Birth rate, crude in Mongolia

Mongolia: Birth rate, crude was 16.9 per 1,000 people in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
16.9 per 1,000 people
Change on year
down 11.1%
World rank
89th
of 217 countries
All-time high
44.18 per 1,000 people
in 1961
All-time low
16.9 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Years of data
65
1960–2024

Birth rate, crude in Mongolia, 1960–2024

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in per 1,000 people.

Analysis

Mongolia recorded 16.9 per 1,000 people for birth rate, crude in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.

That represents a change of down 11.1% on the previous year and down 39.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate, crude in Mongolia peaked at 44.18 per 1,000 people in 1961 and was at its lowest, 16.9 per 1,000 people, in 2024.

Mongolia ranks 89th of 217 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.

Birth rate, crude in Mongolia, year by year

Annual values for Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) in Mongolia, 1960 to 2024.
Year per 1,000 people Change
1960 44.13 per 1,000 people
1961 44.18 per 1,000 people +0.1%
1962 44.12 per 1,000 people -0.1%
1963 44.16 per 1,000 people +0.1%
1964 43.99 per 1,000 people -0.4%
1965 43.57 per 1,000 people -1.0%
1966 43.08 per 1,000 people -1.1%
1967 42.31 per 1,000 people -1.8%
1968 41.61 per 1,000 people -1.7%
1969 40.87 per 1,000 people -1.8%
1970 40.35 per 1,000 people -1.3%
1971 40 per 1,000 people -0.9%
1972 39.79 per 1,000 people -0.5%
1973 39.64 per 1,000 people -0.4%
1974 39.51 per 1,000 people -0.3%
1975 39.31 per 1,000 people -0.5%
1976 39.11 per 1,000 people -0.5%
1977 39.01 per 1,000 people -0.3%
1978 38.88 per 1,000 people -0.3%
1979 38.73 per 1,000 people -0.4%
1980 38.44 per 1,000 people -0.8%
1981 38.38 per 1,000 people -0.1%
1982 38.49 per 1,000 people +0.3%
1983 38.63 per 1,000 people +0.4%
1984 38.66 per 1,000 people +0.1%
1985 38.49 per 1,000 people -0.4%
1986 37.73 per 1,000 people -2.0%
1987 37.17 per 1,000 people -1.5%
1988 36.39 per 1,000 people -2.1%
1989 35.29 per 1,000 people -3.0%
1990 34.1 per 1,000 people -3.4%
1991 31.92 per 1,000 people -6.4%
1992 28.79 per 1,000 people -9.8%
1993 25.83 per 1,000 people -10.3%
1994 24.45 per 1,000 people -5.3%
1995 23.98 per 1,000 people -1.9%
1996 23.28 per 1,000 people -2.9%
1997 22.2 per 1,000 people -4.7%
1998 21.36 per 1,000 people -3.8%
1999 21.06 per 1,000 people -1.4%
2000 20.79 per 1,000 people -1.3%
2001 20.26 per 1,000 people -2.6%
2002 19.42 per 1,000 people -4.1%
2003 18.65 per 1,000 people -4.0%
2004 18.4 per 1,000 people -1.3%
2005 18.57 per 1,000 people +0.9%
2006 19.96 per 1,000 people +7.5%
2007 21.89 per 1,000 people +9.7%
2008 23.9 per 1,000 people +9.2%
2009 24.82 per 1,000 people +3.8%
2010 23.1 per 1,000 people -6.9%
2011 25.1 per 1,000 people +8.7%
2012 26 per 1,000 people +3.6%
2013 27.5 per 1,000 people +5.8%
2014 28 per 1,000 people +1.8%
2015 27.1 per 1,000 people -3.2%
2016 25.9 per 1,000 people -4.4%
2017 23.9 per 1,000 people -7.7%
2018 24.5 per 1,000 people +2.5%
2019 24.4 per 1,000 people -0.4%
2020 23.4 per 1,000 people -4.1%
2021 21.6 per 1,000 people -7.7%
2022 19.5 per 1,000 people -9.7%
2023 19 per 1,000 people -2.6%
2024 16.9 per 1,000 people -11.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 43.2 per 1,000 people 40.87 per 1,000 people 44.18 per 1,000 people 10
1970s 39.43 per 1,000 people 38.73 per 1,000 people 40.35 per 1,000 people 10
1980s 37.77 per 1,000 people 35.29 per 1,000 people 38.66 per 1,000 people 10
1990s 25.7 per 1,000 people 21.06 per 1,000 people 34.1 per 1,000 people 10
2000s 20.67 per 1,000 people 18.4 per 1,000 people 24.82 per 1,000 people 10
2010s 25.55 per 1,000 people 23.1 per 1,000 people 28 per 1,000 people 10
2020s 20.08 per 1,000 people 16.9 per 1,000 people 23.4 per 1,000 people 5

Countries ranked near Mongolia

  1. 86 Dominican Republic 17.62 per 1,000 people compare
  2. 87 Guam 17.34 per 1,000 people compare
  3. 88 Suriname 17.15 per 1,000 people compare
  4. 90 Oman 16.78 per 1,000 people compare
  5. 91 Libya 16.5 per 1,000 people compare
  6. 91 Saudi Arabia 16.5 per 1,000 people compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate, crude in Mongolia?
Birth rate, crude in Mongolia was 16.9 per 1,000 people in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
What is the highest birth rate, crude recorded in Mongolia?
The highest recorded value was 44.18 per 1,000 people in 1961.
What is the lowest birth rate, crude recorded in Mongolia?
The lowest recorded value was 16.9 per 1,000 people in 2024.
How does Mongolia rank for birth rate, crude?
Mongolia ranks 89th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
Is birth rate, crude rising or falling in Mongolia?
Over the last ten years it is down 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Mongolia data come from?
The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
265 places, 17,195 data points, 1960–2024
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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.