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United States - Birth Rate 2017

Name: United States Birth Rate 2017
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Crude birth rate per 1,000 people · World Bank

11.8 −0.4 from 2016 Global rank: 67th

United States's birth rate was 11.8 in 2017, decreased +0.4 from 12.2 in 2016. This was the 67th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2017▾

Birth Rate by Country - 2017
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	San Marino	6.7	-15.2%
2nd	British Virgin Islands	6.9	-27.4%
3rd	Korea	7.0	-11.4%
4th	Puerto Rico (US)	7.3	-12.0%
5th	Hong Kong SAR, China	7.6	-8.4%
6th	Italy	7.6	-3.8%
7th	Japan	7.6	-2.6%
8th	Andorra	7.8	-7.1%
9th	Greece	8.2	-4.7%
10th	Portugal	8.3	-1.2%
11th	Spain	8.4	-4.5%
12th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8.6	1.0%
13th	Ukraine	8.8	-8.7%
14th	Channel Islands	8.8	-4.3%
15th	Bermuda	8.8	-3.9%
16th	Croatia	8.9	-1.1%
17th	Liechtenstein	8.9	-11.0%
18th	Singapore	8.9	-5.3%
19th	Finland	9.1	-5.2%
20th	Isle of Man	9.2	-2.6%
21st	Malta	9.2	-6.1%
22nd	Serbia	9.2	0.0%
23rd	Bulgaria	9.4	0.0%
24th	Germany	9.5	-1.0%
25th	Curaçao	9.7	-13.4%
26th	Hungary	9.7	-1.0%
27th	European Union	9.7	-1.4%
28th	Thailand	9.8	-3.4%
29th	Lithuania	9.8	-4.9%
30th	Slovenia	9.8	-1.0%
31st	Netherlands	9.9	-2.0%
32nd	Austria	10.0	0.0%
33rd	Monaco	10.0	-7.0%
34th	Qatar	10.0	0.6%
35th	Macao SAR, China	10.1	-8.2%
36th	Cuba	10.1	-1.8%
37th	Cayman Islands	10.2	-1.2%
38th	Canada	10.3	-2.8%
39th	Switzerland	10.3	-1.9%
40th	Luxembourg	10.4	0.0%
41st	Belgium	10.5	-2.8%
42nd	Estonia	10.5	-1.9%
43rd	North Macedonia	10.5	-5.4%
44th	Denmark	10.6	-1.9%
45th	Poland	10.6	5.0%
46th	United Arab Emirates	10.7	-0.8%
47th	Latvia	10.7	-4.5%
48th	Mauritius	10.7	2.9%
49th	Norway	10.7	-4.5%
50th	Slovak Republic	10.7	0.9%
51st	Belarus	10.8	-12.9%
52nd	Czechia	10.8	0.9%
53rd	Romania	10.8	3.8%
54th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	10.9	-5.2%
55th	Cyprus	11.2	-3.0%
56th	United Kingdom	11.4	-3.4%
57th	Albania	11.4	-3.8%
58th	Bahamas, The	11.4	-4.7%
59th	Aruba	11.5	-1.3%
60th	France	11.5	-2.5%
61st	Russian Federation	11.5	-10.9%
62nd	Sweden	11.5	-2.5%
63rd	Barbados	11.6	-0.7%
64th	Grenada	11.6	-10.8%
65th	Chile	11.8	-7.3%
66th	Antigua and Barbuda	11.8	1.2%
67th	United States	11.8	-3.3%
68th	Dominica	11.8	-8.6%
69th	Iceland	11.9	-0.8%
70th	Montenegro	11.9	-1.7%
71st	Gibraltar	12.0	-0.2%
72nd	St. Lucia	12.1	-0.9%
73rd	New Zealand	12.4	-1.7%
74th	Palau	12.4	-2.4%
75th	Trinidad and Tobago	12.5	-2.4%
76th	Jamaica	12.6	-2.7%
77th	Armenia	12.6	-6.7%
78th	Australia	12.6	-2.3%
79th	China	12.6	-6.9%
80th	Turks and Caicos Islands	12.7	-0.7%
81st	Uruguay	12.7	-7.4%
82nd	Ireland	12.8	-4.5%
83rd	Virgin Islands (US)	12.8	-1.5%
84th	Kosovo	13.0	-1.6%
85th	French Polynesia	13.1	-6.1%
86th	Faroe Islands	13.2	-4.3%
87th	St. Kitts and Nevis	13.4	-1.8%
88th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	13.5	0.1%
89th	Bhutan	13.8	-7.1%
90th	Moldova	13.8	-7.5%
91st	Costa Rica	13.8	-2.6%
92nd	Bahrain	14.1	-3.8%
93rd	Brazil	14.1	-0.2%
94th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	14.1	-6.7%
95th	Colombia	14.2	-0.7%
96th	Kuwait	14.3	-2.8%
97th	Maldives	14.3	-7.5%
98th	Azerbaijan	14.6	-10.4%
99th	Georgia	14.9	-5.8%
100th	Greenland	15.2	2.7%
101st	New Caledonia	15.3	-2.2%
102nd	Malaysia	15.3	-2.9%
103rd	Brunei Darussalam	15.3	-2.9%
104th	Sri Lanka	15.4	-1.8%
105th	Argentina	16.2	-3.8%
106th	Türkiye	16.2	-2.4%
107th	Viet Nam	16.8	-3.2%
108th	Cabo Verde	16.8	-3.0%
109th	El Salvador	17.1	-3.4%
110th	Seychelles	17.2	-1.1%
111th	Mexico	17.2	-2.7%
112th	Peru	17.3	-1.8%
113th	Northern Mariana Islands	17.3	-5.7%
114th	Indonesia	17.5	-3.3%
115th	Ecuador	17.7	0.3%
