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Crude Birth Rate, 1999

1999, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 1999 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 53.767; Vatican City is lowest, at 4.347. The middle country reads 21.401. Against 1998, 222 values changed (43 up, 179 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 1999

HighestNiger

53.767

LowestVatican City

4.347

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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa53.767
ChadTCDMiddle Africa51.830
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia50.948
South SudanSSDEastern Africa50.673
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa50.658
UgandaUGAEastern Africa48.675
MaliMLIWestern Africa47.017
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa46.997
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia46.845
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa46.393
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa46.127
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa45.901
MalawiMWIEastern Africa45.416
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa45.237
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa45.228
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa44.240
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa43.910
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa43.447
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa43.316
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa43.151
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa42.740
BeninBENWestern Africa42.548
GuineaGINWestern Africa42.356
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa42.311
BurundiBDIEastern Africa42.211

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger53.767
  2. Chad51.830
  3. Afghanistan50.948
  4. South Sudan50.673
  5. Somalia50.658

Lowest

  1. Vatican City4.347
  2. Ukraine7.890
  3. Latvia8.032
  4. Russia8.498
  5. Czechia8.691

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 21.401. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 43 · 179rose · 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 1999.

  • 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 (1999). Crude Birth Rate, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/1999

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 1999?

Niger, at 53.767, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 1999 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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