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Crude birth rate — Lower-middle-income countries

Crude birth rate in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 20.2 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 53.8%.

2024 20.2 per 1,000 −1.16% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 43.6 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 20.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Lower-middle-income countries, 1960–20242030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 43.6 per 1,0001962: 43.1 per 1,0001964: 42.5 per 1,0001966: 41.6 per 1,0001968: 41 per 1,0001970: 40.5 per 1,0001972: 40.3 per 1,0001974: 39.8 per 1,0001976: 39.3 per 1,0001978: 38.8 per 1,0001980: 38.6 per 1,0001982: 38.2 per 1,0001984: 37.7 per 1,0001986: 36.8 per 1,0001988: 35.5 per 1,0001990: 34.3 per 1,0001992: 33 per 1,0001994: 31.7 per 1,0001996: 30.5 per 1,0001998: 29.6 per 1,0002000: 29 per 1,0002002: 28.3 per 1,0002004: 27.4 per 1,0002006: 26.5 per 1,0002008: 26 per 1,0002010: 25.4 per 1,0002012: 24.7 per 1,0002014: 23.7 per 1,0002016: 23.1 per 1,0002018: 22.1 per 1,0002020: 21 per 1,0002022: 20.6 per 1,0002024: 20.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −23.4 (−53.77%) Average annual rate: -1.2 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Lower-middle-income countries 20.2 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 20.2 −0.2 −1.16%
2023 20.4 −0.2 −0.94%
2022 20.6 −0.2 −0.81%
2021 20.8 −0.3 −1.28%
2020 21 −0.5 −2.33%
2019 21.5 −0.5 −2.42%
2018 22.1 −0.4 −1.75%
2017 22.5 −0.6 −2.72%
2016 23.1 −0.4 −1.72%
2015 23.5 −0.3 −1.1%
2014 23.7 −0.6 −2.45%
2013 24.3 −0.4 −1.61%
2012 24.7 −0.3 −1.3%
2011 25.1 −0.3 −1.35%
2010 25.4 −0.4 −1.44%
2009 25.8 −0.2 −0.74%
2008 26 −0.2 −0.75%
2007 26.2 −0.3 −1.19%
2006 26.5 −0.4 −1.35%
2005 26.9 −0.5 −1.87%
2004 27.4 −0.5 −1.71%
2003 27.8 −0.5 −1.7%
2002 28.3 −0.5 −1.6%
2001 28.8 −0.3 −0.88%
2000 29 −0.2 −0.68%
1999 29.2 −0.3 −1.18%
1998 29.6 −0.4 −1.45%
1997 30 −0.5 −1.62%
1996 30.5 −0.6 −1.89%
1995 31.1 −0.6 −1.82%
1994 31.7 −0.6 −1.85%
1993 32.3 −0.7 −2.14%
1992 33 −0.7 −2.14%
1991 33.7 −0.6 −1.69%
1990 34.3 −0.6 −1.81%
1989 34.9 −0.6 −1.56%
1988 35.5 −0.6 −1.61%
1987 36 −0.7 −1.94%
1986 36.8 −0.4 −1.12%
1985 37.2 −0.5 −1.45%
1984 37.7 −0.3 −0.83%
1983 38 −0.2 −0.56%
1982 38.2 −0.2 −0.48%
1981 38.4 −0.2 −0.54%
1980 38.6 −0 −0.09%
1979 38.7 −0.1 −0.19%
1978 38.8 −0.2 −0.47%
1977 38.9 −0.4 −1%
1976 39.3 −0.1 −0.26%
1975 39.4 −0.4 −0.97%
1974 39.8 −0.2 −0.61%
1973 40.1 −0.2 −0.48%
1972 40.3 −0.2 −0.4%
1971 40.4 −0.1 −0.13%
1970 40.5 −0.2 −0.47%
1969 40.7 −0.3 −0.78%
1968 41 −0.3 −0.69%
1967 41.3 −0.3 −0.82%
1966 41.6 −0.4 −0.95%
1965 42 −0.5 −1.09%
1964 42.5 −0.4 −0.84%
1963 42.8 −0.3 −0.65%
1962 43.1 −0 −0.11%
1961 43.2 −0.4 −1.03%
1960 43.6 — —

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.

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