116th	India	18.0	-4.1%
117th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	18.0	-3.9%
118th	Tunisia	18.2	-4.1%
119th	American Samoa	18.2	-4.9%
120th	Myanmar	18.3	-1.2%
121st	Suriname	18.4	-2.6%
122nd	Lebanon	18.6	-2.9%
123rd	Morocco	18.9	-1.6%
124th	Panama	19.1	-2.1%
125th	St. Martin (French part)	19.2	-1.5%
126th	Syrian Arab Republic	19.6	-0.2%
127th	Saudi Arabia	19.8	1.4%
128th	Bangladesh	20.0	-1.2%
129th	Dominican Republic	20.0	-1.1%
130th	Fiji	20.0	-2.5%
131st	South Africa	20.0	-1.1%
132nd	Oman	20.2	-1.9%
133rd	Libya	20.5	-3.5%
134th	Philippines	20.6	-5.5%
135th	Guam	20.6	-3.5%
136th	Israel	21.1	-0.5%
137th	Belize	21.3	-0.4%
138th	Kazakhstan	21.4	-4.1%
139th	Nepal	21.6	-1.7%
140th	Nicaragua	21.6	-1.9%
141st	Guyana	22.0	-1.3%
142nd	Paraguay	22.2	-1.4%
143rd	Djibouti	22.7	-1.6%
144th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	22.9	-1.6%
145th	Micronesia, Federated States of	23.2	-0.8%
146th	Uzbekistan	23.2	-1.3%
147th	Jordan	23.2	-2.2%
148th	Honduras	23.5	-1.3%
149th	Cambodia	23.7	-1.3%
150th	Mongolia	23.9	-7.7%
151st	Lao PDR	24.1	-1.8%
152nd	Tuvalu	24.3	2.2%
153rd	Marshall Islands	24.4	-1.3%
154th	Tonga	24.5	-2.8%
155th	Haiti	24.6	-1.8%
156th	Kyrgyz Republic	24.8	-4.6%
157th	Algeria	25.0	-1.7%
158th	Guatemala	25.2	-3.0%
159th	Timor-Leste	25.3	-3.4%
160th	Botswana	26.1	-0.7%
161st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	26.1	-2.2%
162nd	Turkmenistan	26.3	-2.5%
163rd	Eswatini	26.9	-2.5%
164th	Papua New Guinea	27.4	-1.8%
165th	Lesotho	28.2	-2.4%
166th	Kiribati	28.3	-0.8%
167th	Iraq	28.3	-5.1%
168th	Samoa	28.8	-1.7%
169th	Ghana	28.9	-4.1%
170th	Eritrea	29.6	-1.8%
171st	Kenya	29.6	-2.0%
172nd	Tajikistan	29.7	-4.2%
173rd	Namibia	29.7	-2.2%
174th	Pakistan	29.7	-0.7%
175th	Solomon Islands	30.1	-3.4%
176th	São Tomé and Principe	30.6	-3.6%
177th	Gabon	30.8	-0.7%
178th	Comoros	31.4	-2.3%
179th	West Bank and Gaza	31.4	-2.6%
180th	Rwanda	31.7	-1.0%
181st	Zimbabwe	31.8	-2.7%
182nd	Vanuatu	32.1	-1.3%
183rd	Nauru	32.2	-4.0%
184th	Senegal	32.8	-3.0%
185th	South Sudan	32.8	-6.4%
186th	Guinea-Bissau	33.0	-3.5%
187th	Equatorial Guinea	33.1	-2.1%
188th	Liberia	33.4	-1.6%
189th	Congo, Republic of	33.4	-2.0%
190th	Gambia, The	33.5	-3.3%
191st	Madagascar	33.6	-0.1%
192nd	Malawi	33.7	-1.6%
193rd	Sierra Leone	33.8	-1.1%
194th	Togo	33.9	-1.4%
195th	Sudan	35.0	-1.1%
196th	Zambia	35.9	-1.9%
197th	Yemen, Republic of	36.1	0.1%
198th	Côte d'Ivoire	36.6	-3.1%
199th	Nigeria	36.7	-2.9%
200th	Guinea	36.9	-1.4%
201st	Mauritania	37.0	-1.0%
202nd	Cameroon	37.5	-0.7%
203rd	Tanzania	37.6	-0.1%
204th	Burkina Faso	37.7	-3.1%
205th	Benin	37.8	-1.9%
206th	Uganda	37.9	-0.9%
207th	Afghanistan	38.2	-1.4%
208th	Burundi	38.6	-3.7%
209th	Mozambique	39.8	-0.8%
210th	Angola	40.6	-1.4%
211th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	43.0	0.2%
212th	Mali	43.4	-1.1%
213th	Central African Republic	43.7	0.8%
214th	Chad	44.9	-1.4%
215th	Niger	45.1	-1.8%
216th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	46.2	-0.9%

FAQ

What was United States's birth rate in 2017?▾

United States's birth rate in 2017 was 11.8. This ranked 67th globally.

How did United States's birth rate change in 2017?▾

United States's birth rate decreased by 3.3% in 2017 compared to 2016.

Which country had the highest birth rate in 2017?▾

Somalia, Fed. Rep. had the highest birth rate in 2017 at 46.2.

What is the birth rate of United States in 2017?▾

The birth rate of United States in 2017 was 11.8. This ranked 67th globally.

How does 2017 compare to 2016 for United States's birth rate?▾

United States's birth rate went from 12.2 in 2016 to 11.8 in 2017, a 3.3% decrease.

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