Fertility & birth rates in Belize and Djibouti

Fertility rate in Belize vs Djibouti chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belize was 2.01 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.61 in Djibouti in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belize	Djibouti
1960	6.5	6.85
1961	6.48	6.85
1962	6.46	6.85
1963	6.44	6.86
1964	6.42	6.87
1965	6.4	6.86
1966	6.38	6.88
1967	6.36	6.87
1968	6.34	6.88
1969	6.32	6.88
1970	6.3	6.88
1971	6.29	6.88
1972	6.28	6.85
1973	6.29	6.82
1974	6.29	6.78
1975	6.28	6.74
1976	6.25	6.69
1977	6.2	6.64
1978	6.11	6.59
1979	5.99	6.52
1980	5.85	6.46
1981	5.68	6.4
1982	5.5	6.34
1983	5.31	6.3
1984	5.12	6.25
1985	5	6.19
1986	4.94	6.14
1987	4.88	6.09
1988	4.87	6.03
1989	4.86	5.97
1990	4.8	5.93
1991	4.6	5.86
1992	4.43	5.75
1993	4.21	5.64
1994	3.97	5.51
1995	3.88	5.33
1996	3.76	5.15
1997	3.74	4.97
1998	3.75	4.8
1999	3.73	4.69
2000	3.63	4.6
2001	3.53	4.52
2002	3.43	4.41
2003	3.34	4.3
2004	3.25	4.16
2005	3.17	4.04
2006	3.02	3.9
2007	2.89	3.76
2008	2.78	3.62
2009	2.66	3.52
2010	2.55	3.43
2011	2.53	3.34
2012	2.51	3.26
2013	2.5	3.19
2014	2.47	3.12
2015	2.43	3.04
2016	2.4	2.97
2017	2.37	2.92
2018	2.34	2.86
2019	2.14	2.8
2020	2.04	2.75
2021	1.84	2.7
2022	1.95	2.65
2023	2.01	2.61
2024	2.02	2.62
2025	2.01	2.58
2026	1.99	2.54
2027	1.98	2.51
2028	1.96	2.48
2029	1.94	2.45
2030	1.93	2.42
2031	1.92	2.39
2032	1.91	2.36
2033	1.9	2.33
2034	1.89	2.31
2035	1.88	2.29
2036	1.86	2.27
2037	1.85	2.25
2038	1.85	2.23
2039	1.84	2.21
2040	1.83	2.19
2041	1.82	2.17
2042	1.82	2.16
2043	1.81	2.14
2044	1.81	2.13
2045	1.8	2.11
2046	1.8	2.1
2047	1.79	2.09
2048	1.79	2.08
2049	1.78	2.06
2050	1.78	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belize	Djibouti
1960	44.9%	44.2%
1961	45.4%	44%
1962	46%	43.8%
1963	46.6%	43.7%
1964	47.2%	43.5%
1965	47.8%	43.6%
1966	48.3%	43.8%
1967	48.8%	44%
1968	49.2%	44.3%
1969	49.4%	44.5%
1970	49.2%	44.7%
1971	48.7%	44.9%
1972	48.2%	45%
1973	47.7%	45.2%
1974	47.2%	45.3%
1975	46.7%	45.4%
1976	46.2%	45.5%
1977	45.7%	45.5%
1978	45.3%	45.6%
1979	44.9%	45.5%
1980	44.6%	45.5%
1981	44.4%	45.4%
1982	44.4%	45.3%
1983	44.4%	45.1%
1984	44.5%	45%
1985	44.7%	44.8%
1986	44.8%	44.6%
1987	44.7%	44.4%
1988	44.6%	44.2%
1989	44.5%	44%
1990	44.3%	43.7%
1991	44.1%	43.5%
1992	43.8%	43.3%
1993	43.5%	43.1%
1994	43.2%	42.8%
1995	42.7%	42.5%
1996	42.1%	42.2%
1997	41.5%	41.5%
1998	40.9%	40.6%
1999	40.4%	40%
2000	39.9%	39.6%
2001	39.5%	39.1%
2002	39.1%	38.7%
2003	38.7%	38.6%
2004	38.3%	38.5%
2005	37.9%	38.4%
2006	37.5%	38.1%
2007	37.1%	37.7%
2008	36.7%	37.2%
2009	36.2%	36.8%
2010	35.5%	36.4%
2011	34.7%	35.9%
2012	34%	35.5%
2013	33.3%	35.1%
2014	32.5%	34.6%
2015	31.8%	34%
2016	31.1%	33.4%
2017	30.4%	32.8%
2018	29.9%	32.2%
2019	29.4%	31.6%
2020	28.9%	31%
2021	28.3%	30.5%
2022	27.6%	30%
2023	27%	29.6%
2024	26.6%	29.2%
2025	26.3%	28.8%
2026	26%	28.5%
2027	25.7%	28.1%
2028	25.4%	27.8%
2029	25%	27.5%
2030	24.6%	27.3%
2031	24.2%	27%
2032	23.8%	26.8%
2033	23.4%	26.6%
2034	23%	26.4%
2035	22.7%	26.2%
2036	22.5%	26.1%
2037	22.2%	25.9%
2038	21.9%	25.7%
2039	21.6%	25.5%
2040	21.2%	25.3%
2041	20.9%	25.1%
2042	20.5%	24.9%
2043	20.2%	24.7%
2044	19.8%	24.5%
2045	19.5%	24.3%
2046	19.2%	24.1%
2047	18.9%	23.8%
2048	18.7%	23.6%
2049	18.4%	23.4%
2050	18.2%	23.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in Belize and 29.2% in Djibouti in 2024, compared to 44.3% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belize and Djibouti compared.

