Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — World

Crude birth rate in the world in 2024 — 16.3 per 1,000. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 49.1%.

2024 16.3 per 1,000 −0.37% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 36.3 per 1,0001963
Period minimum 16.3 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — World, 1960–20241020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 32 per 1,0001962: 35.2 per 1,0001964: 35.2 per 1,0001966: 33.5 per 1,0001968: 33.3 per 1,0001970: 32.6 per 1,0001972: 31.4 per 1,0001974: 29.9 per 1,0001976: 28.4 per 1,0001978: 27.8 per 1,0001980: 27.8 per 1,0001982: 28.5 per 1,0001984: 27.6 per 1,0001986: 27.7 per 1,0001988: 27.2 per 1,0001990: 26.3 per 1,0001992: 25 per 1,0001994: 24.2 per 1,0001996: 23.5 per 1,0001998: 22.7 per 1,0002000: 22.1 per 1,0002002: 21.4 per 1,0002004: 21 per 1,0002006: 20.6 per 1,0002008: 20.5 per 1,0002010: 20.2 per 1,0002012: 20.4 per 1,0002014: 19.8 per 1,0002016: 19.3 per 1,0002018: 18.2 per 1,0002020: 17.1 per 1,0002022: 16.6 per 1,0002024: 16.3 per 1,000
Change over the period: −15.7 (−49.15%) Average annual rate: -1.05 %

Comparison, 2024

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

World 16.3 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — World, by year World All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 16.3 −0.1 −0.37%
2023 16.3 −0.2 −1.36%
2022 16.6 −0.3 −1.7%
2021 16.8 −0.3 −1.78%
2020 17.1 −0.7 −3.67%
2019 17.8 −0.4 −2.15%
2018 18.2 −0.6 −3%
2017 18.8 −0.5 −2.78%
2016 19.3 +0 +0.2%
2015 19.3 −0.5 −2.63%
2014 19.8 −0.1 −0.48%
2013 19.9 −0.5 −2.68%
2012 20.4 +0.1 +0.56%
2011 20.3 +0.1 +0.56%
2010 20.2 −0.2 −0.85%
2009 20.4 −0.2 −0.78%
2008 20.5 −0 −0.22%
2007 20.6 −0.1 −0.35%
2006 20.6 −0.1 −0.72%
2005 20.8 −0.2 −0.8%
2004 21 −0.2 −0.87%
2003 21.1 −0.3 −1.29%
2002 21.4 −0.3 −1.53%
2001 21.7 −0.3 −1.49%
2000 22.1 −0.2 −0.99%
1999 22.3 −0.4 −1.8%
1998 22.7 −0.4 −1.84%
1997 23.1 −0.3 −1.44%
1996 23.5 −0.3 −1.32%
1995 23.8 −0.4 −1.67%
1994 24.2 −0.4 −1.52%
1993 24.6 −0.4 −1.57%
1992 25 −0.7 −2.66%
1991 25.6 −0.6 −2.36%
1990 26.3 −0.4 −1.54%
1989 26.7 −0.5 −1.77%
1988 27.2 −0.5 −1.67%
1987 27.6 −0.1 −0.39%
1986 27.7 +0.1 +0.29%
1985 27.6 −0 −0.02%
1984 27.6 −0.2 −0.89%
1983 27.9 −0.6 −2.03%
1982 28.5 +0.2 +0.78%
1981 28.2 +0.5 +1.68%
1980 27.8 +0.1 +0.28%
1979 27.7 −0.1 −0.28%
1978 27.8 −0.3 −0.93%
1977 28 −0.4 −1.35%
1976 28.4 −0.8 −2.73%
1975 29.2 −0.7 −2.23%
1974 29.9 −0.9 −2.77%
1973 30.7 −0.6 −2.02%
1972 31.4 −0.5 −1.45%
1971 31.8 −0.7 −2.24%
1970 32.6 −0.3 −0.77%
1969 32.8 −0.5 −1.49%
1968 33.3 +0.1 +0.38%
1967 33.2 −0.3 −0.85%
1966 33.5 −1 −3.01%
1965 34.5 −0.7 −1.9%
1964 35.2 −1.2 −3.19%
1963 36.3 +1.2 +3.37%
1962 35.2 +3.9 +12.58%
1961 31.2 −0.8 −2.39%
1960 32

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.