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Crude Birth Rate, 1985

1985, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 1985 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 56.388; Vatican City is lowest, at 7.312. The middle country reads 30.545. Against 1984, 222 values changed (61 up, 161 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 1985

HighestNiger

56.388

LowestVatican City

7.312

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa56.388
YemenYEMWestern Asia53.567
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia51.693
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa51.561
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia50.867
South SudanSSDEastern Africa50.682
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa50.576
MalawiMWIEastern Africa50.356
RwandaRWAEastern Africa50.209
UgandaUGAEastern Africa49.720
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa49.668
ChadTCDMiddle Africa49.248
BurundiBDIEastern Africa49.096
GambiaGMBWestern Africa49.014
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa48.920
MaliMLIWestern Africa48.787
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa48.734
OmanOMNWestern Asia48.252
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia48.208
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa48.130
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa48.077
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa47.559
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa47.445
BeninBENWestern Africa47.348
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa47.183

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger56.388
  2. Yemen53.567
  3. Afghanistan51.693
  4. Ethiopia51.561
  5. Cambodia50.867

Lowest

  1. Vatican City7.312
  2. San Marino9.521
  3. Italy10.166
  4. Germany10.466
  5. Denmark10.475

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.545. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 61 · 161rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Chad51.269 → 49.248−2.021
  • Kuwait31.560 → 29.887−1.673
  • Taiwan19.591 → 18.007−1.584
  • Mauritius20.516 → 18.975−1.541
  • Iran43.920 → 42.394−1.526

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 1985.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 15.386. 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 (1985). Crude Birth Rate, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/1985

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 1985?

Niger, at 56.388, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 1985 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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