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Crude Birth Rate, 1974

1974, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 1974 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 55.503; Macau is lowest, at 3.519. The middle country reads 33.607. Against 1973, 222 values changed (57 up, 165 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 1974

HighestNiger

55.503

LowestMacau

3.519

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Crude Birth Rate, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa55.503
YemenYEMWestern Asia54.797
South SudanSSDEastern Africa53.937
MalawiMWIEastern Africa52.891
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa52.033
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia51.373
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa50.581
MaliMLIWestern Africa50.464
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa50.371
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa50.348
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia50.315
OmanOMNWestern Asia50.238
KenyaKENEastern Africa50.200
RwandaRWAEastern Africa49.965
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa49.657
SenegalSENWestern Africa49.448
ChadTCDMiddle Africa49.189
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa49.170
PalestinePSEWestern Asia48.878
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa48.658
UgandaUGAEastern Africa48.586
TogoTGOWestern Africa48.371
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa48.006
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa47.886
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia47.849

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger55.503
  2. Yemen54.797
  3. South Sudan53.937
  4. Malawi52.891
  5. Côte d’Ivoire52.033

Lowest

  1. Macau3.519
  2. Vatican City9.006
  3. Germany10.130
  4. Luxembourg10.990
  5. Belgium12.644

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 33.607. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 57 · 165rose · 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.

The site’s method

  • 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 1974.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 45.614. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • 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. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1974). Crude Birth Rate, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/1974

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 1974?

Niger, at 55.503, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 1974 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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