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The population page attempts to provide a general survey among the 12 countries compared by assessing fertility rates, population growth rates, and rates of natural increase.
| Population growth rate | Rate of natural increase | Fertility rate | Net migration Rate | Abortions per 100 live births | Divorce Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1.6 | 0.6% | 1.9 | 5.93 | 20 | |
| Canada | 1.1 | 0.3% | 1.6 | 5.65 | 28 | 3.4 |
| Denmark | .4 | 0.1% | 1.8 | 2.36 | NA | 4.1 |
| France | .5 | 0.4% | 2.0 | 1.10 | 17 | 3.0 |
| Germany | .2 | -0.2% | 1.4 | 0.71 | 8 | 3.5 |
| Italy | .3 | -0.1% | 1.4 | 4.67 | 11 | 1.3 |
| Japan | -.2 | -0.1% | 1.4 | 0.00 | NA | 3.1 |
| Netherlands | .5 | 0.3% | 1.8 | 2.02 | 9 | |
| Norway | 1.3 | 0.4% | 1.9 | 1.69 | 15 | |
| Sweden | .7 | 0.2% | 1.9 | 1.65 | 20 | 3.5 |
| United Kingdom | .7 | 0.2% | 2.0 | 2.59 | 17 | 4.0 |
| United States | .7 | 0.6% | 1.9 | 3.62 | 21 | 5.2 |
Sources:
For most recent year, 2011-12.
UN Development Programme, Human Development Report 2009, for 2005-2010. Table L, p. 202
Number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with current age-specific fertility rates, for 2011.
Difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyear population), for 2012.
Abortions per 100 live births: International Family Planning Perspectives 
For 2003, p.108.
Divorce rate per 1,000 people for 2000 or 2008.
Notes:
"Legal or not, abortion rates compare," Elisabeth Rosenthal
New York Times, 10/12/2007. Reports based on World Health Organization and Guttmacher Institute research
-abortion rates are similar whether abortion is legal or not.
-abortion is safe where it is legal and health care is available, and dangerous where it is not.
-globally, 31 abortions are per 100 live births, and cause 13 percent of maternal deaths during pregnancy and birth.
-Availability of contraception lowers abortion rates.
-Eastern Europe: more contraception available since fall of Communism, abortion rates fell 50 percent.
-Western Europe has lowest abortion rate (12 per 1,000), legal abortion, good health care, and available contraception
Needed:
Contraceptive use