Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — High-income countries

Crude birth rate in high-income countries in 2024 — 8.9 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 58.8%.

2024 8.9 per 1,000 −1.53% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 21.6 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 8.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — High-income countries, 1960–202451015202519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 21.6 per 1,0001962: 20.7 per 1,0001964: 19.9 per 1,0001966: 18.2 per 1,0001968: 18.1 per 1,0001970: 17.9 per 1,0001972: 17 per 1,0001974: 16.5 per 1,0001976: 15.8 per 1,0001978: 15.4 per 1,0001980: 15.4 per 1,0001982: 15.2 per 1,0001984: 14.8 per 1,0001986: 14.6 per 1,0001988: 14.4 per 1,0001990: 14 per 1,0001992: 13.2 per 1,0001994: 12.6 per 1,0001996: 12.1 per 1,0001998: 11.9 per 1,0002000: 11.8 per 1,0002002: 11.5 per 1,0002004: 11.5 per 1,0002006: 11.7 per 1,0002008: 12 per 1,0002010: 11.7 per 1,0002012: 11.5 per 1,0002014: 11.3 per 1,0002016: 11.1 per 1,0002018: 10.4 per 1,0002020: 9.7 per 1,0002022: 9.4 per 1,0002024: 8.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −12.7 (−58.79%) Average annual rate: -1.38 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries

High-income countries 8.9 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 8.9 −0.1 −1.53%
2023 9 −0.3 −3.5%
2022 9.4 −0.3 −3.36%
2021 9.7 −0 −0.21%
2020 9.7 −0.4 −3.63%
2019 10.1 −0.3 −3.33%
2018 10.4 −0.3 −2.6%
2017 10.7 −0.4 −3.64%
2016 11.1 −0.1 −1.04%
2015 11.2 −0.1 −0.76%
2014 11.3 +0.1 +0.51%
2013 11.3 −0.3 −2.33%
2012 11.5 +0 +0.22%
2011 11.5 −0.2 −1.56%
2010 11.7 −0.1 −0.82%
2009 11.8 −0.2 −1.5%
2008 12 +0.1 +0.85%
2007 11.9 +0.2 +1.79%
2006 11.7 +0.2 +1.7%
2005 11.5 −0.1 −0.77%
2004 11.5 −0 −0.02%
2003 11.6 +0.1 +0.45%
2002 11.5 −0.1 −0.58%
2001 11.6 −0.3 −2.2%
2000 11.8 +0.1 +1.16%
1999 11.7 −0.2 −1.48%
1998 11.9 −0.1 −0.58%
1997 11.9 −0.2 −1.43%
1996 12.1 −0.1 −1.19%
1995 12.3 −0.3 −2.56%
1994 12.6 −0.2 −1.51%
1993 12.8 −0.5 −3.44%
1992 13.2 −0.4 −2.82%
1991 13.6 −0.4 −3.07%
1990 14 −0.1 −0.85%
1989 14.2 −0.3 −1.88%
1988 14.4 −0.1 −0.68%
1987 14.5 −0 −0.31%
1986 14.6 −0.1 −0.78%
1985 14.7 −0.1 −0.73%
1984 14.8 −0.2 −1.61%
1983 15 −0.2 −1.04%
1982 15.2 −0 −0.09%
1981 15.2 −0.2 −1.5%
1980 15.4 −0 −0.28%
1979 15.5 +0 +0.31%
1978 15.4 −0.2 −1.57%
1977 15.7 −0.1 −0.68%
1976 15.8 −0.2 −1.46%
1975 16 −0.5 −2.75%
1974 16.5 −0.1 −0.48%
1973 16.6 −0.4 −2.57%
1972 17 −0.7 −3.85%
1971 17.7 −0.2 −1.1%
1970 17.9 −0.1 −0.33%
1969 17.9 −0.2 −0.91%
1968 18.1 −0.4 −2.18%
1967 18.5 +0.3 +1.86%
1966 18.2 −1 −5.25%
1965 19.2 −0.8 −3.9%
1964 19.9 −0.4 −1.89%
1963 20.3 −0.3 −1.63%
1962 20.7 −0.6 −2.79%
1961 21.3 −0.4 −1.66%
1960 21.6

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.