Rank Country Amount (top to bottom) #1 Niger 48.3 #2 Uganda 47.39 #3 Afghanistan 47.02 #4 Mali 46.77 #5 Chad 45.98 #6 Somalia 45.62 #7 Angola 44.64 #8 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 44.38 #9 Liberia 44.22 #10 Burkina Faso 44.17 #11 Malawi 43.95 #12 Yemen 43.07 #13 Sierra Leone 42.84 #14 Guinea 42.03 #15 Benin 41.99 #16 Madagascar 41.66 #17 Mayotte 41.58 #18 Mauritania 41.43 #19 Zambia 41.38 #20 Sao Tome and Principe 40.8 #21 Nigeria 40.65 #22 Rwanda 40.6 #23 Kenya 40.13 #24 Gaza Strip 40.03 #25 Djibouti 39.98 #26 Gambia, The 39.86 #27 Burundi 39.66 #28 Eritrea 38.62 #29 Ethiopia 38.61 #30 Tanzania 38.16 #31 Guinea-Bissau 37.65 #32 Comoros 37.52 #33 Oman 36.73 #34 Haiti 36.59 #35 Gabon 36.24 #36 Equatorial Guinea 36.18 #37 Laos 35.99 #38 Mozambique 35.79 #39 Cote d'Ivoire 35.51 #40 Maldives 35.43 #41 Senegal 35.21 #42 Sudan 35.17 #43 Central African Republic 35.17 #44 Cameroon 34.67 #45 Guatemala 34.11 #46 Bhutan 34.03 #47 Marshall Islands 33.52 #48 Togo 33.48 #49 Tajikistan 32.58 #50 Iraq 32.5 #51 West Bank 32.37 #52 Nepal 31.45 #53 Kiribati 30.86 #54 Solomon Islands 30.74 #55 Pakistan 30.42 #56 Honduras 30.38 #57 Bangladesh 30.01 #58 Papua New Guinea 29.95 #59 Zimbabwe 29.74 #60 Saudi Arabia 29.56 #61 Paraguay 29.43 #62 Belize 29.34 #63 Syria 28.29 #64 Congo, Republic of the 27.88 #65 Swaziland 27.72 #66 Turkmenistan 27.68 #67 East Timor 27.19 #68 Cambodia 27.08 #69 El Salvador 27.04 #70 Libya 26.82 #71 Lesotho 26.53 #72 Uzbekistan 26.22 #73 Cape Verde 25.33 #74 Philippines 25.31 #75 Tonga 25.18 #76 Namibia 25.16 #77 Nauru 25.14 #78 Micronesia, Federated States of 25.11 #79 Nicaragua 24.88 #80 Ghana 23.97 #81 Bolivia 23.76 #82 Botswana 23.33 #83 Egypt 23.32 #84 Dominican Republic 23.28 #85 American Samoa 23.13 #86 Malaysia 23.07 #87 Vanuatu 23.06 #88 Fiji 22.73 #89 Ecuador 22.67 #90 Kyrgyzstan 22.48 #91 India 22.32 #92 Grenada 22.3 #93 Morocco 22.29 #94 Turks and Caicos Islands 22.23 #95 Tuvalu 21.91 #96 Kuwait 21.88 #97 Jordan 21.76 #98 Mongolia 21.52 #99 Mexico 21.01 #100 Peru 20.87 #101 Colombia 20.82 #102 Indonesia 20.71 #103 French Guiana 20.7 #104 Azerbaijan 20.4 #105 Saint Lucia 20.05 #106 Panama 19.96 #107 Northern Mariana Islands 19.51 #108 Reunion 19.26 #109 Guam 19.03 #110 Brunei 19.01 #111 Venezuela 18.91 #112 Lebanon 18.88 #113 United Arab Emirates 18.78 #114 Costa Rica 18.6 #115 New Caledonia 18.49 #116 South Africa 18.48 #117 Guyana 18.45 #118 Suriname 18.39 #119 Palau 18.37 #120 Israel 18.21 #121 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18.12 #122 Burma 18.11 #123 Bahrain 18.1 #124 Bahamas, The 17.87 #125 Montserrat 17.56 #126 Antigua and Barbuda 17.26 #127 Algeria 17.13 #128 Vietnam 17.07 #129 French Polynesia 16.93 #130 Argentina 16.9 #131 Iran 16.83 #132 Turkey 16.83 #133 Brazil 16.83 #134 Jamaica 16.56 #135 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.34 #136 Seychelles 16.22 #137 Korea, North 16.09 #138 Samoa 15.95 #139 Greenland 15.93 #140 Kazakhstan 15.78 #141 Dominica 15.73 #142 Thailand 15.7 #143 Sri Lanka 15.63 #144 Mauritius 15.62 #145 Qatar 15.54 #146 Tunisia 15.5 #147 Chile 15.44 #148 Guadeloupe 15.42 #149 Moldova 15.27 #150 Albania 15.08 #151 Netherlands Antilles 15 #152 British Virgin Islands 14.96 #153 Ireland 14.47 #154 Anguilla 14.26 #155 Virgin Islands 14.2 #156 Martinique 14.14 #157 United States 14.14 #158 Uruguay 14.09 #159 Faroe Islands 13.97 #160 Puerto Rico 13.93 #161 New Zealand 13.9 #162 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 13.83 #163 Iceland 13.73 #164 China 13.14 #165 Cayman Islands 12.92 #166 Barbados 12.83 #167 Trinidad and Tobago 12.81 #168 Taiwan 12.64 #169 Cyprus 12.57 #170 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.49 #171 Saint Helena 12.33 #172 Australia 12.26 #173 France 12.15 #174 Serbia and Montenegro 12.12 #175 Luxembourg 12.06 #176 Cuba 12.03 #177 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 12 #178 Armenia 11.76 #179 Norway 11.67 #180 Bermuda 11.6 #181 Denmark 11.36 #182 Aruba 11.26 #183 Man, Isle of 11.18 #184 Netherlands 11.14 #185 Gibraltar 10.87 #186 Canada 10.84 #187 Belarus 10.83 #188 Portugal 10.82 #189 United Kingdom 10.78 #190 Poland 10.78 #191 Romania 10.7 #192 Slovakia 10.62 #193 Finland 10.5 #194 Ukraine 10.49 #195 Belgium 10.48 #196 Liechtenstein 10.41 #197 Sweden 10.36 #198 Georgia 10.25 #199 San Marino 10.18 #200 Malta 10.17 #201 Spain 10.1 #202 Korea, South 10.08 #204 Estonia 9.91 #205 Russia 9.8 #206 Switzerland 9.77 #207 Hungary 9.76 #208 Greece 9.72 #209 Jersey 9.66 #210 Bulgaria 9.66 #211 Croatia 9.57 #212 Singapore 9.49 #213 Japan 9.47 #214 Monaco 9.26 #215 Czech Republic 9.07 #216 Latvia 9.04 #217 Guernsey 9.01 #218 Andorra 9 #219 Slovenia 8.95 #220 Italy 8.89 #221 Austria 8.81 #222 Lithuania 8.62 #223 Germany 8.33 #224 Macau 8.04 #225 Hong Kong 7.23
BS!
Self employed here.
Good insurance and we ate the rest of the costs. Then again that was our choice.
But, then again, I'm paying that much every year so low income people can sit at home, drink beer, smoke, buy lotto tickets, let their kids run through the streets and get somebody else to make their electric, housing, insurance and food payments.
Pay your own way. What a concept.
Quarter million per child? Guess that breaks down as $100k for yours and $25k apiece for a half-dozen Illegals.
