Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Ethiopia

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

Check Belarus 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
	Belarus	Ethiopia
1960	2.67	6.51
1961	2.59	6.53
1962	2.5	6.56
1963	2.4	6.59
1964	2.31	6.61
1965	2.27	6.63
1966	2.29	6.66
1967	2.26	6.68
1968	2.22	6.7
1969	2.26	6.72
1970	2.31	6.78
1971	2.31	6.84
1972	2.28	6.9
1973	2.25	6.96
1974	2.21	7.02
1975	2.17	7.08
1976	2.12	7.13
1977	2.08	7.19
1978	2.06	7.23
1979	2.05	7.25
1980	2.03	7.29
1981	2.02	7.31
1982	2.05	7.34
1983	2.11	7.35
1984	2.11	7.36
1985	2.09	7.34
1986	2.09	7.32
1987	2.03	7.29
1988	2.03	7.26
1989	2.03	7.23
1990	1.91	7.2
1991	1.81	7.16
1992	1.76	7.13
1993	1.62	7.09
1994	1.53	7.05
1995	1.41	7
1996	1.34	6.93
1997	1.25	6.87
1998	1.3	6.79
1999	1.31	6.72
2000	1.32	6.65
2001	1.29	6.58
2002	1.24	6.5
2003	1.23	6.4
2004	1.23	6.3
2005	1.25	6.19
2006	1.34	6.05
2007	1.43	5.89
2008	1.49	5.7
2009	1.51	5.49
2010	1.49	5.28
2011	1.52	5.08
2012	1.62	4.89
2013	1.67	4.71
2014	1.7	4.61
2015	1.72	4.53
2016	1.73	4.47
2017	1.54	4.4
2018	1.45	4.37
2019	1.38	4.35
2020	1.37	4.27
2021	1.37	4.18
2022	1.33	4.08
2023	1.21	3.99
2024	1.22	3.91
2025	1.23	3.81
2026	1.23	3.72
2027	1.24	3.64
2028	1.25	3.57
2029	1.25	3.5
2030	1.26	3.43
2031	1.27	3.36
2032	1.28	3.3
2033	1.28	3.24
2034	1.29	3.19
2035	1.3	3.14
2036	1.31	3.08
2037	1.31	3.03
2038	1.32	2.99
2039	1.32	2.94
2040	1.33	2.9
2041	1.34	2.86
2042	1.34	2.83
2043	1.35	2.79
2044	1.35	2.75
2045	1.36	2.72
2046	1.36	2.68
2047	1.37	2.65
2048	1.37	2.62
2049	1.38	2.59
2050	1.38	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Ethiopia
1960	30.8%	42.2%
1961	31.2%	42.2%
1962	31.2%	42.1%
1963	31.1%	42.2%
1964	30.8%	42.3%
1965	30.5%	42.5%
1966	30.2%	42.9%
1967	29.9%	43.2%
1968	29.6%	43.5%
1969	29.3%	43.8%
1970	28.7%	44.2%
1971	27.9%	44.5%
1972	27.2%	44.9%
1973	26.4%	45.2%
1974	25.7%	45.4%
1975	25%	45.6%
1976	24.4%	45.7%
1977	23.9%	45.9%
1978	23.5%	46.1%
1979	23.1%	46.2%
1980	22.9%	46.3%
1981	22.8%	46.4%
1982	22.7%	46.5%
1983	22.7%	46.4%
1984	22.8%	46.2%
1985	22.9%	46.1%
1986	23%	46%
1987	23%	46%
1988	23.1%	46%
1989	23.1%	46.1%
1990	23.1%	46.2%
1991	23%	46.2%
1992	22.8%	46.2%
1993	22.6%	46.4%
1994	22.2%	46.5%
1995	21.8%	46.7%
1996	21.3%	46.9%
1997	20.7%	47.1%
1998	20%	47.4%
1999	19.3%	47.6%
2000	18.6%	47.7%
2001	17.9%	47.8%
2002	17.3%	47.8%
2003	16.6%	47.7%
2004	16%	47.6%
2005	15.5%	47.4%
2006	15.2%	47.2%
2007	14.9%	46.9%
2008	14.8%	46.6%
2009	14.8%	46.2%
2010	14.8%	45.7%
2011	15%	45.2%
2012	15.3%	44.6%
2013	15.6%	44%
2014	15.9%	43.4%
2015	16.2%	42.9%
2016	16.5%	42.3%
2017	16.7%	41.8%
2018	16.9%	41.3%
2019	17%	40.9%
2020	17%	40.5%
2021	17.1%	40.1%
2022	17%	39.7%
2023	16.7%	39.4%
2024	16.3%	39.1%
2025	15.9%	38.8%
2026	15.5%	38.5%
2027	15%	38.3%
2028	14.4%	38.1%
2029	13.8%	37.8%
2030	13.2%	37.6%
2031	12.6%	37.3%
2032	12.1%	37%
2033	11.7%	36.6%
2034	11.5%	36.2%
2035	11.3%	35.8%
2036	11.1%	35.4%
2037	11%	34.9%
2038	11%	34.5%
2039	11.1%	34%
2040	11.2%	33.6%
2041	11.3%	33.2%
2042	11.5%	32.8%
2043	11.6%	32.4%
2044	11.8%	32%
2045	12%	31.7%
2046	12.2%	31.3%
2047	12.3%	31%
2048	12.5%	30.7%
2049	12.6%	30.3%
2050	12.7%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 39.1% in Ethiopia in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Ethiopia compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Ethiopia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Ethiopia
1960	136,399	511,694
1961	134,490	538,518
1962	124,945	563,650
1963	113,160	590,998
1964	101,618	618,667
1965	90,611	642,359
1966	84,191	616,281
1967	81,136	695,283
1968	76,782	715,602
1969	74,567	736,428
1970	75,520	760,821
1971	77,464	787,047
1972	74,036	779,808
1973	70,911	807,535
1974	71,158	777,306
1975	65,494	801,425
1976	66,677	899,577
1977	67,434	929,381
1978	67,342	943,388
1979	64,481	987,203
1980	62,101	1,007,516
1981	65,057	1,018,838
1982	65,499	1,080,853
1983	75,791	863,472
1984	64,415	920,670
1985	58,852	997,050
1986	74,318	1,050,277
1987	62,689	1,356,853
1988	60,840	1,393,356
1989	49,833	1,441,769
1990	32,606	1,479,663
1991	18,349	1,579,416
1992	11,238	1,673,839
1993	-11,263	1,734,851
1994	-19,431	1,788,133
1995	-32,621	1,831,068
1996	-37,591	1,896,364
1997	-46,540	1,945,112
1998	-44,316	1,984,989
1999	-49,131	2,010,987
2000	-40,916	2,083,622
2001	-48,650	2,137,791
2002	-58,207	2,189,683
2003	-53,882	2,231,223
2004	-50,597	2,296,999
2005	-50,252	2,353,375
2006	-41,301	2,393,585
2007	-28,683	2,436,753
2008	-25,726	2,465,283
2009	-25,662	2,467,118
2010	-29,400	2,498,048
2011	-26,493	2,527,811
2012	-11,336	2,533,398
2013	-6,610	2,546,020
2014	-2,834	2,623,647
2015	-946	2,713,529
2016	-1,894	2,809,889
2017	-17,026	2,899,143
2018	-26,429	3,015,231
2019	-32,969	3,132,780
2020	-64,703	3,199,718
2021	-67,118	3,204,673
2022	-47,839	3,300,114
2023	-56,924	3,338,649

