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Crude Birth Rate, 1981

1981, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 1981 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 56.596; Vatican City is lowest, at 7.809. The middle country reads 31.151. Against 1980, 222 values changed (70 up, 152 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 1981

HighestNiger

56.596

LowestVatican City

7.809

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Crude Birth Rate, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa56.596
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia55.185
YemenYEMWestern Asia54.647
RwandaRWAEastern Africa52.697
MalawiMWIEastern Africa52.377
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa51.850
South SudanSSDEastern Africa51.660
OmanOMNWestern Asia51.610
BurundiBDIEastern Africa51.228
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia50.536
MaliMLIWestern Africa50.408
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa50.330
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa49.464
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa49.464
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa49.404
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa49.370
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa49.010
UgandaUGAEastern Africa48.785
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa48.769
GambiaGMBWestern Africa48.451
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa48.405
BeninBENWestern Africa48.221
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia48.214
KenyaKENEastern Africa48.176
SenegalSENWestern Africa47.900

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger56.596
  2. Afghanistan55.185
  3. Yemen54.647
  4. Rwanda52.697
  5. Malawi52.377

Lowest

  1. Vatican City7.809
  2. Denmark10.398
  3. San Marino10.824
  4. Germany10.960
  5. Italy11.012

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 31.151. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 70 · 152rose · 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.

The site’s method

  • 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 1981.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 49.464. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • 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. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1981). Crude Birth Rate, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/1981

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 1981: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 1981?

Niger, at 56.596, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 1981 describe?

1981.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 1981 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 1981?

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, 1981 the newest?

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

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