Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bahrain vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	7.26	7.2
1961	7.23	7.21
1962	7.19	7.23
1963	7.14	7.23
1964	7.09	7.23
1965	7.03	7.23
1966	6.94	7.2
1967	6.84	7.16
1968	6.71	7.11
1969	6.57	7.04
1970	6.43	6.98
1971	6.28	6.94
1972	6.14	6.94
1973	5.97	6.94
1974	5.79	6.88
1975	5.62	6.83
1976	5.45	6.77
1977	5.29	6.71
1978	5.12	6.66
1979	4.94	6.59
1980	4.76	6.52
1981	4.6	6.45
1982	4.51	6.33
1983	4.41	6.2
1984	4.3	6.04
1985	4.28	5.87
1986	4.25	5.69
1987	4.13	5.5
1988	4.04	5.28
1989	3.96	5.07
1990	3.82	4.88
1991	3.63	4.72
1992	3.55	4.57
1993	3.46	4.39
1994	3.29	4.28
1995	3.13	4.15
1996	2.99	4.11
1997	2.92	4.08
1998	2.89	4.07
1999	2.9	4.06
2000	2.8	4.01
2001	2.65	3.98
2002	2.7	3.93
2003	2.78	3.86
2004	2.77	3.78
2005	2.67	3.69
2006	2.46	3.64
2007	2.28	3.68
2008	2.15	3.78
2009	2.05	3.95
2010	1.99	4.04
2011	2.03	4.13
2012	2.11	4.13
2013	2.17	4.11
2014	2.15	4.01
2015	2.11	3.91
2016	2.04	3.83
2017	1.98	3.77
2018	1.91	3.74
2019	1.84	3.75
2020	1.86	3.75
2021	1.85	3.77
2022	1.84	3.77
2023	1.82	3.72
2024	1.8	3.67
2025	1.78	3.62
2026	1.77	3.57
2027	1.75	3.52
2028	1.74	3.47
2029	1.74	3.43
2030	1.73	3.38
2031	1.72	3.33
2032	1.72	3.29
2033	1.71	3.25
2034	1.71	3.21
2035	1.7	3.17
2036	1.7	3.13
2037	1.69	3.09
2038	1.69	3.06
2039	1.69	3.02
2040	1.68	2.99
2041	1.68	2.96
2042	1.68	2.93
2043	1.68	2.9
2044	1.68	2.87
2045	1.67	2.84
2046	1.67	2.81
2047	1.67	2.78
2048	1.67	2.75
2049	1.66	2.72
2050	1.66	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	Zimbabwe
1960	42.7%	47.3%
1961	42.9%	47.7%
1962	43.2%	48.1%
1963	43.6%	48.5%
1964	44.1%	48.8%
1965	44.7%	48.7%
1966	45.3%	48.6%
1967	45.9%	48.5%
1968	46.1%	48.5%
1969	45.8%	48.4%
1970	45.3%	48.3%
1971	44.4%	48.2%
1972	43.4%	48.2%
1973	42.2%	48.1%
1974	41%	48.1%
1975	39.8%	48.1%
1976	38.7%	48.2%
1977	37.7%	48.3%
1978	36.8%	48.5%
1979	36%	48.8%
1980	35.3%	48.7%
1981	34.8%	48.4%
1982	34.4%	48.3%
1983	34%	48.2%
1984	33.7%	48.1%
1985	33.4%	48%
1986	33.3%	47.9%
1987	33.3%	47.9%
1988	33.3%	47.9%
1989	33.4%	47.6%
1990	33.6%	47.1%
1991	33.6%	46.6%
1992	33.5%	46.8%
1993	33.1%	47.1%
1994	32.6%	46.6%
1995	32.2%	45.9%
1996	31.7%	45%
1997	31.2%	44%
1998	30.7%	43.1%
1999	30.2%	42.4%
2000	29.8%	41.9%
2001	28.9%	41.5%
2002	27.6%	41.4%
2003	26.2%	41.5%
2004	24.9%	41.7%
2005	23.7%	41.9%
2006	22.8%	42%
2007	22%	42.1%
2008	21.3%	42.4%
2009	20.6%	42.7%
2010	20.4%	43%
2011	20.4%	43.4%
2012	19.9%	43.7%
2013	19.8%	43.9%
2014	20.3%	43.9%
2015	20.5%	43.8%
2016	20.1%	43.6%
2017	19.8%	43.3%
2018	19.8%	42.9%
2019	20.1%	42.5%
2020	19.9%	42.2%
2021	19.3%	41.9%
2022	19.1%	41.6%
2023	19%	41.3%
2024	18.7%	40.9%
2025	18.4%	40.3%
2026	18.2%	39.6%
2027	17.9%	39%
2028	17.7%	38.4%
2029	17.6%	37.8%
2030	17.4%	37.4%
2031	17.3%	37%
2032	17.2%	36.8%
2033	17.1%	36.5%
2034	17.1%	36.3%
2035	17.1%	36.1%
2036	17.2%	35.8%
2037	17.3%	35.6%
2038	17.3%	35.3%
2039	17.3%	35.1%
2040	17.3%	34.8%
2041	17.3%	34.6%
2042	17.3%	34.3%
2043	17.3%	34.1%
2044	17.3%	33.8%
2045	17.3%	33.5%
2046	17.3%	33.2%
2047	17.3%	32.9%
