Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Palestine

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belgium vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	2.54	-
1961	2.63	-
1962	2.59	-
1963	2.68	-
1964	2.71	-
1965	2.61	-
1966	2.52	-
1967	2.41	-
1968	2.31	-
1969	2.27	-
1970	2.25	-
1971	2.21	-
1972	2.09	-
1973	1.95	-
1974	1.83	-
1975	1.74	-
1976	1.73	-
1977	1.71	-
1978	1.69	-
1979	1.69	-
1980	1.68	-
1981	1.66	-
1982	1.61	-
1983	1.57	-
1984	1.54	-
1985	1.51	-
1986	1.54	-
1987	1.54	-
1988	1.57	-
1989	1.58	-
1990	1.62	6.81
1991	1.66	6.75
1992	1.65	6.65
1993	1.61	6.5
1994	1.56	6.33
1995	1.56	6.16
1996	1.59	5.99
1997	1.6	5.82
1998	1.6	5.69
1999	1.62	5.58
2000	1.67	5.46
2001	1.67	5.34
2002	1.65	5.22
2003	1.67	5.06
2004	1.72	4.97
2005	1.76	4.87
2006	1.8	4.74
2007	1.82	4.63
2008	1.85	4.51
2009	1.84	4.44
2010	1.86	4.43
2011	1.81	4.31
2012	1.8	4.15
2013	1.76	4.05
2014	1.74	4
2015	1.7	3.98
2016	1.68	3.89
2017	1.65	3.77
2018	1.62	3.67
2019	1.6	3.59
2020	1.55	3.51
2021	1.6	3.44
2022	1.53	3.38
2023	1.47	3.31
2024	1.47	3.25
2025	1.48	3.19
2026	1.49	3.13
2027	1.49	3.07
2028	1.5	3.02
2029	1.51	2.97
2030	1.51	2.93
2031	1.52	2.89
2032	1.52	2.85
2033	1.53	2.81
2034	1.53	2.78
2035	1.54	2.75
2036	1.54	2.71
2037	1.54	2.68
2038	1.55	2.65
2039	1.55	2.62
2040	1.56	2.59
2041	1.56	2.56
2042	1.56	2.53
2043	1.57	2.51
2044	1.57	2.48
2045	1.57	2.45
2046	1.57	2.43
2047	1.58	2.41
2048	1.58	2.38
2049	1.59	2.36
2050	1.59	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Palestine
1960	23.7%	-
1961	23.8%	-
1962	23.8%	-
1963	23.9%	-
1964	23.9%	-
1965	24%	-
1966	24%	-
1967	23.9%	-
1968	23.9%	-
1969	23.8%	-
1970	23.6%	-
1971	23.5%	-
1972	23.3%	-
1973	23%	-
1974	22.6%	-
1975	22.2%	-
1976	21.8%	-
1977	21.4%	-
1978	21%	-
1979	20.6%	-
1980	20.3%	-
1981	19.9%	-
1982	19.6%	-
1983	19.4%	-
1984	19.1%	-
1985	18.8%	-
1986	18.6%	-
1987	18.3%	-
1988	18.2%	-
1989	18.1%	-
1990	18.1%	49.1%
1991	18.2%	49.1%
1992	18.2%	49%
1993	18.1%	49%
1994	18.1%	48.9%
1995	18%	48.8%
1996	17.9%	48.6%
1997	17.8%	48.4%
1998	17.7%	48.1%
1999	17.7%	47.8%
2000	17.6%	47.4%
2001	17.5%	47.1%
2002	17.5%	46.6%
2003	17.3%	46.1%
2004	17.2%	45.6%
2005	17.1%	45%
2006	17%	44.3%
2007	16.9%	43.7%
2008	16.9%	43%
2009	16.9%	42.4%
2010	16.9%	41.9%
2011	17%	41.5%
2012	17%	41.1%
2013	17%	40.7%
2014	17%	40.4%
2015	17%	40.1%
2016	17%	39.9%
2017	17%	39.7%
2018	16.9%	39.6%
2019	16.9%	39.5%
2020	16.8%	39.3%
2021	16.7%	39%
2022	16.5%	38.7%
2023	16.3%	38.4%
2024	16%	38%
2025	15.7%	37.6%
2026	15.4%	37%
2027	15.1%	36.5%
2028	14.9%	35.9%
2029	14.6%	35.3%
2030	14.4%	34.7%
2031	14.2%	34%
2032	14%	33.4%
2033	13.8%	32.8%
2034	13.6%	32.3%
2035	13.5%	31.8%
2036	13.4%	31.4%
2037	13.3%	31%
2038	13.3%	30.6%
2039	13.3%	30.3%
2040	13.4%	30%
2041	13.4%	29.7%
2042	13.5%	29.4%
