Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — OECD

Crude birth rate in the OECD in 2024 — 9.7 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 58.9%.

2024 9.7 per 1,000 −1.59% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 23.5 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 9.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — OECD, 1960–202451015202519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 23.5 per 1,0001962: 23.1 per 1,0001964: 22.8 per 1,0001966: 21.2 per 1,0001968: 21 per 1,0001970: 20.8 per 1,0001972: 19.7 per 1,0001974: 18.9 per 1,0001976: 18 per 1,0001978: 17.5 per 1,0001980: 17.5 per 1,0001982: 17.1 per 1,0001984: 16.5 per 1,0001986: 16.1 per 1,0001988: 16 per 1,0001990: 15.9 per 1,0001992: 15.4 per 1,0001994: 14.8 per 1,0001996: 14.3 per 1,0001998: 14 per 1,0002000: 13.8 per 1,0002002: 13.2 per 1,0002004: 13.1 per 1,0002006: 13.1 per 1,0002008: 13.1 per 1,0002010: 12.6 per 1,0002012: 12.3 per 1,0002014: 12.1 per 1,0002016: 11.7 per 1,0002018: 11.2 per 1,0002020: 10.5 per 1,0002022: 10.2 per 1,0002024: 9.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −13.8 (−58.91%) Average annual rate: -1.38 %

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 9.7 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 9.7 −0.2 −1.59%
2023 9.8 −0.4 −4.04%
2022 10.2 −0.3 −2.75%
2021 10.5 −0 −0.14%
2020 10.5 −0.4 −3.54%
2019 10.9 −0.3 −2.49%
2018 11.2 −0.2 −2.07%
2017 11.4 −0.3 −2.67%
2016 11.7 −0.2 −1.4%
2015 11.9 −0.2 −1.45%
2014 12.1 −0 −0.01%
2013 12.1 −0.3 −2.07%
2012 12.3 −0.1 −0.59%
2011 12.4 −0.2 −1.9%
2010 12.6 −0.2 −1.27%
2009 12.8 −0.3 −2.17%
2008 13.1 −0 −0.2%
2007 13.1 +0 +0.26%
2006 13.1 +0.1 +0.95%
2005 13 −0.1 −1.02%
2004 13.1 −0.1 −0.6%
2003 13.2 −0.1 −0.54%
2002 13.2 −0.2 −1.63%
2001 13.5 −0.3 −2.49%
2000 13.8 −0 −0.14%
1999 13.8 −0.2 −1.33%
1998 14 −0.1 −0.93%
1997 14.1 −0.2 −1.3%
1996 14.3 −0.2 −1.09%
1995 14.5 −0.3 −2.35%
1994 14.8 −0.2 −1.64%
1993 15.1 −0.3 −1.95%
1992 15.4 −0.2 −1.5%
1991 15.6 −0.2 −1.53%
1990 15.9 −0 −0.01%
1989 15.9 −0.1 −0.73%
1988 16 −0 −0.16%
1987 16 −0.1 −0.82%
1986 16.1 −0.2 −1.5%
1985 16.4 −0.1 −0.74%
1984 16.5 −0.2 −1.48%
1983 16.8 −0.3 −1.83%
1982 17.1 −0.1 −0.69%
1981 17.2 −0.3 −1.62%
1980 17.5 −0.1 −0.69%
1979 17.6 +0.1 +0.36%
1978 17.5 −0.3 −1.66%
1977 17.8 −0.2 −1.03%
1976 18 −0.3 −1.87%
1975 18.4 −0.6 −2.92%
1974 18.9 −0.3 −1.4%
1973 19.2 −0.5 −2.52%
1972 19.7 −0.8 −4%
1971 20.5 −0.3 −1.47%
1970 20.8 −0.1 −0.45%
1969 20.9 −0.1 −0.69%
1968 21 −0.4 −1.76%
1967 21.4 +0.2 +0.98%
1966 21.2 −1 −4.49%
1965 22.2 −0.6 −2.83%
1964 22.8 −0.1 −0.51%
1963 23 −0.1 −0.51%
1962 23.1 −0.3 −1.32%
1961 23.4 −0.1 −0.42%
1960 23.5

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.