Data for 1951

Crude Birth Rate, 1951

Name: Crude Birth Rate, 1951
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1951, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 1951 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 58.581; Vatican City is lowest, at 7.578. The middle country reads 43.533. Against 1950, 222 values changed (115 up, 107 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 1951

HighestNiger

58.581

LowestVatican City

7.578

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
1951the year it describes
221distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Crude Birth Rate, 1951, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Crude Birth Rate, 1951: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Niger`NER`Western Africa	58.581
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	57.978
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	54.528
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	54.503
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	53.679
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	53.447
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.426
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	53.251
Honduras`HND`Central America	52.379
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	51.989
Belize`BLZ`Central America	51.961
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	51.940
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	51.936
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	51.800
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	51.237
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	51.196
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	51.195
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	51.113
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	51.059
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.854
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	50.540
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	50.352
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	50.284
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	50.123
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	49.989
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	49.968
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	49.967
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	49.950
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	49.836
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	49.798
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	49.794
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	49.624
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	49.609
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	49.497
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	49.317
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	49.289
Mexico`MEX`Central America	49.155
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	49.152
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	49.089
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	48.618
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	48.300
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	48.068
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	48.008
Peru`PER`South America	47.976
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	47.867
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.846
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	47.662
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	47.637
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	47.536
Venezuela`VEN`South America	47.208
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	47.195
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	47.019
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	46.913
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	46.836
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	46.834
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.819
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.739
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	46.719
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	46.543
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	46.543
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	46.495
Colombia`COL`South America	46.482
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	46.468
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	46.449
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	46.434
Brazil`BRA`South America	46.367
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	46.278
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	46.252
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	46.200
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.138
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	46.135
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	46.093
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	46.011
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	45.905
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	45.872
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	45.860
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	45.854
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	45.787
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	45.693
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	45.679
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45.595
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	45.534
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	45.485
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	45.479
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	45.467
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	45.348
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	45.309
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	45.302
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	45.292
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	45.151
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	45.015
Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.935
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	44.867
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	44.775
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	44.696
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	44.626
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	44.560
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	44.496
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	44.382
Paraguay`PRY`South America	44.302
India`IND`Southern Asia	44.263
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	44.202
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	44.194
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	44.095
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	43.994
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	43.930
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	43.775
Guyana`GUY`South America	43.656
Suriname`SUR`South America	43.653
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	43.647
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	43.572
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	43.493
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	43.343
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.300
Bolivia`BOL`South America	43.047
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	42.791
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42.692
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	42.337
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	42.293
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	42.230
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	41.927
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	41.544
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.177
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	41.152
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	41.119
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.094
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	41.090
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	40.896
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	40.841
Panama`PAN`Central America	40.555
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	40.498
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	40.080
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	39.990
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	39.659
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	39.558
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	39.420
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	38.937
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	38.464
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	38.332
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	37.930
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	37.878
Chile`CHL`South America	37.314
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	37.189
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	37.127
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	37.080
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	36.912
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	36.700
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	36.682
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	36.673
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	36.531
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.364
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	36.192
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	35.997
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	35.268
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	35.193
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	35.170
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	35.143
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	34.849
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	34.793
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	34.451
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	33.573
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	33.447
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	32.466
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	32.210
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	31.769
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.369
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	30.692
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.935
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	29.841
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	29.659
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	29.594
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	29.445
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	28.688
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	28.604
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	27.857
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	27.725
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	27.588
Canada`CAN`Northern America	26.194
Argentina`ARG`South America	25.945
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	25.604
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	25.575
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	25.390
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	25.015
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.675
United States`USA`Northern America	24.352
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	24.345
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	24.106
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	23.602
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	23.147
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23.103
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	23.056
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	22.950
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	22.819
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	22.706
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	22.674
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22.385
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	22.260
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	21.524
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	21.160
Uruguay`URY`South America	21.087
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	20.738
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	20.727
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	20.326
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.095
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	19.947
France`FRA`Western Europe	19.679
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	18.939
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.551
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	18.502
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	18.414
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	17.895
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	17.217
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	16.850
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	16.788
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	16.631
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	16.308
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	15.821
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	15.697
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	15.611
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	15.052
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.944
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	7.578

02In 1951

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Niger58.581
Rwanda57.978
Egypt54.528
Côte d’Ivoire54.503
Nicaragua53.679

Lowest

Vatican City7.578
Austria14.944
Luxembourg15.052
Sweden15.611
Isle of Man15.697

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 43.533. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031950 → 1951

Since 1950

What changed between 1950 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
115 · 107rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Montenegro30.694 → 32.466+1.772
United States Virgin Islands32.062 → 33.573+1.511
Andorra15.345 → 16.850+1.505
Niue44.273 → 45.679+1.406
Grenada35.809 → 37.189+1.380

Fell most

North Korea40.617 → 22.950−17.667
Vietnam38.776 → 34.849−3.927
Japan28.476 → 25.604−2.872
Croatia25.127 → 23.056−2.071
São Tomé and Príncipe45.605 → 43.994−1.611

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2024 release
Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1951.
221 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 46.543. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (1951). Crude Birth Rate, 1951 [data set], describing 1951. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/1951

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