Birth rate in North America

34 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: per 1,000 people. World ranking →

First in the ranking
21.9 ‰
Haiti
Median country
11.3 ‰
half above, half below
World
16.3 ‰
World Bank aggregate
Range
5.7 to 21.9
Puerto Rico - Haiti

How to read it

Across 34 countries in North America, the highest value is in Haiti (21.9 ‰) and the lowest in Puerto Rico (5.7 ‰).

The median country is at 11.3 ‰: half are above, half below.

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices… · via World Bank WDI (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN) · licence

Birth rate over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Haiti21.9
2Honduras21.6
3Guatemala20.6
4Nicaragua19.1
5Belize18.1
6Dominican Republic17.6
7Panama15.9
8El Salvador15.6
9Mexico15.5
10Saint-Martin15.0
11Greenland12.0
12Saint Vincent and the Grenadines12.0
13Antigua and Barbuda11.7
14Saint Kitts and Nevis11.7
15Cayman Islands11.6
16Grenada11.5
17Jamaica11.5
18Saint Lucia11.2
19Barbados11.1
20United States Virgin Islands11.1
21Dominica11.0
22Bahamas10.8
23United States10.6
24Trinidad and Tobago10.5
25Turks and Caicos Islands10.5
26Costa Rica10.0
27Sint Maarten9.1
28Canada8.9
29Cuba8.6
30British Virgin Islands8.2
31Bermuda7.9
32Aruba7.6
33Curaçao7.2
34Puerto Rico5.7
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