2043	13.5%	29.2%
2044	13.6%	28.9%
2045	13.7%	28.6%
2046	13.8%	28.4%
2047	13.8%	28.1%
2048	13.9%	27.8%
2049	13.9%	27.5%
2050	13.9%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	40,275	-
1961	52,349	-
1962	42,414	-
1963	41,804	-
1964	51,580	-
1965	39,748	-
1966	36,206	-
1967	31,618	-
1968	20,199	-
1969	21,221	-
1970	23,173	-
1971	21,281	-
1972	18,451	-
1973	11,690	-
1974	7,818	-
1975	0	-
1976	1,964	-
1977	8,847	-
1978	7,872	-
1979	11,818	-
1980	10,845	-
1981	11,831	-
1982	7,885	-
1983	2,956	-
1984	4,927	-
1985	2,958	-
1986	5,917	-
1987	11,844	-
1988	14,853	-
1989	13,912	-
1990	19,935	76,163
1991	22,010	79,444
1992	20,090	82,865
1993	14,118	86,434
1994	12,139	90,156
1995	11,150	94,037
1996	12,188	98,085
1997	12,218	102,307
1998	9,183	103,566
1999	9,203	104,823
2000	12,302	106,367
2001	11,315	107,320
2002	7,233	108,560
2003	7,263	109,162
2004	16,673	110,045
2005	15,718	110,569
2006	21,096	111,728
2007	23,376	112,453
2008	22,491	108,395
2009	23,752	111,724
2010	23,970	117,674
2011	25,388	119,021
2012	18,882	119,185
2013	16,739	120,503
2014	21,297	120,724
2015	11,274	126,189
2016	14,731	126,698
2017	10,238	125,688
2018	7,999	124,791
2019	8,042	124,508
2020	-12,692	122,416
2021	5,793	120,396
2022	-2,336	123,987
2023	0	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Palestine
1985	9	102
1986	9	96
1987	9	87
1988	9	85
1989	9	82
1990	9	78
1991	9	75
1992	9	73
1993	9	69
1994	9	66
1995	9	64
1996	9	61
1997	8	60
1998	8	59
1999	8	58
2000	8	59
2001	8	60
2002	7	58
2003	7	56
2004	7	55
2005	7	52
2006	6	51
2007	7	49
2008	6	49
2009	6	48
2010	6	42
2011	6	39
2012	5	36
2013	6	32
2014	5	29
2015	5	26
2016	5	23
2017	5	21
2018	5	19
2019	4	18
2020	4	20
2021	7	29
2022	11	17
2023	4	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	3.39%	-
1961	3.25%	-
1962	3.12%	-
1963	3%	-
1964	2.89%	-
1965	2.79%	-
1966	2.7%	-
1967	2.62%	-
1968	2.55%	-
1969	2.48%	-
1970	2.39%	-
1971	2.3%	-
1972	2.19%	-
1973	2.08%	-
1974	1.97%	-
1975	1.86%	10.8%
1976	1.76%	10.2%
1977	1.67%	9.55%
1978	1.59%	8.98%
1979	1.52%	8.45%
1980	1.45%	7.95%
1981	1.39%	7.48%
1982	1.33%	7.04%
1983	1.27%	6.63%
1984	1.22%	6.25%
1985	1.18%	5.89%
1986	1.14%	5.56%
1987	1.1%	5.25%
1988	1.07%	4.97%
1989	1.03%	4.72%
1990	1%	4.49%
1991	0.96%	4.28%
1992	0.92%	4.09%
1993	0.87%	3.92%
1994	0.82%	3.77%
1995	0.77%	3.62%
1996	0.72%	3.49%
1997	0.67%	3.36%
1998	0.64%	3.24%
1999	0.61%	3.13%
2000	0.59%	3.03%
2001	0.57%	2.94%
2002	0.55%	2.85%
2003	0.53%	2.77%
2004	0.52%	2.68%
2005	0.5%	2.6%
2006	0.49%	2.52%
2007	0.48%	2.43%
2008	0.47%	2.35%
2009	0.46%	2.28%
2010	0.45%	2.2%
2011	0.44%	2.12%
2012	0.43%	2.04%
2013	0.42%	1.97%
2014	0.42%	2.2%
2015	0.41%	1.83%
2016	0.41%	1.76%
2017	0.4%	1.69%
2018	0.4%	1.63%
2019	0.39%	1.57%
2020	0.39%	1.52%
2021	0.38%	1.47%
2022	0.37%	1.42%
2023	0.36%	2.63%