Fertility & birth rates in Bolivia and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Bolivia vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bolivia vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	6.27	2.69
1961	6.26	2.78
1962	6.25	2.86
1963	6.23	2.88
1964	6.21	2.93
1965	6.18	2.86
1966	6.16	2.78
1967	6.13	2.68
1968	6.1	2.6
1969	6.06	2.51
1970	6	2.44
1971	5.95	2.41
1972	5.89	2.2
1973	5.85	2.04
1974	5.8	1.92
1975	5.75	1.81
1976	5.74	1.74
1977	5.67	1.69
1978	5.61	1.75
1979	5.54	1.86
1980	5.47	1.9
1981	5.41	1.82
1982	5.35	1.78
1983	5.29	1.77
1984	5.24	1.77
1985	5.15	1.79
1986	5.12	1.78
1987	5.06	1.81
1988	5.03	1.82
1989	4.97	1.79
1990	4.9	1.83
1991	4.85	1.82
1992	4.71	1.79
1993	4.59	1.76
1994	4.49	1.74
1995	4.41	1.71
1996	4.34	1.73
1997	4.22	1.72
1998	4.15	1.71
1999	4.09	1.68
2000	3.99	1.64
2001	3.89	1.63
2002	3.8	1.63
2003	3.72	1.7
2004	3.63	1.75
2005	3.56	1.76
2006	3.53	1.82
2007	3.45	1.86
2008	3.36	1.91
2009	3.29	1.89
2010	3.21	1.92
2011	3.14	1.91
2012	3.08	1.92
2013	3.01	1.83
2014	2.95	1.81
2015	2.89	1.8
2016	2.83	1.79
2017	2.78	1.74
2018	2.73	1.68
2019	2.69	1.63
2020	2.65	1.57
2021	2.62	1.58
2022	2.58	1.56
2023	2.55	1.56
2024	2.52	1.55
2025	2.5	1.54
2026	2.47	1.53
2027	2.45	1.53
2028	2.42	1.53
2029	2.4	1.52
2030	2.38	1.52
2031	2.36	1.52
2032	2.34	1.53
2033	2.32	1.53
2034	2.3	1.53
2035	2.28	1.53
2036	2.26	1.53
2037	2.24	1.53
2038	2.23	1.53
2039	2.21	1.53
2040	2.19	1.53
2041	2.18	1.54
2042	2.16	1.54
2043	2.15	1.54
2044	2.13	1.54
2045	2.12	1.54
2046	2.11	1.54
2047	2.09	1.54
2048	2.08	1.54
2049	2.07	1.55
2050	2.06	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bolivia	United Kingdom
1960	40.6%	23.3%
1961	40.5%	23.3%
1962	40.5%	23.2%
1963	40.5%	23.2%
1964	40.6%	23.3%
1965	40.8%	23.4%
1966	40.9%	23.5%
1967	41%	23.7%
1968	41.1%	23.9%
1969	41.2%	24%
1970	41.2%	24.1%
1971	41.3%	24.1%
1972	41.3%	24%
1973	41.3%	23.9%
1974	41.3%	23.6%
1975	41.3%	23.3%
1976	41.3%	22.9%
1977	41.3%	22.4%
1978	41.2%	21.9%
1979	41.2%	21.4%
1980	41.1%	21%
1981	41.1%	20.6%
1982	41%	20.2%
1983	40.9%	19.8%
1984	40.9%	19.5%
1985	40.8%	19.3%
1986	40.7%	19.1%
1987	40.6%	18.9%
1988	40.5%	18.9%
1989	40.4%	19.1%
1990	40.3%	19.1%
1991	40.2%	19.3%
1992	40%	19.4%
1993	39.8%	19.5%
1994	39.6%	19.6%
1995	39.3%	19.5%
1996	39.1%	19.4%
1997	38.8%	19.3%
1998	38.6%	19.3%
1999	38.3%	19.2%
2000	38%	18.9%
2001	37.7%	18.7%
2002	37.4%	18.5%
2003	37.1%	18.4%
2004	36.7%	18.3%
2005	36.3%	18.2%
2006	36%	18%
2007	35.6%	17.9%
2008	35.2%	17.8%
2009	34.8%	17.8%
2010	34.4%	17.8%
2011	34.1%	17.7%
2012	33.7%	17.8%
2013	33.3%	17.8%
2014	33%	17.8%
2015	32.6%	17.9%
2016	32.3%	18%
2017	31.9%	18%
2018	31.6%	18.1%
2019	31.3%	18%
2020	31%	18%
2021	30.8%	17.8%
2022	30.5%	17.6%
2023	30.1%	17.4%
2024	29.8%	17.2%
2025	29.4%	17%
2026	29.1%	16.7%
2027	28.8%	16.5%
2028	28.5%	16.2%
2029	28.1%	16%
2030	27.8%	15.7%
2031	27.6%	15.5%
2032	27.3%	15.3%
2033	27%	15.2%
2034	26.7%	15.1%
2035	26.5%	15%
2036	26.2%	14.9%
2037	26%	14.9%
2038	25.7%	14.8%
2039	25.4%	14.8%
2040	25.2%	14.8%
2041	24.9%	14.8%
2042	24.7%	14.8%
2043	24.4%	14.9%
2044	24.2%	14.9%
2045	24%	14.9%
2046	23.7%	15%
2047	23.5%	15%
2048	23.3%	15%
2049	23%	15%
