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United States - Birth Rate 1961

Name: United States Birth Rate 1961
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Crude birth rate per 1,000 people · World Bank

23.3 −0.4 from 1960 Global rank: 44th

United States's birth rate was 23.3 in 1961, decreased +0.4 from 23.7 in 1960. This was the 44th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1961▾

Birth Rate by Country - 1961
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Isle of Man	13.7	-3.4%
2nd	Czechia	13.7	2.2%
3rd	Sweden	13.9	1.5%
4th	Hungary	14.0	-4.8%
5th	Channel Islands	15.7	1.9%
6th	Luxembourg	16.1	0.6%
7th	Estonia	16.5	-1.2%
8th	Denmark	16.6	0.0%
9th	Monaco	16.6	-0.6%
10th	Latvia	16.7	0.0%
11th	Japan	16.9	-1.7%
12th	Belgium	17.3	3.0%
13th	Norway	17.3	0.0%
14th	Bulgaria	17.4	-2.2%
15th	Romania	17.5	-8.4%
16th	Croatia	17.8	-3.3%
17th	Germany	17.9	3.5%
18th	United Kingdom	17.9	2.3%
19th	Greece	17.9	-5.3%
20th	Serbia	18.0	-2.8%
21st	China	18.0	-13.6%
22nd	Slovenia	18.2	3.4%
23rd	Switzerland	18.3	3.4%
24th	Finland	18.4	-0.5%
25th	Italy	18.4	1.7%
26th	Austria	18.6	3.9%
27th	European Union	18.6	-0.6%
28th	France	18.7	0.0%
29th	San Marino	19.4	10.9%
30th	Andorra	19.6	0.9%
31st	Ukraine	19.7	-5.2%
32nd	Slovak Republic	20.8	-4.1%
33rd	Poland	20.9	-7.5%
34th	Spain	21.2	-2.3%
35th	Ireland	21.2	-1.4%
36th	Liechtenstein	21.3	-7.8%
37th	Netherlands	21.3	2.4%
38th	Uruguay	21.8	0.1%
39th	Lithuania	22.2	-1.3%
40th	Faroe Islands	22.4	-3.0%
41st	Russian Federation	22.5	-6.0%
42nd	Gibraltar	22.9	2.3%
43rd	Australia	22.9	2.2%
44th	United States	23.3	-1.7%
45th	Malta	23.6	-9.9%
46th	Belarus	23.8	-2.3%
47th	Argentina	23.9	-1.2%
48th	Portugal	24.4	1.2%
49th	Israel	25.1	-6.7%
50th	Bermuda	25.5	-2.8%
51st	Iceland	25.5	-8.9%
52nd	Nauru	25.6	-4.9%
53rd	Canada	26.0	-2.6%
54th	Cyprus	26.3	6.5%
55th	Georgia	26.3	-1.3%
56th	New Zealand	27.0	2.0%
57th	Moldova	27.7	-3.9%
58th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	27.9	-1.0%
59th	Montenegro	28.2	-1.4%
60th	North Macedonia	29.2	-5.7%
61st	Macao SAR, China	29.6	-11.1%
62nd	Barbados	31.0	-11.4%
63rd	Aruba	31.2	-2.6%
64th	Puerto Rico (US)	31.4	-3.1%
65th	Gabon	32.3	1.2%
66th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	32.3	-7.3%
67th	British Virgin Islands	33.1	-0.2%
68th	Cuba	33.7	2.7%
69th	Curaçao	34.0	-2.1%
70th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	34.0	-1.7%
71st	Northern Mariana Islands	34.3	-0.9%
72nd	Virgin Islands (US)	34.6	-1.1%
73rd	Guam	34.7	-1.8%
74th	Chile	34.8	-1.5%
75th	Antigua and Barbuda	35.0	0.0%
76th	Hong Kong SAR, China	35.0	-3.5%
77th	Singapore	35.2	-6.1%
78th	Sri Lanka	35.6	-2.1%
79th	Viet Nam	35.6	-14.3%
80th	Cayman Islands	35.7	-0.1%
81st	Kazakhstan	36.0	-2.2%
82nd	Seychelles	36.9	1.2%
83rd	New Caledonia	37.3	0.5%
84th	Bahamas, The	37.7	0.6%
85th	Trinidad and Tobago	37.8	0.0%
86th	Tuvalu	38.8	-4.8%
87th	Lebanon	39.1	-1.0%
88th	St. Martin (French part)	39.3	-1.1%
89th	Mauritius	39.7	0.7%
90th	South Africa	39.7	-0.2%
91st	United Arab Emirates	39.8	-0.3%
92nd	Armenia	39.9	-3.1%
93rd	Jamaica	40.0	-1.2%
94th	Iraq	40.0	9.1%
95th	Equatorial Guinea	40.3	-0.3%
96th	Albania	40.3	-1.8%
97th	Turks and Caicos Islands	40.6	-3.1%
98th	St. Kitts and Nevis	40.7	-4.4%
99th	Korea	40.9	-2.9%
100th	American Samoa	41.1	-1.0%
101st	Kyrgyz Republic	41.2	-0.9%
102nd	Panama	41.3	0.5%
103rd	Myanmar	41.4	-1.2%
104th	Dominica	41.8	-1.0%
105th	Malaysia	42.2	-1.6%
106th	Namibia	42.2	0.3%
107th	French Polynesia	42.2	-0.5%
108th	Paraguay	42.3	-0.3%
109th	Guyana	42.4	-0.8%
110th	India	42.7	-0.5%
111th	Kosovo	42.9	-0.2%
112th	Fiji	43.0	-1.5%
113th	Haiti	43.2	-0.4%
114th	Brazil	43.3	-1.3%
