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Crude Birth Rate, 2006

2006, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 2006 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 50.967; Vatican City is lowest, at 4.493. The middle country reads 19.670. Against 2005, 222 values changed (91 up, 131 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 2006

HighestNiger

50.967

LowestVatican City

4.493

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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa50.967
ChadTCDMiddle Africa50.303
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa49.391
MaliMLIWestern Africa47.602
BurundiBDIEastern Africa46.575
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa46.123
UgandaUGAEastern Africa45.184
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa44.381
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia44.087
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa43.973
MalawiMWIEastern Africa43.755
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa43.681
South SudanSSDEastern Africa43.183
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa43.172
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa42.193
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa41.807
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa41.441
BeninBENWestern Africa41.341
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa41.117
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa41.115
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa41.086
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa40.973
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa40.842
GuineaGINWestern Africa40.307
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa40.253

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger50.967
  2. Chad50.303
  3. Somalia49.391
  4. Mali47.602
  5. Burundi46.575

Lowest

  1. Vatican City4.493
  2. Macau8.071
  3. Germany8.400
  4. Japan8.560
  5. Hong Kong8.629

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 19.670. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 91 · 131rose · 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 2006.

  • 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 (2006). Crude Birth Rate, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/2006

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 2006?

Niger, at 50.967, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 2006 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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