2050	22.8%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Bolivia and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 40.3% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bolivia and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Bolivia vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.42% in Bolivia and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	78,501	314,400
1961	81,106	311,519
1962	84,090	340,800
1963	87,010	337,995
1964	89,745	405,000
1965	92,655	364,132
1966	95,800	333,356
1967	99,339	346,145
1968	102,671	292,622
1969	105,361	260,577
1970	107,897	244,918
1971	110,749	257,123
1972	112,799	162,650
1973	116,323	112,389
1974	119,560	67,476
1975	122,864	33,735
1976	128,552	-5,621
1977	131,569	0
1978	134,504	16,859
1979	137,331	61,872
1980	140,460	95,734
1981	143,199	73,234
1982	144,825	56,314
1983	147,129	61,966
1984	150,545	84,633
1985	152,288	79,170
1986	156,146	90,690
1987	160,458	136,325
1988	164,763	136,628
1989	168,044	119,861
1990	171,351	154,569
1991	174,836	143,562
1992	174,242	149,709
1993	175,344	103,893
1994	175,387	127,304
1995	175,141	87,028
1996	175,861	98,884
1997	173,731	99,138
1998	174,207	87,730
1999	175,051	64,551
2000	172,996	70,671
2001	171,177	65,032
2002	170,656	65,308
2003	171,846	89,471
2004	172,350	131,974
2005	173,567	144,963
2006	177,999	176,455
2007	178,309	196,232
2008	178,576	216,325
2009	178,741	230,422
2010	179,036	251,066
2011	178,840	259,361
2012	178,716	248,473
2013	177,929	198,830
2014	176,967	206,784
2015	176,169	175,738
2016	175,057	177,139
2017	173,799	145,125
2018	172,775	119,321
2019	171,593	108,342
2020	131,870	-4,272
2021	119,576	30,612
2022	167,691	39,751
2023	172,336	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Bolivia vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bolivia	United Kingdom
1985	518	2
1986	503	2
1987	478	3
1988	457	4
1989	430	5
1990	407	6
1991	391	7
1992	375	7
1993	354	8
1994	336	9
1995	322	9
1996	314	8
1997	306	9
1998	298	10
1999	292	11
2000	287	12
2001	276	13
2002	262	13
2003	256	14
2004	251	13
2005	242	12
2006	236	12
2007	224	11
2008	214	11
2009	205	11
2010	196	10
2011	187	10
2012	180	9
2013	175	9
2014	171	9
2015	166	9
2016	162	9
2017	160	9
2018	157	9
2019	156	9
2020	218	14
2021	270	13
2022	164	15
2023	146	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bolivia and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	29%	2.66%
1961	28.4%	2.61%
1962	27.8%	2.56%
1963	27.2%	2.49%
1964	26.6%	2.42%
1965	26%	2.34%
1966	25.4%	2.28%
1967	24.8%	2.22%
1968	24.2%	2.18%
1969	23.6%	2.14%
1970	22.9%	2.1%
1971	22.3%	2.06%
1972	21.7%	2%
1973	21%	1.94%
1974	20.4%	1.87%
1975	19.8%	1.8%
1976	19.1%	1.72%
1977	18.5%	1.64%
1978	17.9%	1.57%
1979	17.4%	1.49%
1980	16.9%	1.41%
1981	16.5%	1.34%
1982	16%	1.27%
1983	15.6%	1.22%
1984	15.1%	1.17%
1985	14.6%	1.14%
1986	14.2%	1.11%
1987	13.7%	1.08%
1988	13.2%	1.04%
1989	12.7%	0.99%
1990	12.2%	0.93%
1991	11.7%	0.87%
1992	11.2%	0.82%
1993	10.8%	0.77%
1994	10.3%	0.74%
1995	9.84%	0.72%
1996	9.38%	0.7%
1997	8.93%	0.69%
1998	8.47%	0.68%
1999	8.02%	0.67%
2000	7.57%	0.65%
2001	7.14%	0.64%
2002	6.74%	0.63%
2003	6.35%	0.63%
2004	5.99%	0.61%
2005	5.64%	0.6%
2006	5.31%	0.59%
2007	5%	0.58%
2008	4.72%	0.56%
2009	4.45%	0.54%
2010	4.2%	0.52%
2011	3.97%	0.5%
2012	3.75%	0.48%
2013	3.54%	0.46%
2014	3.35%	0.45%
2015	3.18%	0.45%
2016	3.03%	0.44%
2017	2.9%	0.44%
2018	2.78%	0.44%
2019	2.67%	0.44%
2020	2.57%	0.44%
2021	2.48%	0.44%
2022	2.39%	0.45%
2023	2.31%	0.45%