Fertility & birth rates in Brazil and Ethiopia

Fertility rate in Brazil vs Ethiopia 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 3.99 in Ethiopia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Brazil vs Ethiopia 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	Ethiopia
1960	6.05	6.51
1961	6.02	6.53
1962	5.98	6.56
1963	5.93	6.59
1964	5.82	6.61
1965	5.68	6.63
1966	5.52	6.66
1967	5.34	6.68
1968	5.17	6.7
1969	5.04	6.72
1970	4.93	6.78
1971	4.84	6.84
1972	4.74	6.9
1973	4.64	6.96
1974	4.5	7.02
1975	4.42	7.08
1976	4.34	7.13
1977	4.27	7.19
1978	4.2	7.23
1979	4.12	7.25
1980	4.04	7.29
1981	3.94	7.31
1982	3.84	7.34
1983	3.72	7.35
1984	3.6	7.36
1985	3.48	7.34
1986	3.36	7.32
1987	3.23	7.29
1988	3.11	7.26
1989	3.01	7.23
1990	2.9	7.2
1991	2.81	7.16
1992	2.71	7.13
1993	2.66	7.09
1994	2.6	7.05
1995	2.57	7
1996	2.51	6.93
1997	2.47	6.87
1998	2.42	6.79
1999	2.34	6.72
2000	2.25	6.65
2001	2.16	6.58
2002	2.08	6.5
2003	2.01	6.4
2004	1.97	6.3
2005	1.94	6.19
2006	1.9	6.05
2007	1.85	5.89
2008	1.82	5.7
2009	1.8	5.49
2010	1.79	5.28
2011	1.78	5.08
2012	1.77	4.89
2013	1.76	4.71
2014	1.78	4.61
2015	1.78	4.53
2016	1.73	4.47
2017	1.74	4.4
2018	1.74	4.37
2019	1.71	4.35
2020	1.65	4.27
2021	1.64	4.18
2022	1.63	4.08
2023	1.62	3.99
2024	1.61	3.91
2025	1.6	3.81
2026	1.59	3.72
2027	1.58	3.64
2028	1.58	3.57
2029	1.58	3.5
2030	1.58	3.43
2031	1.57	3.36
2032	1.57	3.3
2033	1.57	3.24
2034	1.57	3.19
2035	1.57	3.14
2036	1.57	3.08
2037	1.57	3.03
2038	1.57	2.99
2039	1.57	2.94
2040	1.57	2.9
2041	1.57	2.86
2042	1.57	2.83
2043	1.57	2.79
2044	1.57	2.75
2045	1.57	2.72
2046	1.57	2.68
2047	1.56	2.65
2048	1.56	2.62
2049	1.56	2.59
2050	1.56	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brazil	Ethiopia
1960	44.2%	42.2%
1961	44.3%	42.2%
1962	44.4%	42.1%
1963	44.5%	42.2%
1964	44.4%	42.3%
1965	44.2%	42.5%
1966	44%	42.9%
1967	43.8%	43.2%
1968	43.4%	43.5%
1969	43%	43.8%
1970	42.7%	44.2%
1971	42.2%	44.5%
1972	41.8%	44.9%
1973	41.4%	45.2%
1974	40.9%	45.4%
1975	40.5%	45.6%
1976	40%	45.7%
1977	39.6%	45.9%
1978	39.1%	46.1%
1979	38.8%	46.2%
1980	38.4%	46.3%
1981	38.1%	46.4%
1982	37.9%	46.5%
1983	37.7%	46.4%
1984	37.4%	46.2%
1985	37.2%	46.1%
1986	36.9%	46%
1987	36.6%	46%
1988	36.3%	46%
1989	35.9%	46.1%
1990	35.5%	46.2%
1991	35%	46.2%
1992	34.5%	46.2%
1993	34%	46.4%
1994	33.4%	46.5%
1995	32.8%	46.7%
1996	32.2%	46.9%
1997	31.6%	47.1%
1998	31%	47.4%
1999	30.5%	47.6%
2000	29.9%	47.7%
2001	29.3%	47.8%
2002	28.7%	47.8%
2003	28.2%	47.7%
2004	27.6%	47.6%
2005	27.1%	47.4%
2006	26.6%	47.2%
2007	26.1%	46.9%
2008	25.7%	46.6%
2009	25.2%	46.2%
2010	24.7%	45.7%
2011	24.2%	45.2%
2012	23.7%	44.6%
2013	23.3%	44%
2014	22.8%	43.4%
2015	22.4%	42.9%
2016	22%	42.3%
2017	21.7%	41.8%
2018	21.4%	41.3%
2019	21.1%	40.9%
2020	20.8%	40.5%
2021	20.5%	40.1%
2022	20.2%	39.7%
2023	19.9%	39.4%
2024	19.7%	39.1%
2025	19.4%	38.8%
2026	19.1%	38.5%
2027	18.8%	38.3%
2028	18.5%	38.1%
2029	18.2%	37.8%
2030	17.9%	37.6%
2031	17.7%	37.3%
2032	17.4%	37%
2033	17.1%	36.6%
2034	16.9%	36.2%
2035	16.6%	35.8%
2036	16.4%	35.4%
2037	16.2%	34.9%
2038	16.1%	34.5%
2039	15.9%	34%
2040	15.8%	33.6%
2041	15.6%	33.2%
2042	15.5%	32.8%
2043	15.4%	32.4%
2044	15.3%	32%
2045	15.2%	31.7%
2046	15.1%	31.3%
2047	15%	31%
2048	14.9%	30.7%
2049	14.8%	30.3%
2050	14.6%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.7% of the population in Brazil and 39.1% in Ethiopia in 2024, compared to 35.5% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brazil and Ethiopia compared.

