Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Gambia

Fertility rate in Australia vs Gambia 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 4.01 in the Gambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs the Gambia 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	Gambia
1960	3.45	6.25
1961	3.54	6.23
1962	3.44	6.21
1963	3.33	6.2
1964	3.15	6.2
1965	2.98	6.19
1966	2.88	6.18
1967	2.85	6.21
1968	2.89	6.22
1969	2.89	6.25
1970	2.86	6.26
1971	2.96	6.33
1972	2.74	6.37
1973	2.49	6.41
1974	2.4	6.42
1975	2.15	6.43
1976	2.06	6.43
1977	2.01	6.43
1978	1.95	6.42
1979	1.91	6.41
1980	1.89	6.41
1981	1.94	6.4
1982	1.93	6.4
1983	1.92	6.39
1984	1.84	6.39
1985	1.92	6.36
1986	1.87	6.34
1987	1.85	6.3
1988	1.83	6.26
1989	1.84	6.25
1990	1.9	6.25
1991	1.85	6.19
1992	1.89	6.11
1993	1.86	6.03
1994	1.84	6.04
1995	1.82	5.99
1996	1.8	5.93
1997	1.78	5.85
1998	1.76	5.82
1999	1.76	5.77
2000	1.76	5.72
2001	1.74	5.67
2002	1.76	5.66
2003	1.75	5.66
2004	1.77	5.68
2005	1.81	5.71
2006	1.91	5.74
2007	1.96	5.69
2008	1.98	5.63
2009	1.97	5.57
2010	1.93	5.56
2011	1.93	5.54
2012	1.92	5.52
2013	1.86	5.39
2014	1.83	5.2
2015	1.81	5
2016	1.75	4.81
2017	1.74	4.61
2018	1.74	4.42
2019	1.66	4.33
2020	1.58	4.25
2021	1.7	4.17
2022	1.63	4.08
2023	1.5	4.01
2024	1.5	3.91
2025	1.5	3.8
2026	1.5	3.7
2027	1.5	3.6
2028	1.51	3.51
2029	1.5	3.41
2030	1.51	3.33
2031	1.5	3.24
2032	1.5	3.17
2033	1.5	3.1
2034	1.5	3.03
2035	1.5	2.97
2036	1.5	2.91
2037	1.5	2.86
2038	1.5	2.81
2039	1.5	2.76
2040	1.5	2.71
2041	1.5	2.67
2042	1.5	2.63
2043	1.5	2.59
2044	1.5	2.56
2045	1.5	2.52
2046	1.5	2.49
2047	1.5	2.46
2048	1.5	2.43
2049	1.5	2.4
2050	1.5	2.38

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Gambia
1960	30.2%	41%
1961	30.2%	40.8%
1962	30.1%	40.7%
1963	29.9%	40.8%
1964	29.8%	41%
1965	29.6%	41.3%
1966	29.5%	41.5%
1967	29.3%	41.6%
1968	29.1%	41.8%
1969	28.9%	41.9%
1970	28.8%	42%
1971	28.7%	42.1%
1972	28.5%	42.2%
1973	28.2%	42.3%
1974	27.9%	42.4%
1975	27.5%	42.6%
1976	27%	42.8%
1977	26.5%	43%
1978	26.1%	43.3%
1979	25.6%	43.5%
1980	25.3%	43.7%
1981	25%	44%
1982	24.7%	44.3%
1983	24.4%	44.6%
1984	24%	44.9%
1985	23.6%	45%
1986	23.1%	45.2%
1987	22.7%	45.4%
1988	22.4%	45.5%
1989	22.2%	45.6%
1990	22%	45.7%
1991	21.9%	45.8%
1992	21.8%	45.9%
1993	21.7%	46%
1994	21.7%	46.3%
1995	21.5%	46.5%
1996	21.4%	46.7%
1997	21.2%	46.9%
1998	21.1%	46.9%
1999	20.9%	46.9%
2000	20.8%	46.8%
2001	20.6%	46.7%
2002	20.4%	46.6%
2003	20.2%	46.4%
2004	20%	46.1%
2005	19.8%	45.9%
2006	19.6%	45.6%
2007	19.4%	45.3%
2008	19.3%	45.1%
2009	19.2%	44.8%
2010	19.1%	44.5%
2011	19%	44.3%
2012	18.9%	44.1%
2013	18.9%	43.9%
2014	18.9%	43.7%
2015	18.9%	43.6%
2016	18.9%	43.3%
2017	18.8%	43.1%
2018	18.8%	42.8%
2019	18.7%	42.4%
2020	18.6%	42%
2021	18.4%	41.6%
2022	18.2%	41.2%
2023	18%	40.7%
2024	17.8%	40.2%
2025	17.7%	39.7%
2026	17.5%	39.2%
2027	17.4%	38.5%
2028	17.2%	37.9%
2029	17%	37.3%
2030	16.9%	36.7%
2031	16.7%	36.2%
2032	16.6%	35.7%
2033	16.5%	35.2%
2034	16.4%	34.8%
2035	16.3%	34.3%
2036	16.2%	33.9%
2037	16.1%	33.4%
2038	16%	33%
2039	15.9%	32.5%
2040	15.9%	32.1%
2041	15.8%	31.7%
2042	15.8%	31.3%
2043	15.7%	30.9%
2044	15.7%	30.5%
2045	15.7%	30.2%
2046	15.7%	29.8%
2047	15.7%	29.5%
2048	15.7%	29.1%
2049	15.7%	28.8%
2050	15.7%	28.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 40.2% in the Gambia in 2024, compared to 22% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and the Gambia compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Gambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +2.59% in the Gambia. 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	Gambia
1960	141,816	8,420
1961	150,955	8,778
1962	143,943	9,150
1963	140,161	9,493
1964	128,420	9,825
1965	122,990	10,162
1966	126,996	10,422
1967	126,249	10,823
1968	132,099	11,215
1969	143,477	11,670
1970	145,081	12,128
1971	165,593	12,842
1972	155,488	13,432
1973	136,476	14,046
1974	128,996	14,628
1975	123,648	15,256
1976	115,070	16,032
1977	117,793	16,773
1978	116,299	17,424
1979	116,112	18,543
1980	117,536	19,566
1981	125,356	20,156
1982	126,030	21,894
1983	130,844	23,175
1984	123,077	24,586
1985	143,674	25,795
1986	123,342	27,195
1987	128,484	28,452
1988	127,298	29,938
1989	127,789	31,504
1990	143,347	33,163
1991	138,273	34,584
1992	139,829	35,951
1993	137,551	37,302
1994	131,761	38,880
1995	131,436	39,681
1996	125,751	40,253
1997	121,592	40,742
1998	120,949	41,842
1999	118,517	42,533
2000	119,882	43,249
2001	117,575	44,154
2002	116,971	45,156
2003	118,325	46,473
2004	115,610	48,276
2005	129,132	50,010
2006	132,931	52,335
2007	154,124	53,653
2008	155,119	55,032
2009	160,518	56,575
2010	158,628	58,554
2011	156,380	60,571
2012	161,408	62,745
2013	159,584	63,510
2014	154,940	63,185
2015	150,041	62,832
2016	152,403	62,358
2017	150,015	61,665
2018	157,269	60,854
2019	136,808	61,701
2020	133,376	62,209
2021	138,701	62,239
2022	111,862	63,634
2023	103,945	65,118

