Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and Palestine

Fertility rate in Algeria vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	7.5	-
1961	7.56	-
1962	7.61	-
1963	7.65	-
1964	7.67	-
1965	7.71	-
1966	7.71	-
1967	7.71	-
1968	7.71	-
1969	7.71	-
1970	7.7	-
1971	7.67	-
1972	7.63	-
1973	7.59	-
1974	7.55	-
1975	7.49	-
1976	7.41	-
1977	7.31	-
1978	7.21	-
1979	7.12	-
1980	6.99	-
1981	6.85	-
1982	6.68	-
1983	6.5	-
1984	6.28	-
1985	6.04	-
1986	5.65	-
1987	5.3	-
1988	5.02	-
1989	4.76	-
1990	4.51	6.81
1991	4.37	6.75
1992	4.27	6.65
1993	4.08	6.5
1994	3.91	6.33
1995	3.49	6.16
1996	3.14	5.99
1997	2.89	5.82
1998	2.69	5.69
1999	2.62	5.58
2000	2.59	5.46
2001	2.52	5.34
2002	2.43	5.22
2003	2.45	5.06
2004	2.5	4.97
2005	2.56	4.87
2006	2.63	4.74
2007	2.7	4.63
2008	2.79	4.51
2009	2.83	4.44
2010	2.88	4.43
2011	2.9	4.31
2012	3	4.15
2013	3	4.05
2014	3.08	4
2015	3.09	3.98
2016	3.09	3.89
2017	3.09	3.77
2018	3.02	3.67
2019	3	3.59
2020	2.94	3.51
2021	2.87	3.44
2022	2.82	3.38
2023	2.77	3.31
2024	2.72	3.25
2025	2.67	3.19
2026	2.62	3.13
2027	2.58	3.07
2028	2.53	3.02
2029	2.49	2.97
2030	2.45	2.93
2031	2.41	2.89
2032	2.38	2.85
2033	2.34	2.81
2034	2.32	2.78
2035	2.29	2.75
2036	2.26	2.71
2037	2.23	2.68
2038	2.21	2.65
2039	2.18	2.62
2040	2.16	2.59
2041	2.14	2.56
2042	2.12	2.53
2043	2.1	2.51
2044	2.08	2.48
2045	2.07	2.45
2046	2.05	2.43
2047	2.04	2.41
2048	2.03	2.38
2049	2.01	2.36
2050	2	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	Palestine
1960	45.5%	-
1961	45.9%	-
1962	46.2%	-
1963	46.6%	-
1964	46.9%	-
1965	47%	-
1966	47.1%	-
1967	47.2%	-
1968	47.1%	-
1969	47%	-
1970	47%	-
1971	46.9%	-
1972	46.8%	-
1973	46.7%	-
1974	46.6%	-
1975	46.7%	-
1976	47.2%	-
1977	47.3%	-
1978	47%	-
1979	46.8%	-
1980	46.5%	-
1981	46.1%	-
1982	45.8%	-
1983	45.4%	-
1984	45%	-
1985	44.6%	-
1986	44.2%	-
1987	43.7%	-
1988	43.1%	-
1989	42.6%	-
1990	42%	49.1%
1991	41.4%	49.1%
1992	41%	49%
1993	40.5%	49%
1994	39.9%	48.9%
1995	39.1%	48.8%
1996	38.2%	48.6%
1997	37.2%	48.4%
1998	36.1%	48.1%
1999	34.9%	47.8%
2000	33.7%	47.4%
2001	32.6%	47.1%
2002	31.5%	46.6%
2003	30.6%	46.1%
2004	29.7%	45.6%
2005	29%	45%
2006	28.4%	44.3%
2007	28%	43.7%
2008	27.7%	43%
2009	27.5%	42.4%
2010	27.5%	41.9%
2011	27.5%	41.5%
2012	27.7%	41.1%
2013	28.1%	40.7%
2014	28.6%	40.4%
2015	29%	40.1%
2016	29.5%	39.9%
2017	29.9%	39.7%
2018	30.3%	39.6%
2019	30.6%	39.5%
2020	30.8%	39.3%
2021	30.9%	39%
2022	30.8%	38.7%
2023	30.6%	38.4%
2024	30.3%	38%
2025	29.9%	37.6%
2026	29.4%	37%
2027	28.9%	36.5%
2028	28.2%	35.9%
2029	27.5%	35.3%
2030	26.8%	34.7%
2031	26%	34%
2032	25.2%	33.4%
2033	24.5%	32.8%
2034	23.8%	32.3%
2035	23.2%	31.8%
2036	22.6%	31.4%
2037	22.2%	31%
2038	21.8%	30.6%
2039	21.5%	30.3%
2040	21.2%	30%
2041	21%	29.7%
2042	20.9%	29.4%
2043	20.8%	29.2%
2044	20.8%	28.9%
2045	20.8%	28.6%
