Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Malaysia 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 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belarus vs Malaysia 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	Malaysia
1960	2.67	6.41
1961	2.59	6.37
1962	2.5	6.3
1963	2.4	6.19
1964	2.31	6.03
1965	2.27	5.84
1966	2.29	5.64
1967	2.26	5.43
1968	2.22	5.29
1969	2.26	5.16
1970	2.31	5.04
1971	2.31	4.92
1972	2.28	4.82
1973	2.25	4.73
1974	2.21	4.62
1975	2.17	4.5
1976	2.12	4.4
1977	2.08	4.28
1978	2.06	4.18
1979	2.05	4.09
1980	2.03	4.04
1981	2.02	4
1982	2.05	3.97
1983	2.11	3.93
1984	2.11	3.89
1985	2.09	3.8
1986	2.09	3.7
1987	2.03	3.57
1988	2.03	3.5
1989	2.03	3.31
1990	1.91	3.3
1991	1.81	3.34
1992	1.76	3.37
1993	1.62	3.36
1994	1.53	3.35
1995	1.41	3.32
1996	1.34	3.3
1997	1.25	3.23
1998	1.3	3.12
1999	1.31	3.07
2000	1.32	2.94
2001	1.29	2.81
2002	1.24	2.66
2003	1.23	2.6
2004	1.23	2.49
2005	1.25	2.39
2006	1.34	2.31
2007	1.43	2.25
2008	1.49	2.26
2009	1.51	2.22
2010	1.49	2.14
2011	1.52	2.15
2012	1.62	2.12
2013	1.67	2.07
2014	1.7	2.06
2015	1.72	2.01
2016	1.73	1.94
2017	1.54	1.89
2018	1.45	1.84
2019	1.38	1.78
2020	1.37	1.68
2021	1.37	1.56
2022	1.33	1.55
2023	1.21	1.55
2024	1.22	1.54
2025	1.23	1.53
2026	1.23	1.52
2027	1.24	1.51
2028	1.25	1.51
2029	1.25	1.51
2030	1.26	1.51
2031	1.27	1.5
2032	1.28	1.5
2033	1.28	1.5
2034	1.29	1.5
2035	1.3	1.5
2036	1.31	1.51
2037	1.31	1.51
2038	1.32	1.51
2039	1.32	1.51
2040	1.33	1.51
2041	1.34	1.51
2042	1.34	1.51
2043	1.35	1.52
2044	1.35	1.52
2045	1.36	1.52
2046	1.36	1.52
2047	1.37	1.52
2048	1.37	1.53
2049	1.38	1.53
2050	1.38	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Malaysia
1960	30.8%	45.4%
1961	31.2%	45.9%
1962	31.2%	46.3%
1963	31.1%	46.5%
1964	30.8%	46.6%
1965	30.5%	46.5%
1966	30.2%	46.2%
1967	29.9%	45.9%
1968	29.6%	45.5%
1969	29.3%	45%
1970	28.7%	44.5%
1971	27.9%	44%
1972	27.2%	43.4%
1973	26.4%	42.8%
1974	25.7%	42.2%
1975	25%	41.7%
1976	24.4%	41.1%
1977	23.9%	40.6%
1978	23.5%	40.1%
1979	23.1%	39.6%
1980	22.9%	39.2%
1981	22.8%	38.8%
1982	22.7%	38.6%
1983	22.7%	38.4%
1984	22.8%	38.2%
1985	22.9%	38.1%
1986	23%	38%
1987	23%	37.9%
1988	23.1%	37.7%
1989	23.1%	37.5%
1990	23.1%	37.2%
1991	23%	36.9%
1992	22.8%	36.6%
1993	22.6%	36.3%
1994	22.2%	36%
1995	21.8%	35.7%
1996	21.3%	35.5%
1997	20.7%	35.3%
1998	20%	35%
1999	19.3%	34.6%
2000	18.6%	34.2%
2001	17.9%	33.7%
2002	17.3%	33.2%
2003	16.6%	32.6%
2004	16%	32%
2005	15.5%	31.4%
2006	15.2%	30.7%
2007	14.9%	30%
2008	14.8%	29.4%
2009	14.8%	28.6%
2010	14.8%	27.9%
2011	15%	27.4%
2012	15.3%	27%
2013	15.6%	26.6%
2014	15.9%	26.2%
2015	16.2%	25.8%
2016	16.5%	25.5%
2017	16.7%	25.2%
2018	16.9%	24.9%
2019	17%	24.5%
2020	17%	24%
2021	17.1%	23.4%
2022	17%	22.8%
2023	16.7%	22.3%
2024	16.3%	21.8%
2025	15.9%	21.3%
2026	15.5%	20.8%
2027	15%	20.4%
2028	14.4%	19.9%
2029	13.8%	19.4%
2030	13.2%	19%
2031	12.6%	18.5%
2032	12.1%	18.1%
2033	11.7%	17.8%
2034	11.5%	17.6%
2035	11.3%	17.4%
2036	11.1%	17.3%
2037	11%	17.3%
2038	11%	17.2%
2039	11.1%	17.1%
2040	11.2%	17%
2041	11.3%	17%
2042	11.5%	16.9%
2043	11.6%	16.8%
2044	11.8%	16.7%
2045	12%	16.7%
2046	12.2%	16.6%
2047	12.3%	16.5%
2048	12.5%	16.4%
2049	12.6%	16.3%
