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Crude Birth Rate, 1997

1997, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 1997 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 54.021; Vatican City is lowest, at 4.687. The middle country reads 23.339. Against 1996, 222 values changed (34 up, 188 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 1997

HighestNiger

54.021

LowestVatican City

4.687

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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa54.021
ChadTCDMiddle Africa52.416
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia52.117
South SudanSSDEastern Africa51.640
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa50.848
UgandaUGAEastern Africa49.591
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa47.862
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa47.564
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa46.308
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa46.273
MaliMLIWestern Africa46.090
MalawiMWIEastern Africa46.002
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa45.986
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa45.902
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa44.415
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa44.271
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa44.081
GuineaGINWestern Africa43.935
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa43.624
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa43.509
BeninBENWestern Africa43.381
GambiaGMBWestern Africa43.196
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa43.023
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa42.781
YemenYEMWestern Asia42.638

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger54.021
  2. Chad52.416
  3. Afghanistan52.117
  4. South Sudan51.640
  5. Somalia50.848

Lowest

  1. Vatican City4.687
  2. Latvia7.656
  3. Bulgaria7.767
  4. Belarus8.666
  5. Russia8.753

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 23.339. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 34 · 188rose · 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 1997.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 15.115. 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 (1997). Crude Birth Rate, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/1997

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 1997?

Niger, at 54.021, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 1997 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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