Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — Middle Africa

Crude birth rate in Middle Africa in 2024 — 39 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 16.3%.

2024 39 per 1,000 −0.67% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 47.1 per 1,0001968
Period minimum 39 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Middle Africa, 1960–202437.54042.54547.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 46.6 per 1,0001962: 46.8 per 1,0001964: 46.9 per 1,0001966: 47 per 1,0001968: 47.1 per 1,0001970: 47 per 1,0001972: 46.8 per 1,0001974: 46.5 per 1,0001976: 46.3 per 1,0001978: 45.9 per 1,0001980: 46.4 per 1,0001982: 46.3 per 1,0001984: 46.7 per 1,0001986: 46.9 per 1,0001988: 46.9 per 1,0001990: 46.5 per 1,0001992: 46.2 per 1,0001994: 45.6 per 1,0001996: 46.2 per 1,0001998: 44.8 per 1,0002000: 44.8 per 1,0002002: 44.3 per 1,0002004: 44 per 1,0002006: 44 per 1,0002008: 43.8 per 1,0002010: 43.6 per 1,0002012: 43.1 per 1,0002014: 42.4 per 1,0002016: 41.6 per 1,0002018: 41.1 per 1,0002020: 40.3 per 1,0002022: 39.6 per 1,0002024: 39 per 1,000
Change over the period: −7.6 (−16.33%) Average annual rate: -0.28 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Middle Africa 39 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 39 −0.3 −0.67%
2023 39.2 −0.4 −1.02%
2022 39.6 −0.3 −0.86%
2021 40 −0.3 −0.85%
2020 40.3 −0.4 −1.04%
2019 40.7 −0.4 −0.95%
2018 41.1 −0.3 −0.71%
2017 41.4 −0.2 −0.39%
2016 41.6 −0.4 −0.98%
2015 42 −0.4 −0.84%
2014 42.4 −0.3 −0.81%
2013 42.7 −0.4 −1.01%
2012 43.1 −0.3 −0.58%
2011 43.4 −0.2 −0.46%
2010 43.6 −0.2 −0.4%
2009 43.8 −0.1 −0.16%
2008 43.8 −0.1 −0.18%
2007 43.9 −0.1 −0.22%
2006 44 +0 +0.1%
2005 44 −0 −0%
2004 44 −0.1 −0.31%
2003 44.1 −0.2 −0.49%
2002 44.3 −0.3 −0.64%
2001 44.6 −0.2 −0.48%
2000 44.8 −0.1 −0.18%
1999 44.9 +0.1 +0.16%
1998 44.8 −0.6 −1.4%
1997 45.5 −0.7 −1.51%
1996 46.2 −0.2 −0.35%
1995 46.3 +0.8 +1.68%
1994 45.6 −0.6 −1.3%
1993 46.2 −0 −0.04%
1992 46.2 −0.2 −0.4%
1991 46.4 −0.1 −0.24%
1990 46.5 −0.2 −0.41%
1989 46.7 −0.2 −0.44%
1988 46.9 −0.1 −0.13%
1987 46.9 +0.1 +0.11%
1986 46.9 +0.1 +0.26%
1985 46.8 +0 +0.08%
1984 46.7 +0.2 +0.36%
1983 46.6 +0.3 +0.59%
1982 46.3 +0 +0.05%
1981 46.3 −0.1 −0.3%
1980 46.4 +0.2 +0.51%
1979 46.2 +0.2 +0.52%
1978 45.9 −0.2 −0.51%
1977 46.2 −0.1 −0.21%
1976 46.3 −0.1 −0.11%
1975 46.3 −0.2 −0.36%
1974 46.5 −0.2 −0.35%
1973 46.6 −0.2 −0.39%
1972 46.8 −0.1 −0.13%
1971 46.9 −0.2 −0.33%
1970 47 −0.1 −0.17%
1969 47.1 −0 −0.01%
1968 47.1 +0 +0.07%
1967 47.1 +0.1 +0.12%
1966 47 +0.1 +0.22%
1965 46.9 +0.1 +0.15%
1964 46.9 +0.1 +0.12%
1963 46.8 +0 +0.08%
1962 46.8 +0.1 +0.13%
1961 46.7 +0.1 +0.31%
1960 46.6

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.