Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Colombia

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Colombia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.65 in Colombia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bhutan vs Colombia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	Colombia
1960	6.7	6.74
1961	6.7	6.71
1962	6.69	6.66
1963	6.69	6.58
1964	6.68	6.48
1965	6.68	6.33
1966	6.67	6.16
1967	6.67	5.96
1968	6.66	5.74
1969	6.66	5.51
1970	6.65	5.28
1971	6.64	5.06
1972	6.64	4.86
1973	6.63	4.68
1974	6.62	4.53
1975	6.62	4.4
1976	6.62	4.29
1977	6.61	4.16
1978	6.58	4
1979	6.55	3.89
1980	6.51	3.8
1981	6.46	3.71
1982	6.4	3.62
1983	6.34	3.5
1984	6.26	3.35
1985	6.18	3.23
1986	6.1	3.15
1987	6	3.09
1988	5.88	3.04
1989	5.76	3.01
1990	5.6	3
1991	5.45	2.98
1992	5.27	2.98
1993	5.07	2.98
1994	4.87	2.94
1995	4.62	2.85
1996	4.37	2.77
1997	4.09	2.74
1998	3.85	2.72
1999	3.61	2.64
2000	3.38	2.57
2001	3.19	2.52
2002	3.01	2.49
2003	2.87	2.45
2004	2.78	2.38
2005	2.73	2.31
2006	2.66	2.24
2007	2.59	2.19
2008	2.48	2.15
2009	2.36	2.1
2010	2.25	2.01
2011	2.15	1.94
2012	2.07	1.9
2013	2	1.86
2014	1.92	1.82
2015	1.84	1.77
2016	1.74	1.72
2017	1.62	1.72
2018	1.52	1.72
2019	1.45	1.71
2020	1.5	1.69
2021	1.49	1.68
2022	1.48	1.66
2023	1.46	1.65
2024	1.45	1.63
2025	1.44	1.62
2026	1.43	1.6
2027	1.42	1.6
2028	1.42	1.59
2029	1.42	1.59
2030	1.42	1.58
2031	1.42	1.58
2032	1.42	1.57
2033	1.42	1.57
2034	1.42	1.57
2035	1.42	1.57
2036	1.43	1.57
2037	1.43	1.57
2038	1.43	1.57
2039	1.43	1.57
2040	1.43	1.57
2041	1.44	1.57
2042	1.44	1.57
2043	1.44	1.57
2044	1.44	1.57
2045	1.44	1.57
2046	1.45	1.57
2047	1.45	1.58
2048	1.45	1.58
2049	1.46	1.58
2050	1.46	1.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Colombia
1960	42.3%	46.8%
1961	42.1%	47%
1962	41.9%	47.1%
1963	41.8%	47.2%
1964	41.8%	47.3%
1965	41.7%	47.2%
1966	41.7%	47.1%
1967	41.7%	46.9%
1968	41.8%	46.7%
1969	41.8%	46.4%
1970	41.8%	46%
1971	41.9%	45.6%
1972	42%	45.1%
1973	42.1%	44.6%
1974	42.2%	44%
1975	42.3%	43.4%
1976	42.4%	42.8%
1977	42.5%	42.2%
1978	42.6%	41.5%
1979	42.7%	40.9%
1980	42.8%	40.3%
1981	42.9%	39.7%
1982	43%	39.1%
1983	43.1%	38.6%
1984	43.1%	38.1%
1985	43.1%	37.6%
1986	43.1%	37.2%
1987	43.1%	36.9%
1988	43%	36.5%
1989	43%	36.2%
1990	42.9%	35.9%
1991	42.8%	35.6%
1992	42.6%	35.3%
1993	42.4%	35%
1994	42.1%	34.7%
1995	41.7%	34.4%
1996	41.3%	34%
1997	40.7%	33.7%
1998	40.1%	33.3%
1999	39.4%	32.9%
2000	38.6%	32.5%
2001	37.7%	32.1%
2002	36.6%	31.7%
2003	35.5%	31.3%
2004	34.3%	30.9%
2005	33.2%	30.4%
2006	32.4%	29.9%
2007	31.6%	29.3%
2008	30.8%	28.7%
2009	30.1%	28.1%
2010	29.4%	27.5%
2011	28.8%	26.9%
2012	28.3%	26.3%
2013	27.8%	25.7%
2014	27.4%	25.1%
2015	27%	24.5%
2016	26.5%	23.9%
2017	25.8%	23.3%
2018	25%	22.7%
2019	24.2%	22.1%
2020	23.4%	21.7%
2021	22.7%	21.3%
2022	22%	21%
2023	21.5%	20.6%
2024	20.9%	20.3%
2025	20.4%	20%
2026	19.8%	19.7%
2027	19.3%	19.5%
2028	18.7%	19.3%
2029	18.3%	19.1%
2030	17.9%	18.8%
2031	17.6%	18.6%
2032	17.4%	18.4%
2033	17.2%	18.2%
2034	17.1%	18%
2035	17%	17.7%
2036	16.9%	17.4%
2037	16.8%	17.2%
2038	16.6%	16.9%
2039	16.5%	16.7%
2040	16.3%	16.4%
2041	16.2%	16.2%
2042	16%	16%
2043	15.9%	15.7%
2044	15.7%	15.5%
2045	15.6%	15.4%
2046	15.4%	15.2%
2047	15.2%	15%
2048	15%	14.8%
2049	14.8%	14.7%
