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Country
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Birth rate ( births/1,000 population)
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Afghanistan
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41.03 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Albania
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18.59 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Algeria
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22.34 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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American Samoa
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24.04 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Andorra
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9.97 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Angola
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46.18 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Anguilla
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14.94 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Antigua and Barbuda
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18.84 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Argentina
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18.23 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Armenia
|
12 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Aruba
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12.22 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Australia
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12.71 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Austria
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9.58 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Azerbaijan
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18.84 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Bahamas, The
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18.69 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Bahrain
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19.53 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Bangladesh
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25.12 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Barbados
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13.32 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Belarus
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9.86 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Belgium
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10.58 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Belize
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31.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Benin
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43.66 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Bermuda
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11.82 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Bhutan
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35.26 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Bolivia
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26.41 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
12.76 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Botswana
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28.04 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Brazil
|
18.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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British Virgin Islands
|
15.09 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Brunei
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20.06 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Bulgaria
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8.05 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Burkina Faso
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44.34 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Burma
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19.65 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Burundi
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39.87 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Cambodia
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32.93 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Cameroon
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35.66 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Canada
|
11.09 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Cape Verde
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27.81 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Cayman Islands
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13.45 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Central African Republic
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36.6 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Chad
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47.74 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Chile
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16.46 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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China
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15.85 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Christmas Island
|
NA births/1,000 population
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
NA births/1,000 population
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Colombia
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21.99 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Comoros
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39.01 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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45.55 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Congo, Republic of the
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37.91 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Cook Islands
|
NA births/1,000 population
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Costa Rica
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19.83 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Cote d'Ivoire
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39.99 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Croatia
|
12.8 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Cuba
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12.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Cyprus
|
12.91 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Czech Republic
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9.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Denmark
|
11.74 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Djibouti
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40.33 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Dominica
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17.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Dominican Republic
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24.4 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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East Timor
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28.07 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Ecuador
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25.47 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Egypt
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24.41 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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El Salvador
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28.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Equatorial Guinea
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37.33 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Eritrea
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42.25 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Estonia
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8.96 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Ethiopia
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44.31 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
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NA births/1,000 population
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Faroe Islands
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13.74 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Fiji
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23.2 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Finland
|
10.6 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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France
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11.94 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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French Guiana
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21.66 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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French Polynesia
|
18.17 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Gabon
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27.24 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Gambia, The
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41.25 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Gaza Strip
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41.85 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Georgia
|
11.48 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Germany
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8.99 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Ghana
|
28.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Gibraltar
|
11.19 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Greece
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9.82 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Greenland
|
16.27 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Grenada
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23.05 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Guadeloupe
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16.53 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Guam
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24.09 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Guatemala
|
34.17 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Guernsey
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9.69 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Guinea
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39.49 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Guinea-Bissau
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38.95 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Guyana
|
17.89 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Haiti
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31.42 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Honduras
|
31.21 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Hong Kong
|
10.92 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Hungary
|
9.34 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Iceland
|
14.37 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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India
|
23.79 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Indonesia
|
21.87 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Iran
|
17.54 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Iraq
|
34.2 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Ireland
|
14.62 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Israel
|
18.91 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Italy
|
8.93 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Jamaica
|
17.74 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Japan
|
10.03 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Jersey
|
10.86 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Jordan
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24.58 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Kazakhstan
|
17.83 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Kenya
|
27.61 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Kiribati
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31.58 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Korea, North
|
17.95 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Korea, South
|
14.55 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Kuwait
|
21.84 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Kyrgyzstan
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26.11 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Laos
|
37.39 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Latvia
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8.27 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Lebanon
|
19.96 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Lesotho
|
30.72 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Liberia
|
45.95 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Libya
|
27.59 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Liechtenstein
|
11.24 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Lithuania
|
10.22 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Luxembourg
|
12.06 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Macau
|
12.19 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of
|
13.35 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Madagascar
|
42.41 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Malawi
|
37.13 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Malaysia
|
24.22 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Maldives
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37.41 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Mali
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48.37 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Malta
|
12.76 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Man, Isle of
|
11.49 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Marshall Islands
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44.98 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Martinique
|
15.37 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Mauritania
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42.54 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Mauritius
|
16.34 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Mayotte
|
43.59 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Mexico
|
22.36 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Micronesia, Federated States of
|
NA births/1,000 population
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Moldova
|
13.82 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Monaco
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9.6 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Mongolia
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21.8 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Montserrat
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17.54 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Morocco
|
23.69 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Mozambique
|
36.41 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Namibia
|
34.17 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Nauru
|
26.6 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Nepal
|
32.94 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Netherlands
|
11.58 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Netherlands Antilles
|
16.16 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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New Caledonia
|
19.91 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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New Zealand
|
14.23 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Nicaragua
|
26.98 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Niger
|
49.95 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Nigeria
|
39.22 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Niue
|
NA births/1,000 population
|
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Norfolk Island
|
NA births/1,000 population
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Northern Mariana Islands
|
20.29 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Norway
|
12.39 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Oman
|
37.76 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Pakistan
|
30.4 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Palau
|
19.32 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Panama
|
18.6 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Papua New Guinea
|
31.61 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Paraguay
|
30.5 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Peru
|
23.36 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Philippines
|
26.88 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Pitcairn Islands
|
NA births/1,000 population
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Poland
|
10.29 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Portugal
|
11.5 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Puerto Rico
|
15.04 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Qatar
|
15.78 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Reunion
|
20.7 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
Romania
|
10.81 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Russia
|
9.71 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Rwanda
|
33.28 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Saint Helena
|
13.26 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
18.61 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
21.37 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
14.96 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
17.54 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
Samoa
|
15.53 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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San Marino
|
10.64 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Sao Tome and Principe
|
42.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
Saudi Arabia
|
37.25 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Senegal
|
36.99 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
12.8 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Seychelles
|
17.27 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Sierra Leone
|
44.58 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Singapore
|
12.78 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Slovakia
|
10.09 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Slovenia
|
9.27 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Solomon Islands
|
33.26 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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|
Somalia
|
46.83 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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South Africa
|
20.63 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Spain
|
9.29 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Sri Lanka
|
16.36 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Sudan
|
37.21 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
Suriname
|
19.97 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Svalbard
|
NA births/1,000 population
|
|
Swaziland
|
39.59 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Sweden
|
9.81 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Switzerland
|
9.84 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Syria
|
30.11 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Taiwan
|
14.21 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Tajikistan
|
32.99 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Tanzania
|
39.12 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Thailand
|
16.39 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Togo
|
36.11 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Tokelau
|
NA births/1,000 population
|
|
Tonga
|
24.08 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
13.66 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Tunisia
|
16.83 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Turkey
|
17.95 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Turkmenistan
|
28.27 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Turks and Caicos Islands
|
24.18 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Tuvalu
|
21.44 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Uganda
|
47.15 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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Ukraine
|
9.59 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
United Arab Emirates
|
18.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
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United Kingdom
|
11.34 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
United States
|
14.1 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Uruguay
|
17.28 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
Uzbekistan
|
26.09 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Vanuatu
|
24.83 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Venezuela
|
20.22 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Vietnam
|
20.89 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Virgin Islands
|
15.85 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
NA births/1,000 population
|
|
West Bank
|
34.94 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
Western Sahara
|
NA births/1,000 population
|
|
World
|
21.16 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
|
|
Yemen
|
43.3 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Zambia
|
41.01 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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Zimbabwe
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24.59 births/1,000 population (2002 est.)
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