Fertility & birth rates in Afghanistan and Senegal

Fertility rate in Afghanistan vs Senegal 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 3.82 in Senegal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Afghanistan vs Senegal 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	Senegal
1960	7.28	7
1961	7.28	7.04
1962	7.29	7.08
1963	7.3	7.12
1964	7.3	7.16
1965	7.31	7.19
1966	7.32	7.22
1967	7.34	7.24
1968	7.36	7.25
1969	7.39	7.26
1970	7.4	7.26
1971	7.43	7.26
1972	7.45	7.26
1973	7.49	7.26
1974	7.53	7.25
1975	7.54	7.25
1976	7.56	7.26
1977	7.59	7.27
1978	7.6	7.28
1979	7.61	7.29
1980	7.64	7.29
1981	7.62	7.28
1982	7.6	7.25
1983	7.57	7.19
1984	7.55	7.11
1985	7.55	7.01
1986	7.55	6.9
1987	7.55	6.79
1988	7.55	6.58
1989	7.56	6.48
1990	7.58	6.4
1991	7.63	6.27
1992	7.7	6.15
1993	7.76	6.05
1994	7.77	5.92
1995	7.77	5.82
1996	7.76	5.72
1997	7.73	5.64
1998	7.69	5.58
1999	7.64	5.57
2000	7.57	5.5
2001	7.45	5.4
2002	7.32	5.3
2003	7.17	5.25
2004	7.02	5.19
2005	6.86	5.13
2006	6.69	5.06
2007	6.51	5.02
2008	6.39	5.02
2009	6.3	5.03
2010	6.2	5.06
2011	6.09	5.1
2012	5.99	5.13
2013	5.88	5.05
2014	5.77	4.88
2015	5.65	4.75
2016	5.54	4.65
2017	5.43	4.49
2018	5.33	4.29
2019	5.24	4.1
2020	5.15	4
2021	5.04	3.94
2022	4.93	3.86
2023	4.84	3.82
2024	4.76	3.76
2025	4.66	3.71
2026	4.56	3.66
2027	4.48	3.61
2028	4.4	3.57
2029	4.3	3.53
2030	4.22	3.49
2031	4.15	3.44
2032	4.07	3.4
2033	4	3.35
2034	3.95	3.32
2035	3.89	3.28
2036	3.82	3.24
2037	3.76	3.22
2038	3.68	3.17
2039	3.61	3.15
2040	3.56	3.11
2041	3.49	3.08
2042	3.44	3.05
2043	3.39	3.02
2044	3.34	2.99
2045	3.3	2.96
2046	3.26	2.93
2047	3.22	2.9
2048	3.18	2.87
2049	3.14	2.85
2050	3.09	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Afghanistan	Senegal
1960	41.9%	44.2%
1961	42%	44.3%
1962	42.1%	44.3%
1963	42.2%	44.3%
1964	42.4%	44.3%
1965	42.6%	44.3%
1966	42.9%	44.3%
1967	43.2%	44.3%
1968	43.4%	44.2%
1969	43.7%	44.2%
1970	43.9%	44.2%
1971	44.2%	44.2%
1972	44.4%	44.2%
1973	44.6%	44.3%
1974	44.8%	44.4%
1975	45%	44.6%
1976	45.2%	44.8%
1977	45.4%	45.2%
1978	45.6%	45.6%
1979	45.8%	46%
1980	46.1%	46.4%
1981	46.3%	46.7%
1982	46.5%	46.9%
1983	46.6%	47.1%
1984	46.8%	47.2%
1985	47%	47.3%
1986	47.2%	47.3%
1987	47.3%	47.2%
1988	47.4%	47%
1989	47.5%	46.9%
1990	47.7%	46.6%
1991	47.8%	46.4%
1992	48%	46.1%
1993	48.2%	45.8%
1994	48.5%	45.4%
1995	48.7%	45.1%
1996	49%	44.9%
1997	49.3%	44.6%
1998	49.6%	44.4%
1999	49.8%	44.2%
2000	50%	43.9%
2001	50.2%	43.7%
2002	50.2%	43.5%
2003	50.2%	43.2%
2004	50.2%	43.1%
2005	50%	42.9%
2006	49.9%	42.8%
2007	49.6%	42.7%
2008	49.3%	42.7%
2009	48.9%	42.7%
2010	48.5%	42.7%
2011	48%	42.7%
2012	47.6%	42.7%
2013	47.2%	42.7%
2014	46.7%	42.6%
2015	46.3%	42.4%
2016	45.8%	42.1%
2017	45.4%	41.8%
2018	45%	41.3%
2019	44.6%	40.9%
2020	44.2%	40.3%
2021	43.9%	39.8%
2022	43.6%	39.2%
2023	43.2%	38.6%
2024	42.9%	38.2%
2025	42.6%	37.7%
2026	42.2%	37.3%
2027	41.9%	36.9%
2028	41.5%	36.6%
2029	41.1%	36.2%
2030	40.7%	35.9%
2031	40.3%	35.6%
2032	39.8%	35.4%
2033	39.4%	35.1%
2034	39%	34.9%
2035	38.6%	34.6%
2036	38.2%	34.4%
2037	37.8%	34.1%
2038	37.4%	33.9%
2039	36.9%	33.5%
2040	36.5%	33.2%
2041	36%	32.9%
2042	35.6%	32.6%
2043	35.2%	32.2%
2044	34.8%	31.9%
2045	34.4%	31.5%
2046	34%	31.2%
2047	33.6%	30.8%
2048	33.3%	30.5%
2049	32.9%	30.2%
2050	32.5%	29.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.9% of the population in Afghanistan and 38.2% in Senegal in 2024, compared to 47.7% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Afghanistan and Senegal compared.

