Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Gabon

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Gabon 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 3.65 in Gabon 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	Gabon
1960	5.88	4.42
1961	5.94	4.5
1962	5.96	4.59
1963	5.95	4.65
1964	5.89	4.71
1965	5.79	4.79
1966	5.66	4.86
1967	5.38	4.92
1968	5.22	4.98
1969	5.07	5.05
1970	4.91	5.1
1971	4.77	5.16
1972	4.62	5.24
1973	4.45	5.29
1974	4.33	5.33
1975	4.18	5.39
1976	4.02	5.46
1977	3.87	5.52
1978	3.73	5.57
1979	3.61	5.61
1980	3.5	5.66
1981	3.41	5.73
1982	3.34	5.74
1983	3.29	5.76
1984	3.26	5.73
1985	2.91	5.71
1986	2.9	5.69
1987	2.9	5.67
1988	2.8	5.62
1989	2.8	5.55
1990	2.74	5.46
1991	2.87	5.37
1992	2.74	5.29
1993	2.7	5.19
1994	2.52	5.04
1995	2.29	4.88
1996	2.06	4.74
1997	2.07	4.66
1998	2	4.58
1999	2.07	4.5
2000	2	4.47
2001	1.8	4.42
2002	1.8	4.36
2003	1.9	4.3
2004	2.05	4.25
2005	2	4.21
2006	1.97	4.17
2007	1.97	4.14
2008	1.9	4.12
2009	1.82	4.14
2010	1.92	4.15
2011	1.96	4.15
2012	2	4.09
2013	1.98	4.02
2014	1.97	3.95
2015	1.94	3.92
2016	1.9	3.92
2017	1.75	3.91
2018	1.73	3.91
2019	1.81	3.88
2020	1.7	3.83
2021	1.52	3.78
2022	1.67	3.71
2023	1.55	3.65
2024	1.55	3.59
2025	1.54	3.54
2026	1.54	3.49
2027	1.54	3.43
2028	1.54	3.37
2029	1.54	3.33
2030	1.54	3.29
2031	1.53	3.24
2032	1.53	3.2
2033	1.53	3.16
2034	1.53	3.12
2035	1.53	3.08
2036	1.53	3.04
2037	1.53	3.01
2038	1.53	2.97
2039	1.52	2.94
2040	1.52	2.91
2041	1.52	2.88
2042	1.52	2.84
2043	1.52	2.81
2044	1.52	2.78
2045	1.52	2.75
2046	1.52	2.73
2047	1.52	2.7
2048	1.52	2.67
2049	1.52	2.64
2050	1.52	2.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Gabon
1960	40.4%	31.4%
1961	42%	31.8%
1962	43.3%	32.2%
1963	44.2%	32.6%
1964	44.9%	33%
1965	45.3%	33.5%
1966	45.6%	33.9%
1967	45.7%	34.3%
1968	45.6%	34.7%
1969	45.3%	35.1%
1970	44.9%	35.4%
1971	44.3%	35.8%
1972	43.6%	36.3%
1973	42.7%	36.7%
1974	41.7%	37.1%
1975	40.6%	37.6%
1976	39.4%	38%
1977	38.1%	38.4%
1978	36.7%	38.8%
1979	35.6%	39.2%
1980	35%	39.6%
1981	34.4%	39.9%
1982	34%	40.3%
1983	33.8%	40.7%
1984	33.5%	41%
1985	33.4%	41.4%
1986	33.2%	41.6%
1987	33.1%	41.9%
1988	33.2%	42.1%
1989	33.5%	42.3%
1990	33.8%	42.4%
1991	34%	42.5%
1992	34.1%	42.5%
1993	34%	42.5%
1994	33.9%	42.4%
1995	33.6%	42.3%
1996	33.2%	42%
1997	32.8%	41.8%
1998	32.2%	41.5%
1999	31.4%	41.2%
2000	30.3%	40.8%
2001	29.2%	40.5%
2002	28.1%	40.1%
2003	27%	39.7%
2004	26%	39.4%
2005	25.1%	39%
2006	24.4%	38.6%
2007	23.8%	38.2%
2008	23.2%	37.9%
2009	22.7%	37.6%
2010	22.3%	37.3%
2011	22.2%	37.1%
2012	22.3%	37%
2013	22.7%	36.8%
2014	23.1%	36.7%
2015	23.5%	36.6%
2016	23.8%	36.6%
2017	23.9%	36.6%
2018	23.8%	36.7%
2019	23.5%	36.8%
2020	23.4%	36.8%
2021	23.1%	36.8%
2022	22.8%	36.8%
2023	22.3%	36.7%
2024	21.8%	36.5%
2025	21.2%	36.2%
2026	20.6%	35.9%
2027	20%	35.6%
2028	19.4%	35.3%
2029	18.9%	34.9%
2030	18.3%	34.6%
2031	17.9%	34.2%
2032	17.6%	33.8%
2033	17.5%	33.4%
2034	17.3%	33%
2035	17%	32.7%
2036	16.9%	32.3%
2037	16.8%	32%
2038	16.8%	31.8%
2039	16.8%	31.5%
2040	16.8%	31.3%
2041	16.8%	31.1%
2042	16.9%	31%
2043	16.9%	30.8%
2044	16.9%	30.6%
2045	16.8%	30.5%
2046	16.8%	30.3%
2047	16.8%	30.2%
2048	16.7%	30%
2049	16.6%	29.8%
2050	16.5%	29.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 36.5% in Gabon in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 42.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and Gabon compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Gabon by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +2.31% in Gabon. 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	Gabon
1960	127,982	5,732
1961	133,870	6,161
1962	135,928	6,609
1963	136,762	7,001
1964	134,971	7,402
1965	131,114	7,902
1966	126,678	8,410
1967	118,988	8,883
1968	115,379	9,417
1969	111,387	9,969
1970	108,976	10,635
1971	106,948	11,357
1972	105,009	12,095
1973	103,208	12,731
1974	103,872	13,381
1975	103,472	14,162
1976	103,370	14,998
1977	102,304	15,842
1978	102,831	16,714
1979	104,864	17,553
1980	110,279	18,503
1981	121,400	19,528
1982	117,615	20,292
1983	125,966	21,162
1984	130,043	21,851
1985	132,068	22,617
1986	141,499	23,362
1987	138,195	24,212
1988	136,702	24,888
1989	141,531	25,359
1990	142,069	25,858
1991	147,607	26,334
1992	133,615	26,810
1993	123,664	27,235
1994	107,112	27,271
1995	93,755	27,290
1996	80,735	27,450
1997	84,653	28,053
1998	77,548	28,697
1999	71,047	29,330
2000	70,023	30,210
2001	64,890	30,941
2002	63,741	31,777
2003	64,226	32,633
2004	81,403	33,615
2005	89,793	34,766
2006	96,724	35,984
2007	97,827	37,394
2008	99,903	39,002
2009	99,315	41,037
2010	112,274	43,061
2011	122,002	44,922
2012	119,915	45,941
2013	117,710	46,829
2014	115,374	47,704
2015	110,967	48,876
2016	102,457	50,321
2017	86,715	51,455
2018	81,506	52,476
2019	85,207	53,185
2020	50,466	52,745
2021	35,483	52,611
2022	61,865	52,944
2023	52,800	53,167

