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Crude Birth Rate, 2022

2022, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Crude Birth Rate, 2022 covers 222 countries. Central African Republic is highest, at 45.425; Vatican City is lowest, at 4.227. The middle country reads 14.009. Against 2021, 222 values changed (22 up, 200 down), the same countries are covered.

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Crude Birth Rate · Data for 2022

HighestCentral African Republic

45.425

LowestVatican City

4.227

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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa45.425
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa43.789
ChadTCDMiddle Africa43.350
NigerNERWestern Africa41.950
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa41.623
MaliMLIWestern Africa40.345
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa38.102
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa37.990
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia36.045
UgandaUGAEastern Africa35.800
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa35.637
YemenYEMWestern Asia35.407
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa34.844
GuineaGINWestern Africa34.381
BeninBENWestern Africa34.350
BurundiBDIEastern Africa34.306
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa34.268
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa33.542
SudanSDNNorthern Africa33.535
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa33.192
TogoTGOWestern Africa33.129
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa32.500
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa32.498
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa32.413
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa32.043

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Central African Republic45.425
  2. Somalia43.789
  3. Chad43.350
  4. Niger41.950
  5. DR Congo41.623

Lowest

  1. Vatican City4.227
  2. South Korea4.955
  3. Hong Kong5.668
  4. Ukraine5.679
  5. Puerto Rico5.745

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14.009. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 22 · 200rose · 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 2022.

  • 219 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 12.394. 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 (2022). Crude Birth Rate, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/crude-birth-rate/2022

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07Questions

Crude Birth Rate, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest birth rate in Crude Birth Rate, 2022?

Central African Republic, at 45.425, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Crude Birth Rate, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Crude Birth Rate, 2022 cover?

222.

Where can I download Crude Birth Rate, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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