United Kingdom - Birth Rate 2021
10.2
+0.0 from 2020
United Kingdom's birth rate was 10.2 in 2021, increased +0.0 from 10.2 in 2020. This was the 52nd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.0 | -13.8% |
| 2nd | Korea | 5.1 | -3.8% |
| 3rd | Puerto Rico (US) | 5.9 | -1.7% |
| 4th | San Marino | 6.2 | -3.1% |
| 5th | Japan | 6.6 | -2.9% |
| 6th | Italy | 6.8 | 0.0% |
| 7th | Andorra | 6.8 | 0.0% |
| 8th | Ukraine | 7.0 | -7.7% |
| 9th | Spain | 7.1 | -1.4% |
| 10th | Macao SAR, China | 7.4 | -8.6% |
| 11th | China | 7.5 | -11.7% |
| 12th | Portugal | 7.6 | -6.2% |
| 13th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.0 | -4.1% |
| 14th | Greece | 8.1 | 2.5% |
| 15th | Channel Islands | 8.2 | 0.0% |
| 16th | Bermuda | 8.2 | -5.4% |
| 17th | Lithuania | 8.3 | -1.2% |
| 18th | British Virgin Islands | 8.4 | 2.7% |
| 19th | Malta | 8.5 | -1.2% |
| 20th | Isle of Man | 8.5 | -1.6% |
| 21st | Thailand | 8.5 | -2.8% |
| 22nd | Curaçao | 8.6 | -1.1% |
| 23rd | Singapore | 8.6 | 1.2% |
| 24th | Belarus | 8.6 | -2.9% |
| 25th | Monaco | 8.7 | -10.8% |
| 26th | Cuba | 8.8 | -4.8% |
| 27th | Bulgaria | 9.0 | 0.0% |
| 28th | Finland | 9.0 | 7.1% |
| 29th | Poland | 9.0 | -5.3% |
| 30th | Slovenia | 9.0 | 1.1% |
| 31st | Chile | 9.1 | -10.2% |
| 32nd | Serbia | 9.1 | 2.2% |
| 33rd | European Union | 9.2 | 0.6% |
| 34th | Latvia | 9.2 | 0.0% |
| 35th | United Arab Emirates | 9.3 | -11.3% |
| 36th | Croatia | 9.4 | 5.6% |
| 37th | Aruba | 9.5 | -2.3% |
| 38th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 9.5 | -2.8% |
| 39th | Qatar | 9.6 | -4.9% |
| 40th | Austria | 9.6 | 2.1% |
| 41st | Germany | 9.6 | 3.2% |
| 42nd | Liechtenstein | 9.6 | 5.5% |
| 43rd | Russian Federation | 9.6 | -2.0% |
| 44th | Canada | 9.7 | 2.1% |
| 45th | Hungary | 9.8 | 1.0% |
| 46th | Estonia | 10.0 | 1.0% |
| 47th | Uruguay | 10.1 | -3.3% |
| 48th | Romania | 10.1 | -1.9% |
| 49th | Belgium | 10.2 | 3.0% |
| 50th | North Macedonia | 10.2 | 10.9% |
| 51st | Netherlands | 10.2 | 5.2% |
| 52nd | United Kingdom | 10.2 | 0.4% |
| 53rd | Switzerland | 10.3 | 4.0% |
| 54th | Mauritius | 10.3 | -2.8% |
| 55th | Norway | 10.4 | 6.1% |
| 56th | Slovak Republic | 10.4 | 0.0% |
| 57th | Luxembourg | 10.5 | 2.9% |
| 58th | Albania | 10.5 | -0.2% |
| 59th | Costa Rica | 10.5 | -7.2% |
| 60th | Czechia | 10.6 | 2.9% |
| 61st | Denmark | 10.8 | 3.8% |
| 62nd | France | 10.9 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Sweden | 11.0 | 0.9% |
| 64th | United States | 11.0 | 0.9% |
| 65th | Bahamas, The | 11.0 | -0.8% |
| 66th | Azerbaijan | 11.1 | -11.2% |
| 67th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.2 | -4.1% |
| 68th | Cyprus | 11.2 | 0.8% |
| 69th | Dominica | 11.3 | -1.3% |
| 70th | Barbados | 11.3 | -0.4% |
| 71st | Trinidad and Tobago | 11.3 | -3.1% |
| 72nd | Montenegro | 11.3 | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Palau | 11.4 | -2.1% |
| 74th | French Polynesia | 11.4 | -3.0% |
| 75th | New Zealand | 11.5 | 1.4% |
| 76th | Moldova | 11.5 | -4.6% |
| 77th | St. Lucia | 11.6 | -1.2% |
| 78th | Argentina | 11.7 | -1.0% |
