Country or area
and region
 Crude
birth
rate
(per 1,000)
 Crude
death
rate
(per 1,000)
 Total
fertility rate
(per woman)
 Age-specific
fertility rate
ages 15-19
(per 1,000)
The ESCAP region

20.0 

8.0 

2.5 

36 

EAST AND NORTH-EAST ASIA

14.4 

7.1 

1.6 

4 

China 1

14.9 

7.0 

1.8  

5  

Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1

17.3 

10.1 

2.1  

2  

Hong Kong, China

7.6 †

5.5 †

1.0 †

5 †
Japan 3

9.4 †

7.8 †

1.3 †

4 †
Macao, China 1

9.4 

4.5  

1.1  

6  

Mongolia 1

22.4 

7.5  

2.4  

54  

Republic of Korea 4

13.8 ‡

5.3 ‡

1.5 ‡

4 ‡
SOUTH-EAST ASIA

22.0 

7.1 

2.6 

45 

Brunei Darussalam 1 , 5 , 6

22.3 †

2.8 †

2.7 †

29 †
Cambodia 1

35.9  

10.7  

5.0  

103  

Indonesia 1

20.8  

7.2  

2.4  

55  

Lao People's Democratic Republic 1

36.5  

13.1  

5.0  

93  

Malaysia 1 , 7

24.4 †

4.4 †

3.1 †

24 †
Myanmar 1

24.2  

11.7  

3.0  

29  

Philippines 1

26.7  

5.3  

3.3  

37  

Singapore 1 , 5 , 8

12.8 †

4.5 †

1.5 †

7 †
Thailand 9

16.1  

6.0  

1.8  

64  

Viet Nam 1 , 10

20.2  

6.6  

2.4  

22  

SOUTH AND SOUTH-WEST ASIA

26.1  

8.7  

3.4  

57  

Afghanistan 1

47.4  

21.6  

6.8  

113  

Bangladesh 1

26.8  

8.9  

3.7  

130  

Bhutan 1

35.2  

9.0  

5.2  

61  

India 1

24.5  

8.6  

3.1  

46  

Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 , 5 , 11

22.5  

5.1  

2.9  

31  

Maldives 1

36.3  

6.3  

5.5  

55  

Nepal 1

34.7  

10.3  

4.6  

128  

Pakistan 1 , 5

36.8  

10.0  

5.2  

48  

Sri Lanka 1

17.3  

6.2  

2.1  

23  

Turkey 1

21.1  

6.3  

2.4  

55  

NORTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

12.1  

12.4  

1.5  

37  

Armenia 1

9.9  

7.4  

1.2  

36  

Azerbaijan 1

13.7  

6.2  

1.6  

29  

Georgia 1

10.7  

9.8  

1.5  

35  

Kazakhstan 1

16.5  

10.1  

2.0  

46  

Kyrgyzstan 1

20.6  

7.3  

2.5  

31  

Russian Federation 1

8.7  

15.0  

1.1  

34  

Tajikistan 1

24.7  

6.4  

3.1  

26  

Turkmenistan 1

26.3  

6.7  

3.3  

19  

Uzbekistan 1

21.7  

5.9  

2.5  

55  

PACIFIC

17.9  

7.2  

2.3  

39  

American Samoa 1 , 12

30.0 *

4.0 *

..   

..   

Australia 1 , 5 , 13

13.3 §

6.8 §

1.8 †

18 †

Cook Islands 1 , 12

23.1 *

6.8 *

3.7§§

82§§
Fiji 1

24.9  

5.5  

3.1  

54  

French Polynesia 1

20.7  

4.8  

2.5  

59  

Guam 1

27.0  

4.8  

4.0  

109  

Kiribati 1 , 12

33.1 *

8.4 *

4.5 #

61 #

Marshall Islands 1 , 12

41.8 *

4.9 *

..   

..   

Micronesia (Federated States of) 1 , 12

31.1 *

6.2 *

..   

..   

Nauru 1 , 12

22.9 *

5.1 *

..   

..   

New Caledonia 1

20.1   

4.9   

2.5   

32   

New Zealand 1 , 14

14.6 ‡

6.9 ‡

1.9 ‡

30 ‡

Niue 1 , 12

18.3 *

6.6 *

..   

..   

Northern Mariana Islands 1 , 12

25.2 *

3.7 *

2.1 #

71 #
Palau 1 , 12

21.1 *

7.2 *

..   

..   

Papua New Guinea 1

32.6   

9.9   

4.4   

86   

Samoa 1

28.2   

5.7   

4.3   

47   

Solomon Islands 1

38.3   

4.8   

5.4   

87   

Tonga 1 , 12

27.2 *

6.1 *

4.2 ||

17 ||

Tuvalu 1 , 12

21.4 *

7.8 *

..   

..   

Vanuatu 1

32.1  

5.6  

4.4  

56  

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