Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and El Salvador

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs El Salvador 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 1.78 in El Salvador in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bahrain vs El Salvador population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahrain	El Salvador
1960	7.26	6.62
1961	7.23	6.64
1962	7.19	6.68
1963	7.14	6.69
1964	7.09	6.68
1965	7.03	6.64
1966	6.94	6.57
1967	6.84	6.49
1968	6.71	6.39
1969	6.57	6.28
1970	6.43	6.18
1971	6.28	6.13
1972	6.14	6.03
1973	5.97	5.93
1974	5.79	5.82
1975	5.62	5.71
1976	5.45	5.59
1977	5.29	5.47
1978	5.12	5.36
1979	4.94	5.23
1980	4.76	5.11
1981	4.6	4.99
1982	4.51	4.83
1983	4.41	4.65
1984	4.3	4.48
1985	4.28	4.32
1986	4.25	4.19
1987	4.13	4.18
1988	4.04	4.1
1989	3.96	4.03
1990	3.82	3.96
1991	3.63	3.89
1992	3.55	3.8
1993	3.46	3.69
1994	3.29	3.61
1995	3.13	3.57
1996	2.99	3.48
1997	2.92	3.38
1998	2.89	3.34
1999	2.9	3.22
2000	2.8	3.08
2001	2.65	2.93
2002	2.7	2.78
2003	2.78	2.64
2004	2.77	2.52
2005	2.67	2.44
2006	2.46	2.4
2007	2.28	2.35
2008	2.15	2.29
2009	2.05	2.26
2010	1.99	2.24
2011	2.03	2.22
2012	2.11	2.19
2013	2.17	2.15
2014	2.15	2.13
2015	2.11	2.07
2016	2.04	1.97
2017	1.98	1.9
2018	1.91	1.85
2019	1.84	1.84
2020	1.86	1.82
2021	1.85	1.8
2022	1.84	1.79
2023	1.82	1.78
2024	1.8	1.77
2025	1.78	1.75
2026	1.77	1.74
2027	1.75	1.73
2028	1.74	1.72
2029	1.74	1.72
2030	1.73	1.71
2031	1.72	1.7
2032	1.72	1.7
2033	1.71	1.69
2034	1.71	1.69
2035	1.7	1.68
2036	1.7	1.68
2037	1.69	1.68
2038	1.69	1.67
2039	1.69	1.67
2040	1.68	1.67
2041	1.68	1.67
2042	1.68	1.67
2043	1.68	1.67
2044	1.68	1.66
2045	1.67	1.66
2046	1.67	1.66
2047	1.67	1.66
2048	1.67	1.66
2049	1.66	1.66
2050	1.66	1.65

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	El Salvador
1960	42.7%	45.5%
1961	42.9%	45.7%
1962	43.2%	45.8%
1963	43.6%	46%
1964	44.1%	46.1%
1965	44.7%	46.2%
1966	45.3%	46.3%
1967	45.9%	46.5%
1968	46.1%	46.6%
1969	45.8%	46.8%
1970	45.3%	46.8%
1971	44.4%	46.7%
1972	43.4%	46.6%
1973	42.2%	46.4%
1974	41%	46.2%
1975	39.8%	45.9%
1976	38.7%	45.6%
1977	37.7%	45.3%
1978	36.8%	44.9%
1979	36%	44.5%
1980	35.3%	44.2%
1981	34.8%	43.9%
1982	34.4%	43.7%
1983	34%	43.4%
1984	33.7%	43.1%
1985	33.4%	42.7%
1986	33.3%	42.4%
1987	33.3%	42.1%
1988	33.3%	41.9%
1989	33.4%	41.8%
1990	33.6%	41.7%
1991	33.6%	41.7%
1992	33.5%	41.5%
1993	33.1%	41.1%
1994	32.6%	40.5%
1995	32.2%	39.8%
1996	31.7%	39.1%
1997	31.2%	38.5%
1998	30.7%	38%
1999	30.2%	37.5%
2000	29.8%	37.1%
2001	28.9%	36.7%
2002	27.6%	36.3%
2003	26.2%	35.9%
2004	24.9%	35.4%
2005	23.7%	34.9%
2006	22.8%	34.4%
2007	22%	33.9%
2008	21.3%	33.4%
2009	20.6%	32.7%
2010	20.4%	32%
2011	20.4%	31.3%
2012	19.9%	30.6%
2013	19.8%	29.9%
2014	20.3%	29.2%
2015	20.5%	28.6%
2016	20.1%	28%
2017	19.8%	27.5%
2018	19.8%	27%
2019	20.1%	26.7%
2020	19.9%	26.3%
2021	19.3%	26%
2022	19.1%	25.6%
2023	19%	25.2%
2024	18.7%	24.8%
2025	18.4%	24.4%
2026	18.2%	24%
2027	17.9%	23.5%
2028	17.7%	23.1%
2029	17.6%	22.7%
2030	17.4%	22.3%
2031	17.3%	21.9%
2032	17.2%	21.6%
2033	17.1%	21.4%
2034	17.1%	21.1%
2035	17.1%	20.8%
2036	17.2%	20.6%
2037	17.3%	20.3%
2038	17.3%	20.1%
2039	17.3%	19.8%
2040	17.3%	19.6%
2041	17.3%	19.3%
2042	17.3%	19%
2043	17.3%	18.8%
2044	17.3%	18.5%
2045	17.3%	18.3%
2046	17.3%	18%
2047	17.3%	17.8%
2048	17.2%	17.6%
2049	17.2%	17.3%
2050	17.1%	17.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 24.8% in El Salvador in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and El Salvador compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs El Salvador by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain and +0.93% in El Salvador. 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	El Salvador
1960	5,513	81,544
1961	5,882	84,614
1962	6,232	88,237
1963	6,557	90,794
1964	6,873	93,328
1965	7,148	95,341
1966	7,342	97,156
1967	7,492	98,424
1968	7,584	98,851
1969	7,277	99,848
1970	6,973	100,499
1971	6,650	104,714
1972	6,763	107,604
1973	7,012	111,546
1974	7,265	113,846
1975	7,535	116,737
1976	7,818	120,511
1977	8,093	121,446
1978	8,358	124,468
1979	8,587	123,838
1980	8,802	111,771
1981	9,020	117,346
1982	9,396	120,938
1983	9,821	121,700
1984	10,269	125,036
1985	10,924	127,248
1986	11,455	130,177
1987	11,709	133,667
1988	11,995	136,230
1989	12,293	139,093
1990	12,337	140,311
1991	11,491	140,691
1992	11,577	139,221
1993	11,521	138,432
1994	11,133	137,974
1995	10,824	138,268
1996	10,607	136,929
1997	10,739	134,448
1998	10,970	134,065
1999	11,397	128,947
2000	11,339	122,315
2001	10,948	114,313
2002	11,875	106,137
2003	13,243	97,849
2004	14,454	90,905
2005	15,196	84,883
2006	15,248	80,887
2007	15,393	76,776
2008	15,541	75,107
2009	15,795	74,908
2010	16,474	75,695
2011	15,990	76,182
2012	16,219	75,495
2013	17,044	73,869
2014	17,826	72,581
2015	18,193	69,263
2016	17,996	63,751
2017	18,140	59,824
2018	17,445	57,509
2019	16,639	56,816
2020	15,056	48,244
2021	15,401	46,530
2022	17,058	53,138
2023	16,356	51,985

