U.S. Bureau of the Census, International Data Base
Table 008. Vital Rates
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Births Deaths Net number of Rate of natural
Country or area/ per 1,000 per 1,000 migrants per increase Growth rate
Year population population 1,000 population (percent) (percent)
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Afghanistan
2002 41.03 17.43 10.70 2.360 3.430
Albania
2002 18.59 6.49 -1.46 1.210 1.064
Algeria
2002 22.34 5.15 -0.42 1.719 1.677
American Samoa
2002 24.04 4.34 3.42 1.970 2.312
Andorra
2002 9.97 5.57 6.74 0.440 1.114
Angola
2002 46.02 25.80 0.00 2.022 2.021
Anguilla
2002 14.94 5.54 15.02 0.940 2.443
Antigua and Barbuda
2002 18.84 5.75 -6.23 1.309 0.686
Argentina
2002 17.72 7.59 0.63 1.013 1.076
Armenia
2002 12.00 9.94 -3.51 0.206 -0.146
Aruba
2002 12.22 6.29 0.00 0.593 0.593
Australia
2002 12.71 7.25 4.12 0.546 0.958
Austria
2002 9.58 9.73 2.45 -0.015 0.229
Azerbaijan
2002 18.84 9.61 -5.41 0.923 0.382
Bahamas, The
2002 18.94 8.55 -2.23 1.039 0.816
Bahrain
2002 19.53 3.95 1.09 1.558 1.667
Bangladesh
2002 29.67 8.74 -0.74 2.093 2.019
Barbados
2002 13.32 8.99 -0.32 0.433 0.401
Belarus
2002 9.86 13.99 2.78 -0.413 -0.135
Belgium
2002 10.58 10.08 0.97 0.050 0.147
Belize
2002 31.03 6.08 0.00 2.495 2.495
Benin
2002 43.72 13.63 0.00 3.009 3.009
Bermuda
2002 12.47 7.39 2.61 0.508 0.769
Bhutan
2002 35.26 13.74 0.00 2.152 2.152
Bolivia
2002 26.41 8.05 -1.42 1.836 1.693
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2002 12.76 8.10 2.97 0.466 0.764
Botswana
2002 26.27 28.61 0.00 -0.234 -0.233
Brazil
2002 18.05 6.12 -0.03 1.193 1.190
Brunei
2002 20.06 3.38 3.91 1.668 2.058
Bulgaria
2002 8.05 14.42 -4.74 -0.637 -1.111
Burkina Faso
2002 45.11 18.75 0.00 2.636 2.636
Burma
2002 19.64 12.19 -1.82 0.745 0.563
Burundi
2002 39.84 18.02 -0.18 2.182 2.164
Cambodia
2002 27.48 9.44 0.00 1.804 1.803
Cameroon
2002 35.90 15.26 0.00 2.064 2.063
Canada
2002 11.09 7.54 6.07 0.355 0.962
Cape Verde
2002 27.81 7.01 -12.26 2.080 0.853
Cayman Islands
2002 13.62 4.64 19.82 0.898 2.880
Central African Republic
2002 36.31 19.49 0.00 1.682 1.682
Chad
2002 47.64 16.39 0.00 3.125 3.125
Chile
2002 16.46 5.59 0.00 1.087 1.087
China
2002 13.12 6.69 -0.23 0.643 0.619
Colombia
2002 21.99 5.66 -0.32 1.633 1.600
Comoros
2002 39.01 9.10 0.00 2.991 2.990
Congo (Brazzaville)
2002 30.23 13.95 0.00 1.628 1.628
Congo (Kinshasa)
2002 45.58 15.11 -2.76 3.047 2.771
Cook Islands
2000 22.18 5.20 -0.99 1.698 1.599
Costa Rica
2002 19.83 4.31 0.52 1.552 1.605
Cote d'Ivoire
2002 40.39 18.35 -0.08 2.204 2.196
Croatia
2002 12.80 11.31 9.72 0.149 1.120
Cuba
2002 12.08 7.35 -1.21 0.473 0.352
Cyprus
2002 12.91 7.63 0.43 0.528 0.571
Czech Republic
2002 9.08 10.76 0.96 -0.168 -0.071
Denmark
2002 11.74 10.81 2.01 0.093 0.294
Djibouti
2002 41.13 19.49 0.00 2.164 2.163
Dominica
2002 17.30 7.11 -18.26 1.019 -0.807
Dominican Republic
2002 24.30 6.68 -3.64 1.762 1.398
East Timor
2002 28.07 6.52 51.07 2.155 7.262
Ecuador
2002 25.47 5.36 -0.53 2.011 1.957
Egypt
2002 24.86 5.40 -0.23 1.946 1.922
El Salvador
2002 28.30 6.10 -3.88 2.220 1.832
Equatorial Guinea
2002 37.33 12.83 0.00 2.450 2.450
Eritrea
2002 40.02 13.13 -13.56 2.689 1.333
Estonia
2002 8.96 13.44 -0.73 -0.448 -0.521
Ethiopia
2002 40.37 19.99 -0.46 2.038 1.992
Faroe Islands
2002 13.74 8.69 2.39 0.505 0.743
Fiji
2002 23.20 5.72 -3.35 1.748 1.413
Finland
2002 10.60 9.78 0.62 0.082 0.144
France
2002 12.74 9.05 0.67 0.369 0.436
French Guiana
2002 21.66 4.78 8.78 1.688 2.566
French Polynesia
2002 18.17 4.49 3.04 1.368 1.672
Gabon
2002 36.66 10.94 0.00 2.572 2.572
Gambia, The
2002 41.25 12.63 2.23 2.862 3.085
Gaza Strip
2002 41.85 4.12 1.73 3.773 3.946
Georgia
2002 11.48 14.61 -2.39 -0.313 -0.551
Germany
2002 8.78 10.25 2.19 -0.147 0.071
Ghana
2002 26.80 10.41 -0.88 1.639 1.550
Gibraltar
2002 11.19 8.88 0.00 0.231 0.231
Greece
2002 9.82 9.79 1.96 0.003 0.198
Greenland
2002 16.27 7.61 -8.37 0.866 0.028
Grenada
2002 23.05 7.63 -15.21 1.542 0.020
Guadeloupe
2002 16.53 6.03 -0.15 1.050 1.035
Guam
2002 24.09 4.24 0.00 1.985 1.985
Guatemala
2002 35.51 6.77 -1.76 2.874 2.698
Guernsey
2002 9.69 9.86 3.87 -0.017 0.370
Guinea
2002 42.76 15.89 -2.42 2.687 2.445
Guinea-Bissau
2002 38.79 16.69 -1.63 2.210 2.046
Guyana
2002 17.90 8.87 -6.27 0.903 0.277
Haiti
2002 34.38 13.54 -4.68 2.084 1.616
Honduras
2002 32.31 6.27 -2.09 2.604 2.396
Hong Kong S.A.R.
2002 10.92 6.11 7.76 0.481 1.257
Hungary
2002 9.34 13.09 0.76 -0.375 -0.299
Iceland
2002 14.37 6.93 -2.27 0.744 0.517
India
2002 23.77 8.61 -0.08 1.516 1.509
Indonesia
2002 21.87 6.28 -0.21 1.559 1.538
Iran
2002 17.43 5.57 -0.87 1.186 1.099
Iraq
2002 34.20 6.02 0.00 2.818 2.818
Ireland
2002 14.62 8.01 4.12 0.661 1.073
Israel
2002 18.91 6.21 2.11 1.270 1.481
Italy
2002 9.29 10.03 2.07 -0.074 0.133
Jamaica
2002 17.74 5.45 -6.65 1.229 0.564
Japan
2002 9.64 8.36 0.00 0.128 0.128
Jersey
2002 10.86 9.22 2.78 0.164 0.442
Jordan
2002 24.58 2.62 6.97 2.196 2.893
Kazakhstan
2002 17.83 10.69 -6.16 0.714 0.097
Kenya
2002 29.76 15.73 -0.20 1.403 1.383
Kiribati
2002 31.58 8.76 0.00 2.282 2.282
Korea, North
2002 18.67 6.87 0.00 1.180 1.180
Korea, South
2002 12.93 5.94 0.00 0.699 0.699
Kuwait
2002 21.84 2.46 13.88 1.938 3.327
Kyrgyzstan
2002 26.11 9.10 -2.51 1.701 1.450
Laos
2002 37.39 12.69 0.00 2.470 2.469
Latvia
2002 8.27 14.74 -1.23 -0.647 -0.770
Lebanon
2002 19.96 6.35 0.00 1.361 1.361
Lesotho
2002 27.61 24.40 -0.74 0.321 0.247
Liberia
2002 45.84 17.85 -10.88 2.799 1.711
Libya
2002 27.59 3.50 0.00 2.409 2.409
Liechtenstein
2002 11.24 6.76 4.93 0.448 0.941
Lithuania
2002 10.22 12.87 0.15 -0.265 -0.250
Luxembourg
2002 12.06 8.83 9.26 0.323 1.249
Macau S.A.R.
