Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and Ethiopia

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs Ethiopia 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 3.99 in Ethiopia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bahrain vs Ethiopia 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	Ethiopia
1960	7.26	6.51
1961	7.23	6.53
1962	7.19	6.56
1963	7.14	6.59
1964	7.09	6.61
1965	7.03	6.63
1966	6.94	6.66
1967	6.84	6.68
1968	6.71	6.7
1969	6.57	6.72
1970	6.43	6.78
1971	6.28	6.84
1972	6.14	6.9
1973	5.97	6.96
1974	5.79	7.02
1975	5.62	7.08
1976	5.45	7.13
1977	5.29	7.19
1978	5.12	7.23
1979	4.94	7.25
1980	4.76	7.29
1981	4.6	7.31
1982	4.51	7.34
1983	4.41	7.35
1984	4.3	7.36
1985	4.28	7.34
1986	4.25	7.32
1987	4.13	7.29
1988	4.04	7.26
1989	3.96	7.23
1990	3.82	7.2
1991	3.63	7.16
1992	3.55	7.13
1993	3.46	7.09
1994	3.29	7.05
1995	3.13	7
1996	2.99	6.93
1997	2.92	6.87
1998	2.89	6.79
1999	2.9	6.72
2000	2.8	6.65
2001	2.65	6.58
2002	2.7	6.5
2003	2.78	6.4
2004	2.77	6.3
2005	2.67	6.19
2006	2.46	6.05
2007	2.28	5.89
2008	2.15	5.7
2009	2.05	5.49
2010	1.99	5.28
2011	2.03	5.08
2012	2.11	4.89
2013	2.17	4.71
2014	2.15	4.61
2015	2.11	4.53
2016	2.04	4.47
2017	1.98	4.4
2018	1.91	4.37
2019	1.84	4.35
2020	1.86	4.27
2021	1.85	4.18
2022	1.84	4.08
2023	1.82	3.99
2024	1.8	3.91
2025	1.78	3.81
2026	1.77	3.72
2027	1.75	3.64
2028	1.74	3.57
2029	1.74	3.5
2030	1.73	3.43
2031	1.72	3.36
2032	1.72	3.3
2033	1.71	3.24
2034	1.71	3.19
2035	1.7	3.14
2036	1.7	3.08
2037	1.69	3.03
2038	1.69	2.99
2039	1.69	2.94
2040	1.68	2.9
2041	1.68	2.86
2042	1.68	2.83
2043	1.68	2.79
2044	1.68	2.75
2045	1.67	2.72
2046	1.67	2.68
2047	1.67	2.65
2048	1.67	2.62
2049	1.66	2.59
2050	1.66	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	Ethiopia
1960	42.7%	42.2%
1961	42.9%	42.2%
1962	43.2%	42.1%
1963	43.6%	42.2%
1964	44.1%	42.3%
1965	44.7%	42.5%
1966	45.3%	42.9%
1967	45.9%	43.2%
1968	46.1%	43.5%
1969	45.8%	43.8%
1970	45.3%	44.2%
1971	44.4%	44.5%
1972	43.4%	44.9%
1973	42.2%	45.2%
1974	41%	45.4%
1975	39.8%	45.6%
1976	38.7%	45.7%
1977	37.7%	45.9%
1978	36.8%	46.1%
1979	36%	46.2%
1980	35.3%	46.3%
1981	34.8%	46.4%
1982	34.4%	46.5%
1983	34%	46.4%
1984	33.7%	46.2%
1985	33.4%	46.1%
1986	33.3%	46%
1987	33.3%	46%
1988	33.3%	46%
1989	33.4%	46.1%
1990	33.6%	46.2%
1991	33.6%	46.2%
1992	33.5%	46.2%
1993	33.1%	46.4%
1994	32.6%	46.5%
1995	32.2%	46.7%
1996	31.7%	46.9%
1997	31.2%	47.1%
1998	30.7%	47.4%
1999	30.2%	47.6%
2000	29.8%	47.7%
2001	28.9%	47.8%
2002	27.6%	47.8%
2003	26.2%	47.7%
2004	24.9%	47.6%
2005	23.7%	47.4%
2006	22.8%	47.2%
2007	22%	46.9%
2008	21.3%	46.6%
2009	20.6%	46.2%
2010	20.4%	45.7%
2011	20.4%	45.2%
2012	19.9%	44.6%
2013	19.8%	44%
2014	20.3%	43.4%
2015	20.5%	42.9%
2016	20.1%	42.3%
2017	19.8%	41.8%
2018	19.8%	41.3%
2019	20.1%	40.9%
2020	19.9%	40.5%
2021	19.3%	40.1%
2022	19.1%	39.7%
2023	19%	39.4%
2024	18.7%	39.1%
2025	18.4%	38.8%
2026	18.2%	38.5%
2027	17.9%	38.3%
2028	17.7%	38.1%
2029	17.6%	37.8%
2030	17.4%	37.6%
2031	17.3%	37.3%
2032	17.2%	37%
2033	17.1%	36.6%
2034	17.1%	36.2%
2035	17.1%	35.8%
2036	17.2%	35.4%
2037	17.3%	34.9%
2038	17.3%	34.5%
2039	17.3%	34%
2040	17.3%	33.6%
2041	17.3%	33.2%
2042	17.3%	32.8%
2043	17.3%	32.4%
2044	17.3%	32%
2045	17.3%	31.7%
2046	17.3%	31.3%
2047	17.3%	31%
2048	17.2%	30.7%
2049	17.2%	30.3%
2050	17.1%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 39.1% in Ethiopia in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and Ethiopia compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs Ethiopia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain and +2.64% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	5,513	511,694
1961	5,882	538,518
1962	6,232	563,650
1963	6,557	590,998
1964	6,873	618,667
1965	7,148	642,359
1966	7,342	616,281
1967	7,492	695,283
1968	7,584	715,602
1969	7,277	736,428
1970	6,973	760,821
1971	6,650	787,047
1972	6,763	779,808
1973	7,012	807,535
1974	7,265	777,306
1975	7,535	801,425
1976	7,818	899,577
1977	8,093	929,381
1978	8,358	943,388
1979	8,587	987,203
1980	8,802	1,007,516
1981	9,020	1,018,838
1982	9,396	1,080,853
1983	9,821	863,472
1984	10,269	920,670
1985	10,924	997,050
1986	11,455	1,050,277
1987	11,709	1,356,853
1988	11,995	1,393,356
1989	12,293	1,441,769
1990	12,337	1,479,663
1991	11,491	1,579,416
1992	11,577	1,673,839
1993	11,521	1,734,851
1994	11,133	1,788,133
1995	10,824	1,831,068
1996	10,607	1,896,364
1997	10,739	1,945,112
1998	10,970	1,984,989
1999	11,397	2,010,987
2000	11,339	2,083,622
2001	10,948	2,137,791
2002	11,875	2,189,683
2003	13,243	2,231,223
2004	14,454	2,296,999
2005	15,196	2,353,375
2006	15,248	2,393,585
2007	15,393	2,436,753
2008	15,541	2,465,283
2009	15,795	2,467,118
2010	16,474	2,498,048
2011	15,990	2,527,811
2012	16,219	2,533,398
2013	17,044	2,546,020
2014	17,826	2,623,647
2015	18,193	2,713,529
2016	17,996	2,809,889
2017	18,140	2,899,143
2018	17,445	3,015,231
2019	16,639	3,132,780
2020	15,056	3,199,718
2021	15,401	3,204,673
2022	17,058	3,300,114
2023	16,356	3,338,649

