Nigeria vs Zambia: Birth rate, crude
Nigeria
32.49 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Zambia
32.72 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Nigeria rank
20th
Zambia rank
19th
Birth rate, crude over time
- Nigeria
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 32.72 per 1,000 people against 32.49 per 1,000 people in Nigeria, a difference of 0.23 per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zambia ahead.
Nigeria ranks 20th and Zambia ranks 19th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 1 and Zambia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.88 per 1,000 people | 48.88 per 1,000 people | 2 per 1,000 people | Zambia |
| 1970s | 48.51 per 1,000 people | 49.33 per 1,000 people | 0.8138 per 1,000 people | Zambia |
| 1980s | 46.33 per 1,000 people | 47.31 per 1,000 people | 0.9805 per 1,000 people | Zambia |
| 1990s | 43.92 per 1,000 people | 46.55 per 1,000 people | 2.62 per 1,000 people | Zambia |
| 2000s | 43.36 per 1,000 people | 43.78 per 1,000 people | 0.4229 per 1,000 people | Zambia |
| 2010s | 38.92 per 1,000 people | 37.94 per 1,000 people | 0.9787 per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 33.18 per 1,000 people | 33.54 per 1,000 people | 0.3536 per 1,000 people | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth rate, crude, Nigeria or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 32.72 per 1,000 people against 32.49 per 1,000 people in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Nigeria and Zambia?
- 0.23 per 1,000 people, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Zambia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Nigeria and Zambia rank globally for birth rate, crude?
- Nigeria ranks 20th and Zambia ranks 19th 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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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.