Mozambique vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Birth rate, crude

Mozambique
37.03 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa
32.8 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Mozambique rank
8th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
6th

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Mozambique
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 37.03 per 1,000 people against 32.8 per 1,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 4.23 per 1,000 people.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.1 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mozambique ahead.

Mozambique ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 48.16 per 1,000 people 47.74 per 1,000 people 0.4141 per 1,000 people Mozambique
1970s 48.67 per 1,000 people 47.61 per 1,000 people 1.07 per 1,000 people Mozambique
1980s 50.13 per 1,000 people 46.16 per 1,000 people 3.97 per 1,000 people Mozambique
1990s 45.02 per 1,000 people 43.19 per 1,000 people 1.83 per 1,000 people Mozambique
2000s 42.17 per 1,000 people 40.95 per 1,000 people 1.21 per 1,000 people Mozambique
2010s 40.85 per 1,000 people 37.07 per 1,000 people 3.78 per 1,000 people Mozambique
2020s 37.93 per 1,000 people 33.51 per 1,000 people 4.42 per 1,000 people Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Mozambique or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Mozambique, at 37.03 per 1,000 people against 32.8 per 1,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa?
4.23 per 1,000 people, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Mozambique and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Mozambique ranks 8th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 6th 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.