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Crude birth rate — Western Asia

Crude birth rate in Western Asia in 2024 — 18.8 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 57%.

2024 18.8 per 1,000 −0.66% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 44.5 per 1,0001962
Period minimum 18.8 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Western Asia, 1960–2024102030405019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 43.7 per 1,0001962: 44.5 per 1,0001964: 43.6 per 1,0001966: 42.4 per 1,0001968: 41.3 per 1,0001970: 40.5 per 1,0001972: 39.6 per 1,0001974: 38.5 per 1,0001976: 37.5 per 1,0001978: 36.9 per 1,0001980: 36.6 per 1,0001982: 35.6 per 1,0001984: 34.9 per 1,0001986: 34.1 per 1,0001988: 33 per 1,0001990: 32 per 1,0001992: 30.7 per 1,0001994: 29.8 per 1,0001996: 28.5 per 1,0001998: 27.7 per 1,0002000: 26.5 per 1,0002002: 25.1 per 1,0002004: 24.5 per 1,0002006: 24.3 per 1,0002008: 24.1 per 1,0002010: 23.7 per 1,0002012: 23.6 per 1,0002014: 23 per 1,0002016: 21.8 per 1,0002018: 20.9 per 1,0002020: 19.8 per 1,0002022: 19.1 per 1,0002024: 18.8 per 1,000
Change over the period: −24.9 (−56.95%) Average annual rate: -1.31 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 18.8 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 18.8 −0.1 −0.66%
2023 18.9 −0.2 −0.87%
2022 19.1 −0.4 −2.19%
2021 19.5 −0.3 −1.52%
2020 19.8 −0.5 −2.63%
2019 20.4 −0.5 −2.58%
2018 20.9 −0.5 −2.25%
2017 21.4 −0.4 −1.92%
2016 21.8 −0.6 −2.52%
2015 22.4 −0.7 −2.85%
2014 23 −0.2 −0.71%
2013 23.2 −0.4 −1.61%
2012 23.6 +0 +0.07%
2011 23.5 −0.1 −0.47%
2010 23.7 −0.1 −0.54%
2009 23.8 −0.3 −1.16%
2008 24.1 −0.2 −0.74%
2007 24.2 −0.1 −0.42%
2006 24.3 −0 −0.03%
2005 24.4 −0.2 −0.73%
2004 24.5 −0.2 −0.73%
2003 24.7 −0.4 −1.49%
2002 25.1 −0.7 −2.8%
2001 25.8 −0.7 −2.68%
2000 26.5 −0.7 −2.63%
1999 27.2 −0.5 −1.81%
1998 27.7 −0.4 −1.44%
1997 28.1 −0.3 −1.2%
1996 28.5 −0.7 −2.53%
1995 29.2 −0.6 −1.88%
1994 29.8 −0.4 −1.41%
1993 30.2 −0.5 −1.62%
1992 30.7 −0.6 −1.9%
1991 31.3 −0.7 −2.18%
1990 32 −0.5 −1.45%
1989 32.5 −0.6 −1.71%
1988 33 −0.5 −1.34%
1987 33.5 −0.6 −1.76%
1986 34.1 −0.4 −1.3%
1985 34.5 −0.4 −1.15%
1984 34.9 −0.4 −1%
1983 35.3 −0.3 −0.92%
1982 35.6 −0.5 −1.47%
1981 36.1 −0.4 −1.14%
1980 36.6 −0.3 −0.69%
1979 36.8 −0.1 −0.24%
1978 36.9 −0.2 −0.53%
1977 37.1 −0.4 −1.07%
1976 37.5 −0.5 −1.21%
1975 38 −0.5 −1.33%
1974 38.5 −0.6 −1.44%
1973 39 −0.6 −1.54%
1972 39.6 −0.6 −1.43%
1971 40.2 −0.3 −0.74%
1970 40.5 −0.3 −0.83%
1969 40.9 −0.4 −0.94%
1968 41.3 −0.5 −1.13%
1967 41.7 −0.7 −1.63%
1966 42.4 −0.5 −1.25%
1965 43 −0.6 −1.38%
1964 43.6 −0.5 −1.13%
1963 44.1 −0.4 −0.98%
1962 44.5 +0.5 +1.06%
1961 44 +0.3 +0.78%
1960 43.7 — —

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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