Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and South Africa

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs South Africa 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 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bahrain vs South Africa 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	South Africa
1960	7.26	6.11
1961	7.23	6.08
1962	7.19	6.05
1963	7.14	6.01
1964	7.09	5.96
1965	7.03	5.89
1966	6.94	5.91
1967	6.84	5.85
1968	6.71	5.78
1969	6.57	5.72
1970	6.43	5.63
1971	6.28	5.57
1972	6.14	5.49
1973	5.97	5.41
1974	5.79	5.3
1975	5.62	5.19
1976	5.45	5.07
1977	5.29	4.94
1978	5.12	4.85
1979	4.94	4.82
1980	4.76	4.78
1981	4.6	4.71
1982	4.51	4.7
1983	4.41	4.63
1984	4.3	4.57
1985	4.28	4.5
1986	4.25	4.41
1987	4.13	4.35
1988	4.04	4.18
1989	3.96	3.98
1990	3.82	3.72
1991	3.63	3.62
1992	3.55	3.48
1993	3.46	3.37
1994	3.29	3.26
1995	3.13	3.17
1996	2.99	2.99
1997	2.92	2.73
1998	2.89	2.63
1999	2.9	2.56
2000	2.8	2.41
2001	2.65	2.37
2002	2.7	2.32
2003	2.78	2.36
2004	2.77	2.44
2005	2.67	2.51
2006	2.46	2.55
2007	2.28	2.55
2008	2.15	2.68
2009	2.05	2.5
2010	1.99	2.44
2011	2.03	2.44
2012	2.11	2.45
2013	2.17	2.43
2014	2.15	2.42
2015	2.11	2.36
2016	2.04	2.26
2017	1.98	2.28
2018	1.91	2.27
2019	1.84	2.26
2020	1.86	2.26
2021	1.85	2.25
2022	1.84	2.23
2023	1.82	2.22
2024	1.8	2.21
2025	1.78	2.19
2026	1.77	2.17
2027	1.75	2.15
2028	1.74	2.13
2029	1.74	2.12
2030	1.73	2.1
2031	1.72	2.09
2032	1.72	2.07
2033	1.71	2.06
2034	1.71	2.05
2035	1.7	2.04
2036	1.7	2.03
2037	1.69	2.02
2038	1.69	2
2039	1.69	1.99
2040	1.68	1.98
2041	1.68	1.98
2042	1.68	1.97
2043	1.68	1.96
2044	1.68	1.95
2045	1.67	1.94
2046	1.67	1.93
2047	1.67	1.92
2048	1.67	1.91
2049	1.66	1.9
2050	1.66	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	South Africa
1960	42.7%	42.1%
1961	42.9%	42.1%
1962	43.2%	42.1%
1963	43.6%	42.1%
1964	44.1%	42.1%
1965	44.7%	42.1%
1966	45.3%	42.1%
1967	45.9%	42.2%
1968	46.1%	42.2%
1969	45.8%	42.2%
1970	45.3%	42.3%
1971	44.4%	42.2%
1972	43.4%	42.2%
1973	42.2%	42.1%
1974	41%	42%
1975	39.8%	41.9%
1976	38.7%	41.8%
1977	37.7%	41.7%
1978	36.8%	41.5%
1979	36%	41.3%
1980	35.3%	40.9%
1981	34.8%	40.5%
1982	34.4%	40.1%
1983	34%	39.8%
1984	33.7%	39.5%
1985	33.4%	39.2%
1986	33.3%	38.9%
1987	33.3%	38.7%
1988	33.3%	38.4%
1989	33.4%	38.1%
1990	33.6%	37.7%
1991	33.6%	37.5%
1992	33.5%	37.6%
1993	33.1%	37.3%
1994	32.6%	37.2%
1995	32.2%	37.5%
1996	31.7%	37.5%
1997	31.2%	37.2%
1998	30.7%	36.5%
1999	30.2%	35.7%
2000	29.8%	34.9%
2001	28.9%	34%
2002	27.6%	33.2%
2003	26.2%	32.3%
2004	24.9%	31.6%
2005	23.7%	31.1%
2006	22.8%	30.6%
2007	22%	30.2%
2008	21.3%	29.9%
2009	20.6%	29.7%
2010	20.4%	29.4%
2011	20.4%	29.1%
2012	19.9%	28.9%
2013	19.8%	28.7%
2014	20.3%	28.5%
2015	20.5%	28.3%
2016	20.1%	28.3%
2017	19.8%	28.3%
2018	19.8%	27.9%
2019	20.1%	27.4%
2020	19.9%	27%
2021	19.3%	26.6%
2022	19.1%	26.3%
2023	19%	26.1%
2024	18.7%	25.9%
2025	18.4%	25.7%
2026	18.2%	25.6%
2027	17.9%	25.4%
2028	17.7%	25.3%
2029	17.6%	25.2%
2030	17.4%	25.2%
2031	17.3%	25.1%
2032	17.2%	25%
2033	17.1%	24.8%
2034	17.1%	24.5%
2035	17.1%	24.3%
2036	17.2%	23.9%
2037	17.3%	23.6%
2038	17.3%	23.4%
2039	17.3%	23.1%
2040	17.3%	22.9%
2041	17.3%	22.7%
2042	17.3%	22.5%
