2-12  Crude Birth Rate and Crude Death Rate
Source:World Bank WDI Database.         (‰)
Country or Area Crude Birth Rate Crude Death Rate
2000 2006 2007 2000 2006 2007
             
 World 21.4 19.8 20.0 8.6 8.4 8.3
 China 14.0 12.1 12.1 6.5 6.8 6.8
 Hong Kong, China 8.1 9.6 10.2 5.1 5.5 5.7
 Macao, China 8.9 8.1 8.3 4.5 4.5 4.4
 Bangladesh 26.8 22.4 21.6 8.2 6.8 6.6
 Brunei Darussalam 24.2 21.9 21.5 2.8 2.8 2.8
 Cambodia 29.3 26.6 26.4 10.2 9.2 9.0
 India 25.8 23.5 23.5 8.5 7.5 7.5
 Indonesia 21.2   18.7 6.8   6.3
 Iran 19.0 17.8 17.8 5.4 5.8 5.8
 Israel 21.7 21.0 21.1 6.0 5.5 5.5
 Japan 9.4 8.7 8.6 7.7 8.5 8.7
 Kazakhstan 14.7 19.7 19.7 10.1 10.3 10.3
 Korea, Rep. 13.4 9.2 10.1 5.2 5.0 5.0
 Laos 32.0 27.9 27.6 8.8 7.3 7.1
 Malaysia 23.5 21.1 20.7 4.6 4.5 4.5
 Mongolia 20.3   21.7 7.0   6.2
 Myanmar 20.6 18.5 18.2 10.1 9.8 9.7
 Pakistan 29.8   27.2 8.2   7.1
 Philippines 27.4 25.3 25.0 5.2 4.9 4.8
 Singapore 11.8 10.3 10.0 3.9 4.4 4.5
 Sri Lanka 18.4 18.7 19.0 6.1 5.8 5.8
 Thailand 15.8 14.7 14.6 8.2 8.8 8.9
 Viet Nam 20.7   18.8 5.4   5.1
 Egypt 26.2 25.0 24.8 6.2 5.9 5.9
 Nigeria 43.4 40.4 39.9 17.4 17.0 16.8
 South Africa 24.6   22.3 11.8   17.0
 Canada 10.9 10.8 11.0 7.1 7.0 7.2
 Mexico 23.8 19.0 18.6 4.7 4.8 4.8
 United States 14.7 14.2 14.2 8.7 8.1 8.1
 Argentina 18.7 17.6 17.5 7.7 7.7 7.7
 Brazil 20.5 17.1 16.4 6.4 6.4 6.4
 Venezuela 23.4 21.8 21.5 4.9 5.1 5.1
 Czech Rep. 8.8 10.2 11.1 10.6 10.2 10.1
 France 13.2 12.8 12.7 9.1 8.5 8.4
 Germany 9.3 8.2 8.3 10.2 10.2 10.0
 Italy 9.3 9.7 9.5 9.7 9.3 9.6
 Netherlands 13.0 11.3 11.0 8.8 8.4 8.1
 Poland 9.8 9.7 10.2 9.5 9.9 9.9
 Russian Fed. 8.7 10.4 11.3 15.4 15.2 14.6
 Spain 9.9 10.7 10.9 9.0 8.6 8.5
 Turkey 20.9 18.7 18.4 6.0 5.9 6.0
 Ukraine 7.8 9.8 10.2 15.3 16.2 16.4
 United Kingdom 11.4 12.2 12.6 10.2 9.7 9.4
 Australia 13.0 12.8 13.6 6.7 6.5 6.6
 New Zealand 14.9 14.3 15.1 6.9 6.8 6.7