Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — Western Europe

Crude birth rate in Western Europe in 2024 — 8.9 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 50.8%.

2024 8.9 per 1,000 −2.01% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 18.4 per 1,0001963
Period minimum 8.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Western Europe, 1960–20247.51012.51517.52019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 18 per 1,0001962: 18.3 per 1,0001964: 18.4 per 1,0001966: 17.6 per 1,0001968: 16.5 per 1,0001970: 15.2 per 1,0001972: 13.7 per 1,0001974: 12.5 per 1,0001976: 12.1 per 1,0001978: 12 per 1,0001980: 12.3 per 1,0001982: 12.3 per 1,0001984: 12 per 1,0001986: 12.2 per 1,0001988: 12.4 per 1,0001990: 12.3 per 1,0001992: 11.6 per 1,0001994: 11.1 per 1,0001996: 11.2 per 1,0001998: 11.1 per 1,0002000: 11.1 per 1,0002002: 10.6 per 1,0002004: 10.5 per 1,0002006: 10.4 per 1,0002008: 10.4 per 1,0002010: 10.5 per 1,0002012: 10.3 per 1,0002014: 10.4 per 1,0002016: 10.5 per 1,0002018: 10.2 per 1,0002020: 10 per 1,0002022: 9.7 per 1,0002024: 8.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −9.1 (−50.81%) Average annual rate: -1.1 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 8.9 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 8.9 −0.2 −2.01%
2023 9 −0.6 −6.42%
2022 9.7 −0.5 −5.01%
2021 10.2 +0.2 +2.17%
2020 10 −0.2 −1.8%
2019 10.1 −0.1 −1.04%
2018 10.2 −0.1 −0.93%
2017 10.3 −0.2 −1.79%
2016 10.5 +0.2 +1.84%
2015 10.3 −0.1 −0.9%
2014 10.4 +0.2 +1.5%
2013 10.3 −0.1 −0.65%
2012 10.3 −0 −0.17%
2011 10.4 −0.1 −0.9%
2010 10.5 +0.1 +1.36%
2009 10.3 −0.1 −1.14%
2008 10.4 +0.1 +0.67%
2007 10.4 −0.1 −0.65%
2006 10.4 +0.1 +0.52%
2005 10.4 −0.2 −1.59%
2004 10.5 +0 +0.01%
2003 10.5 −0.1 −0.92%
2002 10.6 −0.2 −1.55%
2001 10.8 −0.3 −3.04%
2000 11.1 +0.1 +1.13%
1999 11 −0.1 −0.66%
1998 11.1 −0.1 −0.91%
1997 11.2 +0 +0.16%
1996 11.2 +0.1 +1.2%
1995 11 −0 −0.1%
1994 11.1 −0.4 −3.15%
1993 11.4 −0.2 −1.63%
1992 11.6 −0.2 −2.07%
1991 11.8 −0.5 −3.88%
1990 12.3 +0.1 +0.79%
1989 12.2 −0.1 −1.15%
1988 12.4 +0.1 +0.46%
1987 12.3 +0.1 +0.81%
1986 12.2 +0.2 +1.7%
1985 12 +0 +0.13%
1984 12 −0 −0.32%
1983 12 −0.2 −1.99%
1982 12.3 −0 −0.18%
1981 12.3 −0 −0.17%
1980 12.3 +0.3 +2.82%
1979 12 +0 +0.16%
1978 12 −0 −0.06%
1977 12 −0.1 −0.75%
1976 12.1 −0 −0.34%
1975 12.1 −0.4 −3.38%
1974 12.5 −0.3 −2.26%
1973 12.8 −0.9 −6.65%
1972 13.7 −1 −6.55%
1971 14.7 −0.5 −3.02%
1970 15.2 −0.8 −5.31%
1969 16 −0.5 −3.29%
1968 16.5 −0.5 −3.08%
1967 17.1 −0.5 −2.93%
1966 17.6 −0.3 −1.54%
1965 17.9 −0.5 −2.69%
1964 18.4 −0.1 −0.5%
1963 18.4 +0.2 +0.85%
1962 18.3 −0.1 −0.64%
1961 18.4 +0.4 +2.26%
1960 18

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.