Japan - Birth Rate 2007
8.6
−0.1 from 2006
Japan's birth rate was 8.6 in 2007, decreased +0.1 from 8.7 in 2006. This was the 2nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2007▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Germany | 8.3 | 1.2% |
| 2nd | Japan | 8.6 | -1.1% |
| 3rd | Macao SAR, China | 8.7 | 7.4% |
| 4th | Austria | 9.2 | -2.1% |
| 5th | Serbia | 9.2 | -3.8% |
| 6th | Lithuania | 9.3 | 2.2% |
| 7th | Malta | 9.3 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Croatia | 9.4 | 0.8% |
| 9th | San Marino | 9.4 | -6.0% |
| 10th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9.6 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Italy | 9.6 | 0.0% |
| 12th | Hungary | 9.7 | -2.0% |
| 13th | Portugal | 9.7 | -3.0% |
| 14th | Slovenia | 9.8 | 4.3% |
| 15th | Switzerland | 9.9 | 1.0% |
| 16th | Bulgaria | 10.0 | 3.1% |
| 17th | Liechtenstein | 10.0 | -2.9% |
| 18th | Cuba | 10.0 | 1.5% |
| 19th | Andorra | 10.0 | -4.4% |
| 20th | Greece | 10.1 | -1.0% |
| 21st | Korea | 10.1 | 9.8% |
| 22nd | Slovak Republic | 10.1 | 1.0% |
| 23rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 10.2 | 6.3% |
| 24th | Poland | 10.2 | 4.1% |
| 25th | Ukraine | 10.2 | 4.2% |
| 26th | Romania | 10.3 | -1.0% |
| 27th | Singapore | 10.3 | 0.0% |
| 28th | European Union | 10.4 | 0.3% |
| 29th | Channel Islands | 10.5 | 2.9% |
| 30th | Belarus | 10.7 | 8.1% |
| 31st | Qatar | 10.8 | -9.9% |
| 32nd | Spain | 10.9 | 0.9% |
| 33rd | Latvia | 10.9 | 5.8% |
| 34th | British Virgin Islands | 11.1 | 6.4% |
| 35th | Czechia | 11.1 | 7.8% |
| 36th | Finland | 11.1 | -0.9% |
| 37th | North Macedonia | 11.1 | 0.0% |
| 38th | Netherlands | 11.1 | -1.8% |
| 39th | United Arab Emirates | 11.1 | -9.5% |
| 40th | Canada | 11.3 | 2.7% |
| 41st | Russian Federation | 11.3 | 9.7% |
| 42nd | Luxembourg | 11.4 | -2.6% |
| 43rd | Monaco | 11.5 | 3.7% |
| 44th | Bermuda | 11.6 | 4.3% |
| 45th | Cyprus | 11.6 | -3.2% |
| 46th | Isle of Man | 11.7 | -0.1% |
| 47th | Belgium | 11.7 | 0.9% |
| 48th | Denmark | 11.7 | -2.5% |
| 49th | Sweden | 11.7 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Estonia | 11.8 | 7.3% |
| 51st | Puerto Rico (US) | 11.9 | -4.4% |
| 52nd | Gibraltar | 12.0 | 2.5% |
| 53rd | China | 12.1 | 0.1% |
| 54th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 12.1 | -11.5% |
| 55th | Norway | 12.4 | -1.6% |
| 56th | Albania | 12.4 | -4.1% |
| 57th | United Kingdom | 12.6 | 2.4% |
| 58th | Montenegro | 12.7 | 3.3% |
| 59th | France | 12.8 | -2.3% |
| 60th | Barbados | 12.9 | 2.4% |
| 61st | Armenia | 12.9 | 7.5% |
| 62nd | Thailand | 12.9 | -2.1% |
| 63rd | Aruba | 13.4 | -2.2% |
| 64th | Curaçao | 13.4 | -1.5% |
| 65th | Georgia | 13.6 | 5.3% |
| 66th | Moldova | 13.7 | 3.0% |
| 67th | Mauritius | 13.7 | -4.2% |
| 68th | Palau | 13.7 | -0.5% |
| 69th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 13.9 | -1.2% |
| 70th | Faroe Islands | 14.0 | 1.4% |
| 71st | Australia | 14.1 | 9.3% |
| 72nd | Chile | 14.2 | 1.4% |
| 73rd | United States | 14.3 | 0.0% |
| 74th | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.4 | -0.1% |
| 75th | Iceland | 14.6 | 0.7% |
| 76th | Uruguay | 14.6 | -1.5% |
| 77th | St. Lucia | 14.8 | -3.5% |
| 78th | Cayman Islands | 14.8 | 0.4% |
| 79th | Greenland | 15.1 | 2.0% |
| 80th | Dominica | 15.1 | -2.7% |
| 81st | New Zealand | 15.2 | 7.1% |
| 82nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 15.6 | 0.8% |
| 83rd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 15.9 | -1.5% |
| 84th | Brunei Darussalam | 15.9 | -2.0% |
| 85th | Bahamas, The | 16.1 | 0.6% |
| 86th | Ireland | 16.2 | 5.9% |
| 87th | Brazil | 16.2 | -2.7% |
| 88th | Virgin Islands (US) | 16.4 | 24.2% |
| 89th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 16.6 | 0.6% |
| 90th | Costa Rica | 16.6 | 1.1% |
| 91st | Tunisia | 16.8 | 0.9% |
| 92nd | Grenada | 16.8 | -0.6% |
| 93rd | Bahrain | 17.0 | -6.2% |
| 94th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 17.0 | 1.5% |
| 95th | Malaysia | 17.1 | -1.7% |
| 96th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 17.2 | -3.2% |
| 97th | Jamaica | 17.3 | -3.0% |
| 98th | French Polynesia | 17.4 | -4.4% |
| 99th | Viet Nam | 17.5 | 1.7% |
| 100th | Seychelles | 17.6 | 1.7% |
| 101st | New Caledonia | 17.6 | -2.2% |
| 102nd | Azerbaijan | 17.7 | 0.6% |
| 103rd | Lebanon | 17.9 | -1.8% |
| 104th | Argentina | 18.0 | -1.1% |
| 105th | Türkiye | 18.4 | -1.5% |
| 106th | Colombia | 18.6 | -2.2% |
| 107th | Sri Lanka | 18.8 | -0.2% |
| 108th | Kosovo | 19.5 | -1.2% |
| 109th | Oman | 19.9 | -1.5% |
| 110th | Maldives | 20.0 | 6.0% |
| 111th | Myanmar | 20.4 | -1.1% |
| 112th | El Salvador | 20.6 | -1.9% |
| 113th | Cabo Verde | 20.6 | -4.8% |
| 114th | Kuwait | 20.6 | -4.1% |
| 115th | Bhutan | 20.8 | -0.8% |
| 116th | Guam | 21.0 | 2.4% |
| 117th | Indonesia | 21.0 | 0.1% |
| 118th | Israel | 21.1 | 0.5% |
| 119th | Mexico | 21.1 | -1.7% |
| 120th | St. Martin (French part) | 21.4 | -4.0% |
| 121st | Peru | 21.4 | -1.7% |
| 122nd | Kazakhstan | 21.5 | 5.2% |
| 123rd | Suriname | 21.6 | -0.5% |
| 124th | Panama | 21.6 | -0.9% |
| 125th | Saudi Arabia | 21.7 | 1.8% |
| 126th | Dominican Republic | 21.8 | -0.1% |
| 127th | Tuvalu | 21.9 | -2.6% |
| 128th | Guyana | 21.9 | 0.8% |
| 129th | Mongolia | 21.9 | 9.7% |
| 130th | Morocco | 21.9 | 0.3% |
| 131st | Uzbekistan | 22.2 | 6.3% |
| 132nd | Ecuador | 22.6 | -1.6% |
| 133rd | Algeria | 22.9 | 4.0% |
| 134th | India | 22.9 | -2.7% |
| 135th | Paraguay | 23.0 | -1.2% |
| 136th | South Africa | 23.1 | -0.2% |
| 137th | Kyrgyz Republic | 23.4 | 1.3% |
| 138th | Libya | 23.7 | -0.9% |
| 139th | Fiji | 23.7 | -1.0% |
| 140th | Turkmenistan | 24.0 | 1.6% |
| 141st | Northern Mariana Islands | 24.2 | -1.1% |
| 142nd | Nepal | 24.4 | -2.3% |
| 143rd | Belize | 24.4 | -4.2% |
| 144th | American Samoa | 24.5 | -5.9% |
| 145th | Bangladesh | 24.5 | -2.9% |
| 146th | Nicaragua | 25.2 | -1.0% |
| 147th | Cambodia | 26.2 | 0.3% |
| 148th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 26.8 | 1.1% |
| 149th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 26.9 | -1.7% |
| 150th | Philippines | 27.0 | -1.5% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 27.1 | -2.4% |
