Data for 1991

Crude Birth Rate, 1991

Name: Crude Birth Rate, 1991
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

1991, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 1991 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 54.791; Vatican City is lowest, at 6.118. The middle country reads 26.873. Against 1990, 222 values changed (40 up, 182 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 1991

HighestNiger

54.791

LowestVatican City

6.118

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
222distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

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Every country and every column of Crude Birth Rate, 1991, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Crude Birth Rate, 1991: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Niger`NER`Western Africa	54.791
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	52.416
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	52.279
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	51.900
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	51.711
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	50.587
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	50.248
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	50.222
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	50.042
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	48.393
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	47.523
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	47.213
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	47.169
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	46.958
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46.858
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	46.802
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	46.481
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	46.243
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	46.070
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.067
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	45.990
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	45.778
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	45.767
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	45.761
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	45.689
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	45.361
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	44.938
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	44.621
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	44.321
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	44.089
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	43.766
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.468
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	43.051
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	43.012
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	42.785
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.680
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	42.462
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	42.294
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	42.206
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	41.881
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.296
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	41.270
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	41.239
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	41.198
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	40.650
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	40.477
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	39.957
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	39.897
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	39.667
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	39.514
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.259
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	39.156
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	38.788
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	38.537
Honduras`HND`Central America	38.175
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	37.871
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	37.807
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	37.804
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	37.755
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	37.592
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	37.556
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	37.552
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	37.302
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	37.160
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	36.709
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	36.299
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	36.082
Belize`BLZ`Central America	36.011
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.846
Bolivia`BOL`South America	35.690
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.913
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	34.397
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	34.327
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	34.257
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	34.188
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	33.996
Paraguay`PRY`South America	33.909
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	33.699
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	33.635
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	33.385
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	33.261
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	33.174
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.094
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	33.026
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.834
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	32.367
India`IND`Southern Asia	32.023
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	31.919
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	31.722
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	31.433
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	31.184
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	31.151
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	30.739
Peru`PER`South America	30.411
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	30.238
Guyana`GUY`South America	29.736
Ecuador`ECU`South America	29.706
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.487
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	29.369
Mexico`MEX`Central America	29.075
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	29.029
Suriname`SUR`South America	28.891
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	28.489
Venezuela`VEN`South America	28.318
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	28.075
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	27.709
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	27.684
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	27.645
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	27.450
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	26.947
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	26.914
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	26.831
Colombia`COL`South America	26.755
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	26.720
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	26.513
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	26.475
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	26.401
Panama`PAN`Central America	26.248
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	25.951
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	25.914
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.883
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	25.847
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	25.717
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	25.702
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	25.618
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	25.546
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	25.354
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	25.211
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.890
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	24.247
Brazil`BRA`South America	24.056
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	23.396
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	23.281
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	23.207
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.143
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	22.325
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	22.198
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	22.175
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	22.096
Argentina`ARG`South America	21.914
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	21.881
Chile`CHL`South America	21.808
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	21.344
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	20.748
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	20.611
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	20.514
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	20.471
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	20.367
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	20.156
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19.997
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	19.452
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	19.342
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	18.849
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	18.770
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	18.769
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	18.754
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	18.661
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	18.568
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	18.281
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	18.247
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	18.171
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	18.060
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	18.053
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	17.841
Uruguay`URY`South America	17.799
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	17.686
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	17.585
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	17.390
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	17.370
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	16.979
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	16.426
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	16.420
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	16.071
United States`USA`Northern America	16.043
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	15.943
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	15.906
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	15.720
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	15.188
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	15.184
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	15.092
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	14.944
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	14.883
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.751
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	14.635
Canada`CAN`Northern America	14.433
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	14.296
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	14.270
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	14.261
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	13.797
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	13.440
France`FRA`Western Europe	13.403
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	13.351
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	13.298
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.101
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.015
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	12.979
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	12.807
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	12.597
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	12.540
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	12.480
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	12.478
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	12.446
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	12.404
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	12.332
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	12.317
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	12.269
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	12.259
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	12.171
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	12.149
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11.699
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	11.374
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	11.181
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.154
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	11.138
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	10.806
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.543
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	10.423
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	10.264
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.210
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	9.861
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	9.556
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	6.118

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Niger54.791
South Sudan52.416
Afghanistan52.279
Somalia51.900
Chad51.711

Lowest

Vatican City6.118
Japan9.556
Italy9.861
Spain10.210
San Marino10.264

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 26.873. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
40 · 182rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Northern Mariana Islands27.972 → 33.026+5.054
Eritrea43.316 → 46.070+2.754
Sierra Leone45.481 → 47.523+2.042
United States Virgin Islands24.368 → 26.401+2.033
Somalia50.255 → 51.900+1.645

Fell most

Kuwait31.917 → 18.769−13.148
Liberia52.919 → 44.621−8.298
China24.341 → 19.342−4.999
Antigua and Barbuda20.811 → 18.247−2.564
Kosovo29.166 → 26.720−2.446

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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

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UN DESA Population Division (1991). Crude Birth Rate, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/1991

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