High income vs Kenya: Birth rate, crude

High income
8.86 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Kenya
26.97 per 1,000 people
in 2024
High income rank
42nd
Kenya rank
43rd

Birth rate, crude over time

  • High income
  • Kenya
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 26.97 per 1,000 people against 8.86 per 1,000 people in High income, a difference of 18.11 per 1,000 people.

That makes Kenya's figure about 3.0 times High income's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

High income ranks 42nd and Kenya ranks 43rd of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Kenya Difference Ahead
1960s 19.75 per 1,000 people 54.65 per 1,000 people 34.9 per 1,000 people Kenya
1970s 16.55 per 1,000 people 50.33 per 1,000 people 33.78 per 1,000 people Kenya
1980s 14.9 per 1,000 people 46.9 per 1,000 people 31.99 per 1,000 people Kenya
1990s 12.66 per 1,000 people 41.43 per 1,000 people 28.77 per 1,000 people Kenya
2000s 11.65 per 1,000 people 38.95 per 1,000 people 27.3 per 1,000 people Kenya
2010s 11.05 per 1,000 people 31.69 per 1,000 people 20.64 per 1,000 people Kenya
2020s 9.3 per 1,000 people 27.36 per 1,000 people 18.06 per 1,000 people Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, High income or Kenya?
Kenya, at 26.97 per 1,000 people against 8.86 per 1,000 people in High income as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between High income and Kenya?
18.11 per 1,000 people, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Kenya?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do High income and Kenya rank globally for birth rate, crude?
High income ranks 42nd and Kenya ranks 43rd of 47 groups.
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.