Fertility & birth rates in Brazil and El Salvador

Fertility rate in Brazil vs El Salvador 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 1.78 in El Salvador in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Brazil 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
	Brazil	El Salvador
1960	6.05	6.62
1961	6.02	6.64
1962	5.98	6.68
1963	5.93	6.69
1964	5.82	6.68
1965	5.68	6.64
1966	5.52	6.57
1967	5.34	6.49
1968	5.17	6.39
1969	5.04	6.28
1970	4.93	6.18
1971	4.84	6.13
1972	4.74	6.03
1973	4.64	5.93
1974	4.5	5.82
1975	4.42	5.71
1976	4.34	5.59
1977	4.27	5.47
1978	4.2	5.36
1979	4.12	5.23
1980	4.04	5.11
1981	3.94	4.99
1982	3.84	4.83
1983	3.72	4.65
1984	3.6	4.48
1985	3.48	4.32
1986	3.36	4.19
1987	3.23	4.18
1988	3.11	4.1
1989	3.01	4.03
1990	2.9	3.96
1991	2.81	3.89
1992	2.71	3.8
1993	2.66	3.69
1994	2.6	3.61
1995	2.57	3.57
1996	2.51	3.48
1997	2.47	3.38
1998	2.42	3.34
1999	2.34	3.22
2000	2.25	3.08
2001	2.16	2.93
2002	2.08	2.78
2003	2.01	2.64
2004	1.97	2.52
2005	1.94	2.44
2006	1.9	2.4
2007	1.85	2.35
2008	1.82	2.29
2009	1.8	2.26
2010	1.79	2.24
2011	1.78	2.22
2012	1.77	2.19
2013	1.76	2.15
2014	1.78	2.13
2015	1.78	2.07
2016	1.73	1.97
2017	1.74	1.9
2018	1.74	1.85
2019	1.71	1.84
2020	1.65	1.82
2021	1.64	1.8
2022	1.63	1.79
2023	1.62	1.78
2024	1.61	1.77
2025	1.6	1.75
2026	1.59	1.74
2027	1.58	1.73
2028	1.58	1.72
2029	1.58	1.72
2030	1.58	1.71
2031	1.57	1.7
2032	1.57	1.7
2033	1.57	1.69
2034	1.57	1.69
2035	1.57	1.68
2036	1.57	1.68
2037	1.57	1.68
2038	1.57	1.67
2039	1.57	1.67
2040	1.57	1.67
2041	1.57	1.67
2042	1.57	1.67
2043	1.57	1.67
2044	1.57	1.66
2045	1.57	1.66
2046	1.57	1.66
2047	1.56	1.66
2048	1.56	1.66
2049	1.56	1.66
2050	1.56	1.65

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brazil	El Salvador
1960	44.2%	45.5%
1961	44.3%	45.7%
1962	44.4%	45.8%
1963	44.5%	46%
1964	44.4%	46.1%
1965	44.2%	46.2%
1966	44%	46.3%
1967	43.8%	46.5%
1968	43.4%	46.6%
1969	43%	46.8%
1970	42.7%	46.8%
1971	42.2%	46.7%
1972	41.8%	46.6%
1973	41.4%	46.4%
1974	40.9%	46.2%
1975	40.5%	45.9%
1976	40%	45.6%
1977	39.6%	45.3%
1978	39.1%	44.9%
1979	38.8%	44.5%
1980	38.4%	44.2%
1981	38.1%	43.9%
1982	37.9%	43.7%
1983	37.7%	43.4%
1984	37.4%	43.1%
1985	37.2%	42.7%
1986	36.9%	42.4%
1987	36.6%	42.1%
1988	36.3%	41.9%
1989	35.9%	41.8%
1990	35.5%	41.7%
1991	35%	41.7%
1992	34.5%	41.5%
1993	34%	41.1%
1994	33.4%	40.5%
1995	32.8%	39.8%
1996	32.2%	39.1%
1997	31.6%	38.5%
1998	31%	38%
1999	30.5%	37.5%
2000	29.9%	37.1%
2001	29.3%	36.7%
2002	28.7%	36.3%
2003	28.2%	35.9%
2004	27.6%	35.4%
2005	27.1%	34.9%
2006	26.6%	34.4%
2007	26.1%	33.9%
2008	25.7%	33.4%
2009	25.2%	32.7%
2010	24.7%	32%
2011	24.2%	31.3%
2012	23.7%	30.6%
2013	23.3%	29.9%
2014	22.8%	29.2%
2015	22.4%	28.6%
2016	22%	28%
2017	21.7%	27.5%
2018	21.4%	27%
2019	21.1%	26.7%
2020	20.8%	26.3%
2021	20.5%	26%
2022	20.2%	25.6%
2023	19.9%	25.2%
2024	19.7%	24.8%
2025	19.4%	24.4%
2026	19.1%	24%
2027	18.8%	23.5%
2028	18.5%	23.1%
2029	18.2%	22.7%
2030	17.9%	22.3%
2031	17.7%	21.9%
2032	17.4%	21.6%
2033	17.1%	21.4%
2034	16.9%	21.1%
2035	16.6%	20.8%
2036	16.4%	20.6%
2037	16.2%	20.3%
2038	16.1%	20.1%
2039	15.9%	19.8%
2040	15.8%	19.6%
2041	15.6%	19.3%
2042	15.5%	19%
2043	15.4%	18.8%
2044	15.3%	18.5%
2045	15.2%	18.3%
2046	15.1%	18%
2047	15%	17.8%
2048	14.9%	17.6%
2049	14.8%	17.3%
2050	14.6%	17.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.7% of the population in Brazil and 24.8% in El Salvador in 2024, compared to 35.5% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brazil and El Salvador compared.

