United States

Birth rate

Name: Birth rate data for United States
Creator: World Bank
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Live births per population.

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Source: World Bank · SP.DYN.CBRT.IN:US

Stored official data

Birth rate - United States in United States was 10.6 on January 1, 2024, lower by 0.1 (-0.9%) from the prior observation. Charted from annual observations in births per 1,000 people.

Latest10.60

YoY-0.93%

10Y Avg11.46

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

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Min10.60

Mean15.16

Max23.70

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

Source evidence

Tier 1 - critical

Source note Provider health

Source

World Bank Open Data

Native key

SP.DYN.CBRT.IN:US

Freshness

Stored · 2024-01-01

History

Current only

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Research notes

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ComparabilitySeasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.Provider comparability note: Check provider dimensions, units, and methodological notes before using this series as a model input.Revision evidence is not a full historical vintage archive: Use this as current-value or captured-forward evidence unless the series is explicitly labelled source-native vintage.

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QualitySource authority: 100/100. Source kind is classified as official multilateral.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 65 observations available; latest observation 2024-01-01; platform fetch 2026-06-14T22:48:16.539Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 35/100. This provider currently exposes only the latest published values in Macro by Mark.

3/6 strong

CitationBirth rate - United States (World Bank Indicators: SP.DYN.CBRT.IN, United States, retrieved Jun 14, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 14, 2026

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Series details

SourceWorld Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices, National statistical offices; Demographic Statistics, Eurostat (ESTAT); Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Statistical Division

CategoryHealth

FrequencyAnnual

Unitbirths per 1,000 people

Latest observationJanuary 1, 2024

Platform last fetchJune 14, 2026

Transformslevel, yoy, index 100

About this series

Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)

The reading right now

As of January 2024, Birth rate for United States stood at 10.6. That is down 0.1 from the prior year. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 10.9, ranging from a low of 10.6 in January 2024 to a high of 11.4 in January 2019. The current reading sits 0.86 below its trailing ten-year mean of 11.5.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.