Fertility & birth rates in Bolivia and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Bolivia vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bolivia vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	6.27	6.31
1961	6.26	6.37
1962	6.25	6.42
1963	6.23	6.47
1964	6.21	6.51
1965	6.18	6.54
1966	6.16	6.58
1967	6.13	6.61
1968	6.1	6.65
1969	6.06	6.67
1970	6	6.7
1971	5.95	6.7
1972	5.89	6.7
1973	5.85	6.7
1974	5.8	6.67
1975	5.75	6.66
1976	5.74	6.64
1977	5.67	6.62
1978	5.61	6.59
1979	5.54	6.56
1980	5.47	6.53
1981	5.41	6.48
1982	5.35	6.43
1983	5.29	6.43
1984	5.24	6.44
1985	5.15	6.43
1986	5.12	6.41
1987	5.06	6.39
1988	5.03	6.37
1989	4.97	6.35
1990	4.9	6.32
1991	4.85	6.28
1992	4.71	6.22
1993	4.59	6.15
1994	4.49	6.08
1995	4.41	6.02
1996	4.34	5.97
1997	4.22	5.93
1998	4.15	5.91
1999	4.09	5.88
2000	3.99	5.83
2001	3.89	5.76
2002	3.8	5.67
2003	3.72	5.6
2004	3.63	5.55
2005	3.56	5.5
2006	3.53	5.45
2007	3.45	5.47
2008	3.36	5.6
2009	3.29	5.68
2010	3.21	5.66
2011	3.14	5.6
2012	3.08	5.52
2013	3.01	5.43
2014	2.95	5.3
2015	2.89	5.25
2016	2.83	5.19
2017	2.78	5.13
2018	2.73	5.07
2019	2.69	5.02
2020	2.65	4.96
2021	2.62	4.91
2022	2.58	4.84
2023	2.55	4.76
2024	2.52	4.69
2025	2.5	4.62
2026	2.47	4.54
2027	2.45	4.46
2028	2.42	4.39
2029	2.4	4.3
2030	2.38	4.23
2031	2.36	4.14
2032	2.34	4.06
2033	2.32	3.97
2034	2.3	3.89
2035	2.28	3.82
2036	2.26	3.75
2037	2.24	3.67
2038	2.23	3.6
2039	2.21	3.53
2040	2.19	3.47
2041	2.18	3.4
2042	2.16	3.34
2043	2.15	3.28
2044	2.13	3.22
2045	2.12	3.16
2046	2.11	3.11
2047	2.09	3.06
2048	2.08	3.01
2049	2.07	2.97
2050	2.06	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bolivia	Mozambique
1960	40.6%	41%
1961	40.5%	41.2%
1962	40.5%	41.4%
1963	40.5%	41.6%
1964	40.6%	41.9%
1965	40.8%	42.2%
1966	40.9%	42.5%
1967	41%	42.7%
1968	41.1%	42.9%
1969	41.2%	43.1%
1970	41.2%	43.3%
1971	41.3%	43.4%
1972	41.3%	43.6%
1973	41.3%	43.7%
1974	41.3%	43.8%
1975	41.3%	44%
1976	41.3%	44.1%
1977	41.3%	44.3%
1978	41.2%	44.6%
1979	41.2%	44.9%
1980	41.1%	45.3%
1981	41.1%	45.6%
1982	41%	45.7%
1983	40.9%	45.8%
1984	40.9%	45.9%
1985	40.8%	45.9%
1986	40.7%	45.9%
1987	40.6%	45.9%
1988	40.5%	45.8%
1989	40.4%	45.7%
1990	40.3%	45.7%
1991	40.2%	45.6%
1992	40%	45.5%
1993	39.8%	45.4%
1994	39.6%	45.2%
1995	39.3%	45%
1996	39.1%	44.9%
1997	38.8%	44.8%
1998	38.6%	44.9%
1999	38.3%	45%
2000	38%	45.1%
2001	37.7%	45.1%
2002	37.4%	45.2%
2003	37.1%	45.3%
2004	36.7%	45.3%
2005	36.3%	45.3%
2006	36%	45.4%
2007	35.6%	45.4%
2008	35.2%	45.5%
2009	34.8%	45.6%
2010	34.4%	45.8%
2011	34.1%	45.8%
2012	33.7%	45.9%
2013	33.3%	45.8%
2014	33%	45.8%
2015	32.6%	45.7%
2016	32.3%	45.6%
2017	31.9%	45.5%
2018	31.6%	45.4%
2019	31.3%	45.3%
2020	31%	45.2%
2021	30.8%	45.1%
2022	30.5%	45%
2023	30.1%	44.8%
2024	29.8%	44.5%
2025	29.4%	44.2%
2026	29.1%	43.9%
2027	28.8%	43.5%
2028	28.5%	43.2%
2029	28.1%	42.9%
2030	27.8%	42.5%
2031	27.6%	42.2%
2032	27.3%	41.9%
2033	27%	41.5%
2034	26.7%	41.1%
2035	26.5%	40.7%
2036	26.2%	40.3%
2037	26%	39.9%
2038	25.7%	39.5%
2039	25.4%	39%
2040	25.2%	38.6%
2041	24.9%	38.2%
2042	24.7%	37.7%
2043	24.4%	37.3%
2044	24.2%	36.9%
2045	24%	36.4%
2046	23.7%	36%
2047	23.5%	35.6%
2048	23.3%	35.2%
2049	23%	34.8%
2050	22.8%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Bolivia and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 40.3% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bolivia and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Bolivia vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.42% in Bolivia and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	78,501	165,774
