Fertility & birth rates in Afghanistan and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	7.28	7.2
1961	7.28	7.21
1962	7.29	7.23
1963	7.3	7.23
1964	7.3	7.23
1965	7.31	7.23
1966	7.32	7.2
1967	7.34	7.16
1968	7.36	7.11
1969	7.39	7.04
1970	7.4	6.98
1971	7.43	6.94
1972	7.45	6.94
1973	7.49	6.94
1974	7.53	6.88
1975	7.54	6.83
1976	7.56	6.77
1977	7.59	6.71
1978	7.6	6.66
1979	7.61	6.59
1980	7.64	6.52
1981	7.62	6.45
1982	7.6	6.33
1983	7.57	6.2
1984	7.55	6.04
1985	7.55	5.87
1986	7.55	5.69
1987	7.55	5.5
1988	7.55	5.28
1989	7.56	5.07
1990	7.58	4.88
1991	7.63	4.72
1992	7.7	4.57
1993	7.76	4.39
1994	7.77	4.28
1995	7.77	4.15
1996	7.76	4.11
1997	7.73	4.08
1998	7.69	4.07
1999	7.64	4.06
2000	7.57	4.01
2001	7.45	3.98
2002	7.32	3.93
2003	7.17	3.86
2004	7.02	3.78
2005	6.86	3.69
2006	6.69	3.64
2007	6.51	3.68
2008	6.39	3.78
2009	6.3	3.95
2010	6.2	4.04
2011	6.09	4.13
2012	5.99	4.13
2013	5.88	4.11
2014	5.77	4.01
2015	5.65	3.91
2016	5.54	3.83
2017	5.43	3.77
2018	5.33	3.74
2019	5.24	3.75
2020	5.15	3.75
2021	5.04	3.77
2022	4.93	3.77
2023	4.84	3.72
2024	4.76	3.67
2025	4.66	3.62
2026	4.56	3.57
2027	4.48	3.52
2028	4.4	3.47
2029	4.3	3.43
2030	4.22	3.38
2031	4.15	3.33
2032	4.07	3.29
2033	4	3.25
2034	3.95	3.21
2035	3.89	3.17
2036	3.82	3.13
2037	3.76	3.09
2038	3.68	3.06
2039	3.61	3.02
2040	3.56	2.99
2041	3.49	2.96
2042	3.44	2.93
2043	3.39	2.9
2044	3.34	2.87
2045	3.3	2.84
2046	3.26	2.81
2047	3.22	2.78
2048	3.18	2.75
2049	3.14	2.72
2050	3.09	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe
1960	41.9%	47.3%
1961	42%	47.7%
1962	42.1%	48.1%
1963	42.2%	48.5%
1964	42.4%	48.8%
1965	42.6%	48.7%
1966	42.9%	48.6%
1967	43.2%	48.5%
1968	43.4%	48.5%
1969	43.7%	48.4%
1970	43.9%	48.3%
1971	44.2%	48.2%
1972	44.4%	48.2%
1973	44.6%	48.1%
1974	44.8%	48.1%
1975	45%	48.1%
1976	45.2%	48.2%
1977	45.4%	48.3%
1978	45.6%	48.5%
1979	45.8%	48.8%
1980	46.1%	48.7%
1981	46.3%	48.4%
1982	46.5%	48.3%
1983	46.6%	48.2%
1984	46.8%	48.1%
1985	47%	48%
1986	47.2%	47.9%
1987	47.3%	47.9%
1988	47.4%	47.9%
1989	47.5%	47.6%
1990	47.7%	47.1%
1991	47.8%	46.6%
1992	48%	46.8%
1993	48.2%	47.1%
1994	48.5%	46.6%
1995	48.7%	45.9%
1996	49%	45%
1997	49.3%	44%
1998	49.6%	43.1%
1999	49.8%	42.4%
2000	50%	41.9%
2001	50.2%	41.5%
2002	50.2%	41.4%
2003	50.2%	41.5%
2004	50.2%	41.7%
2005	50%	41.9%
2006	49.9%	42%
2007	49.6%	42.1%
2008	49.3%	42.4%
2009	48.9%	42.7%
2010	48.5%	43%
2011	48%	43.4%
2012	47.6%	43.7%
2013	47.2%	43.9%
2014	46.7%	43.9%
2015	46.3%	43.8%
2016	45.8%	43.6%
2017	45.4%	43.3%
2018	45%	42.9%
2019	44.6%	42.5%
2020	44.2%	42.2%
2021	43.9%	41.9%
2022	43.6%	41.6%
2023	43.2%	41.3%
2024	42.9%	40.9%
2025	42.6%	40.3%
2026	42.2%	39.6%
2027	41.9%	39%
2028	41.5%	38.4%
2029	41.1%	37.8%
2030	40.7%	37.4%
2031	40.3%	37%
2032	39.8%	36.8%
2033	39.4%	36.5%
2034	39%	36.3%
2035	38.6%	36.1%
2036	38.2%	35.8%
2037	37.8%	35.6%
2038	37.4%	35.3%
2039	36.9%	35.1%
2040	36.5%	34.8%
2041	36%	34.6%
2042	35.6%	34.3%
2043	35.2%	34.1%
2044	34.8%	33.8%
2045	34.4%	33.5%
2046	34%	33.2%
2047	33.6%	32.9%
2048	33.3%	32.6%
2049	32.9%	32.2%
2050	32.5%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 42.9% of the population in Afghanistan and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 47.7% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Afghanistan and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.04% in Afghanistan and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	170,257	126,959
