Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Australia vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	3.45	6.31
1961	3.54	6.37
1962	3.44	6.42
1963	3.33	6.47
1964	3.15	6.51
1965	2.98	6.54
1966	2.88	6.58
1967	2.85	6.61
1968	2.89	6.65
1969	2.89	6.67
1970	2.86	6.7
1971	2.96	6.7
1972	2.74	6.7
1973	2.49	6.7
1974	2.4	6.67
1975	2.15	6.66
1976	2.06	6.64
1977	2.01	6.62
1978	1.95	6.59
1979	1.91	6.56
1980	1.89	6.53
1981	1.94	6.48
1982	1.93	6.43
1983	1.92	6.43
1984	1.84	6.44
1985	1.92	6.43
1986	1.87	6.41
1987	1.85	6.39
1988	1.83	6.37
1989	1.84	6.35
1990	1.9	6.32
1991	1.85	6.28
1992	1.89	6.22
1993	1.86	6.15
1994	1.84	6.08
1995	1.82	6.02
1996	1.8	5.97
1997	1.78	5.93
1998	1.76	5.91
1999	1.76	5.88
2000	1.76	5.83
2001	1.74	5.76
2002	1.76	5.67
2003	1.75	5.6
2004	1.77	5.55
2005	1.81	5.5
2006	1.91	5.45
2007	1.96	5.47
2008	1.98	5.6
2009	1.97	5.68
2010	1.93	5.66
2011	1.93	5.6
2012	1.92	5.52
2013	1.86	5.43
2014	1.83	5.3
2015	1.81	5.25
2016	1.75	5.19
2017	1.74	5.13
2018	1.74	5.07
2019	1.66	5.02
2020	1.58	4.96
2021	1.7	4.91
2022	1.63	4.84
2023	1.5	4.76
2024	1.5	4.69
2025	1.5	4.62
2026	1.5	4.54
2027	1.5	4.46
2028	1.51	4.39
2029	1.5	4.3
2030	1.51	4.23
2031	1.5	4.14
2032	1.5	4.06
2033	1.5	3.97
2034	1.5	3.89
2035	1.5	3.82
2036	1.5	3.75
2037	1.5	3.67
2038	1.5	3.6
2039	1.5	3.53
2040	1.5	3.47
2041	1.5	3.4
2042	1.5	3.34
2043	1.5	3.28
2044	1.5	3.22
2045	1.5	3.16
2046	1.5	3.11
2047	1.5	3.06
2048	1.5	3.01
2049	1.5	2.97
2050	1.5	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Mozambique
1960	30.2%	41%
1961	30.2%	41.2%
1962	30.1%	41.4%
1963	29.9%	41.6%
1964	29.8%	41.9%
1965	29.6%	42.2%
1966	29.5%	42.5%
1967	29.3%	42.7%
1968	29.1%	42.9%
1969	28.9%	43.1%
1970	28.8%	43.3%
1971	28.7%	43.4%
1972	28.5%	43.6%
1973	28.2%	43.7%
1974	27.9%	43.8%
1975	27.5%	44%
1976	27%	44.1%
1977	26.5%	44.3%
1978	26.1%	44.6%
1979	25.6%	44.9%
1980	25.3%	45.3%
1981	25%	45.6%
1982	24.7%	45.7%
1983	24.4%	45.8%
1984	24%	45.9%
1985	23.6%	45.9%
1986	23.1%	45.9%
1987	22.7%	45.9%
1988	22.4%	45.8%
1989	22.2%	45.7%
1990	22%	45.7%
1991	21.9%	45.6%
1992	21.8%	45.5%
1993	21.7%	45.4%
1994	21.7%	45.2%
1995	21.5%	45%
1996	21.4%	44.9%
1997	21.2%	44.8%
1998	21.1%	44.9%
1999	20.9%	45%
2000	20.8%	45.1%
2001	20.6%	45.1%
2002	20.4%	45.2%
2003	20.2%	45.3%
2004	20%	45.3%
2005	19.8%	45.3%
2006	19.6%	45.4%
2007	19.4%	45.4%
2008	19.3%	45.5%
2009	19.2%	45.6%
2010	19.1%	45.8%
2011	19%	45.8%
2012	18.9%	45.9%
2013	18.9%	45.8%
2014	18.9%	45.8%
2015	18.9%	45.7%
2016	18.9%	45.6%
2017	18.8%	45.5%
2018	18.8%	45.4%
2019	18.7%	45.3%
2020	18.6%	45.2%
2021	18.4%	45.1%
2022	18.2%	45%
2023	18%	44.8%
2024	17.8%	44.5%
2025	17.7%	44.2%
2026	17.5%	43.9%
2027	17.4%	43.5%
2028	17.2%	43.2%
2029	17%	42.9%
2030	16.9%	42.5%
2031	16.7%	42.2%
2032	16.6%	41.9%
2033	16.5%	41.5%
2034	16.4%	41.1%
2035	16.3%	40.7%
2036	16.2%	40.3%
2037	16.1%	39.9%
2038	16%	39.5%
2039	15.9%	39%
2040	15.9%	38.6%
2041	15.8%	38.2%
2042	15.8%	37.7%
2043	15.7%	37.3%
2044	15.7%	36.9%
2045	15.7%	36.4%
2046	15.7%	36%
2047	15.7%	35.6%
2048	15.7%	35.2%
2049	15.7%	34.8%
