United Kingdom - Birth Rate 1985
13.3
+0.4 from 1984
United Kingdom's birth rate was 13.3 in 1985, increased +0.4 from 12.9 in 1984. This was the 25th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1985▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 9.5 | -1.2% |
| 2nd | Italy | 10.2 | -1.9% |
| 3rd | Germany | 10.5 | 1.0% |
| 4th | Denmark | 10.5 | 4.0% |
| 5th | Luxembourg | 11.2 | -2.6% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 11.5 | -0.9% |
| 7th | Channel Islands | 11.5 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Austria | 11.6 | -1.7% |
| 9th | Belgium | 11.6 | -0.9% |
| 10th | Greece | 11.7 | -7.9% |
| 11th | Sweden | 11.8 | 4.4% |
| 12th | Isle of Man | 11.8 | 0.7% |
| 13th | Spain | 11.9 | -3.3% |
| 14th | Japan | 11.9 | -4.8% |
| 15th | Hungary | 12.2 | 3.4% |
| 16th | Netherlands | 12.3 | 1.7% |
| 17th | Norway | 12.3 | 1.7% |
| 18th | Andorra | 12.8 | -1.2% |
| 19th | Finland | 12.8 | -3.8% |
| 20th | European Union | 12.8 | -1.3% |
| 21st | Portugal | 13.0 | -9.1% |
| 22nd | Czechia | 13.1 | -1.5% |
| 23rd | Serbia | 13.3 | -2.3% |
| 24th | Bulgaria | 13.3 | -2.2% |
| 25th | United Kingdom | 13.3 | 3.1% |
| 26th | Croatia | 13.3 | -4.3% |
| 27th | Slovenia | 13.4 | -1.5% |
| 28th | Liechtenstein | 13.9 | -8.6% |
| 29th | Monaco | 13.9 | -1.4% |
| 30th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 14.0 | -2.8% |
| 31st | France | 14.2 | -0.7% |
| 32nd | Canada | 14.9 | -0.7% |
| 33rd | Bermuda | 14.9 | 4.2% |
| 34th | Ukraine | 15.4 | -3.4% |
| 35th | Latvia | 15.4 | -3.1% |
| 36th | Estonia | 15.5 | -3.1% |
| 37th | Australia | 15.7 | 4.7% |
| 38th | Romania | 15.8 | 1.9% |
| 39th | United States | 15.8 | 1.3% |
| 40th | New Zealand | 15.8 | -0.3% |
| 41st | Iceland | 16.0 | -7.0% |
| 42nd | Korea | 16.1 | -3.6% |
| 43rd | Malta | 16.1 | -4.7% |
| 44th | Barbados | 16.3 | 0.9% |
| 45th | Faroe Islands | 16.3 | 5.8% |
| 46th | Belarus | 16.5 | -2.9% |
| 47th | Lithuania | 16.5 | 0.6% |
| 48th | Russian Federation | 16.6 | -1.8% |
| 49th | Singapore | 16.6 | 0.6% |
| 50th | Cuba | 16.7 | 1.3% |
| 51st | Cayman Islands | 17.1 | -0.9% |
| 52nd | Slovak Republic | 17.5 | -1.1% |
| 53rd | Ireland | 17.6 | -2.8% |
| 54th | Gibraltar | 17.7 | -2.5% |
| 55th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.8 | -2.7% |
| 56th | Uruguay | 17.8 | 0.0% |
| 57th | British Virgin Islands | 17.9 | -1.5% |
| 58th | Montenegro | 17.9 | -0.8% |
| 59th | Aruba | 18.0 | -3.3% |
| 60th | Poland | 18.3 | -3.7% |
| 61st | Mauritius | 19.0 | -5.5% |
| 62nd | North Macedonia | 19.1 | -0.5% |
| 63rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 19.4 | 0.5% |
| 64th | Cyprus | 20.2 | -4.6% |
| 65th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 20.4 | -0.1% |
| 66th | Georgia | 20.6 | 0.7% |
| 67th | Curaçao | 21.0 | 0.3% |
| 68th | China | 21.0 | 5.7% |
| 69th | Bahamas, The | 21.3 | -0.5% |
| 70th | Thailand | 21.7 | -3.0% |
| 71st | Greenland | 21.7 | 8.5% |
| 72nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 21.7 | 5.1% |
| 73rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 22.0 | -1.8% |
| 74th | Palau | 22.3 | -1.5% |
| 75th | Sri Lanka | 22.4 | -4.5% |
| 76th | Chile | 22.5 | -0.2% |
| 77th | Argentina | 22.5 | -1.9% |
