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United Kingdom - Birth Rate 1970

Name: United Kingdom Birth Rate 1970
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Crude birth rate per 1,000 people · World Bank

16.2 −0.4 from 1969 Global rank: 23rd

United Kingdom's birth rate was 16.2 in 1970, decreased +0.4 from 16.6 in 1969. This was the 23rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1970▾

Birth Rate by Country - 1970
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Macao SAR, China	10.3	-7.6%
2nd	Luxembourg	13.0	-2.3%
3rd	Germany	13.4	-8.8%
4th	Sweden	13.7	1.5%
5th	Croatia	13.8	-4.8%
6th	Isle of Man	13.8	3.7%
7th	Finland	14.0	-4.1%
8th	Channel Islands	14.1	-4.1%
9th	Denmark	14.4	-1.4%
10th	Latvia	14.6	4.3%
11th	Belgium	14.7	0.0%
12th	Hungary	14.7	-2.0%
13th	Russian Federation	14.7	2.6%
14th	Austria	15.0	-8.0%
15th	Czechia	15.0	3.4%
16th	Ukraine	15.0	3.4%
17th	Nauru	15.1	-19.8%
18th	Serbia	15.5	0.2%
19th	Monaco	15.7	-0.7%
20th	Estonia	15.8	2.6%
21st	Slovenia	15.9	-2.5%
22nd	Switzerland	16.1	-3.6%
23rd	United Kingdom	16.2	-2.4%
24th	Belarus	16.3	2.1%
25th	Bulgaria	16.3	-4.1%
26th	European Union	16.4	-3.7%
27th	Greece	16.5	-6.3%
28th	Italy	16.7	-4.0%
29th	Norway	16.7	-5.1%
30th	Poland	16.8	2.4%
31st	San Marino	17.0	-0.7%
32nd	France	17.0	-1.7%
33rd	Canada	17.4	-1.1%
34th	Bermuda	17.6	-1.0%
35th	Malta	17.6	5.4%
36th	Lithuania	17.7	1.1%
37th	Slovak Republic	17.8	0.6%
38th	Netherlands	18.3	-4.7%
39th	United States	18.4	2.8%
40th	Japan	18.8	1.6%
41st	Andorra	19.4	-0.9%
42nd	Spain	19.5	-2.0%
43rd	Iceland	19.7	-4.8%
44th	Georgia	19.7	0.5%
45th	Moldova	19.9	1.1%
46th	Hong Kong SAR, China	20.0	-6.1%
47th	Liechtenstein	20.0	0.5%
48th	Uruguay	20.1	-0.3%
49th	Australia	20.6	1.0%
50th	Portugal	20.8	-4.1%
51st	Montenegro	21.1	-3.6%
52nd	Faroe Islands	21.1	-5.2%
53rd	Romania	21.1	-9.4%
54th	Gibraltar	21.8	1.6%
55th	Ireland	21.8	1.4%
56th	New Zealand	22.0	-1.9%
57th	Singapore	22.1	1.4%
58th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	22.3	-5.4%
59th	Cyprus	22.6	-3.3%
60th	Armenia	23.3	-4.4%
61st	Argentina	23.4	1.4%
62nd	Aruba	24.0	-3.4%
63rd	Barbados	24.1	-6.8%
64th	Greenland	24.7	-15.4%
65th	Puerto Rico (US)	24.8	-0.4%
66th	North Macedonia	25.1	-1.5%
67th	Curaçao	25.2	-4.5%
68th	Antigua and Barbuda	25.5	-5.0%
69th	Kazakhstan	25.7	0.7%
70th	St. Kitts and Nevis	25.8	-6.8%
71st	Israel	26.1	2.0%
72nd	Trinidad and Tobago	27.2	-2.5%
73rd	Mauritius	27.5	-0.7%
74th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	27.9	-1.4%
75th	Chile	28.8	-2.3%
76th	Cuba	29.9	-3.6%
77th	Guam	30.1	0.2%
78th	Turks and Caicos Islands	30.1	-4.9%
79th	Seychelles	30.2	-4.7%
80th	Tuvalu	30.5	-1.8%
81st	United Arab Emirates	31.1	-5.6%
82nd	Sri Lanka	31.2	-2.0%
83rd	Korea	31.2	2.9%
84th	Virgin Islands (US)	31.2	-1.3%
85th	Azerbaijan	31.3	-4.1%
86th	Cayman Islands	31.7	29.5%
87th	Dominica	31.9	-4.0%
88th	Bahamas, The	32.1	-2.9%
89th	Costa Rica	32.6	-3.5%
90th	Albania	33.4	-2.0%
91st	Lebanon	33.4	-1.2%
92nd	China	33.4	-2.0%
93rd	Malaysia	33.7	-0.9%
94th	Suriname	33.7	-3.4%
95th	Jamaica	33.8	-2.2%
96th	Brunei Darussalam	34.3	-1.1%
97th	British Virgin Islands	34.3	5.0%
98th	Kyrgyz Republic	34.6	1.0%
99th	Grenada	34.7	-4.6%
100th	New Caledonia	35.0	2.1%
101st	Gabon	35.1	1.2%
102nd	Fiji	35.2	-2.7%
103rd	Viet Nam	35.2	0.3%
104th	Brazil	35.2	-1.3%
105th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	35.3	-2.6%
106th	Colombia	36.5	-3.1%
107th	Thailand	36.7	-4.1%
108th	American Samoa	36.8	-2.4%
109th	Guyana	37.0	-1.2%
110th	Paraguay	37.0	-1.6%
111th	Palau	37.0	-1.3%
112th	Panama	37.4	-1.4%
113th	Myanmar	37.4	-1.1%
114th	French Polynesia	37.7	-3.7%
115th	Belize	38.0	0.4%
116th	Uzbekistan	38.1	-0.6%