2050	15.7%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 22% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	141,816	165,774
1961	150,955	171,236
1962	143,943	176,297
1963	140,161	180,867
1964	128,420	182,334
1965	122,990	185,931
1966	126,996	189,218
1967	126,249	193,044
1968	132,099	197,623
1969	143,477	202,174
1970	145,081	207,385
1971	165,593	211,137
1972	155,488	215,793
1973	136,476	226,847
1974	128,996	240,665
1975	123,648	257,984
1976	115,070	273,924
1977	117,793	289,193
1978	116,299	310,403
1979	116,112	331,162
1980	117,536	349,586
1981	125,356	322,207
1982	126,030	321,493
1983	130,844	324,158
1984	123,077	304,524
1985	143,674	307,625
1986	123,342	332,609
1987	128,484	334,438
1988	127,298	349,480
1989	127,789	348,833
1990	143,347	353,290
1991	138,273	357,676
1992	139,829	362,373
1993	137,551	369,518
1994	131,761	384,821
1995	131,436	421,630
1996	125,751	442,559
1997	121,592	461,209
1998	120,949	474,453
1999	118,517	491,814
2000	119,882	506,162
2001	117,575	519,594
2002	116,971	529,867
2003	118,325	540,992
2004	115,610	554,973
2005	129,132	570,132
2006	132,931	586,009
2007	154,124	610,913
2008	155,119	654,920
2009	160,518	693,673
2010	158,628	719,025
2011	156,380	741,303
2012	161,408	763,088
2013	159,584	784,641
2014	154,940	799,778
2015	150,041	824,435
2016	152,403	850,430
2017	150,015	876,594
2018	157,269	903,176
2019	136,808	927,581
2020	133,376	945,952
2021	138,701	951,234
2022	111,862	1,003,689
2023	103,945	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Mozambique
1985	9	1,452
1986	8	1,355
1987	9	1,348
1988	9	1,259
1989	9	1,209
1990	9	1,150
1991	9	1,094
1992	9	1,046
1993	9	968
1994	9	902
1995	9	883
1996	8	819
1997	8	738
1998	7	694
1999	7	624
2000	7	547
2001	6	473
2002	6	398
2003	5	360
2004	5	321
2005	5	301
2006	5	298
2007	5	327
2008	5	365
2009	5	352
2010	5	305
2011	6	268
2012	6	218
2013	6	196
2014	6	210
2015	6	216
2016	6	202
2017	6	187
2018	5	159
2019	5	134
2020	5	123
2021	4	180
2022	4	104
2023	2	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	2.49%	-
1961	2.43%	-
1962	2.37%	-
1963	2.32%	26.5%
1964	2.27%	26.7%
1965	2.24%	26.8%
1966	2.21%	26.8%
1967	2.2%	26.9%
1968	2.19%	26.9%
1969	2.18%	26.9%
1970	2.15%	26.8%
1971	2.1%	26.7%
1972	2.03%	26.6%
1973	1.94%	26.4%
1974	1.84%	26.3%
1975	1.73%	26.1%
1976	1.62%	26%
1977	1.52%	25.8%
1978	1.44%	25.7%
1979	1.36%	25.7%
1980	1.3%	25.6%
1981	1.26%	25.6%
1982	1.22%	25.5%
1983	1.19%	25.3%
1984	1.16%	25.1%
1985	1.13%	24.8%
1986	1.1%	24.5%
1987	1.06%	24.2%
1988	1.02%	23.9%
1989	0.97%	23.6%
1990	0.92%	23.3%
1991	0.87%	23%
1992	0.82%	22.6%
1993	0.77%	22.1%
1994	0.73%	21.6%
1995	0.7%	20.9%
1996	0.68%	20.1%
1997	0.66%	19.2%
1998	0.64%	18.2%
1999	0.63%	17.2%
2000	0.62%	16.3%
2001	0.61%	15.4%
2002	0.6%	14.6%
2003	0.59%	13.9%
2004	0.58%	13.2%
2005	0.57%	12.5%
2006	0.56%	11.8%
2007	0.54%	11%
2008	0.52%	10.4%
2009	0.5%	9.75%
2010	0.48%	9.5%
2011	0.45%	9.05%
2012	0.43%	8.63%
2013	0.41%	8.26%
2014	0.4%	7.92%
2015	0.39%	7.51%
2016	0.38%	7.23%
2017	0.38%	7.09%
2018	0.38%	6.95%
2019	0.38%	6.83%
2020	0.38%	6.73%
2021	0.37%	6.58%
2022	0.37%	6.43%
2023	0.37%	6.17%