Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and South Africa

Fertility rate in Belarus vs South Africa 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 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belarus vs South Africa 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	South Africa
1960	2.67	6.11
1961	2.59	6.08
1962	2.5	6.05
1963	2.4	6.01
1964	2.31	5.96
1965	2.27	5.89
1966	2.29	5.91
1967	2.26	5.85
1968	2.22	5.78
1969	2.26	5.72
1970	2.31	5.63
1971	2.31	5.57
1972	2.28	5.49
1973	2.25	5.41
1974	2.21	5.3
1975	2.17	5.19
1976	2.12	5.07
1977	2.08	4.94
1978	2.06	4.85
1979	2.05	4.82
1980	2.03	4.78
1981	2.02	4.71
1982	2.05	4.7
1983	2.11	4.63
1984	2.11	4.57
1985	2.09	4.5
1986	2.09	4.41
1987	2.03	4.35
1988	2.03	4.18
1989	2.03	3.98
1990	1.91	3.72
1991	1.81	3.62
1992	1.76	3.48
1993	1.62	3.37
1994	1.53	3.26
1995	1.41	3.17
1996	1.34	2.99
1997	1.25	2.73
1998	1.3	2.63
1999	1.31	2.56
2000	1.32	2.41
2001	1.29	2.37
2002	1.24	2.32
2003	1.23	2.36
2004	1.23	2.44
2005	1.25	2.51
2006	1.34	2.55
2007	1.43	2.55
2008	1.49	2.68
2009	1.51	2.5
2010	1.49	2.44
2011	1.52	2.44
2012	1.62	2.45
2013	1.67	2.43
2014	1.7	2.42
2015	1.72	2.36
2016	1.73	2.26
2017	1.54	2.28
2018	1.45	2.27
2019	1.38	2.26
2020	1.37	2.26
2021	1.37	2.25
2022	1.33	2.23
2023	1.21	2.22
2024	1.22	2.21
2025	1.23	2.19
2026	1.23	2.17
2027	1.24	2.15
2028	1.25	2.13
2029	1.25	2.12
2030	1.26	2.1
2031	1.27	2.09
2032	1.28	2.07
2033	1.28	2.06
2034	1.29	2.05
2035	1.3	2.04
2036	1.31	2.03
2037	1.31	2.02
2038	1.32	2
2039	1.32	1.99
2040	1.33	1.98
2041	1.34	1.98
2042	1.34	1.97
2043	1.35	1.96
2044	1.35	1.95
2045	1.36	1.94
2046	1.36	1.93
2047	1.37	1.92
2048	1.37	1.91
2049	1.38	1.9
2050	1.38	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	South Africa
1960	30.8%	42.1%
1961	31.2%	42.1%
1962	31.2%	42.1%
1963	31.1%	42.1%
1964	30.8%	42.1%
1965	30.5%	42.1%
1966	30.2%	42.1%
1967	29.9%	42.2%
1968	29.6%	42.2%
1969	29.3%	42.2%
1970	28.7%	42.3%
1971	27.9%	42.2%
1972	27.2%	42.2%
1973	26.4%	42.1%
1974	25.7%	42%
1975	25%	41.9%
1976	24.4%	41.8%
1977	23.9%	41.7%
1978	23.5%	41.5%
1979	23.1%	41.3%
1980	22.9%	40.9%
1981	22.8%	40.5%
1982	22.7%	40.1%
1983	22.7%	39.8%
1984	22.8%	39.5%
1985	22.9%	39.2%
1986	23%	38.9%
1987	23%	38.7%
1988	23.1%	38.4%
1989	23.1%	38.1%
1990	23.1%	37.7%
1991	23%	37.5%
1992	22.8%	37.6%
1993	22.6%	37.3%
1994	22.2%	37.2%
1995	21.8%	37.5%
1996	21.3%	37.5%
1997	20.7%	37.2%
1998	20%	36.5%
1999	19.3%	35.7%
2000	18.6%	34.9%
2001	17.9%	34%
2002	17.3%	33.2%
2003	16.6%	32.3%
2004	16%	31.6%
2005	15.5%	31.1%
2006	15.2%	30.6%
2007	14.9%	30.2%
2008	14.8%	29.9%
2009	14.8%	29.7%
2010	14.8%	29.4%
2011	15%	29.1%
2012	15.3%	28.9%
2013	15.6%	28.7%
2014	15.9%	28.5%
2015	16.2%	28.3%
2016	16.5%	28.3%
2017	16.7%	28.3%
2018	16.9%	27.9%
2019	17%	27.4%
2020	17%	27%
2021	17.1%	26.6%
2022	17%	26.3%
2023	16.7%	26.1%
2024	16.3%	25.9%
2025	15.9%	25.7%
2026	15.5%	25.6%
2027	15%	25.4%
2028	14.4%	25.3%
2029	13.8%	25.2%
2030	13.2%	25.2%
2031	12.6%	25.1%
2032	12.1%	25%
2033	11.7%	24.8%
2034	11.5%	24.5%
2035	11.3%	24.3%
2036	11.1%	23.9%
2037	11%	23.6%
2038	11%	23.4%
2039	11.1%	23.1%
2040	11.2%	22.9%
2041	11.3%	22.7%
2042	11.5%	22.5%
2043	11.6%	22.4%
2044	11.8%	22.2%
2045	12%	22.1%
2046	12.2%	21.9%
2047	12.3%	21.8%
2048	12.5%	21.7%
