Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — Afghanistan

Crude birth rate in Afghanistan in 2024 — 35 per 1,000. Ranked 9 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 30.7%.

2024 35 per 1,000 −1.21% vs 2023
World rank 9of 217
Period maximum 55.2 per 1,0001981
Period minimum 35 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Afghanistan, 1960–20243040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 50.5 per 1,0001962: 50.7 per 1,0001964: 50.9 per 1,0001966: 51 per 1,0001968: 51.2 per 1,0001970: 51.2 per 1,0001972: 51.2 per 1,0001974: 51.4 per 1,0001976: 51.3 per 1,0001978: 51.3 per 1,0001980: 53.5 per 1,0001982: 52 per 1,0001984: 50.4 per 1,0001986: 52.2 per 1,0001988: 51.7 per 1,0001990: 52.9 per 1,0001992: 50.3 per 1,0001994: 52.4 per 1,0001996: 52.5 per 1,0001998: 51.5 per 1,0002000: 51.5 per 1,0002002: 47.5 per 1,0002004: 46.5 per 1,0002006: 44.1 per 1,0002008: 42.5 per 1,0002010: 41.8 per 1,0002012: 40.7 per 1,0002014: 39.6 per 1,0002016: 38.7 per 1,0002018: 37.6 per 1,0002020: 36.6 per 1,0002022: 36 per 1,0002024: 35 per 1,000
Change over the period: −15.5 (−30.7%) Average annual rate: -0.57 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 35 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
South Asia 16.4 per 1,000
Southern Asia computed 17.9 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 33.8 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 35 −0.4 −1.21%
2023 35.4 −0.6 −1.69%
2022 36 −0.3 −0.82%
2021 36.3 −0.3 −0.71%
2020 36.6 −0.5 −1.45%
2019 37.1 −0.5 −1.29%
2018 37.6 −0.5 −1.43%
2017 38.2 −0.6 −1.45%
2016 38.7 −0.6 −1.61%
2015 39.4 −0.3 −0.71%
2014 39.6 −0.6 −1.59%
2013 40.3 −0.4 −1.02%
2012 40.7 −0.3 −0.66%
2011 41 −0.8 −1.88%
2010 41.8 −0.4 −0.96%
2009 42.2 −0.4 −0.88%
2008 42.5 −1.3 −2.95%
2007 43.8 −0.3 −0.58%
2006 44.1 −0.9 −1.92%
2005 45 −1.5 −3.31%
2004 46.5 −0.6 −1.2%
2003 47.1 −0.4 −0.91%
2002 47.5 −2.1 −4.3%
2001 49.6 −1.9 −3.63%
2000 51.5 +0.5 +1.07%
1999 50.9 −0.5 −0.99%
1998 51.5 −0.7 −1.27%
1997 52.1 −0.4 −0.71%
1996 52.5 −0.2 −0.36%
1995 52.7 +0.3 +0.52%
1994 52.4 +1.6 +3.1%
1993 50.8 +0.5 +1.03%
1992 50.3 −2 −3.76%
1991 52.3 −0.6 −1.15%
1990 52.9 +1.2 +2.33%
1989 51.7 −0 −0.05%
1988 51.7 −0.5 −0.98%
1987 52.2 +0 +0.05%
1986 52.2 +0.5 +0.97%
1985 51.7 +1.3 +2.67%
1984 50.4 −0.8 −1.61%
1983 51.2 −0.8 −1.54%
1982 52 −3.2 −5.82%
1981 55.2 +1.7 +3.24%
1980 53.5 +1.4 +2.74%
1979 52 +0.7 +1.44%
1978 51.3 −0 −0.08%
1977 51.3 +0 +0%
1976 51.3 +0 +0.02%
1975 51.3 −0.1 −0.1%
1974 51.4 +0.1 +0.19%
1973 51.3 +0 +0.07%
1972 51.2 −0.1 −0.12%
1971 51.3 +0.1 +0.19%
1970 51.2 −0.1 −0.14%
1969 51.3 +0.1 +0.14%
1968 51.2 +0.1 +0.2%
1967 51.1 +0.1 +0.17%
1966 51 +0.1 +0.25%
1965 50.9 +0 +0.07%
1964 50.9 +0.1 +0.13%
1963 50.8 +0.1 +0.24%
1962 50.7 +0.1 +0.2%
1961 50.6 +0.1 +0.1%
1960 50.5

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The crude birth rate is the number of live births during a year per 1,000 people of the mid-year population. Unlike the total fertility rate it depends not only on the intensity of childbearing but also on age structure: in a young country the rate comes out higher at the same number of births per woman.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.