About this Dataset

Birth Rate By Month (HMD)

The Human Mortality Database (HMD) is a research resource that provides detailed mortality and population data for national populations with high-quality vital statistics. It includes original calculations of death rates and life tables, as well as the underlying data — such as birth counts, death counts, and census-based population estimates — used to produce these metrics.

Its scope is limited to countries with virtually complete death registration and census coverage, mostly wealthy and industrialized nations. The database’s core mission is to document the historical rise in human longevity and support research into its causes and implications. HMD follows a rigorous, uniform methodology focused on transparency, reproducibility, and comparability, while acknowledging limitations such as age misreporting and data coverage issues.

Each country’s dataset is curated and quality-checked by dedicated researchers, ensuring reliability for demographic and public health analysis.

Tables

Birth Rate

@owid.hmd_country.owid_birth_rate

1.17 MB
47,792 rows
6 columns


CREATE TABLE owid_birth_rate (
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "date" TIMESTAMP,
  "birth_rate" FLOAT,
  "birth_rate_per_day" FLOAT,
  "birth_rate_lead_9months" FLOAT,
  "birth_rate_per_day_lead_9months" FLOAT
);

Birth Rate Month

@owid.hmd_country.owid_birth_rate_month

570.94 kB
47,243 rows
5 columns


CREATE TABLE owid_birth_rate_month (
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "year" INTEGER,
  "month" VARCHAR,
  "birth_rate" FLOAT,
  "birth_rate_per_day" FLOAT
);

Birth Rate Month Max

@owid.hmd_country.owid_birth_rate_month_max

61.07 kB
3,998 rows
8 columns


CREATE TABLE owid_birth_rate_month_max (
  "country" VARCHAR,
  "year" INTEGER,
  "month_max" INTEGER,
  "birth_rate_per_day_max" FLOAT,
  "month_max_name" VARCHAR,
  "month_max_lead_9months" INTEGER,
  "birth_rate_per_day_max_lead_9months" FLOAT,
  "month_max_name_lead_9months" VARCHAR
);