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Crude Birth Rate, 2016

2016, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 2016 covers 222 countries. Somalia is highest, at 46.561; Vatican City is lowest, at 4.419. The middle country reads 17.316. Against 2015, 222 values changed (41 up, 181 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 2016

HighestSomalia

46.561

LowestVatican City

4.419

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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa46.561
NigerNERWestern Africa45.881
ChadTCDMiddle Africa45.533
MaliMLIWestern Africa43.911
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa43.391
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa42.875
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa41.183
BurundiBDIEastern Africa40.096
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa40.093
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa38.925
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia38.732
BeninBENWestern Africa38.554
UgandaUGAEastern Africa38.279
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa37.775
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa37.771
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa37.742
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa37.632
GuineaGINWestern Africa37.414
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa37.402
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa36.617
YemenYEMWestern Asia36.034
TogoTGOWestern Africa36.002
SudanSDNNorthern Africa35.412
South SudanSSDEastern Africa35.052
GambiaGMBWestern Africa34.593

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Somalia46.561
  2. Niger45.881
  3. Chad45.533
  4. Mali43.911
  5. Central African Republic43.391

Lowest

  1. Vatican City4.419
  2. San Marino6.735
  3. Japan7.612
  4. Italy7.725
  5. South Korea7.757

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 17.316. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 41 · 181rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Burundi42.257 → 40.096−2.161
  • Iraq31.562 → 29.816−1.746
  • Syria21.298 → 19.619−1.679
  • Kosovo14.723 → 13.172−1.551
  • Egypt28.184 → 26.679−1.505

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 2016.

  • 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 (2016). Crude Birth Rate, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/2016

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 2016?

Somalia, at 46.561, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 2016 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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