Africa Western and Central | Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration. Limitations and exceptions: Vital registers are the preferred source for these data, but in many developing countries systems for registering births and deaths are absent or incomplete because of deficiencies in the coverage of events or geographic areas. Many developing countries carry out special household surveys that ask respondents about recent births and deaths. Estimates derived in this way are subject to sampling errors and recall errors. Statistical concept and methodology: Vital rates are based on data from birth and death registration systems, censuses, and sample surveys by national statistical offices and other organizations, or on demographic analysis. Data for the most recent year for some high-income countries are provisional estimates based on vital registers. The estimates for many countries are projections based on extrapolations of levels and trends from earlier years or interpolations of population estimates and projections from the United Nations Population Division.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Western and Central
Records
63
Source
Africa Western and Central | Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
1960 47.32547606
1961 47.4210506
1962 47.52922256
1963 47.53102869
1964 47.51192294
1965 47.46856794
1966 47.44363721
1967 47.42592826
1968 47.42234562
1969 47.41269144
1970 47.41410563
1971 47.52970061
1972 47.57898656
1973 47.63282702
1974 47.81713156
1975 47.91150223
1976 47.86906788
1977 47.96894123
1978 48.03727411
1979 47.93830319
1980 47.77070752
1981 47.51406102
1982 47.25192029
1983 47.11112005
1984 46.70655633
1985 46.2066532
1986 45.729241
1987 45.34626732
1988 45.00170941
1989 44.92848351
1990 44.67619439
1991 44.47422576
1992 44.3093244
1993 44.16809794
1994 43.94269075
1995 43.73023673
1996 43.49102617
1997 43.21922198
1998 43.0269711
1999 43.1742392
2000 43.19955291
2001 43.07550056
2002 42.9271214
2003 42.74688225
2004 42.50271696
2005 42.42154176
2006 42.1932965
2007 41.94301019
2008 41.75479466
2009 41.50375837
2010 41.21962895
2011 40.89423504
2012 40.41643061
2013 39.85650561
2014 39.33535235
2015 38.85921031
2016 38.39310034
2017 37.88166063
2018 37.4470868
2019 37.02783363
2020 36.61572979
2021 36.23703376
2022
Africa Western and Central | Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration. Limitations and exceptions: Vital registers are the preferred source for these data, but in many developing countries systems for registering births and deaths are absent or incomplete because of deficiencies in the coverage of events or geographic areas. Many developing countries carry out special household surveys that ask respondents about recent births and deaths. Estimates derived in this way are subject to sampling errors and recall errors. Statistical concept and methodology: Vital rates are based on data from birth and death registration systems, censuses, and sample surveys by national statistical offices and other organizations, or on demographic analysis. Data for the most recent year for some high-income countries are provisional estimates based on vital registers. The estimates for many countries are projections based on extrapolations of levels and trends from earlier years or interpolations of population estimates and projections from the United Nations Population Division.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Western and Central
Records
63
Source