Fertility & birth rates in Brunei and Colombia

Fertility rate in Brunei vs Colombia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Brunei was 1.75 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 Brunei 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
	Brunei	Colombia
1960	7.32	6.74
1961	7.19	6.71
1962	7.03	6.66
1963	6.89	6.58
1964	6.77	6.48
1965	6.65	6.33
1966	6.51	6.16
1967	6.37	5.96
1968	6.2	5.74
1969	6.01	5.51
1970	5.8	5.28
1971	5.62	5.06
1972	5.5	4.86
1973	5.36	4.68
1974	5.18	4.53
1975	4.99	4.4
1976	4.78	4.29
1977	4.58	4.16
1978	4.39	4
1979	4.22	3.89
1980	4.07	3.8
1981	3.94	3.71
1982	3.84	3.62
1983	3.75	3.5
1984	3.68	3.35
1985	3.61	3.23
1986	3.55	3.15
1987	3.49	3.09
1988	3.44	3.04
1989	3.36	3.01
1990	3.29	3
1991	3.21	2.98
1992	3.11	2.98
1993	3.01	2.98
1994	2.9	2.94
1995	2.79	2.85
1996	2.68	2.77
1997	2.6	2.74
1998	2.53	2.72
1999	2.46	2.64
2000	2.4	2.57
2001	2.34	2.52
2002	2.26	2.49
2003	2.19	2.45
2004	2.1	2.38
2005	2.02	2.31
2006	1.97	2.24
2007	1.93	2.19
2008	1.92	2.15
2009	1.92	2.1
2010	1.94	2.01
2011	1.96	1.94
2012	1.97	1.9
2013	1.98	1.86
2014	1.97	1.82
2015	1.95	1.77
2016	1.92	1.72
2017	1.88	1.72
2018	1.85	1.72
2019	1.82	1.71
2020	1.8	1.69
2021	1.78	1.68
2022	1.76	1.66
2023	1.75	1.65
2024	1.73	1.63
2025	1.71	1.62
2026	1.7	1.6
2027	1.68	1.6
2028	1.68	1.59
2029	1.67	1.59
2030	1.66	1.58
2031	1.65	1.58
2032	1.65	1.57
2033	1.65	1.57
2034	1.64	1.57
2035	1.64	1.57
2036	1.64	1.57
2037	1.64	1.57
2038	1.64	1.57
2039	1.63	1.57
2040	1.63	1.57
2041	1.63	1.57
2042	1.63	1.57
2043	1.62	1.57
2044	1.62	1.57
2045	1.62	1.57
2046	1.62	1.57
2047	1.62	1.58
2048	1.62	1.58
2049	1.62	1.58
2050	1.61	1.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brunei	Colombia
1960	44.1%	46.8%
1961	45.2%	47%
1962	46.1%	47.1%
1963	46.6%	47.2%
1964	46.6%	47.3%
1965	46.5%	47.2%
1966	46%	47.1%
1967	45.4%	46.9%
1968	44.8%	46.7%
1969	44.2%	46.4%
1970	43.6%	46%
1971	43.3%	45.6%
1972	43%	45.1%
1973	42.6%	44.6%
1974	42%	44%
1975	41.3%	43.4%
1976	40.6%	42.8%
1977	39.9%	42.2%
1978	39.3%	41.5%
1979	38.9%	40.9%
1980	38.5%	40.3%
1981	38.1%	39.7%
1982	37.6%	39.1%
1983	36.9%	38.6%
1984	36.3%	38.1%
1985	35.7%	37.6%
1986	35.2%	37.2%
1987	34.9%	36.9%
1988	34.7%	36.5%
1989	34.6%	36.2%
1990	34.4%	35.9%
1991	34.4%	35.6%
1992	34.3%	35.3%
1993	34.1%	35%
1994	33.7%	34.7%
1995	33.3%	34.4%
1996	32.7%	34%
1997	32.2%	33.7%
1998	31.6%	33.3%
1999	31%	32.9%
2000	30.3%	32.5%
2001	29.6%	32.1%
2002	28.9%	31.7%
2003	28.1%	31.3%
2004	27.4%	30.9%
2005	26.7%	30.4%
2006	25.9%	29.9%
2007	25.5%	29.3%
2008	25.5%	28.7%
2009	25.4%	28.1%
2010	25.3%	27.5%
2011	25.2%	26.9%
2012	24.9%	26.3%
2013	24.5%	25.7%
2014	24%	25.1%
2015	23.6%	24.5%
2016	23.1%	23.9%
2017	22.7%	23.3%
2018	22.3%	22.7%
2019	21.9%	22.1%
2020	21.6%	21.7%
2021	21.3%	21.3%
2022	21.2%	21%
2023	21%	20.6%
2024	20.8%	20.3%
2025	20.6%	20%
2026	20.4%	19.7%
2027	20.1%	19.5%
2028	19.8%	19.3%
2029	19.5%	19.1%
2030	19.1%	18.8%
2031	18.8%	18.6%
2032	18.5%	18.4%
2033	18.2%	18.2%
2034	18%	18%
2035	17.7%	17.7%
2036	17.5%	17.4%
2037	17.2%	17.2%
2038	17%	16.9%
2039	16.8%	16.7%
2040	16.6%	16.4%
2041	16.4%	16.2%
2042	16.3%	16%
2043	16.1%	15.7%
2044	16%	15.5%
2045	15.9%	15.4%
2046	15.8%	15.2%
2047	15.7%	15%
2048	15.7%	14.8%
2049	15.6%	14.7%
2050	15.6%	14.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Brunei and 20.3% in Colombia in 2024, compared to 34.4% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brunei and Colombia compared.