Natural population change in Brazil vs Ethiopia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.68% in Brazil and +2.64% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	2,190,392	511,694
1961	2,240,178	538,518
1962	2,286,666	563,650
1963	2,326,400	590,998
1964	2,338,478	618,667
1965	2,336,415	642,359
1966	2,325,332	616,281
1967	2,307,560	695,283
1968	2,301,561	715,602
1969	2,324,190	736,428
1970	2,362,073	760,821
1971	2,407,319	787,047
1972	2,454,698	779,808
1973	2,501,309	807,535
1974	2,524,254	777,306
1975	2,585,130	801,425
1976	2,648,647	899,577
1977	2,715,328	929,381
1978	2,778,815	943,388
1979	2,836,759	987,203
1980	2,887,768	1,007,516
1981	2,928,262	1,018,838
1982	2,948,552	1,080,853
1983	2,952,335	863,472
1984	2,931,496	920,670
1985	2,912,908	997,050
1986	2,880,440	1,050,277
1987	2,825,485	1,356,853
1988	2,768,082	1,393,356
1989	2,717,923	1,441,769
1990	2,652,959	1,479,663
1991	2,606,167	1,579,416
1992	2,547,698	1,673,839
1993	2,545,874	1,734,851
1994	2,532,951	1,788,133
1995	2,546,195	1,831,068
1996	2,530,690	1,896,364
1997	2,531,758	1,945,112
1998	2,514,728	1,984,989
1999	2,450,869	2,010,987
2000	2,372,043	2,083,622
2001	2,291,210	2,137,791
2002	2,207,017	2,189,683
2003	2,128,819	2,231,223
2004	2,108,072	2,296,999
2005	2,083,281	2,353,375
2006	2,026,119	2,393,585
2007	1,970,372	2,436,753
2008	1,908,051	2,465,283
2009	1,878,542	2,467,118
2010	1,847,336	2,498,048
2011	1,815,758	2,527,811
2012	1,782,516	2,533,398
2013	1,758,716	2,546,020
2014	1,757,948	2,623,647
2015	1,742,275	2,713,529
2016	1,609,488	2,809,889
2017	1,610,402	2,899,143
2018	1,583,935	3,015,231
2019	1,472,104	3,132,780
2020	1,146,174	3,199,718
2021	919,507	3,204,673
2022	1,054,897	3,300,114
2023	1,107,434	3,338,649

Maternal mortality chart: Brazil vs Ethiopia

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 195 deaths in Ethiopia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brazil	Ethiopia
1985	186	1,329
1986	176	1,317
1987	167	1,289
1988	161	1,306
1989	150	1,296
1990	140	1,320
1991	128	1,239
1992	118	1,218
1993	113	1,168
1994	108	1,113
1995	103	1,060
1996	98	1,008
1997	92	957
1998	84	911
1999	75	901
2000	69	870
2001	66	856
2002	66	826
2003	67	797
2004	70	764
2005	71	754
2006	72	729
2007	73	704
2008	71	678
2009	69	649
2010	66	619
2011	62	588
2012	60	545
2013	61	494
2014	63	444
2015	63	401
2016	64	364
2017	61	327
2018	62	297
2019	65	269
2020	85	244
2021	128	250
2022	104	207
2023	67	195

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.44% in Brazil and 4.65% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	16.9%	-
1961	16.5%	-
1962	16%	-
1963	15.6%	-
1964	15.2%	-
1965	14.9%	-
1966	14.5%	27.8%
1967	14.2%	24.9%
1968	13.9%	24.8%
1969	13.6%	24.8%
1970	13.2%	24.7%
1971	12.9%	24.7%
1972	12.6%	24.7%
1973	12.2%	24.6%
1974	11.9%	28.3%
1975	11.6%	28.2%
1976	11.2%	24.5%
1977	10.8%	24.5%
1978	10.4%	24.4%
1979	10%	24.2%
1980	9.57%	24%
1981	9.14%	23.8%
1982	8.73%	23.5%
1983	8.34%	32%
1984	7.98%	31.4%
1985	7.67%	30.3%
1986	7.38%	29.7%
1987	7.11%	21.5%
1988	6.84%	21%
1989	6.58%	20.6%
1990	6.31%	20.2%
1991	6.02%	19.7%
1992	5.72%	19.1%
1993	5.41%	18.5%
1994	5.09%	17.9%
1995	4.77%	17.2%
1996	4.47%	16.6%
1997	4.19%	15.9%
1998	3.93%	15.3%
1999	3.68%	14.7%
2000	3.45%	14%
2001	3.22%	13.4%
2002	3.01%	12.8%
2003	2.81%	12.1%
2004	2.63%	11.5%
2005	2.46%	10.9%
2006	2.31%	10.3%
2007	2.17%	9.74%
2008	2.05%	9.23%
2009	1.95%	8.76%
2010	1.86%	8.32%
2011	1.79%	7.91%
2012	1.72%	7.53%
2013	1.67%	7.16%
2014	1.63%	6.82%
2015	1.6%	6.49%
2016	1.68%	6.17%
2017	1.54%	5.89%
2018	1.52%	5.64%
2019	1.5%	5.41%
2020	1.49%	5.2%
2021	1.47%	5%
2022	1.46%	4.82%
2023	1.44%	4.65%