Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and Ethiopia

Fertility rate in Algeria vs Ethiopia 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 3.99 in Ethiopia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs Ethiopia 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	Ethiopia
1960	7.5	6.51
1961	7.56	6.53
1962	7.61	6.56
1963	7.65	6.59
1964	7.67	6.61
1965	7.71	6.63
1966	7.71	6.66
1967	7.71	6.68
1968	7.71	6.7
1969	7.71	6.72
1970	7.7	6.78
1971	7.67	6.84
1972	7.63	6.9
1973	7.59	6.96
1974	7.55	7.02
1975	7.49	7.08
1976	7.41	7.13
1977	7.31	7.19
1978	7.21	7.23
1979	7.12	7.25
1980	6.99	7.29
1981	6.85	7.31
1982	6.68	7.34
1983	6.5	7.35
1984	6.28	7.36
1985	6.04	7.34
1986	5.65	7.32
1987	5.3	7.29
1988	5.02	7.26
1989	4.76	7.23
1990	4.51	7.2
1991	4.37	7.16
1992	4.27	7.13
1993	4.08	7.09
1994	3.91	7.05
1995	3.49	7
1996	3.14	6.93
1997	2.89	6.87
1998	2.69	6.79
1999	2.62	6.72
2000	2.59	6.65
2001	2.52	6.58
2002	2.43	6.5
2003	2.45	6.4
2004	2.5	6.3
2005	2.56	6.19
2006	2.63	6.05
2007	2.7	5.89
2008	2.79	5.7
2009	2.83	5.49
2010	2.88	5.28
2011	2.9	5.08
2012	3	4.89
2013	3	4.71
2014	3.08	4.61
2015	3.09	4.53
2016	3.09	4.47
2017	3.09	4.4
2018	3.02	4.37
2019	3	4.35
2020	2.94	4.27
2021	2.87	4.18
2022	2.82	4.08
2023	2.77	3.99
2024	2.72	3.91
2025	2.67	3.81
2026	2.62	3.72
2027	2.58	3.64
2028	2.53	3.57
2029	2.49	3.5
2030	2.45	3.43
2031	2.41	3.36
2032	2.38	3.3
2033	2.34	3.24
2034	2.32	3.19
2035	2.29	3.14
2036	2.26	3.08
2037	2.23	3.03
2038	2.21	2.99
2039	2.18	2.94
2040	2.16	2.9
2041	2.14	2.86
2042	2.12	2.83
2043	2.1	2.79
2044	2.08	2.75
2045	2.07	2.72
2046	2.05	2.68
2047	2.04	2.65
2048	2.03	2.62
2049	2.01	2.59
2050	2	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	Ethiopia
1960	45.5%	42.2%
1961	45.9%	42.2%
1962	46.2%	42.1%
1963	46.6%	42.2%
1964	46.9%	42.3%
1965	47%	42.5%
1966	47.1%	42.9%
1967	47.2%	43.2%
1968	47.1%	43.5%
1969	47%	43.8%
1970	47%	44.2%
1971	46.9%	44.5%
1972	46.8%	44.9%
1973	46.7%	45.2%
1974	46.6%	45.4%
1975	46.7%	45.6%
1976	47.2%	45.7%
1977	47.3%	45.9%
1978	47%	46.1%
1979	46.8%	46.2%
1980	46.5%	46.3%
1981	46.1%	46.4%
1982	45.8%	46.5%
1983	45.4%	46.4%
1984	45%	46.2%
1985	44.6%	46.1%
1986	44.2%	46%
1987	43.7%	46%
1988	43.1%	46%
1989	42.6%	46.1%
1990	42%	46.2%
1991	41.4%	46.2%
1992	41%	46.2%
1993	40.5%	46.4%
1994	39.9%	46.5%
1995	39.1%	46.7%
1996	38.2%	46.9%
1997	37.2%	47.1%
1998	36.1%	47.4%
1999	34.9%	47.6%
2000	33.7%	47.7%
2001	32.6%	47.8%
2002	31.5%	47.8%
2003	30.6%	47.7%
2004	29.7%	47.6%
2005	29%	47.4%
2006	28.4%	47.2%
2007	28%	46.9%
2008	27.7%	46.6%
2009	27.5%	46.2%
2010	27.5%	45.7%
2011	27.5%	45.2%
2012	27.7%	44.6%
2013	28.1%	44%
2014	28.6%	43.4%
2015	29%	42.9%
2016	29.5%	42.3%
2017	29.9%	41.8%
2018	30.3%	41.3%
2019	30.6%	40.9%
2020	30.8%	40.5%
2021	30.9%	40.1%
2022	30.8%	39.7%
2023	30.6%	39.4%
2024	30.3%	39.1%
2025	29.9%	38.8%
2026	29.4%	38.5%
2027	28.9%	38.3%
2028	28.2%	38.1%
2029	27.5%	37.8%
2030	26.8%	37.6%
2031	26%	37.3%
2032	25.2%	37%
2033	24.5%	36.6%
2034	23.8%	36.2%
2035	23.2%	35.8%
2036	22.6%	35.4%
2037	22.2%	34.9%
2038	21.8%	34.5%
2039	21.5%	34%
2040	21.2%	33.6%
2041	21%	33.2%
2042	20.9%	32.8%
2043	20.8%	32.4%
2044	20.8%	32%
2045	20.8%	31.7%
2046	20.9%	31.3%
2047	20.9%	31%
2048	20.9%	30.7%
2049	21%	30.3%
2050	21%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 39.1% in Ethiopia in 2024, compared to 42% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and Ethiopia compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs Ethiopia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +2.64% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	290,582	511,694
1961	296,467	538,518
1962	283,903	563,650
1963	315,645	590,998
1964	312,729	618,667
1965	311,190	642,359
1966	309,628	616,281
1967	316,289	695,283
1968	324,560	715,602
1969	334,541	736,428
1970	346,564	760,821
1971	356,069	787,047
1972	368,179	779,808
1973	382,736	807,535
1974	399,509	777,306
1975	417,803	801,425
1976	440,192	899,577
1977	465,405	929,381
1978	491,876	943,388
1979	523,875	987,203
1980	559,983	1,007,516
1981	595,150	1,018,838
1982	620,415	1,080,853
1983	641,167	863,472
1984	656,475	920,670
1985	672,185	997,050
1986	661,644	1,050,277
1987	645,309	1,356,853
1988	637,215	1,393,356
1989	628,542	1,441,769
1990	612,369	1,479,663
1991	616,850	1,579,416
1992	627,289	1,673,839
1993	611,306	1,734,851
1994	594,445	1,788,133
1995	533,104	1,831,068
1996	483,632	1,896,364
1997	450,138	1,945,112
1998	425,928	1,984,989
1999	434,198	2,010,987
2000	447,025	2,083,622
2001	450,637	2,137,791
2002	451,369	2,189,683
2003	474,272	2,231,223
2004	508,773	2,296,999
2005	543,158	2,353,375
2006	580,812	2,393,585
2007	620,196	2,436,753
2008	662,044	2,465,283
2009	691,496	2,467,118
2010	719,350	2,498,048
2011	741,832	2,527,811
2012	790,645	2,533,398
2013	802,203	2,546,020
2014	839,654	2,623,647
2015	847,054	2,713,529
2016	849,368	2,809,889
2017	848,585	2,899,143
2018	824,428	3,015,231
2019	809,522	3,132,780
2020	724,140	3,199,718
2021	735,514	3,204,673
2022	722,591	3,300,114
2023	691,724	3,338,649

