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