Fertility & birth rates in Brazil and Colombia

Fertility rate in Brazil vs Colombia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Brazil was 1.62 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.65 in Colombia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Brazil vs Colombia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Brazil	Colombia
1960	6.05	6.74
1961	6.02	6.71
1962	5.98	6.66
1963	5.93	6.58
1964	5.82	6.48
1965	5.68	6.33
1966	5.52	6.16
1967	5.34	5.96
1968	5.17	5.74
1969	5.04	5.51
1970	4.93	5.28
1971	4.84	5.06
1972	4.74	4.86
1973	4.64	4.68
1974	4.5	4.53
1975	4.42	4.4
1976	4.34	4.29
1977	4.27	4.16
1978	4.2	4
1979	4.12	3.89
1980	4.04	3.8
1981	3.94	3.71
1982	3.84	3.62
1983	3.72	3.5
1984	3.6	3.35
1985	3.48	3.23
1986	3.36	3.15
1987	3.23	3.09
1988	3.11	3.04
1989	3.01	3.01
1990	2.9	3
1991	2.81	2.98
1992	2.71	2.98
1993	2.66	2.98
1994	2.6	2.94
1995	2.57	2.85
1996	2.51	2.77
1997	2.47	2.74
1998	2.42	2.72
1999	2.34	2.64
2000	2.25	2.57
2001	2.16	2.52
2002	2.08	2.49
2003	2.01	2.45
2004	1.97	2.38
2005	1.94	2.31
2006	1.9	2.24
2007	1.85	2.19
2008	1.82	2.15
2009	1.8	2.1
2010	1.79	2.01
2011	1.78	1.94
2012	1.77	1.9
2013	1.76	1.86
2014	1.78	1.82
2015	1.78	1.77
2016	1.73	1.72
2017	1.74	1.72
2018	1.74	1.72
2019	1.71	1.71
2020	1.65	1.69
2021	1.64	1.68
2022	1.63	1.66
2023	1.62	1.65
2024	1.61	1.63
2025	1.6	1.62
2026	1.59	1.6
2027	1.58	1.6
2028	1.58	1.59
2029	1.58	1.59
2030	1.58	1.58
2031	1.57	1.58
2032	1.57	1.57
2033	1.57	1.57
2034	1.57	1.57
2035	1.57	1.57
2036	1.57	1.57
2037	1.57	1.57
2038	1.57	1.57
2039	1.57	1.57
2040	1.57	1.57
2041	1.57	1.57
2042	1.57	1.57
2043	1.57	1.57
2044	1.57	1.57
2045	1.57	1.57
2046	1.57	1.57
2047	1.56	1.58
2048	1.56	1.58
2049	1.56	1.58
2050	1.56	1.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brazil	Colombia
1960	44.2%	46.8%
1961	44.3%	47%
1962	44.4%	47.1%
1963	44.5%	47.2%
1964	44.4%	47.3%
1965	44.2%	47.2%
1966	44%	47.1%
1967	43.8%	46.9%
1968	43.4%	46.7%
1969	43%	46.4%
1970	42.7%	46%
1971	42.2%	45.6%
1972	41.8%	45.1%
1973	41.4%	44.6%
1974	40.9%	44%
1975	40.5%	43.4%
1976	40%	42.8%
1977	39.6%	42.2%
1978	39.1%	41.5%
1979	38.8%	40.9%
1980	38.4%	40.3%
1981	38.1%	39.7%
1982	37.9%	39.1%
1983	37.7%	38.6%
1984	37.4%	38.1%
1985	37.2%	37.6%
1986	36.9%	37.2%
1987	36.6%	36.9%
1988	36.3%	36.5%
1989	35.9%	36.2%
1990	35.5%	35.9%
1991	35%	35.6%
1992	34.5%	35.3%
1993	34%	35%
1994	33.4%	34.7%
1995	32.8%	34.4%
1996	32.2%	34%
1997	31.6%	33.7%
1998	31%	33.3%
1999	30.5%	32.9%
2000	29.9%	32.5%
2001	29.3%	32.1%
2002	28.7%	31.7%
2003	28.2%	31.3%
2004	27.6%	30.9%
2005	27.1%	30.4%
2006	26.6%	29.9%
2007	26.1%	29.3%
2008	25.7%	28.7%
2009	25.2%	28.1%
2010	24.7%	27.5%
2011	24.2%	26.9%
2012	23.7%	26.3%
2013	23.3%	25.7%
2014	22.8%	25.1%
2015	22.4%	24.5%
2016	22%	23.9%
2017	21.7%	23.3%
2018	21.4%	22.7%
2019	21.1%	22.1%
2020	20.8%	21.7%
2021	20.5%	21.3%
2022	20.2%	21%
2023	19.9%	20.6%
2024	19.7%	20.3%
2025	19.4%	20%
2026	19.1%	19.7%
2027	18.8%	19.5%
2028	18.5%	19.3%
2029	18.2%	19.1%
2030	17.9%	18.8%
2031	17.7%	18.6%
2032	17.4%	18.4%
2033	17.1%	18.2%
2034	16.9%	18%
2035	16.6%	17.7%
2036	16.4%	17.4%
2037	16.2%	17.2%
2038	16.1%	16.9%
2039	15.9%	16.7%
2040	15.8%	16.4%
2041	15.6%	16.2%
2042	15.5%	16%
2043	15.4%	15.7%
2044	15.3%	15.5%
2045	15.2%	15.4%
2046	15.1%	15.2%
2047	15%	15%
2048	14.9%	14.8%
2049	14.8%	14.7%
2050	14.6%	14.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.7% of the population in Brazil and 20.3% in Colombia in 2024, compared to 35.5% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brazil and Colombia compared.

