Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and Djibouti

Fertility rate in Algeria vs Djibouti chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Algeria was 2.77 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.61 in Djibouti in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs Djibouti population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	Djibouti
1960	7.5	6.85
1961	7.56	6.85
1962	7.61	6.85
1963	7.65	6.86
1964	7.67	6.87
1965	7.71	6.86
1966	7.71	6.88
1967	7.71	6.87
1968	7.71	6.88
1969	7.71	6.88
1970	7.7	6.88
1971	7.67	6.88
1972	7.63	6.85
1973	7.59	6.82
1974	7.55	6.78
1975	7.49	6.74
1976	7.41	6.69
1977	7.31	6.64
1978	7.21	6.59
1979	7.12	6.52
1980	6.99	6.46
1981	6.85	6.4
1982	6.68	6.34
1983	6.5	6.3
1984	6.28	6.25
1985	6.04	6.19
1986	5.65	6.14
1987	5.3	6.09
1988	5.02	6.03
1989	4.76	5.97
1990	4.51	5.93
1991	4.37	5.86
1992	4.27	5.75
1993	4.08	5.64
1994	3.91	5.51
1995	3.49	5.33
1996	3.14	5.15
1997	2.89	4.97
1998	2.69	4.8
1999	2.62	4.69
2000	2.59	4.6
2001	2.52	4.52
2002	2.43	4.41
2003	2.45	4.3
2004	2.5	4.16
2005	2.56	4.04
2006	2.63	3.9
2007	2.7	3.76
2008	2.79	3.62
2009	2.83	3.52
2010	2.88	3.43
2011	2.9	3.34
2012	3	3.26
2013	3	3.19
2014	3.08	3.12
2015	3.09	3.04
2016	3.09	2.97
2017	3.09	2.92
2018	3.02	2.86
2019	3	2.8
2020	2.94	2.75
2021	2.87	2.7
2022	2.82	2.65
2023	2.77	2.61
2024	2.72	2.62
2025	2.67	2.58
2026	2.62	2.54
2027	2.58	2.51
2028	2.53	2.48
2029	2.49	2.45
2030	2.45	2.42
2031	2.41	2.39
2032	2.38	2.36
2033	2.34	2.33
2034	2.32	2.31
2035	2.29	2.29
2036	2.26	2.27
2037	2.23	2.25
2038	2.21	2.23
2039	2.18	2.21
2040	2.16	2.19
2041	2.14	2.17
2042	2.12	2.16
2043	2.1	2.14
2044	2.08	2.13
2045	2.07	2.11
2046	2.05	2.1
2047	2.04	2.09
2048	2.03	2.08
2049	2.01	2.06
2050	2	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	Djibouti
1960	45.5%	44.2%
1961	45.9%	44%
1962	46.2%	43.8%
1963	46.6%	43.7%
1964	46.9%	43.5%
1965	47%	43.6%
1966	47.1%	43.8%
1967	47.2%	44%
1968	47.1%	44.3%
1969	47%	44.5%
1970	47%	44.7%
1971	46.9%	44.9%
1972	46.8%	45%
1973	46.7%	45.2%
1974	46.6%	45.3%
1975	46.7%	45.4%
1976	47.2%	45.5%
1977	47.3%	45.5%
1978	47%	45.6%
1979	46.8%	45.5%
1980	46.5%	45.5%
1981	46.1%	45.4%
1982	45.8%	45.3%
1983	45.4%	45.1%
1984	45%	45%
1985	44.6%	44.8%
1986	44.2%	44.6%
1987	43.7%	44.4%
1988	43.1%	44.2%
1989	42.6%	44%
1990	42%	43.7%
1991	41.4%	43.5%
1992	41%	43.3%
1993	40.5%	43.1%
1994	39.9%	42.8%
1995	39.1%	42.5%
1996	38.2%	42.2%
1997	37.2%	41.5%
1998	36.1%	40.6%
1999	34.9%	40%
2000	33.7%	39.6%
2001	32.6%	39.1%
2002	31.5%	38.7%
2003	30.6%	38.6%
2004	29.7%	38.5%
2005	29%	38.4%
2006	28.4%	38.1%
2007	28%	37.7%
2008	27.7%	37.2%
2009	27.5%	36.8%
2010	27.5%	36.4%
2011	27.5%	35.9%
2012	27.7%	35.5%
2013	28.1%	35.1%
2014	28.6%	34.6%
2015	29%	34%
2016	29.5%	33.4%
2017	29.9%	32.8%
2018	30.3%	32.2%
2019	30.6%	31.6%
2020	30.8%	31%
2021	30.9%	30.5%
2022	30.8%	30%
2023	30.6%	29.6%
2024	30.3%	29.2%
2025	29.9%	28.8%
2026	29.4%	28.5%
2027	28.9%	28.1%
2028	28.2%	27.8%
2029	27.5%	27.5%
2030	26.8%	27.3%
2031	26%	27%
2032	25.2%	26.8%
2033	24.5%	26.6%
2034	23.8%	26.4%
2035	23.2%	26.2%
2036	22.6%	26.1%
2037	22.2%	25.9%
2038	21.8%	25.7%
2039	21.5%	25.5%
2040	21.2%	25.3%
2041	21%	25.1%
2042	20.9%	24.9%
2043	20.8%	24.7%
2044	20.8%	24.5%
2045	20.8%	24.3%
2046	20.9%	24.1%
2047	20.9%	23.8%
2048	20.9%	23.6%
2049	21%	23.4%
2050	21%	23.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 29.2% in Djibouti in 2024, compared to 42% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and Djibouti compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs Djibouti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +1.43% in Djibouti. 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
	Algeria	Djibouti
1960	290,582	2,299
1961	296,467	2,412
1962	283,903	2,538
1963	315,645	2,687
1964	312,729	2,864
1965	311,190	3,054
1966	309,628	3,268
1967	316,289	3,484
1968	324,560	3,712
1969	334,541	3,950
1970	346,564	4,249
1971	356,069	4,484
1972	368,179	4,885
1973	382,736	5,234
1974	399,509	5,601
1975	417,803	6,034
1976	440,192	6,567
1977	465,405	7,195
1978	491,876	7,886
1979	523,875	8,573
1980	559,983	9,187
1981	595,150	9,654
1982	620,415	10,058
1983	641,167	10,391
1984	656,475	10,713
1985	672,185	11,106
1986	661,644	11,671
1987	645,309	12,357
1988	637,215	13,107
1989	628,542	13,851
1990	612,369	15,074
1991	616,850	16,553
1992	627,289	16,971
1993	611,306	15,805
1994	594,445	15,989
1995	533,104	15,651
1996	483,632	15,408
1997	450,138	15,255
1998	425,928	15,845
1999	434,198	16,491
2000	447,025	17,014
2001	450,637	17,710
2002	451,369	18,167
2003	474,272	18,341
2004	508,773	17,756
2005	543,158	17,361
2006	580,812	16,901
2007	620,196	16,647
2008	662,044	16,356
2009	691,496	16,323
2010	719,350	16,225
2011	741,832	16,169
2012	790,645	16,026
2013	802,203	15,986
2014	839,654	15,857
2015	847,054	15,718
2016	849,368	15,621
2017	848,585	15,593
2018	824,428	15,524
2019	809,522	15,368
2020	724,140	14,970
2021	735,514	14,555
2022	722,591	15,337
2023	691,724	15,349

