Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and South Africa

Fertility rate in Algeria vs South Africa 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 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs South Africa 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	South Africa
1960	7.5	6.11
1961	7.56	6.08
1962	7.61	6.05
1963	7.65	6.01
1964	7.67	5.96
1965	7.71	5.89
1966	7.71	5.91
1967	7.71	5.85
1968	7.71	5.78
1969	7.71	5.72
1970	7.7	5.63
1971	7.67	5.57
1972	7.63	5.49
1973	7.59	5.41
1974	7.55	5.3
1975	7.49	5.19
1976	7.41	5.07
1977	7.31	4.94
1978	7.21	4.85
1979	7.12	4.82
1980	6.99	4.78
1981	6.85	4.71
1982	6.68	4.7
1983	6.5	4.63
1984	6.28	4.57
1985	6.04	4.5
1986	5.65	4.41
1987	5.3	4.35
1988	5.02	4.18
1989	4.76	3.98
1990	4.51	3.72
1991	4.37	3.62
1992	4.27	3.48
1993	4.08	3.37
1994	3.91	3.26
1995	3.49	3.17
1996	3.14	2.99
1997	2.89	2.73
1998	2.69	2.63
1999	2.62	2.56
2000	2.59	2.41
2001	2.52	2.37
2002	2.43	2.32
2003	2.45	2.36
2004	2.5	2.44
2005	2.56	2.51
2006	2.63	2.55
2007	2.7	2.55
2008	2.79	2.68
2009	2.83	2.5
2010	2.88	2.44
2011	2.9	2.44
2012	3	2.45
2013	3	2.43
2014	3.08	2.42
2015	3.09	2.36
2016	3.09	2.26
2017	3.09	2.28
2018	3.02	2.27
2019	3	2.26
2020	2.94	2.26
2021	2.87	2.25
2022	2.82	2.23
2023	2.77	2.22
2024	2.72	2.21
2025	2.67	2.19
2026	2.62	2.17
2027	2.58	2.15
2028	2.53	2.13
2029	2.49	2.12
2030	2.45	2.1
2031	2.41	2.09
2032	2.38	2.07
2033	2.34	2.06
2034	2.32	2.05
2035	2.29	2.04
2036	2.26	2.03
2037	2.23	2.02
2038	2.21	2
2039	2.18	1.99
2040	2.16	1.98
2041	2.14	1.98
2042	2.12	1.97
2043	2.1	1.96
2044	2.08	1.95
2045	2.07	1.94
2046	2.05	1.93
2047	2.04	1.92
2048	2.03	1.91
2049	2.01	1.9
2050	2	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	South Africa
1960	45.5%	42.1%
1961	45.9%	42.1%
1962	46.2%	42.1%
1963	46.6%	42.1%
1964	46.9%	42.1%
1965	47%	42.1%
1966	47.1%	42.1%
1967	47.2%	42.2%
1968	47.1%	42.2%
1969	47%	42.2%
1970	47%	42.3%
1971	46.9%	42.2%
1972	46.8%	42.2%
1973	46.7%	42.1%
1974	46.6%	42%
1975	46.7%	41.9%
1976	47.2%	41.8%
1977	47.3%	41.7%
1978	47%	41.5%
1979	46.8%	41.3%
1980	46.5%	40.9%
1981	46.1%	40.5%
1982	45.8%	40.1%
1983	45.4%	39.8%
1984	45%	39.5%
1985	44.6%	39.2%
1986	44.2%	38.9%
1987	43.7%	38.7%
1988	43.1%	38.4%
1989	42.6%	38.1%
1990	42%	37.7%
1991	41.4%	37.5%
1992	41%	37.6%
1993	40.5%	37.3%
1994	39.9%	37.2%
1995	39.1%	37.5%
1996	38.2%	37.5%
1997	37.2%	37.2%
1998	36.1%	36.5%
1999	34.9%	35.7%
2000	33.7%	34.9%
2001	32.6%	34%
2002	31.5%	33.2%
2003	30.6%	32.3%
2004	29.7%	31.6%
2005	29%	31.1%
2006	28.4%	30.6%
2007	28%	30.2%
2008	27.7%	29.9%
2009	27.5%	29.7%
2010	27.5%	29.4%
2011	27.5%	29.1%
2012	27.7%	28.9%
2013	28.1%	28.7%
2014	28.6%	28.5%
2015	29%	28.3%
2016	29.5%	28.3%
2017	29.9%	28.3%
2018	30.3%	27.9%
2019	30.6%	27.4%
2020	30.8%	27%
2021	30.9%	26.6%
2022	30.8%	26.3%
2023	30.6%	26.1%
2024	30.3%	25.9%
2025	29.9%	25.7%
2026	29.4%	25.6%
2027	28.9%	25.4%
2028	28.2%	25.3%
2029	27.5%	25.2%
2030	26.8%	25.2%
2031	26%	25.1%
2032	25.2%	25%
2033	24.5%	24.8%
2034	23.8%	24.5%
2035	23.2%	24.3%
2036	22.6%	23.9%
2037	22.2%	23.6%
2038	21.8%	23.4%
2039	21.5%	23.1%
2040	21.2%	22.9%
2041	21%	22.7%
2042	20.9%	22.5%
2043	20.8%	22.4%
2044	20.8%	22.2%
2045	20.8%	22.1%
2046	20.9%	21.9%
2047	20.9%	21.8%
2048	20.9%	21.7%
