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Crude Birth Rate, 2005

2005, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 2005 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 51.417; Vatican City is lowest, at 4.498. The middle country reads 19.436. Against 2004, 222 values changed (71 up, 151 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 2005

HighestNiger

51.417

LowestVatican City

4.498

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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa51.417
ChadTCDMiddle Africa50.672
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa49.615
MaliMLIWestern Africa47.891
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa46.342
BurundiBDIEastern Africa46.154
UgandaUGAEastern Africa45.833
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia44.952
South SudanSSDEastern Africa44.300
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa44.058
MalawiMWIEastern Africa44.003
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa43.838
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa43.728
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa43.370
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa42.104
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa41.970
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa41.927
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa41.775
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa41.465
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa41.356
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa41.319
BeninBENWestern Africa41.087
RwandaRWAEastern Africa40.638
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa40.619
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa40.571

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger51.417
  2. Chad50.672
  3. Somalia49.615
  4. Mali47.891
  5. Angola46.342

Lowest

  1. Vatican City4.498
  2. Macau7.574
  3. Hong Kong8.373
  4. Japan8.434
  5. Germany8.437

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.436. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 71 · 151rose · 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 2005.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 9.841. 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 (2005). Crude Birth Rate, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/2005

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 2005?

Niger, at 51.417, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 2005 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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