Botswana vs Samoa: Birth rate, crude

Botswana
24.36 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Samoa
24.97 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Botswana rank
54th
Samoa rank
52nd

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Botswana
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 24.97 per 1,000 people against 24.36 per 1,000 people in Botswana, a difference of 0.61 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.

Botswana ranks 54th and Samoa ranks 52nd of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 2 and Samoa in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Samoa Difference Ahead
1960s 45.94 per 1,000 people 46.94 per 1,000 people 1.01 per 1,000 people Samoa
1970s 45.65 per 1,000 people 37.52 per 1,000 people 8.14 per 1,000 people Botswana
1980s 39.71 per 1,000 people 35.5 per 1,000 people 4.21 per 1,000 people Botswana
1990s 30.39 per 1,000 people 33.63 per 1,000 people 3.24 per 1,000 people Samoa
2000s 27.92 per 1,000 people 30.19 per 1,000 people 2.27 per 1,000 people Samoa
2010s 26.86 per 1,000 people 29.71 per 1,000 people 2.86 per 1,000 people Samoa
2020s 25.06 per 1,000 people 26.16 per 1,000 people 1.11 per 1,000 people Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Botswana or Samoa?
Samoa, at 24.97 per 1,000 people against 24.36 per 1,000 people in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Botswana and Samoa?
0.61 per 1,000 people, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Samoa?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Samoa rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Botswana ranks 54th and Samoa ranks 52nd of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
265 places, 17,195 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.