#209 Jersey ?? :oO
Birth rate+ Rank Country Amount (top to bottom)
#1 Niger 48.3
#2 Uganda 47.39
#3 Afghanistan 47.02
#4 Mali 46.77
#5 Chad 45.98
#6 Somalia 45.62
#7 Angola 44.64
#8 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 44.38
#9 Liberia 44.22
#10 Burkina Faso 44.17
#11 Malawi 43.95
#12 Yemen 43.07
#13 Sierra Leone 42.84
#14 Guinea 42.03
#15 Benin 41.99
#16 Madagascar 41.66
#17 Mayotte 41.58
#18 Mauritania 41.43
#19 Zambia 41.38
#20 Sao Tome and Principe 40.8
#21 Nigeria 40.65 v#22 Rwanda 40.6
#23 Kenya 40.13
#24 Gaza Strip 40.03
#25 Djibouti 39.98
#26 Gambia, The 39.86
#27 Burundi 39.66
#28 Eritrea 38.62
#29 Ethiopia 38.61
#30 Tanzania 38.16
#31 Guinea-Bissau 37.65
#32 Comoros 37.52
#33 Oman 36.73
#34 Haiti 36.59
#35 Gabon 36.24
#36 Equatorial Guinea 36.18
#37 Laos 35.99
#38 Mozambique 35.79
#39 Cote d'Ivoire 35.51
#40 Maldives 35.43
#41 Senegal 35.21
#42 Sudan 35.17
#43 Central African Republic 35.17
#44 Cameroon 34.67
#45 Guatemala 34.11
#46 Bhutan 34.03
#47 Marshall Islands 33.52
#48 Togo 33.48
#49 Tajikistan 32.58
#50 Iraq 32.5
#51 West Bank 32.37
#52 Nepal 31.45 #53 Kiribati 30.86 #54 Solomon Islands 30.74 #55 Pakistan 30.42 #56 Honduras 30.38 #57 Bangladesh 30.01 #58 Papua New Guinea 29.95 #59 Zimbabwe 29.74 #60 Saudi Arabia 29.56 #61 Paraguay 29.43 #62 Belize 29.34 #63 Syria 28.29 #64 Congo, Republic of the 27.88 #65 Swaziland 27.72 #66 Turkmenistan 27.68 #67 East Timor 27.19 #68 Cambodia 27.08 #69 El Salvador 27.04 #70 Libya 26.82 #71 Lesotho 26.53 #72 Uzbekistan 26.22 #73 Cape Verde 25.33 #74 Philippines 25.31 #75 Tonga 25.18 #76 Namibia 25.16 #77 Nauru 25.14 #78 Micronesia, Federated States of 25.11 #79 Nicaragua 24.88 #80 Ghana 23.97 #81 Bolivia 23.76 #82 Botswana 23.33 #83 Egypt 23.32 #84 Dominican Republic 23.28 #85 American Samoa 23.13 #86 Malaysia 23.07 #87 Vanuatu 23.06 #88 Fiji 22.73 #89 Ecuador 22.67 #90 Kyrgyzstan 22.48 #91 India 22.32 #92 Grenada 22.3 #93 Morocco 22.29 #94 Turks and Caicos Islands 22.23 #95 Tuvalu 21.91 #96 Kuwait 21.88 #97 Jordan 21.76 #98 Mongolia 21.52 #99 Mexico 21.01 #100 Peru 20.87 #101 Colombia 20.82 #102 Indonesia 20.71 #103 French Guiana 20.7 #104 Azerbaijan 20.4 #105 Saint Lucia 20.05 #106 Panama 19.96 #107 Northern Mariana Islands 19.51 #108 Reunion 19.26 #109 Guam 19.03 #110 Brunei 19.01 #111 Venezuela 18.91 #112 Lebanon 18.88 #113 United Arab Emirates 18.78 #114 Costa Rica 18.6 #115 New Caledonia 18.49 #116 South Africa 18.48 #117 Guyana 18.45 #118 Suriname 18.39 #119 Palau 18.37 #120 Israel 18.21 #121 Saint Kitts and Nevis 18.12 #122 Burma 18.11 #123 Bahrain 18.1 #124 Bahamas, The 17.87 #125 Montserrat 17.56 #126 Antigua and Barbuda 17.26 #127 Algeria 17.13 #128 Vietnam 17.07 #129 French Polynesia 16.93 #130 Argentina 16.9 #131 Iran 16.83 #132 Turkey 16.83 #133 Brazil 16.83 #134 Jamaica 16.56 #135 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 16.34 #136 Seychelles 16.22 #137 Korea, North 16.09 #138 Samoa 15.95 #139 Greenland 15.93 #140 Kazakhstan 15.78 #141 Dominica 15.73 #142 Thailand 15.7 #143 Sri Lanka 15.63 #144 Mauritius 15.62 #145 Qatar 15.54 #146 Tunisia 15.5 #147 Chile 15.44 #148 Guadeloupe 15.42 #149 Moldova 15.27 #150 Albania 15.08 #151 Netherlands Antilles 15 #152 British Virgin Islands 14.96 #153 Ireland 14.47 #154 Anguilla 14.26 #155 Virgin Islands 14.2 #156 Martinique 14.14 #157 United States 14.14 #158 Uruguay 14.09 #159 Faroe Islands 13.97 #160 Puerto Rico 13.93 #161 New Zealand 13.9 #162 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 13.83 #163 Iceland 13.73 #164 China 13.14 #165 Cayman Islands 12.92 #166 Barbados 12.83 #167 Trinidad and Tobago 12.81 #168 Taiwan 12.64 #169 Cyprus 12.57 #170 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.49 #171 Saint Helena 12.33 #172 Australia 