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs Ethiopia

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 195 deaths in Ethiopia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	Ethiopia
1985	37	1,329
1986	37	1,317
1987	36	1,289
1988	36	1,306
1989	35	1,296
1990	35	1,320
1991	34	1,239
1992	34	1,218
1993	33	1,168
1994	33	1,113
1995	31	1,060
1996	30	1,008
1997	28	957
1998	27	911
1999	26	901
2000	25	870
2001	24	856
2002	23	826
2003	22	797
2004	21	764
2005	20	754
2006	20	729
2007	19	704
2008	19	678
2009	18	649
2010	18	619
2011	18	588
2012	17	545
2013	17	494
2014	16	444
2015	16	401
2016	17	364
2017	17	327
2018	16	297
2019	17	269
2020	7	244
2021	10	250
2022	5	207
2023	17	195

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain and 4.65% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	19.8%	-
1961	18.2%	-
1962	16.6%	-
1963	15.2%	-
1964	13.9%	-
1965	12.7%	-
1966	11.5%	27.8%
1967	10.5%	24.9%
1968	9.5%	24.8%
1969	8.6%	24.8%
1970	7.79%	24.7%
1971	7.05%	24.7%
1972	6.38%	24.7%
1973	5.8%	24.6%
1974	5.29%	28.3%
1975	4.84%	28.2%
1976	4.45%	24.5%
1977	4.11%	24.5%
1978	3.81%	24.4%
1979	3.54%	24.2%
1980	3.3%	24%
1981	3.09%	23.8%
1982	2.91%	23.5%
1983	2.76%	32%
1984	2.63%	31.4%
1985	2.52%	30.3%
1986	2.44%	29.7%
1987	2.38%	21.5%
1988	2.34%	21%
1989	2.32%	20.6%
1990	2.31%	20.2%
1991	2.27%	19.7%
1992	2.21%	19.1%
1993	2.1%	18.5%
1994	1.97%	17.9%
1995	1.82%	17.2%
1996	1.66%	16.6%
1997	1.52%	15.9%
1998	1.41%	15.3%
1999	1.32%	14.7%
2000	1.25%	14%
2001	1.2%	13.4%
2002	1.16%	12.8%
2003	1.13%	12.1%
2004	1.1%	11.5%
2005	1.06%	10.9%
2006	1.03%	10.3%
2007	0.98%	9.74%
2008	0.94%	9.23%
2009	0.9%	8.76%
2010	0.86%	8.32%
2011	0.83%	7.91%
2012	0.81%	7.53%
2013	0.79%	7.16%
2014	0.78%	6.82%
2015	0.77%	6.49%
2016	0.76%	6.17%
2017	0.77%	5.89%
2018	0.77%	5.64%
2019	0.78%	5.41%
2020	0.8%	5.2%
2021	0.82%	5%
2022	0.84%	4.82%
2023	0.86%	4.65%