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Crude Birth Rate, 1954

1954, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 1954 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 58.268; Vatican City is lowest, at 8.021. The middle country reads 43.673. Against 1953, 221 values changed (100 up, 121 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 1954

HighestNiger

58.268

LowestVatican City

8.021

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Crude Birth Rate, 1954, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Crude Birth Rate, 1954: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa58.268
RwandaRWAEastern Africa56.870
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa54.736
YemenYEMWestern Asia54.393
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean54.350
KenyaKENEastern Africa53.175
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa53.127
SamoaWSMPolynesia53.013
NicaraguaNICCentral America52.284
OmanOMNWestern Asia52.056
HondurasHNDCentral America51.890
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean51.665
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia51.650
GhanaGHAWestern Africa51.211
IranIRNSouthern Asia51.164
MaliMLIWestern Africa51.156
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean51.148
UgandaUGAEastern Africa51.117
GuatemalaGTMCentral America51.104
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa50.866
SenegalSENWestern Africa50.854
GambiaGMBWestern Africa50.812
MalawiMWIEastern Africa50.812
South SudanSSDEastern Africa50.690
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa50.441

02In 1954

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger58.268
  2. Rwanda56.870
  3. Côte d’Ivoire54.736
  4. Yemen54.393
  5. Dominican Republic54.350

Lowest

  1. Vatican City8.021
  2. Isle of Man12.939
  3. Sweden14.556
  4. Austria14.916
  5. United Kingdom15.522

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 43.673. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031953 → 1954

Since 1953

What changed between 1953 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 100 · 121rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Israel35.496 → 32.001−3.495
  • Macau43.390 → 41.977−1.413
  • Japan21.761 → 20.390−1.371
  • Anguilla51.289 → 50.046−1.243
  • Iraq48.829 → 47.630−1.199

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

Read before you use

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 1954.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 50.812. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1954). Crude Birth Rate, 1954 [data set], describing 1954. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/1954

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 1954: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 1954?

Niger, at 58.268, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 1954 describe?

1954.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 1954 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 1954?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Crude Birth Rate, 1954 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Crude Birth Rate, 2023.

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