Fertility & birth rates in Belize and El Salvador

Fertility rate in Belize vs El Salvador 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 1.78 in El Salvador in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belize vs El Salvador population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belize	El Salvador
1960	6.5	6.62
1961	6.48	6.64
1962	6.46	6.68
1963	6.44	6.69
1964	6.42	6.68
1965	6.4	6.64
1966	6.38	6.57
1967	6.36	6.49
1968	6.34	6.39
1969	6.32	6.28
1970	6.3	6.18
1971	6.29	6.13
1972	6.28	6.03
1973	6.29	5.93
1974	6.29	5.82
1975	6.28	5.71
1976	6.25	5.59
1977	6.2	5.47
1978	6.11	5.36
1979	5.99	5.23
1980	5.85	5.11
1981	5.68	4.99
1982	5.5	4.83
1983	5.31	4.65
1984	5.12	4.48
1985	5	4.32
1986	4.94	4.19
1987	4.88	4.18
1988	4.87	4.1
1989	4.86	4.03
1990	4.8	3.96
1991	4.6	3.89
1992	4.43	3.8
1993	4.21	3.69
1994	3.97	3.61
1995	3.88	3.57
1996	3.76	3.48
1997	3.74	3.38
1998	3.75	3.34
1999	3.73	3.22
2000	3.63	3.08
2001	3.53	2.93
2002	3.43	2.78
2003	3.34	2.64
2004	3.25	2.52
2005	3.17	2.44
2006	3.02	2.4
2007	2.89	2.35
2008	2.78	2.29
2009	2.66	2.26
2010	2.55	2.24
2011	2.53	2.22
2012	2.51	2.19
2013	2.5	2.15
2014	2.47	2.13
2015	2.43	2.07
2016	2.4	1.97
2017	2.37	1.9
2018	2.34	1.85
2019	2.14	1.84
2020	2.04	1.82
2021	1.84	1.8
2022	1.95	1.79
2023	2.01	1.78
2024	2.02	1.77
2025	2.01	1.75
2026	1.99	1.74
2027	1.98	1.73
2028	1.96	1.72
2029	1.94	1.72
2030	1.93	1.71
2031	1.92	1.7
2032	1.91	1.7
2033	1.9	1.69
2034	1.89	1.69
2035	1.88	1.68
2036	1.86	1.68
2037	1.85	1.68
2038	1.85	1.67
2039	1.84	1.67
2040	1.83	1.67
2041	1.82	1.67
2042	1.82	1.67
2043	1.81	1.67
2044	1.81	1.66
2045	1.8	1.66
2046	1.8	1.66
2047	1.79	1.66
2048	1.79	1.66
2049	1.78	1.66
2050	1.78	1.65

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belize	El Salvador
1960	44.9%	45.5%
1961	45.4%	45.7%
1962	46%	45.8%
1963	46.6%	46%
1964	47.2%	46.1%
1965	47.8%	46.2%
1966	48.3%	46.3%
1967	48.8%	46.5%
1968	49.2%	46.6%
1969	49.4%	46.8%
1970	49.2%	46.8%
1971	48.7%	46.7%
1972	48.2%	46.6%
1973	47.7%	46.4%
1974	47.2%	46.2%
1975	46.7%	45.9%
1976	46.2%	45.6%
1977	45.7%	45.3%
1978	45.3%	44.9%
1979	44.9%	44.5%
1980	44.6%	44.2%
1981	44.4%	43.9%
1982	44.4%	43.7%
1983	44.4%	43.4%
1984	44.5%	43.1%
1985	44.7%	42.7%
1986	44.8%	42.4%
1987	44.7%	42.1%
1988	44.6%	41.9%
1989	44.5%	41.8%
1990	44.3%	41.7%
1991	44.1%	41.7%
1992	43.8%	41.5%
1993	43.5%	41.1%
1994	43.2%	40.5%
1995	42.7%	39.8%
1996	42.1%	39.1%
1997	41.5%	38.5%
1998	40.9%	38%
1999	40.4%	37.5%
2000	39.9%	37.1%
2001	39.5%	36.7%
2002	39.1%	36.3%
2003	38.7%	35.9%
2004	38.3%	35.4%
2005	37.9%	34.9%
2006	37.5%	34.4%
2007	37.1%	33.9%
2008	36.7%	33.4%
2009	36.2%	32.7%
2010	35.5%	32%
2011	34.7%	31.3%
2012	34%	30.6%
2013	33.3%	29.9%
2014	32.5%	29.2%
2015	31.8%	28.6%
2016	31.1%	28%
2017	30.4%	27.5%
2018	29.9%	27%
2019	29.4%	26.7%
2020	28.9%	26.3%
2021	28.3%	26%
2022	27.6%	25.6%
2023	27%	25.2%
2024	26.6%	24.8%
2025	26.3%	24.4%
2026	26%	24%
2027	25.7%	23.5%
2028	25.4%	23.1%
2029	25%	22.7%
2030	24.6%	22.3%
2031	24.2%	21.9%
2032	23.8%	21.6%
2033	23.4%	21.4%
2034	23%	21.1%
2035	22.7%	20.8%
2036	22.5%	20.6%
2037	22.2%	20.3%
2038	21.9%	20.1%
2039	21.6%	19.8%
2040	21.2%	19.6%
2041	20.9%	19.3%
2042	20.5%	19%
2043	20.2%	18.8%
2044	19.8%	18.5%
2045	19.5%	18.3%
2046	19.2%	18%
2047	18.9%	17.8%
2048	18.7%	17.6%
2049	18.4%	17.3%
2050	18.2%	17.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in Belize and 24.8% in El Salvador in 2024, compared to 44.3% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belize and El Salvador compared.

