Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Trinidad and Tobago 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 1.53 in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belgium vs Trinidad and Tobago 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	Trinidad
1960	2.54	5.41
1961	2.63	5.41
1962	2.59	5.36
1963	2.68	5.24
1964	2.71	5.08
1965	2.61	4.88
1966	2.52	4.62
1967	2.41	4.35
1968	2.31	4.11
1969	2.27	3.86
1970	2.25	3.71
1971	2.21	3.61
1972	2.09	3.55
1973	1.95	3.47
1974	1.83	3.32
1975	1.74	3.21
1976	1.73	3.14
1977	1.71	3.12
1978	1.69	3.13
1979	1.69	3.13
1980	1.68	3.15
1981	1.66	3.13
1982	1.61	3.11
1983	1.57	3.07
1984	1.54	3.02
1985	1.51	2.99
1986	1.54	2.9
1987	1.54	2.78
1988	1.57	2.65
1989	1.58	2.53
1990	1.62	2.39
1991	1.66	2.29
1992	1.65	2.21
1993	1.61	2.13
1994	1.56	2.06
1995	1.56	1.97
1996	1.59	1.89
1997	1.6	1.83
1998	1.6	1.78
1999	1.62	1.76
2000	1.67	1.73
2001	1.67	1.71
2002	1.65	1.67
2003	1.67	1.65
2004	1.72	1.63
2005	1.76	1.63
2006	1.8	1.62
2007	1.82	1.62
2008	1.85	1.62
2009	1.84	1.62
2010	1.86	1.61
2011	1.81	1.61
2012	1.8	1.61
2013	1.76	1.6
2014	1.74	1.6
2015	1.7	1.6
2016	1.68	1.6
2017	1.65	1.59
2018	1.62	1.59
2019	1.6	1.58
2020	1.55	1.57
2021	1.6	1.56
2022	1.53	1.54
2023	1.47	1.53
2024	1.47	1.54
2025	1.48	1.52
2026	1.49	1.52
2027	1.49	1.51
2028	1.5	1.51
2029	1.51	1.51
2030	1.51	1.51
2031	1.52	1.51
2032	1.52	1.51
2033	1.53	1.51
2034	1.53	1.51
2035	1.54	1.51
2036	1.54	1.51
2037	1.54	1.51
2038	1.55	1.51
2039	1.55	1.51
2040	1.56	1.51
2041	1.56	1.51
2042	1.56	1.51
2043	1.57	1.51
2044	1.57	1.51
2045	1.57	1.51
2046	1.57	1.51
2047	1.58	1.51
2048	1.58	1.52
2049	1.59	1.52
2050	1.59	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Trinidad
1960	23.7%	43.1%
1961	23.8%	43.2%
1962	23.8%	43.2%
1963	23.9%	43.3%
1964	23.9%	43.2%
1965	24%	43.1%
1966	24%	42.9%
1967	23.9%	42.7%
1968	23.9%	42.3%
1969	23.8%	41.9%
1970	23.6%	41.2%
1971	23.5%	40.4%
1972	23.3%	39.7%
1973	23%	39.1%
1974	22.6%	38.4%
1975	22.2%	37.6%
1976	21.8%	36.8%
1977	21.4%	36%
1978	21%	35.3%
1979	20.6%	34.8%
1980	20.3%	34.4%
1981	19.9%	34.2%
1982	19.6%	34.2%
1983	19.4%	34.2%
1984	19.1%	34.3%
1985	18.8%	34.4%
1986	18.6%	34.4%
1987	18.3%	34.4%
1988	18.2%	34.2%
1989	18.1%	34%
1990	18.1%	33.7%
1991	18.2%	33.3%
1992	18.2%	32.8%
1993	18.1%	32.2%
1994	18.1%	31.6%
1995	18%	30.8%
1996	17.9%	29.9%
1997	17.8%	28.9%
1998	17.7%	27.9%
1999	17.7%	27%
2000	17.6%	26%
2001	17.5%	25%
2002	17.5%	24.2%
2003	17.3%	23.4%
2004	17.2%	22.7%
2005	17.1%	22.1%
2006	17%	21.6%
2007	16.9%	21.2%
2008	16.9%	20.8%
2009	16.9%	20.5%
2010	16.9%	20.3%
2011	17%	20.1%
2012	17%	20%
2013	17%	19.9%
2014	17%	19.7%
2015	17%	19.6%
2016	17%	19.5%
2017	17%	19.3%
2018	16.9%	19%
2019	16.9%	18.8%
2020	16.8%	18.7%
2021	16.7%	18.5%
2022	16.5%	18.3%
2023	16.3%	18%
2024	16%	17.8%
2025	15.7%	17.5%
2026	15.4%	17.2%
2027	15.1%	16.9%
2028	14.9%	16.6%
2029	14.6%	16.4%
2030	14.4%	16.1%
2031	14.2%	15.8%
2032	14%	15.5%
2033	13.8%	15.3%
2034	13.6%	15.1%
2035	13.5%	14.9%
2036	13.4%	14.7%
2037	13.3%	14.5%
2038	13.3%	14.4%
2039	13.3%	14.2%
2040	13.4%	14.1%
2041	13.4%	14.1%
2042	13.5%	14%
2043	13.5%	13.9%
2044	13.6%	13.9%
2045	13.7%	13.8%
