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United Kingdom - Birth Rate 1972

Name: United Kingdom Birth Rate 1972
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Crude birth rate per 1,000 people · World Bank

14.9 −1.2 from 1971 Global rank: 14th

United Kingdom's birth rate was 14.9 in 1972, decreased +1.2 from 16.1 in 1971. This was the 14th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1972▾

Birth Rate by Country - 1972
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Macao SAR, China	10.9	8.5%
2nd	Germany	11.5	-10.9%
3rd	Luxembourg	11.8	-9.2%
4th	Channel Islands	12.7	-8.6%
5th	Finland	12.7	-3.8%
6th	Isle of Man	13.7	-0.2%
7th	Austria	13.8	-4.8%
8th	Sweden	13.8	-2.1%
9th	Belgium	14.0	-4.1%
10th	Switzerland	14.6	-5.8%
11th	Latvia	14.6	-1.4%
12th	Hungary	14.7	1.4%
13th	Croatia	14.8	1.4%
14th	United Kingdom	14.9	-7.5%
15th	Denmark	15.1	-0.7%
16th	Bulgaria	15.3	-3.8%
17th	Ukraine	15.5	1.0%
18th	Nauru	15.6	2.8%
19th	Russian Federation	15.6	2.2%
20th	Estonia	15.6	-3.1%
21st	United States	15.6	-9.3%
22nd	Monaco	15.6	-0.1%
23rd	Serbia	15.6	0.5%
24th	European Union	15.7	-3.2%
25th	Canada	15.9	-5.4%
26th	Greece	15.9	-0.6%
27th	Netherlands	16.1	-6.4%
28th	Belarus	16.2	-1.4%
29th	Liechtenstein	16.2	0.0%
30th	France	16.3	-2.4%
31st	Italy	16.3	-3.0%
32nd	Norway	16.3	-3.0%
33rd	Slovenia	16.4	0.6%
34th	San Marino	16.5	-1.4%
35th	Czechia	16.6	5.7%
36th	Lithuania	17.0	-3.4%
37th	Bermuda	17.0	-2.6%
38th	Poland	17.5	1.7%
39th	Malta	17.8	-3.3%
40th	Romania	18.8	-4.1%
41st	Slovak Republic	19.1	4.9%
42nd	Japan	19.3	0.5%
43rd	Spain	19.4	-1.0%
44th	Georgia	19.5	-1.1%
45th	Hong Kong SAR, China	19.5	-1.0%
46th	Greenland	19.6	-10.1%
47th	Uruguay	20.0	0.2%
48th	Australia	20.1	-6.1%
49th	Portugal	20.2	-3.8%
50th	Andorra	20.2	2.9%
51st	Gibraltar	20.3	-6.8%
52nd	Faroe Islands	20.5	1.5%
53rd	Moldova	20.5	1.8%
54th	Aruba	20.7	-11.0%
55th	Montenegro	20.9	-0.6%
56th	New Zealand	21.7	-3.7%
57th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	21.8	-1.6%
58th	Iceland	22.4	7.7%
59th	Cyprus	22.5	-0.6%
60th	Ireland	22.6	0.0%
61st	Armenia	22.8	-1.2%
62nd	Curaçao	22.9	-4.4%
63rd	Singapore	23.1	3.6%
64th	Argentina	23.8	1.1%
65th	Puerto Rico (US)	24.0	-6.3%
66th	Antigua and Barbuda	24.4	-2.4%
67th	North Macedonia	24.5	-1.0%
68th	Barbados	24.9	-0.8%
69th	Mauritius	25.3	-3.1%
70th	St. Kitts and Nevis	25.9	0.1%
71st	Kazakhstan	26.5	1.4%
72nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	27.0	-1.7%
73rd	Israel	27.2	-2.9%
74th	Cuba	27.2	-4.6%
75th	Chile	27.4	-2.3%
76th	Trinidad and Tobago	27.5	1.1%
77th	Korea	28.4	-9.0%
78th	Turks and Caicos Islands	28.5	-0.5%
79th	United Arab Emirates	29.1	-2.9%
80th	Azerbaijan	29.1	-3.7%
81st	Guam	29.5	-1.1%
82nd	Tuvalu	29.5	-1.7%
83rd	Dominica	29.6	-4.3%
84th	Bahamas, The	29.7	-4.2%
85th	Sri Lanka	29.7	-1.7%
86th	China	29.8	-2.9%
87th	Virgin Islands (US)	30.5	-1.0%
88th	Costa Rica	30.7	-2.8%
89th	Seychelles	30.8	-8.3%
90th	British Virgin Islands	32.1	-3.3%
91st	Grenada	32.3	-3.9%
92nd	Jamaica	32.6	-1.7%
93rd	Lebanon	32.6	-1.1%
94th	Albania	32.6	-1.3%
95th	Suriname	32.7	-0.3%
96th	Malaysia	32.7	-1.4%
97th	Fiji	33.0	-3.5%
98th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	33.7	0.8%
99th	Palau	34.0	-4.9%
100th	Bahrain	34.1	-3.9%
101st	Colombia	34.4	-2.7%
102nd	Kyrgyz Republic	34.5	-0.3%
103rd	Brazil	34.5	-1.0%
104th	Thailand	34.7	-2.6%
105th	Cayman Islands	34.8	43.0%
106th	Brunei Darussalam	34.9	0.6%
107th	New Caledonia	34.9	0.0%
108th	American Samoa	35.2	-2.7%
109th	French Polynesia	35.7	-2.3%
110th	Paraguay	35.8	-1.6%
111th	Panama	36.0	-2.1%
112th	Gabon	36.0	1.3%
113th	Guyana	36.1	-1.3%
114th	Viet Nam	36.4	1.9%
115th	Kiribati	36.5	-2.3%
116th	Myanmar	36.6	-1.3%