2050	12.7%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus and +0.92% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	136,399	251,090
1961	134,490	257,270
1962	124,945	262,140
1963	113,160	265,815
1964	101,618	266,406
1965	90,611	264,836
1966	84,191	262,162
1967	81,136	258,764
1968	76,782	260,705
1969	74,567	264,327
1970	75,520	269,341
1971	77,464	272,323
1972	74,036	276,263
1973	70,911	284,611
1974	71,158	289,880
1975	65,494	294,541
1976	66,677	300,615
1977	67,434	305,515
1978	67,342	311,027
1979	64,481	317,439
1980	62,101	326,947
1981	65,057	339,991
1982	65,499	353,138
1983	75,791	365,290
1984	64,415	376,797
1985	58,852	383,243
1986	74,318	385,799
1987	62,689	381,999
1988	60,840	386,507
1989	49,833	373,277
1990	32,606	384,518
1991	18,349	401,938
1992	11,238	418,900
1993	-11,263	429,910
1994	-19,431	437,873
1995	-32,621	443,349
1996	-37,591	450,174
1997	-46,540	447,768
1998	-44,316	436,316
1999	-49,131	432,355
2000	-40,916	417,371
2001	-48,650	400,939
2002	-58,207	381,084
2003	-53,882	377,425
2004	-50,597	365,138
2005	-50,252	355,324
2006	-41,301	349,509
2007	-28,683	348,711
2008	-25,726	362,380
2009	-25,662	366,157
2010	-29,400	360,260
2011	-26,493	372,836
2012	-11,336	371,497
2013	-6,610	366,738
2014	-2,834	367,587
2015	-946	358,302
2016	-1,894	345,681
2017	-17,026	336,434
2018	-26,429	324,568
2019	-32,969	309,426
2020	-64,703	283,282
2021	-67,118	212,002
2022	-47,839	237,560
2023	-56,924	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Malaysia

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 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Malaysia
1985	30	63
1986	30	59
1987	30	56
1988	32	55
1989	33	52
1990	33	51
1991	32	49
1992	32	48
1993	31	46
1994	30	44
1995	29	43
1996	28	42
1997	27	40
1998	25	39
1999	23	38
2000	20	37
2001	18	36
2002	16	34
2003	14	34
2004	12	33
2005	9	31
2006	7	30
2007	6	30
2008	4	29
2009	4	29
2010	3	29
2011	2	29
2012	2	29
2013	2	29
2014	2	30
2015	1	30
2016	1	30
2017	1	29
2018	1	29
2019	1	28
2020	2	29
2021	2	52
2022	1	38
2023	1	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus and 0.81% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	4.49%	9.46%
1961	4.05%	8.83%
1962	3.68%	8.25%
1963	3.36%	7.74%
1964	3.1%	7.28%
1965	2.88%	6.89%
1966	2.7%	6.56%
1967	2.56%	6.27%
1968	2.45%	6.02%
1969	2.37%	5.79%
1970	2.3%	5.56%
1971	2.25%	5.32%
1972	2.22%	5.06%
1973	2.2%	4.79%
1974	2.19%	4.5%
1975	2.18%	4.23%
1976	2.18%	3.97%
1977	2.16%	3.71%
1978	2.14%	3.48%
1979	2.11%	3.25%
1980	2.06%	3.04%
1981	2%	2.84%
1982	1.94%	2.65%
1983	1.88%	2.47%
1984	1.82%	2.32%
1985	1.76%	2.18%
1986	1.7%	2.05%
1987	1.64%	1.93%
1988	1.59%	1.83%
1989	1.55%	1.74%
1990	1.52%	1.66%
1991	1.52%	1.58%
1992	1.53%	1.51%
1993	1.55%	1.45%
1994	1.57%	1.39%
1995	1.57%	1.34%
1996	1.55%	1.29%
1997	1.51%	1.23%
1998	1.45%	1.15%
1999	1.37%	1.07%
2000	1.28%	1%
2001	1.18%	0.93%
2002	1.1%	0.88%
2003	1.02%	0.85%
2004	0.94%	0.84%
2005	0.87%	0.83%
2006	0.8%	0.83%
2007	0.73%	0.82%
2008	0.66%	0.82%
2009	0.61%	0.82%
2010	0.56%	0.81%
2011	0.52%	0.81%
2012	0.49%	0.8%
2013	0.46%	0.81%
2014	0.43%	0.81%
2015	0.41%	0.81%
2016	0.39%	0.82%
2017	0.36%	0.82%
2018	0.34%	0.82%
2019	0.31%	0.82%
2020	0.29%	0.81%
2021	0.27%	0.81%
2022	0.26%	0.81%
2023	0.24%	0.81%