Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — Zambia

Crude birth rate in Zambia in 2024 — 32.7 per 1,000. Ranked 19 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 33.1%.

2024 32.7 per 1,000 −1.08% vs 2023
World rank 19of 217
Period maximum 50 per 1,0001975
Period minimum 32.7 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Zambia, 1960–2024303540455019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 48.9 per 1,0001962: 48.9 per 1,0001964: 48.9 per 1,0001966: 48.8 per 1,0001968: 48.9 per 1,0001970: 49.3 per 1,0001972: 49.6 per 1,0001974: 49.7 per 1,0001976: 49.5 per 1,0001978: 48.7 per 1,0001980: 47.5 per 1,0001982: 47.3 per 1,0001984: 47.3 per 1,0001986: 47.4 per 1,0001988: 47.1 per 1,0001990: 47 per 1,0001992: 46.6 per 1,0001994: 46.7 per 1,0001996: 46.6 per 1,0001998: 46.2 per 1,0002000: 45.5 per 1,0002002: 44.3 per 1,0002004: 43.9 per 1,0002006: 43.7 per 1,0002008: 42.6 per 1,0002010: 41.4 per 1,0002012: 39.9 per 1,0002014: 38.1 per 1,0002016: 36.6 per 1,0002018: 35.5 per 1,0002020: 34.4 per 1,0002022: 33.5 per 1,0002024: 32.7 per 1,000
Change over the period: −16.2 (−33.14%) Average annual rate: -0.63 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zambia 32.7 per 1,000
World 16.3 per 1,000
Sub-Saharan Africa 32.8 per 1,000
Eastern Africa computed 32.3 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 20.2 per 1,000
Crude birth rate — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 32.7 −0.4 −1.08%
2023 33.1 −0.5 −1.37%
2022 33.5 −0.4 −1.14%
2021 33.9 −0.5 −1.39%
2020 34.4 −0.6 −1.71%
2019 35 −0.5 −1.29%
2018 35.5 −0.5 −1.32%
2017 35.9 −0.7 −1.85%
2016 36.6 −0.7 −1.95%
2015 37.3 −0.8 −2.02%
2014 38.1 −0.9 −2.23%
2013 39 −0.9 −2.21%
2012 39.9 −0.8 −1.96%
2011 40.7 −0.7 −1.77%
2010 41.4 −0.6 −1.52%
2009 42 −0.6 −1.4%
2008 42.6 −0.5 −1.26%
2007 43.2 −0.5 −1.15%
2006 43.7 −0.2 −0.36%
2005 43.8 −0.1 −0.19%
2004 43.9 −0 −0.05%
2003 43.9 −0.4 −0.87%
2002 44.3 −0.4 −0.99%
2001 44.8 −0.7 −1.52%
2000 45.5 −0.4 −0.95%
1999 45.9 −0.3 −0.61%
1998 46.2 −0.1 −0.27%
1997 46.3 −0.3 −0.58%
1996 46.6 −0.2 −0.38%
1995 46.8 +0 +0.05%
1994 46.7 +0.1 +0.21%
1993 46.6 +0.1 +0.17%
1992 46.6 −0.3 −0.66%
1991 46.9 −0.1 −0.24%
1990 47 −0.1 −0.31%
1989 47.1 +0 +0.04%
1988 47.1 −0.2 −0.37%
1987 47.3 −0.1 −0.26%
1986 47.4 −0 −0.1%
1985 47.4 +0.1 +0.29%
1984 47.3 −0 −0.03%
1983 47.3 +0 +0.08%
1982 47.3 −0 −0.09%
1981 47.3 −0.2 −0.4%
1980 47.5 −0.7 −1.36%
1979 48.2 −0.5 −1.07%
1978 48.7 −0.5 −1.07%
1977 49.2 −0.3 −0.62%
1976 49.5 −0.4 −0.85%
1975 50 +0.3 +0.6%
1974 49.7 −0 −0.05%
1973 49.7 +0.1 +0.19%
1972 49.6 +0.2 +0.31%
1971 49.4 +0.1 +0.23%
1970 49.3 +0.4 +0.81%
1969 48.9 +0 +0.03%
1968 48.9 +0.1 +0.24%
1967 48.8 +0 +0.02%
1966 48.8 −0 −0.1%
1965 48.8 −0 −0.03%
1964 48.9 −0.1 −0.19%
1963 48.9 +0.1 +0.15%
1962 48.9 −0.1 −0.11%
1961 48.9 −0 −0.05%
1960 48.9

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.