Fertility & birth rates in Bolivia and El Salvador

Fertility rate in Bolivia vs El Salvador chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bolivia was 2.55 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 Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	El Salvador
1960	6.27	6.62
1961	6.26	6.64
1962	6.25	6.68
1963	6.23	6.69
1964	6.21	6.68
1965	6.18	6.64
1966	6.16	6.57
1967	6.13	6.49
1968	6.1	6.39
1969	6.06	6.28
1970	6	6.18
1971	5.95	6.13
1972	5.89	6.03
1973	5.85	5.93
1974	5.8	5.82
1975	5.75	5.71
1976	5.74	5.59
1977	5.67	5.47
1978	5.61	5.36
1979	5.54	5.23
1980	5.47	5.11
1981	5.41	4.99
1982	5.35	4.83
1983	5.29	4.65
1984	5.24	4.48
1985	5.15	4.32
1986	5.12	4.19
1987	5.06	4.18
1988	5.03	4.1
1989	4.97	4.03
1990	4.9	3.96
1991	4.85	3.89
1992	4.71	3.8
1993	4.59	3.69
1994	4.49	3.61
1995	4.41	3.57
1996	4.34	3.48
1997	4.22	3.38
1998	4.15	3.34
1999	4.09	3.22
2000	3.99	3.08
2001	3.89	2.93
2002	3.8	2.78
2003	3.72	2.64
2004	3.63	2.52
2005	3.56	2.44
2006	3.53	2.4
2007	3.45	2.35
2008	3.36	2.29
2009	3.29	2.26
2010	3.21	2.24
2011	3.14	2.22
2012	3.08	2.19
2013	3.01	2.15
2014	2.95	2.13
2015	2.89	2.07
2016	2.83	1.97
2017	2.78	1.9
2018	2.73	1.85
2019	2.69	1.84
2020	2.65	1.82
2021	2.62	1.8
2022	2.58	1.79
2023	2.55	1.78
2024	2.52	1.77
2025	2.5	1.75
2026	2.47	1.74
2027	2.45	1.73
2028	2.42	1.72
2029	2.4	1.72
2030	2.38	1.71
2031	2.36	1.7
2032	2.34	1.7
2033	2.32	1.69
2034	2.3	1.69
2035	2.28	1.68
2036	2.26	1.68
2037	2.24	1.68
2038	2.23	1.67
2039	2.21	1.67
2040	2.19	1.67
2041	2.18	1.67
2042	2.16	1.67
2043	2.15	1.67
2044	2.13	1.66
2045	2.12	1.66
2046	2.11	1.66
2047	2.09	1.66
2048	2.08	1.66
2049	2.07	1.66
2050	2.06	1.65

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bolivia	El Salvador
1960	40.6%	45.5%
1961	40.5%	45.7%
1962	40.5%	45.8%
1963	40.5%	46%
1964	40.6%	46.1%
1965	40.8%	46.2%
1966	40.9%	46.3%
1967	41%	46.5%
1968	41.1%	46.6%
1969	41.2%	46.8%
1970	41.2%	46.8%
1971	41.3%	46.7%
1972	41.3%	46.6%
1973	41.3%	46.4%
1974	41.3%	46.2%
1975	41.3%	45.9%
1976	41.3%	45.6%
1977	41.3%	45.3%
1978	41.2%	44.9%
1979	41.2%	44.5%
1980	41.1%	44.2%
1981	41.1%	43.9%
1982	41%	43.7%
1983	40.9%	43.4%
1984	40.9%	43.1%
1985	40.8%	42.7%
1986	40.7%	42.4%
1987	40.6%	42.1%
1988	40.5%	41.9%
1989	40.4%	41.8%
1990	40.3%	41.7%
1991	40.2%	41.7%
1992	40%	41.5%
1993	39.8%	41.1%
1994	39.6%	40.5%
1995	39.3%	39.8%
1996	39.1%	39.1%
1997	38.8%	38.5%
1998	38.6%	38%
1999	38.3%	37.5%
2000	38%	37.1%
2001	37.7%	36.7%
2002	37.4%	36.3%
2003	37.1%	35.9%
2004	36.7%	35.4%
2005	36.3%	34.9%
2006	36%	34.4%
2007	35.6%	33.9%
2008	35.2%	33.4%
2009	34.8%	32.7%
2010	34.4%	32%
2011	34.1%	31.3%
2012	33.7%	30.6%
2013	33.3%	29.9%
2014	33%	29.2%
2015	32.6%	28.6%
2016	32.3%	28%
2017	31.9%	27.5%
2018	31.6%	27%
2019	31.3%	26.7%
2020	31%	26.3%
2021	30.8%	26%
2022	30.5%	25.6%
2023	30.1%	25.2%
2024	29.8%	24.8%
2025	29.4%	24.4%
2026	29.1%	24%
2027	28.8%	23.5%
2028	28.5%	23.1%
2029	28.1%	22.7%
2030	27.8%	22.3%
2031	27.6%	21.9%
2032	27.3%	21.6%
2033	27%	21.4%
2034	26.7%	21.1%
2035	26.5%	20.8%
2036	26.2%	20.6%
2037	26%	20.3%
2038	25.7%	20.1%
2039	25.4%	19.8%
2040	25.2%	19.6%
2041	24.9%	19.3%
2042	24.7%	19%
2043	24.4%	18.8%
2044	24.2%	18.5%
2045	24%	18.3%
2046	23.7%	18%
2047	23.5%	17.8%
2048	23.3%	17.6%
2049	23%	17.3%
2050	22.8%	17.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Bolivia and 24.8% in El Salvador in 2024, compared to 40.3% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bolivia and El Salvador compared.

