Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — Upper-middle-income countries

Crude birth rate in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 10.5 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 63.7%.

2024 10.5 per 1,000 +1.13% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 42.3 per 1,0001963
Period minimum 10.4 per 1,0002023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Upper-middle-income countries, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 28.9 per 1,0001962: 38.7 per 1,0001964: 39.6 per 1,0001966: 36.6 per 1,0001968: 36.4 per 1,0001970: 34.7 per 1,0001972: 32.1 per 1,0001974: 28.7 per 1,0001976: 25.4 per 1,0001978: 24.1 per 1,0001980: 23.8 per 1,0001982: 25.9 per 1,0001984: 24.1 per 1,0001986: 25 per 1,0001988: 24.4 per 1,0001990: 23.1 per 1,0001992: 21.1 per 1,0001994: 20.4 per 1,0001996: 19.6 per 1,0001998: 18.5 per 1,0002000: 17.1 per 1,0002002: 16.1 per 1,0002004: 15.6 per 1,0002006: 15.4 per 1,0002008: 15.3 per 1,0002010: 15.1 per 1,0002012: 16.5 per 1,0002014: 15.8 per 1,0002016: 15.3 per 1,0002018: 13.5 per 1,0002020: 11.9 per 1,0002022: 10.7 per 1,0002024: 10.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −18.4 (−63.75%) Average annual rate: -1.57 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 10.5 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 10.5 +0.1 +1.13%
2023 10.4 −0.3 −3.06%
2022 10.7 −0.5 −4.76%
2021 11.2 −0.7 −5.52%
2020 11.9 −1.2 −9.25%
2019 13.1 −0.4 −3.08%
2018 13.5 −1.1 −7.54%
2017 14.6 −0.7 −4.5%
2016 15.3 +0.6 +4.2%
2015 14.7 −1.2 −7.46%
2014 15.8 +0.4 +2.28%
2013 15.5 −1 −5.93%
2012 16.5 +0.6 +4.09%
2011 15.8 +0.8 +4.99%
2010 15.1 −0.1 −0.53%
2009 15.2 −0.2 −1.24%
2008 15.3 −0 −0.19%
2007 15.4 −0.1 −0.36%
2006 15.4 −0.2 −1.43%
2005 15.7 +0 +0.22%
2004 15.6 −0.1 −0.65%
2003 15.7 −0.4 −2.3%
2002 16.1 −0.5 −2.85%
2001 16.6 −0.6 −3.23%
2000 17.1 −0.6 −3.27%
1999 17.7 −0.8 −4.27%
1998 18.5 −0.7 −3.8%
1997 19.2 −0.4 −2.1%
1996 19.6 −0.3 −1.44%
1995 19.9 −0.5 −2.46%
1994 20.4 −0.4 −2.04%
1993 20.8 −0.3 −1.27%
1992 21.1 −1 −4.69%
1991 22.1 −1 −4.2%
1990 23.1 −0.6 −2.52%
1989 23.7 −0.7 −2.93%
1988 24.4 −0.8 −3.12%
1987 25.2 +0.2 +0.97%
1986 25 +0.5 +2.13%
1985 24.5 +0.4 +1.55%
1984 24.1 −0.4 −1.58%
1983 24.5 −1.4 −5.44%
1982 25.9 +0.6 +2.52%
1981 25.2 +1.4 +5.96%
1980 23.8 +0.1 +0.36%
1979 23.7 −0.4 −1.57%
1978 24.1 −0.5 −2.14%
1977 24.6 −0.8 −2.96%
1976 25.4 −2 −7.41%
1975 27.4 −1.3 −4.43%
1974 28.7 −2.1 −6.87%
1973 30.8 −1.3 −4.03%
1972 32.1 −0.7 −2.24%
1971 32.8 −1.9 −5.38%
1970 34.7 −0.6 −1.77%
1969 35.3 −1.1 −3.02%
1968 36.4 +0.7 +2.06%
1967 35.7 −0.9 −2.51%
1966 36.6 −1.9 −5.04%
1965 38.6 −1 −2.51%
1964 39.6 −2.8 −6.51%
1963 42.3 +3.6 +9.43%
1962 38.7 +11.4 +41.7%
1961 27.3 −1.6 −5.53%
1960 28.9

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.