Fertility & birth rates in Belize and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Belize vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belize vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	6.5	7.2
1961	6.48	7.21
1962	6.46	7.23
1963	6.44	7.23
1964	6.42	7.23
1965	6.4	7.23
1966	6.38	7.2
1967	6.36	7.16
1968	6.34	7.11
1969	6.32	7.04
1970	6.3	6.98
1971	6.29	6.94
1972	6.28	6.94
1973	6.29	6.94
1974	6.29	6.88
1975	6.28	6.83
1976	6.25	6.77
1977	6.2	6.71
1978	6.11	6.66
1979	5.99	6.59
1980	5.85	6.52
1981	5.68	6.45
1982	5.5	6.33
1983	5.31	6.2
1984	5.12	6.04
1985	5	5.87
1986	4.94	5.69
1987	4.88	5.5
1988	4.87	5.28
1989	4.86	5.07
1990	4.8	4.88
1991	4.6	4.72
1992	4.43	4.57
1993	4.21	4.39
1994	3.97	4.28
1995	3.88	4.15
1996	3.76	4.11
1997	3.74	4.08
1998	3.75	4.07
1999	3.73	4.06
2000	3.63	4.01
2001	3.53	3.98
2002	3.43	3.93
2003	3.34	3.86
2004	3.25	3.78
2005	3.17	3.69
2006	3.02	3.64
2007	2.89	3.68
2008	2.78	3.78
2009	2.66	3.95
2010	2.55	4.04
2011	2.53	4.13
2012	2.51	4.13
2013	2.5	4.11
2014	2.47	4.01
2015	2.43	3.91
2016	2.4	3.83
2017	2.37	3.77
2018	2.34	3.74
2019	2.14	3.75
2020	2.04	3.75
2021	1.84	3.77
2022	1.95	3.77
2023	2.01	3.72
2024	2.02	3.67
2025	2.01	3.62
2026	1.99	3.57
2027	1.98	3.52
2028	1.96	3.47
2029	1.94	3.43
2030	1.93	3.38
2031	1.92	3.33
2032	1.91	3.29
2033	1.9	3.25
2034	1.89	3.21
2035	1.88	3.17
2036	1.86	3.13
2037	1.85	3.09
2038	1.85	3.06
2039	1.84	3.02
2040	1.83	2.99
2041	1.82	2.96
2042	1.82	2.93
2043	1.81	2.9
2044	1.81	2.87
2045	1.8	2.84
2046	1.8	2.81
2047	1.79	2.78
2048	1.79	2.75
2049	1.78	2.72
2050	1.78	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belize	Zimbabwe
1960	44.9%	47.3%
1961	45.4%	47.7%
1962	46%	48.1%
1963	46.6%	48.5%
1964	47.2%	48.8%
1965	47.8%	48.7%
1966	48.3%	48.6%
1967	48.8%	48.5%
1968	49.2%	48.5%
1969	49.4%	48.4%
1970	49.2%	48.3%
1971	48.7%	48.2%
1972	48.2%	48.2%
1973	47.7%	48.1%
1974	47.2%	48.1%
1975	46.7%	48.1%
1976	46.2%	48.2%
1977	45.7%	48.3%
1978	45.3%	48.5%
1979	44.9%	48.8%
1980	44.6%	48.7%
1981	44.4%	48.4%
1982	44.4%	48.3%
1983	44.4%	48.2%
1984	44.5%	48.1%
1985	44.7%	48%
1986	44.8%	47.9%
1987	44.7%	47.9%
1988	44.6%	47.9%
1989	44.5%	47.6%
1990	44.3%	47.1%
1991	44.1%	46.6%
1992	43.8%	46.8%
1993	43.5%	47.1%
1994	43.2%	46.6%
1995	42.7%	45.9%
1996	42.1%	45%
1997	41.5%	44%
1998	40.9%	43.1%
1999	40.4%	42.4%
2000	39.9%	41.9%
2001	39.5%	41.5%
2002	39.1%	41.4%
2003	38.7%	41.5%
2004	38.3%	41.7%
2005	37.9%	41.9%
2006	37.5%	42%
2007	37.1%	42.1%
2008	36.7%	42.4%
2009	36.2%	42.7%
2010	35.5%	43%
2011	34.7%	43.4%
2012	34%	43.7%
2013	33.3%	43.9%
2014	32.5%	43.9%
2015	31.8%	43.8%
2016	31.1%	43.6%
2017	30.4%	43.3%
2018	29.9%	42.9%
2019	29.4%	42.5%
2020	28.9%	42.2%
2021	28.3%	41.9%
2022	27.6%	41.6%
2023	27%	41.3%
2024	26.6%	40.9%
2025	26.3%	40.3%
2026	26%	39.6%
2027	25.7%	39%
2028	25.4%	38.4%
2029	25%	37.8%
2030	24.6%	37.4%
2031	24.2%	37%
2032	23.8%	36.8%
2033	23.4%	36.5%
2034	23%	36.3%
2035	22.7%	36.1%
2036	22.5%	35.8%
2037	22.2%	35.6%
2038	21.9%	35.3%
2039	21.6%	35.1%
2040	21.2%	34.8%
2041	20.9%	34.6%
2042	20.5%	34.3%
2043	20.2%	34.1%
2044	19.8%	33.8%
2045	19.5%	33.5%
2046	19.2%	33.2%
2047	18.9%	32.9%
2048	18.7%	32.6%
2049	18.4%	32.2%
