# Crude birth rate in South Africa

Crude birth rate in South Africa was 18.48 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `crude_birth_rate`
- Place id: `za`
- Unit: per 1,000 inhabitants
- Definition: Live births per 1,000 residents during the year.
- Source: World Bank, Birth rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CBRT.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Birth rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.CBRT.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/birth-rate/south-africa
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/birth-rate/south-africa.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=crude_birth_rate&place=za

| Period | per 1,000 inhabitants |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 18.48 |
| 2023 | 18.78 |
| 2022 | 19.08 |
| 2021 | 19.35 |
| 2020 | 19.52 |
| 2019 | 19.69 |
| 2018 | 19.85 |
| 2017 | 20.04 |
| 2016 | 20.27 |
| 2015 | 21.01 |
| 2014 | 21.78 |
| 2013 | 21.89 |
| 2012 | 22.12 |
| 2011 | 22.08 |
| 2010 | 22.18 |
| 2009 | 22.78 |
| 2008 | 24.33 |
| 2007 | 23.09 |
| 2006 | 23.14 |
| 2005 | 22.72 |
| 2004 | 22.14 |
| 2003 | 21.39 |
| 2002 | 20.93 |
| 2001 | 21.27 |
| 2000 | 21.57 |
| 1999 | 22.7 |
| 1998 | 23.15 |
| 1997 | 23.91 |
| 1996 | 24.86 |
| 1995 | 25.61 |
| 1994 | 24.58 |
| 1993 | 26.61 |
| 1992 | 27.02 |
| 1991 | 28.08 |
| 1990 | 28.74 |
| 1989 | 30.58 |
| 1988 | 31.98 |
| 1987 | 33.2 |
| 1986 | 33.6 |
| 1985 | 34.25 |
| 1984 | 34.53 |
| 1983 | 34.63 |
| 1982 | 34.8 |
| 1981 | 34.59 |
| 1980 | 34.66 |
| 1979 | 34.94 |
| 1978 | 35.08 |
| 1977 | 35.57 |
| 1976 | 36.33 |
| 1975 | 37.01 |
| 1974 | 37.67 |
| 1973 | 38.39 |
| 1972 | 38.85 |
| 1971 | 39.25 |
| 1970 | 39.38 |
| 1969 | 39.71 |
| 1968 | 39.81 |
| 1967 | 39.93 |
| 1966 | 39.96 |
| 1965 | 39.49 |
| 1964 | 39.6 |
| 1963 | 39.69 |
| 1962 | 39.67 |
| 1961 | 39.74 |
| 1960 | 39.82 |