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Crude birth rate — Latin America & Caribbean

Crude birth rate in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 14 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 66.6%.

2024 14 per 1,000 −1.19% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 42 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 14 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Latin America & Caribbean, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 42 per 1,0001962: 41.4 per 1,0001964: 40.5 per 1,0001966: 39.1 per 1,0001968: 37.7 per 1,0001970: 36.7 per 1,0001972: 35.7 per 1,0001974: 34.8 per 1,0001976: 34 per 1,0001978: 33.2 per 1,0001980: 32.3 per 1,0001982: 31.5 per 1,0001984: 30.4 per 1,0001986: 29.4 per 1,0001988: 28.2 per 1,0001990: 27.2 per 1,0001992: 26.1 per 1,0001994: 25.2 per 1,0001996: 24.2 per 1,0001998: 23.3 per 1,0002000: 22.3 per 1,0002002: 21.2 per 1,0002004: 20.3 per 1,0002006: 19.5 per 1,0002008: 18.9 per 1,0002010: 18.3 per 1,0002012: 17.8 per 1,0002014: 17.3 per 1,0002016: 16.5 per 1,0002018: 16 per 1,0002020: 14.9 per 1,0002022: 14.4 per 1,0002024: 14 per 1,000
Change over the period: −28 (−66.63%) Average annual rate: -1.7 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 14 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 14 −0.2 −1.19%
2023 14.2 −0.2 −1.56%
2022 14.4 −0.2 −1.67%
2021 14.7 −0.3 −1.81%
2020 14.9 −0.6 −3.67%
2019 15.5 −0.5 −2.91%
2018 16 −0.2 −1.47%
2017 16.2 −0.3 −1.72%
2016 16.5 −0.5 −3%
2015 17 −0.3 −1.96%
2014 17.3 −0.2 −1.28%
2013 17.6 −0.3 −1.42%
2012 17.8 −0.3 −1.69%
2011 18.1 −0.2 −1.15%
2010 18.3 −0.3 −1.5%
2009 18.6 −0.3 −1.33%
2008 18.9 −0.3 −1.35%
2007 19.1 −0.4 −1.82%
2006 19.5 −0.4 −2.1%
2005 19.9 −0.4 −1.77%
2004 20.3 −0.4 −1.86%
2003 20.6 −0.5 −2.51%
2002 21.2 −0.5 −2.44%
2001 21.7 −0.6 −2.51%
2000 22.3 −0.5 −2.37%
1999 22.8 −0.5 −2.21%
1998 23.3 −0.4 −1.89%
1997 23.8 −0.5 −1.88%
1996 24.2 −0.5 −2.16%
1995 24.8 −0.5 −1.85%
1994 25.2 −0.5 −1.83%
1993 25.7 −0.4 −1.56%
1992 26.1 −0.5 −2.06%
1991 26.7 −0.5 −1.87%
1990 27.2 −0.5 −1.91%
1989 27.7 −0.5 −1.85%
1988 28.2 −0.6 −2.03%
1987 28.8 −0.6 −2.13%
1986 29.4 −0.5 −1.64%
1985 29.9 −0.5 −1.72%
1984 30.4 −0.5 −1.76%
1983 31 −0.5 −1.49%
1982 31.5 −0.4 −1.21%
1981 31.8 −0.4 −1.27%
1980 32.3 −0.5 −1.47%
1979 32.7 −0.5 −1.36%
1978 33.2 −0.4 −1.24%
1977 33.6 −0.4 −1.11%
1976 34 −0.4 −1.1%
1975 34.4 −0.4 −1.25%
1974 34.8 −0.5 −1.44%
1973 35.3 −0.4 −1.25%
1972 35.7 −0.5 −1.3%
1971 36.2 −0.4 −1.2%
1970 36.7 −0.5 −1.28%
1969 37.1 −0.5 −1.42%
1968 37.7 −0.7 −1.73%
1967 38.3 −0.7 −1.89%
1966 39.1 −0.7 −1.84%
1965 39.8 −0.7 −1.7%
1964 40.5 −0.6 −1.36%
1963 41 −0.4 −0.9%
1962 41.4 −0.3 −0.71%
1961 41.7 −0.3 −0.78%
1960 42 — —

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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