2050	14.6%	14.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 20.3% in Colombia in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Colombia compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Colombia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan and +0.85% in Colombia. 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
	Bhutan	Colombia
1960	4,888	529,316
1961	5,081	545,627
1962	5,297	559,985
1963	5,551	572,355
1964	5,818	581,435
1965	6,109	587,677
1966	6,418	590,855
1967	6,744	591,649
1968	7,085	589,407
1969	7,435	586,559
1970	7,791	583,396
1971	8,161	582,011
1972	8,549	581,361
1973	8,939	583,608
1974	9,324	589,035
1975	9,775	598,580
1976	10,228	612,265
1977	10,679	622,814
1978	11,133	626,378
1979	11,583	635,747
1980	12,016	649,872
1981	12,444	662,195
1982	12,872	675,339
1983	13,284	674,767
1984	13,688	666,315
1985	14,061	625,379
1986	14,516	659,701
1987	14,887	659,429
1988	15,212	663,796
1989	15,516	674,102
1990	15,704	682,409
1991	15,801	690,266
1992	15,594	697,763
1993	13,915	709,287
1994	13,536	708,660
1995	12,938	694,968
1996	12,153	682,547
1997	11,668	686,073
1998	11,320	687,704
1999	10,940	668,576
2000	10,142	652,176
2001	9,904	642,933
2002	9,464	640,840
2003	9,132	642,144
2004	9,056	628,424
2005	9,102	610,618
2006	9,197	594,388
2007	9,322	583,115
2008	9,200	576,654
2009	8,913	559,017
2010	8,598	533,657
2011	8,282	511,524
2012	7,967	503,285
2013	7,689	489,069
2014	7,290	470,916
2015	6,762	446,778
2016	6,164	425,087
2017	5,367	426,538
2018	4,909	433,622
2019	4,643	441,087
2020	5,142	378,965
2021	5,162	311,122
2022	5,204	406,143
2023	5,153	422,598

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Colombia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 59 deaths in Colombia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Colombia
1985	969	143
1986	911	123
1987	857	120
1988	798	113
1989	747	106
1990	704	102
1991	671	99
1992	656	97
1993	578	94
1994	544	93
1995	498	91
1996	450	89
1997	415	90
1998	378	92
1999	346	96
2000	324	95
2001	286	94
2002	257	91
2003	229	87
2004	207	84
2005	186	82
2006	167	81
2007	149	80
2008	133	78
2009	121	77
2010	107	76
2011	96	75
2012	86	73
2013	79	72
2014	73	71
2015	68	70
2016	63	69
2017	58	68
2018	55	67
2019	52	66
2020	51	94
2021	50	147
2022	49	74
2023	47	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan and 1.2% in Colombia. 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
	Bhutan	Colombia
1960	-	13.4%
1961	-	13%
1962	-	12.6%
1963	-	12.2%
1964	-	11.8%
1965	-	11.5%
1966	-	11.1%
1967	-	10.8%
1968	27.4%	10.4%
1969	26.7%	10.1%
1970	26.2%	9.72%
1971	25.5%	9.36%
1972	24.9%	8.99%
1973	24.3%	8.6%
1974	23.6%	8.2%
1975	22.9%	7.8%
1976	22.3%	7.39%
1977	21.6%	6.98%
1978	20.9%	6.58%
1979	20.2%	6.2%
1980	19.5%	5.84%
1981	18.7%	5.5%
1982	18%	5.17%
1983	17.3%	4.88%
1984	16.6%	4.62%
1985	15.9%	4.89%
1986	15.3%	4.17%
1987	14.6%	3.99%
1988	14%	3.84%
1989	13.4%	3.7%
1990	12.8%	3.57%
1991	12.3%	3.45%
1992	11.8%	3.33%
1993	11.3%	3.21%
1994	10.8%	3.1%
1995	10.3%	2.99%
1996	9.75%	2.88%
1997	9.26%	2.78%
1998	8.77%	2.68%
1999	8.3%	2.59%
2000	7.85%	2.51%
2001	7.4%	2.43%
2002	6.96%	2.35%
2003	6.54%	2.28%
2004	6.12%	2.22%
2005	5.71%	2.15%
2006	5.32%	2.09%
2007	4.96%	2.02%
2008	4.62%	1.96%
2009	4.31%	1.89%
2010	4.03%	1.83%
2011	3.77%	1.77%
2012	3.56%	1.72%
2013	3.38%	1.66%
2014	3.22%	1.61%
2015	3.08%	1.56%
2016	2.96%	1.51%
2017	2.85%	1.46%
2018	2.74%	1.41%
2019	2.65%	1.37%
2020	2.55%	1.32%
2021	2.47%	1.28%
2022	2.39%	1.24%
2023	2.31%	1.2%