Data for 2023

Crude Birth Rate, 2023

Name: Crude Birth Rate, 2023
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

2023, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 2023 covers 222 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 46.358; Vatican City is lowest, at 4.211. The middle country reads 13.790. Against 2022, 222 values changed (27 up, 195 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 2023

HighestCentral African Republic

46.358

LowestVatican City

4.211

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

222countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
222distinct 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, 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Crude Birth Rate, 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.

Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	46.358
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	42.964
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	42.396
Niger`NER`Western Africa	41.892
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	41.305
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	40.029
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	37.588
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	37.486
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	35.437
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	35.222
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	35.209
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	35.201
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	34.423
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	33.879
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	33.848
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	33.743
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	33.667
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	33.612
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	33.081
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	32.954
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	32.643
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	32.095
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	31.990
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	31.903
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	31.643
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	31.381
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	30.960
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	30.627
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	30.601
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	30.429
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.410
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	30.037
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	29.604
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	29.423
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	28.653
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	28.590
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	28.544
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	28.348
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	28.185
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	28.050
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	27.806
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.666
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.106
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	27.062
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	26.935
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	26.465
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	26.310
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	26.124
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	25.890
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	25.813
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	25.728
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	25.505
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	25.401
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	24.713
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.576
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.109
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	24.073
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	23.117
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	23.075
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	22.299
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	22.200
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	22.107
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	22.077
Honduras`HND`Central America	21.963
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	21.740
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	21.313
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	21.271
Bolivia`BOL`South America	21.247
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	21.137
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	21.004
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	20.809
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	20.769
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	20.752
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	20.611
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.353
Guyana`GUY`South America	20.287
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	20.138
Paraguay`PRY`South America	19.985
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	19.625
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.376
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	19.340
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	18.945
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	18.775
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	18.616
Belize`BLZ`Central America	18.025
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	17.996
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	17.931
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	17.662
Suriname`SUR`South America	17.298
Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	17.069
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	17.024
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	16.847
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16.701
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.696
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	16.415
India`IND`Southern Asia	16.146
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	16.144
Panama`PAN`Central America	16.029
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.019
Peru`PER`South America	15.944
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.941
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	15.758
Mexico`MEX`Central America	15.706
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	15.388
Venezuela`VEN`South America	15.087
Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.033
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.262
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	14.110
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	14.109
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	13.873
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13.831
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	13.748
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	13.629
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	13.590
Colombia`COL`South America	13.475
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	12.951
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	12.947
Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	12.918
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	12.663
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	12.609
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	12.482
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	12.460
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.412
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	12.330
Brazil`BRA`South America	12.322
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	12.284
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	12.158
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.128
Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	12.070
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	12.067
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	11.848
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	11.838
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	11.778
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	11.745
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	11.711
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	11.623
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	11.506
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	11.494
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	11.451
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	11.262
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	11.215
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	11.189
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	11.173
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	11.090
Argentina`ARG`South America	11.064
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	11.019
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	11.018
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	10.907
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	10.897
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	10.852
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	10.799
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	10.755
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	10.738
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	10.708
United States`USA`Northern America	10.648
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.444
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	10.250
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10.244
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	10.197
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	10.179
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	10.023
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	9.908
Uruguay`URY`South America	9.871
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9.774
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	9.719
France`FRA`Western Europe	9.616
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	9.604
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	9.473
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	9.454
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	9.441
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.436
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	9.367
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	9.339
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	9.280
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	9.277
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	9.268
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9.218
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	9.214
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	9.126
Canada`CAN`Northern America	9.078
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	9.028
Chile`CHL`South America	8.963
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	8.933
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	8.919
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	8.835
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	8.814
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.706
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	8.682
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	8.507
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	8.496
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	8.451
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	8.439
Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	8.340
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	8.332
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	8.307
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8.245
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	8.202
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	8.200
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	8.072
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	8.071
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	8.046
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	7.904
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	7.776
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	7.714
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	7.570
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	7.519
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	7.510
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7.191
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.136
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7.030
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	6.859
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	6.464
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	6.325
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6.256
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	6.029
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	5.939
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	5.815
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	5.678
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	5.625
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5.548
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	4.568
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	4.211

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Central African Republic46.358
Somalia42.964
Chad42.396
Niger41.892
DR Congo41.305

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13.790. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

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27 · 195rose · fell
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Rose most

Saudi Arabia15.217 → 16.415+1.198
Central African Republic45.425 → 46.358+0.933
Syria21.234 → 22.107+0.873
Monaco8.687 → 9.441+0.754
Belize17.391 → 18.025+0.634

Fell most

Nauru26.613 → 25.505−1.108
Belgium9.775 → 8.682−1.093
Tuvalu24.084 → 23.075−1.009
Chad43.350 → 42.396−0.954
Belarus8.062 → 7.136−0.926

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

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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 2023.
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UN DESA Population Division (2023). Crude Birth Rate, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/2023

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