Least developed countries: UN classification | 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
Least developed countries: UN classification
Records
63
Source
Least developed countries: UN classification | Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
1960 47.8550013
1961 47.86553656
1962 47.83886965
1963 47.68957243
1964 47.579703
1965 47.4474559
1966 47.33912886
1967 47.30860007
1968 47.23502507
1969 47.19009049
1970 47.15951579
1971 47.16649026
1972 47.05098437
1973 46.73273899
1974 46.51703175
1975 46.319886
1976 46.22888789
1977 46.11561161
1978 46.07140731
1979 46.19564746
1980 46.16666873
1981 45.9987567
1982 45.83299187
1983 45.53856832
1984 45.27856161
1985 44.93183405
1986 44.44971352
1987 44.02312324
1988 43.48793335
1989 43.1053918
1990 42.65275863
1991 42.1418538
1992 41.68681436
1993 41.33994639
1994 40.97488446
1995 40.64835587
1996 40.2291307
1997 39.89510245
1998 39.41348293
1999 39.1068685
2000 38.74002168
2001 38.40720021
2002 38.06266768
2003 37.65791212
2004 37.26157408
2005 36.82734925
2006 36.4823116
2007 36.12342895
2008 35.66018792
2009 35.27804611
2010 34.86722056
2011 34.43040529
2012 34.01775461
2013 33.69008256
2014 33.37022404
2015 33.06516089
2016 32.77030426
2017 32.41135137
2018 32.15733653
2019 31.93226319
2020 31.61913234
2021 31.31534081
2022

Least developed countries: UN classification | 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
Least developed countries: UN classification
Records
63
Source