115th	Congo, Republic of	43.3	-0.4%
116th	Central African Republic	43.4	-0.3%
117th	Ecuador	43.5	-0.4%
118th	Thailand	43.6	-0.5%
119th	Kiribati	43.6	0.2%
120th	Cambodia	43.7	-0.4%
121st	Belize	43.7	-1.9%
122nd	Tonga	43.9	-1.0%
123rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	43.9	-0.1%
124th	Cameroon	43.9	0.3%
125th	Micronesia, Federated States of	44.0	-0.6%
126th	Vanuatu	44.2	-0.4%
127th	Mongolia	44.2	0.1%
128th	Indonesia	44.3	-0.3%
129th	Lesotho	44.3	-0.5%
130th	Suriname	44.4	-1.2%
131st	São Tomé and Principe	44.6	0.2%
132nd	Lao PDR	44.8	-0.2%
133rd	Costa Rica	44.8	-1.4%
134th	Nepal	44.8	0.0%
135th	Papua New Guinea	44.9	-0.5%
136th	Qatar	44.9	-0.8%
137th	Brunei Darussalam	45.0	-4.8%
138th	Türkiye	45.2	0.4%
139th	Guinea-Bissau	45.2	-0.3%
140th	Timor-Leste	45.3	0.2%
141st	Palau	45.3	-2.2%
142nd	Kuwait	45.3	-1.3%
143rd	Colombia	45.5	-0.9%
144th	Guinea	45.6	0.0%
145th	St. Lucia	45.7	-2.9%
146th	Chad	45.8	-0.2%
147th	Burundi	46.4	-1.0%
148th	Burkina Faso	46.4	0.5%
149th	Marshall Islands	46.5	-0.8%
150th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	46.5	-0.5%
151st	Nigeria	46.6	0.2%
152nd	Botswana	46.6	-1.2%
153rd	Mauritania	46.6	0.8%
154th	Peru	46.6	-0.7%
155th	Pakistan	46.6	-0.1%
156th	Solomon Islands	46.7	-0.2%
157th	Philippines	46.7	-1.0%
158th	Benin	46.7	2.1%
159th	Mexico	46.8	-0.2%
160th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	46.8	-1.5%
161st	Djibouti	46.9	0.1%
162nd	El Salvador	47.0	-0.1%
163rd	Madagascar	47.1	-1.2%
164th	Cabo Verde	47.2	-1.6%
165th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	47.2	0.3%
166th	Zimbabwe	47.3	-0.4%
167th	Syrian Arab Republic	47.3	-0.2%
168th	Eswatini	47.4	-0.1%
169th	Turkmenistan	47.5	0.1%
170th	Azerbaijan	47.6	-0.4%
171st	Sudan	47.6	-0.2%
172nd	Tajikistan	47.7	0.0%
173rd	Tunisia	47.7	-0.1%
174th	Eritrea	47.8	0.1%
175th	Uzbekistan	48.0	0.1%
176th	Guatemala	48.0	-1.1%
177th	Togo	48.0	0.2%
178th	Grenada	48.1	-1.3%
179th	Sierra Leone	48.1	0.3%
180th	Uganda	48.2	-0.8%
181st	Mozambique	48.4	0.3%
182nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	48.5	-1.7%
183rd	Liberia	48.7	0.7%
184th	Bhutan	48.7	-0.1%
185th	Greenland	48.8	0.0%
186th	Zambia	48.9	-0.1%
187th	Honduras	49.0	-0.9%
188th	Algeria	49.1	0.2%
189th	Bangladesh	49.1	0.3%
190th	Tanzania	49.1	0.3%
191st	Bahrain	49.2	-0.7%
192nd	Nicaragua	49.3	-1.4%
193rd	Comoros	49.4	0.0%
194th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	49.8	-2.3%
195th	Ghana	50.0	-0.8%
196th	Gambia, The	50.3	-0.3%
197th	Senegal	50.3	-0.1%
198th	Samoa	50.5	-1.0%
199th	Afghanistan	50.6	0.1%
200th	Morocco	50.6	-0.4%
201st	Jordan	50.7	1.1%
202nd	Mali	50.8	0.0%
203rd	Libya	51.2	-0.2%
204th	Dominican Republic	51.2	-1.7%
205th	Saudi Arabia	51.4	-0.3%
206th	Maldives	51.7	1.0%
207th	Rwanda	52.0	-1.8%
208th	Angola	52.0	0.8%
209th	South Sudan	52.3	0.5%
210th	Oman	52.7	-0.1%
211th	Malawi	54.0	0.4%
212th	Côte d'Ivoire	54.6	-0.1%
213th	Kenya	55.4	0.4%
214th	Yemen, Republic of	56.2	0.3%
215th	Niger	57.4	-0.4%

FAQ

What was United States's birth rate in 1961?▾

United States's birth rate in 1961 was 23.3. This ranked 44th globally.

How did United States's birth rate change in 1961?▾

United States's birth rate decreased by 1.7% in 1961 compared to 1960.

Which country had the highest birth rate in 1961?▾

Niger had the highest birth rate in 1961 at 57.4.

What is the birth rate of United States in 1961?▾

The birth rate of United States in 1961 was 23.3. This ranked 44th globally.

How does 1961 compare to 1960 for United States's birth rate?▾

United States's birth rate went from 23.7 in 1960 to 23.3 in 1961, a 1.7% decrease.

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