Crude birth rate — all countries

Crude birth rate — Zimbabwe

Crude birth rate in Zimbabwe in 2024 — 29.9 per 1,000. Ranked 31 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 37.1%.

2024 29.9 per 1,000 −1.71% vs 2023
World rank 31of 217
Period maximum 47.5 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 29.9 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 people

Crude birth rate — Zimbabwe, 1960–202425303540455019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 47.5 per 1,0001962: 47.1 per 1,0001964: 46.6 per 1,0001966: 46.1 per 1,0001968: 45.7 per 1,0001970: 45.5 per 1,0001972: 46 per 1,0001974: 46.4 per 1,0001976: 46.5 per 1,0001978: 46.8 per 1,0001980: 44.8 per 1,0001982: 45.7 per 1,0001984: 43.7 per 1,0001986: 40.9 per 1,0001988: 37.7 per 1,0001990: 35.5 per 1,0001992: 34.3 per 1,0001994: 32 per 1,0001996: 32.4 per 1,0001998: 34.5 per 1,0002000: 36.1 per 1,0002002: 36.5 per 1,0002004: 36.3 per 1,0002006: 35.2 per 1,0002008: 36.4 per 1,0002010: 37.9 per 1,0002012: 37.8 per 1,0002014: 35.4 per 1,0002016: 32.7 per 1,0002018: 31.3 per 1,0002020: 31 per 1,0002022: 30.9 per 1,0002024: 29.9 per 1,000
Change over the period: −17.6 (−37.06%) Average annual rate: -0.72 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zimbabwe 29.9 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 — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 29.9 −0.5 −1.71%
2023 30.4 −0.5 −1.53%
2022 30.9 −0 −0.16%
2021 30.9 −0.1 −0.18%
2020 31 −0.1 −0.43%
2019 31.1 −0.2 −0.66%
2018 31.3 −0.5 −1.53%
2017 31.8 −0.9 −2.72%
2016 32.7 −1.2 −3.58%
2015 33.9 −1.5 −4.21%
2014 35.4 −1.6 −4.24%
2013 37 −0.8 −2.2%
2012 37.8 −0.3 −0.88%
2011 38.1 +0.3 +0.72%
2010 37.9 +0.4 +0.94%
2009 37.5 +1.2 +3.18%
2008 36.4 +0.7 +1.99%
2007 35.7 +0.4 +1.27%
2006 35.2 −0.6 −1.68%
2005 35.8 −0.5 −1.44%
2004 36.3 −0.3 −0.78%
2003 36.6 +0.1 +0.2%
2002 36.5 +0.1 +0.21%
2001 36.5 +0.3 +0.93%
2000 36.1 +0.5 +1.44%
1999 35.6 +1.1 +3.32%
1998 34.5 +1.1 +3.29%
1997 33.4 +1 +2.98%
1996 32.4 +0.7 +2.34%
1995 31.7 −0.4 −1.12%
1994 32 −0.4 −1.09%
1993 32.4 −1.9 −5.52%
1992 34.3 −0.6 −1.84%
1991 34.9 −0.6 −1.68%
1990 35.5 −0.9 −2.41%
1989 36.4 −1.3 −3.36%
1988 37.7 −1.8 −4.67%
1987 39.5 −1.4 −3.51%
1986 40.9 −1.4 −3.31%
1985 42.3 −1.4 −3.17%
1984 43.7 −1.3 −2.82%
1983 45 −0.7 −1.61%
1982 45.7 −0.6 −1.27%
1981 46.3 +1.5 +3.29%
1980 44.8 −1.5 −3.16%
1979 46.3 −0.5 −0.99%
1978 46.8 +0.3 +0.55%
1977 46.5 −0 −0.03%
1976 46.5 −0.1 −0.21%
1975 46.6 +0.2 +0.49%
1974 46.4 +0 +0.02%
1973 46.4 +0.4 +0.85%
1972 46 +0.4 +0.84%
1971 45.6 +0.1 +0.16%
1970 45.5 +0 +0.04%
1969 45.5 −0.1 −0.32%
1968 45.7 −0.2 −0.34%
1967 45.8 −0.2 −0.52%
1966 46.1 −0.3 −0.68%
1965 46.4 −0.2 −0.39%
1964 46.6 −0.3 −0.56%
1963 46.8 −0.3 −0.58%
1962 47.1 −0.2 −0.42%
1961 47.3 −0.2 −0.42%
1960 47.5

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.