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Crude Birth Rate, 1970

1970, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 1970 covers 222 countries. Yemen is highest, at 56.074; Vatican City is lowest, at 9.165. The middle country reads 37.196. Against 1969, 222 values changed (62 up, 160 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 1970

HighestYemen

56.074

LowestVatican City

9.165

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, 1970, 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, 1970: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
YemenYEMWestern Asia56.074
NigerNERWestern Africa55.581
South SudanSSDEastern Africa54.488
MalawiMWIEastern Africa53.960
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa52.682
KenyaKENEastern Africa52.540
OmanOMNWestern Asia51.550
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa51.218
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia51.207
MaliMLIWestern Africa50.445
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa50.434
PalestinePSEWestern Asia50.136
SenegalSENWestern Africa49.895
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa49.732
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa49.324
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa49.055
SudanSDNNorthern Africa48.793
UgandaUGAEastern Africa48.689
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia48.671
JordanJORWestern Asia48.608
TogoTGOWestern Africa48.280
RwandaRWAEastern Africa48.228
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia48.001
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa47.888
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia47.744

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Yemen56.074
  2. Niger55.581
  3. South Sudan54.488
  4. Malawi53.960
  5. Côte d’Ivoire52.682

Lowest

  1. Vatican City9.165
  2. Macau10.261
  3. Luxembourg12.908
  4. Germany13.369
  5. Sweden13.624

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 37.196. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 62 · 160rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1970.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 47.677. 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 (1970). Crude Birth Rate, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/1970

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 1970: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 1970?

Yemen, at 56.074, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 1970 describe?

1970.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 1970 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 1970?

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, 1970 the newest?

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

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