Fertility & birth rates in Afghanistan and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Afghanistan vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Afghanistan vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	7.28	6.38
1961	7.28	6.3
1962	7.29	6.23
1963	7.3	6.16
1964	7.3	6.07
1965	7.31	5.98
1966	7.32	5.87
1967	7.34	5.75
1968	7.36	5.61
1969	7.39	5.47
1970	7.4	5.32
1971	7.43	5.17
1972	7.45	5.04
1973	7.49	4.91
1974	7.53	4.79
1975	7.54	4.69
1976	7.56	4.59
1977	7.59	4.49
1978	7.6	4.4
1979	7.61	4.3
1980	7.64	4.2
1981	7.62	4.1
1982	7.6	4.01
1983	7.57	3.93
1984	7.55	3.86
1985	7.55	3.79
1986	7.55	3.73
1987	7.55	3.67
1988	7.55	3.6
1989	7.56	3.52
1990	7.58	3.45
1991	7.63	3.37
1992	7.7	3.29
1993	7.76	3.22
1994	7.77	3.15
1995	7.77	3.08
1996	7.76	3.02
1997	7.73	2.97
1998	7.69	2.91
1999	7.64	2.86
2000	7.57	2.79
2001	7.45	2.78
2002	7.32	2.74
2003	7.17	2.7
2004	7.02	2.64
2005	6.86	2.63
2006	6.69	2.6
2007	6.51	2.52
2008	6.39	2.48
2009	6.3	2.42
2010	6.2	2.4
2011	6.09	2.4
2012	5.99	2.38
2013	5.88	2.33
2014	5.77	2.3
2015	5.65	2.25
2016	5.54	2.22
2017	5.43	2.18
2018	5.33	2.15
2019	5.24	2.13
2020	5.15	2.12
2021	5.04	2.11
2022	4.93	2.09
2023	4.84	2.08
2024	4.76	2.08
2025	4.66	2.06
2026	4.56	2.04
2027	4.48	2.03
2028	4.4	2.01
2029	4.3	2
2030	4.22	1.99
2031	4.15	1.98
2032	4.07	1.97
2033	4	1.96
2034	3.95	1.95
2035	3.89	1.94
2036	3.82	1.93
2037	3.76	1.92
2038	3.68	1.91
2039	3.61	1.91
2040	3.56	1.9
2041	3.49	1.89
2042	3.44	1.88
2043	3.39	1.87
2044	3.34	1.86
2045	3.3	1.86
2046	3.26	1.85
2047	3.22	1.84
2048	3.18	1.84
2049	3.14	1.83
2050	3.09	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Afghanistan	Venezuela
1960	41.9%	46.8%
1961	42%	46.9%
1962	42.1%	47%
1963	42.2%	47%
1964	42.4%	47%
1965	42.6%	46.9%
1966	42.9%	46.8%
1967	43.2%	46.6%
1968	43.4%	46.3%
1969	43.7%	46%
1970	43.9%	45.6%
1971	44.2%	45.2%
1972	44.4%	44.7%
1973	44.6%	44.3%
1974	44.8%	43.8%
1975	45%	43.3%
1976	45.2%	42.9%
1977	45.4%	42.5%
1978	45.6%	42.1%
1979	45.8%	41.7%
1980	46.1%	41.3%
1981	46.3%	41%
1982	46.5%	40.6%
1983	46.6%	40.3%
1984	46.8%	39.9%
1985	47%	39.6%
1986	47.2%	39.3%
1987	47.3%	39%
1988	47.4%	38.7%
1989	47.5%	38.4%
1990	47.7%	38.1%
1991	47.8%	37.8%
1992	48%	37.4%
1993	48.2%	37%
1994	48.5%	36.6%
1995	48.7%	36.2%
1996	49%	35.8%
1997	49.3%	35.3%
1998	49.6%	34.9%
1999	49.8%	34.5%
2000	50%	34%
2001	50.2%	33.6%
2002	50.2%	33.1%
2003	50.2%	32.7%
2004	50.2%	32.2%
2005	50%	31.8%
2006	49.9%	31.4%
2007	49.6%	31%
2008	49.3%	30.6%
2009	48.9%	30.3%
2010	48.5%	29.9%
2011	48%	29.5%
2012	47.6%	29.2%
2013	47.2%	28.9%
2014	46.7%	28.5%
2015	46.3%	28.2%
2016	45.8%	27.9%
2017	45.4%	27.8%
2018	45%	27.9%
2019	44.6%	28%
2020	44.2%	27.8%
2021	43.9%	27.4%
2022	43.6%	26.8%
2023	43.2%	26.2%
2024	42.9%	25.5%
2025	42.6%	24.9%
2026	42.2%	24.3%
2027	41.9%	23.8%
2028	41.5%	23.2%
2029	41.1%	22.8%
2030	40.7%	22.4%
2031	40.3%	22%
2032	39.8%	21.7%
2033	39.4%	21.5%
2034	39%	21.4%
2035	38.6%	21.4%
2036	38.2%	21.4%
2037	37.8%	21.5%
2038	37.4%	21.5%
2039	36.9%	21.4%
2040	36.5%	21.4%
2041	36%	21.3%
2042	35.6%	21.2%
2043	35.2%	21.1%
2044	34.8%	20.9%
2045	34.4%	20.7%
2046	34%	20.5%
2047	33.6%	20.3%
2048	33.3%	20%
2049	32.9%	19.8%
2050	32.5%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.9% of the population in Afghanistan and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 47.7% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Afghanistan and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Afghanistan vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.04% in Afghanistan and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	170,257	285,105
