IBRD only | 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
IBRD only
Records
63
Source
IBRD only | Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
1960 32.66930312
1961 31.49498548
1962 37.84269294
1963 39.70977507
1964 37.90934283
1965 37.11028337
1966 35.79542523
1967 35.21344389
1968 35.51620009
1969 34.75884429
1970 34.34621616
1971 33.27838972
1972 32.81002653
1973 32.01610916
1974 30.74617771
1975 29.85572709
1976 28.64112241
1977 28.0401128
1978 27.64989942
1979 27.39369817
1980 27.44293052
1981 28.20476673
1982 28.50469705
1983 27.66520262
1984 27.3483854
1985 27.38382386
1986 27.64967706
1987 27.53601096
1988 26.82022831
1989 26.09633
1990 25.43985079
1991 24.67157752
1992 23.789669
1993 23.31016488
1994 22.85310848
1995 22.30678928
1996 21.90388051
1997 21.44582659
1998 20.85953324
1999 20.22562223
2000 19.86427011
2001 19.51887704
2002 19.09460324
2003 18.71484723
2004 18.50356105
2005 18.30724611
2006 18.01628628
2007 17.92479083
2008 17.86062094
2009 17.68686328
2010 17.5219706
2011 17.80052209
2012 18.06555773
2013 17.40382448
2014 17.34540919
2015 16.60307175
2016 16.79370762
2017 16.18668061
2018 15.43268034
2019 14.92613243
2020 14.09662697
2021 13.64564508
2022

IBRD only | 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
IBRD only
Records
63
Source