* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

The number of crude births per 1000 people, per year, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 53 countries was 29.98 births per 1000 people. The highest value was in Niger: 45.03 births per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Mauritius: 9.6 births per 1000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: births per 1000 people; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Birth rate, 2022 Global rank Available data
Niger 45.03 1 1960 - 2022
Chad 43.18 2 1960 - 2022
Somalia 43.09 3 1960 - 2022
C.A. Republic 42.34 4 1960 - 2022
DR Congo 41.74 5 1960 - 2022
Mali 41.22 6 1960 - 2022
Angola 38.2 7 1960 - 2022
Nigeria 36.61 8 1960 - 2022
Uganda 36.22 9 1960 - 2022
Mozambique 36.12 10 1960 - 2022
Benin 36.07 11 1960 - 2022
Tanzania 35.81 12 1960 - 2022
Burkina Faso 34.95 13 1960 - 2022
Cameroon 34.35 14 1960 - 2022
Zambia 34.13 15 1960 - 2022
Burundi 34.11 16 1960 - 2022
Guinea 33.85 17 1960 - 2022
Ivory Coast 33.49 18 1960 - 2022
Sudan 33.03 19 1960 - 2022
Mauritania 32.95 20 1960 - 2022
Gambia 32.7 21 1960 - 2022
Malawi 32.61 22 1960 - 2022
Senegal 32.07 23 1960 - 2022
Ethiopia 31.83 24 1960 - 2022
Togo 31.48 25 1960 - 2022
Liberia 31 26 1960 - 2022
Sierra Leone 30.79 27 1960 - 2022
G.-Bissau 30.61 28 1960 - 2022
Madagascar 30.59 29 1960 - 2022
R. of Congo 30.17 30 1960 - 2022
Zimbabwe 30.09 31 1960 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 29.86 32 1960 - 2022
Rwanda 29.47 33 1960 - 2022
Comoros 28.89 34 1960 - 2022
Eritrea 28.43 35 1960 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 27.97 36 1960 - 2022
Kenya 27.54 37 1960 - 2022
Ghana 27.08 38 1960 - 2022
Namibia 26.92 39 1960 - 2022
Gabon 26.8 40 1960 - 2022
Lesotho 25.78 41 1960 - 2022
Swaziland 23.64 42 1960 - 2022
Botswana 23.04 43 1960 - 2022
Egypt 22.11 44 1960 - 2022
Djibouti 21.91 45 1960 - 2022
Algeria 20.57 46 1960 - 2022
South Africa 19.31 47 1960 - 2022
Libya 17.3 48 1960 - 2022
Morocco 17.16 49 1960 - 2022
Cape Verde 16.69 50 1960 - 2022
Tunisia 15.6 51 1960 - 2022
Seychelles 13.1 52 1971 - 2022
Mauritius 9.6 53 1960 - 2022



Definition: 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.

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43.09
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36.07
35.81
34.95
34.35
34.13
34.11
33.85
33.49
33.03
32.95
32.70
32.61
32.07
31.83
31.48
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30.79
30.61
30.59
30.17
30.09
29.86
29.47
28.89
28.43
27.97
27.54
27.08
26.92
26.80
25.78
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20.57
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17.30
17.16
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15.60
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