Crude birth rate in World
The crude birth rate in the world was 16.3 per 1,000 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
16.3
Change from 2023
−0.1per 1,000 people
European Union, 2024
7.9 per 1,000 people
Crude birth rate in World over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
Births per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 16.3 per 1,000 people | 7.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2023 | 16.3 per 1,000 people | 8.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2022 | 16.6 per 1,000 people | 8.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2021 | 16.8 per 1,000 people | 9.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2020 | 17.1 per 1,000 people | 9.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2019 | 17.8 per 1,000 people | 9.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2018 | 18.2 per 1,000 people | 9.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2017 | 18.8 per 1,000 people | 9.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2016 | 19.3 per 1,000 people | 9.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2015 | 19.3 per 1,000 people | 9.8 per 1,000 people |
| 2014 | 19.8 per 1,000 people | 9.9 per 1,000 people |
| 2013 | 19.9 per 1,000 people | 9.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2012 | 20.4 per 1,000 people | 10.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2011 | 20.3 per 1,000 people | 10.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2010 | 20.2 per 1,000 people | 10.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2009 | 20.4 per 1,000 people | 10.5 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | 20.5 per 1,000 people | 10.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2007 | 20.6 per 1,000 people | 10.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2006 | 20.6 per 1,000 people | 10.3 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | 20.8 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | 21.0 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | 21.1 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | 21.4 per 1,000 people | 10.1 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | 21.7 per 1,000 people | 10.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2000 | 22.1 per 1,000 people | 10.5 per 1,000 people |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1 from 16.3 per 1,000 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 19.8 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −3.5.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 7.9 per 1,000 people.
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Fertility rate
2.19 births per woman
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Population
8,215,424,893 people
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Population growth
0.91%
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Population aged 65 and over
10.4%
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Population aged 0 to 14
24.4%
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Crude death rate
7.6 per 1,000 people
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