| 152nd | Honduras | 28.1 | -2.2% |
| 153rd | Lao PDR | 28.1 | -0.8% |
| 154th | Jordan | 28.2 | 6.5% |
| 155th | Botswana | 28.3 | 0.7% |
| 156th | Djibouti | 28.5 | -3.1% |
| 157th | Haiti | 28.6 | -1.1% |
| 158th | Tonga | 29.0 | -1.6% |
| 159th | Syrian Arab Republic | 29.1 | 2.8% |
| 160th | Samoa | 29.3 | 0.0% |
| 161st | Guatemala | 29.4 | -2.0% |
| 162nd | Lesotho | 29.5 | 3.0% |
| 163rd | Tajikistan | 29.9 | 2.4% |
| 164th | Namibia | 30.0 | 0.8% |
| 165th | Kiribati | 30.3 | 2.0% |
| 166th | Nauru | 30.4 | 4.6% |
| 167th | Vanuatu | 31.9 | 1.5% |
| 168th | Papua New Guinea | 31.9 | -1.4% |
| 169th | Eswatini | 32.2 | -0.2% |
| 170th | Gabon | 32.6 | -0.1% |
| 171st | Ghana | 33.2 | -1.9% |
| 172nd | Pakistan | 33.3 | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Solomon Islands | 33.9 | -0.1% |
| 174th | Timor-Leste | 34.0 | -2.9% |
| 175th | Comoros | 34.1 | -0.5% |
| 176th | Iraq | 34.5 | -1.3% |
| 177th | Eritrea | 35.0 | -3.4% |
| 178th | Marshall Islands | 35.6 | -2.6% |
| 179th | Zimbabwe | 35.7 | 1.3% |
| 180th | West Bank and Gaza | 35.9 | -2.3% |
| 181st | Congo, Republic of | 37.2 | 0.3% |
| 182nd | Senegal | 37.3 | -0.8% |
| 183rd | Yemen, Republic of | 37.5 | -1.6% |
| 184th | Madagascar | 37.8 | -0.7% |
| 185th | Togo | 38.0 | 0.9% |
| 186th | Kenya | 38.3 | -0.5% |
| 187th | Rwanda | 38.8 | -2.6% |
| 188th | Sudan | 38.9 | -0.8% |
| 189th | São Tomé and Principe | 38.9 | 0.2% |
| 190th | Mauritania | 39.0 | 0.7% |
| 191st | Equatorial Guinea | 39.4 | -0.7% |
| 192nd | Gambia, The | 39.5 | -0.9% |
| 193rd | Guinea-Bissau | 40.0 | -0.6% |
| 194th | Tanzania | 40.2 | -2.0% |
| 195th | Guinea | 40.2 | -0.2% |
| 196th | Liberia | 40.4 | -1.1% |
| 197th | Cameroon | 40.9 | -0.5% |
| 198th | Benin | 41.0 | -0.9% |
| 199th | Côte d'Ivoire | 41.0 | -1.2% |
| 200th | Sierra Leone | 41.1 | -1.8% |
| 201st | Mozambique | 41.3 | 0.4% |
| 202nd | Central African Republic | 42.2 | 0.0% |
| 203rd | South Sudan | 42.3 | -2.0% |
| 204th | Nigeria | 42.9 | -0.6% |
| 205th | Zambia | 43.2 | -1.2% |
| 206th | Malawi | 43.3 | -1.1% |
| 207th | Afghanistan | 43.8 | -0.6% |
| 208th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 44.0 | 0.0% |
| 209th | Burkina Faso | 44.2 | -0.4% |
| 210th | Uganda | 44.5 | -1.5% |
| 211th | Angola | 45.8 | -0.6% |
| 212th | Burundi | 46.7 | 0.3% |
| 213th | Mali | 47.4 | -0.4% |
| 214th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 48.9 | -1.0% |
| 215th | Chad | 50.1 | -0.4% |
| 216th | Niger | 50.6 | -0.7% |
FAQ
What was Japan's birth rate in 2007?▾
Japan's birth rate in 2007 was 8.6. This ranked 2nd globally.
How did Japan's birth rate change in 2007?▾
Japan's birth rate decreased by 1.1% in 2007 compared to 2006.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 2007?▾
Niger had the highest birth rate in 2007 at 50.6.
What is the birth rate of Japan in 2007?▾
The birth rate of Japan in 2007 was 8.6. This ranked 2nd globally.
How does 2007 compare to 2006 for Japan's birth rate?▾
Japan's birth rate went from 8.7 in 2006 to 8.6 in 2007, a 1.1% decrease.
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