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Crude birth rate — Malawi

Crude birth rate in Malawi in 2024 — 31.1 per 1,000. Ranked 26 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 42%.

2024 31.1 per 1,000 −0.76% vs 2023
World rank 26of 217
Period maximum 54.4 per 1,0001963
Period minimum 31.1 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Malawi, 1960–20243040506019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 53.7 per 1,0001962: 54.2 per 1,0001964: 54.2 per 1,0001966: 54.3 per 1,0001968: 54.4 per 1,0001970: 54 per 1,0001972: 53.5 per 1,0001974: 52.9 per 1,0001976: 52.6 per 1,0001978: 52.4 per 1,0001980: 52.7 per 1,0001982: 52 per 1,0001984: 50.8 per 1,0001986: 49.8 per 1,0001988: 48.8 per 1,0001990: 48.4 per 1,0001992: 48.1 per 1,0001994: 48.4 per 1,0001996: 46.2 per 1,0001998: 45.9 per 1,0002000: 44.6 per 1,0002002: 44 per 1,0002004: 44 per 1,0002006: 43.8 per 1,0002008: 42.6 per 1,0002010: 40.7 per 1,0002012: 38.6 per 1,0002014: 36.5 per 1,0002016: 34.2 per 1,0002018: 33.2 per 1,0002020: 32.5 per 1,0002022: 31.7 per 1,0002024: 31.1 per 1,000
Change over the period: −22.6 (−42.03%) Average annual rate: -0.85 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Malawi 31.1 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
Low-income countries computed 33.8 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 31.1 −0.2 −0.76%
2023 31.4 −0.4 −1.12%
2022 31.7 −0.3 −1.02%
2021 32.1 −0.5 −1.44%
2020 32.5 −0.4 −1.11%
2019 32.9 −0.3 −0.98%
2018 33.2 −0.5 −1.35%
2017 33.7 −0.5 −1.59%
2016 34.2 −1.1 −3.03%
2015 35.3 −1.2 −3.31%
2014 36.5 −1.2 −3.23%
2013 37.7 −0.8 −2.18%
2012 38.6 −1.1 −2.84%
2011 39.7 −1 −2.45%
2010 40.7 −1.1 −2.54%
2009 41.7 −0.8 −1.92%
2008 42.6 −0.7 −1.64%
2007 43.3 −0.5 −1.1%
2006 43.8 −0.2 −0.56%
2005 44 +0 +0.09%
2004 44 +0.1 +0.13%
2003 43.9 −0 −0.11%
2002 44 −0.2 −0.51%
2001 44.2 −0.4 −0.88%
2000 44.6 −0.8 −1.86%
1999 45.4 −0.4 −0.96%
1998 45.9 −0.1 −0.32%
1997 46 −0.2 −0.46%
1996 46.2 −0.6 −1.33%
1995 46.8 −1.6 −3.26%
1994 48.4 +0 +0.01%
1993 48.4 +0.3 +0.72%
1992 48.1 −0.3 −0.68%
1991 48.4 −0 −0.09%
1990 48.4 −0 −0.03%
1989 48.5 −0.3 −0.62%
1988 48.8 +0.1 +0.3%
1987 48.6 −1.2 −2.37%
1986 49.8 −0.6 −1.13%
1985 50.4 −0.4 −0.79%
1984 50.8 −0.6 −1.23%
1983 51.4 −0.6 −1.23%
1982 52 −0.3 −0.66%
1981 52.4 −0.3 −0.62%
1980 52.7 +0.3 +0.51%
1979 52.4 +0.1 +0.15%
1978 52.4 −0 −0.02%
1977 52.4 −0.2 −0.39%
1976 52.6 −0.1 −0.28%
1975 52.7 −0.2 −0.33%
1974 52.9 −0.3 −0.58%
1973 53.2 −0.3 −0.49%
1972 53.5 −0.2 −0.43%
1971 53.7 −0.3 −0.49%
1970 54 −0.2 −0.33%
1969 54.1 −0.2 −0.42%
1968 54.4 +0.1 +0.16%
1967 54.3 +0 +0.04%
1966 54.3 +0.1 +0.27%
1965 54.1 −0.1 −0.14%
1964 54.2 −0.2 −0.35%
1963 54.4 +0.2 +0.37%
1962 54.2 +0.2 +0.39%
1961 54 +0.2 +0.45%
1960 53.7 — —

Eastern Africa, 2024

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

SO Somalia 42.3 MZ Mozambique 37 TZ Tanzania 34.8 UG Uganda 34.4 BI Burundi 33.2 ZM Zambia 32.7 MG Madagascar 31.7 ET Ethiopia 31.5 MW Malawi 31.1 ZW Zimbabwe 29.9 SS South Sudan 29.2 ER Eritrea 28.7 KM Comoros 28.2 RW Rwanda 28.1 KE Kenya 27 DJ Djibouti 20.9 SC Seychelles 11 MU Mauritius 10.3
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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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