Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — Southern Europe

Crude birth rate in Southern Europe in 2024 — 6.9 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 66.7%.

2024 6.9 per 1,000 −1.64% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 21.1 per 1,0001964
Period minimum 6.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Southern Europe, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 20.8 per 1,0001962: 20.5 per 1,0001964: 21.1 per 1,0001966: 20.1 per 1,0001968: 19.2 per 1,0001970: 18.3 per 1,0001972: 18.1 per 1,0001974: 17.8 per 1,0001976: 16.8 per 1,0001978: 15.5 per 1,0001980: 14.3 per 1,0001982: 13.5 per 1,0001984: 12.7 per 1,0001986: 11.9 per 1,0001988: 11.7 per 1,0001990: 11.3 per 1,0001992: 11 per 1,0001994: 10.3 per 1,0001996: 10.2 per 1,0001998: 10 per 1,0002000: 10.2 per 1,0002002: 10.1 per 1,0002004: 10.3 per 1,0002006: 10.2 per 1,0002008: 10.5 per 1,0002010: 10 per 1,0002012: 9.4 per 1,0002014: 8.9 per 1,0002016: 8.6 per 1,0002018: 8 per 1,0002020: 7.5 per 1,0002022: 7.3 per 1,0002024: 6.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −13.9 (−66.75%) Average annual rate: -1.71 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 6.9 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 6.9 −0.1 −1.64%
2023 7 −0.3 −3.82%
2022 7.3 −0.2 −2.25%
2021 7.5 −0 −0.41%
2020 7.5 −0.3 −3.3%
2019 7.8 −0.3 −3.2%
2018 8 −0.3 −3.39%
2017 8.3 −0.3 −3.49%
2016 8.6 −0.2 −1.73%
2015 8.7 −0.2 −1.82%
2014 8.9 −0.1 −0.72%
2013 9 −0.4 −4.7%
2012 9.4 −0.3 −2.72%
2011 9.7 −0.4 −3.51%
2010 10 −0.2 −1.8%
2009 10.2 −0.3 −2.54%
2008 10.5 +0.3 +2.53%
2007 10.2 −0 −0.19%
2006 10.2 +0.1 +0.63%
2005 10.2 −0.1 −1.15%
2004 10.3 +0.1 +0.72%
2003 10.2 +0.1 +1.11%
2002 10.1 +0 +0.48%
2001 10.1 −0.1 −1.1%
2000 10.2 +0.1 +1.41%
1999 10 −0 −0.17%
1998 10 −0.2 −1.79%
1997 10.2 +0 +0.36%
1996 10.2 +0 +0.4%
1995 10.2 −0.2 −1.83%
1994 10.3 −0.3 −3.11%
1993 10.7 −0.3 −3.15%
1992 11 −0.1 −1.17%
1991 11.1 −0.2 −1.45%
1990 11.3 −0.1 −0.58%
1989 11.4 −0.3 −2.92%
1988 11.7 +0.1 +0.52%
1987 11.7 −0.2 −2.03%
1986 11.9 −0.4 −3.32%
1985 12.3 −0.4 −3.25%
1984 12.7 −0.3 −2.23%
1983 13 −0.5 −3.58%
1982 13.5 −0.2 −1.56%
1981 13.7 −0.6 −3.9%
1980 14.3 −0.6 −3.94%
1979 14.9 −0.7 −4.42%
1978 15.5 −0.6 −3.69%
1977 16.1 −0.7 −4.06%
1976 16.8 −0.4 −2.18%
1975 17.2 −0.6 −3.4%
1974 17.8 −0 −0.04%
1973 17.8 −0.3 −1.42%
1972 18.1 −0.3 −1.76%
1971 18.4 +0.1 +0.39%
1970 18.3 −0.6 −3.29%
1969 18.9 −0.2 −1.3%
1968 19.2 −0.5 −2.41%
1967 19.7 −0.4 −2.14%
1966 20.1 −0.3 −1.53%
1965 20.4 −0.7 −3.09%
1964 21.1 +0.5 +2.66%
1963 20.5 −0 −0.04%
1962 20.5 −0.1 −0.54%
1961 20.6 −0.1 −0.63%
1960 20.8

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.