Sub-Saharan Africa Birth Rate 1950-2025

Sub-Saharan Africa birth rate for 2025 is 32.82, a 1.07% decline from 2024.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa birth rate for 2024 was 33.18, a 1.06% decline from 2023.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa birth rate for 2023 was 33.53, a 1.16% decline from 2022.
  • Sub-Saharan Africa birth rate for 2022 was 33.93, a 1.15% decline from 2021.
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.