2049	21%	21.6%
2050	21%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 42% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +1.05% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1960	290,582	421,263
1961	296,467	437,851
1962	283,903	455,634
1963	315,645	473,821
1964	312,729	490,606
1965	311,190	506,632
1966	309,628	534,862
1967	316,289	553,741
1968	324,560	571,841
1969	334,541	590,794
1970	346,564	605,102
1971	356,069	624,761
1972	368,179	638,754
1973	382,736	651,596
1974	399,509	658,438
1975	417,803	667,862
1976	440,192	675,011
1977	465,405	680,929
1978	491,876	694,341
1979	523,875	716,541
1980	559,983	738,415
1981	595,150	767,833
1982	620,415	807,550
1983	641,167	837,013
1984	656,475	869,011
1985	672,185	893,889
1986	661,644	903,644
1987	645,309	922,330
1988	637,215	909,221
1989	628,542	884,629
1990	612,369	835,421
1991	616,850	827,296
1992	627,289	794,415
1993	611,306	789,220
1994	594,445	698,609
1995	533,104	743,488
1996	483,632	710,868
1997	450,138	667,969
1998	425,928	627,027
1999	434,198	594,643
2000	447,025	526,963
2001	450,637	484,801
2002	451,369	430,926
2003	474,272	415,018
2004	508,773	442,540
2005	543,158	464,464
2006	580,812	487,584
2007	620,196	503,567
2008	662,044	595,332
2009	691,496	554,115
2010	719,350	566,834
2011	741,832	601,708
2012	790,645	643,723
2013	802,203	652,427
2014	839,654	674,754
2015	847,054	668,771
2016	849,368	641,365
2017	848,585	645,975
2018	824,428	648,319
2019	809,522	652,130
2020	724,140	595,873
2021	735,514	456,411
2022	722,591	603,636
2023	691,724	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs South Africa

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 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	South Africa
1985	292	208
1986	265	200
1987	243	192
1988	227	184
1989	215	177
1990	202	170
1991	198	162
1992	193	152
1993	195	145
1994	196	133
1995	187	125
1996	173	150
1997	155	152
1998	143	152
1999	132	151
2000	123	175
2001	113	192
2002	102	225
2003	101	245
2004	91	259
2005	87	279
2006	84	283
2007	83	272
2008	83	272
2009	83	241
2010	82	226
2011	81	202
2012	81	194
2013	81	180
2014	80	162
2015	79	150
2016	79	141
2017	77	134
2018	75	128
2019	73	119
2020	97	118
2021	79	191
2022	64	129
2023	62	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 3.47% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
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%	13.2%
1975	20.9%	12.5%
1976	20%	11.8%
1977	19%	11.1%
1978	18%	10.5%
1979	16.9%	9.88%
1980	15.6%	9.35%
1981	14%	8.84%
1982	12.3%	8.39%
1983	10.5%	7.98%
1984	8.91%	7.6%
1985	7.61%	7.24%
1986	6.63%	6.89%
1987	5.96%	6.56%
1988	5.55%	6.26%
1989	5.3%	6.01%
1990	5.17%	5.82%
1991	5.09%	5.7%
1992	5.04%	5.66%
1993	4.98%	5.7%
1994	4.9%	5.82%
1995	4.81%	5.95%
1996	4.7%	6.11%
1997	4.58%	6.29%
1998	4.45%	6.56%
1999	4.31%	6.85%
2000	4.16%	7.11%
2001	4.01%	7.43%
2002	3.85%	7.69%
2003	3.7%	7.93%
2004	3.54%	8.1%
2005	3.4%	8.03%
2006	3.26%	7.75%
2007	3.13%	7.19%
2008	3.01%	6.42%
2009	2.9%	5.7%
2010	2.81%	5%
2011	2.73%	4.5%
2012	2.66%	4.25%
2013	2.6%	4.1%
2014	2.54%	3.96%
2015	2.49%	3.82%
2016	2.45%	3.68%
2017	2.4%	3.58%
2018	2.37%	3.49%
2019	2.33%	3.45%
2020	2.29%	3.41%
2021	2.26%	3.41%
2022	2.23%	3.44%
2023	2.2%	3.47%