Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Ethiopia

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Ethiopia 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 3.99 in Ethiopia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bhutan vs Ethiopia 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	Ethiopia
1960	6.7	6.51
1961	6.7	6.53
1962	6.69	6.56
1963	6.69	6.59
1964	6.68	6.61
1965	6.68	6.63
1966	6.67	6.66
1967	6.67	6.68
1968	6.66	6.7
1969	6.66	6.72
1970	6.65	6.78
1971	6.64	6.84
1972	6.64	6.9
1973	6.63	6.96
1974	6.62	7.02
1975	6.62	7.08
1976	6.62	7.13
1977	6.61	7.19
1978	6.58	7.23
1979	6.55	7.25
1980	6.51	7.29
1981	6.46	7.31
1982	6.4	7.34
1983	6.34	7.35
1984	6.26	7.36
1985	6.18	7.34
1986	6.1	7.32
1987	6	7.29
1988	5.88	7.26
1989	5.76	7.23
1990	5.6	7.2
1991	5.45	7.16
1992	5.27	7.13
1993	5.07	7.09
1994	4.87	7.05
1995	4.62	7
1996	4.37	6.93
1997	4.09	6.87
1998	3.85	6.79
1999	3.61	6.72
2000	3.38	6.65
2001	3.19	6.58
2002	3.01	6.5
2003	2.87	6.4
2004	2.78	6.3
2005	2.73	6.19
2006	2.66	6.05
2007	2.59	5.89
2008	2.48	5.7
2009	2.36	5.49
2010	2.25	5.28
2011	2.15	5.08
2012	2.07	4.89
2013	2	4.71
2014	1.92	4.61
2015	1.84	4.53
2016	1.74	4.47
2017	1.62	4.4
2018	1.52	4.37
2019	1.45	4.35
2020	1.5	4.27
2021	1.49	4.18
2022	1.48	4.08
2023	1.46	3.99
2024	1.45	3.91
2025	1.44	3.81
2026	1.43	3.72
2027	1.42	3.64
2028	1.42	3.57
2029	1.42	3.5
2030	1.42	3.43
2031	1.42	3.36
2032	1.42	3.3
2033	1.42	3.24
2034	1.42	3.19
2035	1.42	3.14
2036	1.43	3.08
2037	1.43	3.03
2038	1.43	2.99
2039	1.43	2.94
2040	1.43	2.9
2041	1.44	2.86
2042	1.44	2.83
2043	1.44	2.79
2044	1.44	2.75
2045	1.44	2.72
2046	1.45	2.68
2047	1.45	2.65
2048	1.45	2.62
2049	1.46	2.59
2050	1.46	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Ethiopia
1960	42.3%	42.2%
1961	42.1%	42.2%
1962	41.9%	42.1%
1963	41.8%	42.2%
1964	41.8%	42.3%
1965	41.7%	42.5%
1966	41.7%	42.9%
1967	41.7%	43.2%
1968	41.8%	43.5%
1969	41.8%	43.8%
1970	41.8%	44.2%
1971	41.9%	44.5%
1972	42%	44.9%
1973	42.1%	45.2%
1974	42.2%	45.4%
1975	42.3%	45.6%
1976	42.4%	45.7%
1977	42.5%	45.9%
1978	42.6%	46.1%
1979	42.7%	46.2%
1980	42.8%	46.3%
1981	42.9%	46.4%
1982	43%	46.5%
1983	43.1%	46.4%
1984	43.1%	46.2%
1985	43.1%	46.1%
1986	43.1%	46%
1987	43.1%	46%
1988	43%	46%
1989	43%	46.1%
1990	42.9%	46.2%
1991	42.8%	46.2%
1992	42.6%	46.2%
1993	42.4%	46.4%
1994	42.1%	46.5%
1995	41.7%	46.7%
1996	41.3%	46.9%
1997	40.7%	47.1%
1998	40.1%	47.4%
1999	39.4%	47.6%
2000	38.6%	47.7%
2001	37.7%	47.8%
2002	36.6%	47.8%
2003	35.5%	47.7%
2004	34.3%	47.6%
2005	33.2%	47.4%
2006	32.4%	47.2%
2007	31.6%	46.9%
2008	30.8%	46.6%
2009	30.1%	46.2%
2010	29.4%	45.7%
2011	28.8%	45.2%
2012	28.3%	44.6%
2013	27.8%	44%
2014	27.4%	43.4%
2015	27%	42.9%
2016	26.5%	42.3%
2017	25.8%	41.8%
2018	25%	41.3%
2019	24.2%	40.9%
2020	23.4%	40.5%
2021	22.7%	40.1%
2022	22%	39.7%
2023	21.5%	39.4%
2024	20.9%	39.1%
2025	20.4%	38.8%
2026	19.8%	38.5%
2027	19.3%	38.3%
2028	18.7%	38.1%
2029	18.3%	37.8%
2030	17.9%	37.6%
2031	17.6%	37.3%
2032	17.4%	37%
2033	17.2%	36.6%
2034	17.1%	36.2%
2035	17%	35.8%
2036	16.9%	35.4%
2037	16.8%	34.9%
2038	16.6%	34.5%
2039	16.5%	34%
2040	16.3%	33.6%
2041	16.2%	33.2%
2042	16%	32.8%
2043	15.9%	32.4%
2044	15.7%	32%
2045	15.6%	31.7%
2046	15.4%	31.3%
2047	15.2%	31%
2048	15%	30.7%
2049	14.8%	30.3%
2050	14.6%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 39.1% in Ethiopia in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Ethiopia compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Ethiopia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan and +2.64% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	4,888	511,694
1961	5,081	538,518
1962	5,297	563,650
1963	5,551	590,998
1964	5,818	618,667
1965	6,109	642,359
1966	6,418	616,281
1967	6,744	695,283
1968	7,085	715,602
1969	7,435	736,428
1970	7,791	760,821
1971	8,161	787,047
1972	8,549	779,808
1973	8,939	807,535
1974	9,324	777,306
1975	9,775	801,425
1976	10,228	899,577
1977	10,679	929,381
1978	11,133	943,388
1979	11,583	987,203
1980	12,016	1,007,516
1981	12,444	1,018,838
1982	12,872	1,080,853
1983	13,284	863,472
1984	13,688	920,670
1985	14,061	997,050
1986	14,516	1,050,277
1987	14,887	1,356,853
1988	15,212	1,393,356
1989	15,516	1,441,769
1990	15,704	1,479,663
1991	15,801	1,579,416
1992	15,594	1,673,839
1993	13,915	1,734,851
1994	13,536	1,788,133
1995	12,938	1,831,068
1996	12,153	1,896,364
1997	11,668	1,945,112
1998	11,320	1,984,989
1999	10,940	2,010,987
2000	10,142	2,083,622
2001	9,904	2,137,791
2002	9,464	2,189,683
2003	9,132	2,231,223
2004	9,056	2,296,999
2005	9,102	2,353,375
2006	9,197	2,393,585
2007	9,322	2,436,753
2008	9,200	2,465,283
2009	8,913	2,467,118
2010	8,598	2,498,048
2011	8,282	2,527,811
2012	7,967	2,533,398
2013	7,689	2,546,020
2014	7,290	2,623,647
2015	6,762	2,713,529
2016	6,164	2,809,889
2017	5,367	2,899,143
2018	4,909	3,015,231
2019	4,643	3,132,780
2020	5,142	3,199,718
2021	5,162	3,204,673
2022	5,204	3,300,114
2023	5,153	3,338,649

