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Crude Birth Rate, 2004

2004, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 2004 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 51.776; Vatican City is lowest, at 4.511. The middle country reads 19.521. Against 2003, 221 values changed (77 up, 144 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 2004

HighestNiger

51.776

LowestVatican City

4.511

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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa51.776
ChadTCDMiddle Africa50.375
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa49.904
MaliMLIWestern Africa47.774
UgandaUGAEastern Africa46.508
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia46.492
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa46.460
South SudanSSDEastern Africa45.513
BurundiBDIEastern Africa45.290
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa44.124
MalawiMWIEastern Africa43.965
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa43.921
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa43.781
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa43.474
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa42.712
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa42.465
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa42.276
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa41.638
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa41.558
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa41.527
BeninBENWestern Africa41.329
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa41.275
RwandaRWAEastern Africa41.145
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa41.116
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa40.801

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger51.776
  2. Chad50.375
  3. Somalia49.904
  4. Mali47.774
  5. Uganda46.508

Lowest

  1. Vatican City4.511
  2. Macau7.103
  3. Hong Kong8.081
  4. Germany8.655
  5. Japan8.768

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.521. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 221values changed, of 222 in both
  • 77 · 144rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

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 2004.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 11.741. 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 (2004). Crude Birth Rate, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/2004

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 2004?

Niger, at 51.776, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 2004 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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