2046	13.8%	13.8%
2047	13.8%	13.7%
2048	13.9%	13.7%
2049	13.9%	13.6%
2050	13.9%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium and +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	40,275	24,766
1961	52,349	25,518
1962	42,414	25,763
1963	41,804	25,507
1964	51,580	25,065
1965	39,748	24,349
1966	36,206	23,228
1967	31,618	21,992
1968	20,199	20,849
1969	21,221	19,652
1970	23,173	19,074
1971	21,281	19,400
1972	18,451	20,116
1973	11,690	20,617
1974	7,818	20,412
1975	0	20,468
1976	1,964	20,875
1977	8,847	21,660
1978	7,872	22,538
1979	11,818	23,475
1980	10,845	24,557
1981	11,831	25,015
1982	7,885	25,181
1983	2,956	25,118
1984	4,927	24,738
1985	2,958	24,487
1986	5,917	23,705
1987	11,844	22,398
1988	14,853	21,028
1989	13,912	19,636
1990	19,935	18,052
1991	22,010	16,903
1992	20,090	15,910
1993	14,118	14,878
1994	12,139	14,032
1995	11,150	12,971
1996	12,188	12,101
1997	12,218	11,405
1998	9,183	10,964
1999	9,203	10,821
2000	12,302	10,588
2001	11,315	10,438
2002	7,233	10,316
2003	7,263	10,169
2004	16,673	10,149
2005	15,718	9,822
2006	21,096	9,889
2007	23,376	9,939
2008	22,491	9,872
2009	23,752	9,769
2010	23,970	9,698
2011	25,388	9,601
2012	18,882	9,376
2013	16,739	9,020
2014	21,297	8,571
2015	11,274	7,963
2016	14,731	7,436
2017	10,238	6,779
2018	7,999	5,869
2019	8,042	5,647
2020	-12,692	4,558
2021	5,793	2,091
2022	-2,336	3,773
2023	0	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Trinidad and Tobago

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 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Trinidad
1985	9	87
1986	9	89
1987	9	86
1988	9	87
1989	9	86
1990	9	84
1991	9	82
1992	9	85
1993	9	85
1994	9	84
1995	9	85
1996	9	84
1997	8	82
1998	8	79
1999	8	78
2000	8	76
2001	8	72
2002	7	69
2003	7	67
2004	7	63
2005	7	60
2006	6	58
2007	7	57
2008	6	55
2009	6	54
2010	6	54
2011	6	53
2012	5	51
2013	6	50
2014	5	50
2015	5	50
2016	5	51
2017	5	51
2018	5	53
2019	4	53
2020	4	35
2021	7	54
2022	11	30
2023	4	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium and 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	3.39%	6.74%
1961	3.25%	6.53%
1962	3.12%	6.33%
1963	3%	6.14%
1964	2.89%	5.96%
1965	2.79%	5.8%
1966	2.7%	5.66%
1967	2.62%	5.53%
1968	2.55%	5.4%
1969	2.48%	5.28%
1970	2.39%	5.17%
1971	2.3%	5.06%
1972	2.19%	4.95%
1973	2.08%	4.84%
1974	1.97%	4.72%
1975	1.86%	4.6%
1976	1.76%	4.48%
1977	1.67%	4.37%
1978	1.59%	4.25%
1979	1.52%	4.14%
1980	1.45%	4.03%
1981	1.39%	3.92%
1982	1.33%	3.83%
1983	1.27%	3.73%
1984	1.22%	3.64%
1985	1.18%	3.56%
1986	1.14%	3.49%
1987	1.1%	3.42%
1988	1.07%	3.36%
1989	1.03%	3.3%
1990	1%	3.25%
1991	0.96%	3.21%
1992	0.92%	3.16%
1993	0.87%	3.13%
1994	0.82%	3.09%
1995	0.77%	3.06%
1996	0.72%	3.02%
1997	0.67%	2.99%
1998	0.64%	2.96%
1999	0.61%	2.92%
2000	0.59%	2.88%
2001	0.57%	2.84%
2002	0.55%	2.81%
2003	0.53%	2.76%
2004	0.52%	2.72%
2005	0.5%	2.68%
2006	0.49%	2.64%
2007	0.48%	2.59%
2008	0.47%	2.55%
2009	0.46%	2.51%
2010	0.45%	2.47%
2011	0.44%	2.43%
2012	0.43%	2.38%
2013	0.42%	2.35%
2014	0.42%	2.3%
2015	0.41%	2.26%
2016	0.41%	2.22%
2017	0.4%	2.18%
2018	0.4%	2.14%
2019	0.39%	2.1%
2020	0.39%	2.06%
2021	0.38%	2.01%
2022	0.37%	1.96%
2023	0.36%	1.91%