1961	179,094	131,531
1962	188,427	136,317
1963	198,035	140,984
1964	207,867	145,848
1965	217,741	151,164
1966	228,786	156,014
1967	239,967	161,205
1968	251,798	166,865
1969	263,823	172,626
1970	275,129	178,979
1971	288,267	185,427
1972	300,633	193,725
1973	315,062	201,885
1974	330,232	208,806
1975	343,850	216,947
1976	357,775	221,419
1977	372,567	225,139
1978	369,101	222,979
1979	361,750	223,657
1980	365,396	241,179
1981	343,468	271,361
1982	263,210	279,934
1983	263,778	286,545
1984	205,262	290,052
1985	228,469	290,756
1986	310,066	289,894
1987	314,361	286,766
1988	358,397	277,498
1989	381,158	270,838
1990	402,433	265,444
1991	409,954	260,943
1992	440,132	255,291
1993	541,257	228,045
1994	609,096	216,343
1995	653,280	206,695
1996	685,005	205,269
1997	709,778	216,288
1998	719,860	225,614
1999	760,727	232,393
2000	782,727	236,343
2001	764,090	227,909
2002	776,048	244,170
2003	826,165	243,057
2004	850,940	248,307
2005	855,112	248,545
2006	875,301	248,963
2007	889,848	261,805
2008	891,246	280,527
2009	920,581	309,316
2010	943,473	335,570
2011	966,743	359,572
2012	1,004,814	371,135
2013	1,033,778	374,757
2014	1,053,788	366,350
2015	1,077,068	356,203
2016	1,090,016	348,772
2017	1,101,218	344,035
2018	1,115,262	345,883
2019	1,138,485	348,798
2020	1,134,407	354,790
2021	1,133,611	349,908
2022	1,219,475	371,243
2023	1,228,719	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Afghanistan vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Afghanistan	Zimbabwe
1985	2,232	573
1986	1,857	525
1987	1,821	480
1988	1,572	431
1989	1,520	382
1990	1,550	353
1991	1,534	332
1992	1,443	333
1993	1,347	331
1994	1,396	332
1995	1,414	332
1996	1,389	352
1997	1,376	357
1998	1,464	368
1999	1,346	399
2000	1,372	405
2001	1,311	467
2002	1,263	418
2003	1,201	455
2004	1,166	451
2005	1,108	454
2006	1,069	480
2007	1,032	519
2008	955	526
2009	925	540
2010	893	567
2011	838	564
2012	810	558
2013	778	525
2014	755	468
2015	741	428
2016	702	411
2017	659	389
2018	629	386
2019	601	388
2020	634	380
2021	660	446
2022	551	368
2023	521	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.55% in Afghanistan and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	35.3%	15.2%
1961	34.8%	14.8%
1962	34.2%	14.4%
1963	33.7%	14%
1964	33.2%	13.5%
1965	32.7%	13.1%
1966	32.2%	12.7%
1967	31.7%	12.4%
1968	31.2%	12.1%
1969	30.6%	11.8%
1970	30.2%	11.7%
1971	29.7%	11.5%
1972	29.1%	11.5%
1973	28.6%	11.4%
1974	28.1%	11.4%
1975	27.5%	11.4%
1976	27%	11.5%
1977	26.4%	11.5%
1978	25.8%	11.5%
1979	25.2%	11.3%
1980	24.6%	11.1%
1981	23.9%	10.7%
1982	28%	10.1%
1983	27.4%	9.5%
1984	30.9%	8.87%
1985	30.1%	8.31%
1986	25.3%	7.86%
1987	24.7%	7.61%
1988	21.8%	7.55%
1989	18.7%	7.69%
1990	18.1%	7.97%
1991	17.4%	8.33%
1992	16.9%	8.73%
1993	16.3%	9.16%
1994	15.8%	9.52%
1995	15.3%	9.83%
1996	14.8%	10%
1997	14.4%	10.1%
1998	14%	10%
1999	13.6%	9.92%
2000	13.2%	9.83%
2001	12.7%	9.79%
2002	12.3%	8.48%
2003	11.9%	8.85%
2004	11.4%	9.17%
2005	11%	9.23%
2006	10.5%	9.4%
2007	10.1%	9.47%
2008	9.63%	9.34%
2009	9.22%	9.03%
2010	8.83%	8.5%
2011	8.46%	7.88%
2012	8.12%	7.14%
2013	7.8%	6.55%
2014	7.51%	6.18%
2015	7.24%	5.98%
2016	7%	5.69%
2017	6.76%	5.5%
2018	6.54%	5.23%
2019	6.33%	5.11%
2020	6.13%	5.01%
2021	5.93%	4.76%
2022	5.74%	4.6%
2023	5.55%	4.42%