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Crude Birth Rate, 2011

2011, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 2011 covers 222 countries. Niger is highest, at 48.823; Vatican City is lowest, at 4.521. The middle country reads 18.558. Against 2010, 222 values changed (58 up, 164 down), the same countries are covered.

Crude Birth Rate · Data for 2011

HighestNiger

48.823

LowestVatican City

4.521

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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
NigerNERWestern Africa48.823
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa48.580
ChadTCDMiddle Africa48.490
MaliMLIWestern Africa46.477
BurundiBDIEastern Africa45.978
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa45.314
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa44.136
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa43.981
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa42.760
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa42.454
UgandaUGAEastern Africa42.220
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa41.793
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia40.973
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa40.846
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa40.661
South SudanSSDEastern Africa39.791
BeninBENWestern Africa39.691
MalawiMWIEastern Africa39.690
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa39.217
GuineaGINWestern Africa39.165
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa38.941
GambiaGMBWestern Africa38.808
TogoTGOWestern Africa38.525
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa38.518
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa38.403

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Niger48.823
  2. Somalia48.580
  3. Chad48.490
  4. Mali46.477
  5. Burundi45.978

Lowest

  1. Vatican City4.521
  2. Japan8.202
  3. Germany8.272
  4. Taiwan8.512
  5. Singapore8.680

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 18.558. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 58 · 164rose · 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 2011.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 21.506. 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 (2011). Crude Birth Rate, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/2011

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 2011?

Niger, at 48.823, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 2011 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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