Data for 2021

Crude Birth Rate, 2021

Name: Crude Birth Rate, 2021
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2021, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 2021 covers 222 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 45.226; Vatican City is lowest, at 4.234. The middle country reads 14.409. Against 2020, 222 values changed (43 up, 179 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 2021

HighestCentral African Republic

45.226

LowestVatican City

4.234

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

222countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
221distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Crude Birth Rate, 2021, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Crude Birth Rate, 2021: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	45.226
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	44.094
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	43.284
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	41.937
Niger`NER`Western Africa	41.932
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	40.707
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.670
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	38.403
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	36.342
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	36.342
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	36.015
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	35.668
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	35.342
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	35.060
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	34.983
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	34.779
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	34.778
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	33.930
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	33.913
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	33.695
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	33.546
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	33.081
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	32.911
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.876
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	32.416
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	32.066
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.644
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	31.524
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.377
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	31.171
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30.969
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.932
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	30.703
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	29.710
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	29.693
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	29.498
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	29.389
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	29.334
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.938
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	28.818
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	28.518
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	28.384
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	28.225
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	27.787
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	27.744
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	27.699
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.611
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	27.034
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.022
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	26.909
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	26.891
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	26.450
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.448
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	25.582
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	25.422
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	24.957
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.896
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	24.350
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	23.507
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	23.348
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	23.271
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	23.176
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	22.919
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	22.730
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	22.686
Honduras`HND`Central America	22.529
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	22.461
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	22.147
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21.905
Bolivia`BOL`South America	21.808
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	21.407
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	21.392
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	21.309
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	21.308
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21.172
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	21.154
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	21.018
Guyana`GUY`South America	20.961
Paraguay`PRY`South America	20.689
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.414
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.044
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	19.870
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19.675
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	19.354
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	18.571
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18.550
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	18.337
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	18.296
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.176
Suriname`SUR`South America	17.577
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	17.544
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17.458
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	17.201
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	16.573
Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.539
India`IND`Southern Asia	16.491
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	16.417
Panama`PAN`Central America	16.401
Peru`PER`South America	16.398
Mexico`MEX`Central America	16.353
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	16.150
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.108
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	15.902
Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.882
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	15.649
Venezuela`VEN`South America	15.219
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	14.824
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.747
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.735
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	14.566
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	14.472
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	14.345
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	14.126
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	14.060
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	13.999
Colombia`COL`South America	13.947
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	13.896
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13.687
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	13.267
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.246
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13.185
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	13.042
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	12.932
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	12.892
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12.881
Brazil`BRA`South America	12.754
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.638
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	12.585
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	12.581
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	12.569
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	12.546
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	12.541
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	12.415
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.385
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	12.272
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	12.140
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	12.135
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	12.000
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	11.954
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	11.945
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11.718
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	11.694
Argentina`ARG`South America	11.682
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	11.646
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	11.572
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	11.522
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.521
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	11.475
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	11.424
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	11.377
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	11.291
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	11.287
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	11.251
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	11.236
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	11.198
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	11.023
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	10.871
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	10.838
United States`USA`Northern America	10.822
France`FRA`Western Europe	10.627
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	10.616
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10.543
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10.512
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	10.488
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	10.471
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	10.432
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	10.361
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.279
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	10.267
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	10.262
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.241
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	10.169
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	10.123
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10.090
Uruguay`URY`South America	10.071
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	9.850
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	9.749
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	9.724
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	9.690
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	9.654
Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.616
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	9.555
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	9.518
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	9.507
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	9.470
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	9.398
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9.279
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	9.265
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	9.178
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	9.139
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	9.118
Chile`CHL`South America	9.070
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	8.931
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.814
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8.800
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	8.689
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8.624
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	8.579
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8.544
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	8.540
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	8.397
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	8.286
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.226
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	8.223
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	8.210
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8.144
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	8.011
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.495
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	7.493
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	7.431
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	7.334
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7.129
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	6.977
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	6.828
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.815
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	6.611
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.450
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.401
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	6.137
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5.792
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	5.001
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	4.234

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Central African Republic45.226
Somalia44.094
Chad43.284
DR Congo41.937
Niger41.932

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14.409. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 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
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Rose most

Uzbekistan25.634 → 26.450+0.816
Central African Republic44.475 → 45.226+0.751
Kazakhstan22.570 → 23.271+0.701
Iceland12.237 → 12.932+0.695
Croatia8.461 → 9.118+0.657

Fell most

Belize18.353 → 16.539−1.814
Kuwait11.896 → 10.090−1.806
Tunisia15.787 → 13.999−1.788
Kyrgyzstan24.010 → 22.461−1.549
Mongolia22.341 → 21.018−1.323

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

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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 2021.
221 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 36.342. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2021). Crude Birth Rate, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/2021

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