Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — Southern Africa

Crude birth rate in Southern Africa in 2024 — 19.2 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 52.4%.

2024 19.2 per 1,000 −1.46% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 40.5 per 1,0001966
Period minimum 19.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Southern Africa, 1960–2024102030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 40.4 per 1,0001962: 40.2 per 1,0001964: 40.2 per 1,0001966: 40.5 per 1,0001968: 40.3 per 1,0001970: 39.9 per 1,0001972: 39.4 per 1,0001974: 38.4 per 1,0001976: 37.2 per 1,0001978: 36.1 per 1,0001980: 35.6 per 1,0001982: 35.6 per 1,0001984: 35.2 per 1,0001986: 34.2 per 1,0001988: 32.7 per 1,0001990: 29.7 per 1,0001992: 28 per 1,0001994: 25.6 per 1,0001996: 25.6 per 1,0001998: 24 per 1,0002000: 22.6 per 1,0002002: 22 per 1,0002004: 23 per 1,0002006: 23.9 per 1,0002008: 25 per 1,0002010: 23.1 per 1,0002012: 23 per 1,0002014: 22.7 per 1,0002016: 21.3 per 1,0002018: 20.8 per 1,0002020: 20.3 per 1,0002022: 19.9 per 1,0002024: 19.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −21.2 (−52.39%) Average annual rate: -1.15 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Africa 19.2 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 19.2 −0.3 −1.46%
2023 19.5 −0.3 −1.6%
2022 19.9 −0.3 −1.45%
2021 20.1 −0.2 −1.01%
2020 20.3 −0.2 −1.06%
2019 20.6 −0.2 −0.99%
2018 20.8 −0.2 −1.09%
2017 21 −0.3 −1.22%
2016 21.3 −0.7 −3.11%
2015 21.9 −0.7 −3.23%
2014 22.7 −0.1 −0.63%
2013 22.8 −0.2 −0.99%
2012 23 +0 +0.09%
2011 23 −0.1 −0.3%
2010 23.1 −0.5 −2.28%
2009 23.6 −1.4 −5.47%
2008 25 +1.1 +4.65%
2007 23.9 −0 −0.03%
2006 23.9 +0.4 +1.69%
2005 23.5 +0.5 +2.3%
2004 23 +0.6 +2.83%
2003 22.3 +0.4 +1.69%
2002 22 −0.3 −1.41%
2001 22.3 −0.3 −1.27%
2000 22.6 −1 −4.34%
1999 23.6 −0.4 −1.77%
1998 24 −0.7 −2.85%
1997 24.7 −0.9 −3.43%
1996 25.6 −0.8 −2.91%
1995 26.4 +0.7 +2.87%
1994 25.6 −1.9 −6.92%
1993 27.5 −0.5 −1.67%
1992 28 −1 −3.55%
1991 29 −0.7 −2.25%
1990 29.7 −1.6 −5.2%
1989 31.3 −1.3 −4.09%
1988 32.7 −1.2 −3.5%
1987 33.9 −0.4 −1.11%
1986 34.2 −0.6 −1.84%
1985 34.9 −0.3 −0.87%
1984 35.2 −0.2 −0.43%
1983 35.3 −0.2 −0.61%
1982 35.6 +0.1 +0.24%
1981 35.5 −0.2 −0.43%
1980 35.6 −0.3 −0.77%
1979 35.9 −0.2 −0.54%
1978 36.1 −0.5 −1.24%
1977 36.6 −0.7 −1.87%
1976 37.2 −0.6 −1.54%
1975 37.8 −0.6 −1.45%
1974 38.4 −0.6 −1.57%
1973 39 −0.4 −1.01%
1972 39.4 −0.4 −0.89%
1971 39.8 −0.1 −0.31%
1970 39.9 −0.3 −0.75%
1969 40.2 −0.1 −0.27%
1968 40.3 −0.1 −0.3%
1967 40.4 −0 −0.11%
1966 40.5 +0.4 +1%
1965 40 −0.1 −0.25%
1964 40.2 −0.1 −0.25%
1963 40.3 +0 +0.01%
1962 40.2 −0.1 −0.2%
1961 40.3 −0.1 −0.23%
1960 40.4

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.