117th	St. Lucia	36.7	-2.0%
118th	Qatar	36.9	-7.6%
119th	Tonga	37.0	-2.1%
120th	Turkmenistan	37.1	-1.6%
121st	Uzbekistan	37.6	-0.5%
122nd	Kosovo	37.7	-0.3%
123rd	St. Martin (French part)	37.9	-1.4%
124th	Guinea-Bissau	38.6	-2.3%
125th	Indonesia	38.6	-1.9%
126th	Philippines	38.7	-1.9%
127th	South Africa	38.9	-1.0%
128th	Belize	39.3	1.8%
129th	Samoa	39.3	-2.6%
130th	Türkiye	39.3	-2.1%
131st	India	39.5	-0.7%
132nd	Cambodia	39.7	-1.5%
133rd	Tunisia	39.7	-1.4%
134th	Mongolia	39.8	-0.5%
135th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	39.8	-2.8%
136th	São Tomé and Principe	39.9	1.2%
137th	Northern Mariana Islands	40.0	-0.3%
138th	Ecuador	40.1	-1.4%
139th	Lesotho	40.2	-0.7%
140th	Dominican Republic	40.6	-1.5%
141st	Haiti	40.7	-0.1%
142nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	40.9	-3.5%
143rd	Peru	41.2	-1.4%
144th	Timor-Leste	41.3	-1.9%
145th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	41.6	-0.4%
146th	Kuwait	41.9	-1.5%
147th	Vanuatu	41.9	-0.5%
148th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	41.9	-1.1%
149th	Tajikistan	42.0	-0.3%
150th	Cabo Verde	42.3	1.8%
151st	Nepal	42.3	-0.9%
152nd	El Salvador	42.5	-0.7%
153rd	Central African Republic	42.8	-0.8%
154th	Equatorial Guinea	43.0	0.8%
155th	Mexico	43.0	-1.9%
156th	Papua New Guinea	43.3	-0.9%
157th	Namibia	43.7	0.4%
158th	Micronesia, Federated States of	43.8	-0.4%
159th	Morocco	43.8	-0.9%
160th	Pakistan	43.8	-0.3%
161st	Solomon Islands	44.1	0.0%
162nd	Lao PDR	44.3	0.0%
163rd	Guatemala	44.4	-0.5%
164th	Congo, Republic of	44.5	0.3%
165th	Iraq	44.9	-1.0%
166th	Cameroon	45.0	-0.1%
167th	Botswana	45.5	0.1%
168th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	45.6	0.0%
169th	Guinea	45.6	0.1%
170th	Djibouti	45.8	-0.9%
171st	Syrian Arab Republic	45.9	-0.6%
172nd	Libya	45.9	-1.2%
173rd	Algeria	46.0	-0.7%
174th	Zimbabwe	46.0	0.8%
175th	Honduras	46.1	-0.1%
176th	Eritrea	46.2	-0.8%
177th	Mauritania	46.6	-0.7%
178th	Nicaragua	46.7	-0.2%
179th	Comoros	46.8	-0.3%
180th	Ghana	46.9	-1.0%
181st	Mozambique	47.0	-0.5%
182nd	Maldives	47.0	-0.9%
183rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	47.1	-0.5%
184th	Sierra Leone	47.2	-0.2%
185th	Bhutan	47.2	-0.5%
186th	Madagascar	47.4	0.3%
187th	Benin	47.4	0.0%
188th	Gambia, The	47.5	-0.1%
189th	Liberia	47.6	0.3%
190th	Burkina Faso	47.6	0.0%
191st	Nigeria	48.0	0.4%
192nd	Jordan	48.1	-0.6%
193rd	Bangladesh	48.2	1.3%
194th	Saudi Arabia	48.3	-0.2%
195th	Sudan	48.4	-1.0%
196th	Togo	48.5	0.0%
197th	Burundi	48.8	1.9%
198th	Rwanda	48.9	0.8%
199th	Uganda	48.9	0.0%
200th	Marshall Islands	48.9	1.0%
201st	Chad	49.3	3.8%
202nd	Angola	49.5	-1.4%
203rd	Zambia	49.6	0.3%
204th	Senegal	49.8	-0.2%
205th	Eswatini	49.8	0.6%
206th	Tanzania	50.4	-0.4%
207th	Mali	50.4	-0.1%
208th	Oman	50.9	-0.6%
209th	Afghanistan	51.2	-0.1%
210th	Kenya	51.5	-1.4%
211th	Côte d'Ivoire	52.2	-0.4%
212th	Malawi	53.5	-0.4%
213th	South Sudan	54.5	-0.1%
214th	Yemen, Republic of	55.4	-0.7%
215th	Niger	55.5	0.0%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's birth rate in 1972?▾

United Kingdom's birth rate in 1972 was 14.9. This ranked 14th globally.

How did United Kingdom's birth rate change in 1972?▾

United Kingdom's birth rate decreased by 7.5% in 1972 compared to 1971.

Which country had the highest birth rate in 1972?▾

Niger had the highest birth rate in 1972 at 55.5.

What is the birth rate of United Kingdom in 1972?▾

The birth rate of United Kingdom in 1972 was 14.9. This ranked 14th globally.

How does 1972 compare to 1971 for United Kingdom's birth rate?▾

United Kingdom's birth rate went from 16.1 in 1971 to 14.9 in 1972, a 7.5% decrease.

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