Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — Kenya

Crude birth rate in Kenya in 2024 — 27 per 1,000. Ranked 43 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 51.1%.

2024 27 per 1,000 −0.51% vs 2023
World rank 43of 217
Period maximum 55.4 per 1,0001961
Period minimum 27 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Kenya, 1960–2024203040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 55.2 per 1,0001962: 55.4 per 1,0001964: 55.1 per 1,0001966: 54.6 per 1,0001968: 53.5 per 1,0001970: 52.5 per 1,0001972: 51.5 per 1,0001974: 50.2 per 1,0001976: 49.6 per 1,0001978: 48.9 per 1,0001980: 48.2 per 1,0001982: 47.8 per 1,0001984: 47.2 per 1,0001986: 46.6 per 1,0001988: 45.6 per 1,0001990: 43.9 per 1,0001992: 42.1 per 1,0001994: 40.9 per 1,0001996: 40.6 per 1,0001998: 40.6 per 1,0002000: 40.2 per 1,0002002: 39.9 per 1,0002004: 39.1 per 1,0002006: 38.5 per 1,0002008: 37.9 per 1,0002010: 36.3 per 1,0002012: 33.7 per 1,0002014: 31.5 per 1,0002016: 30.2 per 1,0002018: 29 per 1,0002020: 27.8 per 1,0002022: 27.3 per 1,0002024: 27 per 1,000
Change over the period: −28.2 (−51.13%) Average annual rate: -1.11 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Kenya 27 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 32.8 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 32.3 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 20.2 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 27 −0.1 −0.51%
2023 27.1 −0.2 −0.86%
2022 27.3 −0.3 −0.97%
2021 27.6 −0.2 −0.62%
2020 27.8 −0.4 −1.57%
2019 28.2 −0.8 −2.79%
2018 29 −0.6 −1.91%
2017 29.6 −0.6 −1.99%
2016 30.2 −0.7 −2.28%
2015 30.9 −0.6 −2.01%
2014 31.5 −0.9 −2.73%
2013 32.4 −1.2 −3.7%
2012 33.7 −1.3 −3.81%
2011 35 −1.3 −3.47%
2010 36.3 −0.9 −2.43%
2009 37.2 −0.7 −1.8%
2008 37.9 −0.4 −1.17%
2007 38.3 −0.2 −0.5%
2006 38.5 −0.3 −0.75%
2005 38.8 −0.3 −0.81%
2004 39.1 −0.4 −0.91%
2003 39.5 −0.5 −1.2%
2002 39.9 −0.3 −0.62%
2001 40.2 −0 −0.12%
2000 40.2 −0.1 −0.22%
1999 40.3 −0.3 −0.71%
1998 40.6 +0.1 +0.19%
1997 40.5 −0.1 −0.22%
1996 40.6 −0.2 −0.49%
1995 40.8 −0 −0.08%
1994 40.9 −0.6 −1.34%
1993 41.4 −0.7 −1.57%
1992 42.1 −1 −2.26%
1991 43.1 −0.9 −2%
1990 43.9 −1 −2.13%
1989 44.9 −0.7 −1.56%
1988 45.6 −0.7 −1.5%
1987 46.3 −0.4 −0.76%
1986 46.6 −0.2 −0.45%
1985 46.9 −0.3 −0.64%
1984 47.2 −0.2 −0.41%
1983 47.4 −0.4 −0.91%
1982 47.8 −0.4 −0.8%
1981 48.2 −0 −0.07%
1980 48.2 −0.4 −0.72%
1979 48.6 −0.3 −0.6%
1978 48.9 −0.3 −0.6%
1977 49.2 −0.4 −0.89%
1976 49.6 −0.2 −0.47%
1975 49.8 −0.4 −0.75%
1974 50.2 −0.6 −1.19%
1973 50.8 −0.7 −1.37%
1972 51.5 −0.7 −1.36%
1971 52.2 −0.3 −0.6%
1970 52.5 −0.5 −0.98%
1969 53.1 −0.5 −0.86%
1968 53.5 −0.5 −0.99%
1967 54.1 −0.6 −1.05%
1966 54.6 −0.3 −0.54%
1965 54.9 −0.2 −0.35%
1964 55.1 −0.2 −0.31%
1963 55.3 −0.1 −0.16%
1962 55.4 −0 −0.01%
1961 55.4 +0.2 +0.36%
1960 55.2

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.