Chad vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Birth rate, crude

Chad
43.26 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
32.8 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Chad rank
2nd
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
5th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Chad
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Chad currently reports 43.26 per 1,000 people against 32.8 per 1,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 10.46 per 1,000 people.

That makes Chad's figure about 1.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

Chad ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 6 and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Chad Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 45.91 per 1,000 people 47.75 per 1,000 people 1.84 per 1,000 people Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1970s 48.62 per 1,000 people 47.61 per 1,000 people 1.01 per 1,000 people Chad
1980s 49.58 per 1,000 people 46.16 per 1,000 people 3.42 per 1,000 people Chad
1990s 52.52 per 1,000 people 43.19 per 1,000 people 9.33 per 1,000 people Chad
2000s 50.36 per 1,000 people 40.96 per 1,000 people 9.4 per 1,000 people Chad
2010s 46.58 per 1,000 people 37.07 per 1,000 people 9.51 per 1,000 people Chad
2020s 43.21 per 1,000 people 33.51 per 1,000 people 9.7 per 1,000 people Chad

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Chad or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Chad, at 43.26 per 1,000 people against 32.8 per 1,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
10.46 per 1,000 people, with Chad ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Chad and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Chad ranks 2nd and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 218 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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About this data

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
266 places, 17,260 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.