Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
1960 47.39029927
1961 47.48396601
1962 47.56858103
1963 47.59170976
1964 47.58921497
1965 47.58406997
1966 47.59146377
1967 47.5805893
1968 47.57928772
1969 47.59327448
1970 47.56609673
1971 47.60024833
1972 47.51521855
1973 47.38991772
1974 47.37885367
1975 47.34275818
1976 47.23103743
1977 47.17671315
1978 47.13264923
1979 47.06761508
1980 46.92054415
1981 46.75523398
1982 46.60118399
1983 46.52949172
1984 46.36576912
1985 46.16912097
1986 45.93144536
1987 45.63618118
1988 45.20277964
1989 44.85928789
1990 44.40898437
1991 44.09494543
1992 43.72874712
1993 43.44689676
1994 43.09714601
1995 42.98380441
1996 42.67806894
1997 42.23252784
1998 41.88986038
1999 41.80952914
2000 41.60124803
2001 41.44085819
2002 41.20687296
2003 40.95817008
2004 40.75699861
2005 40.62497241
2006 40.43217559
2007 40.19060989
2008 40.02631007
2009 39.63557964
2010 39.26847849
2011 38.86609862
2012 38.33840704
2013 37.82932589
2014 37.36883046
2015 36.9284408
2016 36.48708807
2017 36.10387663
2018 35.76020788
2019 35.42962399
2020 35.0096274
2021 34.63560541
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Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) | 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)
Records
63
Source