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

The average for 2022 based on 18 countries was 17.58 births per 1000 people. The highest value was in Yemen: 29.92 births per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Qatar: 9.09 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
Yemen 29.92 1 1960 - 2022
Iraq 27.03 2 1960 - 2022
Egypt 22.11 3 1960 - 2022
Djibouti 21.91 4 1960 - 2022
Jordan 21.62 5 1960 - 2022
Algeria 20.57 6 1960 - 2022
Syria 20.53 7 1960 - 2022
Oman 17.71 8 1960 - 2022
Libya 17.3 9 1960 - 2022
Morocco 17.16 10 1960 - 2022
Saudi Arabia 16.92 11 1960 - 2022
Tunisia 15.6 12 1960 - 2022
Lebanon 14.58 13 1960 - 2022
Iran 13.24 14 1960 - 2022
Bahrain 11.45 15 1960 - 2022
UA Emirates 9.89 16 1960 - 2022
Kuwait 9.73 17 1960 - 2022
Qatar 9.09 18 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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