| 79th | Maldives | 11.7 | -3.5% |
| 80th | Ireland | 11.8 | 6.3% |
| 81st | Virgin Islands (US) | 11.8 | -2.5% |
| 82nd | Jamaica | 12.0 | -0.5% |
| 83rd | Gibraltar | 12.0 | 0.1% |
| 84th | Australia | 12.1 | 5.2% |
| 85th | Antigua and Barbuda | 12.1 | -0.4% |
| 86th | Grenada | 12.1 | -1.5% |
| 87th | Kuwait | 12.2 | 4.6% |
| 88th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 12.3 | -2.4% |
| 89th | Malaysia | 12.4 | -7.5% |
| 90th | Armenia | 12.4 | 0.8% |
| 91st | Kosovo | 12.5 | 1.7% |
| 92nd | Cabo Verde | 12.6 | -4.4% |
| 93rd | Cayman Islands | 12.6 | -1.1% |
| 94th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 12.6 | -1.5% |
| 95th | Brazil | 12.8 | -1.9% |
| 96th | Georgia | 12.9 | -1.3% |
| 97th | Bhutan | 12.9 | -0.5% |
| 98th | Sri Lanka | 12.9 | -6.5% |
| 99th | Türkiye | 12.9 | -3.7% |
| 100th | Faroe Islands | 13.0 | -0.8% |
| 101st | Bahrain | 13.0 | 1.8% |
| 102nd | Iceland | 13.1 | 6.5% |
| 103rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 13.3 | -0.9% |
| 104th | Greenland | 13.4 | -9.5% |
| 105th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 13.7 | -2.3% |
| 106th | Colombia | 13.9 | -1.1% |
| 107th | Tunisia | 14.0 | -11.3% |
| 108th | Brunei Darussalam | 14.1 | -1.6% |
| 109th | Viet Nam | 14.7 | -3.3% |
| 110th | New Caledonia | 14.7 | -1.0% |
| 111th | Northern Mariana Islands | 14.8 | -4.3% |
| 112th | American Samoa | 15.6 | -0.1% |
| 113th | Ecuador | 15.9 | -3.1% |
| 114th | Saudi Arabia | 15.9 | -4.4% |
| 115th | Philippines | 16.1 | -5.3% |
| 116th | El Salvador | 16.2 | -0.9% |
| 117th | Mexico | 16.4 | -1.3% |
| 118th | Peru | 16.4 | -1.3% |
| 119th | Panama | 16.4 | -1.9% |
| 120th | Indonesia | 16.4 | -1.5% |
| 121st | India | 16.5 | -1.5% |
| 122nd | Belize | 16.5 | -9.9% |
| 123rd | Lebanon | 16.6 | -2.0% |
| 124th | Seychelles | 16.8 | 6.3% |
| 125th | Myanmar | 17.2 | -1.5% |
| 126th | Morocco | 17.5 | -2.2% |
| 127th | St. Martin (French part) | 17.5 | -0.3% |
| 128th | Suriname | 17.6 | -0.7% |
| 129th | Libya | 18.2 | -3.0% |
| 130th | Guam | 18.3 | -1.7% |
| 131st | Oman | 18.3 | -2.8% |
| 132nd | Fiji | 18.6 | -1.5% |
| 133rd | Dominican Republic | 18.6 | -2.0% |
| 134th | South Africa | 19.4 | -0.9% |
| 135th | Nepal | 19.7 | -2.4% |
| 136th | Israel | 19.7 | 2.6% |
| 137th | Nicaragua | 20.0 | -2.0% |
| 138th | Bangladesh | 20.4 | 0.6% |
| 139th | Paraguay | 20.7 | -1.6% |
| 140th | Guyana | 21.0 | -1.4% |
| 141st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 21.2 | -3.9% |
| 142nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 21.2 | 2.6% |
| 143rd | Djibouti | 21.3 | -1.3% |
| 144th | Jordan | 21.3 | -1.9% |
| 145th | Algeria | 21.4 | -4.6% |
| 146th | Guatemala | 21.4 | -2.9% |
| 147th | Mongolia | 21.6 | -7.7% |
| 148th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 21.8 | -0.9% |
| 149th | Cambodia | 21.9 | -2.2% |
| 150th | Lao PDR | 22.1 | -2.1% |
| 151st | Kyrgyz Republic | 22.4 | -6.7% |
| 152nd | Honduras | 22.5 | -1.2% |
| 153rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 22.7 | 0.0% |
| 154th | Timor-Leste | 22.7 | -2.7% |