Natural population change in Brunei vs Colombia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.01% in Brunei 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
	Brunei	Colombia
1960	3,168	529,316
1961	3,175	545,627
1962	3,128	559,985
1963	3,195	572,355
1964	3,264	581,435
1965	3,326	587,677
1966	3,403	590,855
1967	3,477	591,649
1968	3,551	589,407
1969	3,618	586,559
1970	3,694	583,396
1971	3,880	582,011
1972	4,085	581,361
1973	4,216	583,608
1974	4,334	589,035
1975	4,431	598,580
1976	4,518	612,265
1977	4,594	622,814
1978	4,668	626,378
1979	4,717	635,747
1980	4,775	649,872
1981	4,839	662,195
1982	4,931	675,339
1983	5,138	674,767
1984	5,373	666,315
1985	5,620	625,379
1986	5,826	659,701
1987	6,017	659,429
1988	6,135	663,796
1989	6,202	674,102
1990	6,265	682,409
1991	6,259	690,266
1992	6,169	697,763
1993	6,045	709,287
1994	5,907	708,660
1995	5,750	694,968
1996	5,606	682,547
1997	5,518	686,073
1998	5,466	687,704
1999	5,388	668,576
2000	5,331	652,176
2001	5,275	642,933
2002	5,169	640,840
2003	5,034	642,144
2004	4,874	628,424
2005	4,703	610,618
2006	4,590	594,388
2007	4,521	583,115
2008	4,624	576,654
2009	4,789	559,017
2010	5,003	533,657
2011	5,242	511,524
2012	5,349	503,285
2013	5,302	489,069
2014	5,206	470,916
2015	5,060	446,778
2016	4,876	425,087
2017	4,685	426,538
2018	4,502	433,622
2019	4,335	441,087
2020	4,188	378,965
2021	3,985	311,122
2022	3,319	406,143
2023	3,837	422,598

Maternal mortality chart: Brunei vs Colombia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 36 deaths per 100,000 live births in Brunei, compared to 59 deaths in Colombia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brunei	Colombia
1985	79	143
1986	78	123
1987	75	120
1988	73	113
1989	71	106
1990	68	102
1991	65	99
1992	62	97
1993	59	94
1994	58	93
1995	55	91
1996	54	89
1997	52	90
1998	51	92
1999	50	96
2000	48	95
2001	46	94
2002	46	91
2003	45	87
2004	44	84
2005	43	82
2006	42	81
2007	41	80
2008	40	78
2009	40	77
2010	40	76
2011	40	75
2012	40	73
2013	40	72
2014	40	71
2015	39	70
2016	39	69
2017	39	68
2018	39	67
2019	38	66
2020	39	94
2021	44	147
2022	88	74
2023	36	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Brunei 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
	Brunei	Colombia
1960	8.9%	13.4%
1961	8.24%	13%
1962	7.66%	12.6%
1963	7.15%	12.2%
1964	6.7%	11.8%
1965	6.32%	11.5%
1966	5.98%	11.1%
1967	5.69%	10.8%
1968	5.42%	10.4%
1969	5.16%	10.1%
1970	4.91%	9.72%
1971	4.64%	9.36%
1972	4.35%	8.99%
1973	4.06%	8.6%
1974	3.77%	8.2%
1975	3.49%	7.8%
1976	3.21%	7.39%
1977	2.95%	6.98%
1978	2.71%	6.58%
1979	2.48%	6.2%
1980	2.28%	5.84%
1981	2.09%	5.5%
1982	1.93%	5.17%
1983	1.79%	4.88%
1984	1.67%	4.62%
1985	1.57%	4.89%
1986	1.48%	4.17%
1987	1.42%	3.99%
1988	1.38%	3.84%
1989	1.35%	3.7%
1990	1.33%	3.57%
1991	1.32%	3.45%
1992	1.31%	3.33%
1993	1.3%	3.21%
1994	1.27%	3.1%
1995	1.23%	2.99%
1996	1.19%	2.88%
1997	1.15%	2.78%
1998	1.1%	2.68%
1999	1.07%	2.59%
2000	1.03%	2.51%
2001	1%	2.43%
2002	0.98%	2.35%
2003	0.96%	2.28%
2004	0.95%	2.22%
2005	0.95%	2.15%
2006	0.95%	2.09%
2007	0.95%	2.02%
2008	0.96%	1.96%
2009	0.96%	1.89%
2010	0.97%	1.83%
2011	0.98%	1.77%
2012	0.99%	1.72%
2013	0.99%	1.66%
2014	1%	1.61%
2015	1%	1.56%
2016	1%	1.51%
2017	1%	1.46%
2018	0.99%	1.41%
2019	0.98%	1.37%
2020	0.97%	1.32%
2021	0.96%	1.28%
2022	0.95%	1.24%
2023	0.94%	1.2%