Fertility & birth rates in Azerbaijan and Gambia

Fertility rate in Azerbaijan vs Gambia 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 4.01 in the Gambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Azerbaijan vs the Gambia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Azerbaijan	Gambia
1960	5.88	6.25
1961	5.94	6.23
1962	5.96	6.21
1963	5.95	6.2
1964	5.89	6.2
1965	5.79	6.19
1966	5.66	6.18
1967	5.38	6.21
1968	5.22	6.22
1969	5.07	6.25
1970	4.91	6.26
1971	4.77	6.33
1972	4.62	6.37
1973	4.45	6.41
1974	4.33	6.42
1975	4.18	6.43
1976	4.02	6.43
1977	3.87	6.43
1978	3.73	6.42
1979	3.61	6.41
1980	3.5	6.41
1981	3.41	6.4
1982	3.34	6.4
1983	3.29	6.39
1984	3.26	6.39
1985	2.91	6.36
1986	2.9	6.34
1987	2.9	6.3
1988	2.8	6.26
1989	2.8	6.25
1990	2.74	6.25
1991	2.87	6.19
1992	2.74	6.11
1993	2.7	6.03
1994	2.52	6.04
1995	2.29	5.99
1996	2.06	5.93
1997	2.07	5.85
1998	2	5.82
1999	2.07	5.77
2000	2	5.72
2001	1.8	5.67
2002	1.8	5.66
2003	1.9	5.66
2004	2.05	5.68
2005	2	5.71
2006	1.97	5.74
2007	1.97	5.69
2008	1.9	5.63
2009	1.82	5.57
2010	1.92	5.56
2011	1.96	5.54
2012	2	5.52
2013	1.98	5.39
2014	1.97	5.2
2015	1.94	5
2016	1.9	4.81
2017	1.75	4.61
2018	1.73	4.42
2019	1.81	4.33
2020	1.7	4.25
2021	1.52	4.17
2022	1.67	4.08
2023	1.55	4.01
2024	1.55	3.91
2025	1.54	3.8
2026	1.54	3.7
2027	1.54	3.6
2028	1.54	3.51
2029	1.54	3.41
2030	1.54	3.33
2031	1.53	3.24
2032	1.53	3.17
2033	1.53	3.1
2034	1.53	3.03
2035	1.53	2.97
2036	1.53	2.91
2037	1.53	2.86
2038	1.53	2.81
2039	1.52	2.76
2040	1.52	2.71
2041	1.52	2.67
2042	1.52	2.63
2043	1.52	2.59
2044	1.52	2.56
2045	1.52	2.52
2046	1.52	2.49
2047	1.52	2.46
2048	1.52	2.43
2049	1.52	2.4
2050	1.52	2.38

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Gambia
1960	40.4%	41%
1961	42%	40.8%
1962	43.3%	40.7%
1963	44.2%	40.8%
1964	44.9%	41%
1965	45.3%	41.3%
1966	45.6%	41.5%
1967	45.7%	41.6%
1968	45.6%	41.8%
1969	45.3%	41.9%
1970	44.9%	42%
1971	44.3%	42.1%
1972	43.6%	42.2%
1973	42.7%	42.3%
1974	41.7%	42.4%
1975	40.6%	42.6%
1976	39.4%	42.8%
1977	38.1%	43%
1978	36.7%	43.3%
1979	35.6%	43.5%
1980	35%	43.7%
1981	34.4%	44%
1982	34%	44.3%
1983	33.8%	44.6%
1984	33.5%	44.9%
1985	33.4%	45%
1986	33.2%	45.2%
1987	33.1%	45.4%
1988	33.2%	45.5%
1989	33.5%	45.6%
1990	33.8%	45.7%
1991	34%	45.8%
1992	34.1%	45.9%
1993	34%	46%
1994	33.9%	46.3%
1995	33.6%	46.5%
1996	33.2%	46.7%
1997	32.8%	46.9%
1998	32.2%	46.9%
1999	31.4%	46.9%
2000	30.3%	46.8%
2001	29.2%	46.7%
2002	28.1%	46.6%
2003	27%	46.4%
2004	26%	46.1%
2005	25.1%	45.9%
2006	24.4%	45.6%
2007	23.8%	45.3%
2008	23.2%	45.1%
2009	22.7%	44.8%
2010	22.3%	44.5%
2011	22.2%	44.3%
2012	22.3%	44.1%
2013	22.7%	43.9%
2014	23.1%	43.7%
2015	23.5%	43.6%
2016	23.8%	43.3%
2017	23.9%	43.1%
2018	23.8%	42.8%
2019	23.5%	42.4%
2020	23.4%	42%
2021	23.1%	41.6%
2022	22.8%	41.2%
2023	22.3%	40.7%
2024	21.8%	40.2%
2025	21.2%	39.7%
2026	20.6%	39.2%
2027	20%	38.5%
2028	19.4%	37.9%
2029	18.9%	37.3%
2030	18.3%	36.7%
2031	17.9%	36.2%
2032	17.6%	35.7%
2033	17.5%	35.2%
2034	17.3%	34.8%
2035	17%	34.3%
2036	16.9%	33.9%
2037	16.8%	33.4%
2038	16.8%	33%
2039	16.8%	32.5%
2040	16.8%	32.1%
2041	16.8%	31.7%
2042	16.9%	31.3%
2043	16.9%	30.9%
2044	16.9%	30.5%
2045	16.8%	30.2%
2046	16.8%	29.8%
2047	16.8%	29.5%
2048	16.7%	29.1%
2049	16.6%	28.8%
2050	16.5%	28.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Azerbaijan and 40.2% in the Gambia in 2024, compared to 33.8% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Azerbaijan and the Gambia compared.

