High income vs Rwanda: Birth rate, crude

High income
8.86 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Rwanda
28.06 per 1,000 people
in 2024
High income rank
42nd
Rwanda rank
39th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • High income
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 28.06 per 1,000 people against 8.86 per 1,000 people in High income, a difference of 19.2 per 1,000 people.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 3.2 times High income's.

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

High income ranks 42nd and Rwanda ranks 39th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Rwanda Difference Ahead
1960s 19.75 per 1,000 people 49.27 per 1,000 people 29.52 per 1,000 people Rwanda
1970s 16.55 per 1,000 people 50.26 per 1,000 people 33.72 per 1,000 people Rwanda
1980s 14.9 per 1,000 people 49.96 per 1,000 people 35.06 per 1,000 people Rwanda
1990s 12.66 per 1,000 people 42.02 per 1,000 people 29.36 per 1,000 people Rwanda
2000s 11.65 per 1,000 people 40.18 per 1,000 people 28.54 per 1,000 people Rwanda
2010s 11.05 per 1,000 people 32.41 per 1,000 people 21.36 per 1,000 people Rwanda
2020s 9.3 per 1,000 people 28.94 per 1,000 people 19.64 per 1,000 people Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, High income or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 28.06 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 Rwanda?
19.2 per 1,000 people, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Rwanda?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do High income and Rwanda rank globally for birth rate, crude?
High income ranks 42nd and Rwanda ranks 39th 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.