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Gambia

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 354 deaths in the Gambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Gambia
1985	9	1,454
1986	8	1,401
1987	9	1,360
1988	9	1,302
1989	9	1,258
1990	9	1,207
1991	9	1,167
1992	9	1,115
1993	9	1,072
1994	9	1,039
1995	9	999
1996	8	956
1997	8	928
1998	7	867
1999	7	830
2000	7	810
2001	6	794
2002	6	772
2003	5	749
2004	5	719
2005	5	707
2006	5	682
2007	5	675
2008	5	653
2009	5	634
2010	5	632
2011	6	634
2012	6	628
2013	6	606
2014	6	561
2015	6	527
2016	6	490
2017	6	469
2018	5	450
2019	5	422
2020	5	400
2021	4	420
2022	4	365
2023	2	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 4.41% in the Gambia. 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	Gambia
1960	2.49%	36.2%
1961	2.43%	35.5%
1962	2.37%	34.8%
1963	2.32%	34.1%
1964	2.27%	33.5%
1965	2.24%	32.8%
1966	2.21%	32.1%
1967	2.2%	31.5%
1968	2.19%	30.9%
1969	2.18%	30.2%
1970	2.15%	29.5%
1971	2.1%	28.9%
1972	2.03%	28.2%
1973	1.94%	27.5%
1974	1.84%	26.9%
1975	1.73%	26.2%
1976	1.62%	25.5%
1977	1.52%	24.9%
1978	1.44%	24.2%
1979	1.36%	23.6%
1980	1.3%	23%
1981	1.26%	22.3%
1982	1.22%	21.7%
1983	1.19%	21%
1984	1.16%	20.4%
1985	1.13%	19.7%
1986	1.1%	19.1%
1987	1.06%	18.4%
1988	1.02%	17.8%
1989	0.97%	17.2%
1990	0.92%	16.6%
1991	0.87%	16%
1992	0.82%	15.5%
1993	0.77%	14.9%
1994	0.73%	14.4%
1995	0.7%	13.9%
1996	0.68%	13.3%
1997	0.66%	12.8%
1998	0.64%	12.3%
1999	0.63%	11.8%
2000	0.62%	11.3%
2001	0.61%	10.9%
2002	0.6%	10.4%
2003	0.59%	9.95%
2004	0.58%	9.52%
2005	0.57%	9.11%
2006	0.56%	8.71%
2007	0.54%	8.33%
2008	0.52%	7.98%
2009	0.5%	7.64%
2010	0.48%	7.31%
2011	0.45%	7.01%
2012	0.43%	6.73%
2013	0.41%	6.45%
2014	0.4%	6.18%
2015	0.39%	5.93%
2016	0.38%	5.7%
2017	0.38%	5.47%
2018	0.38%	5.27%
2019	0.38%	5.07%
2020	0.38%	4.89%
2021	0.37%	4.72%
2022	0.37%	4.56%
2023	0.37%	4.41%