2049	12.6%	21.6%
2050	12.7%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus and +1.05% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1960	136,399	421,263
1961	134,490	437,851
1962	124,945	455,634
1963	113,160	473,821
1964	101,618	490,606
1965	90,611	506,632
1966	84,191	534,862
1967	81,136	553,741
1968	76,782	571,841
1969	74,567	590,794
1970	75,520	605,102
1971	77,464	624,761
1972	74,036	638,754
1973	70,911	651,596
1974	71,158	658,438
1975	65,494	667,862
1976	66,677	675,011
1977	67,434	680,929
1978	67,342	694,341
1979	64,481	716,541
1980	62,101	738,415
1981	65,057	767,833
1982	65,499	807,550
1983	75,791	837,013
1984	64,415	869,011
1985	58,852	893,889
1986	74,318	903,644
1987	62,689	922,330
1988	60,840	909,221
1989	49,833	884,629
1990	32,606	835,421
1991	18,349	827,296
1992	11,238	794,415
1993	-11,263	789,220
1994	-19,431	698,609
1995	-32,621	743,488
1996	-37,591	710,868
1997	-46,540	667,969
1998	-44,316	627,027
1999	-49,131	594,643
2000	-40,916	526,963
2001	-48,650	484,801
2002	-58,207	430,926
2003	-53,882	415,018
2004	-50,597	442,540
2005	-50,252	464,464
2006	-41,301	487,584
2007	-28,683	503,567
2008	-25,726	595,332
2009	-25,662	554,115
2010	-29,400	566,834
2011	-26,493	601,708
2012	-11,336	643,723
2013	-6,610	652,427
2014	-2,834	674,754
2015	-946	668,771
2016	-1,894	641,365
2017	-17,026	645,975
2018	-26,429	648,319
2019	-32,969	652,130
2020	-64,703	595,873
2021	-67,118	456,411
2022	-47,839	603,636
2023	-56,924	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs South Africa

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 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	South Africa
1985	30	208
1986	30	200
1987	30	192
1988	32	184
1989	33	177
1990	33	170
1991	32	162
1992	32	152
1993	31	145
1994	30	133
1995	29	125
1996	28	150
1997	27	152
1998	25	152
1999	23	151
2000	20	175
2001	18	192
2002	16	225
2003	14	245
2004	12	259
2005	9	279
2006	7	283
2007	6	272
2008	4	272
2009	4	241
2010	3	226
2011	2	202
2012	2	194
2013	2	180
2014	2	162
2015	1	150
2016	1	141
2017	1	134
2018	1	128
2019	1	119
2020	2	118
2021	2	191
2022	1	129
2023	1	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus and 3.47% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1960	4.49%	-
1961	4.05%	-
1962	3.68%	-
1963	3.36%	-
1964	3.1%	-
1965	2.88%	-
1966	2.7%	-
1967	2.56%	-
1968	2.45%	-
1969	2.37%	-
1970	2.3%	-
1971	2.25%	-
1972	2.22%	-
1973	2.2%	-
1974	2.19%	13.2%
1975	2.18%	12.5%
1976	2.18%	11.8%
1977	2.16%	11.1%
1978	2.14%	10.5%
1979	2.11%	9.88%
1980	2.06%	9.35%
1981	2%	8.84%
1982	1.94%	8.39%
1983	1.88%	7.98%
1984	1.82%	7.6%
1985	1.76%	7.24%
1986	1.7%	6.89%
1987	1.64%	6.56%
1988	1.59%	6.26%
1989	1.55%	6.01%
1990	1.52%	5.82%
1991	1.52%	5.7%
1992	1.53%	5.66%
1993	1.55%	5.7%
1994	1.57%	5.82%
1995	1.57%	5.95%
1996	1.55%	6.11%
1997	1.51%	6.29%
1998	1.45%	6.56%
1999	1.37%	6.85%
2000	1.28%	7.11%
2001	1.18%	7.43%
2002	1.1%	7.69%
2003	1.02%	7.93%
2004	0.94%	8.1%
2005	0.87%	8.03%
2006	0.8%	7.75%
2007	0.73%	7.19%
2008	0.66%	6.42%
2009	0.61%	5.7%
2010	0.56%	5%
2011	0.52%	4.5%
2012	0.49%	4.25%
2013	0.46%	4.1%
2014	0.43%	3.96%
2015	0.41%	3.82%
2016	0.39%	3.68%
2017	0.36%	3.58%
2018	0.34%	3.49%
2019	0.31%	3.45%
2020	0.29%	3.41%
2021	0.27%	3.41%
2022	0.26%	3.44%
2023	0.24%	3.47%