Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belarus vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	2.67	6.31
1961	2.59	6.37
1962	2.5	6.42
1963	2.4	6.47
1964	2.31	6.51
1965	2.27	6.54
1966	2.29	6.58
1967	2.26	6.61
1968	2.22	6.65
1969	2.26	6.67
1970	2.31	6.7
1971	2.31	6.7
1972	2.28	6.7
1973	2.25	6.7
1974	2.21	6.67
1975	2.17	6.66
1976	2.12	6.64
1977	2.08	6.62
1978	2.06	6.59
1979	2.05	6.56
1980	2.03	6.53
1981	2.02	6.48
1982	2.05	6.43
1983	2.11	6.43
1984	2.11	6.44
1985	2.09	6.43
1986	2.09	6.41
1987	2.03	6.39
1988	2.03	6.37
1989	2.03	6.35
1990	1.91	6.32
1991	1.81	6.28
1992	1.76	6.22
1993	1.62	6.15
1994	1.53	6.08
1995	1.41	6.02
1996	1.34	5.97
1997	1.25	5.93
1998	1.3	5.91
1999	1.31	5.88
2000	1.32	5.83
2001	1.29	5.76
2002	1.24	5.67
2003	1.23	5.6
2004	1.23	5.55
2005	1.25	5.5
2006	1.34	5.45
2007	1.43	5.47
2008	1.49	5.6
2009	1.51	5.68
2010	1.49	5.66
2011	1.52	5.6
2012	1.62	5.52
2013	1.67	5.43
2014	1.7	5.3
2015	1.72	5.25
2016	1.73	5.19
2017	1.54	5.13
2018	1.45	5.07
2019	1.38	5.02
2020	1.37	4.96
2021	1.37	4.91
2022	1.33	4.84
2023	1.21	4.76
2024	1.22	4.69
2025	1.23	4.62
2026	1.23	4.54
2027	1.24	4.46
2028	1.25	4.39
2029	1.25	4.3
2030	1.26	4.23
2031	1.27	4.14
2032	1.28	4.06
2033	1.28	3.97
2034	1.29	3.89
2035	1.3	3.82
2036	1.31	3.75
2037	1.31	3.67
2038	1.32	3.6
2039	1.32	3.53
2040	1.33	3.47
2041	1.34	3.4
2042	1.34	3.34
2043	1.35	3.28
2044	1.35	3.22
2045	1.36	3.16
2046	1.36	3.11
2047	1.37	3.06
2048	1.37	3.01
2049	1.38	2.97
2050	1.38	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Mozambique
1960	30.8%	41%
1961	31.2%	41.2%
1962	31.2%	41.4%
1963	31.1%	41.6%
1964	30.8%	41.9%
1965	30.5%	42.2%
1966	30.2%	42.5%
1967	29.9%	42.7%
1968	29.6%	42.9%
1969	29.3%	43.1%
1970	28.7%	43.3%
1971	27.9%	43.4%
1972	27.2%	43.6%
1973	26.4%	43.7%
1974	25.7%	43.8%
1975	25%	44%
1976	24.4%	44.1%
1977	23.9%	44.3%
1978	23.5%	44.6%
1979	23.1%	44.9%
1980	22.9%	45.3%
1981	22.8%	45.6%
1982	22.7%	45.7%
1983	22.7%	45.8%
1984	22.8%	45.9%
1985	22.9%	45.9%
1986	23%	45.9%
1987	23%	45.9%
1988	23.1%	45.8%
1989	23.1%	45.7%
1990	23.1%	45.7%
1991	23%	45.6%
1992	22.8%	45.5%
1993	22.6%	45.4%
1994	22.2%	45.2%
1995	21.8%	45%
1996	21.3%	44.9%
1997	20.7%	44.8%
1998	20%	44.9%
1999	19.3%	45%
2000	18.6%	45.1%
2001	17.9%	45.1%
2002	17.3%	45.2%
2003	16.6%	45.3%
2004	16%	45.3%
2005	15.5%	45.3%
2006	15.2%	45.4%
2007	14.9%	45.4%
2008	14.8%	45.5%
2009	14.8%	45.6%
2010	14.8%	45.8%
2011	15%	45.8%
2012	15.3%	45.9%
2013	15.6%	45.8%
2014	15.9%	45.8%
2015	16.2%	45.7%
2016	16.5%	45.6%
2017	16.7%	45.5%
2018	16.9%	45.4%
2019	17%	45.3%
2020	17%	45.2%
2021	17.1%	45.1%
2022	17%	45%
2023	16.7%	44.8%
2024	16.3%	44.5%
2025	15.9%	44.2%
2026	15.5%	43.9%
2027	15%	43.5%
2028	14.4%	43.2%
2029	13.8%	42.9%
2030	13.2%	42.5%
2031	12.6%	42.2%
2032	12.1%	41.9%
2033	11.7%	41.5%
2034	11.5%	41.1%
2035	11.3%	40.7%
2036	11.1%	40.3%
2037	11%	39.9%
2038	11%	39.5%
2039	11.1%	39%
2040	11.2%	38.6%
2041	11.3%	38.2%
2042	11.5%	37.7%
2043	11.6%	37.3%
2044	11.8%	36.9%
2045	12%	36.4%
2046	12.2%	36%
2047	12.3%	35.6%
2048	12.5%	35.2%
2049	12.6%	34.8%