| 155th | Haiti | 22.9 | -1.8% |
| 156th | Marshall Islands | 23.2 | -1.1% |
| 157th | Kazakhstan | 23.3 | 3.1% |
| 158th | Turkmenistan | 23.3 | -3.2% |
| 159th | Tonga | 23.5 | -0.5% |
| 160th | Tuvalu | 24.4 | -1.1% |
| 161st | Lesotho | 24.9 | -2.9% |
| 162nd | Eswatini | 25.0 | -1.7% |
| 163rd | Botswana | 25.4 | -0.4% |
| 164th | Papua New Guinea | 25.6 | -2.0% |
| 165th | Iraq | 26.4 | -1.5% |
| 166th | Uzbekistan | 26.5 | 3.2% |
| 167th | Samoa | 26.9 | -2.0% |
| 168th | Kiribati | 26.9 | -1.6% |
| 169th | Namibia | 27.0 | -2.4% |
| 170th | Ghana | 27.0 | -1.4% |
| 171st | Kenya | 27.6 | -0.6% |
| 172nd | Solomon Islands | 27.7 | -1.0% |
| 173rd | Tajikistan | 27.7 | -2.2% |
| 174th | Nauru | 27.8 | -3.1% |
| 175th | West Bank and Gaza | 28.2 | -2.3% |
| 176th | Pakistan | 28.4 | -0.8% |
| 177th | São Tomé and Principe | 28.5 | -0.4% |
| 178th | Eritrea | 28.8 | -0.2% |
| 179th | Gabon | 28.9 | -2.0% |
| 180th | Vanuatu | 29.3 | -2.0% |
| 181st | Rwanda | 29.4 | -2.1% |
| 182nd | Comoros | 29.5 | -1.6% |
| 183rd | South Sudan | 29.7 | 0.9% |
| 184th | Senegal | 29.7 | -0.7% |
| 185th | Equatorial Guinea | 30.7 | -2.1% |
| 186th | Zimbabwe | 30.9 | -0.2% |
| 187th | Guinea-Bissau | 31.0 | -1.4% |
| 188th | Gambia, The | 31.2 | -1.1% |
| 189th | Congo, Republic of | 31.4 | -1.1% |
| 190th | Liberia | 31.5 | -1.2% |
| 191st | Sierra Leone | 31.6 | -1.7% |
| 192nd | Togo | 32.0 | -1.4% |
| 193rd | Malawi | 32.1 | -1.4% |
| 194th | Burkina Faso | 32.4 | -1.0% |
| 195th | Madagascar | 32.9 | -1.2% |
| 196th | Côte d'Ivoire | 33.1 | -1.7% |
| 197th | Nigeria | 33.5 | -0.6% |
| 198th | Sudan | 33.9 | -1.6% |
| 199th | Zambia | 33.9 | -1.4% |
| 200th | Cameroon | 34.8 | -1.9% |
| 201st | Benin | 34.8 | -1.6% |
| 202nd | Guinea | 35.0 | -1.5% |
| 203rd | Burundi | 35.1 | -2.2% |
| 204th | Mauritania | 35.3 | -1.1% |
| 205th | Yemen, Republic of | 35.7 | -0.6% |
| 206th | Tanzania | 36.0 | -1.2% |
| 207th | Afghanistan | 36.3 | -0.7% |
| 208th | Uganda | 36.3 | -1.3% |
| 209th | Mozambique | 38.4 | -0.9% |
| 210th | Angola | 38.7 | -1.2% |
| 211th | Mali | 40.7 | -0.6% |
| 212th | Niger | 41.9 | -1.6% |
| 213th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 41.9 | -0.6% |
| 214th | Chad | 43.3 | -1.1% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 44.1 | -1.0% |
| 216th | Central African Republic | 45.2 | 1.7% |
FAQ
What was United Kingdom's birth rate in 2021?▾
United Kingdom's birth rate in 2021 was 10.2. This ranked 52nd globally.
How did United Kingdom's birth rate change in 2021?▾
United Kingdom's birth rate increased by 0.4% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest birth rate in 2021?▾
Central African Republic had the highest birth rate in 2021 at 45.2.
What is the birth rate of United Kingdom in 2021?▾
The birth rate of United Kingdom in 2021 was 10.2. This ranked 52nd globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for United Kingdom's birth rate?▾
United Kingdom's birth rate went from 10.2 in 2020 to 10.2 in 2021, a 0.4% increase.
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