2043	17.3%	22.4%
2044	17.3%	22.2%
2045	17.3%	22.1%
2046	17.3%	21.9%
2047	17.3%	21.8%
2048	17.2%	21.7%
2049	17.2%	21.6%
2050	17.1%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain and +1.05% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1960	5,513	421,263
1961	5,882	437,851
1962	6,232	455,634
1963	6,557	473,821
1964	6,873	490,606
1965	7,148	506,632
1966	7,342	534,862
1967	7,492	553,741
1968	7,584	571,841
1969	7,277	590,794
1970	6,973	605,102
1971	6,650	624,761
1972	6,763	638,754
1973	7,012	651,596
1974	7,265	658,438
1975	7,535	667,862
1976	7,818	675,011
1977	8,093	680,929
1978	8,358	694,341
1979	8,587	716,541
1980	8,802	738,415
1981	9,020	767,833
1982	9,396	807,550
1983	9,821	837,013
1984	10,269	869,011
1985	10,924	893,889
1986	11,455	903,644
1987	11,709	922,330
1988	11,995	909,221
1989	12,293	884,629
1990	12,337	835,421
1991	11,491	827,296
1992	11,577	794,415
1993	11,521	789,220
1994	11,133	698,609
1995	10,824	743,488
1996	10,607	710,868
1997	10,739	667,969
1998	10,970	627,027
1999	11,397	594,643
2000	11,339	526,963
2001	10,948	484,801
2002	11,875	430,926
2003	13,243	415,018
2004	14,454	442,540
2005	15,196	464,464
2006	15,248	487,584
2007	15,393	503,567
2008	15,541	595,332
2009	15,795	554,115
2010	16,474	566,834
2011	15,990	601,708
2012	16,219	643,723
2013	17,044	652,427
2014	17,826	674,754
2015	18,193	668,771
2016	17,996	641,365
2017	18,140	645,975
2018	17,445	648,319
2019	16,639	652,130
2020	15,056	595,873
2021	15,401	456,411
2022	17,058	603,636
2023	16,356	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs South Africa

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 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	South Africa
1985	37	208
1986	37	200
1987	36	192
1988	36	184
1989	35	177
1990	35	170
1991	34	162
1992	34	152
1993	33	145
1994	33	133
1995	31	125
1996	30	150
1997	28	152
1998	27	152
1999	26	151
2000	25	175
2001	24	192
2002	23	225
2003	22	245
2004	21	259
2005	20	279
2006	20	283
2007	19	272
2008	19	272
2009	18	241
2010	18	226
2011	18	202
2012	17	194
2013	17	180
2014	16	162
2015	16	150
2016	17	141
2017	17	134
2018	16	128
2019	17	119
2020	7	118
2021	10	191
2022	5	129
2023	17	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain and 3.47% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
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%	13.2%
1975	4.84%	12.5%
1976	4.45%	11.8%
1977	4.11%	11.1%
1978	3.81%	10.5%
1979	3.54%	9.88%
1980	3.3%	9.35%
1981	3.09%	8.84%
1982	2.91%	8.39%
1983	2.76%	7.98%
1984	2.63%	7.6%
1985	2.52%	7.24%
1986	2.44%	6.89%
1987	2.38%	6.56%
1988	2.34%	6.26%
1989	2.32%	6.01%
1990	2.31%	5.82%
1991	2.27%	5.7%
1992	2.21%	5.66%
1993	2.1%	5.7%
1994	1.97%	5.82%
1995	1.82%	5.95%
1996	1.66%	6.11%
1997	1.52%	6.29%
1998	1.41%	6.56%
1999	1.32%	6.85%
2000	1.25%	7.11%
2001	1.2%	7.43%
2002	1.16%	7.69%
2003	1.13%	7.93%
2004	1.1%	8.1%
2005	1.06%	8.03%
2006	1.03%	7.75%
2007	0.98%	7.19%
2008	0.94%	6.42%
2009	0.9%	5.7%
2010	0.86%	5%
2011	0.83%	4.5%
2012	0.81%	4.25%
2013	0.79%	4.1%
2014	0.78%	3.96%
2015	0.77%	3.82%
2016	0.76%	3.68%
2017	0.77%	3.58%
2018	0.77%	3.49%
2019	0.78%	3.45%
2020	0.8%	3.41%
2021	0.82%	3.41%
2022	0.84%	3.44%
2023	0.86%	3.47%