Madagascar vs Nigeria: Birth rate, crude

Madagascar
31.71 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Nigeria
32.49 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Madagascar rank
22nd
Nigeria rank
20th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Madagascar
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 32.49 per 1,000 people against 31.71 per 1,000 people in Madagascar, a difference of 0.78 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 22nd and Nigeria ranks 20th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 46.26 per 1,000 people 46.88 per 1,000 people 0.6192 per 1,000 people Nigeria
1970s 47.28 per 1,000 people 48.51 per 1,000 people 1.23 per 1,000 people Nigeria
1980s 44.98 per 1,000 people 46.33 per 1,000 people 1.35 per 1,000 people Nigeria
1990s 44.12 per 1,000 people 43.92 per 1,000 people 0.1911 per 1,000 people Madagascar
2000s 39.09 per 1,000 people 43.36 per 1,000 people 4.26 per 1,000 people Nigeria
2010s 34.46 per 1,000 people 38.92 per 1,000 people 4.45 per 1,000 people Nigeria
2020s 32.51 per 1,000 people 33.18 per 1,000 people 0.6778 per 1,000 people Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Madagascar or Nigeria?
Nigeria, at 32.49 per 1,000 people against 31.71 per 1,000 people in Madagascar as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Madagascar and Nigeria?
0.78 per 1,000 people, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Nigeria?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and Nigeria rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Madagascar ranks 22nd and Nigeria ranks 20th 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.