Crude birth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa
The crude birth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa was 32.8 per 1,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
32.8
Change from 2023
−0.4per 1,000 people
World, 2024
16.3 per 1,000 people
Crude birth rate in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 32.8 per 1,000 people | 16.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 33.2 per 1,000 people | 16.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 33.5 per 1,000 people | 16.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 33.9 per 1,000 people | 16.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 34.2 per 1,000 people | 17.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 34.7 per 1,000 people | 17.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 35.2 per 1,000 people | 18.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 35.7 per 1,000 people | 18.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 36.2 per 1,000 people | 19.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 36.8 per 1,000 people | 19.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 37.4 per 1,000 people | 19.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 37.9 per 1,000 people | 19.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 38.4 per 1,000 people | 20.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 39.0 per 1,000 people | 20.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 39.4 per 1,000 people | 20.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 39.8 per 1,000 people | 20.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 40.2 per 1,000 people | 20.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2007 | 40.4 per 1,000 people | 20.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2006 | 40.7 per 1,000 people | 20.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 41.0 per 1,000 people | 20.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 41.1 per 1,000 people | 21.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 41.3 per 1,000 people | 21.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 41.5 per 1,000 people | 21.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 41.7 per 1,000 people | 21.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | 42.0 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 −0.4 from 33.2 per 1,000 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 37.4 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −4.6.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 16.3 per 1,000 people.
More for Sub-Saharan Africa
All statistics for Sub-Saharan Africa
Fertility rate
4.26 births per woman
2024 · World Bank
Population
1,321,654,217 people
2025 · World Bank
Population growth
2.43%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 65 and over
3.2%
2025 · World Bank
Population aged 0 to 14
40.4%
2025 · World Bank
Crude death rate
8.0 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank