Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Myanmar

Fertility rate in Australia vs Myanmar 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 2.12 in Myanmar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Myanmar 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	Myanmar
1960	3.45	5.9
1961	3.54	5.9
1962	3.44	5.9
1963	3.33	5.91
1964	3.15	5.91
1965	2.98	5.91
1966	2.88	5.88
1967	2.85	5.84
1968	2.89	5.8
1969	2.89	5.75
1970	2.86	5.68
1971	2.96	5.62
1972	2.74	5.53
1973	2.49	5.44
1974	2.4	5.34
1975	2.15	5.25
1976	2.06	5.16
1977	2.01	5.07
1978	1.95	4.99
1979	1.91	4.9
1980	1.89	4.79
1981	1.94	4.69
1982	1.93	4.66
1983	1.92	4.63
1984	1.84	4.52
1985	1.92	4.32
1986	1.87	4.08
1987	1.85	3.86
1988	1.83	3.67
1989	1.84	3.59
1990	1.9	3.5
1991	1.85	3.43
1992	1.89	3.35
1993	1.86	3.28
1994	1.84	3.2
1995	1.82	3.13
1996	1.8	3.06
1997	1.78	2.99
1998	1.76	2.91
1999	1.76	2.85
2000	1.76	2.81
2001	1.74	2.79
2002	1.76	2.77
2003	1.75	2.68
2004	1.77	2.59
2005	1.81	2.52
2006	1.91	2.47
2007	1.96	2.45
2008	1.98	2.4
2009	1.97	2.37
2010	1.93	2.34
2011	1.93	2.31
2012	1.92	2.28
2013	1.86	2.26
2014	1.83	2.25
2015	1.81	2.27
2016	1.75	2.27
2017	1.74	2.25
2018	1.74	2.23
2019	1.66	2.21
2020	1.58	2.18
2021	1.7	2.16
2022	1.63	2.13
2023	1.5	2.12
2024	1.5	2.1
2025	1.5	2.08
2026	1.5	2.06
2027	1.5	2.04
2028	1.51	2.02
2029	1.5	2.01
2030	1.51	2
2031	1.5	1.98
2032	1.5	1.97
2033	1.5	1.96
2034	1.5	1.94
2035	1.5	1.93
2036	1.5	1.92
2037	1.5	1.92
2038	1.5	1.91
2039	1.5	1.9
2040	1.5	1.89
2041	1.5	1.89
2042	1.5	1.88
2043	1.5	1.87
2044	1.5	1.86
2045	1.5	1.86
2046	1.5	1.85
2047	1.5	1.85
2048	1.5	1.84
2049	1.5	1.83
2050	1.5	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Myanmar
1960	30.2%	39.9%
1961	30.2%	40.2%
1962	30.1%	40.6%
1963	29.9%	40.9%
1964	29.8%	41%
1965	29.6%	41.1%
1966	29.5%	41.1%
1967	29.3%	41%
1968	29.1%	40.9%
1969	28.9%	40.8%
1970	28.8%	40.7%
1971	28.7%	40.6%
1972	28.5%	40.5%
1973	28.2%	40.3%
1974	27.9%	40.2%
1975	27.5%	40.1%
1976	27%	40%
1977	26.5%	39.8%
1978	26.1%	39.6%
1979	25.6%	39.4%
1980	25.3%	39.2%
1981	25%	39%
1982	24.7%	38.8%
1983	24.4%	38.6%
1984	24%	38.3%
1985	23.6%	38.1%
1986	23.1%	37.8%
1987	22.7%	37.4%
1988	22.4%	37%
1989	22.2%	36.6%
1990	22%	36.2%
1991	21.9%	35.8%
1992	21.8%	35.4%
1993	21.7%	35.1%
1994	21.7%	34.7%
1995	21.5%	34.2%
1996	21.4%	33.8%
1997	21.2%	33.3%
1998	21.1%	32.8%
1999	20.9%	32.3%
2000	20.8%	31.8%
2001	20.6%	31.4%
2002	20.4%	31%
2003	20.2%	30.7%
2004	20%	30.4%
2005	19.8%	30.1%
2006	19.6%	29.7%
2007	19.4%	29.4%
2008	19.3%	29%
2009	19.2%	28.6%
2010	19.1%	28.2%
2011	19%	27.9%
2012	18.9%	27.5%
2013	18.9%	27.1%
2014	18.9%	26.8%
2015	18.9%	26.5%
2016	18.9%	26.2%
2017	18.8%	25.9%
2018	18.8%	25.6%
2019	18.7%	25.4%
2020	18.6%	25.1%
2021	18.4%	24.9%
2022	18.2%	24.7%
2023	18%	24.5%
2024	17.8%	24.3%
2025	17.7%	24.1%
2026	17.5%	23.9%
2027	17.4%	23.6%
2028	17.2%	23.4%
2029	17%	23.2%
2030	16.9%	23%
2031	16.7%	22.7%
2032	16.6%	22.4%
2033	16.5%	22.2%
2034	16.4%	21.9%
2035	16.3%	21.7%
2036	16.2%	21.4%
2037	16.1%	21.2%
2038	16%	21%
2039	15.9%	20.8%
2040	15.9%	20.6%
2041	15.8%	20.4%
2042	15.8%	20.2%
2043	15.7%	20.1%
2044	15.7%	19.9%
2045	15.7%	19.8%
2046	15.7%	19.6%
2047	15.7%	19.5%
2048	15.7%	19.4%
2049	15.7%	19.2%
2050	15.7%	19.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 24.3% in Myanmar in 2024, compared to 22% and 36.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Myanmar compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Myanmar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +0.88% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	141,816	465,049
1961	150,955	474,818
1962	143,943	487,925
1963	140,161	501,548
1964	128,420	516,334
1965	122,990	533,443
1966	126,996	546,378
1967	126,249	559,577
1968	132,099	571,123
1969	143,477	584,979
1970	145,081	595,337
1971	165,593	608,784
1972	155,488	616,411
1973	136,476	624,619
1974	128,996	628,458
1975	123,648	635,005
1976	115,070	642,829
1977	117,793	649,915
1978	116,299	658,068
1979	116,112	669,338
1980	117,536	673,815
1981	125,356	679,851
1982	126,030	701,212
1983	130,844	719,710
1984	123,077	723,623
1985	143,674	705,905
1986	123,342	679,467
1987	128,484	652,960
1988	127,298	630,392
1989	127,789	636,610
1990	143,347	636,081
1991	138,273	637,622
1992	139,829	634,484
1993	137,551	633,576
1994	131,761	626,411
1995	131,436	620,376
1996	125,751	619,488
1997	121,592	613,103
1998	120,949	606,110
1999	118,517	597,916
2000	119,882	596,979
2001	117,575	601,524
2002	116,971	602,873
2003	118,325	582,173
2004	115,610	556,494
2005	129,132	537,429
2006	132,931	527,165
2007	154,124	523,745
2008	155,119	373,287
2009	160,518	505,144
2010	158,628	497,745
2011	156,380	492,271
2012	161,408	487,210
2013	159,584	487,648
2014	154,940	488,114
2015	150,041	495,769
2016	152,403	499,508
2017	150,015	492,276
2018	157,269	482,316
2019	136,808	469,924
2020	133,376	448,626
2021	138,701	394,104
2022	111,862	415,647
2023	103,945	408,331