2050	12.7%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	136,399	165,774
1961	134,490	171,236
1962	124,945	176,297
1963	113,160	180,867
1964	101,618	182,334
1965	90,611	185,931
1966	84,191	189,218
1967	81,136	193,044
1968	76,782	197,623
1969	74,567	202,174
1970	75,520	207,385
1971	77,464	211,137
1972	74,036	215,793
1973	70,911	226,847
1974	71,158	240,665
1975	65,494	257,984
1976	66,677	273,924
1977	67,434	289,193
1978	67,342	310,403
1979	64,481	331,162
1980	62,101	349,586
1981	65,057	322,207
1982	65,499	321,493
1983	75,791	324,158
1984	64,415	304,524
1985	58,852	307,625
1986	74,318	332,609
1987	62,689	334,438
1988	60,840	349,480
1989	49,833	348,833
1990	32,606	353,290
1991	18,349	357,676
1992	11,238	362,373
1993	-11,263	369,518
1994	-19,431	384,821
1995	-32,621	421,630
1996	-37,591	442,559
1997	-46,540	461,209
1998	-44,316	474,453
1999	-49,131	491,814
2000	-40,916	506,162
2001	-48,650	519,594
2002	-58,207	529,867
2003	-53,882	540,992
2004	-50,597	554,973
2005	-50,252	570,132
2006	-41,301	586,009
2007	-28,683	610,913
2008	-25,726	654,920
2009	-25,662	693,673
2010	-29,400	719,025
2011	-26,493	741,303
2012	-11,336	763,088
2013	-6,610	784,641
2014	-2,834	799,778
2015	-946	824,435
2016	-1,894	850,430
2017	-17,026	876,594
2018	-26,429	903,176
2019	-32,969	927,581
2020	-64,703	945,952
2021	-67,118	951,234
2022	-47,839	1,003,689
2023	-56,924	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Mozambique
1985	30	1,452
1986	30	1,355
1987	30	1,348
1988	32	1,259
1989	33	1,209
1990	33	1,150
1991	32	1,094
1992	32	1,046
1993	31	968
1994	30	902
1995	29	883
1996	28	819
1997	27	738
1998	25	694
1999	23	624
2000	20	547
2001	18	473
2002	16	398
2003	14	360
2004	12	321
2005	9	301
2006	7	298
2007	6	327
2008	4	365
2009	4	352
2010	3	305
2011	2	268
2012	2	218
2013	2	196
2014	2	210
2015	1	216
2016	1	202
2017	1	187
2018	1	159
2019	1	134
2020	2	123
2021	2	180
2022	1	104
2023	1	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	4.49%	-
1961	4.05%	-
1962	3.68%	-
1963	3.36%	26.5%
1964	3.1%	26.7%
1965	2.88%	26.8%
1966	2.7%	26.8%
1967	2.56%	26.9%
1968	2.45%	26.9%
1969	2.37%	26.9%
1970	2.3%	26.8%
1971	2.25%	26.7%
1972	2.22%	26.6%
1973	2.2%	26.4%
1974	2.19%	26.3%
1975	2.18%	26.1%
1976	2.18%	26%
1977	2.16%	25.8%
1978	2.14%	25.7%
1979	2.11%	25.7%
1980	2.06%	25.6%
1981	2%	25.6%
1982	1.94%	25.5%
1983	1.88%	25.3%
1984	1.82%	25.1%
1985	1.76%	24.8%
1986	1.7%	24.5%
1987	1.64%	24.2%
1988	1.59%	23.9%
1989	1.55%	23.6%
1990	1.52%	23.3%
1991	1.52%	23%
1992	1.53%	22.6%
1993	1.55%	22.1%
1994	1.57%	21.6%
1995	1.57%	20.9%
1996	1.55%	20.1%
1997	1.51%	19.2%
1998	1.45%	18.2%
1999	1.37%	17.2%
2000	1.28%	16.3%
2001	1.18%	15.4%
2002	1.1%	14.6%
2003	1.02%	13.9%
2004	0.94%	13.2%
2005	0.87%	12.5%
2006	0.8%	11.8%
2007	0.73%	11%
2008	0.66%	10.4%
2009	0.61%	9.75%
2010	0.56%	9.5%
2011	0.52%	9.05%
2012	0.49%	8.63%
2013	0.46%	8.26%
2014	0.43%	7.92%
2015	0.41%	7.51%
2016	0.39%	7.23%
2017	0.36%	7.09%
2018	0.34%	6.95%
2019	0.31%	6.83%
2020	0.29%	6.73%
2021	0.27%	6.58%
2022	0.26%	6.43%
2023	0.24%	6.17%