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Crude Birth Rate, 1973

1973, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 1973 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 55.462; Vatican City is lowest, at 9.061. The middle country reads 34.698. Against 1972, 221 values changed (49 up, 172 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 1973

HighestNiger

55.462

LowestVatican City

9.061

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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa55.462
YemenYEMWestern Asia55.019
South SudanSSDEastern Africa54.263
MalawiMWIEastern Africa53.201
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa52.154
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia51.278
KenyaKENEastern Africa50.805
OmanOMNWestern Asia50.658
MaliMLIWestern Africa50.453
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa50.332
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa50.121
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa50.091
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa49.681
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia49.660
SenegalSENWestern Africa49.585
RwandaRWAEastern Africa49.414
ChadTCDMiddle Africa49.324
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa49.292
PalestinePSEWestern Asia49.043
UgandaUGAEastern Africa48.706
TogoTGOWestern Africa48.448
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa48.194
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia48.022
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia47.866
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa47.799

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger55.462
  2. Yemen55.019
  3. South Sudan54.263
  4. Malawi53.201
  5. Côte d’Ivoire52.154

Lowest

  1. Vatican City9.061
  2. Germany10.220
  3. Luxembourg10.818
  4. Finland12.225
  5. Austria12.819

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 34.698. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 49 · 172rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 1973.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 38.080. 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 (1973). Crude Birth Rate, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/1973

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 1973?

Niger, at 55.462, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 1973 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 1973?

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, 1973 the newest?

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

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