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Myanmar

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 185 deaths in Myanmar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Myanmar
1985	9	674
1986	8	652
1987	9	631
1988	9	616
1989	9	603
1990	9	586
1991	9	566
1992	9	542
1993	9	522
1994	9	498
1995	9	472
1996	8	442
1997	8	416
1998	7	398
1999	7	388
2000	7	375
2001	6	361
2002	6	347
2003	5	335
2004	5	324
2005	5	312
2006	5	301
2007	5	290
2008	5	286
2009	5	268
2010	5	259
2011	6	249
2012	6	243
2013	6	237
2014	6	228
2015	6	222
2016	6	215
2017	6	209
2018	5	201
2019	5	195
2020	5	198
2021	4	231
2022	4	193
2023	2	185

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 3.87% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	2.49%	-
1961	2.43%	-
1962	2.37%	-
1963	2.32%	-
1964	2.27%	-
1965	2.24%	-
1966	2.21%	-
1967	2.2%	-
1968	2.19%	18%
1969	2.18%	17.7%
1970	2.15%	17.4%
1971	2.1%	17%
1972	2.03%	16.7%
1973	1.94%	16.3%
1974	1.84%	16%
1975	1.73%	15.6%
1976	1.62%	15.3%
1977	1.52%	14.9%
1978	1.44%	14.6%
1979	1.36%	14.3%
1980	1.3%	14%
1981	1.26%	13.7%
1982	1.22%	13.4%
1983	1.19%	13.1%
1984	1.16%	12.9%
1985	1.13%	12.7%
1986	1.1%	12.5%
1987	1.06%	12.2%
1988	1.02%	12%
1989	0.97%	11.8%
1990	0.92%	11.5%
1991	0.87%	11.3%
1992	0.82%	11%
1993	0.77%	10.7%
1994	0.73%	10.5%
1995	0.7%	10.2%
1996	0.68%	9.94%
1997	0.66%	9.68%
1998	0.64%	9.43%
1999	0.63%	9.19%
2000	0.62%	8.95%
2001	0.61%	8.71%
2002	0.6%	8.47%
2003	0.59%	8.22%
2004	0.58%	7.97%
2005	0.57%	7.71%
2006	0.56%	7.44%
2007	0.54%	7.16%
2008	0.52%	10.1%
2009	0.5%	6.6%
2010	0.48%	6.32%
2011	0.45%	6.05%
2012	0.43%	5.8%
2013	0.41%	5.56%
2014	0.4%	5.34%
2015	0.39%	5.13%
2016	0.38%	4.95%
2017	0.38%	4.77%
2018	0.38%	4.6%
2019	0.38%	4.44%
2020	0.38%	4.29%
2021	0.37%	4.14%
2022	0.37%	4%
2023	0.37%	3.87%