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Birth rate by country (World Bank)

Live births per 1,000 people in a given year. This reflects the annual birth volume rather than the total fertility rate Fertility.

6.9/1,000Poland · 2024

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13
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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-21, ID 66ea7ec1adc8Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
  • Poland: 1960–2024; observations: 65; missing years: 0

Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.

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65 rows for Poland

Time range:
5.010.015.020.025.0196019701980199020002010202020246.9
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Poland

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Poland

22.6→6.9

Total change
−15.7 per 1,000 population
Period
1960–2024

Poland: 22.6 (1960) → 6.9 (2024). Difference: −15.7 per 1,000 population. Peak value of 22.6 in 1960; lowest value of 6.9 in 2024.

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Birth rate — Poland
YearCountryValue
2024Poland6.9/1,000
2023Poland7.4/1,000
2022Poland8.3/1,000
2021Poland9/1,000
2020Poland9.5/1,000
2019Poland9.9/1,000
2018Poland10.2/1,000
2017Poland10.6/1,000
2016Poland10.1/1,000
2015Poland9.7/1,000
2014Poland9.9/1,000
2013Poland9.7/1,000
2012Poland10.1/1,000
2011Poland10.2/1,000
2010Poland10.9/1,000
2009Poland10.9/1,000
2008Poland10.9/1,000
2007Poland10.2/1,000
2006Poland9.8/1,000
2005Poland9.5/1,000
Source
World Bank Open Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Published by source
2026-07-13
Retrieved
2026-09-21
Indicator code in source
SP.DYN.CBRT.IN
Unit of measure
per 1,000 population
Data version
v45

Cite

Longseries, “Birth rate”. World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN), 1960–2024, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-21. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 66ea7ec1adc84afa05433f37b363c800747d05fcfde2e5adb98175a20e7ec188. https://longseries.com/en/d/birth-rate/

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Latest values

Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — India; lowest — Japan

Only the first rows are shown here. Use “Remaining locations” below for the full list.

15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
World202416.3/1,00016.3/1,000
Highest value in the comparable yearIndia202416/1,00016/1,000
Brazil202412.1/1,00012.1/1,000
United States202410.6/1,00010.6/1,000
United Kingdom20249.9/1,0009.9/1,000
France20249.7/1,0009.7/1,000
Sweden20249.3/1,0009.3/1,000
Netherlands20249.2/1,0009.2/1,000
Remaining locations (7)

About this series

Live births per 1,000 people in a given year. Annual figures from 1960 for the same countries as in Fertility.

Indicator definition

Crude birth rate (live births per 1,000 people), not children per woman. Rising fertility Fertility with a falling population can still mean fewer total births.

How to read the data

Poland fell from ~16 to ~8 per 1,000; Germany and the US are lower still. Read with Fertility, Births (GUS) and Maternal mortality.

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