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World Bank Data Ranks Countries by Birth Rates in 2024
Business Insider compiled World Bank figures showing the ten countries with the highest and lowest crude birth rates. The United States recorded 10.6 births per 1,000 people and a fertility rate of 1.6 births per woman.
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Business Insider reported World Bank data on crude birth rates and total fertility rates for countries worldwide in 2024. 6 births per 1,000 people, placing it 135th globally. 2 births per woman.
Nine of the ten countries with the highest birth rates were in Africa. Somalia ranked third overall.
Economic conditions were cited as a likely factor in countries recording the lowest birth rates. Taiwan was not counted separately in the World Bank dataset.
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