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Crude Birth Rate, 2002

2002, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 2002 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 52.581; Vatican City is lowest, at 4.459. The middle country reads 19.890. Against 2001, 222 values changed (44 up, 178 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 2002

HighestNiger

52.581

LowestVatican City

4.459

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa52.581
ChadTCDMiddle Africa50.473
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa50.373
South SudanSSDEastern Africa48.029
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia47.488
UgandaUGAEastern Africa47.446
MaliMLIWestern Africa47.348
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa46.666
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa44.559
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa44.483
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa44.332
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa44.281
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa44.264
BurundiBDIEastern Africa44.042
MalawiMWIEastern Africa43.955
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa43.822
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa43.400
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa42.473
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa42.001
RwandaRWAEastern Africa41.784
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa41.564
BeninBENWestern Africa41.480
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa41.407
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa41.171
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa40.800

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger52.581
  2. Chad50.473
  3. Somalia50.373
  4. South Sudan48.029
  5. Afghanistan47.488

Lowest

  1. Vatican City4.459
  2. Macau7.315
  3. Ukraine8.113
  4. Hong Kong8.376
  5. Bulgaria8.534

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.890. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 44 · 178rose · 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 2002.

  • 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 (2002). Crude Birth Rate, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/2002

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 2002?

Niger, at 52.581, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 2002 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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