2048	17.2%	32.6%
2049	17.2%	32.2%
2050	17.1%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	5,513	126,959
1961	5,882	131,531
1962	6,232	136,317
1963	6,557	140,984
1964	6,873	145,848
1965	7,148	151,164
1966	7,342	156,014
1967	7,492	161,205
1968	7,584	166,865
1969	7,277	172,626
1970	6,973	178,979
1971	6,650	185,427
1972	6,763	193,725
1973	7,012	201,885
1974	7,265	208,806
1975	7,535	216,947
1976	7,818	221,419
1977	8,093	225,139
1978	8,358	222,979
1979	8,587	223,657
1980	8,802	241,179
1981	9,020	271,361
1982	9,396	279,934
1983	9,821	286,545
1984	10,269	290,052
1985	10,924	290,756
1986	11,455	289,894
1987	11,709	286,766
1988	11,995	277,498
1989	12,293	270,838
1990	12,337	265,444
1991	11,491	260,943
1992	11,577	255,291
1993	11,521	228,045
1994	11,133	216,343
1995	10,824	206,695
1996	10,607	205,269
1997	10,739	216,288
1998	10,970	225,614
1999	11,397	232,393
2000	11,339	236,343
2001	10,948	227,909
2002	11,875	244,170
2003	13,243	243,057
2004	14,454	248,307
2005	15,196	248,545
2006	15,248	248,963
2007	15,393	261,805
2008	15,541	280,527
2009	15,795	309,316
2010	16,474	335,570
2011	15,990	359,572
2012	16,219	371,135
2013	17,044	374,757
2014	17,826	366,350
2015	18,193	356,203
2016	17,996	348,772
2017	18,140	344,035
2018	17,445	345,883
2019	16,639	348,798
2020	15,056	354,790
2021	15,401	349,908
2022	17,058	371,243
2023	16,356	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	Zimbabwe
1985	37	573
1986	37	525
1987	36	480
1988	36	431
1989	35	382
1990	35	353
1991	34	332
1992	34	333
1993	33	331
1994	33	332
1995	31	332
1996	30	352
1997	28	357
1998	27	368
1999	26	399
2000	25	405
2001	24	467
2002	23	418
2003	22	455
2004	21	451
2005	20	454
2006	20	480
2007	19	519
2008	19	526
2009	18	540
2010	18	567
2011	18	564
2012	17	558
2013	17	525
2014	16	468
2015	16	428
2016	17	411
2017	17	389
2018	16	386
2019	17	388
2020	7	380
2021	10	446
2022	5	368
2023	17	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	19.8%	15.2%
1961	18.2%	14.8%
1962	16.6%	14.4%
1963	15.2%	14%
1964	13.9%	13.5%
1965	12.7%	13.1%
1966	11.5%	12.7%
1967	10.5%	12.4%
1968	9.5%	12.1%
1969	8.6%	11.8%
1970	7.79%	11.7%
1971	7.05%	11.5%
1972	6.38%	11.5%
1973	5.8%	11.4%
1974	5.29%	11.4%
1975	4.84%	11.4%
1976	4.45%	11.5%
1977	4.11%	11.5%
1978	3.81%	11.5%
1979	3.54%	11.3%
1980	3.3%	11.1%
1981	3.09%	10.7%
1982	2.91%	10.1%
1983	2.76%	9.5%
1984	2.63%	8.87%
1985	2.52%	8.31%
1986	2.44%	7.86%
1987	2.38%	7.61%
1988	2.34%	7.55%
1989	2.32%	7.69%
1990	2.31%	7.97%
1991	2.27%	8.33%
1992	2.21%	8.73%
1993	2.1%	9.16%
1994	1.97%	9.52%
1995	1.82%	9.83%
1996	1.66%	10%
1997	1.52%	10.1%
1998	1.41%	10%
1999	1.32%	9.92%
2000	1.25%	9.83%
2001	1.2%	9.79%
2002	1.16%	8.48%
2003	1.13%	8.85%
2004	1.1%	9.17%
2005	1.06%	9.23%
2006	1.03%	9.4%
2007	0.98%	9.47%
2008	0.94%	9.34%
2009	0.9%	9.03%
2010	0.86%	8.5%
2011	0.83%	7.88%
2012	0.81%	7.14%
2013	0.79%	6.55%
2014	0.78%	6.18%
2015	0.77%	5.98%
2016	0.76%	5.69%
2017	0.77%	5.5%
2018	0.77%	5.23%
2019	0.78%	5.11%
2020	0.8%	5.01%
2021	0.82%	4.76%
2022	0.84%	4.6%
2023	0.86%	4.42%