Japan vs Spain: Birth rate, crude
Birth rate, crude over time
- Japan
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 6.5 per 1,000 people against 5.7 per 1,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 people.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Spain ahead.
Japan ranks 211th and Spain ranks 209th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Spain in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.49 per 1,000 people | 20.99 per 1,000 people | 3.5 per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1970s | 17.33 per 1,000 people | 18.61 per 1,000 people | 1.28 per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1980s | 12 per 1,000 people | 12.35 per 1,000 people | 0.35 per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 1990s | 9.71 per 1,000 people | 9.57 per 1,000 people | 0.14 per 1,000 people | Japan |
| 2000s | 8.86 per 1,000 people | 10.5 per 1,000 people | 1.64 per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 2010s | 7.9 per 1,000 people | 9.02 per 1,000 people | 1.12 per 1,000 people | Spain |
| 2020s | 6.28 per 1,000 people | 6.86 per 1,000 people | 0.58 per 1,000 people | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth rate, crude, Japan or Spain?
- Spain, at 6.5 per 1,000 people against 5.7 per 1,000 people in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Japan and Spain?
- 0.8 per 1,000 people, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Spain?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Spain rank globally for birth rate, crude?
- Japan ranks 211th and Spain ranks 209th of 217 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
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.