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United States Birth Rate 1970s

Name: United States Birth Rate 1970s
Creator: World Bank
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Crude birth rate per 1,000 people · World Bank

15.6 decade average (1970-1979)

United States's birth rate during the 1970s ranged from 14.6 (1975) to 18.4 (1970), averaging 15.6 over 10 years of data.

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1970s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
1970	18.4	+0.5	39th
1971	17.2	−1.2	36th
1972	15.6	−1.6	21st
1973	14.8	−0.8	15th
1974	14.8	+0.0	16th
1975	14.6	−0.2	18th
1976	14.6	+0.0	21st
1977	15.1	+0.5	24th
1978	15.0	−0.1	27th
1979	15.6	+0.6	36th