Crude birth rate in North America

The crude birth rate in North America was 10.4 per 1,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Crude birth rate (UN estimates) Unit: Births per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2024 10.4 Births per 1,000 people
Change from 2023 −0.1per 1,000 people 2023: 10.5 per 1,000 people
World, 2024 16.3 per 1,000 people Official aggregate

Crude birth rate in North America over time

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Births per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Crude birth rate (UN estimates) (births per 1,000 people), 2000 to 2024
Period North AmericaWorld
2024 10.4 per 1,000 people 16.3 per 1,000 people
2023 10.5 per 1,000 people 16.3 per 1,000 people
2022 10.8 per 1,000 people 16.6 per 1,000 people
2021 10.9 per 1,000 people 16.8 per 1,000 people
2020 10.8 per 1,000 people 17.1 per 1,000 people
2019 11.2 per 1,000 people 17.8 per 1,000 people
2018 11.4 per 1,000 people 18.2 per 1,000 people
2017 11.6 per 1,000 people 18.8 per 1,000 people
2016 12.0 per 1,000 people 19.3 per 1,000 people
2015 12.2 per 1,000 people 19.3 per 1,000 people
2014 12.3 per 1,000 people 19.8 per 1,000 people
2013 12.2 per 1,000 people 19.9 per 1,000 people
2012 12.4 per 1,000 people 20.4 per 1,000 people
2011 12.5 per 1,000 people 20.3 per 1,000 people
2010 12.8 per 1,000 people 20.2 per 1,000 people
2009 13.3 per 1,000 people 20.4 per 1,000 people
2008 13.8 per 1,000 people 20.5 per 1,000 people
2007 14.0 per 1,000 people 20.6 per 1,000 people
2006 14.0 per 1,000 people 20.6 per 1,000 people
2005 13.7 per 1,000 people 20.8 per 1,000 people
2004 13.7 per 1,000 people 21.0 per 1,000 people
2003 13.8 per 1,000 people 21.1 per 1,000 people
2002 13.7 per 1,000 people 21.4 per 1,000 people
2001 13.8 per 1,000 people 21.7 per 1,000 people
2000 14.0 per 1,000 people 22.1 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 from 10.5 per 1,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 12.3 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.9.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 16.3 per 1,000 people.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.CBRT.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for North America
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects