Equatorial Guinea vs Liberia: Birth rate, crude

Equatorial Guinea
29.99 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Liberia
30.58 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
30th
Liberia rank
27th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Liberia
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How they compare

Liberia currently reports 30.58 per 1,000 people against 29.99 per 1,000 people in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.59 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Liberia ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 30th and Liberia ranks 27th of 218 countries.

Liberia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Liberia Difference Ahead
1960s 40.64 per 1,000 people 48.92 per 1,000 people 8.28 per 1,000 people Liberia
1970s 42.94 per 1,000 people 48.12 per 1,000 people 5.18 per 1,000 people Liberia
1980s 44.74 per 1,000 people 47.39 per 1,000 people 2.65 per 1,000 people Liberia
1990s 44.04 per 1,000 people 45.08 per 1,000 people 1.03 per 1,000 people Liberia
2000s 39.78 per 1,000 people 41.13 per 1,000 people 1.35 per 1,000 people Liberia
2010s 34.92 per 1,000 people 35.08 per 1,000 people 0.1639 per 1,000 people Liberia
2020s 30.36 per 1,000 people 31.23 per 1,000 people 0.8796 per 1,000 people Liberia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Equatorial Guinea or Liberia?
Liberia, at 30.58 per 1,000 people against 29.99 per 1,000 people in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Equatorial Guinea and Liberia?
0.59 per 1,000 people, with Liberia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Liberia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Liberia rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 30th and Liberia ranks 27th 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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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.