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Country
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Birth rate (births/1,000 population)
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Afghanistan
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47.27 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Albania
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15.08 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Algeria
|
17.76 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
American Samoa
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24.46 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Andorra
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9.32 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Angola
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45.14 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Anguilla
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14.45 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
17.7 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Argentina
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17.19 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Armenia
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11.43 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Aruba
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11.53 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Australia
|
12.4 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Austria
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8.9 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Azerbaijan
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19.81 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Bahamas, The
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18.22 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Bahrain
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18.54 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Bangladesh
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30.03 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Barbados
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12.98 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Belarus
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10.52 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Belgium
|
10.59 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Belize
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29.89 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Benin
|
42.57 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Bermuda
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11.83 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Bhutan
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34.41 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Bolivia
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24.65 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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12.56 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Botswana
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24.71 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Brazil
|
17.25 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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British Virgin Islands
|
14.96 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Brunei
|
19.33 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Bulgaria
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9.65 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Burkina Faso
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44.46 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Burma
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18.64 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Burundi
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39.68 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Cambodia
|
27.13 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Cameroon
|
35.08 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Canada
|
10.91 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Cape Verde
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26.13 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Cayman Islands
|
13.11 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Central African Republic
|
35.55 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Chad
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46.5 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Chile
|
15.77 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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China
|
12.98 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Christmas Island
|
NA births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
NA births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Colombia
|
21.19 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Comoros
|
38 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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44.73 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Congo, Republic of the
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28.66 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Cook Islands
|
NA births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Costa Rica
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18.99 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Cote d'Ivoire
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39.64 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Croatia
|
9.51 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Cuba
|
12.18 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Cyprus
|
12.66 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Czech Republic
|
9.1 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Denmark
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11.59 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Djibouti
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40.39 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Dominica
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16.25 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Dominican Republic
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23.6 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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East Timor
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27.46 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Ecuador
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23.18 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Egypt
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23.84 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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El Salvador
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27.48 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Equatorial Guinea
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36.56 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Eritrea
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39.03 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Estonia
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9.79 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Ethiopia
|
39.23 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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European Union
|
10.2 births/1,000 population (July 2004 est.)
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
NA births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Faroe Islands
|
13.89 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Fiji
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22.91 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Finland
|
10.56 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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France
|
12.34 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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French Guiana
|
21 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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French Polynesia
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17.34 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Gabon
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36.4 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Gambia, The
|
40.3 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Gaza Strip
|
40.62 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Georgia
|
10.1 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Germany
|
8.45 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Ghana
|
24.9 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Gibraltar
|
10.99 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Greece
|
9.73 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Greenland
|
15.96 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Grenada
|
22.61 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Guadeloupe
|
15.79 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Guam
|
19.31 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Guatemala
|
34.58 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Guernsey
|
9.16 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Guinea
|
42.26 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
38.03 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Guyana
|
17.85 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Haiti
|
33.76 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Honduras
|
31.04 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Hong Kong
|
7.23 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Hungary
|
9.77 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Iceland
|
13.83 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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India
|
22.8 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Indonesia
|
21.11 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Iran
|
17.1 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Iraq
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33.09 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Ireland
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14.47 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Israel
|
18.45 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Italy
|
9.05 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Jamaica
|
16.94 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Japan
|
9.56 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Jersey
|
10.04 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Jordan
|
22.73 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Kazakhstan
|
15.52 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Kenya
|
27.82 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Kiribati
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30.99 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Korea, North
|
16.77 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Korea, South
|
12.33 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Kuwait
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21.85 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Kyrgyzstan
|
22.13 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Laos
|
36.47 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Latvia
|
8.87 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Lebanon
|
19.31 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Lesotho
|
26.91 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Liberia
|
44.81 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Libya
|
27.17 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Liechtenstein
|
10.65 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Lithuania
|
8.49 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Luxembourg
|
12.21 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Macau
|
8.04 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Macedonia
|
13.14 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Madagascar
|
41.91 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Malawi
|
44.35 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Malaysia
|
23.37 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Maldives
|
36.06 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Mali
|
47.29 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Malta
|
10.09 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Man, Isle of
|
11.28 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Marshall Islands
|
33.88 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Martinique
|
14.56 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Mauritania
|
41.79 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Mauritius
|
15.85 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Mayotte
|
42.19 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Mexico
|
21.44 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
25.8 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Moldova
|
14.81 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Monaco
|
9.36 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Mongolia
|
21.44 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Montserrat
|
17.63 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Morocco
|
22.79 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Mozambique
|
36.06 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Namibia
|
33.51 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Nauru
|
25.61 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Nepal
|
31.96 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Netherlands
|
11.41 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
15.36 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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New Caledonia
|
18.98 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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New Zealand
|
14.04 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Nicaragua
|
25.5 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Niger
|
48.91 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Nigeria
|
38.24 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Niue
|
NA births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Norfolk Island
|
NA births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
19.77 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Norway
|
11.89 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Oman
|
37.12 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Pakistan
|
31.22 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Palau
|
18.69 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Panama
|
20.36 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Papua New Guinea
|
30.52 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Paraguay
|
29.78 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Peru
|
21.27 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Philippines
|
25.8 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Pitcairn Islands
|
NA births/1,000 population
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Poland
|
10.64 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Portugal
|
10.9 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Puerto Rico
|
14.1 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Qatar
|
15.6 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Reunion
|
19.69 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Romania
|
10.69 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Russia
|
9.63 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Rwanda
|
40.01 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Saint Helena
|
12.68 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
18.26 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Saint Lucia
|
20.5 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
14.15 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
16.77 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Samoa
|
15.69 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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San Marino
|
10.31 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Sao Tome and Principe
|
41.36 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Saudi Arabia
|
29.74 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Senegal
|
35.72 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
12.13 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Seychelles
|
16.55 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Sierra Leone
|
43.34 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Singapore
|
9.63 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Slovakia
|
10.57 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Slovenia
|
8.9 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Solomon Islands
|
31.6 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Somalia
|
46.04 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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South Africa
|
18.38 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Spain
|
10.11 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Sri Lanka
|
15.88 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Sudan
|
35.79 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Suriname
|
18.87 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Svalbard
|
NA births/1,000 population
|
|
Swaziland
|
28.55 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Sweden
|
10.46 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Switzerland
|
9.83 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Syria
|
28.93 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Taiwan
|
12.7 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Tajikistan
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32.63 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Tanzania
|
39 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Thailand
|
16.04 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
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Togo
|
34.36 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Tokelau
|
NA births/1,000 population
|
|
Tonga
|
24.87 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
12.75 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Tunisia
|
15.74 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Turkey
|
17.22 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Turkmenistan
|
27.82 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Turks and Caicos Islands
|
22.85 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Tuvalu
|
21.63 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Uganda
|
46.31 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Ukraine
|
10.21 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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United Arab Emirates
|
18.65 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
United Kingdom
|
10.88 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
United States
|
14.13 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Uruguay
|
14.44 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Uzbekistan
|
26.12 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Vanuatu
|
23.67 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Venezuela
|
19.34 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Vietnam
|
19.58 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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|
Virgin Islands
|
14.49 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
NA births/1,000 population
|
|
West Bank
|
33.21 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Western Sahara
|
NA births/1,000 population
|
|
World
|
20.24 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
|
|
Yemen
|
43.16 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Zambia
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38.99 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Zimbabwe
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30.05 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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