Natural population change in Brazil vs El Salvador by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.68% in Brazil 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
	Brazil	El Salvador
1960	2,190,392	81,544
1961	2,240,178	84,614
1962	2,286,666	88,237
1963	2,326,400	90,794
1964	2,338,478	93,328
1965	2,336,415	95,341
1966	2,325,332	97,156
1967	2,307,560	98,424
1968	2,301,561	98,851
1969	2,324,190	99,848
1970	2,362,073	100,499
1971	2,407,319	104,714
1972	2,454,698	107,604
1973	2,501,309	111,546
1974	2,524,254	113,846
1975	2,585,130	116,737
1976	2,648,647	120,511
1977	2,715,328	121,446
1978	2,778,815	124,468
1979	2,836,759	123,838
1980	2,887,768	111,771
1981	2,928,262	117,346
1982	2,948,552	120,938
1983	2,952,335	121,700
1984	2,931,496	125,036
1985	2,912,908	127,248
1986	2,880,440	130,177
1987	2,825,485	133,667
1988	2,768,082	136,230
1989	2,717,923	139,093
1990	2,652,959	140,311
1991	2,606,167	140,691
1992	2,547,698	139,221
1993	2,545,874	138,432
1994	2,532,951	137,974
1995	2,546,195	138,268
1996	2,530,690	136,929
1997	2,531,758	134,448
1998	2,514,728	134,065
1999	2,450,869	128,947
2000	2,372,043	122,315
2001	2,291,210	114,313
2002	2,207,017	106,137
2003	2,128,819	97,849
2004	2,108,072	90,905
2005	2,083,281	84,883
2006	2,026,119	80,887
2007	1,970,372	76,776
2008	1,908,051	75,107
2009	1,878,542	74,908
2010	1,847,336	75,695
2011	1,815,758	76,182
2012	1,782,516	75,495
2013	1,758,716	73,869
2014	1,757,948	72,581
2015	1,742,275	69,263
2016	1,609,488	63,751
2017	1,610,402	59,824
2018	1,583,935	57,509
2019	1,472,104	56,816
2020	1,146,174	48,244
2021	919,507	46,530
2022	1,054,897	53,138
2023	1,107,434	51,985

Maternal mortality chart: Brazil vs El Salvador

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 39 deaths in El Salvador.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brazil	El Salvador
1985	186	193
1986	176	169
1987	167	178
1988	161	173
1989	150	155
1990	140	145
1991	128	129
1992	118	121
1993	113	114
1994	108	101
1995	103	89
1996	98	78
1997	92	67
1998	84	61
1999	75	53
2000	69	48
2001	66	45
2002	66	40
2003	67	38
2004	70	35
2005	71	34
2006	72	33
2007	73	33
2008	71	33
2009	69	35
2010	66	34
2011	62	35
2012	60	36
2013	61	39
2014	63	41
2015	63	43
2016	64	43
2017	61	44
2018	62	43
2019	65	40
2020	85	48
2021	128	58
2022	104	39
2023	67	39

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.44% in Brazil 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
	Brazil	El Salvador
1960	16.9%	18.5%
1961	16.5%	18.1%
1962	16%	17.7%
1963	15.6%	17.3%
1964	15.2%	17%
1965	14.9%	16.6%
1966	14.5%	16.3%
1967	14.2%	16%
1968	13.9%	15.6%
1969	13.6%	15.3%
1970	13.2%	15%
1971	12.9%	14.6%
1972	12.6%	14.3%
1973	12.2%	13.9%
1974	11.9%	13.5%
1975	11.6%	13.1%
1976	11.2%	12.6%
1977	10.8%	12.1%
1978	10.4%	11.6%
1979	10%	11.1%
1980	9.57%	12.5%
1981	9.14%	10%
1982	8.73%	9.46%
1983	8.34%	8.94%
1984	7.98%	8.42%
1985	7.67%	7.93%
1986	7.38%	7.47%
1987	7.11%	7.04%
1988	6.84%	6.65%
1989	6.58%	6.28%
1990	6.31%	5.94%
1991	6.02%	5.61%
1992	5.72%	5.3%
1993	5.41%	5%
1994	5.09%	4.71%
1995	4.77%	4.42%
1996	4.47%	4.15%
1997	4.19%	3.89%
1998	3.93%	3.65%
1999	3.68%	3.43%
2000	3.45%	3.23%
2001	3.22%	3.04%
2002	3.01%	2.86%
2003	2.81%	2.7%
2004	2.63%	2.55%
2005	2.46%	2.4%
2006	2.31%	2.27%
2007	2.17%	2.15%
2008	2.05%	2.04%
2009	1.95%	1.94%
2010	1.86%	1.84%
2011	1.79%	1.75%
2012	1.72%	1.67%
2013	1.67%	1.59%
2014	1.63%	1.52%
2015	1.6%	1.45%
2016	1.68%	1.39%
2017	1.54%	1.33%
2018	1.52%	1.27%
2019	1.5%	1.22%
2020	1.49%	1.17%
2021	1.47%	1.12%
2022	1.46%	1.08%
2023	1.44%	1.04%