Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — Western Africa

Crude birth rate in Western Africa in 2024 — 32.6 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 32.2%.

2024 32.6 per 1,000 −1.31% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 48.8 per 1,0001975
Period minimum 32.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Western Africa, 1960–2024303540455019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 48 per 1,0001962: 48.2 per 1,0001964: 48.2 per 1,0001966: 48.2 per 1,0001968: 48.2 per 1,0001970: 48.2 per 1,0001972: 48.4 per 1,0001974: 48.7 per 1,0001976: 48.8 per 1,0001978: 48.8 per 1,0001980: 48.3 per 1,0001982: 47.7 per 1,0001984: 47 per 1,0001986: 46.1 per 1,0001988: 45.4 per 1,0001990: 45 per 1,0001992: 44.5 per 1,0001994: 44 per 1,0001996: 43.6 per 1,0001998: 43.1 per 1,0002000: 43.4 per 1,0002002: 43.1 per 1,0002004: 42.6 per 1,0002006: 42.3 per 1,0002008: 41.8 per 1,0002010: 41.3 per 1,0002012: 40.6 per 1,0002014: 39.4 per 1,0002016: 37.6 per 1,0002018: 35.7 per 1,0002020: 34 per 1,0002022: 33.3 per 1,0002024: 32.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −15.5 (−32.17%) Average annual rate: -0.6 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Africa 32.6 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 32.6 −0.4 −1.31%
2023 33 −0.3 −0.82%
2022 33.3 −0.4 −1.08%
2021 33.7 −0.3 −0.89%
2020 34 −0.8 −2.29%
2019 34.8 −0.9 −2.62%
2018 35.7 −1 −2.64%
2017 36.7 −1 −2.59%
2016 37.6 −1 −2.48%
2015 38.6 −0.8 −2.03%
2014 39.4 −0.6 −1.49%
2013 40 −0.6 −1.44%
2012 40.6 −0.5 −1.17%
2011 41 −0.3 −0.73%
2010 41.3 −0.2 −0.6%
2009 41.6 −0.2 −0.58%
2008 41.8 −0.2 −0.46%
2007 42 −0.3 −0.71%
2006 42.3 −0.2 −0.45%
2005 42.5 −0.1 −0.24%
2004 42.6 −0.3 −0.63%
2003 42.9 −0.2 −0.39%
2002 43.1 −0.2 −0.47%
2001 43.3 −0.1 −0.31%
2000 43.4 +0.2 +0.42%
1999 43.2 +0.1 +0.23%
1998 43.1 −0.2 −0.5%
1997 43.3 −0.3 −0.6%
1996 43.6 −0.3 −0.58%
1995 43.9 −0.2 −0.35%
1994 44 −0.3 −0.6%
1993 44.3 −0.2 −0.5%
1992 44.5 −0.3 −0.57%
1991 44.8 −0.3 −0.63%
1990 45 −0.2 −0.51%
1989 45.3 −0.2 −0.33%
1988 45.4 −0.3 −0.66%
1987 45.7 −0.4 −0.84%
1986 46.1 −0.5 −0.97%
1985 46.6 −0.5 −0.96%
1984 47 −0.6 −1.23%
1983 47.6 −0.1 −0.27%
1982 47.7 −0.3 −0.6%
1981 48 −0.3 −0.59%
1980 48.3 −0.3 −0.58%
1979 48.6 −0.2 −0.48%
1978 48.8 +0 +0.03%
1977 48.8 +0 +0.02%
1976 48.8 −0 −0.08%
1975 48.8 +0.1 +0.28%
1974 48.7 +0.2 +0.41%
1973 48.5 +0.1 +0.18%
1972 48.4 +0 +0.08%
1971 48.4 +0.2 +0.34%
1970 48.2 +0 +0.04%
1969 48.2 +0 +0.04%
1968 48.2 +0 +0.03%
1967 48.2 +0 +0.01%
1966 48.2 +0 +0%
1965 48.2 −0 −0.08%
1964 48.2 +0 +0.03%
1963 48.2 −0 −0.04%
1962 48.2 +0.1 +0.19%
1961 48.1 +0.1 +0.14%
1960 48

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.