Kazakhstan | 24.2 | -5.8% |
| 88th | Armenia | 24.3 | -3.3% |
| 89th | Qatar | 24.4 | -1.3% |
| 90th | Kuwait | 24.5 | -4.7% |
| 91st | New Caledonia | 25.1 | 0.0% |
| 92nd | United Arab Emirates | 25.3 | -2.9% |
| 93rd | Brazil | 25.6 | -3.1% |
| 94th | Jamaica | 25.9 | -1.5% |
| 95th | Dominica | 26.0 | -0.3% |
| 96th | Guam | 26.0 | 0.1% |
| 97th | Albania | 26.2 | -0.1% |
| 98th | Malaysia | 26.3 | -5.5% |
| 99th | Azerbaijan | 26.4 | 0.0% |
| 100th | Tunisia | 26.6 | -5.8% |
| 101st | Indonesia | 26.6 | -2.3% |
| 102nd | Türkiye | 26.9 | -2.7% |
| 103rd | Colombia | 27.0 | -0.6% |
| 104th | Panama | 27.2 | -1.2% |
| 105th | Costa Rica | 27.5 | -3.1% |
| 106th | Myanmar | 27.6 | -1.0% |
| 107th | Bahrain | 27.9 | -1.1% |
| 108th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 28.1 | -3.7% |
| 109th | Libya | 28.4 | -4.6% |
| 110th | Grenada | 28.6 | 0.8% |
| 111th | Lebanon | 28.6 | -0.8% |
| 112th | St. Lucia | 29.0 | -2.9% |
| 113th | Brunei Darussalam | 29.0 | -1.8% |
| 114th | Viet Nam | 29.0 | 1.1% |
| 115th | French Polynesia | 29.2 | -6.6% |
| 116th | Kosovo | 29.4 | -8.0% |
| 117th | Guyana | 29.8 | -0.9% |
| 118th | Fiji | 29.9 | -1.5% |
| 119th | Mexico | 29.9 | -1.8% |
| 120th | Ecuador | 30.2 | -0.5% |
| 121st | Kyrgyz Republic | 30.4 | -3.5% |
| 122nd | Morocco | 30.6 | -3.2% |
| 123rd | South Africa | 30.6 | -4.4% |
| 124th | Dominican Republic | 31.2 | -0.2% |
| 125th | Algeria | 31.3 | -4.0% |
| 126th | Suriname | 31.4 | -1.4% |
| 127th | Peru | 31.8 | -1.9% |
| 128th | St. Martin (French part) | 31.9 | -1.0% |
| 129th | Nauru | 31.9 | -0.4% |
| 130th | India | 33.3 | -1.8% |
| 131st | Tonga | 33.4 | -0.5% |
| 132nd | Uzbekistan | 33.4 | -2.8% |
| 133rd | El Salvador | 34.4 | -1.5% |
| 134th | Botswana | 34.5 | -3.6% |
| 135th | Samoa | 34.7 | -1.2% |
| 136th | Tuvalu | 34.7 | -3.5% |
| 137th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 34.9 | -3.2% |
| 138th | Philippines | 35.0 | -1.5% |
| 139th | Paraguay | 35.2 | -1.7% |
| 140th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 35.2 | -5.0% |
| 141st | Mongolia | 35.3 | -3.0% |
| 142nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 35.9 | -2.5% |
| 143rd | Bangladesh | 36.2 | -2.0% |
| 144th | Lesotho | 36.3 | -2.9% |
| 145th | Zimbabwe | 36.4 | -3.4% |
| 146th | American Samoa | 36.4 | 3.5% |
| 147th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 36.5 | -1.1% |
| 148th | Turkmenistan | 36.5 | -3.5% |
| 149th | Papua New Guinea | 37.1 | -0.6% |
| 150th | Belize | 37.4 | 0.4% |
| 151st | Nicaragua | 37.5 | -2.3% |
| 152nd | Djibouti | 37.9 | -2.3% |
| 153rd | Kiribati | 37.9 | -0.7% |
| 154th | Jordan | 38.0 | -2.3% |
| 155th | Gabon | 38.0 | -1.2% |
| 156th | Namibia | 38.2 | -1.3% |
| 157th | Syrian Arab Republic | 38.3 | -2.9% |
| 158th | Nepal | 38.4 | -0.8% |
