Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Birth rate
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DEFINITION:
The average annual number of births during a year per 1,000 persons in the population at midyear; also known as crude birth rate. The birth rate is usually the dominant factor in determining the rate of population growth. It depends on both the level of fertility and the age structure of the population.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Niger | 46.84 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
2 | Mali | 46.06 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
3 | Uganda | 44.5 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
4 | Burkina Faso | 42.81 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
5 | Zambia | 42.79 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
6 | Somalia | 41.45 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
7 | Burundi | 40.04 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
8 | Malawi | 39.98 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
9 | Angola | 39.16 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
10 | Mozambique | 39.08 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
11 | Nigeria | 38.78 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
12 | South Sudan | 38.5 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
13 | Ethiopia | 38.07 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
14 | Chad | 37.99 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
15 | Sierra Leone | 37.77 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
16 | Tanzania | 37.25 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
17 | Benin | 37.02 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 36.34 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
19 | Guinea | 36.3 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
20 | Sao Tome and Principe | 36.05 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
21 | Central African Republic | 35.8 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
22 | Liberia | 35.75 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
23 | Senegal | 35.64 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
24 | Rwanda | 35.49 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
25 | Togo | 34.9 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
26 | Gabon | 34.82 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
27 | Equatorial Guinea | 34.35 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
28 | Guinea-Bissau | 34.28 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
29 | Madagascar | 33.58 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
30 | The Gambia | 32.59 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
31 | Zimbabwe | 32.41 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
32 | Mauritania | 32.31 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
33 | Cameroon | 31.93 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
34 | Ghana | 31.7 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
35 | Eritrea | 31.39 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
36 | Sudan | 30.84 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
37 | Comoros | 30.26 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
38 | Kenya | 30.08 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
39 | Cote d'Ivoire | 29.83 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
40 | Lesotho | 26.31 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
41 | Swaziland | 25.68 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
42 | Djibouti | 24.5 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
43 | Botswana | 21.69 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
44 | Cape Verde | 20.96 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
45 | Namibia | 20.72 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
46 | South Africa | 19.14 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
47 | Seychelles | 14.85 births/1,000 population | 2013 | ||
48 | Mauritius | 13.62 births/1,000 population | 2013 |