Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and Djibouti

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs Djibouti chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bahrain was 1.82 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.61 in Djibouti 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
	Bahrain	Djibouti
1960	7.26	6.85
1961	7.23	6.85
1962	7.19	6.85
1963	7.14	6.86
1964	7.09	6.87
1965	7.03	6.86
1966	6.94	6.88
1967	6.84	6.87
1968	6.71	6.88
1969	6.57	6.88
1970	6.43	6.88
1971	6.28	6.88
1972	6.14	6.85
1973	5.97	6.82
1974	5.79	6.78
1975	5.62	6.74
1976	5.45	6.69
1977	5.29	6.64
1978	5.12	6.59
1979	4.94	6.52
1980	4.76	6.46
1981	4.6	6.4
1982	4.51	6.34
1983	4.41	6.3
1984	4.3	6.25
1985	4.28	6.19
1986	4.25	6.14
1987	4.13	6.09
1988	4.04	6.03
1989	3.96	5.97
1990	3.82	5.93
1991	3.63	5.86
1992	3.55	5.75
1993	3.46	5.64
1994	3.29	5.51
1995	3.13	5.33
1996	2.99	5.15
1997	2.92	4.97
1998	2.89	4.8
1999	2.9	4.69
2000	2.8	4.6
2001	2.65	4.52
2002	2.7	4.41
2003	2.78	4.3
2004	2.77	4.16
2005	2.67	4.04
2006	2.46	3.9
2007	2.28	3.76
2008	2.15	3.62
2009	2.05	3.52
2010	1.99	3.43
2011	2.03	3.34
2012	2.11	3.26
2013	2.17	3.19
2014	2.15	3.12
2015	2.11	3.04
2016	2.04	2.97
2017	1.98	2.92
2018	1.91	2.86
2019	1.84	2.8
2020	1.86	2.75
2021	1.85	2.7
2022	1.84	2.65
2023	1.82	2.61
2024	1.8	2.62
2025	1.78	2.58
2026	1.77	2.54
2027	1.75	2.51
2028	1.74	2.48
2029	1.74	2.45
2030	1.73	2.42
2031	1.72	2.39
2032	1.72	2.36
2033	1.71	2.33
2034	1.71	2.31
2035	1.7	2.29
2036	1.7	2.27
2037	1.69	2.25
2038	1.69	2.23
2039	1.69	2.21
2040	1.68	2.19
2041	1.68	2.17
2042	1.68	2.16
2043	1.68	2.14
2044	1.68	2.13
2045	1.67	2.11
2046	1.67	2.1
2047	1.67	2.09
2048	1.67	2.08
2049	1.66	2.06
2050	1.66	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	Djibouti
1960	42.7%	44.2%
1961	42.9%	44%
1962	43.2%	43.8%
1963	43.6%	43.7%
1964	44.1%	43.5%
1965	44.7%	43.6%
1966	45.3%	43.8%
1967	45.9%	44%
1968	46.1%	44.3%
1969	45.8%	44.5%
1970	45.3%	44.7%
1971	44.4%	44.9%
1972	43.4%	45%
1973	42.2%	45.2%
1974	41%	45.3%
1975	39.8%	45.4%
1976	38.7%	45.5%
1977	37.7%	45.5%
1978	36.8%	45.6%
1979	36%	45.5%
1980	35.3%	45.5%
1981	34.8%	45.4%
1982	34.4%	45.3%
1983	34%	45.1%
1984	33.7%	45%
1985	33.4%	44.8%
1986	33.3%	44.6%
1987	33.3%	44.4%
1988	33.3%	44.2%
1989	33.4%	44%
1990	33.6%	43.7%
1991	33.6%	43.5%
1992	33.5%	43.3%
1993	33.1%	43.1%
1994	32.6%	42.8%
1995	32.2%	42.5%
1996	31.7%	42.2%
1997	31.2%	41.5%
1998	30.7%	40.6%
1999	30.2%	40%
2000	29.8%	39.6%
2001	28.9%	39.1%
2002	27.6%	38.7%
2003	26.2%	38.6%
2004	24.9%	38.5%
2005	23.7%	38.4%
2006	22.8%	38.1%
2007	22%	37.7%
2008	21.3%	37.2%
2009	20.6%	36.8%
2010	20.4%	36.4%
2011	20.4%	35.9%
2012	19.9%	35.5%
2013	19.8%	35.1%
2014	20.3%	34.6%
2015	20.5%	34%
2016	20.1%	33.4%
2017	19.8%	32.8%
2018	19.8%	32.2%
2019	20.1%	31.6%
2020	19.9%	31%
2021	19.3%	30.5%
2022	19.1%	30%
2023	19%	29.6%
2024	18.7%	29.2%
2025	18.4%	28.8%
2026	18.2%	28.5%
2027	17.9%	28.1%
2028	17.7%	27.8%
2029	17.6%	27.5%
2030	17.4%	27.3%
2031	17.3%	27%
2032	17.2%	26.8%
2033	17.1%	26.6%
2034	17.1%	26.4%
2035	17.1%	26.2%
2036	17.2%	26.1%
2037	17.3%	25.9%
2038	17.3%	25.7%
2039	17.3%	25.5%
2040	17.3%	25.3%
2041	17.3%	25.1%
2042	17.3%	24.9%
2043	17.3%	24.7%
2044	17.3%	24.5%
2045	17.3%	24.3%
2046	17.3%	24.1%
2047	17.3%	23.8%
2048	17.2%	23.6%
2049	17.2%	23.4%
2050	17.1%	23.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 29.2% in Djibouti in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and Djibouti compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs Djibouti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain and +1.43% in Djibouti. 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
	Bahrain	Djibouti
1960	5,513	2,299
1961	5,882	2,412
1962	6,232	2,538
1963	6,557	2,687
1964	6,873	2,864
1965	7,148	3,054
1966	7,342	3,268
1967	7,492	3,484
1968	7,584	3,712
1969	7,277	3,950
1970	6,973	4,249
1971	6,650	4,484
1972	6,763	4,885
1973	7,012	5,234
1974	7,265	5,601
1975	7,535	6,034
1976	7,818	6,567
1977	8,093	7,195
1978	8,358	7,886
1979	8,587	8,573
1980	8,802	9,187
1981	9,020	9,654
1982	9,396	10,058
1983	9,821	10,391
1984	10,269	10,713
1985	10,924	11,106
1986	11,455	11,671
1987	11,709	12,357
1988	11,995	13,107
1989	12,293	13,851
1990	12,337	15,074
1991	11,491	16,553
1992	11,577	16,971
1993	11,521	15,805
1994	11,133	15,989
1995	10,824	15,651
1996	10,607	15,408
1997	10,739	15,255
1998	10,970	15,845
1999	11,397	16,491
2000	11,339	17,014
2001	10,948	17,710
2002	11,875	18,167
2003	13,243	18,341
2004	14,454	17,756
2005	15,196	17,361
2006	15,248	16,901
2007	15,393	16,647
2008	15,541	16,356
2009	15,795	16,323
2010	16,474	16,225
2011	15,990	16,169
2012	16,219	16,026
2013	17,044	15,986
2014	17,826	15,857
2015	18,193	15,718
2016	17,996	15,621
2017	18,140	15,593
2018	17,445	15,524
2019	16,639	15,368
2020	15,056	14,970
2021	15,401	14,555
2022	17,058	15,337
2023	16,356	15,349

