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Crude Birth Rate, 1972

1972, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 1972 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 55.478; Vatican City is lowest, at 9.088. The middle country reads 35.610. Against 1971, 222 values changed (54 up, 168 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 1972

HighestNiger

55.478

LowestVatican City

9.088

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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa55.478
YemenYEMWestern Asia55.374
South SudanSSDEastern Africa54.519
MalawiMWIEastern Africa53.463
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa52.202
KenyaKENEastern Africa51.513
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia51.244
OmanOMNWestern Asia50.902
MaliMLIWestern Africa50.421
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa50.374
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa49.963
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa49.792
SenegalSENWestern Africa49.764
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa49.588
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa49.487
ChadTCDMiddle Africa49.322
PalestinePSEWestern Asia49.229
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia48.946
UgandaUGAEastern Africa48.931
RwandaRWAEastern Africa48.851
BurundiBDIEastern Africa48.803
TogoTGOWestern Africa48.482
SudanSDNNorthern Africa48.350
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia48.253
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia48.217

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger55.478
  2. Yemen55.374
  3. South Sudan54.519
  4. Malawi53.463
  5. Côte d’Ivoire52.202

Lowest

  1. Vatican City9.088
  2. Macau10.913
  3. Germany11.323
  4. Luxembourg11.640
  5. Finland12.638

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 35.610. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 54 · 168rose · 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 1972.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 39.257. 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 (1972). Crude Birth Rate, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/1972

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 1972?

Niger, at 55.478, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 1972 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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