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United States - Birth Rate 1986

Name: United States Birth Rate 1986
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Crude birth rate per 1,000 people · World Bank

15.6 −0.2 from 1985 Global rank: 39th

United States's birth rate was 15.6 in 1986, decreased +0.2 from 15.8 in 1985. This was the 39th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1986▾

Birth Rate by Country - 1986
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	San Marino	9.5	-0.4%
2nd	Italy	9.8	-3.9%
3rd	Denmark	10.8	2.9%
4th	Germany	10.9	3.8%
5th	Greece	11.3	-3.4%
6th	Spain	11.4	-4.2%
7th	Japan	11.4	-4.2%
8th	Austria	11.5	-0.9%
9th	Switzerland	11.7	1.7%
10th	Luxembourg	11.7	4.5%
11th	Isle of Man	11.8	-0.2%
12th	Belgium	11.9	2.6%
13th	Channel Islands	11.9	3.5%
14th	Hungary	12.1	-0.8%
15th	Sweden	12.2	3.4%
16th	Finland	12.3	-3.9%
17th	Andorra	12.6	-1.8%
18th	Norway	12.6	2.4%
19th	Portugal	12.6	-3.1%
20th	Netherlands	12.7	3.3%
21st	European Union	12.7	-1.0%
22nd	Croatia	12.8	-3.8%
23rd	Czechia	12.9	-1.5%
24th	Liechtenstein	12.9	-7.2%
25th	Serbia	12.9	-2.6%
26th	Hong Kong SAR, China	13.0	-7.1%
27th	Slovenia	13.0	-3.0%
28th	United Kingdom	13.3	0.0%
29th	Bulgaria	13.4	0.8%
30th	Monaco	13.6	-1.9%
31st	France	14.1	-0.7%
32nd	Bermuda	14.4	-3.7%
33rd	Canada	14.5	-2.7%
34th	Singapore	14.8	-10.8%
35th	Australia	15.0	-4.5%
36th	Malta	15.3	-5.0%
37th	Korea	15.4	-4.3%
38th	Barbados	15.5	-4.6%
39th	United States	15.6	-1.3%
40th	Estonia	15.7	1.3%
41st	Ukraine	15.8	2.6%
42nd	Latvia	16.1	4.5%
43rd	New Zealand	16.1	1.8%
44th	Iceland	16.4	2.5%
45th	Romania	16.5	4.4%
46th	Cayman Islands	16.6	-2.7%
47th	Lithuania	16.7	1.2%
48th	Slovak Republic	16.8	-4.0%
49th	British Virgin Islands	16.9	-5.7%
50th	Aruba	16.9	-5.8%
51st	Cuba	17.0	1.5%
52nd	Poland	17.0	-7.1%
53rd	Belarus	17.1	3.6%
54th	Russian Federation	17.2	3.6%
55th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	17.2	-2.9%
56th	Faroe Islands	17.3	6.1%
57th	Gibraltar	17.4	-1.9%
58th	Ireland	17.4	-1.1%
59th	Montenegro	17.5	-2.4%
60th	Uruguay	17.8	0.1%
61st	Mauritius	18.6	-2.1%
62nd	North Macedonia	18.9	-1.0%
63rd	Puerto Rico (US)	19.5	0.3%
64th	Greenland	19.7	-9.2%
65th	Cyprus	20.1	-0.4%
66th	Georgia	20.3	-1.6%
67th	Antigua and Barbuda	20.3	-6.3%
68th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	20.4	0.1%
69th	Curaçao	20.9	-0.3%
70th	Thailand	21.3	-1.7%
71st	Sri Lanka	21.4	-4.6%
72nd	Bahamas, The	21.5	0.7%
73rd	Palau	22.1	-1.1%
74th	Argentina	22.4	-0.7%
75th	China	22.4	6.6%
76th	Chile	22.5	0.1%
77th	Israel	23.1	-1.7%
78th	Moldova	23.5	0.7%
79th	Northern Mariana Islands	23.6	7.2%
80th	Virgin Islands (US)	23.7	-5.4%
81st	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	23.7	-1.5%
82nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	24.3	-5.0%
83rd	New Caledonia	24.5	2.0%
84th	Qatar	24.5	-2.0%
85th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	25.2	-4.7%
86th	Macao SAR, China	25.3	-3.1%
87th	Guam	25.6	1.1%
88th	Dominica	26.0	0.6%
89th	Seychelles	26.2	-1.1%
90th	Albania	26.3	-0.6%
91st	Armenia	26.5	-1.7%
92nd	Trinidad and Tobago	26.7	-3.6%
93rd	Jamaica	27.1	-2.3%
94th	Azerbaijan	27.6	3.8%
95th	Kazakhstan	27.8	-1.3%
96th	Colombia	27.9	-1.4%
97th	Indonesia	28.2	-4.3%
98th	United Arab Emirates	28.2	-1.1%
99th	Brazil	28.3	-2.9%
100th	Panama	28.5	-1.7%
101st	Kuwait	28.7	-4.0%
102nd	Bahrain	29.0	0.8%
103rd	Türkiye	29.0	-2.2%
104th	Lebanon	29.2	-1.8%
105th	Malaysia	29.4	-2.4%
106th	Costa Rica	29.8	-1.9%
107th	Brunei Darussalam	29.9	-0.1%
108th	Myanmar	30.2	-4.1%
109th	Turks and Caicos Islands	30.5	-0.6%
110th	French Polynesia	30.7	-2.4%
111th	Viet Nam	30.7	-4.6%
112th	Guyana	31.0	-1.3%
113th	St. Martin (French part)	31.2	2.5%
