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United States - Birth Rate 1966

Name: United States Birth Rate 1966
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Crude birth rate per 1,000 people · World Bank

18.4 −1.0 from 1965 Global rank: 33rd

United States's birth rate was 18.4 in 1966, decreased +1.0 from 19.4 in 1965. This was the 33rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1966▾

Birth Rate by Country - 1966
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Isle of Man	12.5	-2.8%
2nd	Hungary	13.6	3.8%
3rd	Japan	13.7	-26.3%
4th	Latvia	14.0	1.4%
5th	Estonia	14.2	-2.7%
6th	Romania	14.2	-2.7%
7th	Czechia	14.4	-4.6%
8th	Bulgaria	14.9	-2.6%
9th	Macao SAR, China	15.0	-7.8%
10th	Russian Federation	15.4	-3.3%
11th	Ukraine	15.4	0.9%
12th	Luxembourg	15.6	-2.5%
13th	Monaco	15.8	-0.4%
14th	Serbia	15.8	-1.7%
15th	Sweden	15.8	-0.6%
16th	Belgium	15.9	-3.0%
17th	Channel Islands	15.9	-4.2%
18th	Croatia	16.5	-0.6%
19th	Poland	16.8	-3.4%
20th	Malta	16.9	-4.5%
21st	Finland	17.0	-0.6%
22nd	Belarus	17.1	-4.6%
23rd	Germany	17.2	-1.1%
24th	San Marino	17.5	0.3%
25th	Austria	17.6	-1.7%
26th	European Union	17.6	-1.6%
27th	United Kingdom	17.9	-2.2%
28th	Norway	17.9	0.6%
29th	France	18.0	-1.1%
30th	Greece	18.0	1.7%
31st	Lithuania	18.0	-0.6%
32nd	Denmark	18.4	2.2%
33rd	United States	18.4	-5.2%
34th	Switzerland	18.5	-3.1%
35th	Slovak Republic	18.5	-4.1%
36th	Slovenia	18.5	0.0%
37th	Italy	18.7	-1.6%
38th	Liechtenstein	18.9	-8.3%
39th	Netherlands	19.2	-3.5%
40th	Canada	19.3	-9.4%
41st	Australia	19.8	1.0%
42nd	Bermuda	20.0	-8.6%
43rd	Spain	20.7	-1.9%
44th	Moldova	20.8	-3.3%
45th	Uruguay	20.9	-1.4%
46th	Georgia	21.0	-4.7%
47th	Andorra	21.3	0.4%
48th	Ireland	21.5	-2.7%
49th	Argentina	22.3	-1.3%
50th	New Zealand	22.4	-1.8%
51st	Portugal	23.2	-0.9%
52nd	Iceland	24.0	-2.4%
53rd	Gibraltar	24.0	-7.1%
54th	Montenegro	24.4	-3.6%
55th	Faroe Islands	24.6	-0.8%
56th	Cyprus	24.6	-1.6%
57th	Hong Kong SAR, China	25.3	-10.0%
58th	Israel	25.5	-1.2%
59th	Aruba	27.4	-2.9%
60th	North Macedonia	27.5	-2.2%
61st	Armenia	27.7	-7.1%
62nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27.7	-5.3%
63rd	Kazakhstan	27.9	-3.4%
64th	Singapore	28.3	-4.1%
65th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	28.5	0.5%
66th	Cayman Islands	28.7	-2.9%
67th	Puerto Rico (US)	28.9	-5.9%
68th	Curaçao	29.9	-3.4%
69th	Nauru	29.9	2.8%
70th	Tuvalu	30.4	-1.8%
71st	Guam	31.1	1.6%
72nd	British Virgin Islands	31.2	0.1%
73rd	Barbados	31.3	-0.4%
74th	Chile	31.7	-2.2%
75th	Antigua and Barbuda	31.8	-4.2%
76th	Northern Mariana Islands	32.1	-0.9%
77th	Trinidad and Tobago	32.5	-4.7%
78th	Virgin Islands (US)	32.7	-1.2%
79th	Korea	32.8	-2.9%
80th	Sri Lanka	33.2	-1.7%
81st	Cuba	33.4	-2.9%
82nd	Gabon	33.8	1.1%
83rd	Albania	33.9	-2.7%
84th	St. Kitts and Nevis	34.5	-5.8%
85th	Turks and Caicos Islands	35.0	-2.8%
86th	China	35.1	-7.5%
87th	New Caledonia	35.3	-0.7%
88th	Bahamas, The	35.4	-1.4%
89th	Viet Nam	35.4	-4.4%
90th	Kyrgyz Republic	35.8	-3.0%
91st	Lebanon	35.9	-2.3%
92nd	Mauritius	36.0	0.0%
93rd	Malaysia	36.4	-3.6%
94th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	36.6	3.4%
95th	Jamaica	37.0	-2.0%
96th	Dominica	37.2	-3.1%
97th	Palau	37.3	-3.8%
98th	Brunei Darussalam	37.5	-2.8%
99th	Seychelles	37.8	4.6%
100th	St. Martin (French part)	37.9	0.7%
101st	São Tomé and Principe	38.0	-1.7%
102nd	Costa Rica	38.3	-3.9%
103rd	Brazil	38.6	-3.0%
104th	United Arab Emirates	38.7	-0.6%
105th	Azerbaijan	38.9	-5.1%
106th	Myanmar	39.2	-1.4%
107th	Belize	39.2	-2.0%
108th	Guyana	39.2	-1.7%
109th	Fiji	39.3	-3.1%
110th	Suriname	39.5	-3.4%
111th	Panama	39.9	-1.2%
112th	South Africa	40.0	1.2%
113th	Guinea-Bissau	40.0	-4.7%
114th	St. Lucia	40.1	-2.1%
