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80°N 80°N
Arctic Circle
Arctic Circle
60°N 60°N

40°N 40°N
ATLANTIC
OCEAN Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer
20°N 20°N
PACIFIC PACIFIC
OCEAN OCEAN
Equator
0° Equator 0°
INDIAN
Birth rate, 2017 OCEAN
20°S (births per 1000 20°S
population) ATLANTIC Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Capricorn
37–48 OCEAN
40°S 25–36 0 2000 4000 miles 40°S
13–24 0 2000 4000 km
0–12 140°W 120°W 100°W 80°W 60°W 40°W 20°W 0° 20°E 40°E 60°E 80°E 100°E 120°E 140°E 160°E 180°
160°W
120°W
100°W
140°W
160°W
No data
Figure 9.3 Crude birth rate. Which part of the world has the highest crude birth rates, and which has the lowest?

This rate is considered “crude” because it relates countries, 21 in less-developed countries, and 33 in the
births to total population without considering the least-developed parts of the world.
population’s age or sex structure. Both men and Figure 9.3 shows crude birth rates by country. We
women are included in the total population even say a country has a low birth rate if its CBR is between
though only women of childbearing age can give 10 and 20 births per 1000 people, which is characteris-
birth. A population with a large number of women tic of industrialized and urbanized countries in North
in their childbearing years is likely to have a higher America and Europe. Most Asian and Latin American
CBR than one with mostly older women, everything countries also have low birth rates. A country has a
else being the same. transitional birth rate when its CBR is between 20 and
Neuman chg2e first pass NOTES 5/21/2018, revised 6/16/2018:
CBR varies considerably among countries because 30 per 1000 people, as in the developing countries out-
of their different age-sex composition, economic devel- side of sub-Saharan Africa, such as Algeria and Egypt
1. Remake on project’s standard Robinson 10E base; 43p6 wide. Converted to floating world map on 6/16/2018.
opment levels, and social norms for family sizes. In 2018, in North Africa and Belize, Guatemala, Honduras,
the world’s average CBR was 19 per 1000 population, Haiti, and Bolivia in Latin America. Several Middle
2. Updated to 2017 data from PRB:
http://www.worldpopdata.org/table
but it was 10 per 1000 population in more- developed Eastern countries (Jordan, Syria, Israel), most central
select indicator: population dynamics > births per 1000 population Asian countries, Pakistan, and Mongolia are also in this
select geography: countries > select all countries
category. A country has a high birth rate if its CBR is
more than 30 per 1000. High birth rates are common in
TERMS TO KNOW . . .
I changed data breakdowns from 0-13 / 14-21 / 22-31 / 32-52 since the highest value in the 2017 data is 48, not 52. They had apparently
the countries of sub-Saharan Africa.
just divided the old 0--52 data range numerically into four equal chunks, so I did the same with the new 0--48 data range. (This is NOT
low birth rate: A crude birth rate between 10 and 20
the same as dividing all of the countries into four equal chunks and then seeing where the data breaks would occur as a result).
births per 1000 people
Total Fertility Rate (TFR)
3. Changed colors to greens; author commented on 3.5 that he didn’t want 3.3 and 3.5 using the same progressions of purple.
transitional birth rate: A crude birth rate between 20
and 30 per 1000 people
high birth rate: A crude birth rate of more than 30 per The total fertility rate (TFR) is the average number of
1000 people children born per woman during her reproductive life-
time, considered to be from 15 to 49 years of age (with
total fertility rate (TFR): The average number of chil- some countries having an upper age limit of 44). The
dren born per woman during her reproductive lifetime,
considered to be from 15 to 49 years of age TFR is more accurate than the crude birth rate in show-
ing the amount of reproduction in a country because it

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