114th	Tunisia	31.2	-1.9%
115th	Fiji	31.2	-3.4%
116th	Ecuador	31.5	-2.5%
117th	Grenada	31.7	3.2%
118th	Dominican Republic	31.8	-1.4%
119th	Nauru	31.9	0.0%
120th	Kosovo	32.2	-0.9%
121st	Mexico	32.3	-1.3%
122nd	Libya	32.4	-3.8%
123rd	St. Lucia	32.4	-3.5%
124th	Suriname	32.6	-0.8%
125th	Kyrgyz Republic	32.7	2.2%
126th	Peru	33.5	-1.5%
127th	South Africa	33.6	-1.9%
128th	Morocco	33.7	-3.1%
129th	American Samoa	33.9	1.6%
130th	Tonga	34.4	-1.6%
131st	El Salvador	35.1	-1.7%
132nd	India	35.2	-0.6%
133rd	Samoa	36.1	-0.5%
134th	Algeria	36.1	-5.4%
135th	Philippines	36.2	-1.4%
136th	Paraguay	36.5	-0.6%
137th	Uzbekistan	36.9	0.8%
138th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	37.3	-2.1%
139th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	37.4	-0.6%
140th	Tuvalu	37.4	-0.2%
141st	Lesotho	37.5	-1.1%
142nd	Papua New Guinea	37.5	-0.3%
143rd	Belize	37.6	-1.1%
144th	Mongolia	37.7	-2.0%
145th	Micronesia, Federated States of	38.1	-1.7%
146th	Namibia	38.3	0.0%
147th	Botswana	38.5	-2.2%
148th	Gabon	38.7	-0.4%
149th	Kiribati	38.8	-0.2%
150th	Turkmenistan	38.9	1.2%
151st	Haiti	38.9	-0.2%
152nd	Iraq	39.0	-1.3%
153rd	Nepal	39.1	-0.8%
154th	Bangladesh	39.4	-3.2%
155th	Djibouti	39.5	-1.3%
156th	Congo, Republic of	39.6	-0.7%
157th	Nicaragua	39.8	-1.9%
158th	Solomon Islands	40.3	-0.9%
159th	Jordan	40.4	-1.2%
160th	Honduras	40.5	-1.6%
161st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	40.7	-4.0%
162nd	Vanuatu	40.8	-0.6%
163rd	Guatemala	40.8	-0.8%
164th	Zimbabwe	40.9	-3.3%
165th	Syrian Arab Republic	41.0	-0.8%
166th	São Tomé and Principe	41.0	-0.1%
167th	Bhutan	41.1	-1.2%
168th	Cabo Verde	42.0	-0.3%
169th	Mauritania	42.2	-1.3%
170th	Tajikistan	42.5	2.2%
171st	Ghana	42.7	-0.8%
172nd	Saudi Arabia	43.1	-2.5%
173rd	Lao PDR	43.1	-0.8%
174th	Togo	43.3	-0.6%
175th	Timor-Leste	43.8	-0.9%
176th	Madagascar	44.0	-1.8%
177th	Pakistan	44.1	-0.3%
178th	Senegal	44.5	-2.2%
179th	Sudan	44.5	-0.5%
180th	Eritrea	44.7	-0.3%
181st	Cameroon	44.8	0.3%
182nd	Tanzania	44.9	-1.8%
183rd	Nigeria	45.3	-1.3%
184th	Eswatini	45.4	-3.2%
185th	Oman	45.6	-5.5%
186th	Comoros	46.0	-0.7%
187th	Guinea	46.2	0.2%
188th	Maldives	46.3	-1.3%
189th	Equatorial Guinea	46.5	1.7%
190th	Sierra Leone	46.6	-0.2%
191st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	46.6	0.3%
192nd	Kenya	46.6	-0.5%
193rd	Benin	47.1	-0.5%
194th	Liberia	47.2	-0.7%
195th	Marshall Islands	47.3	-1.8%
196th	Zambia	47.4	-0.1%
197th	Central African Republic	47.5	0.6%
198th	Guinea-Bissau	47.7	-0.9%
199th	Côte d'Ivoire	47.9	-0.5%
200th	Burundi	48.4	-1.5%
201st	Burkina Faso	48.6	-0.6%
202nd	Mali	48.8	0.0%
203rd	Gambia, The	48.8	-0.3%
204th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	48.9	0.3%
205th	Rwanda	49.0	-2.3%
206th	Chad	49.1	-0.3%
207th	Mozambique	49.3	-0.8%
208th	Malawi	49.8	-1.1%
209th	Cambodia	50.2	-1.4%
210th	Uganda	50.4	1.3%
211th	South Sudan	50.6	-0.1%
212th	Angola	50.8	0.3%
213th	Afghanistan	52.2	1.0%
214th	Yemen, Republic of	53.1	-0.9%
215th	Niger	56.1	-0.5%

FAQ

What was United States's birth rate in 1986?▾

United States's birth rate in 1986 was 15.6. This ranked 39th globally.

How did United States's birth rate change in 1986?▾

United States's birth rate decreased by 1.3% in 1986 compared to 1985.

Which country had the highest birth rate in 1986?▾

Niger had the highest birth rate in 1986 at 56.1.

What is the birth rate of United States in 1986?▾

The birth rate of United States in 1986 was 15.6. This ranked 39th globally.

How does 1986 compare to 1985 for United States's birth rate?▾

United States's birth rate went from 15.8 in 1985 to 15.6 in 1986, a 1.3% decrease.

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