Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Botswana

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Botswana chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Azerbaijan was 1.55 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.73 in Botswana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Azerbaijan	Botswana
1960	5.88	6.6
1961	5.94	6.56
1962	5.96	6.54
1963	5.95	6.58
1964	5.89	6.61
1965	5.79	6.6
1966	5.66	6.61
1967	5.38	6.6
1968	5.22	6.58
1969	5.07	6.56
1970	4.91	6.55
1971	4.77	6.54
1972	4.62	6.56
1973	4.45	6.59
1974	4.33	6.61
1975	4.18	6.61
1976	4.02	6.6
1977	3.87	6.54
1978	3.73	6.48
1979	3.61	6.4
1980	3.5	6.29
1981	3.41	6.16
1982	3.34	5.97
1983	3.29	5.79
1984	3.26	5.63
1985	2.91	5.48
1986	2.9	5.33
1987	2.9	5.1
1988	2.8	4.88
1989	2.8	4.67
1990	2.74	4.51
1991	2.87	4.37
1992	2.74	4.26
1993	2.7	4.15
1994	2.52	4.02
1995	2.29	3.79
1996	2.06	3.57
1997	2.07	3.43
1998	2	3.36
1999	2.07	3.31
2000	2	3.29
2001	1.8	3.25
2002	1.8	3.18
2003	1.9	3.11
2004	2.05	3.06
2005	2	3.08
2006	1.97	3.11
2007	1.97	3.13
2008	1.9	3.13
2009	1.82	3.13
2010	1.92	3.14
2011	1.96	3.1
2012	2	3.07
2013	1.98	3.05
2014	1.97	3.03
2015	1.94	3.01
2016	1.9	2.99
2017	1.75	2.97
2018	1.73	2.94
2019	1.81	2.91
2020	1.7	2.86
2021	1.52	2.83
2022	1.67	2.79
2023	1.55	2.73
2024	1.55	2.7
2025	1.54	2.66
2026	1.54	2.63
2027	1.54	2.59
2028	1.54	2.56
2029	1.54	2.52
2030	1.54	2.49
2031	1.53	2.46
2032	1.53	2.44
2033	1.53	2.41
2034	1.53	2.38
2035	1.53	2.35
2036	1.53	2.32
2037	1.53	2.3
2038	1.53	2.28
2039	1.52	2.26
2040	1.52	2.23
2041	1.52	2.21
2042	1.52	2.2
2043	1.52	2.18
2044	1.52	2.17
2045	1.52	2.15
2046	1.52	2.14
2047	1.52	2.12
2048	1.52	2.11
2049	1.52	2.09
2050	1.52	2.08

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Botswana
1960	40.4%	45.1%
1961	42%	45.6%
1962	43.3%	46.2%
1963	44.2%	46.8%
1964	44.9%	47.2%
1965	45.3%	47.5%
1966	45.6%	47.9%
1967	45.7%	48.2%
1968	45.6%	48.6%
1969	45.3%	48.9%
1970	44.9%	49.2%
1971	44.3%	49.3%
1972	43.6%	49.1%
1973	42.7%	48.6%
1974	41.7%	48.2%
1975	40.6%	47.7%
1976	39.4%	47.3%
1977	38.1%	47%
1978	36.7%	46.5%
1979	35.6%	46%
1980	35%	46.1%
1981	34.4%	46.2%
1982	34%	46.2%
1983	33.8%	46.2%
1984	33.5%	46.2%
1985	33.4%	46.2%
1986	33.2%	46.1%
1987	33.1%	46%
1988	33.2%	45.8%
1989	33.5%	45.5%
1990	33.8%	45.1%
1991	34%	44.7%
1992	34.1%	44.2%
1993	34%	43.7%
1994	33.9%	43%
1995	33.6%	42.2%
1996	33.2%	41.4%
1997	32.8%	40.6%
1998	32.2%	39.8%
1999	31.4%	39.1%
2000	30.3%	38.4%
2001	29.2%	37.7%
2002	28.1%	37.1%
2003	27%	36.5%
2004	26%	35.9%
2005	25.1%	35.5%
2006	24.4%	35.1%
2007	23.8%	34.8%
2008	23.2%	34.5%
2009	22.7%	34.2%
2010	22.3%	34.1%
2011	22.2%	34%
2012	22.3%	34.2%
2013	22.7%	34.4%
2014	23.1%	34.4%
2015	23.5%	34.4%
2016	23.8%	34.2%
2017	23.9%	33.9%
2018	23.8%	33.6%
2019	23.5%	33.3%
2020	23.4%	32.9%
2021	23.1%	32.6%
2022	22.8%	32.4%
2023	22.3%	32.3%
2024	21.8%	32.1%
2025	21.2%	32%
2026	20.6%	31.8%
2027	20%	31.6%
2028	19.4%	31.4%
2029	18.9%	31.2%
2030	18.3%	30.9%
2031	17.9%	30.6%
2032	17.6%	30.3%
2033	17.5%	30%
2034	17.3%	29.6%
2035	17%	29.2%
2036	16.9%	28.7%
2037	16.8%	28.1%
2038	16.8%	27.6%
2039	16.8%	27.2%
2040	16.8%	26.7%
2041	16.8%	26.3%
2042	16.9%	25.9%
2043	16.9%	25.5%
2044	16.9%	25.2%
2045	16.8%	24.8%
2046	16.8%	24.5%
2047	16.8%	24.2%
2048	16.7%	24%
2049	16.6%	23.7%
2050	16.5%	23.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 32.1% in Botswana in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 45.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Botswana compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Botswana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +1.88% in Botswana. 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
	Azerbaijan	Botswana
1960	127,982	15,861
1961	133,870	16,185
1962	135,928	16,507
1963	136,762	17,084
1964	134,971	17,634
1965	131,114	18,045
1966	126,678	18,250
1967	118,988	18,463
1968	115,379	18,725
1969	111,387	19,024
1970	108,976	19,438
1971	106,948	19,926
1972	105,009	21,004
1973	103,208	22,449
1974	103,872	24,160
1975	103,472	25,762
1976	103,370	27,497
1977	102,304	29,009
1978	102,831	30,596
1979	104,864	32,486
1980	110,279	33,934
1981	121,400	34,327
1982	117,615	34,859
1983	125,966	35,142
1984	130,043	35,530
1985	132,068	35,966
1986	141,499	36,203
1987	138,195	35,647
1988	136,702	34,564
1989	141,531	33,756
1990	142,069	33,015
1991	147,607	32,219
1992	133,615	31,995
1993	123,664	31,691
1994	107,112	30,664
1995	93,755	28,478
1996	80,735	26,847
1997	84,653	25,738
1998	77,548	25,397
1999	71,047	25,358
2000	70,023	25,850
2001	64,890	26,112
2002	63,741	26,163
2003	64,226	26,545
2004	81,403	27,481
2005	89,793	29,385
2006	96,724	31,340
2007	97,827	33,832
2008	99,903	35,433
2009	99,315	36,671
2010	112,274	38,101
2011	122,002	38,613
2012	119,915	39,202
2013	117,710	39,404
2014	115,374	40,046
2015	110,967	40,897
2016	102,457	41,993
2017	86,715	43,154
2018	81,506	44,171
2019	85,207	45,110
2020	50,466	45,610
2021	35,483	40,894
2022	61,865	47,400
2023	52,800	47,098

