Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — South Asia

Crude birth rate in South Asia in 2024 — 16.4 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 62.3%.

2024 16.4 per 1,000 −1.21% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 43.4 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 16.4 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — South Asia, 1960–2024102030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 43.4 per 1,0001962: 43.1 per 1,0001964: 42.6 per 1,0001966: 41.8 per 1,0001968: 41.1 per 1,0001970: 40.5 per 1,0001972: 40.3 per 1,0001974: 39.8 per 1,0001976: 39.1 per 1,0001978: 38 per 1,0001980: 37.9 per 1,0001982: 37.1 per 1,0001984: 36.4 per 1,0001986: 35.5 per 1,0001988: 34.1 per 1,0001990: 32.8 per 1,0001992: 31.5 per 1,0001994: 30.4 per 1,0001996: 29.3 per 1,0001998: 28.3 per 1,0002000: 27.7 per 1,0002002: 26.7 per 1,0002004: 25.3 per 1,0002006: 23.7 per 1,0002008: 22.6 per 1,0002010: 21.6 per 1,0002012: 20.7 per 1,0002014: 19.2 per 1,0002016: 18.9 per 1,0002018: 18.1 per 1,0002020: 17.1 per 1,0002022: 16.8 per 1,0002024: 16.4 per 1,000
Change over the period: −27.1 (−62.32%) Average annual rate: -1.51 %

Comparison, 2024

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

South Asia 16.4 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 16.4 −0.2 −1.21%
2023 16.6 −0.2 −1.24%
2022 16.8 −0.1 −0.73%
2021 16.9 −0.2 −1.33%
2020 17.1 −0.5 −3.07%
2019 17.7 −0.5 −2.64%
2018 18.1 −0.1 −0.43%
2017 18.2 −0.7 −3.67%
2016 18.9 −0.2 −0.88%
2015 19.1 −0.1 −0.78%
2014 19.2 −0.9 −4.35%
2013 20.1 −0.5 −2.65%
2012 20.7 −0.5 −2.17%
2011 21.1 −0.5 −2.29%
2010 21.6 −0.6 −2.76%
2009 22.2 −0.4 −1.6%
2008 22.6 −0.5 −2.07%
2007 23.1 −0.6 −2.67%
2006 23.7 −0.7 −3.01%
2005 24.4 −0.8 −3.26%
2004 25.3 −0.7 −2.58%
2003 25.9 −0.8 −2.81%
2002 26.7 −0.7 −2.42%
2001 27.3 −0.3 −1.18%
2000 27.7 −0.2 −0.79%
1999 27.9 −0.5 −1.6%
1998 28.3 −0.5 −1.62%
1997 28.8 −0.5 −1.57%
1996 29.3 −0.5 −1.84%
1995 29.8 −0.5 −1.79%
1994 30.4 −0.5 −1.46%
1993 30.8 −0.7 −2.09%
1992 31.5 −0.7 −2.06%
1991 32.1 −0.6 −1.96%
1990 32.8 −0.7 −2.17%
1989 33.5 −0.6 −1.77%
1988 34.1 −0.6 −1.79%
1987 34.7 −0.8 −2.26%
1986 35.5 −0.3 −0.94%
1985 35.9 −0.6 −1.54%
1984 36.4 −0.3 −0.8%
1983 36.7 −0.4 −1.09%
1982 37.1 −0.4 −1.1%
1981 37.5 −0.3 −0.86%
1980 37.9 −0 −0.05%
1979 37.9 −0.2 −0.42%
1978 38 −0.4 −1.03%
1977 38.4 −0.6 −1.61%
1976 39.1 −0.1 −0.35%
1975 39.2 −0.6 −1.52%
1974 39.8 −0.3 −0.67%
1973 40.1 −0.2 −0.49%
1972 40.3 −0.2 −0.45%
1971 40.5 −0 −0.09%
1970 40.5 −0.3 −0.63%
1969 40.7 −0.4 −0.93%
1968 41.1 −0.3 −0.79%
1967 41.5 −0.3 −0.8%
1966 41.8 −0.4 −1%
1965 42.2 −0.4 −0.96%
1964 42.6 −0.2 −0.5%
1963 42.8 −0.2 −0.53%
1962 43.1 −0.2 −0.42%
1961 43.2 −0.2 −0.45%
1960 43.4

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.