Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Colombia

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Colombia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belarus was 1.21 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.65 in Colombia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belarus vs Colombia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belarus	Colombia
1960	2.67	6.74
1961	2.59	6.71
1962	2.5	6.66
1963	2.4	6.58
1964	2.31	6.48
1965	2.27	6.33
1966	2.29	6.16
1967	2.26	5.96
1968	2.22	5.74
1969	2.26	5.51
1970	2.31	5.28
1971	2.31	5.06
1972	2.28	4.86
1973	2.25	4.68
1974	2.21	4.53
1975	2.17	4.4
1976	2.12	4.29
1977	2.08	4.16
1978	2.06	4
1979	2.05	3.89
1980	2.03	3.8
1981	2.02	3.71
1982	2.05	3.62
1983	2.11	3.5
1984	2.11	3.35
1985	2.09	3.23
1986	2.09	3.15
1987	2.03	3.09
1988	2.03	3.04
1989	2.03	3.01
1990	1.91	3
1991	1.81	2.98
1992	1.76	2.98
1993	1.62	2.98
1994	1.53	2.94
1995	1.41	2.85
1996	1.34	2.77
1997	1.25	2.74
1998	1.3	2.72
1999	1.31	2.64
2000	1.32	2.57
2001	1.29	2.52
2002	1.24	2.49
2003	1.23	2.45
2004	1.23	2.38
2005	1.25	2.31
2006	1.34	2.24
2007	1.43	2.19
2008	1.49	2.15
2009	1.51	2.1
2010	1.49	2.01
2011	1.52	1.94
2012	1.62	1.9
2013	1.67	1.86
2014	1.7	1.82
2015	1.72	1.77
2016	1.73	1.72
2017	1.54	1.72
2018	1.45	1.72
2019	1.38	1.71
2020	1.37	1.69
2021	1.37	1.68
2022	1.33	1.66
2023	1.21	1.65
2024	1.22	1.63
2025	1.23	1.62
2026	1.23	1.6
2027	1.24	1.6
2028	1.25	1.59
2029	1.25	1.59
2030	1.26	1.58
2031	1.27	1.58
2032	1.28	1.57
2033	1.28	1.57
2034	1.29	1.57
2035	1.3	1.57
2036	1.31	1.57
2037	1.31	1.57
2038	1.32	1.57
2039	1.32	1.57
2040	1.33	1.57
2041	1.34	1.57
2042	1.34	1.57
2043	1.35	1.57
2044	1.35	1.57
2045	1.36	1.57
2046	1.36	1.57
2047	1.37	1.58
2048	1.37	1.58
2049	1.38	1.58
2050	1.38	1.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Colombia
1960	30.8%	46.8%
1961	31.2%	47%
1962	31.2%	47.1%
1963	31.1%	47.2%
1964	30.8%	47.3%
1965	30.5%	47.2%
1966	30.2%	47.1%
1967	29.9%	46.9%
1968	29.6%	46.7%
1969	29.3%	46.4%
1970	28.7%	46%
1971	27.9%	45.6%
1972	27.2%	45.1%
1973	26.4%	44.6%
1974	25.7%	44%
1975	25%	43.4%
1976	24.4%	42.8%
1977	23.9%	42.2%
1978	23.5%	41.5%
1979	23.1%	40.9%
1980	22.9%	40.3%
1981	22.8%	39.7%
1982	22.7%	39.1%
1983	22.7%	38.6%
1984	22.8%	38.1%
1985	22.9%	37.6%
1986	23%	37.2%
1987	23%	36.9%
1988	23.1%	36.5%
1989	23.1%	36.2%
1990	23.1%	35.9%
1991	23%	35.6%
1992	22.8%	35.3%
1993	22.6%	35%
1994	22.2%	34.7%
1995	21.8%	34.4%
1996	21.3%	34%
1997	20.7%	33.7%
1998	20%	33.3%
1999	19.3%	32.9%
2000	18.6%	32.5%
2001	17.9%	32.1%
2002	17.3%	31.7%
2003	16.6%	31.3%
2004	16%	30.9%
2005	15.5%	30.4%
2006	15.2%	29.9%
2007	14.9%	29.3%
2008	14.8%	28.7%
2009	14.8%	28.1%
2010	14.8%	27.5%
2011	15%	26.9%
2012	15.3%	26.3%
2013	15.6%	25.7%
2014	15.9%	25.1%
2015	16.2%	24.5%
2016	16.5%	23.9%
2017	16.7%	23.3%
2018	16.9%	22.7%
2019	17%	22.1%
2020	17%	21.7%
2021	17.1%	21.3%
2022	17%	21%
2023	16.7%	20.6%
2024	16.3%	20.3%
2025	15.9%	20%
2026	15.5%	19.7%
2027	15%	19.5%
2028	14.4%	19.3%
2029	13.8%	19.1%
2030	13.2%	18.8%
2031	12.6%	18.6%
2032	12.1%	18.4%
2033	11.7%	18.2%
2034	11.5%	18%
2035	11.3%	17.7%
2036	11.1%	17.4%
2037	11%	17.2%
2038	11%	16.9%
2039	11.1%	16.7%
2040	11.2%	16.4%
2041	11.3%	16.2%
2042	11.5%	16%
2043	11.6%	15.7%
2044	11.8%	15.5%
2045	12%	15.4%
2046	12.2%	15.2%
2047	12.3%	15%
2048	12.5%	14.8%
2049	12.6%	14.7%
