Birth Rate Death Rate

• 19 births/1,000 • 8 deaths/1,000
population population
• 131.4 million births • 55.3 million people
per year die each year
• 360,000 births per • 151,600 people die
day each day
• 15,000 births each • 6,316 people die
hour each hour
• 250 births each • 105 people die each
minute minute
• Four births each • Nearly two people
second of every day die each second

Average life expectancy at birth is approximately 67 years.

Sources: Population Reference Bureau & The World Factbook
(Central Intelligence Agency)