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.

Measure: Crude birth rate (UN estimates) Unit: Births per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
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 Births per 1,000 people
Change from 2023 −0.4per 1,000 people 2023: 33.2 per 1,000 people
World, 2024 16.3 per 1,000 people Official aggregate

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.

Crude birth rate (UN estimates) (births per 1,000 people), 2000 to 2024
Period Sub-Saharan AfricaWorld
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.

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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 Sub-Saharan Africa
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