APP.2-13 Crude Birth Rate, Crude Death Rate and
Natural Growth Rate
Source:World Bank Database.       (‰)
Country or Area Crude Birth Rate Crude Death Rate Natural Growth Rate
2000 2004 2000 2004 2000 2004
World 21.4 20.4 8.9 8.8 12.5 11.6
China 14.0 12.3 6.5 6.4 7.6 5.9
Hong Kong, China 8.1 7.2 5.1 5.4 3.0 1.8
Macao, China 8.7 7.3 4.3 4.5 4.4 2.7
Bangladesh 28.5 26.7 8.4 7.7 20.1 19.0
India 25.8 24.1 8.5 8.3 17.3 15.8
Indonesia 21.3 20.3 7.5 7.3 13.8 12.9
Iran 19.0 19.2 5.4 5.2 13.6 14.0
Israel 21.7 21.3 6.0 5.5 15.7 15.8
Japan 9.4 9.1 7.7 8.6 1.7 0.4
Kazakhstan 14.7 15.5 10.1 10.2 4.6 5.3
Rep. 17.4 15.6 10.5 10.7 6.9 4.9
Korea, Rep. 13.4 9.3 5.2 5.1 8.2 4.2
Malaysia 23.9 21.9 4.7 4.7 19.2 17.2
Mongolia 20.4 21.8 6.5 5.9 13.9 15.9
Myanmar 22.1 19.8 10.0 9.6 12.1 10.2
Pakistan 29.1 27.2 7.8 7.1 21.3 20.1
Philippines 26.8 24.7 5.2 5.0 21.6 19.7
Singapore 11.8 10.1 3.9 4.3 7.9 5.8
Sri Lanka 18.4 18.6 6.1 5.8 12.3 12.7
Thailand 16.7 15.9 7.0 7.2 9.7 8.6
Turkey 22.2 19.1 7.1 6.2 15.1 12.9
Viet Nam 19.4 18.0 5.8 6.1 13.6 11.9
Egypt 26.6 25.8 6.2 5.8 20.4 20.0
Nigeria 42.8 41.0 19.2 19.0 23.5 22.0
South Africa 25.8 24.2 16.0 21.8 9.9 2.4
Canada 10.9 10.3 7.1 7.3 3.8 3.0
Mexico 21.1 18.8 4.5 4.5 16.6 14.3
United States 14.7 14.1 8.7 8.3 6.0 5.8
Argentina 18.7 17.8 7.7 7.7 11.0 10.1
Brazil 21.0 20.1 6.6 6.6 14.5 13.5
Venezuela 23.4 22.3 5.0 5.1 18.4 17.2
Belarus 9.4 9.4 13.5 14.6 -4.1 -5.1
Bulgaria 9.0 9.0 14.1 14.2 -5.1 -5.2
Czech Republic 8.8 9.6 10.6 10.5 -1.8 -0.9
France 13.2 12.7 9.1 8.4 4.1 4.3
Germany 9.3 8.6 10.2 9.9 -0.9 -1.3
Italy 9.3 9.7 9.7 9.4 -0.4 0.3
Netherlands 13.0 11.9 8.8 8.4 4.2 3.5
Poland 9.8 9.3 9.5 9.5 0.3 -0.2
Romania 10.4 10.0 11.4 11.9 -1.0 -1.9
Russian Federation 8.7 10.5 15.4 16.4 -6.7 -5.9
Spain 9.9 10.6 9.0 8.7 0.9 1.9
Ukraine 7.8 9.0 15.3 16.0 -7.5 -7.0
United Kingdom 11.4 12.0 10.2 9.8 1.2 2.2
Australia 13.0 12.7 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.1
New Zealand 14.9 14.4 6.9 6.9 8.0 7.5