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Ethiopia

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 195 deaths in Ethiopia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Ethiopia
1985	969	1,329
1986	911	1,317
1987	857	1,289
1988	798	1,306
1989	747	1,296
1990	704	1,320
1991	671	1,239
1992	656	1,218
1993	578	1,168
1994	544	1,113
1995	498	1,060
1996	450	1,008
1997	415	957
1998	378	911
1999	346	901
2000	324	870
2001	286	856
2002	257	826
2003	229	797
2004	207	764
2005	186	754
2006	167	729
2007	149	704
2008	133	678
2009	121	649
2010	107	619
2011	96	588
2012	86	545
2013	79	494
2014	73	444
2015	68	401
2016	63	364
2017	58	327
2018	55	297
2019	52	269
2020	51	244
2021	50	250
2022	49	207
2023	47	195

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan and 4.65% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1966	-	27.8%
1967	-	24.9%
1968	27.4%	24.8%
1969	26.7%	24.8%
1970	26.2%	24.7%
1971	25.5%	24.7%
1972	24.9%	24.7%
1973	24.3%	24.6%
1974	23.6%	28.3%
1975	22.9%	28.2%
1976	22.3%	24.5%
1977	21.6%	24.5%
1978	20.9%	24.4%
1979	20.2%	24.2%
1980	19.5%	24%
1981	18.7%	23.8%
1982	18%	23.5%
1983	17.3%	32%
1984	16.6%	31.4%
1985	15.9%	30.3%
1986	15.3%	29.7%
1987	14.6%	21.5%
1988	14%	21%
1989	13.4%	20.6%
1990	12.8%	20.2%
1991	12.3%	19.7%
1992	11.8%	19.1%
1993	11.3%	18.5%
1994	10.8%	17.9%
1995	10.3%	17.2%
1996	9.75%	16.6%
1997	9.26%	15.9%
1998	8.77%	15.3%
1999	8.3%	14.7%
2000	7.85%	14%
2001	7.4%	13.4%
2002	6.96%	12.8%
2003	6.54%	12.1%
2004	6.12%	11.5%
2005	5.71%	10.9%
2006	5.32%	10.3%
2007	4.96%	9.74%
2008	4.62%	9.23%
2009	4.31%	8.76%
2010	4.03%	8.32%
2011	3.77%	7.91%
2012	3.56%	7.53%
2013	3.38%	7.16%
2014	3.22%	6.82%
2015	3.08%	6.49%
2016	2.96%	6.17%
2017	2.85%	5.89%
2018	2.74%	5.64%
2019	2.65%	5.41%
2020	2.55%	5.2%
2021	2.47%	5%
2022	2.39%	4.82%
2023	2.31%	4.65%