Childinfo.org: Statistics by Area - Birth registration

Last update: Feb 2011

Percentage of children under five who were registered at the moment of the survey

The numerator of this indicator includes children whose birth certificate was seen by the interviewer or whose mother or caretaker says that the birth has been registered

Country or territory	Total		Gender		Residence		Wealth Index Quintiles					Year	Source
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Country or territory	Total		Male	Female	Urban	Rural	Poorest	Second	Middle	Fourth	Richest	Year	Source
Afghanistan	6		7	6	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	2003	MICS
Albania	99		99	98	99	98	98	99	98	99	99	2008-09	DHS
Algeria	99		99	99	99	99	-	-	-	-	-	2006	MICS
Andorra	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Angola	29		29	30	34	19	17	21	25	32	48	2001	MICS
Antigua and Barbuda	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Argentina	91	y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2004	Estadísticas Vitales
Armenia	96		97	96	97	95	93	93	96	100	99	2005	DHS
Australia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austria	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Azerbaijan	94		93	94	96	92	92	92	95	94	97	2006	DHS
Bahamas	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bahrain	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bangladesh	10		10	10	13	9	6	7	9	12	19	2006	MICS
Barbados	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belarus	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belgium	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belize	94		94	95	92	97	93	91	98	94	98	2006	MICS
Benin	60		61	60	68	56	46	53	72	72	75	2006	DHS
Bhutan	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	74		-	-	76	72	-	-	-	-	-	2001	census
Bosnia and Herzegovina	100		100	99	99	100	99	100	100	100	100	2006	MICS
Botswana	72		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2007	BFHS
Brazil	91	y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2008	IBGE
Brunei Darussalam	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bulgaria	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Burkina Faso	64		64	63	86	58	52	52	59	72	90	2006	MICS
Burundi	60		60	61	62	60	58	59	59	62	64	2005	MICS
Cambodia	66		67	66	71	66	59	64	65	73	77	2005	DHS
Cameroon	70		71	69	86	58	51	61	72	85	91	2006	MICS
Canada	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cape Verde	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Central African Republic	49		51	48	72	36	23	36	49	64	83	2006	MICS
Chad	9		10	8	36	3	0	2	3	7	37	2004	DHS
Chile	99		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2007	Estadísticas Vitales
China	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colombia	90		91	90	97	77	72	93	97	99	99	2005	DHS
Comoros	83		83	84	87	83	72	83	82	88	93	2000	MICS
Congo	81	y	81	81	88	75	69	78	84	88	91	2005	DHS
Cook Islands	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Costa Rica	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Côte d'Ivoire	55		54	56	79	41	28	42	56	77	89	2006	MICS
Croatia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cuba	100	y	100	100	100	100	-	-	-	-	-	2005	National Health Statistics
Cyprus	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Republic	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	99		99	99	99	99	-	-	-	-	-	2000	MICS
Democratic Republic of the Congo	31		31	32	33	30	29	30	33	29	37	2007	DHS
Denmark	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Djibouti	89		91	88	90	82	-	-	-	-	-	2006	MICS
Dominica	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominican Republic	78		-	-	82	70	59	72	83	88	97	2006	ENHOGAR
Ecuador	85		84	86	85	85	79	84	89	92	92	2004	ENDEMAN
Egypt	99		99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	2005	DHS
El Salvador	99		-	-	-	-	98	99	99	99	99	2008	FESAL
Equatorial Guinea	32		35	30	43	24	-	-	-	-	-	2000	MICS
Eritrea	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Estonia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ethiopia	7		6	7	29	5	3	4	6	7	18	2005	DHS
Fiji	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Finland	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
France	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gabon	89		89	90	90	87	88	88	91	90	92	2000	DHS
Gambia	55		57	53	57	54	52	59	51	52	64	2005-06	MICS
Georgia	92		92	92	97	87	89	84	90	97	98	2005	MICS
Germany	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ghana	71		72	70	82	65	60	64	72	81	88	2008	DHS
Greece	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grenada	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guinea	43		44	42	78	33	21	30	39	61	83	2005	DHS
Guinea-Bissau	39		40	37	53	33	21	32	41	48	61	2006	MICS
Guyana	93		92	95	96	92	87	96	96	95	98	2006-07	MICS
Haiti	81		81	82	87	78	72	78	81	89	92	2005-06	DHS
Holy See	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Honduras	94		93	94	95	93	92	93	93	94	96	2005-06	DHS
Hungary	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iceland	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
India	41		41	41	59	35	24	31	39	54	72	2006	NFHS
Indonesia	53		53	54	71	41	23	44	56	67	84	2007	DHS
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iraq	95		95	95	95	96	-	-	-	-	-	2006	MICS
Ireland	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Israel	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Italy	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaica	89		89	89	89	88	-	-	-	-	-	2005	MICS
Japan	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jordan	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kazakhstan	99		99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	2006	MICS
Kenya	60		-	-	-	-	48	54	59	66	80	2008-09	DHS
Kiribati	92		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2008	PLC
Kuwait	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrgyzstan	94		95	94	96	93	94	95	90	96	95	2005-06	MICS
Lao People's Democratic Republic	72		72	71	84	68	62	66	75	84	85	2006	MICS
Latvia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lebanon	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lesotho	26		26	26	39	24	24	21	23	28	36	2004	DHS
Liberia	4	y	3	4	5	3	1	2	5	4	7	2007	DHS
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Liechtenstein	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luxembourg	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Madagascar	75		74	76	87	72	58	68	80	88	95	2003-04	DHS
