Global Birth Rates, 1900–2023

Births per 1,000 people · historical Gapminder + UN WPP (Our World in Data)

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Data: Gapminder historical estimates (from 1900) merged with UN World Population Prospects via Our World in Data for 1950–2023. Crude birth rate is live births per 1,000 people in a year — not the same as fertility (children per woman).