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs Ethiopia

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 195 deaths in Ethiopia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	Ethiopia
1985	292	1,329
1986	265	1,317
1987	243	1,289
1988	227	1,306
1989	215	1,296
1990	202	1,320
1991	198	1,239
1992	193	1,218
1993	195	1,168
1994	196	1,113
1995	187	1,060
1996	173	1,008
1997	155	957
1998	143	911
1999	132	901
2000	123	870
2001	113	856
2002	102	826
2003	101	797
2004	91	764
2005	87	754
2006	84	729
2007	83	704
2008	83	678
2009	83	649
2010	82	619
2011	81	588
2012	81	545
2013	81	494
2014	80	444
2015	79	401
2016	79	364
2017	77	327
2018	75	297
2019	73	269
2020	97	244
2021	79	250
2022	64	207
2023	62	195

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 4.65% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	24%	-
1961	24%	-
1962	24.1%	-
1963	24.2%	-
1964	24.3%	-
1965	24.5%	-
1966	24.6%	27.8%
1967	24.6%	24.9%
1968	24.6%	24.8%
1969	24.4%	24.8%
1970	24.1%	24.7%
1971	23.7%	24.7%
1972	23.1%	24.7%
1973	22.4%	24.6%
1974	21.7%	28.3%
1975	20.9%	28.2%
1976	20%	24.5%
1977	19%	24.5%
1978	18%	24.4%
1979	16.9%	24.2%
1980	15.6%	24%
1981	14%	23.8%
1982	12.3%	23.5%
1983	10.5%	32%
1984	8.91%	31.4%
1985	7.61%	30.3%
1986	6.63%	29.7%
1987	5.96%	21.5%
1988	5.55%	21%
1989	5.3%	20.6%
1990	5.17%	20.2%
1991	5.09%	19.7%
1992	5.04%	19.1%
1993	4.98%	18.5%
1994	4.9%	17.9%
1995	4.81%	17.2%
1996	4.7%	16.6%
1997	4.58%	15.9%
1998	4.45%	15.3%
1999	4.31%	14.7%
2000	4.16%	14%
2001	4.01%	13.4%
2002	3.85%	12.8%
2003	3.7%	12.1%
2004	3.54%	11.5%
2005	3.4%	10.9%
2006	3.26%	10.3%
2007	3.13%	9.74%
2008	3.01%	9.23%
2009	2.9%	8.76%
2010	2.81%	8.32%
2011	2.73%	7.91%
2012	2.66%	7.53%
2013	2.6%	7.16%
2014	2.54%	6.82%
2015	2.49%	6.49%
2016	2.45%	6.17%
2017	2.4%	5.89%
2018	2.37%	5.64%
2019	2.33%	5.41%
2020	2.29%	5.2%
2021	2.26%	5%
2022	2.23%	4.82%
2023	2.2%	4.65%