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Botswana

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 18 deaths per 100,000 live births in Azerbaijan, compared to 155 deaths in Botswana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Botswana
1985	45	313
1986	48	304
1987	45	302
1988	45	319
1989	43	300
1990	41	296
1991	43	283
1992	56	263
1993	54	230
1994	58	182
1995	64	148
1996	58	130
1997	59	123
1998	54	126
1999	51	131
2000	46	136
2001	45	138
2002	40	140
2003	41	142
2004	40	151
2005	40	166
2006	33	204
2007	33	201
2008	30	199
2009	29	213
2010	28	228
2011	27	269
2012	28	288
2013	24	221
2014	23	212
2015	21	141
2016	22	72
2017	22	46
2018	21	99
2019	21	100
2020	21	98
2021	55	165
2022	32	120
2023	18	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 3.96% in Botswana. 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
	Azerbaijan	Botswana
1960	-	16.8%
1961	-	16.3%
1962	-	15.8%
1963	-	15.3%
1964	-	14.9%
1965	-	14.5%
1966	-	14%
1967	-	13.6%
1968	-	13.2%
1969	-	12.8%
1970	-	12.4%
1971	-	11.9%
1972	-	11.4%
1973	-	10.9%
1974	-	10.4%
1975	-	9.88%
1976	-	9.32%
1977	-	8.77%
1978	-	8.23%
1979	-	7.74%
1980	-	7.29%
1981	-	6.86%
1982	10.9%	6.47%
1983	10.7%	6.12%
1984	10.4%	5.8%
1985	10.2%	5.5%
1986	9.96%	5.22%
1987	9.77%	5%
1988	9.62%	4.88%
1989	9.52%	4.87%
1990	9.48%	5.01%
1991	9.5%	5.29%
1992	9.52%	5.7%
1993	9.52%	6.2%
1994	9.47%	6.72%
1995	9.34%	6.74%
1996	9.1%	7.1%
1997	8.78%	7.37%
1998	8.37%	7.57%
1999	7.91%	7.91%
2000	7.4%	8.11%
2001	6.9%	8.12%
2002	6.41%	8%
2003	5.96%	7.85%
2004	5.55%	7.63%
2005	5.18%	7.03%
2006	4.85%	6.43%
2007	4.55%	6.16%
2008	4.27%	6.03%
2009	4.01%	5.78%
2010	3.77%	5.58%
2011	3.54%	5.68%
2012	3.32%	5.34%
2013	3.12%	5.1%
2014	2.95%	5.11%
2015	2.78%	4.98%
2016	2.63%	4.9%
2017	2.49%	4.65%
2018	2.36%	4.59%
2019	2.24%	4.5%
2020	2.13%	4.39%
2021	2.04%	4.2%
2022	1.94%	4.07%
2023	1.86%	3.96%