Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Nicaragua 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 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bhutan vs Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
1960	6.7	7.16
1961	6.7	7.11
1962	6.69	7.1
1963	6.69	7.08
1964	6.68	7.06
1965	6.68	7.03
1966	6.67	6.99
1967	6.67	6.94
1968	6.66	6.89
1969	6.66	6.83
1970	6.65	6.77
1971	6.64	6.71
1972	6.64	6.65
1973	6.63	6.59
1974	6.62	6.52
1975	6.62	6.45
1976	6.62	6.37
1977	6.61	6.28
1978	6.58	6.16
1979	6.55	6.07
1980	6.51	5.96
1981	6.46	5.84
1982	6.4	5.74
1983	6.34	5.61
1984	6.26	5.49
1985	6.18	5.36
1986	6.1	5.22
1987	6	5.07
1988	5.88	4.93
1989	5.76	4.76
1990	5.6	4.6
1991	5.45	4.43
1992	5.27	4.27
1993	5.07	4.1
1994	4.87	3.94
1995	4.62	3.78
1996	4.37	3.62
1997	4.09	3.47
1998	3.85	3.34
1999	3.61	3.22
2000	3.38	3.12
2001	3.19	3
2002	3.01	2.89
2003	2.87	2.83
2004	2.78	2.78
2005	2.73	2.77
2006	2.66	2.73
2007	2.59	2.7
2008	2.48	2.66
2009	2.36	2.63
2010	2.25	2.6
2011	2.15	2.56
2012	2.07	2.53
2013	2	2.49
2014	1.92	2.46
2015	1.84	2.43
2016	1.74	2.41
2017	1.62	2.38
2018	1.52	2.35
2019	1.45	2.32
2020	1.5	2.3
2021	1.49	2.27
2022	1.48	2.24
2023	1.46	2.22
2024	1.45	2.21
2025	1.44	2.18
2026	1.43	2.16
2027	1.42	2.14
2028	1.42	2.11
2029	1.42	2.09
2030	1.42	2.07
2031	1.42	2.05
2032	1.42	2.04
2033	1.42	2.02
2034	1.42	2.01
2035	1.42	2
2036	1.43	1.98
2037	1.43	1.97
2038	1.43	1.96
2039	1.43	1.95
2040	1.43	1.94
2041	1.44	1.93
2042	1.44	1.92
2043	1.44	1.91
2044	1.44	1.9
2045	1.44	1.89
2046	1.45	1.89
2047	1.45	1.88
2048	1.45	1.87
2049	1.46	1.87
2050	1.46	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Nicaragua
1960	42.3%	47.6%
1961	42.1%	47.8%
1962	41.9%	48%
1963	41.8%	48.2%
1964	41.8%	48.2%
1965	41.7%	48.1%
1966	41.7%	47.9%
1967	41.7%	47.8%
1968	41.8%	47.7%
1969	41.8%	47.6%
1970	41.8%	47.5%
1971	41.9%	47.5%
1972	42%	47.4%
1973	42.1%	47.4%
1974	42.2%	47.3%
1975	42.3%	47.3%
1976	42.4%	47.3%
1977	42.5%	47.2%
1978	42.6%	47.3%
1979	42.7%	47.3%
1980	42.8%	47.3%
1981	42.9%	47.3%
1982	43%	47.3%
1983	43.1%	47.2%
1984	43.1%	47.2%
1985	43.1%	47.1%
1986	43.1%	47%
1987	43.1%	46.9%
1988	43%	46.7%
1989	43%	46.4%
1990	42.9%	46.1%
1991	42.8%	45.7%
1992	42.6%	45.2%
1993	42.4%	44.8%
1994	42.1%	44.3%
1995	41.7%	43.7%
1996	41.3%	43.1%
1997	40.7%	42.4%
1998	40.1%	41.7%
1999	39.4%	41%
2000	38.6%	40.3%
2001	37.7%	39.6%
2002	36.6%	38.9%
2003	35.5%	38.2%
2004	34.3%	37.5%
2005	33.2%	36.8%
2006	32.4%	36.2%
2007	31.6%	35.7%
2008	30.8%	35.2%
2009	30.1%	34.7%
2010	29.4%	34.2%
2011	28.8%	33.8%
2012	28.3%	33.3%
2013	27.8%	32.9%
2014	27.4%	32.6%
2015	27%	32.2%
2016	26.5%	31.8%
2017	25.8%	31.5%
2018	25%	31.1%
2019	24.2%	30.8%
2020	23.4%	30.4%
2021	22.7%	30.1%
2022	22%	29.6%
2023	21.5%	29.2%
2024	20.9%	28.8%
2025	20.4%	28.3%
2026	19.8%	27.9%
2027	19.3%	27.4%
2028	18.7%	27%
2029	18.3%	26.6%
2030	17.9%	26.2%
2031	17.6%	25.8%
2032	17.4%	25.4%
2033	17.2%	25%
2034	17.1%	24.7%
2035	17%	24.4%
2036	16.9%	24%
2037	16.8%	23.7%
2038	16.6%	23.4%
2039	16.5%	23.1%
2040	16.3%	22.8%
2041	16.2%	22.5%
2042	16%	22.2%