1961	81,106	171,236
1962	84,090	176,297
1963	87,010	180,867
1964	89,745	182,334
1965	92,655	185,931
1966	95,800	189,218
1967	99,339	193,044
1968	102,671	197,623
1969	105,361	202,174
1970	107,897	207,385
1971	110,749	211,137
1972	112,799	215,793
1973	116,323	226,847
1974	119,560	240,665
1975	122,864	257,984
1976	128,552	273,924
1977	131,569	289,193
1978	134,504	310,403
1979	137,331	331,162
1980	140,460	349,586
1981	143,199	322,207
1982	144,825	321,493
1983	147,129	324,158
1984	150,545	304,524
1985	152,288	307,625
1986	156,146	332,609
1987	160,458	334,438
1988	164,763	349,480
1989	168,044	348,833
1990	171,351	353,290
1991	174,836	357,676
1992	174,242	362,373
1993	175,344	369,518
1994	175,387	384,821
1995	175,141	421,630
1996	175,861	442,559
1997	173,731	461,209
1998	174,207	474,453
1999	175,051	491,814
2000	172,996	506,162
2001	171,177	519,594
2002	170,656	529,867
2003	171,846	540,992
2004	172,350	554,973
2005	173,567	570,132
2006	177,999	586,009
2007	178,309	610,913
2008	178,576	654,920
2009	178,741	693,673
2010	179,036	719,025
2011	178,840	741,303
2012	178,716	763,088
2013	177,929	784,641
2014	176,967	799,778
2015	176,169	824,435
2016	175,057	850,430
2017	173,799	876,594
2018	172,775	903,176
2019	171,593	927,581
2020	131,870	945,952
2021	119,576	951,234
2022	167,691	1,003,689
2023	172,336	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Bolivia vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bolivia	Mozambique
1985	518	1,452
1986	503	1,355
1987	478	1,348
1988	457	1,259
1989	430	1,209
1990	407	1,150
1991	391	1,094
1992	375	1,046
1993	354	968
1994	336	902
1995	322	883
1996	314	819
1997	306	738
1998	298	694
1999	292	624
2000	287	547
2001	276	473
2002	262	398
2003	256	360
2004	251	321
2005	242	301
2006	236	298
2007	224	327
2008	214	365
2009	205	352
2010	196	305
2011	187	268
2012	180	218
2013	175	196
2014	171	210
2015	166	216
2016	162	202
2017	160	187
2018	157	159
2019	156	134
2020	218	123
2021	270	180
2022	164	104
2023	146	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bolivia and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	29%	-
1961	28.4%	-
1962	27.8%	-
1963	27.2%	26.5%
1964	26.6%	26.7%
1965	26%	26.8%
1966	25.4%	26.8%
1967	24.8%	26.9%
1968	24.2%	26.9%
1969	23.6%	26.9%
1970	22.9%	26.8%
1971	22.3%	26.7%
1972	21.7%	26.6%
1973	21%	26.4%
1974	20.4%	26.3%
1975	19.8%	26.1%
1976	19.1%	26%
1977	18.5%	25.8%
1978	17.9%	25.7%
1979	17.4%	25.7%
1980	16.9%	25.6%
1981	16.5%	25.6%
1982	16%	25.5%
1983	15.6%	25.3%
1984	15.1%	25.1%
1985	14.6%	24.8%
1986	14.2%	24.5%
1987	13.7%	24.2%
1988	13.2%	23.9%
1989	12.7%	23.6%
1990	12.2%	23.3%
1991	11.7%	23%
1992	11.2%	22.6%
1993	10.8%	22.1%
1994	10.3%	21.6%
1995	9.84%	20.9%
1996	9.38%	20.1%
1997	8.93%	19.2%
1998	8.47%	18.2%
1999	8.02%	17.2%
2000	7.57%	16.3%
2001	7.14%	15.4%
2002	6.74%	14.6%
2003	6.35%	13.9%
2004	5.99%	13.2%
2005	5.64%	12.5%
2006	5.31%	11.8%
2007	5%	11%
2008	4.72%	10.4%
2009	4.45%	9.75%
2010	4.2%	9.5%
2011	3.97%	9.05%
2012	3.75%	8.63%
2013	3.54%	8.26%
2014	3.35%	7.92%
2015	3.18%	7.51%
2016	3.03%	7.23%
2017	2.9%	7.09%
2018	2.78%	6.95%
2019	2.67%	6.83%
2020	2.57%	6.73%
2021	2.48%	6.58%
2022	2.39%	6.43%
2023	2.31%	6.17%