Birth registration
What the rankings mean:
1 90% and more registered
2 70% to 89% registered
3 50% to 69% registered
4 30% to 49% registered
5 Less than 30% registered
6 No birth registration system
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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA |
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA |
CENTRAL ASIA |
EAST/ SOUTH ASIA & PACIFIC |
AMERICAS |
Level of
registration |
Level of
registration |
Level of
registration |
Level of
registration |
Level of
registration |
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Mauritius |
1 |
Algeria |
1 |
Armenia |
1 |
Australia |
1 |
Argentina |
1 |
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Gabon |
2 |
Egypt |
1 |
Azerbaijan |
1 |
China |
1 |
Brazil |
1 |
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Burundi |
3 |
Iran |
1 |
Kazakhstan |
1 |
Japan |
1 |
Canada |
1 |
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Gambia |
3 |
Israel |
1 |
Kyrgyzstan |
1 |
Korea, Rep. |
1 |
Chile |
1 |
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Botswana |
4 |
Jordan |
1 |
Tajikistan |
1 |
Malaysia |
1 |
Costa Rica |
1 |
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Cameroon |
4 |
Kuwait |
1 |
Turkmenistan |
1 |
Mongolia |
1 |
Cuba |
1 |
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Chad |
4 |
Lebanon |
1 |
Uzbekistan |
1 |
New Zealand |
1 |
Dominican Rep. |
1 |
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Ghana |
4 |
Libya |
1 |
Afghanistan |
6 |
Singapore |
1 |
El Salvador |
1 |
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Guinea |
4 |
Syria |
1 |
Georgia |
No data |
Sri Lanka |
1 |
Guatemala |
1 |
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Kenya |
4 |
Tunisia |
1 |
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Thailand |
1 |
Honduras |
1 |
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Mali |
4 |
U. Arab Emirates |
1 |
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Pakistan |
2 |
Jamaica |
1 |
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Mauritania |
4 |
Morocco |
2 |
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Philippines |
2 |
Mexico |
1 |
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Uganda |
4 |
Turkey |
2 |
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Indonesia |
3 |
Trinidad/Tobago |
1 |
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Zimbabwe |
4 |
Sudan |
4 |
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India |
4 |
United States |
1 |
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Angola |
5 |
Yemen |
4 |
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Myanmar |
4 |
Uruguay |
1 |
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Guinea-Bissau |
5 |
Oman |
6 |
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Bangladesh |
5 |
Colombia |
2 |
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Lesotho |
5 |
Iraq |
No data |
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Papua New Guinea |
5 |
Panama |
2 |
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Liberia |
5 |
Saudi Arabia |
No data |
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Cambodia |
6 |
Paraguay |
2 |
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Malawi |
5 |
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Bhutan |
No data |
Peru |
2 |
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Mozambique |
5 |
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Korea, Dem. |
No data |
Venezuela |
2 |
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Niger |
5 |
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Lao Rep. |
No data |
Bolivia |
3 |
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Rwanda |
5 |
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Nepal |
No data |
Nicaragua |
3 |
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Sierra Leone |
5 |
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Viet Nam |
No data |
Ecuador |
No data |
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Zambia |
5 |
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Haiti |
No data |
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Eritrea |
6 |
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Ethiopia |
6 |
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Namibia |
6 |
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Somalia |
6 |
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Benin |
No data |
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Burkina Faso |
No data |
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Central African Rep. |
No data |
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Congo |
No data |
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Congo, Dem. Rep. |
No data |
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Côte
d'Ivoire |
No data |
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Madagascar |
No data |
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Nigeria |
No data |
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Senegal |
No data |
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South Africa |
No data |
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Tanzania |
No data |
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Togo |
No data |
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Source: UNICEF.
Every year, about 40 million babies go unregistered -- one third of all births.
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