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Ethiopia

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 195 deaths in Ethiopia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Ethiopia
1985	30	1,329
1986	30	1,317
1987	30	1,289
1988	32	1,306
1989	33	1,296
1990	33	1,320
1991	32	1,239
1992	32	1,218
1993	31	1,168
1994	30	1,113
1995	29	1,060
1996	28	1,008
1997	27	957
1998	25	911
1999	23	901
2000	20	870
2001	18	856
2002	16	826
2003	14	797
2004	12	764
2005	9	754
2006	7	729
2007	6	704
2008	4	678
2009	4	649
2010	3	619
2011	2	588
2012	2	545
2013	2	494
2014	2	444
2015	1	401
2016	1	364
2017	1	327
2018	1	297
2019	1	269
2020	2	244
2021	2	250
2022	1	207
2023	1	195

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Ethiopia
1960	4.49%	-
1961	4.05%	-
1962	3.68%	-
1963	3.36%	-
1964	3.1%	-
1965	2.88%	-
1966	2.7%	27.8%
1967	2.56%	24.9%
1968	2.45%	24.8%
1969	2.37%	24.8%
1970	2.3%	24.7%
1971	2.25%	24.7%
1972	2.22%	24.7%
1973	2.2%	24.6%
1974	2.19%	28.3%
1975	2.18%	28.2%
1976	2.18%	24.5%
1977	2.16%	24.5%
1978	2.14%	24.4%
1979	2.11%	24.2%
1980	2.06%	24%
1981	2%	23.8%
1982	1.94%	23.5%
1983	1.88%	32%
1984	1.82%	31.4%
1985	1.76%	30.3%
1986	1.7%	29.7%
1987	1.64%	21.5%
1988	1.59%	21%
1989	1.55%	20.6%
1990	1.52%	20.2%
1991	1.52%	19.7%
1992	1.53%	19.1%
1993	1.55%	18.5%
1994	1.57%	17.9%
1995	1.57%	17.2%
1996	1.55%	16.6%
1997	1.51%	15.9%
1998	1.45%	15.3%
1999	1.37%	14.7%
2000	1.28%	14%
2001	1.18%	13.4%
2002	1.1%	12.8%
2003	1.02%	12.1%
2004	0.94%	11.5%
2005	0.87%	10.9%
2006	0.8%	10.3%
2007	0.73%	9.74%
2008	0.66%	9.23%
2009	0.61%	8.76%
2010	0.56%	8.32%
2011	0.52%	7.91%
2012	0.49%	7.53%
2013	0.46%	7.16%
2014	0.43%	6.82%
2015	0.41%	6.49%
2016	0.39%	6.17%
2017	0.36%	5.89%
2018	0.34%	5.64%
2019	0.31%	5.41%
2020	0.29%	5.2%
2021	0.27%	5%
2022	0.26%	4.82%
2023	0.24%	4.65%