South Africa | 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
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source
South Africa | Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
1960 39.52
1961 39.911
1962 39.963
1963 40.028
1964 40.072
1965 40.014
1966 39.972
1967 39.947
1968 39.778
1969 39.665
1970 39.376
1971 39.195
1972 38.744
1973 38.296
1974 37.58
1975 36.95
1976 36.175
1977 35.375
1978 34.776
1979 34.541
1980 34.29
1981 33.886
1982 34.366
1983 34.604
1984 35.231
1985 35.73
1986 36.482
1987 36.225
1988 34.899
1989 33.297
1990 31.146
1991 30.127
1992 28.723
1993 27.866
1994 27.065
1995 26.457
1996 25.214
1997 23.29
1998 22.41
1999 21.848
2000 20.705
2001 20.392
2002 20.04
2003 20.473
2004 21.261
2005 21.913
2006 22.455
2007 22.629
2008 24.08
2009 22.664
2010 22.274
2011 22.282
2012 22.353
2013 22.177
2014 22.057
2015 21.3
2016 20.25
2017 20.643
2018 21.137
2019 21.276
2020 20.326
2021 19.821
2022
South Africa | 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
Republic of South Africa
Records
63
Source