Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Burundi

Fertility rate in Australia vs Burundi chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Australia was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.88 in Burundi in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Burundi population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Burundi
1960	3.45	7
1961	3.54	7.02
1962	3.44	7.04
1963	3.33	7.07
1964	3.15	7.09
1965	2.98	7.11
1966	2.88	7.14
1967	2.85	7.16
1968	2.89	7.18
1969	2.89	7.22
1970	2.86	7.21
1971	2.96	7.21
1972	2.74	7.21
1973	2.49	7.22
1974	2.4	7.22
1975	2.15	7.24
1976	2.06	7.25
1977	2.01	7.25
1978	1.95	7.26
1979	1.91	7.31
1980	1.89	7.35
1981	1.94	7.33
1982	1.93	7.31
1983	1.92	7.3
1984	1.84	7.3
1985	1.92	7.29
1986	1.87	7.32
1987	1.85	7.38
1988	1.83	7.38
1989	1.84	7.39
1990	1.9	7.37
1991	1.85	7.34
1992	1.89	7.3
1993	1.86	7.27
1994	1.84	7.23
1995	1.82	7.18
1996	1.8	7.12
1997	1.78	7.04
1998	1.76	6.96
1999	1.76	6.9
2000	1.76	6.87
2001	1.74	6.85
2002	1.76	6.82
2003	1.75	6.79
2004	1.77	6.75
2005	1.81	6.71
2006	1.91	6.66
2007	1.96	6.59
2008	1.98	6.52
2009	1.97	6.41
2010	1.93	6.26
2011	1.93	6.11
2012	1.92	5.99
2013	1.86	5.89
2014	1.83	5.79
2015	1.81	5.7
2016	1.75	5.59
2017	1.74	5.48
2018	1.74	5.38
2019	1.66	5.27
2020	1.58	5.18
2021	1.7	5.08
2022	1.63	4.98
2023	1.5	4.88
2024	1.5	4.79
2025	1.5	4.68
2026	1.5	4.57
2027	1.5	4.46
2028	1.51	4.37
2029	1.5	4.28
2030	1.51	4.2
2031	1.5	4.11
2032	1.5	4.03
2033	1.5	3.95
2034	1.5	3.85
2035	1.5	3.78
2036	1.5	3.69
2037	1.5	3.62
2038	1.5	3.55
2039	1.5	3.49
2040	1.5	3.43
2041	1.5	3.37
2042	1.5	3.32
2043	1.5	3.27
2044	1.5	3.22
2045	1.5	3.17
2046	1.5	3.13
2047	1.5	3.08
2048	1.5	3.04
2049	1.5	3
2050	1.5	2.96

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Burundi
1960	30.2%	45.1%
1961	30.2%	45.2%
1962	30.1%	45.3%
1963	29.9%	45.5%
1964	29.8%	45.5%
1965	29.6%	45.4%
1966	29.5%	45.2%
1967	29.3%	45%
1968	29.1%	44.9%
1969	28.9%	44.9%
1970	28.8%	44.9%
1971	28.7%	44.9%
1972	28.5%	45.5%
1973	28.2%	46%
1974	27.9%	45.8%
1975	27.5%	45.7%
1976	27%	45.8%
1977	26.5%	45.8%
1978	26.1%	45.7%
1979	25.6%	45.8%
1980	25.3%	45.4%
1981	25%	45.2%
1982	24.7%	45.6%
1983	24.4%	45.9%
1984	24%	46.3%
1985	23.6%	46.8%
1986	23.1%	47.3%
1987	22.7%	47.6%
1988	22.4%	48%
1989	22.2%	48.4%
1990	22%	48.7%
1991	21.9%	48.9%
1992	21.8%	48.9%
1993	21.7%	51%
1994	21.7%	51.1%
1995	21.5%	49.1%
1996	21.4%	49.6%
1997	21.2%	49.9%
1998	21.1%	49.4%
1999	20.9%	48.7%
2000	20.8%	48.3%
2001	20.6%	47.7%
2002	20.4%	47.2%
2003	20.2%	46.7%
2004	20%	46.2%
2005	19.8%	45.8%
2006	19.6%	45.6%
2007	19.4%	45.4%
2008	19.3%	45.2%
2009	19.2%	45%
2010	19.1%	45.1%
2011	19%	45.4%
2012	18.9%	45.7%
2013	18.9%	46.1%
2014	18.9%	46.4%
2015	18.9%	47%
2016	18.9%	47.7%
2017	18.8%	47.9%
2018	18.8%	47.8%
2019	18.7%	47.3%
2020	18.6%	47%
2021	18.4%	46.5%
2022	18.2%	46%
2023	18%	45.4%
2024	17.8%	44.7%
2025	17.7%	44%
2026	17.5%	43.2%
2027	17.4%	42.5%
2028	17.2%	41.7%
2029	17%	41%
2030	16.9%	40.3%
2031	16.7%	39.7%
2032	16.6%	39.2%
2033	16.5%	38.8%
2034	16.4%	38.5%
2035	16.3%	38.1%
2036	16.2%	37.8%
2037	16.1%	37.5%
2038	16%	37.2%
2039	15.9%	36.9%
2040	15.9%	36.6%
2041	15.8%	36.4%
2042	15.8%	36.1%
2043	15.7%	35.9%
2044	15.7%	35.6%
2045	15.7%	35.4%
2046	15.7%	35.1%
2047	15.7%	34.8%
2048	15.7%	34.4%
2049	15.7%	34.1%
2050	15.7%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 44.7% in Burundi in 2024, compared to 22% and 48.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Burundi compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Burundi by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +3% in Burundi. 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
	Australia	Burundi
1960	141,816	70,032
1961	150,955	71,216
1962	143,943	74,710
1963	140,161	75,962
1964	128,420	77,528
1965	122,990	78,208
1966	126,996	83,651
1967	126,249	86,373
1968	132,099	88,765
1969	143,477	90,852
1970	145,081	92,476
1971	165,593	95,153
1972	155,488	30,532
1973	136,476	74,805
1974	128,996	95,486
1975	123,648	101,172
1976	115,070	104,396
1977	117,793	108,488
1978	116,299	114,884
1979	116,112	123,377
1980	117,536	127,746
1981	125,356	146,231
1982	126,030	147,090
1983	130,844	152,801
1984	123,077	154,366
1985	143,674	156,896
1986	123,342	156,170
1987	128,484	157,481
1988	127,298	145,234
1989	127,789	157,547
1990	143,347	156,617
1991	138,273	156,148
1992	139,829	156,420
1993	137,551	128,898
1994	131,761	112,968
1995	131,436	160,284
1996	125,751	158,920
1997	121,592	150,404
1998	120,949	154,010
1999	118,517	166,699
2000	119,882	173,867
2001	117,575	184,541
2002	116,971	201,892
2003	118,325	216,295
2004	115,610	234,891
2005	129,132	253,401
2006	132,931	269,874
2007	154,124	285,323
2008	155,119	300,750
2009	160,518	319,583
2010	158,628	341,808
2011	156,380	348,934
2012	161,408	354,068
2013	159,584	362,224
2014	154,940	367,797
2015	150,041	370,856
2016	152,403	358,393
2017	150,015	353,879
2018	157,269	351,704
2019	136,808	357,672
2020	133,376	361,654
2021	138,701	359,844
2022	111,862	363,786
2023	103,945	368,917