| 159th | Haiti | 38.5 | -0.7% |
| 160th | Oman | 38.6 | -5.4% |
| 161st | Solomon Islands | 38.7 | -1.2% |
| 162nd | Honduras | 38.8 | -1.4% |
| 163rd | Bhutan | 39.0 | -1.8% |
| 164th | Congo, Republic of | 39.1 | -0.5% |
| 165th | Saudi Arabia | 39.3 | -3.4% |
| 166th | Vanuatu | 39.4 | -1.3% |
| 167th | Iraq | 39.6 | 0.7% |
| 168th | Guatemala | 40.3 | -1.0% |
| 169th | Cabo Verde | 40.7 | -1.2% |
| 170th | São Tomé and Principe | 40.9 | -0.2% |
| 171st | Ghana | 40.9 | -1.5% |
| 172nd | Eswatini | 41.6 | -1.3% |
| 173rd | Mauritania | 41.8 | 0.5% |
| 174th | Togo | 42.1 | -1.1% |
| 175th | Senegal | 42.2 | -1.2% |
| 176th | Lao PDR | 42.6 | -0.5% |
| 177th | Maldives | 42.9 | -3.0% |
| 178th | Timor-Leste | 42.9 | -0.4% |
| 179th | Pakistan | 43.4 | -0.8% |
| 180th | Tanzania | 43.5 | -1.2% |
| 181st | Marshall Islands | 43.8 | -2.7% |
| 182nd | Cameroon | 43.8 | -0.9% |
| 183rd | Madagascar | 43.9 | 0.1% |
| 184th | Eritrea | 43.9 | -1.0% |
| 185th | Sudan | 44.0 | -0.2% |
| 186th | Tajikistan | 44.1 | 0.8% |
| 187th | Comoros | 44.4 | -1.3% |
| 188th | Nigeria | 44.8 | 0.2% |
| 189th | Kenya | 44.9 | -1.6% |
| 190th | Rwanda | 45.3 | -2.7% |
| 191st | Liberia | 45.8 | -1.0% |
| 192nd | Benin | 46.0 | -1.3% |
| 193rd | Guinea | 46.0 | -0.3% |
| 194th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 46.1 | -0.6% |
| 195th | Sierra Leone | 46.3 | -0.3% |
| 196th | Equatorial Guinea | 46.5 | -0.6% |
| 197th | Guinea-Bissau | 46.5 | -0.8% |
| 198th | Cambodia | 46.7 | -4.7% |
| 199th | Côte d'Ivoire | 46.7 | -0.7% |
| 200th | Zambia | 47.1 | 0.0% |
| 201st | Burkina Faso | 47.3 | -0.7% |
| 202nd | Central African Republic | 47.3 | -0.9% |
| 203rd | Burundi | 47.4 | -0.9% |
| 204th | Mali | 47.7 | -1.1% |
| 205th | Gambia, The | 47.9 | -0.5% |
| 206th | Mozambique | 48.0 | -1.3% |
| 207th | Malawi | 48.5 | -0.6% |
| 208th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.4 | -0.8% |
| 209th | Angola | 50.6 | -0.3% |
| 210th | Uganda | 50.9 | -0.2% |
| 211th | Yemen, Republic of | 51.4 | -1.3% |
| 212th | Afghanistan | 51.7 | -0.1% |
| 213th | Chad | 52.1 | 1.2% |
| 214th | South Sudan | 53.1 | 2.4% |
| 215th | Niger | 55.2 | -0.6% |
FAQ
What was Japan's birth rate in 1989?▾
Japan's birth rate in 1989 was 10.2. This ranked 4th globally.
How did Japan's birth rate change in 1989?▾
Japan's birth rate decreased by 5.6% in 1989 compared to 1988.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 1989?▾
Niger had the highest birth rate in 1989 at 55.2.
What is the birth rate of Japan in 1989?▾
The birth rate of Japan in 1989 was 10.2. This ranked 4th globally.
How does 1989 compare to 1988 for Japan's birth rate?▾
Japan's birth rate went from 10.8 in 1988 to 10.2 in 1989, a 5.6% decrease.
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