2043	15.9%	22%
2044	15.7%	21.7%
2045	15.6%	21.4%
2046	15.4%	21.2%
2047	15.2%	20.9%
2048	15%	20.7%
2049	14.8%	20.5%
2050	14.6%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	4,888	55,664
1961	5,081	57,499
1962	5,297	59,547
1963	5,551	61,738
1964	5,818	64,227
1965	6,109	67,056
1966	6,418	69,883
1967	6,744	72,722
1968	7,085	75,458
1969	7,435	78,237
1970	7,791	81,127
1971	8,161	84,139
1972	8,549	76,906
1973	8,939	89,662
1974	9,324	92,505
1975	9,775	95,230
1976	10,228	98,100
1977	10,679	100,498
1978	11,133	98,419
1979	11,583	96,429
1980	12,016	108,604
1981	12,444	110,421
1982	12,872	112,468
1983	13,284	110,618
1984	13,688	110,133
1985	14,061	110,949
1986	14,516	113,054
1987	14,887	112,885
1988	15,212	117,299
1989	15,516	120,128
1990	15,704	120,677
1991	15,801	121,787
1992	15,594	121,204
1993	13,915	120,469
1994	13,536	119,565
1995	12,938	118,325
1996	12,153	116,849
1997	11,668	114,415
1998	11,320	108,862
1999	10,940	110,217
2000	10,142	109,192
2001	9,904	107,109
2002	9,464	105,805
2003	9,132	106,142
2004	9,056	106,904
2005	9,102	108,984
2006	9,197	110,073
2007	9,322	110,341
2008	9,200	110,395
2009	8,913	110,213
2010	8,598	110,475
2011	8,282	110,026
2012	7,967	110,065
2013	7,689	109,032
2014	7,290	108,420
2015	6,762	107,344
2016	6,164	106,585
2017	5,367	105,468
2018	4,909	104,814
2019	4,643	102,817
2020	5,142	90,515
2021	5,162	89,213
2022	5,204	100,987
2023	5,153	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Nicaragua
1985	969	319
1986	911	313
1987	857	316
1988	798	301
1989	747	286
1990	704	281
1991	671	273
1992	656	272
1993	578	265
1994	544	256
1995	498	251
1996	450	244
1997	415	236
1998	378	239
1999	346	228
2000	324	213
2001	286	194
2002	257	170
2003	229	154
2004	207	140
2005	186	124
2006	167	113
2007	149	106
2008	133	101
2009	121	99
2010	107	96
2011	96	93
2012	86	88
2013	79	86
2014	73	83
2015	68	81
2016	63	77
2017	58	72
2018	55	67
2019	52	69
2020	51	87
2021	50	124
2022	49	61
2023	47	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.6%
1962	-	19.4%
1963	-	19.2%
1964	-	19%
1965	-	18.7%
1966	-	18.4%
1967	-	18.1%
1968	27.4%	17.8%
1969	26.7%	17.4%
1970	26.2%	17.1%
1971	25.5%	16.6%
1972	24.9%	18.7%
1973	24.3%	15.6%
1974	23.6%	15%
1975	22.9%	14.4%
1976	22.3%	13.7%
1977	21.6%	12.9%
1978	20.9%	12.2%
1979	20.2%	11.5%
1980	19.5%	10.8%
1981	18.7%	10.2%
1982	18%	9.58%
1983	17.3%	9.07%
1984	16.6%	8.62%
1985	15.9%	8.21%
1986	15.3%	7.85%
1987	14.6%	7.53%
1988	14%	7.22%
1989	13.4%	6.92%
1990	12.8%	6.62%
1991	12.3%	6.31%
1992	11.8%	6%
1993	11.3%	5.69%
1994	10.8%	5.39%
1995	10.3%	5.09%
1996	9.75%	4.81%
1997	9.26%	4.54%
1998	8.77%	5.01%
1999	8.3%	4.04%
2000	7.85%	3.82%
2001	7.4%	3.62%
2002	6.96%	3.43%
2003	6.54%	3.26%
2004	6.12%	3.1%
2005	5.71%	2.95%
2006	5.32%	2.81%
2007	4.96%	2.68%
2008	4.62%	2.55%
2009	4.31%	2.44%
2010	4.03%	2.33%
2011	3.77%	2.22%
2012	3.56%	2.13%
2013	3.38%	2.03%
2014	3.22%	1.94%
2015	3.08%	1.86%
2016	2.96%	1.78%
2017	2.85%	1.71%
2018	2.74%	1.64%
2019	2.65%	1.57%
2020	2.55%	1.51%
2021	2.47%	1.45%
2022	2.39%	1.39%
2023	2.31%	1.34%