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Crude birth rate — Melanesia

Crude birth rate in Melanesia in 2024 — 23.8 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 46.7%.

2024 23.8 per 1,000 −1.09% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 44.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 23.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Melanesia, 1960–20242030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 44.7 per 1,0001962: 44.5 per 1,0001964: 44 per 1,0001966: 43.5 per 1,0001968: 42.9 per 1,0001970: 42.3 per 1,0001972: 41.4 per 1,0001974: 40.1 per 1,0001976: 39.2 per 1,0001978: 38.3 per 1,0001980: 37.4 per 1,0001982: 37.1 per 1,0001984: 36.9 per 1,0001986: 36.4 per 1,0001988: 36 per 1,0001990: 35.4 per 1,0001992: 34.6 per 1,0001994: 34 per 1,0001996: 33.6 per 1,0001998: 33.2 per 1,0002000: 32.8 per 1,0002002: 32.5 per 1,0002004: 31.8 per 1,0002006: 31.1 per 1,0002008: 30.5 per 1,0002010: 29.7 per 1,0002012: 29 per 1,0002014: 28.2 per 1,0002016: 27.3 per 1,0002018: 26.3 per 1,0002020: 25.5 per 1,0002022: 24.6 per 1,0002024: 23.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −20.9 (−46.72%) Average annual rate: -0.98 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Melanesia 23.8 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 23.8 −0.3 −1.09%
2023 24.1 −0.5 −2.14%
2022 24.6 −0.4 −1.61%
2021 25 −0.5 −1.8%
2020 25.5 −0.4 −1.44%
2019 25.9 −0.5 −1.79%
2018 26.3 −0.4 −1.55%
2017 26.7 −0.5 −1.87%
2016 27.3 −0.5 −1.73%
2015 27.7 −0.5 −1.69%
2014 28.2 −0.4 −1.31%
2013 28.6 −0.4 −1.27%
2012 29 −0.4 −1.39%
2011 29.4 −0.4 −1.28%
2010 29.7 −0.3 −1.08%
2009 30.1 −0.4 −1.35%
2008 30.5 −0.3 −1.01%
2007 30.8 −0.4 −1.13%
2006 31.1 −0.3 −1.07%
2005 31.5 −0.3 −1.02%
2004 31.8 −0.4 −1.21%
2003 32.2 −0.3 −0.82%
2002 32.5 −0.2 −0.6%
2001 32.7 −0.2 −0.58%
2000 32.8 −0.2 −0.68%
1999 33.1 −0.2 −0.46%
1998 33.2 −0.2 −0.54%
1997 33.4 −0.2 −0.52%
1996 33.6 −0.1 −0.33%
1995 33.7 −0.3 −0.89%
1994 34 −0.3 −0.95%
1993 34.3 −0.2 −0.67%
1992 34.6 −0.3 −1%
1991 34.9 −0.5 −1.51%
1990 35.4 −0.3 −0.93%
1989 35.8 −0.3 −0.7%
1988 36 −0.2 −0.53%
1987 36.2 −0.2 −0.52%
1986 36.4 −0.3 −0.71%
1985 36.7 −0.2 −0.61%
1984 36.9 −0.2 −0.46%
1983 37.1 +0 +0.02%
1982 37.1 −0.1 −0.37%
1981 37.2 −0.2 −0.55%
1980 37.4 −0.4 −1.02%
1979 37.8 −0.5 −1.29%
1978 38.3 −0.5 −1.19%
1977 38.7 −0.5 −1.19%
1976 39.2 −0.4 −1.04%
1975 39.6 −0.5 −1.15%
1974 40.1 −0.6 −1.58%
1973 40.7 −0.7 −1.67%
1972 41.4 −0.5 −1.12%
1971 41.9 −0.4 −0.99%
1970 42.3 −0.3 −0.8%
1969 42.6 −0.3 −0.61%
1968 42.9 −0.3 −0.58%
1967 43.2 −0.3 −0.78%
1966 43.5 −0.2 −0.49%
1965 43.7 −0.3 −0.66%
1964 44 −0.2 −0.41%
1963 44.2 −0.3 −0.69%
1962 44.5 +0 +0.08%
1961 44.4 −0.3 −0.65%
1960 44.7 — —

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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