Crude birth rate in South Asia

The crude birth rate in South Asia was 16.4 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
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024 16.4 Births per 1,000 people
Change from 2023 −0.2per 1,000 people 2023: 16.6 per 1,000 people
World, 2024 16.3 per 1,000 people Official aggregate

Crude birth rate in South Asia 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 South AsiaWorld
2024 16.4 per 1,000 people 16.3 per 1,000 people
2023 16.6 per 1,000 people 16.3 per 1,000 people
2022 16.8 per 1,000 people 16.6 per 1,000 people
2021 16.9 per 1,000 people 16.8 per 1,000 people
2020 17.1 per 1,000 people 17.1 per 1,000 people
2019 17.7 per 1,000 people 17.8 per 1,000 people
2018 18.1 per 1,000 people 18.2 per 1,000 people
2017 18.2 per 1,000 people 18.8 per 1,000 people
2016 18.9 per 1,000 people 19.3 per 1,000 people
2015 19.1 per 1,000 people 19.3 per 1,000 people
2014 19.2 per 1,000 people 19.8 per 1,000 people
2013 20.1 per 1,000 people 19.9 per 1,000 people
2012 20.7 per 1,000 people 20.4 per 1,000 people
2011 21.1 per 1,000 people 20.3 per 1,000 people
2010 21.6 per 1,000 people 20.2 per 1,000 people
2009 22.2 per 1,000 people 20.4 per 1,000 people
2008 22.6 per 1,000 people 20.5 per 1,000 people
2007 23.1 per 1,000 people 20.6 per 1,000 people
2006 23.7 per 1,000 people 20.6 per 1,000 people
2005 24.4 per 1,000 people 20.8 per 1,000 people
2004 25.3 per 1,000 people 21.0 per 1,000 people
2003 25.9 per 1,000 people 21.1 per 1,000 people
2002 26.7 per 1,000 people 21.4 per 1,000 people
2001 27.3 per 1,000 people 21.7 per 1,000 people
2000 27.7 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 16.6 per 1,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 19.2 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −2.9.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 16.3 per 1,000 people.

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 South Asia
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