Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — Northern Europe

Crude birth rate in Northern Europe in 2024 — 9.5 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 45.4%.

2024 9.5 per 1,000 −1.57% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 18.4 per 1,0001964
Period minimum 9.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Northern Europe, 1960–20247.51012.51517.52019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 17.5 per 1,0001962: 17.9 per 1,0001964: 18.4 per 1,0001966: 17.7 per 1,0001968: 16.8 per 1,0001970: 16 per 1,0001972: 15.1 per 1,0001974: 13.8 per 1,0001976: 12.8 per 1,0001978: 12.8 per 1,0001980: 13.5 per 1,0001982: 13 per 1,0001984: 13.1 per 1,0001986: 13.4 per 1,0001988: 13.8 per 1,0001990: 14 per 1,0001992: 13.6 per 1,0001994: 12.9 per 1,0001996: 12.3 per 1,0001998: 11.9 per 1,0002000: 11.5 per 1,0002002: 11.3 per 1,0002004: 11.8 per 1,0002006: 12.1 per 1,0002008: 12.7 per 1,0002010: 12.7 per 1,0002012: 12.4 per 1,0002014: 11.8 per 1,0002016: 11.6 per 1,0002018: 10.9 per 1,0002020: 10.1 per 1,0002022: 9.8 per 1,0002024: 9.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −7.9 (−45.4%) Average annual rate: -0.94 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Northern Europe 9.5 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 9.5 −0.2 −1.57%
2023 9.7 −0.2 −1.7%
2022 9.8 −0.5 −4.38%
2021 10.3 +0.2 +1.51%
2020 10.1 −0.4 −3.69%
2019 10.5 −0.3 −3.07%
2018 10.9 −0.3 −2.97%
2017 11.2 −0.4 −3.43%
2016 11.6 −0.1 −0.62%
2015 11.7 −0.1 −0.99%
2014 11.8 −0.1 −0.53%
2013 11.9 −0.5 −4.41%
2012 12.4 −0 −0.28%
2011 12.4 −0.2 −1.73%
2010 12.7 +0.1 +0.92%
2009 12.5 −0.1 −1.07%
2008 12.7 +0.3 +2.35%
2007 12.4 +0.2 +1.94%
2006 12.1 +0.3 +2.68%
2005 11.8 +0.1 +0.54%
2004 11.8 +0.1 +1.25%
2003 11.6 +0.3 +3%
2002 11.3 +0 +0.12%
2001 11.3 −0.2 −1.67%
2000 11.5 −0.2 −1.93%
1999 11.7 −0.3 −2.1%
1998 11.9 −0.2 −1.64%
1997 12.1 −0.2 −1.29%
1996 12.3 −0.2 −1.21%
1995 12.4 −0.4 −3.29%
1994 12.9 −0.3 −1.98%
1993 13.1 −0.5 −3.8%
1992 13.6 −0.2 −1.33%
1991 13.8 −0.2 −1.12%
1990 14 +0.3 +2.23%
1989 13.7 −0.1 −0.92%
1988 13.8 +0.2 +1.16%
1987 13.6 +0.3 +1.88%
1986 13.4 +0.1 +0.5%
1985 13.3 +0.3 +2%
1984 13.1 +0 +0.24%
1983 13 −0 −0.04%
1982 13 −0.1 −0.87%
1981 13.2 −0.4 −2.64%
1980 13.5 +0.2 +1.33%
1979 13.3 +0.6 +4.44%
1978 12.8 +0.3 +2.16%
1977 12.5 −0.3 −2.44%
1976 12.8 −0.4 −3.12%
1975 13.2 −0.6 −4.12%
1974 13.8 −0.5 −3.44%
1973 14.3 −0.8 −5.53%
1972 15.1 −0.9 −5.47%
1971 16 +0 +0.1%
1970 16 −0.3 −1.75%
1969 16.3 −0.5 −3.26%
1968 16.8 −0.4 −2.48%
1967 17.2 −0.4 −2.47%
1966 17.7 −0.3 −1.51%
1965 17.9 −0.4 −2.31%
1964 18.4 +0.3 +1.47%
1963 18.1 +0.2 +1.05%
1962 17.9 +0.2 +1.24%
1961 17.7 +0.2 +1.38%
1960 17.5

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.