2002 12.19 3.78 9.08 0.841 1.750
Macedonia, The Former Yugo. Rep. of
2002 13.35 7.74 -1.49 0.561 0.412
Madagascar
2002 42.41 12.15 0.00 3.026 3.026
Malawi
2002 45.02 22.29 0.00 2.273 2.273
Malaysia
2002 24.22 5.16 0.00 1.906 1.907
Maldives
2002 37.41 7.86 0.00 2.955 2.954
Mali
2002 48.27 19.32 -0.35 2.895 2.860
Malta
2002 12.76 7.77 2.36 0.499 0.734
Man, Isle of
2002 11.49 11.68 5.41 -0.019 0.523
Marshall Islands
2002 34.45 5.13 -6.33 2.932 2.299
Martinique
2002 15.37 6.40 -0.07 0.897 0.890
Mauritania
2002 42.54 13.34 0.00 2.920 2.920
Mauritius
2002 16.34 6.81 -0.92 0.953 0.861
Mayotte
2002 43.59 8.58 9.11 3.501 4.412
Mexico
2002 22.36 4.99 -2.71 1.737 1.466
Micronesia, Federated States of
2000 27.09 5.95 11.65 2.114 3.279
Moldova
2002 13.82 12.64 -0.28 0.118 0.090
Monaco
2002 9.60 12.91 7.82 -0.331 0.450
Mongolia
2002 21.34 7.27 0.00 1.407 1.407
Montserrat
2002 17.54 7.47 74.20 1.007 8.427
Morocco
2002 23.69 5.86 -1.09 1.783 1.675
Mozambique
2002 39.01 29.27 0.00 0.974 0.974
Namibia
2002 34.65 17.56 0.00 1.709 1.710
Nauru
2002 26.60 7.06 0.00 1.954 1.955
Nepal
2002 32.94 10.03 0.00 2.291 2.291
Netherlands
2002 11.58 8.67 2.35 0.291 0.526
Netherlands Antilles
2002 16.16 6.40 -0.42 0.976 0.934
New Caledonia
2002 19.91 5.62 0.00 1.429 1.428
New Zealand
2002 14.23 7.55 4.48 0.668 1.116
Nicaragua
2002 26.98 4.76 -1.30 2.222 2.093
Niger
2002 50.21 21.94 -0.71 2.827 2.756
Nigeria
2002 39.23 13.57 0.27 2.566 2.593
Northern Mariana Islands
2002 20.29 2.42 17.02 1.787 3.490
Norway
2002 12.39 9.78 2.10 0.261 0.472
Oman
2002 37.76 4.03 0.35 3.373 3.408
Pakistan
2002 30.40 9.02 -0.79 2.138 2.059
Palau
2002 19.32 7.11 3.86 1.221 1.608
Panama
2002 21.21 6.11 -1.02 1.510 1.407
Papua New Guinea
2002 31.61 7.75 0.00 2.386 2.386
Paraguay
2002 30.50 4.69 -0.09 2.581 2.572
Peru
2002 23.36 5.74 -1.05 1.762 1.658
Philippines
2002 26.78 5.68 -1.51 2.110 1.959
Poland
2002 10.29 9.97 -0.49 0.032 -0.016
Portugal
2002 11.50 10.21 0.50 0.129 0.178
Puerto Rico
2002 15.20 7.62 -1.62 0.758 0.596
Qatar
2002 15.78 4.34 18.75 1.144 3.019
Reunion
2002 20.70 5.51 0.00 1.519 1.519
Romania
2002 10.81 12.27 -0.60 -0.146 -0.206
Russia
2002 9.71 13.91 0.94 -0.420 -0.325
Rwanda
2002 40.17 21.60 -0.31 1.857 1.827
Saint Helena
2002 13.26 6.29 0.00 0.697 0.697
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2002 18.61 9.04 -9.50 0.957 0.008
Saint Lucia
2002 21.37 5.30 -3.64 1.607 1.243
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
2002 14.96 6.61 -4.89 0.835 0.345
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2002 17.54 6.12 -7.69 1.142 0.374
Samoa
2002 15.53 6.35 -11.64 0.918 -0.246
San Marino
2002 10.64 7.79 11.29 0.285 1.414
Sao Tome and Principe
2002 42.30 7.32 -3.15 3.498 3.183
Saudi Arabia
2002 37.25 5.86 1.28 3.139 3.266
Senegal
2002 36.75 11.04 0.21 2.571 2.592
Seychelles
2002 17.27 6.57 -5.99 1.070 0.471
Sierra Leone
2002 44.46 20.72 6.38 2.374 3.013
Singapore
2002 12.78 4.28 26.11 0.850 3.461
Slovakia
2002 10.09 9.22 0.53 0.087 0.140
Slovenia
2002 9.27 10.07 2.24 -0.080 0.144
Solomon Islands
2002 33.26 4.19 0.00 2.907 2.907
Somalia
2002 46.83 17.99 5.75 2.884 3.459
South Africa
2002 19.35 16.58 -0.41 0.277 0.236
Spain
2002 10.04 9.41 1.00 0.063 0.163
Sri Lanka
2002 16.36 6.45 -1.39 0.991 0.853
Sudan
2002 37.21 9.81 -0.07 2.740 2.733
Suriname
2002 19.95 6.68 -8.87 1.327 0.440
Swaziland
2002 30.19 19.33 0.00 1.086 1.086
Sweden
2002 9.81 10.60 0.95 -0.079 0.017
Switzerland
2002 9.84 8.79 1.37 0.105 0.242
Syria
2002 30.11 5.12 0.00 2.499 2.498
Taiwan
2002 12.77 6.11 0.00 0.666 0.666
Tajikistan
2002 32.99 8.51 -3.27 2.448 2.120
Tanzania
2002 39.98 17.33 -4.99 2.265 1.766
Thailand
2002 16.68 6.79 0.00 0.989 0.989
Togo
2002 36.12 11.41 0.00 2.471 2.471
Tonga
2002 24.08 5.63 0.00 1.845 1.845
Trinidad and Tobago
2002 12.75 8.43 -10.75 0.432 -0.642
Tunisia
2002 16.83 5.00 -0.63 1.183 1.120
Turkey
2002 17.95 5.95 0.00 1.200 1.201
Turkmenistan
2002 28.27 8.92 -0.98 1.935 1.837
Turks and Caicos Islands
2002 24.18 4.38 12.97 1.980 3.277
Tuvalu
2002 21.44 7.45 0.00 1.399 1.400
Uganda
2002 46.89 17.32 -0.28 2.957 2.929
Ukraine
2002 9.59 16.40 -0.42 -0.681 -0.723
United Arab Emirates
2002 18.30 3.90 1.41 1.440 1.581
United Kingdom
2002 11.11 10.22 2.20 0.089 0.310
United States
2002 14.17 8.55 3.63 0.562 0.925
Uruguay
2002 17.28 9.00 -0.41 0.828 0.787
Uzbekistan
2002 26.09 7.98 -1.94 1.811 1.616
Vanuatu
2002 24.83 8.25 0.00 1.658 1.659
Venezuela
2002 20.22 4.91 -0.11 1.531 1.520
Vietnam
2002 19.59 6.22 -0.48 1.337 1.289
Virgin Islands
2002 15.85 5.58 0.12 1.027 1.039
Virgin Islands, British
2002 15.09 4.42 10.91 1.067 2.158
Wallis and Futuna
2000 21.66 4.54 -6.91 1.712 1.021
West Bank
2002 34.94 4.26 3.18 3.068 3.386
Western Sahara
2000 45.07 16.11 -6.05 2.896 2.291
Yemen
2002 43.30 9.31 0.00 3.399 3.399
Yugoslavia
2002 12.80 10.59 -3.38 0.221 -0.116
Zambia
2002 40.07 24.27 0.00 1.580 1.580
Zimbabwe
2002 30.67 20.84 0.00 0.983 0.983
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Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, International
Data Base.