Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Senegal

Fertility rate in Australia vs Senegal 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 3.82 in Senegal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Senegal 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	Senegal
1960	3.45	7
1961	3.54	7.04
1962	3.44	7.08
1963	3.33	7.12
1964	3.15	7.16
1965	2.98	7.19
1966	2.88	7.22
1967	2.85	7.24
1968	2.89	7.25
1969	2.89	7.26
1970	2.86	7.26
1971	2.96	7.26
1972	2.74	7.26
1973	2.49	7.26
1974	2.4	7.25
1975	2.15	7.25
1976	2.06	7.26
1977	2.01	7.27
1978	1.95	7.28
1979	1.91	7.29
1980	1.89	7.29
1981	1.94	7.28
1982	1.93	7.25
1983	1.92	7.19
1984	1.84	7.11
1985	1.92	7.01
1986	1.87	6.9
1987	1.85	6.79
1988	1.83	6.58
1989	1.84	6.48
1990	1.9	6.4
1991	1.85	6.27
1992	1.89	6.15
1993	1.86	6.05
1994	1.84	5.92
1995	1.82	5.82
1996	1.8	5.72
1997	1.78	5.64
1998	1.76	5.58
1999	1.76	5.57
2000	1.76	5.5
2001	1.74	5.4
2002	1.76	5.3
2003	1.75	5.25
2004	1.77	5.19
2005	1.81	5.13
2006	1.91	5.06
2007	1.96	5.02
2008	1.98	5.02
2009	1.97	5.03
2010	1.93	5.06
2011	1.93	5.1
2012	1.92	5.13
2013	1.86	5.05
2014	1.83	4.88
2015	1.81	4.75
2016	1.75	4.65
2017	1.74	4.49
2018	1.74	4.29
2019	1.66	4.1
2020	1.58	4
2021	1.7	3.94
2022	1.63	3.86
2023	1.5	3.82
2024	1.5	3.76
2025	1.5	3.71
2026	1.5	3.66
2027	1.5	3.61
2028	1.51	3.57
2029	1.5	3.53
2030	1.51	3.49
2031	1.5	3.44
2032	1.5	3.4
2033	1.5	3.35
2034	1.5	3.32
2035	1.5	3.28
2036	1.5	3.24
2037	1.5	3.22
2038	1.5	3.17
2039	1.5	3.15
2040	1.5	3.11
2041	1.5	3.08
2042	1.5	3.05
2043	1.5	3.02
2044	1.5	2.99
2045	1.5	2.96
2046	1.5	2.93
2047	1.5	2.9
2048	1.5	2.87
2049	1.5	2.85
2050	1.5	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Senegal
1960	30.2%	44.2%
1961	30.2%	44.3%
1962	30.1%	44.3%
1963	29.9%	44.3%
1964	29.8%	44.3%
1965	29.6%	44.3%
1966	29.5%	44.3%
1967	29.3%	44.3%
1968	29.1%	44.2%
1969	28.9%	44.2%
1970	28.8%	44.2%
1971	28.7%	44.2%
1972	28.5%	44.2%
1973	28.2%	44.3%
1974	27.9%	44.4%
1975	27.5%	44.6%
1976	27%	44.8%
1977	26.5%	45.2%
1978	26.1%	45.6%
1979	25.6%	46%
1980	25.3%	46.4%
1981	25%	46.7%
1982	24.7%	46.9%
1983	24.4%	47.1%
1984	24%	47.2%
1985	23.6%	47.3%
1986	23.1%	47.3%
1987	22.7%	47.2%
1988	22.4%	47%
1989	22.2%	46.9%
1990	22%	46.6%
1991	21.9%	46.4%
1992	21.8%	46.1%
1993	21.7%	45.8%
1994	21.7%	45.4%
1995	21.5%	45.1%
1996	21.4%	44.9%
1997	21.2%	44.6%
1998	21.1%	44.4%
1999	20.9%	44.2%
2000	20.8%	43.9%
2001	20.6%	43.7%
2002	20.4%	43.5%
2003	20.2%	43.2%
2004	20%	43.1%
2005	19.8%	42.9%
2006	19.6%	42.8%
2007	19.4%	42.7%
2008	19.3%	42.7%
2009	19.2%	42.7%
2010	19.1%	42.7%
2011	19%	42.7%
2012	18.9%	42.7%
2013	18.9%	42.7%
2014	18.9%	42.6%
2015	18.9%	42.4%
2016	18.9%	42.1%
2017	18.8%	41.8%
2018	18.8%	41.3%
2019	18.7%	40.9%
2020	18.6%	40.3%
2021	18.4%	39.8%
2022	18.2%	39.2%
2023	18%	38.6%
2024	17.8%	38.2%
2025	17.7%	37.7%
2026	17.5%	37.3%
2027	17.4%	36.9%
2028	17.2%	36.6%
2029	17%	36.2%
2030	16.9%	35.9%
2031	16.7%	35.6%
2032	16.6%	35.4%
2033	16.5%	35.1%
2034	16.4%	34.9%
2035	16.3%	34.6%
2036	16.2%	34.4%
2037	16.1%	34.1%
2038	16%	33.9%
2039	15.9%	33.5%
2040	15.9%	33.2%
2041	15.8%	32.9%
2042	15.8%	32.6%
2043	15.7%	32.2%
2044	15.7%	31.9%
2045	15.7%	31.5%
2046	15.7%	31.2%
2047	15.7%	30.8%
2048	15.7%	30.5%
2049	15.7%	30.2%
2050	15.7%	29.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 38.2% in Senegal in 2024, compared to 22% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Senegal compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Senegal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +2.55% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	141,816	84,735
1961	150,955	87,322
1962	143,943	89,937
1963	140,161	92,264
1964	128,420	94,797
1965	122,990	97,912
1966	126,996	101,359
1967	126,249	104,824
1968	132,099	108,240
1969	143,477	112,393
1970	145,081	117,264
1971	165,593	122,511
1972	155,488	128,024
1973	136,476	133,834
1974	128,996	139,974
1975	123,648	147,311
1976	115,070	154,776
1977	117,793	161,636
1978	116,299	167,744
1979	116,112	173,425
1980	117,536	179,707
1981	125,356	185,917
1982	126,030	191,309
1983	130,844	197,673
1984	123,077	203,125
1985	143,674	208,218
1986	123,342	212,887
1987	128,484	218,522
1988	127,298	221,772
1989	127,789	227,797
1990	143,347	234,155
1991	138,273	237,713
1992	139,829	241,482
1993	137,551	245,742
1994	131,761	249,115
1995	131,436	252,552
1996	125,751	255,418
1997	121,592	261,200
1998	120,949	267,404
1999	118,517	277,944
2000	119,882	283,946
2001	117,575	289,690
2002	116,971	298,842
2003	118,325	308,856
2004	115,610	317,286
2005	129,132	323,908
2006	132,931	331,364
2007	154,124	339,963
2008	155,119	351,661
2009	160,518	362,238
2010	158,628	372,934
2011	156,380	387,290
2012	161,408	402,243
2013	159,584	406,582
2014	154,940	405,019
2015	150,041	407,008
2016	152,403	411,480
2017	150,015	410,366
2018	157,269	405,454
2019	136,808	399,436
2020	133,376	400,910
2021	138,701	403,019
2022	111,862	415,507
2023	103,945	431,006