Natural population change in Bolivia vs El Salvador by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.42% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	El Salvador
1960	78,501	81,544
1961	81,106	84,614
1962	84,090	88,237
1963	87,010	90,794
1964	89,745	93,328
1965	92,655	95,341
1966	95,800	97,156
1967	99,339	98,424
1968	102,671	98,851
1969	105,361	99,848
1970	107,897	100,499
1971	110,749	104,714
1972	112,799	107,604
1973	116,323	111,546
1974	119,560	113,846
1975	122,864	116,737
1976	128,552	120,511
1977	131,569	121,446
1978	134,504	124,468
1979	137,331	123,838
1980	140,460	111,771
1981	143,199	117,346
1982	144,825	120,938
1983	147,129	121,700
1984	150,545	125,036
1985	152,288	127,248
1986	156,146	130,177
1987	160,458	133,667
1988	164,763	136,230
1989	168,044	139,093
1990	171,351	140,311
1991	174,836	140,691
1992	174,242	139,221
1993	175,344	138,432
1994	175,387	137,974
1995	175,141	138,268
1996	175,861	136,929
1997	173,731	134,448
1998	174,207	134,065
1999	175,051	128,947
2000	172,996	122,315
2001	171,177	114,313
2002	170,656	106,137
2003	171,846	97,849
2004	172,350	90,905
2005	173,567	84,883
2006	177,999	80,887
2007	178,309	76,776
2008	178,576	75,107
2009	178,741	74,908
2010	179,036	75,695
2011	178,840	76,182
2012	178,716	75,495
2013	177,929	73,869
2014	176,967	72,581
2015	176,169	69,263
2016	175,057	63,751
2017	173,799	59,824
2018	172,775	57,509
2019	171,593	56,816
2020	131,870	48,244
2021	119,576	46,530
2022	167,691	53,138
2023	172,336	51,985

Maternal mortality chart: Bolivia vs El Salvador

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 146 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bolivia, compared to 39 deaths in El Salvador.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bolivia	El Salvador
1985	518	193
1986	503	169
1987	478	178
1988	457	173
1989	430	155
1990	407	145
1991	391	129
1992	375	121
1993	354	114
1994	336	101
1995	322	89
1996	314	78
1997	306	67
1998	298	61
1999	292	53
2000	287	48
2001	276	45
2002	262	40
2003	256	38
2004	251	35
2005	242	34
2006	236	33
2007	224	33
2008	214	33
2009	205	35
2010	196	34
2011	187	35
2012	180	36
2013	175	39
2014	171	41
2015	166	43
2016	162	43
2017	160	44
2018	157	43
2019	156	40
2020	218	48
2021	270	58
2022	164	39
2023	146	39

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	El Salvador
1960	29%	18.5%
1961	28.4%	18.1%
1962	27.8%	17.7%
1963	27.2%	17.3%
1964	26.6%	17%
1965	26%	16.6%
1966	25.4%	16.3%
1967	24.8%	16%
1968	24.2%	15.6%
1969	23.6%	15.3%
1970	22.9%	15%
1971	22.3%	14.6%
1972	21.7%	14.3%
1973	21%	13.9%
1974	20.4%	13.5%
1975	19.8%	13.1%
1976	19.1%	12.6%
1977	18.5%	12.1%
1978	17.9%	11.6%
1979	17.4%	11.1%
1980	16.9%	12.5%
1981	16.5%	10%
1982	16%	9.46%
1983	15.6%	8.94%
1984	15.1%	8.42%
1985	14.6%	7.93%
1986	14.2%	7.47%
1987	13.7%	7.04%
1988	13.2%	6.65%
1989	12.7%	6.28%
1990	12.2%	5.94%
1991	11.7%	5.61%
1992	11.2%	5.3%
1993	10.8%	5%
1994	10.3%	4.71%
1995	9.84%	4.42%
1996	9.38%	4.15%
1997	8.93%	3.89%
1998	8.47%	3.65%
1999	8.02%	3.43%
2000	7.57%	3.23%
2001	7.14%	3.04%
2002	6.74%	2.86%
2003	6.35%	2.7%
2004	5.99%	2.55%
2005	5.64%	2.4%
2006	5.31%	2.27%
2007	5%	2.15%
2008	4.72%	2.04%
2009	4.45%	1.94%
2010	4.2%	1.84%
2011	3.97%	1.75%
2012	3.75%	1.67%
2013	3.54%	1.59%
2014	3.35%	1.52%
2015	3.18%	1.45%
2016	3.03%	1.39%
2017	2.9%	1.33%
2018	2.78%	1.27%
2019	2.67%	1.22%
2020	2.57%	1.17%
2021	2.48%	1.12%
2022	2.39%	1.08%
2023	2.31%	1.04%