Uruguay - Birth Rate 2017
12.7
−1.0 from 2016
Uruguay's birth rate was 12.7 in 2017, decreased +1.0 from 13.7 in 2016. This was the 81st highest globally.
Global Ranking - 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 Uruguay's birth rate in 2017?▾
Uruguay's birth rate in 2017 was 12.7. This ranked 81st globally.
How did Uruguay's birth rate change in 2017?▾
Uruguay's birth rate decreased by 7.4% 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 Uruguay in 2017?▾
The birth rate of Uruguay in 2017 was 12.7. This ranked 81st globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Uruguay's birth rate?▾
Uruguay's birth rate went from 13.7 in 2016 to 12.7 in 2017, a 7.4% decrease.
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