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United States - Birth Rate 1974

Name: United States Birth Rate 1974
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Crude birth rate per 1,000 people · World Bank

14.8 +0.0 from 1973 Global rank: 16th

United States's birth rate was 14.8 in 1974, increased +0.0 from 14.8 in 1973. This was the 16th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1974▾

Birth Rate by Country - 1974
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Macao SAR, China	3.5	-76.0%
2nd	Germany	10.2	-1.0%
3rd	Luxembourg	11.1	2.8%
4th	Channel Islands	11.9	-2.5%
5th	Belgium	12.7	-4.5%
6th	Austria	12.8	-0.8%
7th	United Kingdom	13.1	-5.8%
8th	Isle of Man	13.1	-2.8%
9th	Switzerland	13.3	-4.3%
10th	Finland	13.3	9.0%
11th	Sweden	13.5	0.0%
12th	Netherlands	13.7	-5.5%
13th	Liechtenstein	13.9	-21.5%
14th	Denmark	14.1	-1.4%
15th	Latvia	14.3	1.4%
16th	United States	14.8	0.0%
17th	Croatia	15.0	-0.7%
18th	Norway	15.0	-3.2%
19th	Estonia	15.1	0.0%
20th	Ukraine	15.2	1.3%
21st	Canada	15.4	-1.3%
22nd	San Marino	15.4	-4.8%
23rd	Bermuda	15.4	-5.6%
24th	European Union	15.5	1.2%
25th	France	15.5	-2.5%
26th	Serbia	15.6	-0.2%
27th	Monaco	15.6	0.1%
28th	Italy	15.8	-1.3%
29th	Lithuania	15.9	-0.6%
30th	Russian Federation	15.9	3.1%
31st	Belarus	16.0	1.2%
32nd	Greece	16.1	4.5%
33rd	Slovenia	16.1	-3.6%
34th	Aruba	16.5	-4.2%
35th	Bulgaria	17.2	6.2%
36th	Nauru	17.4	6.4%
37th	Greenland	17.5	-8.9%
38th	Australia	17.8	-3.8%
39th	Hungary	17.8	18.7%
40th	Cyprus	17.9	-2.0%
41st	Malta	18.0	3.4%
42nd	Poland	18.5	2.8%
43rd	Japan	18.6	-4.1%
44th	Gibraltar	18.6	-3.3%
45th	Georgia	18.9	-1.1%
46th	Hong Kong SAR, China	19.1	-1.5%
47th	Czechia	19.4	6.0%
48th	Singapore	19.4	-11.8%
49th	Spain	19.5	1.6%
50th	New Zealand	19.5	-4.4%
51st	Portugal	19.6	-2.0%
52nd	Andorra	19.7	-1.3%
53rd	Montenegro	19.8	-2.4%
54th	Faroe Islands	19.9	-2.9%
55th	Iceland	19.9	-8.3%
56th	Romania	20.3	11.5%
57th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.5	-2.1%
58th	Slovak Republic	20.8	4.0%
59th	Uruguay	21.1	3.4%
60th	Moldova	21.4	1.8%
61st	Barbados	21.4	-6.6%
62nd	Ireland	22.0	-1.3%
63rd	Curaçao	22.1	-1.6%
64th	Armenia	22.6	0.1%
65th	Cayman Islands	22.9	-14.1%
66th	Antigua and Barbuda	22.9	-3.6%
67th	North Macedonia	23.5	0.0%
68th	Cuba	24.1	-6.5%
69th	Puerto Rico (US)	24.3	4.3%
70th	Argentina	24.5	1.5%
71st	China	24.8	-11.1%
72nd	Dominica	25.5	-8.2%
73rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	25.6	-9.3%
74th	Chile	26.1	-2.6%
75th	Kazakhstan	26.2	-1.0%
76th	Korea	26.6	-6.0%
77th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	26.9	1.1%
78th	St. Kitts and Nevis	27.1	2.2%
79th	Trinidad and Tobago	27.1	-1.9%
80th	Bahamas, The	27.2	-4.2%
81st	Mauritius	27.3	18.7%
82nd	Israel	27.5	1.9%
83rd	United Arab Emirates	27.7	-2.2%
84th	Azerbaijan	27.9	-1.2%
85th	Sri Lanka	28.2	-2.5%
86th	Turks and Caicos Islands	28.3	-0.4%
87th	Tuvalu	28.6	-2.7%
88th	Guam	29.2	-0.1%
89th	Virgin Islands (US)	29.7	-1.3%
90th	Costa Rica	29.9	-0.6%
91st	British Virgin Islands	29.9	-3.4%
92nd	Grenada	30.2	-3.1%
93rd	Palau	30.8	-4.1%
94th	Jamaica	31.3	-4.2%
95th	Albania	31.5	-1.6%
96th	Fiji	31.8	-1.0%
97th	Lebanon	32.1	-0.9%
98th	Seychelles	32.1	11.5%
99th	Thailand	32.3	-3.7%
100th	Malaysia	32.3	-1.0%
101st	Bahrain	32.4	-2.6%
102nd	Suriname	32.4	-0.8%
103rd	Cambodia	32.5	-13.1%
104th	New Caledonia	32.7	-4.2%
105th	Qatar	33.1	-4.7%
106th	Colombia	33.1	-1.7%
107th	Kyrgyz Republic	33.3	-2.0%
108th	Brazil	33.7	-1.6%
109th	Brunei Darussalam	34.0	-1.3%
110th	French Polynesia	34.1	-2.3%
111th	Panama	34.2	-2.4%
112th	American Samoa	34.2	-1.3%
113th	Guyana	34.5	-2.6%
114th	Paraguay	35.2	-0.6%
115th	Viet Nam	35.5	-3.8%
