Crude birth rate in OECD members
The crude birth rate in OECD member countries was 9.7 per 1,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2024
9.7
Change from 2023
−0.2per 1,000 people
World, 2024
16.3 per 1,000 people
Crude birth rate in OECD members 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.
| Period | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.7 per 1,000 people | 16.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 9.8 per 1,000 people | 16.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 10.2 per 1,000 people | 16.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 10.5 per 1,000 people | 16.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 10.5 per 1,000 people | 17.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 10.9 per 1,000 people | 17.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 11.2 per 1,000 people | 18.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 11.4 per 1,000 people | 18.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 11.7 per 1,000 people | 19.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 11.9 per 1,000 people | 19.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 12.1 per 1,000 people | 19.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 12.1 per 1,000 people | 19.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 12.3 per 1,000 people | 20.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 12.4 per 1,000 people | 20.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 12.6 per 1,000 people | 20.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 12.8 per 1,000 people | 20.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 13.1 per 1,000 people | 20.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2007 | 13.1 per 1,000 people | 20.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2006 | 13.1 per 1,000 people | 20.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 13.0 per 1,000 people | 20.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 13.1 per 1,000 people | 21.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 13.2 per 1,000 people | 21.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 13.2 per 1,000 people | 21.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 13.5 per 1,000 people | 21.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | 13.8 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 −0.2 from 9.8 per 1,000 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 12.1 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.4.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 16.3 per 1,000 people.
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Population aged 0 to 14
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Crude death rate
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