demographic yearbook annuaire demographique 1951

BIRTHS
7. Crude birth rates 1930 -1950
[The number of live births per 1 000 persons. For discussion, see page 31.]
Country Code 1 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
AFRICA
Egypt. ••••••••••••••••.•...•.••• ., . 45.4 44.5 42.5 43.8
Union of South Africa:
Europeans••••••••••...•..... " . C 26.4 25.4 24.1 23.5
Algeria 2 [Fr.]:
OTHER AREAS
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II
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42.2
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1935 1936 1937 1938
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41.3 44.2 43.4
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1939
43.2 42.0
23.3 24.3 24.2 24.9 25.0 25.3
Europeans••••.•.•••...•......•• C .. .. , .. .. .. , ... .. ...
Moslems ••••••...••.•.........• U .. . .. . . , . .. . .. . .. . . , . ... .. . ...
Angola [Port.] ••.•..••.•...•....••• US ·.. ... ·.. ... 17.3 16.9 16.5 14.6 12.1 10.6
Belgian Congo: :
Non-indigenous population......... ., . 24.4 29.1 25.7 23.5 24.6 21.4 21.3 19.2 20.2 25.0
Cape Verde Islands [Port.] •...•..••• U4 46.1 44.8 42.1 44.8 41.1 42.1 39.7 48.1 45.9 42.7
Gold Coast 5 [U. K.] •••............. U6 ·.. .. . ·.. ... ... .. . ., . ... ... ...
Mauritius ex. dep. [U. K.] •.........•• C 31.6 29.7 25.7 33.8 33.7 32.8 34.1 34.4 32.6 35.2
Moroccan Protectorate 7 [Sp.] ......•. U .. . .. . . , . ·.. .. . ... . , . .. . ... ...
Morocco [Fr.]:
Non-indigenous population 8....... . , . .. . ! .. . ·.. .. . . .. ... . , . ... ... 24.2
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Northern Rhodesia [U.K.]:
Europeans••••..•.••....•.... , .. . , . .. . .. . ., . .. . : .. . .. . ... ... 27.3 28.9
Possessions in North Africa [Sp.]:
Ceuta and Melilla .•.••........... .. . .. . .. . ., . ... ... 931.5 929.7 923.6 917.8 920.1
Portuguese Guinea •..•.••.....•••.• U4 ·.. .. . .. . ... .. . .. . .. . ... ... ...
St. Helena ex. dep. [U.K.] .•.......•.• ... ·.. .. . ... ... ... 35.0 30.9 32.0 38.9 27.7
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Sao Tome and Principe [Port.] .••..... U4
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23.2 34.0 22.3 23.3
Southern Rhodesia [U.K.]:
Europeans.•.•.•.••......•••.... C 24.5 23.6 22.8 21.4
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22.6 22.1
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23.4 I 22.5 24.1 22.4
South- West Africa ll: I I I
Europeans.•••••••.•.....•..•... C 31.9 29.9 29.3 24.4
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25.4 25.4 28.1 26.8 28.8 29.3
Spanish Guinea 12.................. U .. . .. . . , . .. . I
.. . .. . . .. ... ... ...
Tangier [Int. Adm.] •••..•.......•..• U .. .. . , .. . ... .. . .. . ... ... ...
Zanzibar and Pemba [U.K.].........• .. . .. . .. . ., . ·.. ... 15.8 17.0 17.0 14.5 21.2
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AMERICA, NORTH
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Canada 13•••••••••••••.•••••••••• C 23.9 23.2 22.5 21.0 I 20.6 20.4 20.2 20.0 20.6 20.4
Newfoundland•.................. ., . 23.8 23.3 24.0 23.4 23.5 23.0 25.2 25.0 24.8 27.5
Yukon and Northwest Territories...• U 21.3 13.7 17.1 16.9 17.6 18.1 16.7 18.4 18.9 17.5
Costa Rica 14...................... C 46.4 45.7 I 44.3 43.2 I i 42.7 43.6 43.5 42.8 43.6 42.8
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Cuba 15••••••.••••.•.•••.•.•..••• U ·.. 25.2 I 16.7 17.0 19.2 19.5 19.5 *
I 23.1 I *25.3 * 15.5
Dominican Republic 14 .•..•.•.•.•.•• : U 16 .. . .. .
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... ... 34.8 33.7 I 34.5 37.1
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1 Rates derived from data stated to be complete or virtually complete
are coded "C"; those derived from data stated to be affected by
irregularities in registration or incomplete coverage are coded "U".
2 Excluding infants dying within 3 days after birth without being
registered as live births.
3 Births are numbers of baptisms recorded in church registers.
4 Registration of births not compulsory; believed to be complete only
for the non-indigenous population which represents a relatively small
proportion of the total.
5 Data relate to the compulsory registration areas representing about
one-tenth of the total population.
6 Reliability of rates affected by movements of population to and
from the towns within the compulsory registration area.
7 Northern Zone only.
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8 "Non-Moroccan" population.
9 Melilla only. Excluding live-born infants dying within 24 hours.
10 Data for Ceuta only. Excluding live-born infants dying within 24 hours.
"Former mandated territory (Un. of S. Afr.).
12 Excluding live-born infants dying within 24 hours.
13 Excluding Yukon, Northwest Territories and Newfoundland, shown
separately. Births to Canadian parents temporarily residing in the
U. S. are included; births to U. S. residents temporarily in Canada
are excluded.
14 Rates for years before 1950 based on population estimates not yet
revised in accordance with 1950 census results.
15 Births included delayed registrations, particularly numerous in 1937
and 1938.
16 Coverage improved in recent years.
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