Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Mozambique chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belgium was 1.47 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 Belgium 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
	Belgium	Mozambique
1960	2.54	6.31
1961	2.63	6.37
1962	2.59	6.42
1963	2.68	6.47
1964	2.71	6.51
1965	2.61	6.54
1966	2.52	6.58
1967	2.41	6.61
1968	2.31	6.65
1969	2.27	6.67
1970	2.25	6.7
1971	2.21	6.7
1972	2.09	6.7
1973	1.95	6.7
1974	1.83	6.67
1975	1.74	6.66
1976	1.73	6.64
1977	1.71	6.62
1978	1.69	6.59
1979	1.69	6.56
1980	1.68	6.53
1981	1.66	6.48
1982	1.61	6.43
1983	1.57	6.43
1984	1.54	6.44
1985	1.51	6.43
1986	1.54	6.41
1987	1.54	6.39
1988	1.57	6.37
1989	1.58	6.35
1990	1.62	6.32
1991	1.66	6.28
1992	1.65	6.22
1993	1.61	6.15
1994	1.56	6.08
1995	1.56	6.02
1996	1.59	5.97
1997	1.6	5.93
1998	1.6	5.91
1999	1.62	5.88
2000	1.67	5.83
2001	1.67	5.76
2002	1.65	5.67
2003	1.67	5.6
2004	1.72	5.55
2005	1.76	5.5
2006	1.8	5.45
2007	1.82	5.47
2008	1.85	5.6
2009	1.84	5.68
2010	1.86	5.66
2011	1.81	5.6
2012	1.8	5.52
2013	1.76	5.43
2014	1.74	5.3
2015	1.7	5.25
2016	1.68	5.19
2017	1.65	5.13
2018	1.62	5.07
2019	1.6	5.02
2020	1.55	4.96
2021	1.6	4.91
2022	1.53	4.84
2023	1.47	4.76
2024	1.47	4.69
2025	1.48	4.62
2026	1.49	4.54
2027	1.49	4.46
2028	1.5	4.39
2029	1.51	4.3
2030	1.51	4.23
2031	1.52	4.14
2032	1.52	4.06
2033	1.53	3.97
2034	1.53	3.89
2035	1.54	3.82
2036	1.54	3.75
2037	1.54	3.67
2038	1.55	3.6
2039	1.55	3.53
2040	1.56	3.47
2041	1.56	3.4
2042	1.56	3.34
2043	1.57	3.28
2044	1.57	3.22
2045	1.57	3.16
2046	1.57	3.11
2047	1.58	3.06
2048	1.58	3.01
2049	1.59	2.97
2050	1.59	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Mozambique
1960	23.7%	41%
1961	23.8%	41.2%
1962	23.8%	41.4%
1963	23.9%	41.6%
1964	23.9%	41.9%
1965	24%	42.2%
1966	24%	42.5%
1967	23.9%	42.7%
1968	23.9%	42.9%
1969	23.8%	43.1%
1970	23.6%	43.3%
1971	23.5%	43.4%
1972	23.3%	43.6%
1973	23%	43.7%
1974	22.6%	43.8%
1975	22.2%	44%
1976	21.8%	44.1%
1977	21.4%	44.3%
1978	21%	44.6%
1979	20.6%	44.9%
1980	20.3%	45.3%
1981	19.9%	45.6%
1982	19.6%	45.7%
1983	19.4%	45.8%
1984	19.1%	45.9%
1985	18.8%	45.9%
1986	18.6%	45.9%
1987	18.3%	45.9%
1988	18.2%	45.8%
1989	18.1%	45.7%
1990	18.1%	45.7%
1991	18.2%	45.6%
1992	18.2%	45.5%
1993	18.1%	45.4%
1994	18.1%	45.2%
1995	18%	45%
1996	17.9%	44.9%
1997	17.8%	44.8%
1998	17.7%	44.9%
1999	17.7%	45%
2000	17.6%	45.1%
2001	17.5%	45.1%
2002	17.5%	45.2%
2003	17.3%	45.3%
2004	17.2%	45.3%
2005	17.1%	45.3%
2006	17%	45.4%
2007	16.9%	45.4%
2008	16.9%	45.5%
2009	16.9%	45.6%
2010	16.9%	45.8%
2011	17%	45.8%
2012	17%	45.9%
2013	17%	45.8%
2014	17%	45.8%
2015	17%	45.7%
2016	17%	45.6%
2017	17%	45.5%
2018	16.9%	45.4%
2019	16.9%	45.3%
2020	16.8%	45.2%
2021	16.7%	45.1%
2022	16.5%	45%
2023	16.3%	44.8%
2024	16%	44.5%
2025	15.7%	44.2%
2026	15.4%	43.9%
2027	15.1%	43.5%
2028	14.9%	43.2%
2029	14.6%	42.9%
2030	14.4%	42.5%
2031	14.2%	42.2%
2032	14%	41.9%
2033	13.8%	41.5%
2034	13.6%	41.1%
2035	13.5%	40.7%
2036	13.4%	40.3%
2037	13.3%	39.9%
2038	13.3%	39.5%
2039	13.3%	39%
2040	13.4%	38.6%
2041	13.4%	38.2%
2042	13.5%	37.7%
2043	13.5%	37.3%
2044	13.6%	36.9%
2045	13.7%	36.4%
2046	13.8%	36%
2047	13.8%	35.6%