Natural population change in Azerbaijan vs Gambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.79% in Azerbaijan and +2.59% in the Gambia. 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	Gambia
1960	127,982	8,420
1961	133,870	8,778
1962	135,928	9,150
1963	136,762	9,493
1964	134,971	9,825
1965	131,114	10,162
1966	126,678	10,422
1967	118,988	10,823
1968	115,379	11,215
1969	111,387	11,670
1970	108,976	12,128
1971	106,948	12,842
1972	105,009	13,432
1973	103,208	14,046
1974	103,872	14,628
1975	103,472	15,256
1976	103,370	16,032
1977	102,304	16,773
1978	102,831	17,424
1979	104,864	18,543
1980	110,279	19,566
1981	121,400	20,156
1982	117,615	21,894
1983	125,966	23,175
1984	130,043	24,586
1985	132,068	25,795
1986	141,499	27,195
1987	138,195	28,452
1988	136,702	29,938
1989	141,531	31,504
1990	142,069	33,163
1991	147,607	34,584
1992	133,615	35,951
1993	123,664	37,302
1994	107,112	38,880
1995	93,755	39,681
1996	80,735	40,253
1997	84,653	40,742
1998	77,548	41,842
1999	71,047	42,533
2000	70,023	43,249
2001	64,890	44,154
2002	63,741	45,156
2003	64,226	46,473
2004	81,403	48,276
2005	89,793	50,010
2006	96,724	52,335
2007	97,827	53,653
2008	99,903	55,032
2009	99,315	56,575
2010	112,274	58,554
2011	122,002	60,571
2012	119,915	62,745
2013	117,710	63,510
2014	115,374	63,185
2015	110,967	62,832
2016	102,457	62,358
2017	86,715	61,665
2018	81,506	60,854
2019	85,207	61,701
2020	50,466	62,209
2021	35,483	62,239
2022	61,865	63,634
2023	52,800	65,118

Maternal mortality chart: Azerbaijan vs Gambia

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 354 deaths in the Gambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Azerbaijan	Gambia
1985	45	1,454
1986	48	1,401
1987	45	1,360
1988	45	1,302
1989	43	1,258
1990	41	1,207
1991	43	1,167
1992	56	1,115
1993	54	1,072
1994	58	1,039
1995	64	999
1996	58	956
1997	59	928
1998	54	867
1999	51	830
2000	46	810
2001	45	794
2002	40	772
2003	41	749
2004	40	719
2005	40	707
2006	33	682
2007	33	675
2008	30	653
2009	29	634
2010	28	632
2011	27	634
2012	28	628
2013	24	606
2014	23	561
2015	21	527
2016	22	490
2017	22	469
2018	21	450
2019	21	422
2020	21	400
2021	55	420
2022	32	365
2023	18	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.86% in Azerbaijan and 4.41% in the Gambia. 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	Gambia
1960	-	36.2%
1961	-	35.5%
1962	-	34.8%
1963	-	34.1%
1964	-	33.5%
1965	-	32.8%
1966	-	32.1%
1967	-	31.5%
1968	-	30.9%
1969	-	30.2%
1970	-	29.5%
1971	-	28.9%
1972	-	28.2%
1973	-	27.5%
1974	-	26.9%
1975	-	26.2%
1976	-	25.5%
1977	-	24.9%
1978	-	24.2%
1979	-	23.6%
1980	-	23%
1981	-	22.3%
1982	10.9%	21.7%
1983	10.7%	21%
1984	10.4%	20.4%
1985	10.2%	19.7%
1986	9.96%	19.1%
1987	9.77%	18.4%
1988	9.62%	17.8%
1989	9.52%	17.2%
1990	9.48%	16.6%
1991	9.5%	16%
1992	9.52%	15.5%
1993	9.52%	14.9%
1994	9.47%	14.4%
1995	9.34%	13.9%
1996	9.1%	13.3%
1997	8.78%	12.8%
1998	8.37%	12.3%
1999	7.91%	11.8%
2000	7.4%	11.3%
2001	6.9%	10.9%
2002	6.41%	10.4%
2003	5.96%	9.95%
2004	5.55%	9.52%
2005	5.18%	9.11%
2006	4.85%	8.71%
2007	4.55%	8.33%
2008	4.27%	7.98%
2009	4.01%	7.64%
2010	3.77%	7.31%
2011	3.54%	7.01%
2012	3.32%	6.73%
2013	3.12%	6.45%
2014	2.95%	6.18%
2015	2.78%	5.93%
2016	2.63%	5.7%
2017	2.49%	5.47%
2018	2.36%	5.27%
2019	2.24%	5.07%
2020	2.13%	4.89%
2021	2.04%	4.72%
2022	1.94%	4.56%
2023	1.86%	4.41%