Natural population change in Belize vs Djibouti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.45% in Belize and +1.43% in Djibouti. 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
	Belize	Djibouti
1960	2,903	2,299
1961	2,657	2,412
1962	2,961	2,538
1963	2,983	2,687
1964	3,010	2,864
1965	3,045	3,054
1966	3,092	3,268
1967	3,158	3,484
1968	3,240	3,712
1969	3,346	3,950
1970	3,486	4,249
1971	3,651	4,484
1972	3,814	4,885
1973	3,974	5,234
1974	4,136	5,601
1975	4,294	6,034
1976	4,484	6,567
1977	4,659	7,195
1978	4,804	7,886
1979	4,929	8,573
1980	5,029	9,187
1981	5,132	9,654
1982	5,155	10,058
1983	5,161	10,391
1984	5,128	10,713
1985	5,155	11,106
1986	5,238	11,671
1987	5,328	12,357
1988	5,465	13,107
1989	5,629	13,851
1990	5,728	15,074
1991	5,656	16,553
1992	5,562	16,971
1993	5,436	15,805
1994	5,283	15,989
1995	5,339	15,651
1996	5,339	15,408
1997	5,494	15,255
1998	5,733	15,845
1999	5,914	16,491
2000	5,934	17,014
2001	5,915	17,710
2002	5,967	18,167
2003	5,968	18,341
2004	5,997	17,756
2005	6,030	17,361
2006	5,874	16,901
2007	5,728	16,647
2008	5,643	16,356
2009	5,506	16,323
2010	5,381	16,225
2011	5,509	16,169
2012	5,628	16,026
2013	5,767	15,986
2014	5,864	15,857
2015	5,899	15,718
2016	5,931	15,621
2017	6,042	15,593
2018	6,112	15,524
2019	5,516	15,368
2020	4,993	14,970
2021	4,186	14,555
2022	4,825	15,337
2023	5,386	15,349

Maternal mortality chart: Belize vs Djibouti

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 67 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belize, compared to 162 deaths in Djibouti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belize	Djibouti
1985	98	821
1986	87	804
1987	83	785
1988	82	768
1989	80	746
1990	77	725
1991	75	731
1992	74	780
1993	73	704
1994	72	682
1995	73	634
1996	74	609
1997	77	582
1998	79	555
1999	77	524
2000	78	501
2001	76	441
2002	68	404
2003	67	391
2004	63	364
2005	60	315
2006	55	298
2007	52	285
2008	48	273
2009	45	263
2010	41	243
2011	39	229
2012	40	221
2013	41	219
2014	44	212
2015	47	210
2016	51	204
2017	56	201
2018	60	199
2019	61	194
2020	88	192
2021	157	221
2022	110	174
2023	67	162

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in Belize and 5.04% in Djibouti. 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
	Belize	Djibouti
1967	11.3%	-
1968	10.8%	-
1969	10.3%	-
1970	9.89%	-
1971	9.48%	-
1972	9.08%	-
1973	8.69%	-
1974	8.33%	-
1975	8%	-
1976	7.67%	17.1%
1977	7.38%	16.6%
1978	7.09%	16.2%
1979	6.81%	15.7%
1980	6.55%	15.3%
1981	6.3%	14.8%
1982	6.04%	14.4%
1983	5.78%	14%
1984	5.52%	13.6%
1985	5.25%	13.2%
1986	4.98%	12.8%
1987	4.71%	12.5%
1988	4.44%	12.2%
1989	4.18%	11.9%
1990	3.93%	11.6%
1991	3.69%	11.4%
1992	3.48%	11.2%
1993	3.3%	11.1%
1994	3.13%	10.9%
1995	2.99%	10.8%
1996	2.86%	10.7%
1997	2.74%	10.5%
1998	2.64%	10.3%
1999	2.54%	10.2%
2000	2.45%	9.95%
2001	2.36%	9.72%
2002	2.28%	9.48%
2003	2.21%	9.24%
2004	2.15%	9%
2005	2.1%	8.77%
2006	2.06%	8.53%
2007	2.01%	8.28%
2008	1.97%	8.03%
2009	1.93%	7.81%
2010	1.88%	7.59%
2011	1.83%	7.36%
2012	1.77%	7.14%
2013	1.7%	6.93%
2014	1.63%	6.72%
2015	1.56%	6.51%
2016	1.5%	6.33%
2017	1.44%	6.13%
2018	1.39%	5.94%
2019	1.35%	5.75%
2020	1.32%	5.56%
2021	1.3%	5.38%
2022	1.28%	5.22%
2023	1.27%	5.04%