Fertility & birth rates in Afghanistan and Haiti

Fertility rate in Afghanistan vs Haiti chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Afghanistan was 4.84 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.66 in Haiti in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Afghanistan vs Haiti population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Afghanistan	Haiti
1960	7.28	6.18
1961	7.28	6.18
1962	7.29	6.18
1963	7.3	6.17
1964	7.3	6.16
1965	7.31	6.13
1966	7.32	6.09
1967	7.34	6.05
1968	7.36	6.01
1969	7.39	5.96
1970	7.4	5.91
1971	7.43	5.88
1972	7.45	5.85
1973	7.49	5.81
1974	7.53	5.78
1975	7.54	5.75
1976	7.56	5.71
1977	7.59	5.67
1978	7.6	5.64
1979	7.61	5.59
1980	7.64	5.56
1981	7.62	5.53
1982	7.6	5.53
1983	7.57	5.51
1984	7.55	5.51
1985	7.55	5.5
1986	7.55	5.48
1987	7.55	5.47
1988	7.55	5.47
1989	7.56	5.44
1990	7.58	5.41
1991	7.63	5.32
1992	7.7	5.21
1993	7.76	5.1
1994	7.77	4.99
1995	7.77	4.88
1996	7.76	4.78
1997	7.73	4.67
1998	7.69	4.56
1999	7.64	4.45
2000	7.57	4.39
2001	7.45	4.25
2002	7.32	4.13
2003	7.17	4.05
2004	7.02	3.94
2005	6.86	3.84
2006	6.69	3.76
2007	6.51	3.69
2008	6.39	3.62
2009	6.3	3.57
2010	6.2	3.5
2011	6.09	3.43
2012	5.99	3.32
2013	5.88	3.22
2014	5.77	3.16
2015	5.65	3.11
2016	5.54	3.05
2017	5.43	2.99
2018	5.33	2.92
2019	5.24	2.86
2020	5.15	2.8
2021	5.04	2.75
2022	4.93	2.7
2023	4.84	2.66
2024	4.76	2.63
2025	4.66	2.59
2026	4.56	2.55
2027	4.48	2.52
2028	4.4	2.49
2029	4.3	2.46
2030	4.22	2.43
2031	4.15	2.41
2032	4.07	2.38
2033	4	2.35
2034	3.95	2.33
2035	3.89	2.3
2036	3.82	2.28
2037	3.76	2.26
2038	3.68	2.25
2039	3.61	2.23
2040	3.56	2.21
2041	3.49	2.19
2042	3.44	2.18
2043	3.39	2.16
2044	3.34	2.14
2045	3.3	2.13
2046	3.26	2.11
2047	3.22	2.1
2048	3.18	2.09
2049	3.14	2.07
2050	3.09	2.06

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Afghanistan	Haiti
1960	41.9%	40.6%
1961	42%	40.7%
1962	42.1%	40.8%
1963	42.2%	40.8%
1964	42.4%	40.9%
1965	42.6%	40.9%
1966	42.9%	40.9%
1967	43.2%	41%
1968	43.4%	41%
1969	43.7%	41%
1970	43.9%	40.9%
1971	44.2%	40.9%
1972	44.4%	40.9%
1973	44.6%	40.9%
1974	44.8%	40.9%
1975	45%	41%
1976	45.2%	41%
1977	45.4%	41.1%
1978	45.6%	41.1%
1979	45.8%	41.1%
1980	46.1%	41.2%
1981	46.3%	41.2%
1982	46.5%	41.3%
1983	46.6%	41.4%
1984	46.8%	41.4%
1985	47%	41.5%
1986	47.2%	41.6%
1987	47.3%	41.7%
1988	47.4%	41.8%
1989	47.5%	41.8%
1990	47.7%	41.9%
1991	47.8%	41.9%
1992	48%	41.9%
1993	48.2%	41.8%
1994	48.5%	41.7%
1995	48.7%	41.6%
1996	49%	41.4%
1997	49.3%	41.2%
1998	49.6%	41%
1999	49.8%	40.7%
2000	50%	40.4%
2001	50.2%	40.1%
2002	50.2%	39.7%
2003	50.2%	39.3%
2004	50.2%	38.9%
2005	50%	38.4%
2006	49.9%	37.9%
2007	49.6%	37.5%
2008	49.3%	37.1%
2009	48.9%	36.6%
2010	48.5%	36.2%
2011	48%	35.9%
2012	47.6%	35.5%
2013	47.2%	35.1%
2014	46.7%	34.7%
2015	46.3%	34.3%
2016	45.8%	33.9%
2017	45.4%	33.6%
2018	45%	33.3%
2019	44.6%	32.9%
2020	44.2%	32.6%
2021	43.9%	32.3%
2022	43.6%	31.9%
2023	43.2%	31.6%
2024	42.9%	31.2%
2025	42.6%	30.8%
2026	42.2%	30.4%
2027	41.9%	30%
2028	41.5%	29.6%
2029	41.1%	29.2%
2030	40.7%	28.8%
2031	40.3%	28.5%
2032	39.8%	28.1%
2033	39.4%	27.8%
2034	39%	27.4%
2035	38.6%	27.1%
2036	38.2%	26.8%
2037	37.8%	26.5%
2038	37.4%	26.3%
2039	36.9%	26%
2040	36.5%	25.7%
2041	36%	25.5%
2042	35.6%	25.2%
2043	35.2%	25%
2044	34.8%	24.8%
2045	34.4%	24.5%
2046	34%	24.3%
2047	33.6%	24.1%
2048	33.3%	23.8%
2049	32.9%	23.6%
2050	32.5%	23.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.9% of the population in Afghanistan and 31.2% in Haiti in 2024, compared to 47.7% and 41.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Afghanistan and Haiti compared.

