World | 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.
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The World Bank
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World
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World | Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
1960 31.90837971
1961 31.16534342
1962 35.10331124
1963 36.27460979
1964 35.13180164
1965 34.47421434
1966 33.40689425
1967 33.12499308
1968 33.23907987
1969 32.7475012
1970 32.49225712
1971 31.75979511
1972 31.28846563
1973 30.65480528
1974 29.7946359
1975 29.11530996
1976 28.29101467
1977 27.89285633
1978 27.62127866
1979 27.53516818
1980 27.58864334
1981 28.07090552
1982 28.27681903
1983 27.6793482
1984 27.43837263
1985 27.44064726
1986 27.55629746
1987 27.46247368
1988 26.98380433
1989 26.47758412
1990 26.05286484
1991 25.46647814
1992 24.81585748
1993 24.41185853
1994 24.04605626
1995 23.62379294
1996 23.30070172
1997 22.94487699
1998 22.50446913
1999 22.07132942
2000 21.84172445
2001 21.55135092
2002 21.24149851
2003 20.95771668
2004 20.78854991
2005 20.61131333
2006 20.44101246
2007 20.40437961
2008 20.34118838
2009 20.16330372
2010 20.00453108
2011 20.11913462
2012 20.23409555
2013 19.72808815
2014 19.64298229
2015 19.11284268
2016 19.17389417
2017 18.70009921
2018 18.17880719
2019 17.81769659
2020 17.22661128
2021 16.93865591
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World | 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
World
Records
63
Source