Natural population change in Brazil vs Colombia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.68% in Brazil and +0.85% in Colombia. 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
	Brazil	Colombia
1960	2,190,392	529,316
1961	2,240,178	545,627
1962	2,286,666	559,985
1963	2,326,400	572,355
1964	2,338,478	581,435
1965	2,336,415	587,677
1966	2,325,332	590,855
1967	2,307,560	591,649
1968	2,301,561	589,407
1969	2,324,190	586,559
1970	2,362,073	583,396
1971	2,407,319	582,011
1972	2,454,698	581,361
1973	2,501,309	583,608
1974	2,524,254	589,035
1975	2,585,130	598,580
1976	2,648,647	612,265
1977	2,715,328	622,814
1978	2,778,815	626,378
1979	2,836,759	635,747
1980	2,887,768	649,872
1981	2,928,262	662,195
1982	2,948,552	675,339
1983	2,952,335	674,767
1984	2,931,496	666,315
1985	2,912,908	625,379
1986	2,880,440	659,701
1987	2,825,485	659,429
1988	2,768,082	663,796
1989	2,717,923	674,102
1990	2,652,959	682,409
1991	2,606,167	690,266
1992	2,547,698	697,763
1993	2,545,874	709,287
1994	2,532,951	708,660
1995	2,546,195	694,968
1996	2,530,690	682,547
1997	2,531,758	686,073
1998	2,514,728	687,704
1999	2,450,869	668,576
2000	2,372,043	652,176
2001	2,291,210	642,933
2002	2,207,017	640,840
2003	2,128,819	642,144
2004	2,108,072	628,424
2005	2,083,281	610,618
2006	2,026,119	594,388
2007	1,970,372	583,115
2008	1,908,051	576,654
2009	1,878,542	559,017
2010	1,847,336	533,657
2011	1,815,758	511,524
2012	1,782,516	503,285
2013	1,758,716	489,069
2014	1,757,948	470,916
2015	1,742,275	446,778
2016	1,609,488	425,087
2017	1,610,402	426,538
2018	1,583,935	433,622
2019	1,472,104	441,087
2020	1,146,174	378,965
2021	919,507	311,122
2022	1,054,897	406,143
2023	1,107,434	422,598

Maternal mortality chart: Brazil vs Colombia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 67 deaths per 100,000 live births in Brazil, compared to 59 deaths in Colombia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brazil	Colombia
1985	186	143
1986	176	123
1987	167	120
1988	161	113
1989	150	106
1990	140	102
1991	128	99
1992	118	97
1993	113	94
1994	108	93
1995	103	91
1996	98	89
1997	92	90
1998	84	92
1999	75	96
2000	69	95
2001	66	94
2002	66	91
2003	67	87
2004	70	84
2005	71	82
2006	72	81
2007	73	80
2008	71	78
2009	69	77
2010	66	76
2011	62	75
2012	60	73
2013	61	72
2014	63	71
2015	63	70
2016	64	69
2017	61	68
2018	62	67
2019	65	66
2020	85	94
2021	128	147
2022	104	74
2023	67	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.44% in Brazil and 1.2% in Colombia. 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
	Brazil	Colombia
1960	16.9%	13.4%
1961	16.5%	13%
1962	16%	12.6%
1963	15.6%	12.2%
1964	15.2%	11.8%
1965	14.9%	11.5%
1966	14.5%	11.1%
1967	14.2%	10.8%
1968	13.9%	10.4%
1969	13.6%	10.1%
1970	13.2%	9.72%
1971	12.9%	9.36%
1972	12.6%	8.99%
1973	12.2%	8.6%
1974	11.9%	8.2%
1975	11.6%	7.8%
1976	11.2%	7.39%
1977	10.8%	6.98%
1978	10.4%	6.58%
1979	10%	6.2%
1980	9.57%	5.84%
1981	9.14%	5.5%
1982	8.73%	5.17%
1983	8.34%	4.88%
1984	7.98%	4.62%
1985	7.67%	4.89%
1986	7.38%	4.17%
1987	7.11%	3.99%
1988	6.84%	3.84%
1989	6.58%	3.7%
1990	6.31%	3.57%
1991	6.02%	3.45%
1992	5.72%	3.33%
1993	5.41%	3.21%
1994	5.09%	3.1%
1995	4.77%	2.99%
1996	4.47%	2.88%
1997	4.19%	2.78%
1998	3.93%	2.68%
1999	3.68%	2.59%
2000	3.45%	2.51%
2001	3.22%	2.43%
2002	3.01%	2.35%
2003	2.81%	2.28%
2004	2.63%	2.22%
2005	2.46%	2.15%
2006	2.31%	2.09%
2007	2.17%	2.02%
2008	2.05%	1.96%
2009	1.95%	1.89%
2010	1.86%	1.83%
2011	1.79%	1.77%
2012	1.72%	1.72%
2013	1.67%	1.66%
2014	1.63%	1.61%
2015	1.6%	1.56%
2016	1.68%	1.51%
2017	1.54%	1.46%
2018	1.52%	1.41%
2019	1.5%	1.37%
2020	1.49%	1.32%
2021	1.47%	1.28%
2022	1.46%	1.24%
2023	1.44%	1.2%