Natural population change in Afghanistan vs Senegal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.04% in Afghanistan and +2.55% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	170,257	84,735
1961	179,094	87,322
1962	188,427	89,937
1963	198,035	92,264
1964	207,867	94,797
1965	217,741	97,912
1966	228,786	101,359
1967	239,967	104,824
1968	251,798	108,240
1969	263,823	112,393
1970	275,129	117,264
1971	288,267	122,511
1972	300,633	128,024
1973	315,062	133,834
1974	330,232	139,974
1975	343,850	147,311
1976	357,775	154,776
1977	372,567	161,636
1978	369,101	167,744
1979	361,750	173,425
1980	365,396	179,707
1981	343,468	185,917
1982	263,210	191,309
1983	263,778	197,673
1984	205,262	203,125
1985	228,469	208,218
1986	310,066	212,887
1987	314,361	218,522
1988	358,397	221,772
1989	381,158	227,797
1990	402,433	234,155
1991	409,954	237,713
1992	440,132	241,482
1993	541,257	245,742
1994	609,096	249,115
1995	653,280	252,552
1996	685,005	255,418
1997	709,778	261,200
1998	719,860	267,404
1999	760,727	277,944
2000	782,727	283,946
2001	764,090	289,690
2002	776,048	298,842
2003	826,165	308,856
2004	850,940	317,286
2005	855,112	323,908
2006	875,301	331,364
2007	889,848	339,963
2008	891,246	351,661
2009	920,581	362,238
2010	943,473	372,934
2011	966,743	387,290
2012	1,004,814	402,243
2013	1,033,778	406,582
2014	1,053,788	405,019
2015	1,077,068	407,008
2016	1,090,016	411,480
2017	1,101,218	410,366
2018	1,115,262	405,454
2019	1,138,485	399,436
2020	1,134,407	400,910
2021	1,133,611	403,019
2022	1,219,475	415,507
2023	1,228,719	431,006

Maternal mortality chart: Afghanistan vs Senegal

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 237 deaths in Senegal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Afghanistan	Senegal
1985	2,232	899
1986	1,857	820
1987	1,821	760
1988	1,572	709
1989	1,520	662
1990	1,550	640
1991	1,534	616
1992	1,443	598
1993	1,347	589
1994	1,396	579
1995	1,414	586
1996	1,389	601
1997	1,376	599
1998	1,464	605
1999	1,346	602
2000	1,372	581
2001	1,311	560
2002	1,263	531
2003	1,201	520
2004	1,166	501
2005	1,108	488
2006	1,069	462
2007	1,032	457
2008	955	463
2009	925	441
2010	893	436
2011	838	415
2012	810	405
2013	778	385
2014	755	373
2015	741	357
2016	702	345
2017	659	325
2018	629	305
2019	601	286
2020	634	252
2021	660	263
2022	551	228
2023	521	237

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.55% in Afghanistan and 3.85% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	35.3%	29.3%
1961	34.8%	29.4%
1962	34.2%	29.5%
1963	33.7%	29.6%
1964	33.2%	29.7%
1965	32.7%	29.7%
1966	32.2%	29.7%
1967	31.7%	29.6%
1968	31.2%	29.4%
1969	30.6%	29.2%
1970	30.2%	28.8%
1971	29.7%	28.4%
1972	29.1%	27.8%
1973	28.6%	27%
1974	28.1%	26.2%
1975	27.5%	25.3%
1976	27%	24.2%
1977	26.4%	23.1%
1978	25.8%	22.1%
1979	25.2%	21.2%
1980	24.6%	20.4%
1981	23.9%	19.7%
1982	28%	19.1%
1983	27.4%	18.5%
1984	30.9%	17.9%
1985	30.1%	17.1%
1986	25.3%	16.3%
1987	24.7%	15.4%
1988	21.8%	14.7%
1989	18.7%	14.1%
1990	18.1%	13.7%
1991	17.4%	13.6%
1992	16.9%	13.5%
1993	16.3%	13.6%
1994	15.8%	13.7%
1995	15.3%	13.8%
1996	14.8%	13.8%
1997	14.4%	13.9%
1998	14%	13.7%
1999	13.6%	13.4%
2000	13.2%	12.9%
2001	12.7%	12.2%
2002	12.3%	11.4%
2003	11.9%	10.5%
2004	11.4%	9.59%
2005	11%	8.8%
2006	10.5%	8.11%
2007	10.1%	7.52%
2008	9.63%	7.03%
2009	9.22%	6.63%
2010	8.83%	6.3%
2011	8.46%	6.01%
2012	8.12%	5.77%
2013	7.8%	5.57%
2014	7.51%	5.39%
2015	7.24%	5.24%
2016	7%	5.11%
2017	6.76%	4.97%
2018	6.54%	4.82%
2019	6.33%	4.65%
2020	6.13%	4.46%
2021	5.93%	4.25%
2022	5.74%	4.04%
2023	5.55%	3.85%