Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — Iraq

Crude birth rate in Iraq in 2024 — 25.6 per 1,000. Ranked 48 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 30.3%.

2024 25.6 per 1,000 −0.58% vs 2023
World rank 48of 217
Period maximum 47.9 per 1,0001962
Period minimum 25.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Iraq, 1960–20242030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 36.7 per 1,0001962: 47.9 per 1,0001964: 47.1 per 1,0001966: 46.4 per 1,0001968: 46 per 1,0001970: 45.6 per 1,0001972: 44.9 per 1,0001974: 44 per 1,0001976: 42.8 per 1,0001978: 41.4 per 1,0001980: 40.5 per 1,0001982: 39.9 per 1,0001984: 39.6 per 1,0001986: 39 per 1,0001988: 39.4 per 1,0001990: 40.6 per 1,0001992: 39.5 per 1,0001994: 38.6 per 1,0001996: 37.5 per 1,0001998: 37 per 1,0002000: 36.1 per 1,0002002: 34.8 per 1,0002004: 34.3 per 1,0002006: 35 per 1,0002008: 33.6 per 1,0002010: 34.6 per 1,0002012: 34.8 per 1,0002014: 33.3 per 1,0002016: 29.8 per 1,0002018: 27.7 per 1,0002020: 26.8 per 1,0002022: 26 per 1,0002024: 25.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −11.1 (−30.31%) Average annual rate: -0.56 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 25.6 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Western Asia computed 18.8 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.5 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 25.6 −0.1 −0.58%
2023 25.7 −0.3 −1.06%
2022 26 −0.4 −1.68%
2021 26.4 −0.4 −1.46%
2020 26.8 −0.4 −1.51%
2019 27.3 −0.4 −1.49%
2018 27.7 −0.6 −2.26%
2017 28.3 −1.5 −5.07%
2016 29.8 −1.7 −5.53%
2015 31.6 −1.8 −5.3%
2014 33.3 −0.8 −2.38%
2013 34.1 −0.7 −1.99%
2012 34.8 −0.7 −1.86%
2011 35.5 +0.9 +2.57%
2010 34.6 +0.7 +1.99%
2009 33.9 +0.3 +0.83%
2008 33.6 −0.9 −2.48%
2007 34.5 −0.5 −1.32%
2006 35 +1 +3%
2005 33.9 −0.4 −1.16%
2004 34.3 −0.2 −0.52%
2003 34.5 −0.3 −0.77%
2002 34.8 −0.8 −2.13%
2001 35.5 −0.6 −1.55%
2000 36.1 −0.6 −1.61%
1999 36.7 −0.3 −0.8%
1998 37 −0.3 −0.93%
1997 37.3 −0.2 −0.43%
1996 37.5 −0.5 −1.38%
1995 38 −0.6 −1.54%
1994 38.6 +0 +0.11%
1993 38.6 −0.9 −2.28%
1992 39.5 −0.5 −1.2%
1991 40 −0.6 −1.56%
1990 40.6 +1 +2.41%
1989 39.6 +0.3 +0.66%
1988 39.4 +0.4 +0.97%
1987 39 −0 −0.08%
1986 39 −0.5 −1.31%
1985 39.5 −0.1 −0.14%
1984 39.6 −0 −0.06%
1983 39.6 −0.3 −0.76%
1982 39.9 −0.2 −0.61%
1981 40.2 −0.3 −0.72%
1980 40.5 −0.5 −1.23%
1979 41 −0.5 −1.15%
1978 41.4 −0.6 −1.52%
1977 42.1 −0.7 −1.63%
1976 42.8 −0.6 −1.47%
1975 43.4 −0.5 −1.23%
1974 44 −0.5 −1.04%
1973 44.4 −0.5 −1.1%
1972 44.9 −0.4 −0.97%
1971 45.4 −0.3 −0.63%
1970 45.6 −0.3 −0.63%
1969 45.9 −0.1 −0.12%
1968 46 −0.1 −0.21%
1967 46.1 −0.3 −0.62%
1966 46.4 −0.4 −0.79%
1965 46.7 −0.3 −0.72%
1964 47.1 −0.4 −0.85%
1963 47.5 −0.4 −0.84%
1962 47.9 +7.8 +19.59%
1961 40 +3.3 +9.11%
1960 36.7

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.