1961	179,094	292,109
1962	188,427	299,345
1963	198,035	307,279
1964	207,867	314,397
1965	217,741	321,695
1966	228,786	329,697
1967	239,967	335,813
1968	251,798	340,973
1969	263,823	343,596
1970	275,129	350,709
1971	288,267	355,212
1972	300,633	360,749
1973	315,062	367,612
1974	330,232	375,678
1975	343,850	385,045
1976	357,775	395,344
1977	372,567	405,315
1978	369,101	414,032
1979	361,750	421,256
1980	365,396	425,613
1981	343,468	432,059
1982	263,210	436,564
1983	263,778	443,569
1984	205,262	449,186
1985	228,469	455,517
1986	310,066	468,252
1987	314,361	474,204
1988	358,397	477,569
1989	381,158	478,053
1990	402,433	478,168
1991	409,954	477,917
1992	440,132	474,824
1993	541,257	473,189
1994	609,096	469,178
1995	653,280	469,267
1996	685,005	468,653
1997	709,778	472,002
1998	719,860	469,123
1999	760,727	463,787
2000	782,727	459,802
2001	764,090	451,487
2002	776,048	466,821
2003	826,165	456,902
2004	850,940	455,881
2005	855,112	463,260
2006	875,301	460,152
2007	889,848	452,482
2008	891,246	435,870
2009	920,581	427,257
2010	943,473	425,397
2011	966,743	425,958
2012	1,004,814	420,758
2013	1,033,778	408,930
2014	1,053,788	395,088
2015	1,077,068	384,560
2016	1,090,016	359,651
2017	1,101,218	340,222
2018	1,115,262	317,302
2019	1,138,485	274,826
2020	1,134,407	237,223
2021	1,133,611	207,746
2022	1,219,475	216,619
2023	1,228,719	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Afghanistan vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Afghanistan	Venezuela
1985	2,232	83
1986	1,857	81
1987	1,821	81
1988	1,572	80
1989	1,520	80
1990	1,550	83
1991	1,534	80
1992	1,443	82
1993	1,347	82
1994	1,396	84
1995	1,414	84
1996	1,389	86
1997	1,376	82
1998	1,464	82
1999	1,346	88
2000	1,372	86
2001	1,311	101
2002	1,263	87
2003	1,201	97
2004	1,166	94
2005	1,108	93
2006	1,069	96
2007	1,032	92
2008	955	103
2009	925	109
2010	893	110
2011	838	104
2012	810	113
2013	778	123
2014	755	133
2015	741	136
2016	702	162
2017	659	195
2018	629	205
2019	601	202
2020	634	207
2021	660	251
2022	551	219
2023	521	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.55% in Afghanistan and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	35.3%	7.97%
1961	34.8%	7.72%
1962	34.2%	7.49%
1963	33.7%	7.3%
1964	33.2%	7.14%
1965	32.7%	7%
1966	32.2%	6.87%
1967	31.7%	6.75%
1968	31.2%	6.61%
1969	30.6%	6.47%
1970	30.2%	6.3%
1971	29.7%	6.12%
1972	29.1%	5.94%
1973	28.6%	5.75%
1974	28.1%	5.57%
1975	27.5%	5.38%
1976	27%	5.2%
1977	26.4%	5.01%
1978	25.8%	4.82%
1979	25.2%	4.62%
1980	24.6%	4.42%
1981	23.9%	4.24%
1982	28%	4.07%
1983	27.4%	3.91%
1984	30.9%	3.77%
1985	30.1%	3.64%
1986	25.3%	3.5%
1987	24.7%	3.37%
1988	21.8%	3.23%
1989	18.7%	3.09%
1990	18.1%	2.96%
1991	17.4%	2.86%
1992	16.9%	2.78%
1993	16.3%	2.73%
1994	15.8%	2.68%
1995	15.3%	2.63%
1996	14.8%	2.55%
1997	14.4%	2.45%
1998	14%	2.34%
1999	13.6%	2.24%
2000	13.2%	2.15%
2001	12.7%	2.09%
2002	12.3%	2.03%
2003	11.9%	1.98%
2004	11.4%	1.91%
2005	11%	1.85%
2006	10.5%	1.79%
2007	10.1%	1.74%
2008	9.63%	1.72%
2009	9.22%	1.71%
2010	8.83%	1.72%
2011	8.46%	1.73%
2012	8.12%	1.76%
2013	7.8%	1.79%
2014	7.51%	1.83%
2015	7.24%	1.92%
2016	7%	2.43%
2017	6.76%	2.43%
2018	6.54%	2.43%
2019	6.33%	2.43%
2020	6.13%	2.43%
2021	5.93%	2.43%
2022	5.74%	2.43%
2023	5.55%	2.43%