117th	Kiribati	38.1	-1.7%
118th	Turkmenistan	38.2	-1.7%
119th	Bahrain	38.4	-5.7%
120th	St. Lucia	38.5	-2.7%
121st	Guinea-Bissau	38.6	-2.6%
122nd	Tonga	38.8	-2.2%
123rd	São Tomé and Principe	38.8	1.6%
124th	St. Martin (French part)	39.0	-1.5%
125th	Kosovo	39.0	-3.2%
126th	South Africa	39.4	-0.8%
127th	India	39.8	-0.7%
128th	Philippines	40.1	-1.1%
129th	Indonesia	40.2	-1.9%
130th	Mongolia	40.4	-1.3%
131st	Türkiye	40.6	-1.1%
132nd	Cabo Verde	40.6	-0.4%
133rd	Lesotho	40.8	-1.2%
134th	Haiti	40.8	-0.6%
135th	Tunisia	41.0	-2.9%
136th	Ecuador	41.2	-1.1%
137th	Samoa	41.3	-2.4%
138th	Northern Mariana Islands	41.5	-10.5%
139th	Dominican Republic	41.9	-1.8%
140th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	41.9	-0.7%
141st	Cambodia	42.0	0.9%
142nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	42.1	-2.4%
143rd	Equatorial Guinea	42.2	1.2%
144th	Tajikistan	42.3	-0.6%
145th	Vanuatu	42.3	-0.7%
146th	Peru	42.4	-1.2%
147th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	42.7	-0.8%
148th	El Salvador	42.8	-1.5%
149th	Timor-Leste	42.8	-1.2%
150th	Nepal	42.9	-0.4%
151st	Kuwait	43.4	-1.4%
152nd	Central African Republic	43.4	-0.5%
153rd	Namibia	43.4	0.4%
154th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	43.6	-2.5%
155th	Micronesia, Federated States of	43.8	0.6%
156th	Papua New Guinea	44.0	-0.6%
157th	Pakistan	44.1	-0.5%
158th	Congo, Republic of	44.1	0.3%
159th	Solomon Islands	44.2	-0.9%
160th	Qatar	44.3	-2.9%
161st	Lao PDR	44.3	0.2%
162nd	Mexico	44.5	-1.3%
163rd	Morocco	44.7	-1.0%
164th	Cameroon	44.9	0.2%
165th	Guatemala	44.9	-0.5%
166th	Guinea	45.5	0.1%
167th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	45.5	-0.1%
168th	Zimbabwe	45.5	0.0%
169th	Iraq	45.6	-0.6%
170th	Botswana	45.7	0.4%
171st	Honduras	46.3	-0.2%
172nd	Libya	46.4	-0.5%
173rd	Syrian Arab Republic	46.5	0.1%
174th	Djibouti	46.5	-0.2%
175th	Algeria	46.7	-0.1%
176th	Madagascar	46.8	0.8%
177th	Nicaragua	46.8	-0.3%
178th	Eritrea	47.0	-0.1%
179th	Chad	47.1	0.9%
180th	Comoros	47.2	-0.3%
181st	Mauritania	47.3	-0.4%
182nd	Sierra Leone	47.4	-0.2%
183rd	Gambia, The	47.4	-0.6%
184th	Bangladesh	47.4	0.1%
185th	Nigeria	47.4	0.3%
186th	Benin	47.5	0.0%
187th	Mozambique	47.5	-0.2%
188th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	47.6	-0.2%
189th	Ghana	47.7	-0.4%
190th	Marshall Islands	47.7	1.1%
191st	Burkina Faso	47.7	-0.1%
192nd	Burundi	47.7	-0.6%
193rd	Bhutan	47.7	-0.5%
194th	Liberia	47.9	-1.4%
195th	Maldives	48.0	-0.5%
196th	Rwanda	48.2	0.7%
197th	Togo	48.3	0.2%
198th	Jordan	48.6	-0.5%
199th	Saudi Arabia	48.7	-0.5%
200th	Uganda	48.7	0.5%
201st	Sudan	48.8	0.0%
202nd	Eswatini	49.1	0.9%
203rd	Zambia	49.3	0.8%
204th	Senegal	49.9	-0.1%
205th	Tanzania	50.4	0.2%
206th	Mali	50.4	-0.2%
207th	Afghanistan	51.2	-0.1%
208th	Angola	51.2	-1.1%
209th	Oman	51.6	-0.6%
210th	Kenya	52.5	-1.0%
211th	Côte d'Ivoire	52.7	-0.6%
212th	Malawi	54.0	-0.3%
213th	South Sudan	54.5	0.4%
214th	Niger	55.6	-0.1%
215th	Yemen, Republic of	56.1	-0.2%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's birth rate in 1970?▾

United Kingdom's birth rate in 1970 was 16.2. This ranked 23rd globally.

How did United Kingdom's birth rate change in 1970?▾

United Kingdom's birth rate decreased by 2.4% in 1970 compared to 1969.

Which country had the highest birth rate in 1970?▾

Yemen, Republic of had the highest birth rate in 1970 at 56.1.

What is the birth rate of United Kingdom in 1970?▾

The birth rate of United Kingdom in 1970 was 16.2. This ranked 23rd globally.

How does 1970 compare to 1969 for United Kingdom's birth rate?▾

United Kingdom's birth rate went from 16.6 in 1969 to 16.2 in 1970, a 2.4% decrease.

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