115th	Paraguay	40.2	-2.1%
116th	Grenada	40.6	-4.3%
117th	Equatorial Guinea	40.7	0.5%
118th	American Samoa	40.9	-2.0%
119th	French Polynesia	41.0	-0.7%
120th	India	41.2	-1.1%
121st	Colombia	41.3	-2.6%
122nd	Tonga	41.4	-1.2%
123rd	Kosovo	41.5	-0.7%
124th	Thailand	41.6	-1.5%
125th	Uzbekistan	42.0	-4.6%
126th	Haiti	42.0	-0.7%
127th	Kiribati	42.2	0.4%
128th	Turkmenistan	42.2	-3.3%
129th	Cabo Verde	42.5	-2.0%
130th	Cambodia	42.5	-0.8%
131st	Ecuador	42.6	-0.5%
132nd	Indonesia	42.8	-1.1%
133rd	Türkiye	42.9	-1.1%
134th	Namibia	42.9	0.4%
135th	Lesotho	43.0	-0.8%
136th	Philippines	43.0	-2.1%
137th	Mongolia	43.1	-1.1%
138th	Vanuatu	43.2	-0.1%
139th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	43.2	-0.7%
140th	Kuwait	43.2	-0.8%
141st	Micronesia, Federated States of	43.2	0.1%
142nd	Central African Republic	43.4	0.4%
143rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	43.5	-0.2%
144th	Congo, Republic of	43.6	0.3%
145th	Cameroon	43.7	0.3%
146th	Nepal	43.7	-0.4%
147th	Greenland	44.0	-0.7%
148th	Lao PDR	44.2	-0.2%
149th	Tajikistan	44.2	-1.8%
150th	Peru	44.4	-1.1%
151st	Timor-Leste	44.5	-0.7%
152nd	Papua New Guinea	44.6	0.0%
153rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	45.1	-1.1%
154th	Samoa	45.2	-2.7%
155th	Pakistan	45.4	-0.7%
156th	Guinea	45.5	0.0%
157th	Bahrain	45.5	-2.3%
158th	Botswana	45.6	-0.3%
159th	Madagascar	45.7	0.2%
160th	El Salvador	45.7	-1.3%
161st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	45.8	-0.2%
162nd	Chad	45.8	0.3%
163rd	Solomon Islands	45.8	-0.7%
164th	Guatemala	46.0	-0.4%
165th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	46.0	-0.5%
166th	Zimbabwe	46.1	-0.7%
167th	Dominican Republic	46.2	-1.6%
168th	Tunisia	46.2	-1.3%
169th	Mexico	46.3	-0.6%
170th	Iraq	46.4	-0.8%
171st	Syrian Arab Republic	46.7	-0.1%
172nd	Djibouti	47.0	0.2%
173rd	Nigeria	47.0	0.2%
174th	Burundi	47.1	-0.4%
175th	Algeria	47.3	-1.5%
176th	Honduras	47.3	-0.7%
177th	Eswatini	47.4	0.5%
178th	Morocco	47.5	-1.6%
179th	Marshall Islands	47.5	1.9%
180th	Burkina Faso	47.5	0.4%
181st	Rwanda	47.6	-0.9%
182nd	Qatar	47.6	-0.1%
183rd	Nicaragua	47.6	-0.6%
184th	Benin	47.7	-0.2%
185th	Bangladesh	47.7	-0.6%
186th	Eritrea	47.7	-0.2%
187th	Ghana	47.8	-0.9%
188th	Mauritania	47.8	0.4%
189th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	47.9	0.3%
190th	Uganda	47.9	0.2%
191st	Sierra Leone	48.0	-0.1%
192nd	Mozambique	48.0	-0.3%
193rd	Togo	48.2	-0.2%
194th	Comoros	48.3	-0.5%
195th	Bhutan	48.4	-0.2%
196th	Gambia, The	48.5	-1.1%
197th	Sudan	48.7	0.3%
198th	Zambia	48.8	-0.1%
199th	Liberia	49.1	-0.4%
200th	Jordan	49.5	-0.9%
201st	Libya	49.7	-2.8%
202nd	Maldives	50.0	-2.1%
203rd	Saudi Arabia	50.1	-0.6%
204th	Senegal	50.1	0.0%
205th	Tanzania	50.2	0.6%
206th	Mali	50.6	0.1%
207th	Afghanistan	51.0	0.3%
208th	Angola	52.4	-0.1%
209th	Oman	52.6	-0.3%
210th	South Sudan	53.5	0.8%
211th	Côte d'Ivoire	53.8	-0.5%
212th	Malawi	54.3	0.3%
213th	Kenya	54.6	-0.5%
214th	Niger	56.2	-0.3%
215th	Yemen, Republic of	56.9	0.1%

FAQ

What was United States's birth rate in 1966?▾

United States's birth rate in 1966 was 18.4. This ranked 33rd globally.

How did United States's birth rate change in 1966?▾

United States's birth rate decreased by 5.2% in 1966 compared to 1965.

Which country had the highest birth rate in 1966?▾

Yemen, Republic of had the highest birth rate in 1966 at 56.9.

What is the birth rate of United States in 1966?▾

The birth rate of United States in 1966 was 18.4. This ranked 33rd globally.

How does 1966 compare to 1965 for United States's birth rate?▾

United States's birth rate went from 19.4 in 1965 to 18.4 in 1966, a 5.2% decrease.

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