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Crude Birth Rate, 2001

2001, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 2001 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 53.015; Vatican City is lowest, at 4.397. The middle country reads 20.919. Against 2000, 222 values changed (37 up, 185 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 2001

HighestNiger

53.015

LowestVatican City

4.397

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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa53.015
ChadTCDMiddle Africa51.241
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa50.374
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia49.623
South SudanSSDEastern Africa48.921
UgandaUGAEastern Africa47.915
MaliMLIWestern Africa47.140
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa46.771
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa44.987
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa44.977
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa44.907
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa44.774
MalawiMWIEastern Africa44.179
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa44.013
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa43.934
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa43.902
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa43.073
BurundiBDIEastern Africa43.035
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa42.571
RwandaRWAEastern Africa42.113
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa41.950
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa41.794
BeninBENWestern Africa41.695
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa41.398
GuineaGINWestern Africa41.318

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger53.015
  2. Chad51.241
  3. Somalia50.374
  4. Afghanistan49.623
  5. South Sudan48.921

Lowest

  1. Vatican City4.397
  2. Ukraine7.779
  3. Macau7.813
  4. Latvia8.474
  5. Bulgaria8.573

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 20.919. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 37 · 185rose · 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 2001.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 25.597. 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 (2001). Crude Birth Rate, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/2001

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 2001?

Niger, at 53.015, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 2001 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 2001?

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, 2001 the newest?

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

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