Data for 1957

Crude Birth Rate, 1957

Name: Crude Birth Rate, 1957
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1957, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 1957 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 57.852; Vatican City is lowest, at 8.492. The middle country reads 43.891. Against 1956, 222 values changed (101 up, 121 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 1957

HighestNiger

57.852

LowestVatican City

8.492

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

222countries
1measure
1957the 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, 1957, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Crude Birth Rate, 1957: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Niger`NER`Western Africa	57.852
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	55.271
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	55.128
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	55.068
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	54.504
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.864
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	52.421
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	52.200
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	52.152
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	52.049
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	51.735
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	51.566
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	51.334
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	51.283
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	51.083
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.019
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	50.833
Honduras`HND`Central America	50.826
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	50.785
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	50.460
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	50.387
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	50.306
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	50.306
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	50.239
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	50.197
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	50.090
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	49.871
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	49.742
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	49.707
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	49.666
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	49.404
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	49.163
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	48.973
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	48.943
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	48.895
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	48.540
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	48.360
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	48.271
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	48.250
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48.170
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	48.097
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	48.085
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	47.936
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	47.868
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	47.803
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	47.789
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	47.782
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	47.729
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	47.680
Peru`PER`South America	47.557
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	47.553
Mexico`MEX`Central America	47.481
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	47.478
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.455
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	47.400
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	47.298
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	47.267
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	47.252
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	47.152
Venezuela`VEN`South America	47.128
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	47.026
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	46.933
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	46.869
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.703
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	46.684
Colombia`COL`South America	46.651
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	46.628
Belize`BLZ`Central America	46.625
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	46.573
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	46.550
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	46.532
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	46.508
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	46.408
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	46.375
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	46.340
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	46.249
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	46.248
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	46.170
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	46.132
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	46.086
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	45.933
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	45.642
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	45.628
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	45.594
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	45.535
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	45.520
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	45.442
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	45.369
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	45.267
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	45.166
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	45.131
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	45.116
Brazil`BRA`South America	45.110
Suriname`SUR`South America	45.057
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	44.998
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	44.662
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	44.647
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	44.625
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	44.578
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	44.467
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	44.378
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	44.320
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	44.276
Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.206
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	44.199
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	44.073
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.069
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	44.051
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	44.015
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	44.008
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.904
India`IND`Southern Asia	43.878
Bolivia`BOL`South America	43.682
Guyana`GUY`South America	43.555
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	43.533
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	43.526
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	43.503
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	43.210
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	43.139
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	42.964
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	42.942
Paraguay`PRY`South America	42.911
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	42.712
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	42.687
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	42.676
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	41.870
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	41.761
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	41.599
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	41.430
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	41.113
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	40.958
Panama`PAN`Central America	40.726
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	40.478
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	40.377
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	40.199
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	40.180
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	40.037
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	39.884
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	39.007
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	38.587
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	37.889
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	37.818
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	37.315
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	37.291
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	37.246
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	37.200
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	37.127
Chile`CHL`South America	36.480
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	36.385
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	36.358
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	35.981
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	35.692
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	35.391
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	35.191
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	34.881
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	34.456
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	34.306
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	33.583
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	33.269
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	33.114
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	32.744
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	32.482
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	31.668
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	31.575
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	31.466
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.066
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	30.718
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	30.682
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	30.631
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	29.116
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	28.252
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	27.817
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	27.086
Canada`CAN`Northern America	27.069
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	26.630
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	25.933
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	25.912
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	25.338
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	25.100
United States`USA`Northern America	24.991
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	24.840
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	24.737
Argentina`ARG`South America	24.726
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	24.297
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	23.895
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22.738
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	22.710
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	22.584
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	21.899
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	21.865
Uruguay`URY`South America	21.856
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	21.647
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	21.201
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	20.586
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	20.584
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	20.547
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	20.080
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	20.060
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	19.817
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	19.719
France`FRA`Western Europe	18.508
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	18.293
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.233
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	17.858
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	17.769
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	17.672
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	17.493
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	17.343
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	17.308
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	17.065
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	17.033
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	16.919
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	16.746
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	16.412
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	16.365
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	16.358
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	16.336
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	16.083
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	15.885
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	14.497
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	12.571
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	8.492

02In 1957

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Niger57.852
Yemen55.271
Kenya55.128
Rwanda55.068
Côte d’Ivoire54.504

Lowest

Vatican City8.492
Isle of Man12.571
Sweden14.497
Luxembourg15.885
Latvia16.083

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 43.891. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031956 → 1957

Since 1956

What changed between 1956 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
101 · 121rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

North Korea32.975 → 40.180+7.205
China39.516 → 42.942+3.426
Vietnam40.148 → 43.210+3.062
Kuwait45.001 → 47.298+2.297
Guam36.077 → 37.818+1.741

Fell most

Iraq41.663 → 33.269−8.394
Hungary19.760 → 17.065−2.695
Malta29.382 → 27.086−2.296
Bosnia and Herzegovina37.017 → 35.191−1.826
Turks and Caicos Islands48.770 → 47.026−1.744

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 1957.
221 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 50.306. 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 (1957). Crude Birth Rate, 1957 [data set], describing 1957. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/1957

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