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Burundi

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Australia, compared to 392 deaths in Burundi.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Burundi
1985	9	1,428
1986	8	1,441
1987	9	1,446
1988	9	1,519
1989	9	1,511
1990	9	1,515
1991	9	1,513
1992	9	1,464
1993	9	1,801
1994	9	1,215
1995	9	1,293
1996	8	1,236
1997	8	1,100
1998	7	969
1999	7	899
2000	7	860
2001	6	799
2002	6	743
2003	5	705
2004	5	687
2005	5	685
2006	5	670
2007	5	655
2008	5	635
2009	5	612
2010	5	614
2011	6	597
2012	6	575
2013	6	555
2014	6	533
2015	6	525
2016	6	501
2017	6	482
2018	5	464
2019	5	449
2020	5	441
2021	4	447
2022	4	412
2023	2	392

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 4.92% in Burundi. 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
	Australia	Burundi
1960	2.49%	-
1961	2.43%	-
1962	2.37%	-
1963	2.32%	-
1964	2.27%	24.2%
1965	2.24%	24.4%
1966	2.21%	24.5%
1967	2.2%	24.7%
1968	2.19%	24.9%
1969	2.18%	25%
1970	2.15%	25.1%
1971	2.1%	25.1%
1972	2.03%	31.9%
1973	1.94%	25.2%
1974	1.84%	25.2%
1975	1.73%	25.1%
1976	1.62%	25%
1977	1.52%	24.6%
1978	1.44%	24.1%
1979	1.36%	23.3%
1980	1.3%	22.4%
1981	1.26%	21.4%
1982	1.22%	20.3%
1983	1.19%	19.3%
1984	1.16%	18.4%
1985	1.13%	17.7%
1986	1.1%	17.2%
1987	1.06%	16.9%
1988	1.02%	16.8%
1989	0.97%	16.9%
1990	0.92%	17%
1991	0.87%	17.1%
1992	0.82%	17.2%
1993	0.77%	19.5%
1994	0.73%	17.2%
1995	0.7%	17.1%
1996	0.68%	17%
1997	0.66%	16.7%
1998	0.64%	16.3%
1999	0.63%	15.9%
2000	0.62%	15.4%
2001	0.61%	14.9%
2002	0.6%	14.3%
2003	0.59%	13.7%
2004	0.58%	13.1%
2005	0.57%	12.4%
2006	0.56%	11.7%
2007	0.54%	11%
2008	0.52%	10.3%
2009	0.5%	9.66%
2010	0.48%	9.08%
2011	0.45%	8.53%
2012	0.43%	8.02%
2013	0.41%	7.55%
2014	0.4%	7.13%
2015	0.39%	6.76%
2016	0.38%	6.44%
2017	0.38%	6.15%
2018	0.38%	5.9%
2019	0.38%	5.67%
2020	0.38%	5.46%
2021	0.37%	5.26%
2022	0.37%	5.08%
2023	0.37%	4.92%