| 78th | Moldova | 23.4 | -1.3% |
| 79th | Israel | 23.5 | -0.8% |
| 80th | New Caledonia | 24.0 | -2.8% |
| 81st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 24.0 | -2.3% |
| 82nd | Virgin Islands (US) | 25.0 | 0.4% |
| 83rd | Qatar | 25.0 | -2.7% |
| 84th | Guam | 25.3 | 1.8% |
| 85th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 25.5 | -2.1% |
| 86th | Dominica | 25.8 | 0.6% |
| 87th | Macao SAR, China | 26.1 | 13.1% |
| 88th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.4 | -5.4% |
| 89th | Albania | 26.5 | -0.2% |
| 90th | Seychelles | 26.5 | -1.5% |
| 91st | Azerbaijan | 26.6 | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Armenia | 27.0 | -0.5% |
| 93rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.7 | -2.0% |
| 94th | Jamaica | 27.7 | -2.1% |
| 95th | Kazakhstan | 28.2 | 2.0% |
| 96th | Colombia | 28.3 | -2.5% |
| 97th | United Arab Emirates | 28.5 | -0.9% |
| 98th | Bahrain | 28.8 | 2.1% |
| 99th | Panama | 29.0 | -1.7% |
| 100th | Brazil | 29.2 | -2.6% |
| 101st | Indonesia | 29.4 | -4.9% |
| 102nd | Türkiye | 29.7 | -2.4% |
| 103rd | Lebanon | 29.7 | -2.5% |
| 104th | Brunei Darussalam | 29.9 | 0.7% |
| 105th | Kuwait | 29.9 | -5.3% |
| 106th | Malaysia | 30.1 | -1.6% |
| 107th | St. Martin (French part) | 30.4 | 3.9% |
| 108th | Costa Rica | 30.4 | -0.3% |
| 109th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 30.7 | 1.1% |
| 110th | Grenada | 30.7 | 8.5% |
| 111th | Guyana | 31.4 | -0.6% |
| 112th | French Polynesia | 31.4 | 2.0% |
| 113th | Myanmar | 31.4 | -3.2% |
| 114th | Tunisia | 31.8 | -1.1% |
| 115th | Nauru | 31.9 | 0.5% |
| 116th | Kyrgyz Republic | 32.0 | 0.0% |
| 117th | Viet Nam | 32.2 | -3.4% |
| 118th | Dominican Republic | 32.2 | -2.4% |
| 119th | Fiji | 32.3 | -3.0% |
| 120th | Ecuador | 32.3 | -2.7% |
| 121st | Kosovo | 32.5 | -3.9% |
| 122nd | Mexico | 32.7 | -1.0% |
| 123rd | Suriname | 32.9 | -0.5% |
| 124th | American Samoa | 33.3 | 1.3% |
| 125th | St. Lucia | 33.6 | 0.4% |
| 126th | Libya | 33.7 | -3.3% |
| 127th | Peru | 34.0 | -1.3% |
| 128th | South Africa | 34.2 | -0.8% |
| 129th | Morocco | 34.8 | -3.4% |
| 130th | Tonga | 34.9 | -1.3% |
| 131st | India | 35.4 | -1.4% |
| 132nd | El Salvador | 35.7 | -2.5% |
| 133rd | Samoa | 36.2 | 0.2% |
| 134th | Uzbekistan | 36.7 | 0.8% |
| 135th | Philippines | 36.7 | -0.8% |
| 136th | Paraguay | 36.8 | -0.6% |
| 137th | Tuvalu | 37.5 | 0.1% |
| 138th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 37.6 | -1.4% |
| 139th | Papua New Guinea | 37.7 | -0.1% |
| 140th | Lesotho | 37.9 | -1.3% |
| 141st | Belize | 38.1 | -2.1% |
| 142nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 38.1 | -1.4% |
| 143rd | Algeria | 38.1 | -2.7% |
| 144th | Namibia | 38.3 | 0.1% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 38.4 | 1.6% |
| 146th | Mongolia | 38.5 | -0.4% |
| 147th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 38.8 | -1.7% |
| 148th | Gabon | 38.9 | -0.3% |
| 149th | Kiribati | 38.9 | 0.8% |
| 150th | Haiti | 39.0 | -0.1% |
| 151st | Botswana | 39.4 | -2.0% |
| 152nd | Nepal | 39.4 | -0.8% |
| 153rd | Iraq | 39.5 | -0.1% |
| 154th | Congo, Republic of | 39.8 | -0.7% |
| 155th | Djibouti | 40.0 | -1.5% |
| 156th | Nicaragua | 40.6 | -1.8% |
