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Crude birth rate — Japan

Crude birth rate in Japan in 2024 — 5.7 per 1,000. Ranked 211 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 66.9%.

2024 5.7 per 1,000 −5% vs 2023
World rank 211of 217
Period maximum 19.4 per 1,0001967
Period minimum 5.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Japan, 1960–20240510152019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 17.2 per 1,0001962: 17 per 1,0001964: 17.7 per 1,0001966: 13.7 per 1,0001968: 18.6 per 1,0001970: 18.8 per 1,0001972: 19.3 per 1,0001974: 18.6 per 1,0001976: 16.3 per 1,0001978: 14.9 per 1,0001980: 13.6 per 1,0001982: 12.8 per 1,0001984: 12.5 per 1,0001986: 11.4 per 1,0001988: 10.8 per 1,0001990: 10 per 1,0001992: 9.8 per 1,0001994: 10 per 1,0001996: 9.7 per 1,0001998: 9.6 per 1,0002000: 9.5 per 1,0002002: 9.2 per 1,0002004: 8.8 per 1,0002006: 8.7 per 1,0002008: 8.7 per 1,0002010: 8.5 per 1,0002012: 8.2 per 1,0002014: 8 per 1,0002016: 7.8 per 1,0002018: 7.4 per 1,0002020: 6.8 per 1,0002022: 6.3 per 1,0002024: 5.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −11.5 (−66.86%) Average annual rate: -1.71 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Japan 5.7 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 9.2 per 1,000
Eastern Asia computed 6.7 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 8.9 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 5.7 −0.3 −5%
2023 6 −0.3 −4.76%
2022 6.3 −0.3 −4.55%
2021 6.6 −0.2 −2.94%
2020 6.8 −0.2 −2.86%
2019 7 −0.4 −5.41%
2018 7.4 −0.2 −2.63%
2017 7.6 −0.2 −2.56%
2016 7.8 −0.2 −2.5%
2015 8 +0 +0%
2014 8 −0.2 −2.44%
2013 8.2 +0 +0%
2012 8.2 −0.1 −1.2%
2011 8.3 −0.2 −2.35%
2010 8.5 +0 +0%
2009 8.5 −0.2 −2.3%
2008 8.7 +0.1 +1.16%
2007 8.6 −0.1 −1.15%
2006 8.7 +0.3 +3.57%
2005 8.4 −0.4 −4.55%
2004 8.8 −0.1 −1.12%
2003 8.9 −0.3 −3.26%
2002 9.2 −0.1 −1.08%
2001 9.3 −0.2 −2.11%
2000 9.5 +0.1 +1.06%
1999 9.4 −0.2 −2.08%
1998 9.6 +0.1 +1.05%
1997 9.5 −0.2 −2.06%
1996 9.7 +0.1 +1.04%
1995 9.6 −0.4 −4%
1994 10 +0.4 +4.17%
1993 9.6 −0.2 −2.04%
1992 9.8 −0.1 −1.01%
1991 9.9 −0.1 −1%
1990 10 −0.2 −1.96%
1989 10.2 −0.6 −5.56%
1988 10.8 −0.3 −2.7%
1987 11.1 −0.3 −2.63%
1986 11.4 −0.5 −4.2%
1985 11.9 −0.6 −4.8%
1984 12.5 −0.2 −1.57%
1983 12.7 −0.1 −0.78%
1982 12.8 −0.2 −1.54%
1981 13 −0.6 −4.41%
1980 13.6 −0.6 −4.23%
1979 14.2 −0.7 −4.7%
1978 14.9 −0.6 −3.87%
1977 15.5 −0.8 −4.91%
1976 16.3 −0.8 −4.68%
1975 17.1 −1.5 −8.06%
1974 18.6 −0.8 −4.12%
1973 19.4 +0.1 +0.52%
1972 19.3 +0.1 +0.52%
1971 19.2 +0.4 +2.13%
1970 18.8 +0.3 +1.62%
1969 18.5 −0.1 −0.54%
1968 18.6 −0.8 −4.12%
1967 19.4 +5.7 +41.61%
1966 13.7 −4.9 −26.34%
1965 18.6 +0.9 +5.08%
1964 17.7 +0.4 +2.31%
1963 17.3 +0.3 +1.76%
1962 17 +0.1 +0.59%
1961 16.9 −0.3 −1.74%
1960 17.2 — —

Eastern Asia, 2024

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

MN Mongolia 16.9 KP North Korea 12.9 CN China 6.8 JP Japan 5.7 MO Macao 5.3 HK Hong Kong 4.9 KR South Korea 4.7
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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.

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