Malawi	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malaysia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maldives	73		76	69	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2000	MICS
Mali	53		55	51	75	45	42	45	45	55	82	2006	DHS
Malta	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marshall Islands	96		-	-	-	-	92	95	98	95	98	2007	DHS
Mauritania	56		57	55	75	42	28	42	62	76	83	2007	MICS
Mauritius	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mexico	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Micronesia (Federated States of)	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Monaco	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mongolia	98		99	98	98	99	99	98	98	98	98	2005	MICS
Montenegro	98		97	99	98	99	94	98	100	100	99	2005-06	MICS
Morocco	85		-	-	92	80	-	-	-	-	-	2000	Direction de la Statistique "Statistiques des naissances et des décès"
Mozambique	31		31	31	39	28	20	24	32	38	48	2008	MICS
Myanmar	65	y	66	64	88	59	-	-	-	-	-	2003	MICS
Namibia	67		66	69	83	59	46	61	68	82	92	2006-07	DHS
Nauru	83		-	-	-	-	71	83	95	75	88	2007	DHS
Nepal	35		36	34	42	34	22	33	39	41	47	2006	DHS
Netherlands	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Zealand	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nicaragua	81		82	81	90	73	63	80	90	93	93	2001	DHS
Niger	32		32	31	71	25	20	20	24	31	67	2006	DHS/MICS
Nigeria	30		30	31	49	22	9	18	27	44	62	2008	DHS
Niue	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norway	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Occupied Palestinian Territory	96	y	96	96	97	96	-	-	-	-	-	2006	FHS
Oman	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Pakistan	27		26	27	32	24	18	19	29	32	38	2006-07	DHS
Palau	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Panama	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Papua New Guinea	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Paraguay	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peru	93		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2007	census
Philippines	83		83	83	87	78	-	-	-	-	-	2000	MICS
Poland	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Qatar	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Republic of Korea	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Republic of Moldova	98		98	98	98	98	97	98	98	97	98	2000	MICS
Romania	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russian Federation	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rwanda	82		82	83	79	83	82	84	84	81	81	2005	DHS
Saint Kitts and Nevis	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Lucia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Samoa	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
San Marino	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sao Tome and Principe	69		70	68	70	67	63	67	68	71	78	2006	MICS
Saudi Arabia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Senegal	55		56	54	75	44	31	43	61	71	81	2005	DHS
Serbia	99		99	99	99	99	98	99	99	100	99	2005-06	MICS
Seychelles	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	51		52	50	59	48	43	47	51	56	62	2008	DHS
Singapore	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovakia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovenia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Solomon Islands	80		-	-	-	-	80	85	78	78	78	2007	DHS
Somalia	3		3	3	6	2	1	1	2	5	7	2006	MICS
South Africa	92		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2008	Recorded live births
Spain	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sri Lanka	97		97	97	97	98	97	98	98	97	98	2006-07	DHS
Sudan	33		34	32	53	22	6	11	25	56	86	2006	SHHS
Suriname	97		97	96	98	95	94	97	98	99	98	2006	MICS
Swaziland	30		30	30	38	28	18	25	32	33	50	2006-07	DHS
Sweden	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Switzerland	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syrian Arab Republic	95		95	95	96	95	92	94	96	96	99	2006	MICS
Tajikistan	88		88	89	85	90	89	87	88	91	86	2005	MICS
Thailand	99		100	99	100	99	99	99	99	100	100	2005-06	MICS
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	94		93	95	95	93	89	94	97	95	99	2005	MICS
Timor-Leste	53	y	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2003	TLDHS
Togo	78		79	77	93	69	58	69	81	89	96	2006	MICS
Tonga	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	96		96	96	-	-	94	95	98	94	98	2006	MICS
Tunisia	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turkey	94		95	93	95	92	89	92	96	96	99	2008	DHS
Turkmenistan	96		95	96	96	95	94	96	96	96	97	2006	MICS
Tuvalu	50		-	-	-	-	39	43	38	60	71	2007	DHS
Uganda	21		21	21	24	21	17	23	19	21	26	2006	DHS
Ukraine	100		100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	2005	MICS
United Arab Emirates	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United Kingdom	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United Republic of Tanzania	22		-	-	-	-	10	10	17	23	60	2007-08	THMIS
United States	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Uruguay	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Uzbekistan	100		100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	2006	MICS
Vanuatu	26		-	-	-	-	13	21	27	33	41	2007	MICS
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	92		91	93	-	-	87	91	95	96	95	2000	MICS
Viet Nam	88		87	88	94	86	72	83	93	93	97	2006	MICS
Yemen	22		22	22	38	16	5	11	20	35	50	2006	MICS
Zambia	14		14	14	28	9	5	9	12	22	31	2007	DHS
Zimbabwe	74		74	74	83	71	67	71	73	78	85	2005-06	DHS
BFHS: Botswana Family Health Survey DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys ENDEMAIN: Encuesta demográfica y de salud materno infantile (Ecuador) ENHOGAR: Encuesta Nacional de Hogares de Propósitos Múltiples (Dominican Republic) FESAL: Encuesta Nacional de Salud Familiar (El Salvador) FHS: Faculty of Health Sciences (Occupied Palestinian Territory) IBGE: Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (Brazil) MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys NFHS: National Family Health Survey (India) PLC: Protect me with love and care (Kiribati) SHHS: Sudan Household Health Survey TLDHS: Timor-Leste Demographic and Health Survey THMIS: Tanzania HIV/AIDS and Malaria Indicator Survey y Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.