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs El Salvador

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 39 deaths in El Salvador.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	El Salvador
1985	37	193
1986	37	169
1987	36	178
1988	36	173
1989	35	155
1990	35	145
1991	34	129
1992	34	121
1993	33	114
1994	33	101
1995	31	89
1996	30	78
1997	28	67
1998	27	61
1999	26	53
2000	25	48
2001	24	45
2002	23	40
2003	22	38
2004	21	35
2005	20	34
2006	20	33
2007	19	33
2008	19	33
2009	18	35
2010	18	34
2011	18	35
2012	17	36
2013	17	39
2014	16	41
2015	16	43
2016	17	43
2017	17	44
2018	16	43
2019	17	40
2020	7	48
2021	10	58
2022	5	39
2023	17	39

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain and 1.04% in El Salvador. 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	El Salvador
1960	19.8%	18.5%
1961	18.2%	18.1%
1962	16.6%	17.7%
1963	15.2%	17.3%
1964	13.9%	17%
1965	12.7%	16.6%
1966	11.5%	16.3%
1967	10.5%	16%
1968	9.5%	15.6%
1969	8.6%	15.3%
1970	7.79%	15%
1971	7.05%	14.6%
1972	6.38%	14.3%
1973	5.8%	13.9%
1974	5.29%	13.5%
1975	4.84%	13.1%
1976	4.45%	12.6%
1977	4.11%	12.1%
1978	3.81%	11.6%
1979	3.54%	11.1%
1980	3.3%	12.5%
1981	3.09%	10%
1982	2.91%	9.46%
1983	2.76%	8.94%
1984	2.63%	8.42%
1985	2.52%	7.93%
1986	2.44%	7.47%
1987	2.38%	7.04%
1988	2.34%	6.65%
1989	2.32%	6.28%
1990	2.31%	5.94%
1991	2.27%	5.61%
1992	2.21%	5.3%
1993	2.1%	5%
1994	1.97%	4.71%
1995	1.82%	4.42%
1996	1.66%	4.15%
1997	1.52%	3.89%
1998	1.41%	3.65%
1999	1.32%	3.43%
2000	1.25%	3.23%
2001	1.2%	3.04%
2002	1.16%	2.86%
2003	1.13%	2.7%
2004	1.1%	2.55%
2005	1.06%	2.4%
2006	1.03%	2.27%
2007	0.98%	2.15%
2008	0.94%	2.04%
2009	0.9%	1.94%
2010	0.86%	1.84%
2011	0.83%	1.75%
2012	0.81%	1.67%
2013	0.79%	1.59%
2014	0.78%	1.52%
2015	0.77%	1.45%
2016	0.76%	1.39%
2017	0.77%	1.33%
2018	0.77%	1.27%
2019	0.78%	1.22%
2020	0.8%	1.17%
2021	0.82%	1.12%
2022	0.84%	1.08%
2023	0.86%	1.04%