2050	12.7%	14.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 20.3% in Colombia in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Colombia compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Colombia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus and +0.85% in Colombia. 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
	Belarus	Colombia
1960	136,399	529,316
1961	134,490	545,627
1962	124,945	559,985
1963	113,160	572,355
1964	101,618	581,435
1965	90,611	587,677
1966	84,191	590,855
1967	81,136	591,649
1968	76,782	589,407
1969	74,567	586,559
1970	75,520	583,396
1971	77,464	582,011
1972	74,036	581,361
1973	70,911	583,608
1974	71,158	589,035
1975	65,494	598,580
1976	66,677	612,265
1977	67,434	622,814
1978	67,342	626,378
1979	64,481	635,747
1980	62,101	649,872
1981	65,057	662,195
1982	65,499	675,339
1983	75,791	674,767
1984	64,415	666,315
1985	58,852	625,379
1986	74,318	659,701
1987	62,689	659,429
1988	60,840	663,796
1989	49,833	674,102
1990	32,606	682,409
1991	18,349	690,266
1992	11,238	697,763
1993	-11,263	709,287
1994	-19,431	708,660
1995	-32,621	694,968
1996	-37,591	682,547
1997	-46,540	686,073
1998	-44,316	687,704
1999	-49,131	668,576
2000	-40,916	652,176
2001	-48,650	642,933
2002	-58,207	640,840
2003	-53,882	642,144
2004	-50,597	628,424
2005	-50,252	610,618
2006	-41,301	594,388
2007	-28,683	583,115
2008	-25,726	576,654
2009	-25,662	559,017
2010	-29,400	533,657
2011	-26,493	511,524
2012	-11,336	503,285
2013	-6,610	489,069
2014	-2,834	470,916
2015	-946	446,778
2016	-1,894	425,087
2017	-17,026	426,538
2018	-26,429	433,622
2019	-32,969	441,087
2020	-64,703	378,965
2021	-67,118	311,122
2022	-47,839	406,143
2023	-56,924	422,598

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Colombia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus, compared to 59 deaths in Colombia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Colombia
1985	30	143
1986	30	123
1987	30	120
1988	32	113
1989	33	106
1990	33	102
1991	32	99
1992	32	97
1993	31	94
1994	30	93
1995	29	91
1996	28	89
1997	27	90
1998	25	92
1999	23	96
2000	20	95
2001	18	94
2002	16	91
2003	14	87
2004	12	84
2005	9	82
2006	7	81
2007	6	80
2008	4	78
2009	4	77
2010	3	76
2011	2	75
2012	2	73
2013	2	72
2014	2	71
2015	1	70
2016	1	69
2017	1	68
2018	1	67
2019	1	66
2020	2	94
2021	2	147
2022	1	74
2023	1	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus and 1.2% in Colombia. 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
	Belarus	Colombia
1960	4.49%	13.4%
1961	4.05%	13%
1962	3.68%	12.6%
1963	3.36%	12.2%
1964	3.1%	11.8%
1965	2.88%	11.5%
1966	2.7%	11.1%
1967	2.56%	10.8%
1968	2.45%	10.4%
1969	2.37%	10.1%
1970	2.3%	9.72%
1971	2.25%	9.36%
1972	2.22%	8.99%
1973	2.2%	8.6%
1974	2.19%	8.2%
1975	2.18%	7.8%
1976	2.18%	7.39%
1977	2.16%	6.98%
1978	2.14%	6.58%
1979	2.11%	6.2%
1980	2.06%	5.84%
1981	2%	5.5%
1982	1.94%	5.17%
1983	1.88%	4.88%
1984	1.82%	4.62%
1985	1.76%	4.89%
1986	1.7%	4.17%
1987	1.64%	3.99%
1988	1.59%	3.84%
1989	1.55%	3.7%
1990	1.52%	3.57%
1991	1.52%	3.45%
1992	1.53%	3.33%
1993	1.55%	3.21%
1994	1.57%	3.1%
1995	1.57%	2.99%
1996	1.55%	2.88%
1997	1.51%	2.78%
1998	1.45%	2.68%
1999	1.37%	2.59%
2000	1.28%	2.51%
2001	1.18%	2.43%
2002	1.1%	2.35%
2003	1.02%	2.28%
2004	0.94%	2.22%
2005	0.87%	2.15%
2006	0.8%	2.09%
2007	0.73%	2.02%
2008	0.66%	1.96%
2009	0.61%	1.89%
2010	0.56%	1.83%
2011	0.52%	1.77%
2012	0.49%	1.72%
2013	0.46%	1.66%
2014	0.43%	1.61%
2015	0.41%	1.56%
2016	0.39%	1.51%
2017	0.36%	1.46%
2018	0.34%	1.41%
2019	0.31%	1.37%
2020	0.29%	1.32%
2021	0.27%	1.28%
2022	0.26%	1.24%
2023	0.24%	1.2%