Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — Gambia

Crude birth rate in the Gambia in 2024 — 29.9 per 1,000. Ranked 32 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 40.8%.

2024 29.9 per 1,000 −1.88% vs 2023
World rank 32of 217
Period maximum 50.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 29.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Gambia, 1960–2024203040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 50.4 per 1,0001962: 50 per 1,0001964: 49.4 per 1,0001966: 48.5 per 1,0001968: 47.9 per 1,0001970: 47.4 per 1,0001972: 47.5 per 1,0001974: 47.3 per 1,0001976: 47.4 per 1,0001978: 47.6 per 1,0001980: 48.2 per 1,0001982: 48.8 per 1,0001984: 49.3 per 1,0001986: 48.8 per 1,0001988: 48.1 per 1,0001990: 47.7 per 1,0001992: 46.6 per 1,0001994: 45.9 per 1,0001996: 44.1 per 1,0001998: 42.5 per 1,0002000: 41.1 per 1,0002002: 40 per 1,0002004: 39.7 per 1,0002006: 39.9 per 1,0002008: 39.2 per 1,0002010: 38.9 per 1,0002012: 38.8 per 1,0002014: 36.9 per 1,0002016: 34.6 per 1,0002018: 32.3 per 1,0002020: 31.5 per 1,0002022: 30.8 per 1,0002024: 29.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −20.6 (−40.8%) Average annual rate: -0.82 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Gambia 29.9 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 32.8 per 1,000
Western Africa computed 32.6 per 1,000
Low-income countries computed 33.8 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 29.9 −0.6 −1.88%
2023 30.4 −0.3 −1.11%
2022 30.8 −0.4 −1.28%
2021 31.2 −0.4 −1.12%
2020 31.5 −0.4 −1.24%
2019 31.9 −0.4 −1.25%
2018 32.3 −1.1 −3.37%
2017 33.5 −1.1 −3.3%
2016 34.6 −1.2 −3.23%
2015 35.7 −1.2 −3.15%
2014 36.9 −1.2 −3.12%
2013 38.1 −0.7 −1.85%
2012 38.8 +0 +0.02%
2011 38.8 −0.1 −0.16%
2010 38.9 −0.1 −0.18%
2009 38.9 −0.2 −0.54%
2008 39.2 −0.4 −0.98%
2007 39.5 −0.3 −0.87%
2006 39.9 +0.2 +0.5%
2005 39.7 −0 −0.06%
2004 39.7 −0 −0.05%
2003 39.7 −0.3 −0.75%
2002 40 −0.5 −1.21%
2001 40.5 −0.5 −1.31%
2000 41.1 −0.7 −1.73%
1999 41.8 −0.8 −1.79%
1998 42.5 −0.7 −1.51%
1997 43.2 −0.9 −2.09%
1996 44.1 −1 −2.18%
1995 45.1 −0.8 −1.72%
1994 45.9 −0.2 −0.48%
1993 46.1 −0.5 −1.12%
1992 46.6 −0.6 −1.22%
1991 47.2 −0.5 −1.06%
1990 47.7 −0.2 −0.39%
1989 47.9 −0.2 −0.45%
1988 48.1 −0.3 −0.69%
1987 48.5 −0.4 −0.8%
1986 48.8 −0.2 −0.34%
1985 49 −0.3 −0.59%
1984 49.3 +0.3 +0.61%
1983 49 +0.2 +0.49%
1982 48.8 +0.3 +0.64%
1981 48.5 +0.3 +0.54%
1980 48.2 +0.4 +0.75%
1979 47.8 +0.2 +0.47%
1978 47.6 +0.1 +0.28%
1977 47.5 +0.1 +0.24%
1976 47.4 +0.1 +0.17%
1975 47.3 +0 +0.06%
1974 47.3 −0.2 −0.45%
1973 47.5 −0.1 −0.16%
1972 47.5 −0 −0.1%
1971 47.6 +0.2 +0.45%
1970 47.4 −0.3 −0.58%
1969 47.6 −0.2 −0.43%
1968 47.9 −0.3 −0.67%
1967 48.2 −0.3 −0.64%
1966 48.5 −0.5 −1.06%
1965 49 −0.4 −0.84%
1964 49.4 −0.3 −0.7%
1963 49.8 −0.3 −0.55%
1962 50 −0.2 −0.43%
1961 50.3 −0.2 −0.34%
1960 50.4

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.