| 157th | Solomon Islands | 40.6 | -1.0% |
| 158th | Bangladesh | 40.7 | -2.5% |
| 159th | Jordan | 40.9 | -1.1% |
| 160th | Vanuatu | 41.0 | -0.4% |
| 161st | São Tomé and Principe | 41.0 | -0.2% |
| 162nd | Guatemala | 41.1 | -1.8% |
| 163rd | Honduras | 41.1 | -1.5% |
| 164th | Syrian Arab Republic | 41.3 | -0.6% |
| 165th | Tajikistan | 41.6 | 0.8% |
| 166th | Bhutan | 41.6 | -1.5% |
| 167th | Cabo Verde | 42.1 | 0.1% |
| 168th | Zimbabwe | 42.3 | -3.2% |
| 169th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 42.4 | -3.5% |
| 170th | Mauritania | 42.8 | -1.0% |
| 171st | Ghana | 43.1 | -0.7% |
| 172nd | Lao PDR | 43.5 | -0.3% |
| 173rd | Togo | 43.6 | -1.0% |
| 174th | Timor-Leste | 44.2 | -0.8% |
| 175th | Saudi Arabia | 44.2 | -1.8% |
| 176th | Pakistan | 44.3 | -0.6% |
| 177th | Cameroon | 44.6 | -0.1% |
| 178th | Sudan | 44.7 | -0.9% |
| 179th | Madagascar | 44.8 | -0.8% |
| 180th | Eritrea | 44.8 | -0.1% |
| 181st | Senegal | 45.4 | -1.6% |
| 182nd | Tanzania | 45.7 | -1.5% |
| 183rd | Equatorial Guinea | 45.8 | 2.8% |
| 184th | Nigeria | 45.9 | -1.4% |
| 185th | Guinea | 46.1 | 0.2% |
| 186th | Comoros | 46.4 | -0.6% |
| 187th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 46.5 | 0.7% |
| 188th | Sierra Leone | 46.7 | -0.2% |
| 189th | Kenya | 46.9 | -0.6% |
| 190th | Eswatini | 46.9 | -2.0% |
| 191st | Maldives | 46.9 | -0.4% |
| 192nd | Central African Republic | 47.2 | 0.6% |
| 193rd | Benin | 47.3 | -0.5% |
| 194th | Zambia | 47.4 | 0.3% |
| 195th | Liberia | 47.6 | -0.3% |
| 196th | Guinea-Bissau | 48.1 | -0.7% |
| 197th | Côte d'Ivoire | 48.1 | -0.6% |
| 198th | Marshall Islands | 48.2 | -1.5% |
| 199th | Oman | 48.3 | -2.7% |
| 200th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 48.7 | 0.4% |
| 201st | Mali | 48.8 | -0.5% |
| 202nd | Burkina Faso | 48.9 | 0.0% |
| 203rd | Gambia, The | 49.0 | -0.6% |
| 204th | Burundi | 49.1 | -0.5% |
| 205th | Chad | 49.2 | -3.9% |
| 206th | Mozambique | 49.7 | -0.9% |
| 207th | Uganda | 49.7 | 1.4% |
| 208th | Rwanda | 50.2 | -1.8% |
| 209th | Malawi | 50.4 | -0.8% |
| 210th | Angola | 50.6 | 0.5% |
| 211th | South Sudan | 50.7 | -0.3% |
| 212th | Cambodia | 50.9 | -1.1% |
| 213th | Afghanistan | 51.7 | 2.7% |
| 214th | Yemen, Republic of | 53.6 | -0.6% |
| 215th | Niger | 56.4 | -0.2% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's birth rate in 1985?▾
United Kingdom's birth rate in 1985 was 13.3. This ranked 25th globally.
How did United Kingdom's birth rate change in 1985?▾
United Kingdom's birth rate increased by 3.1% in 1985 compared to 1984.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 1985?▾
Niger had the highest birth rate in 1985 at 56.4.
What is the birth rate of United Kingdom in 1985?▾
The birth rate of United Kingdom in 1985 was 13.3. This ranked 25th globally.
How does 1985 compare to 1984 for United Kingdom's birth rate?▾
United Kingdom's birth rate went from 12.9 in 1984 to 13.3 in 1985, a 3.1% increase.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
United Kingdom matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1985. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.6%. View full analysis →
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