I have re-arranged the numbers in descending order of number of live births per 1,000 per annum - the other figures are GDP per head in US$ :
Philippines: 4,073................. 25
Malaysia: 15,568.................20*
Cambodia 2,216................22
Brunei: 49,385...............19*
Indonesia 4,666................18
Vietnam: 3,359.................17
(Ireland: 38.369.................17)
Thailand: 9,396..................12
(China: 8,0000.................12)
(UK: 36,090.................12)
(Hong Kong: 49137................13**
Singapore: 59,000..................9
* Brunei and Malaysia are major oil and gas exporters.
**Hong Kong's birth rate is distorted upwards by Mainland mothers choosing to give birth there so that their children get right of abode there.