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Gabon

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 233 deaths in Gabon.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Gabon
1985	45	373
1986	48	369
1987	45	366
1988	45	367
1989	43	366
1990	41	368
1991	43	369
1992	56	371
1993	54	364
1994	58	357
1995	64	341
1996	58	321
1997	59	290
1998	54	258
1999	51	216
2000	46	178
2001	45	160
2002	40	151
2003	41	134
2004	40	142
2005	40	175
2006	33	186
2007	33	173
2008	30	158
2009	29	158
2010	28	144
2011	27	149
2012	28	173
2013	24	235
2014	23	273
2015	21	239
2016	22	215
2017	22	184
2018	21	176
2019	21	179
2020	21	194
2021	55	249
2022	32	216
2023	18	233

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 3.32% in Gabon. 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	Gabon
1960	-	21.9%
1961	-	21.2%
1962	-	20.5%
1963	-	19.8%
1964	-	19.2%
1965	-	18.6%
1966	-	17.9%
1967	-	17.4%
1968	-	16.8%
1969	-	16.2%
1970	-	15.7%
1971	-	15.2%
1972	-	14.7%
1973	-	14.2%
1974	-	13.7%
1975	-	13.3%
1976	-	12.8%
1977	-	12.4%
1978	-	12%
1979	-	11.6%
1980	-	11.2%
1981	-	10.8%
1982	10.9%	10.5%
1983	10.7%	10.1%
1984	10.4%	9.81%
1985	10.2%	9.52%
1986	9.96%	9.26%
1987	9.77%	9.03%
1988	9.62%	8.82%
1989	9.52%	8.64%
1990	9.48%	8.49%
1991	9.5%	8.35%
1992	9.52%	8.24%
1993	9.52%	8.14%
1994	9.47%	8.06%
1995	9.34%	7.98%
1996	9.1%	7.89%
1997	8.78%	7.79%
1998	8.37%	7.67%
1999	7.91%	7.53%
2000	7.4%	7.37%
2001	6.9%	7.19%
2002	6.41%	7.01%
2003	5.96%	6.81%
2004	5.55%	6.6%
2005	5.18%	6.39%
2006	4.85%	6.21%
2007	4.55%	5.99%
2008	4.27%	5.77%
2009	4.01%	5.57%
2010	3.77%	5.35%
2011	3.54%	5.14%
2012	3.32%	4.94%
2013	3.12%	4.73%
2014	2.95%	4.57%
2015	2.78%	4.42%
2016	2.63%	4.24%
2017	2.49%	4.1%
2018	2.36%	3.96%
2019	2.24%	3.8%
2020	2.13%	3.62%
2021	2.04%	3.52%
2022	1.94%	3.41%
2023	1.86%	3.32%