Variable: Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)

QoG Code: (wdi_birth)


Dataset: World Development Indicators

Description:

Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.

Type of variable: Discrete

Downloaded by QoG on: 2025-12-19
Last updated by source: 2025-12-19


Categories:

Civil Society/Population/Culture


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2026 Basic Time-series - 2026 OECD Cross-section - 2026 OECD Time-series - 2026 Standard Cross-section - 2026 Standard Time-series - 2026 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 192
Basic time-series: 192
Standard cross-section: 192
Standard time-series: 192
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1960-2023
Basic time-series: 1960-2023
OECD time-series: 1960-2023

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This variable has information from the year 1960 to the year 2023