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs Djibouti

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bahrain, compared to 162 deaths in Djibouti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	Djibouti
1985	37	821
1986	37	804
1987	36	785
1988	36	768
1989	35	746
1990	35	725
1991	34	731
1992	34	780
1993	33	704
1994	33	682
1995	31	634
1996	30	609
1997	28	582
1998	27	555
1999	26	524
2000	25	501
2001	24	441
2002	23	404
2003	22	391
2004	21	364
2005	20	315
2006	20	298
2007	19	285
2008	19	273
2009	18	263
2010	18	243
2011	18	229
2012	17	221
2013	17	219
2014	16	212
2015	16	210
2016	17	204
2017	17	201
2018	16	199
2019	17	194
2020	7	192
2021	10	221
2022	5	174
2023	17	162

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain and 5.04% in Djibouti. 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
	Bahrain	Djibouti
1960	19.8%	-
1961	18.2%	-
1962	16.6%	-
1963	15.2%	-
1964	13.9%	-
1965	12.7%	-
1966	11.5%	-
1967	10.5%	-
1968	9.5%	-
1969	8.6%	-
1970	7.79%	-
1971	7.05%	-
1972	6.38%	-
1973	5.8%	-
1974	5.29%	-
1975	4.84%	-
1976	4.45%	17.1%
1977	4.11%	16.6%
1978	3.81%	16.2%
1979	3.54%	15.7%
1980	3.3%	15.3%
1981	3.09%	14.8%
1982	2.91%	14.4%
1983	2.76%	14%
1984	2.63%	13.6%
1985	2.52%	13.2%
1986	2.44%	12.8%
1987	2.38%	12.5%
1988	2.34%	12.2%
1989	2.32%	11.9%
1990	2.31%	11.6%
1991	2.27%	11.4%
1992	2.21%	11.2%
1993	2.1%	11.1%
1994	1.97%	10.9%
1995	1.82%	10.8%
1996	1.66%	10.7%
1997	1.52%	10.5%
1998	1.41%	10.3%
1999	1.32%	10.2%
2000	1.25%	9.95%
2001	1.2%	9.72%
2002	1.16%	9.48%
2003	1.13%	9.24%
2004	1.1%	9%
2005	1.06%	8.77%
2006	1.03%	8.53%
2007	0.98%	8.28%
2008	0.94%	8.03%
2009	0.9%	7.81%
2010	0.86%	7.59%
2011	0.83%	7.36%
2012	0.81%	7.14%
2013	0.79%	6.93%
2014	0.78%	6.72%
2015	0.77%	6.51%
2016	0.76%	6.33%
2017	0.77%	6.13%
2018	0.77%	5.94%
2019	0.78%	5.75%
2020	0.8%	5.56%
2021	0.82%	5.38%
2022	0.84%	5.22%
2023	0.86%	5.04%