Equatorial Guinea vs Zimbabwe: Birth rate, crude

Equatorial Guinea
29.99 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Zimbabwe
29.89 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
30th
Zimbabwe rank
31st

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 29.99 per 1,000 people against 29.89 per 1,000 people in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 30th and Zimbabwe ranks 31st of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Zimbabwe in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1960s 40.64 per 1,000 people 46.47 per 1,000 people 5.83 per 1,000 people Zimbabwe
1970s 42.94 per 1,000 people 46.27 per 1,000 people 3.33 per 1,000 people Zimbabwe
1980s 44.74 per 1,000 people 42.24 per 1,000 people 2.5 per 1,000 people Equatorial Guinea
1990s 44.04 per 1,000 people 33.66 per 1,000 people 10.38 per 1,000 people Equatorial Guinea
2000s 39.78 per 1,000 people 36.26 per 1,000 people 3.52 per 1,000 people Equatorial Guinea
2010s 34.92 per 1,000 people 34.71 per 1,000 people 0.2097 per 1,000 people Equatorial Guinea
2020s 30.36 per 1,000 people 30.62 per 1,000 people 0.2656 per 1,000 people Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Equatorial Guinea or Zimbabwe?
Equatorial Guinea, at 29.99 per 1,000 people against 29.89 per 1,000 people in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe?
0.1 per 1,000 people, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Zimbabwe rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 30th and Zimbabwe ranks 31st 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.