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Crude birth rate — Southern Asia

Crude birth rate in Southern Asia in 2024 — 17.9 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 59.3%.

2024 17.9 per 1,000 −1.23% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 44.1 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 17.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Southern Asia, 1960–2024102030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 44.1 per 1,0001962: 43.7 per 1,0001964: 43.2 per 1,0001966: 42.4 per 1,0001968: 41.7 per 1,0001970: 41.1 per 1,0001972: 40.8 per 1,0001974: 40.3 per 1,0001976: 39.7 per 1,0001978: 38.9 per 1,0001980: 38.9 per 1,0001982: 38.3 per 1,0001984: 37.7 per 1,0001986: 36.7 per 1,0001988: 35.3 per 1,0001990: 34 per 1,0001992: 32.5 per 1,0001994: 31.2 per 1,0001996: 30 per 1,0001998: 29 per 1,0002000: 28.4 per 1,0002002: 27.4 per 1,0002004: 26 per 1,0002006: 24.7 per 1,0002008: 23.9 per 1,0002010: 23.1 per 1,0002012: 22.3 per 1,0002014: 21 per 1,0002016: 20.6 per 1,0002018: 19.8 per 1,0002020: 18.7 per 1,0002022: 18.4 per 1,0002024: 17.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −26.2 (−59.33%) Average annual rate: -1.4 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Asia 17.9 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 17.9 −0.2 −1.23%
2023 18.2 −0.2 −1.23%
2022 18.4 −0.1 −0.76%
2021 18.5 −0.2 −1.15%
2020 18.7 −0.5 −2.7%
2019 19.3 −0.5 −2.56%
2018 19.8 −0.2 −0.85%
2017 19.9 −0.6 −3.06%
2016 20.6 −0.2 −1.13%
2015 20.8 −0.2 −0.89%
2014 21 −0.8 −3.57%
2013 21.8 −0.5 −2.23%
2012 22.3 −0.4 −1.82%
2011 22.7 −0.4 −1.91%
2010 23.1 −0.5 −2.11%
2009 23.6 −0.3 −1.17%
2008 23.9 −0.4 −1.47%
2007 24.2 −0.5 −2%
2006 24.7 −0.6 −2.24%
2005 25.3 −0.7 −2.78%
2004 26 −0.7 −2.47%
2003 26.7 −0.7 −2.47%
2002 27.4 −0.6 −2.32%
2001 28 −0.4 −1.35%
2000 28.4 −0.2 −0.85%
1999 28.6 −0.4 −1.36%
1998 29 −0.5 −1.6%
1997 29.5 −0.5 −1.7%
1996 30 −0.6 −1.96%
1995 30.6 −0.6 −2.02%
1994 31.2 −0.6 −1.82%
1993 31.8 −0.7 −2.22%
1992 32.5 −0.7 −2.24%
1991 33.3 −0.7 −2.04%
1990 34 −0.7 −2.1%
1989 34.7 −0.6 −1.76%
1988 35.3 −0.6 −1.76%
1987 36 −0.8 −2.12%
1986 36.7 −0.4 −0.98%
1985 37.1 −0.5 −1.45%
1984 37.7 −0.3 −0.78%
1983 38 −0.4 −0.96%
1982 38.3 −0.3 −0.85%
1981 38.7 −0.2 −0.61%
1980 38.9 +0 +0.08%
1979 38.9 −0.1 −0.17%
1978 38.9 −0.3 −0.72%
1977 39.2 −0.5 −1.26%
1976 39.7 −0.1 −0.2%
1975 39.8 −0.5 −1.28%
1974 40.3 −0.2 −0.6%
1973 40.5 −0.2 −0.51%
1972 40.8 −0.2 −0.54%
1971 41 −0.1 −0.21%
1970 41.1 −0.3 −0.69%
1969 41.3 −0.4 −0.92%
1968 41.7 −0.3 −0.78%
1967 42.1 −0.3 −0.76%
1966 42.4 −0.4 −0.92%
1965 42.8 −0.4 −0.9%
1964 43.2 −0.2 −0.55%
1963 43.4 −0.3 −0.58%
1962 43.7 −0.2 −0.47%
1961 43.9 −0.2 −0.49%
1960 44.1 — —

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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