2048	13.9%	35.2%
2049	13.9%	34.8%
2050	13.9%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Mozambique
1960	40,275	165,774
1961	52,349	171,236
1962	42,414	176,297
1963	41,804	180,867
1964	51,580	182,334
1965	39,748	185,931
1966	36,206	189,218
1967	31,618	193,044
1968	20,199	197,623
1969	21,221	202,174
1970	23,173	207,385
1971	21,281	211,137
1972	18,451	215,793
1973	11,690	226,847
1974	7,818	240,665
1975	0	257,984
1976	1,964	273,924
1977	8,847	289,193
1978	7,872	310,403
1979	11,818	331,162
1980	10,845	349,586
1981	11,831	322,207
1982	7,885	321,493
1983	2,956	324,158
1984	4,927	304,524
1985	2,958	307,625
1986	5,917	332,609
1987	11,844	334,438
1988	14,853	349,480
1989	13,912	348,833
1990	19,935	353,290
1991	22,010	357,676
1992	20,090	362,373
1993	14,118	369,518
1994	12,139	384,821
1995	11,150	421,630
1996	12,188	442,559
1997	12,218	461,209
1998	9,183	474,453
1999	9,203	491,814
2000	12,302	506,162
2001	11,315	519,594
2002	7,233	529,867
2003	7,263	540,992
2004	16,673	554,973
2005	15,718	570,132
2006	21,096	586,009
2007	23,376	610,913
2008	22,491	654,920
2009	23,752	693,673
2010	23,970	719,025
2011	25,388	741,303
2012	18,882	763,088
2013	16,739	784,641
2014	21,297	799,778
2015	11,274	824,435
2016	14,731	850,430
2017	10,238	876,594
2018	7,999	903,176
2019	8,042	927,581
2020	-12,692	945,952
2021	5,793	951,234
2022	-2,336	1,003,689
2023	0	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Mozambique

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belgium, compared to 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Mozambique
1985	9	1,452
1986	9	1,355
1987	9	1,348
1988	9	1,259
1989	9	1,209
1990	9	1,150
1991	9	1,094
1992	9	1,046
1993	9	968
1994	9	902
1995	9	883
1996	9	819
1997	8	738
1998	8	694
1999	8	624
2000	8	547
2001	8	473
2002	7	398
2003	7	360
2004	7	321
2005	7	301
2006	6	298
2007	7	327
2008	6	365
2009	6	352
2010	6	305
2011	6	268
2012	5	218
2013	6	196
2014	5	210
2015	5	216
2016	5	202
2017	5	187
2018	5	159
2019	4	134
2020	4	123
2021	7	180
2022	11	104
2023	4	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Mozambique
1960	3.39%	-
1961	3.25%	-
1962	3.12%	-
1963	3%	26.5%
1964	2.89%	26.7%
1965	2.79%	26.8%
1966	2.7%	26.8%
1967	2.62%	26.9%
1968	2.55%	26.9%
1969	2.48%	26.9%
1970	2.39%	26.8%
1971	2.3%	26.7%
1972	2.19%	26.6%
1973	2.08%	26.4%
1974	1.97%	26.3%
1975	1.86%	26.1%
1976	1.76%	26%
1977	1.67%	25.8%
1978	1.59%	25.7%
1979	1.52%	25.7%
1980	1.45%	25.6%
1981	1.39%	25.6%
1982	1.33%	25.5%
1983	1.27%	25.3%
1984	1.22%	25.1%
1985	1.18%	24.8%
1986	1.14%	24.5%
1987	1.1%	24.2%
1988	1.07%	23.9%
1989	1.03%	23.6%
1990	1%	23.3%
1991	0.96%	23%
1992	0.92%	22.6%
1993	0.87%	22.1%
1994	0.82%	21.6%
1995	0.77%	20.9%
1996	0.72%	20.1%
1997	0.67%	19.2%
1998	0.64%	18.2%
1999	0.61%	17.2%
2000	0.59%	16.3%
2001	0.57%	15.4%
2002	0.55%	14.6%
2003	0.53%	13.9%
2004	0.52%	13.2%
2005	0.5%	12.5%
2006	0.49%	11.8%
2007	0.48%	11%
2008	0.47%	10.4%
2009	0.46%	9.75%
2010	0.45%	9.5%
2011	0.44%	9.05%
2012	0.43%	8.63%
2013	0.42%	8.26%
2014	0.42%	7.92%
2015	0.41%	7.51%
2016	0.41%	7.23%
2017	0.4%	7.09%
2018	0.4%	6.95%
2019	0.39%	6.83%
2020	0.39%	6.73%
2021	0.38%	6.58%
2022	0.37%	6.43%
2023	0.36%	6.17%