12.26 #173 France 12.15 #174 Serbia and Montenegro 12.12 #175 Luxembourg 12.06 #176 Cuba 12.03 #177 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 12 #178 Armenia 11.76 #179 Norway 11.67 #180 Bermuda 11.6 #181 Denmark 11.36 #182 Aruba 11.26 #183 Man, Isle of 11.18 #184 Netherlands 11.14 #185 Gibraltar 10.87 #186 Canada 10.84 #187 Belarus 10.83 #188 Portugal 10.82 #189 United Kingdom 10.78 #190 Poland 10.78 #191 Romania 10.7 #192 Slovakia 10.62 #193 Finland 10.5 #194 Ukraine 10.49 #195 Belgium 10.48 #196 Liechtenstein 10.41 #197 Sweden 10.36 #198 Georgia 10.25 #199 San Marino 10.18 #200 Malta 10.17 #201 Spain 10.1 #202 Korea, South 10.08 #204 Estonia 9.91 #205 Russia 9.8 #206 Switzerland 9.77 #207 Hungary 9.76 #208 Greece 9.72 #209 Jersey 9.66 #210 Bulgaria 9.66 #211 Croatia 9.57 #212 Singapore 9.49 #213 Japan 9.47 #214 Monaco 9.26 #215 Czech Republic 9.07 #216 Latvia 9.04 #217 Guernsey 9.01 #218 Andorra 9 #219 Slovenia 8.95 #220 Italy 8.89 #221 Austria 8.81 #222 Lithuania 8.62 #223 Germany 8.33 #224 Macau 8.04 #225 Hong Kong 7.23
Is that saying $100 a month for wipes? The ones I get are under $10 for a big box. That will last at least a few weeks..
Looks like Todd and Margo have already spent over $2.5 million being without kids and we haven't even gotten down to the daily expenses of being DINKS such as the daily trip to Starbucks where they drop $10 a day easily on stuff like double-shot lattes and fancy pastries or the constant trips to Sharper Image and Brookstones where they are always buying useless things like $60 forks that tell you what the temperature of the steak you are eating with and those little golf video games that end up in Todd's closet and never get used.
Todd and Margo could have raised 10 kids and ended up saving money!
Not me. I had my family's financial future laid out well in advance of having children. It included a rich wife and no children.
I laugh when I add up the cost of my last three children born at home, breastfed, and cloth diapered.
Birth tub (Extravagant, but great. 150 gallon rubbermaid stocktank) plus plumbing: $150 Room for two, priceless!
Sterile scissors, cord clamps, assorted "accessories" : $20 per child.
Three children born at home total: $210
Cloth diapers : $324 for ALL sizes, plus inserts. Still using them after 4 years. Total savings on diapers alone (using their numbers)$7,000+ and counting.
What a pantload. Obviously this is written from the perspective of an east coast elitist with an au pair and all the rest of the trimmings. Rug rats can be had, housed and fed for a mere fraction of what this nitwit claims.
What an idiot.
First of all I see to it that my wife does not have to work. So there goes #2 and #3.
$100 per month for wipes? What are you doing? Wiping the entire house down with them everytime the baby poops?
Stop feeding him beans and you wont have to do that.
It isn't costing me and the Mrs. anything close to what this article states. We buy the wipes in bulk at about $15/month instead of the $100 quoted in the article. Of course we also had the benefit of the Navy paying for the delivery and continuing to pay my wife her regular pay during 42 days of maternity leave. We use my adult daughter for daycare at $100/week (plus free rent).
You present Hong Kong at the end of this listing!! But do you know how much pieces of disposable diapers are thrown out everyday? More than 500,000 pieces! We all should help the parents to think about the impact of this behavior! Nowadays, there are many WAHM that make huge effort to make available cloth diapers that are very healthy for the baby's skin and for our environment. WAHM like www.doubibou.com and many others are working to satisfy a natural parenting lifestyle!!!
Thank you