Natural population change in Belize vs El Salvador by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.45% in Belize and +0.93% in El Salvador. 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	El Salvador
1960	2,903	81,544
1961	2,657	84,614
1962	2,961	88,237
1963	2,983	90,794
1964	3,010	93,328
1965	3,045	95,341
1966	3,092	97,156
1967	3,158	98,424
1968	3,240	98,851
1969	3,346	99,848
1970	3,486	100,499
1971	3,651	104,714
1972	3,814	107,604
1973	3,974	111,546
1974	4,136	113,846
1975	4,294	116,737
1976	4,484	120,511
1977	4,659	121,446
1978	4,804	124,468
1979	4,929	123,838
1980	5,029	111,771
1981	5,132	117,346
1982	5,155	120,938
1983	5,161	121,700
1984	5,128	125,036
1985	5,155	127,248
1986	5,238	130,177
1987	5,328	133,667
1988	5,465	136,230
1989	5,629	139,093
1990	5,728	140,311
1991	5,656	140,691
1992	5,562	139,221
1993	5,436	138,432
1994	5,283	137,974
1995	5,339	138,268
1996	5,339	136,929
1997	5,494	134,448
1998	5,733	134,065
1999	5,914	128,947
2000	5,934	122,315
2001	5,915	114,313
2002	5,967	106,137
2003	5,968	97,849
2004	5,997	90,905
2005	6,030	84,883
2006	5,874	80,887
2007	5,728	76,776
2008	5,643	75,107
2009	5,506	74,908
2010	5,381	75,695
2011	5,509	76,182
2012	5,628	75,495
2013	5,767	73,869
2014	5,864	72,581
2015	5,899	69,263
2016	5,931	63,751
2017	6,042	59,824
2018	6,112	57,509
2019	5,516	56,816
2020	4,993	48,244
2021	4,186	46,530
2022	4,825	53,138
2023	5,386	51,985

Maternal mortality chart: Belize vs El Salvador

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 39 deaths in El Salvador.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belize	El Salvador
1985	98	193
1986	87	169
1987	83	178
1988	82	173
1989	80	155
1990	77	145
1991	75	129
1992	74	121
1993	73	114
1994	72	101
1995	73	89
1996	74	78
1997	77	67
1998	79	61
1999	77	53
2000	78	48
2001	76	45
2002	68	40
2003	67	38
2004	63	35
2005	60	34
2006	55	33
2007	52	33
2008	48	33
2009	45	35
2010	41	34
2011	39	35
2012	40	36
2013	41	39
2014	44	41
2015	47	43
2016	51	43
2017	56	44
2018	60	43
2019	61	40
2020	88	48
2021	157	58
2022	110	39
2023	67	39

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in Belize and 1.04% in El Salvador. 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	El Salvador
1960	-	18.5%
1961	-	18.1%
1962	-	17.7%
1963	-	17.3%
1964	-	17%
1965	-	16.6%
1966	-	16.3%
1967	11.3%	16%
1968	10.8%	15.6%
1969	10.3%	15.3%
1970	9.89%	15%
1971	9.48%	14.6%
1972	9.08%	14.3%
1973	8.69%	13.9%
1974	8.33%	13.5%
1975	8%	13.1%
1976	7.67%	12.6%
1977	7.38%	12.1%
1978	7.09%	11.6%
1979	6.81%	11.1%
1980	6.55%	12.5%
1981	6.3%	10%
1982	6.04%	9.46%
1983	5.78%	8.94%
1984	5.52%	8.42%
1985	5.25%	7.93%
1986	4.98%	7.47%
1987	4.71%	7.04%
1988	4.44%	6.65%
1989	4.18%	6.28%
1990	3.93%	5.94%
1991	3.69%	5.61%
1992	3.48%	5.3%
1993	3.3%	5%
1994	3.13%	4.71%
1995	2.99%	4.42%
1996	2.86%	4.15%
1997	2.74%	3.89%
1998	2.64%	3.65%
1999	2.54%	3.43%
2000	2.45%	3.23%
2001	2.36%	3.04%
2002	2.28%	2.86%
2003	2.21%	2.7%
2004	2.15%	2.55%
2005	2.1%	2.4%
2006	2.06%	2.27%
2007	2.01%	2.15%
2008	1.97%	2.04%
2009	1.93%	1.94%
2010	1.88%	1.84%
2011	1.83%	1.75%
2012	1.77%	1.67%
2013	1.7%	1.59%
2014	1.63%	1.52%
2015	1.56%	1.45%
2016	1.5%	1.39%
2017	1.44%	1.33%
2018	1.39%	1.27%
2019	1.35%	1.22%
2020	1.32%	1.17%
2021	1.3%	1.12%
2022	1.28%	1.08%
2023	1.27%	1.04%