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Senegal

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 237 deaths in Senegal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Senegal
1985	9	899
1986	8	820
1987	9	760
1988	9	709
1989	9	662
1990	9	640
1991	9	616
1992	9	598
1993	9	589
1994	9	579
1995	9	586
1996	8	601
1997	8	599
1998	7	605
1999	7	602
2000	7	581
2001	6	560
2002	6	531
2003	5	520
2004	5	501
2005	5	488
2006	5	462
2007	5	457
2008	5	463
2009	5	441
2010	5	436
2011	6	415
2012	6	405
2013	6	385
2014	6	373
2015	6	357
2016	6	345
2017	6	325
2018	5	305
2019	5	286
2020	5	252
2021	4	263
2022	4	228
2023	2	237

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 3.85% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	2.49%	29.3%
1961	2.43%	29.4%
1962	2.37%	29.5%
1963	2.32%	29.6%
1964	2.27%	29.7%
1965	2.24%	29.7%
1966	2.21%	29.7%
1967	2.2%	29.6%
1968	2.19%	29.4%
1969	2.18%	29.2%
1970	2.15%	28.8%
1971	2.1%	28.4%
1972	2.03%	27.8%
1973	1.94%	27%
1974	1.84%	26.2%
1975	1.73%	25.3%
1976	1.62%	24.2%
1977	1.52%	23.1%
1978	1.44%	22.1%
1979	1.36%	21.2%
1980	1.3%	20.4%
1981	1.26%	19.7%
1982	1.22%	19.1%
1983	1.19%	18.5%
1984	1.16%	17.9%
1985	1.13%	17.1%
1986	1.1%	16.3%
1987	1.06%	15.4%
1988	1.02%	14.7%
1989	0.97%	14.1%
1990	0.92%	13.7%
1991	0.87%	13.6%
1992	0.82%	13.5%
1993	0.77%	13.6%
1994	0.73%	13.7%
1995	0.7%	13.8%
1996	0.68%	13.8%
1997	0.66%	13.9%
1998	0.64%	13.7%
1999	0.63%	13.4%
2000	0.62%	12.9%
2001	0.61%	12.2%
2002	0.6%	11.4%
2003	0.59%	10.5%
2004	0.58%	9.59%
2005	0.57%	8.8%
2006	0.56%	8.11%
2007	0.54%	7.52%
2008	0.52%	7.03%
2009	0.5%	6.63%
2010	0.48%	6.3%
2011	0.45%	6.01%
2012	0.43%	5.77%
2013	0.41%	5.57%
2014	0.4%	5.39%
2015	0.39%	5.24%
2016	0.38%	5.11%
2017	0.38%	4.97%
2018	0.38%	4.82%
2019	0.38%	4.65%
2020	0.38%	4.46%
2021	0.37%	4.25%
2022	0.37%	4.04%
2023	0.37%	3.85%