Natural population change in Afghanistan vs Haiti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.04% in Afghanistan and +1.58% in Haiti. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Afghanistan	Haiti
1960	170,257	85,368
1961	179,094	87,563
1962	188,427	89,683
1963	198,035	86,394
1964	207,867	93,987
1965	217,741	95,754
1966	228,786	96,973
1967	239,967	99,266
1968	251,798	101,300
1969	263,823	103,133
1970	275,129	105,208
1971	288,267	107,968
1972	300,633	110,709
1973	315,062	113,223
1974	330,232	115,941
1975	343,850	118,508
1976	357,775	120,992
1977	372,567	123,520
1978	369,101	125,885
1979	361,750	128,206
1980	365,396	130,773
1981	343,468	133,695
1982	263,210	137,214
1983	263,778	140,422
1984	205,262	144,211
1985	228,469	148,364
1986	310,066	152,288
1987	314,361	156,468
1988	358,397	160,750
1989	381,158	163,947
1990	402,433	167,420
1991	409,954	167,919
1992	440,132	168,980
1993	541,257	169,240
1994	609,096	169,260
1995	653,280	171,852
1996	685,005	173,351
1997	709,778	174,962
1998	719,860	175,687
1999	760,727	177,421
2000	782,727	180,677
2001	764,090	178,741
2002	776,048	178,126
2003	826,165	179,543
2004	850,940	174,071
2005	855,112	180,618
2006	875,301	182,866
2007	889,848	184,223
2008	891,246	185,364
2009	920,581	187,804
2010	943,473	95,965
2011	966,743	184,695
2012	1,004,814	183,702
2013	1,033,778	181,457
2014	1,053,788	182,009
2015	1,077,068	182,063
2016	1,090,016	180,902
2017	1,101,218	180,310
2018	1,115,262	178,632
2019	1,138,485	176,550
2020	1,134,407	169,264
2021	1,133,611	158,994
2022	1,219,475	164,214
2023	1,228,719	167,381

Maternal mortality chart: Afghanistan vs Haiti

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 521 deaths per 100,000 live births in Afghanistan, compared to 328 deaths in Haiti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Afghanistan	Haiti
1985	2,232	991
1986	1,857	975
1987	1,821	952
1988	1,572	929
1989	1,520	900
1990	1,550	874
1991	1,534	831
1992	1,443	793
1993	1,347	747
1994	1,396	710
1995	1,414	638
1996	1,389	588
1997	1,376	551
1998	1,464	511
1999	1,346	464
2000	1,372	440
2001	1,311	428
2002	1,263	410
2003	1,201	385
2004	1,166	427
2005	1,108	355
2006	1,069	368
2007	1,032	383
2008	955	394
2009	925	397
2010	893	398
2011	838	409
2012	810	385
2013	778	380
2014	755	373
2015	741	364
2016	702	356
2017	659	351
2018	629	358
2019	601	351
2020	634	346
2021	660	385
2022	551	331
2023	521	328

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.55% in Afghanistan and 5.51% in Haiti. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Afghanistan	Haiti
1960	35.3%	29.2%
1961	34.8%	28.8%
1962	34.2%	28.3%
1963	33.7%	27.9%
1964	33.2%	27.4%
1965	32.7%	27%
1966	32.2%	26.5%
1967	31.7%	26%
1968	31.2%	25.5%
1969	30.6%	25%
1970	30.2%	24.5%
1971	29.7%	23.9%
1972	29.1%	23.4%
1973	28.6%	22.8%
1974	28.1%	22.3%
1975	27.5%	21.7%
1976	27%	21.2%
1977	26.4%	20.6%
1978	25.8%	20.1%
1979	25.2%	19.6%
1980	24.6%	19.1%
1981	23.9%	18.6%
1982	28%	18.1%
1983	27.4%	17.6%
1984	30.9%	17.1%
1985	30.1%	16.6%
1986	25.3%	16.2%
1987	24.7%	15.8%
1988	21.8%	15.3%
1989	18.7%	14.9%
1990	18.1%	14.5%
1991	17.4%	14.1%
1992	16.9%	13.7%
1993	16.3%	13.2%
1994	15.8%	12.8%
1995	15.3%	12.4%
1996	14.8%	12%
1997	14.4%	11.5%
1998	14%	11.1%
1999	13.6%	10.7%
2000	13.2%	10.4%
2001	12.7%	10%
2002	12.3%	9.68%
2003	11.9%	9.4%
2004	11.4%	9.14%
2005	11%	8.91%
2006	10.5%	8.69%
2007	10.1%	8.49%
2008	9.63%	8.29%
2009	9.22%	8.11%
2010	8.83%	13.7%
2011	8.46%	7.74%
2012	8.12%	7.56%
2013	7.8%	7.38%
2014	7.51%	7.19%
2015	7.24%	6.99%
2016	7%	6.79%
2017	6.76%	6.61%
2018	6.54%	6.42%
2019	6.33%	6.23%
2020	6.13%	6.04%
2021	5.93%	5.85%
2022	5.74%	5.69%
2023	5.55%	5.51%