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs Djibouti

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 62 deaths per 100,000 live births in Algeria, compared to 162 deaths in Djibouti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	Djibouti
1985	292	821
1986	265	804
1987	243	785
1988	227	768
1989	215	746
1990	202	725
1991	198	731
1992	193	780
1993	195	704
1994	196	682
1995	187	634
1996	173	609
1997	155	582
1998	143	555
1999	132	524
2000	123	501
2001	113	441
2002	102	404
2003	101	391
2004	91	364
2005	87	315
2006	84	298
2007	83	285
2008	83	273
2009	83	263
2010	82	243
2011	81	229
2012	81	221
2013	81	219
2014	80	212
2015	79	210
2016	79	204
2017	77	201
2018	75	199
2019	73	194
2020	97	192
2021	79	221
2022	64	174
2023	62	162

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 5.04% in Djibouti. 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
	Algeria	Djibouti
1960	24%	-
1961	24%	-
1962	24.1%	-
1963	24.2%	-
1964	24.3%	-
1965	24.5%	-
1966	24.6%	-
1967	24.6%	-
1968	24.6%	-
1969	24.4%	-
1970	24.1%	-
1971	23.7%	-
1972	23.1%	-
1973	22.4%	-
1974	21.7%	-
1975	20.9%	-
1976	20%	17.1%
1977	19%	16.6%
1978	18%	16.2%
1979	16.9%	15.7%
1980	15.6%	15.3%
1981	14%	14.8%
1982	12.3%	14.4%
1983	10.5%	14%
1984	8.91%	13.6%
1985	7.61%	13.2%
1986	6.63%	12.8%
1987	5.96%	12.5%
1988	5.55%	12.2%
1989	5.3%	11.9%
1990	5.17%	11.6%
1991	5.09%	11.4%
1992	5.04%	11.2%
1993	4.98%	11.1%
1994	4.9%	10.9%
1995	4.81%	10.8%
1996	4.7%	10.7%
1997	4.58%	10.5%
1998	4.45%	10.3%
1999	4.31%	10.2%
2000	4.16%	9.95%
2001	4.01%	9.72%
2002	3.85%	9.48%
2003	3.7%	9.24%
2004	3.54%	9%
2005	3.4%	8.77%
2006	3.26%	8.53%
2007	3.13%	8.28%
2008	3.01%	8.03%
2009	2.9%	7.81%
2010	2.81%	7.59%
2011	2.73%	7.36%
2012	2.66%	7.14%
2013	2.6%	6.93%
2014	2.54%	6.72%
2015	2.49%	6.51%
2016	2.45%	6.33%
2017	2.4%	6.13%
2018	2.37%	5.94%
2019	2.33%	5.75%
2020	2.29%	5.56%
2021	2.26%	5.38%
2022	2.23%	5.22%
2023	2.2%	5.04%