2050	18.2%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in Belize and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 44.3% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belize and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Belize vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.45% in Belize and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	2,903	126,959
1961	2,657	131,531
1962	2,961	136,317
1963	2,983	140,984
1964	3,010	145,848
1965	3,045	151,164
1966	3,092	156,014
1967	3,158	161,205
1968	3,240	166,865
1969	3,346	172,626
1970	3,486	178,979
1971	3,651	185,427
1972	3,814	193,725
1973	3,974	201,885
1974	4,136	208,806
1975	4,294	216,947
1976	4,484	221,419
1977	4,659	225,139
1978	4,804	222,979
1979	4,929	223,657
1980	5,029	241,179
1981	5,132	271,361
1982	5,155	279,934
1983	5,161	286,545
1984	5,128	290,052
1985	5,155	290,756
1986	5,238	289,894
1987	5,328	286,766
1988	5,465	277,498
1989	5,629	270,838
1990	5,728	265,444
1991	5,656	260,943
1992	5,562	255,291
1993	5,436	228,045
1994	5,283	216,343
1995	5,339	206,695
1996	5,339	205,269
1997	5,494	216,288
1998	5,733	225,614
1999	5,914	232,393
2000	5,934	236,343
2001	5,915	227,909
2002	5,967	244,170
2003	5,968	243,057
2004	5,997	248,307
2005	6,030	248,545
2006	5,874	248,963
2007	5,728	261,805
2008	5,643	280,527
2009	5,506	309,316
2010	5,381	335,570
2011	5,509	359,572
2012	5,628	371,135
2013	5,767	374,757
2014	5,864	366,350
2015	5,899	356,203
2016	5,931	348,772
2017	6,042	344,035
2018	6,112	345,883
2019	5,516	348,798
2020	4,993	354,790
2021	4,186	349,908
2022	4,825	371,243
2023	5,386	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Belize vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belize	Zimbabwe
1985	98	573
1986	87	525
1987	83	480
1988	82	431
1989	80	382
1990	77	353
1991	75	332
1992	74	333
1993	73	331
1994	72	332
1995	73	332
1996	74	352
1997	77	357
1998	79	368
1999	77	399
2000	78	405
2001	76	467
2002	68	418
2003	67	455
2004	63	451
2005	60	454
2006	55	480
2007	52	519
2008	48	526
2009	45	540
2010	41	567
2011	39	564
2012	40	558
2013	41	525
2014	44	468
2015	47	428
2016	51	411
2017	56	389
2018	60	386
2019	61	388
2020	88	380
2021	157	446
2022	110	368
2023	67	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in Belize and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	11.3%	12.4%
1968	10.8%	12.1%
1969	10.3%	11.8%
1970	9.89%	11.7%
1971	9.48%	11.5%
1972	9.08%	11.5%
1973	8.69%	11.4%
1974	8.33%	11.4%
1975	8%	11.4%
1976	7.67%	11.5%
1977	7.38%	11.5%
1978	7.09%	11.5%
1979	6.81%	11.3%
1980	6.55%	11.1%
1981	6.3%	10.7%
1982	6.04%	10.1%
1983	5.78%	9.5%
1984	5.52%	8.87%
1985	5.25%	8.31%
1986	4.98%	7.86%
1987	4.71%	7.61%
1988	4.44%	7.55%
1989	4.18%	7.69%
1990	3.93%	7.97%
1991	3.69%	8.33%
1992	3.48%	8.73%
1993	3.3%	9.16%
1994	3.13%	9.52%
1995	2.99%	9.83%
1996	2.86%	10%
1997	2.74%	10.1%
1998	2.64%	10%
1999	2.54%	9.92%
2000	2.45%	9.83%
2001	2.36%	9.79%
2002	2.28%	8.48%
2003	2.21%	8.85%
2004	2.15%	9.17%
2005	2.1%	9.23%
2006	2.06%	9.4%
2007	2.01%	9.47%
2008	1.97%	9.34%
2009	1.93%	9.03%
2010	1.88%	8.5%
2011	1.83%	7.88%
2012	1.77%	7.14%
2013	1.7%	6.55%
2014	1.63%	6.18%
2015	1.56%	5.98%
2016	1.5%	5.69%
2017	1.44%	5.5%
2018	1.39%	5.23%
2019	1.35%	5.11%
2020	1.32%	5.01%
2021	1.3%	4.76%
2022	1.28%	4.6%
2023	1.27%	4.42%