2046	20.9%	28.4%
2047	20.9%	28.1%
2048	20.9%	27.8%
2049	21%	27.5%
2050	21%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 42% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	290,582	-
1961	296,467	-
1962	283,903	-
1963	315,645	-
1964	312,729	-
1965	311,190	-
1966	309,628	-
1967	316,289	-
1968	324,560	-
1969	334,541	-
1970	346,564	-
1971	356,069	-
1972	368,179	-
1973	382,736	-
1974	399,509	-
1975	417,803	-
1976	440,192	-
1977	465,405	-
1978	491,876	-
1979	523,875	-
1980	559,983	-
1981	595,150	-
1982	620,415	-
1983	641,167	-
1984	656,475	-
1985	672,185	-
1986	661,644	-
1987	645,309	-
1988	637,215	-
1989	628,542	-
1990	612,369	76,163
1991	616,850	79,444
1992	627,289	82,865
1993	611,306	86,434
1994	594,445	90,156
1995	533,104	94,037
1996	483,632	98,085
1997	450,138	102,307
1998	425,928	103,566
1999	434,198	104,823
2000	447,025	106,367
2001	450,637	107,320
2002	451,369	108,560
2003	474,272	109,162
2004	508,773	110,045
2005	543,158	110,569
2006	580,812	111,728
2007	620,196	112,453
2008	662,044	108,395
2009	691,496	111,724
2010	719,350	117,674
2011	741,832	119,021
2012	790,645	119,185
2013	802,203	120,503
2014	839,654	120,724
2015	847,054	126,189
2016	849,368	126,698
2017	848,585	125,688
2018	824,428	124,791
2019	809,522	124,508
2020	724,140	122,416
2021	735,514	120,396
2022	722,591	123,987
2023	691,724	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	Palestine
1985	292	102
1986	265	96
1987	243	87
1988	227	85
1989	215	82
1990	202	78
1991	198	75
1992	193	73
1993	195	69
1994	196	66
1995	187	64
1996	173	61
1997	155	60
1998	143	59
1999	132	58
2000	123	59
2001	113	60
2002	102	58
2003	101	56
2004	91	55
2005	87	52
2006	84	51
2007	83	49
2008	83	49
2009	83	48
2010	82	42
2011	81	39
2012	81	36
2013	81	32
2014	80	29
2015	79	26
2016	79	23
2017	77	21
2018	75	19
2019	73	18
2020	97	20
2021	79	29
2022	64	17
2023	62	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
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%	10.8%
1976	20%	10.2%
1977	19%	9.55%
1978	18%	8.98%
1979	16.9%	8.45%
1980	15.6%	7.95%
1981	14%	7.48%
1982	12.3%	7.04%
1983	10.5%	6.63%
1984	8.91%	6.25%
1985	7.61%	5.89%
1986	6.63%	5.56%
1987	5.96%	5.25%
1988	5.55%	4.97%
1989	5.3%	4.72%
1990	5.17%	4.49%
1991	5.09%	4.28%
1992	5.04%	4.09%
1993	4.98%	3.92%
1994	4.9%	3.77%
1995	4.81%	3.62%
1996	4.7%	3.49%
1997	4.58%	3.36%
1998	4.45%	3.24%
1999	4.31%	3.13%
2000	4.16%	3.03%
2001	4.01%	2.94%
2002	3.85%	2.85%
2003	3.7%	2.77%
2004	3.54%	2.68%
2005	3.4%	2.6%
2006	3.26%	2.52%
2007	3.13%	2.43%
2008	3.01%	2.35%
2009	2.9%	2.28%
2010	2.81%	2.2%
2011	2.73%	2.12%
2012	2.66%	2.04%
2013	2.6%	1.97%
2014	2.54%	2.2%
2015	2.49%	1.83%
2016	2.45%	1.76%
2017	2.4%	1.69%
2018	2.37%	1.63%
2019	2.33%	1.57%
2020	2.29%	1.52%
2021	2.26%	1.47%
2022	2.23%	1.42%
2023	2.2%	2.63%