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Crude Birth Rate, 2020

2020, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 2020 covers 222 countries. Somalia is highest, at 44.544; Vatican City is lowest, at 4.263. The middle country reads 14.753. Against 2019, 222 values changed (25 up, 197 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 2020

HighestSomalia

44.544

LowestVatican City

4.263

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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa44.544
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa44.475
ChadTCDMiddle Africa43.750
NigerNERWestern Africa42.600
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa42.190
MaliMLIWestern Africa40.959
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa39.127
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa38.736
UgandaUGAEastern Africa36.803
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia36.601
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa36.437
YemenYEMWestern Asia35.895
BurundiBDIEastern Africa35.855
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa35.735
GuineaGINWestern Africa35.518
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa35.438
BeninBENWestern Africa35.331
SudanSDNNorthern Africa34.480
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa34.408
TogoTGOWestern Africa34.251
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa33.732
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa33.651
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa33.310
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa33.310
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa32.738

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Somalia44.544
  2. Central African Republic44.475
  3. Chad43.750
  4. Niger42.600
  5. DR Congo42.190

Lowest

  1. Vatican City4.263
  2. South Korea5.207
  3. Puerto Rico5.730
  4. San Marino6.108
  5. Japan6.656

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14.753. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 25 · 197rose · 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 2020.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 33.310. 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 (2020). Crude Birth Rate, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/2020

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 2020?

Somalia, at 44.544, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 2020 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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