116th	Myanmar	35.6	-1.4%
117th	Kiribati	35.7	-0.1%
118th	St. Martin (French part)	35.9	-3.2%
119th	Tonga	36.0	-1.2%
120th	St. Lucia	36.1	-0.4%
121st	Gabon	36.5	0.6%
122nd	Turkmenistan	36.9	-0.2%
123rd	Indonesia	37.0	-3.0%
124th	Uzbekistan	37.0	-0.9%
125th	Samoa	37.2	-2.9%
126th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	37.3	-3.3%
127th	Türkiye	37.3	-2.9%
128th	Kosovo	37.4	-0.2%
129th	South Africa	37.7	-1.9%
130th	Philippines	37.7	-1.0%
131st	Guinea-Bissau	38.8	-0.8%
132nd	Ecuador	38.9	-1.6%
133rd	India	39.0	-0.8%
134th	Dominican Republic	39.1	-2.2%
135th	Tunisia	39.3	-0.5%
136th	Mongolia	39.5	-0.3%
137th	Timor-Leste	39.6	-2.1%
138th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	40.0	-0.3%
139th	Peru	40.1	-1.4%
140th	Lesotho	40.2	0.8%
141st	Northern Mariana Islands	40.3	0.7%
142nd	Haiti	40.5	-0.2%
143rd	Kuwait	40.5	-1.7%
144th	São Tomé and Principe	40.6	0.7%
145th	Belize	40.6	1.7%
146th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	41.1	-0.1%
147th	Mexico	41.2	-2.3%
148th	Vanuatu	41.3	-0.9%
149th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	41.5	-0.7%
150th	Tajikistan	41.5	-0.5%
151st	Papua New Guinea	41.8	-1.7%
152nd	Nepal	41.8	0.6%
153rd	El Salvador	41.9	-0.8%
154th	Central African Republic	42.0	-0.8%
155th	Morocco	42.6	-1.4%
156th	Equatorial Guinea	43.2	0.1%
157th	Micronesia, Federated States of	43.2	-0.8%
158th	Cabo Verde	43.3	1.3%
159th	Pakistan	43.6	-0.3%
160th	Namibia	43.9	0.0%
161st	Iraq	44.0	-1.0%
162nd	Solomon Islands	44.1	-0.1%
163rd	Congo, Republic of	44.1	-0.5%
164th	Guatemala	44.1	-0.1%
165th	Lao PDR	44.4	0.3%
166th	Djibouti	44.7	-1.5%
167th	Cameroon	45.1	0.0%
168th	Algeria	45.4	-0.5%
169th	Guinea	45.6	0.0%
170th	Syrian Arab Republic	45.6	-0.3%
171st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	45.7	0.2%
172nd	Honduras	45.8	-0.3%
173rd	Eritrea	45.9	-0.2%
174th	Ghana	45.9	-1.2%
175th	Mauritania	46.1	-0.6%
176th	Botswana	46.1	0.9%
177th	Nicaragua	46.2	-0.5%
178th	Libya	46.3	2.1%
179th	Zimbabwe	46.4	0.0%
180th	Sudan	46.5	-2.3%
181st	Comoros	46.5	-0.3%
182nd	Bhutan	46.6	-0.7%
183rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	46.6	-0.5%
184th	Maldives	46.8	-0.4%
185th	Burundi	47.1	0.9%
186th	Jordan	47.2	-1.0%
187th	Benin	47.2	-0.2%
188th	Gambia, The	47.3	-0.4%
189th	Madagascar	47.4	0.0%
190th	Sierra Leone	47.4	0.6%
191st	Mozambique	47.8	0.9%
192nd	Bangladesh	47.8	-0.2%
193rd	Saudi Arabia	47.8	-0.4%
194th	Liberia	47.9	0.2%
195th	Burkina Faso	48.0	0.4%
196th	Togo	48.4	-0.2%
197th	Uganda	48.6	-0.2%
198th	Nigeria	48.7	1.0%
199th	Angola	49.2	-0.2%
200th	Chad	49.2	-0.3%
201st	Senegal	49.4	-0.3%
202nd	Zambia	49.7	0.0%
203rd	Rwanda	50.0	1.1%
204th	Kenya	50.2	-1.2%
205th	Oman	50.2	-0.8%
206th	Marshall Islands	50.3	1.3%
207th	Eswatini	50.3	0.5%
208th	Mali	50.5	0.0%
209th	Tanzania	50.6	0.5%
210th	Afghanistan	51.4	0.2%
211th	Côte d'Ivoire	52.0	-0.2%
212th	Malawi	52.9	-0.6%
213th	South Sudan	53.9	-0.6%
214th	Yemen, Republic of	54.8	-0.4%
215th	Niger	55.5	0.1%

FAQ

What was United States's birth rate in 1974?▾

United States's birth rate in 1974 was 14.8. This ranked 16th globally.

How did United States's birth rate change in 1974?▾

United States's birth rate increased by 0.0% in 1974 compared to 1973.

Which country had the highest birth rate in 1974?▾

Niger had the highest birth rate in 1974 at 55.5.

What is the birth rate of United States in 1974?▾

The birth rate of United States in 1974 was 14.8. This ranked 16th globally.

How does 1974 compare to 1973 for United States's birth rate?▾

United States's birth rate went from 14.8 in 1973 to 14.8 in 1974, a 0.0% increase.

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