Fertility & birth rates in Brunei and Ethiopia

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

Check Brunei 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
	Brunei	Ethiopia
1960	7.32	6.51
1961	7.19	6.53
1962	7.03	6.56
1963	6.89	6.59
1964	6.77	6.61
1965	6.65	6.63
1966	6.51	6.66
1967	6.37	6.68
1968	6.2	6.7
1969	6.01	6.72
1970	5.8	6.78
1971	5.62	6.84
1972	5.5	6.9
1973	5.36	6.96
1974	5.18	7.02
1975	4.99	7.08
1976	4.78	7.13
1977	4.58	7.19
1978	4.39	7.23
1979	4.22	7.25
1980	4.07	7.29
1981	3.94	7.31
1982	3.84	7.34
1983	3.75	7.35
1984	3.68	7.36
1985	3.61	7.34
1986	3.55	7.32
1987	3.49	7.29
1988	3.44	7.26
1989	3.36	7.23
1990	3.29	7.2
1991	3.21	7.16
1992	3.11	7.13
1993	3.01	7.09
1994	2.9	7.05
1995	2.79	7
1996	2.68	6.93
1997	2.6	6.87
1998	2.53	6.79
1999	2.46	6.72
2000	2.4	6.65
2001	2.34	6.58
2002	2.26	6.5
2003	2.19	6.4
2004	2.1	6.3
2005	2.02	6.19
2006	1.97	6.05
2007	1.93	5.89
2008	1.92	5.7
2009	1.92	5.49
2010	1.94	5.28
2011	1.96	5.08
2012	1.97	4.89
2013	1.98	4.71
2014	1.97	4.61
2015	1.95	4.53
2016	1.92	4.47
2017	1.88	4.4
2018	1.85	4.37
2019	1.82	4.35
2020	1.8	4.27
2021	1.78	4.18
2022	1.76	4.08
2023	1.75	3.99
2024	1.73	3.91
2025	1.71	3.81
2026	1.7	3.72
2027	1.68	3.64
2028	1.68	3.57
2029	1.67	3.5
2030	1.66	3.43
2031	1.65	3.36
2032	1.65	3.3
2033	1.65	3.24
2034	1.64	3.19
2035	1.64	3.14
2036	1.64	3.08
2037	1.64	3.03
2038	1.64	2.99
2039	1.63	2.94
2040	1.63	2.9
2041	1.63	2.86
2042	1.63	2.83
2043	1.62	2.79
2044	1.62	2.75
2045	1.62	2.72
2046	1.62	2.68
2047	1.62	2.65
2048	1.62	2.62
2049	1.62	2.59
2050	1.61	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brunei	Ethiopia
1960	44.1%	42.2%
1961	45.2%	42.2%
1962	46.1%	42.1%
1963	46.6%	42.2%
1964	46.6%	42.3%
1965	46.5%	42.5%
1966	46%	42.9%
1967	45.4%	43.2%
1968	44.8%	43.5%
1969	44.2%	43.8%
1970	43.6%	44.2%
1971	43.3%	44.5%
1972	43%	44.9%
1973	42.6%	45.2%
1974	42%	45.4%
1975	41.3%	45.6%
1976	40.6%	45.7%
1977	39.9%	45.9%
1978	39.3%	46.1%
1979	38.9%	46.2%
1980	38.5%	46.3%
1981	38.1%	46.4%
1982	37.6%	46.5%
1983	36.9%	46.4%
1984	36.3%	46.2%
1985	35.7%	46.1%
1986	35.2%	46%
1987	34.9%	46%
1988	34.7%	46%
1989	34.6%	46.1%
1990	34.4%	46.2%
1991	34.4%	46.2%
1992	34.3%	46.2%
1993	34.1%	46.4%
1994	33.7%	46.5%
1995	33.3%	46.7%
1996	32.7%	46.9%
1997	32.2%	47.1%
1998	31.6%	47.4%
1999	31%	47.6%
2000	30.3%	47.7%
2001	29.6%	47.8%
2002	28.9%	47.8%
2003	28.1%	47.7%
2004	27.4%	47.6%
2005	26.7%	47.4%
2006	25.9%	47.2%
2007	25.5%	46.9%
2008	25.5%	46.6%
2009	25.4%	46.2%
2010	25.3%	45.7%
2011	25.2%	45.2%
2012	24.9%	44.6%
2013	24.5%	44%
2014	24%	43.4%
2015	23.6%	42.9%
2016	23.1%	42.3%
2017	22.7%	41.8%
2018	22.3%	41.3%
2019	21.9%	40.9%
2020	21.6%	40.5%
2021	21.3%	40.1%
2022	21.2%	39.7%
2023	21%	39.4%
2024	20.8%	39.1%
2025	20.6%	38.8%
2026	20.4%	38.5%
2027	20.1%	38.3%
2028	19.8%	38.1%
2029	19.5%	37.8%
2030	19.1%	37.6%
2031	18.8%	37.3%
2032	18.5%	37%
2033	18.2%	36.6%
2034	18%	36.2%
2035	17.7%	35.8%
2036	17.5%	35.4%
2037	17.2%	34.9%
2038	17%	34.5%
2039	16.8%	34%
2040	16.6%	33.6%
2041	16.4%	33.2%
2042	16.3%	32.8%
2043	16.1%	32.4%
2044	16%	32%
2045	15.9%	31.7%
2046	15.8%	31.3%
2047	15.7%	31%
2048	15.7%	30.7%
2049	15.6%	30.3%
2050	15.6%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Brunei and 39.1% in Ethiopia in 2024, compared to 34.4% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brunei and Ethiopia compared.

Natural population change in Brunei vs Ethiopia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.01% in Brunei 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
	Brunei	Ethiopia
1960	3,168	511,694
1961	3,175	538,518
1962	3,128	563,650
1963	3,195	590,998
1964	3,264	618,667
1965	3,326	642,359
1966	3,403	616,281
1967	3,477	695,283
1968	3,551	715,602
1969	3,618	736,428
1970	3,694	760,821
1971	3,880	787,047
1972	4,085	779,808
1973	4,216	807,535
1974	4,334	777,306
1975	4,431	801,425
1976	4,518	899,577
1977	4,594	929,381
1978	4,668	943,388
1979	4,717	987,203
1980	4,775	1,007,516
1981	4,839	1,018,838
1982	4,931	1,080,853
1983	5,138	863,472
1984	5,373	920,670
1985	5,620	997,050
1986	5,826	1,050,277
1987	6,017	1,356,853
1988	6,135	1,393,356
1989	6,202	1,441,769
1990	6,265	1,479,663
1991	6,259	1,579,416
1992	6,169	1,673,839
1993	6,045	1,734,851
1994	5,907	1,788,133
1995	5,750	1,831,068
1996	5,606	1,896,364
1997	5,518	1,945,112
1998	5,466	1,984,989
1999	5,388	2,010,987
2000	5,331	2,083,622
2001	5,275	2,137,791
2002	5,169	2,189,683
2003	5,034	2,231,223
2004	4,874	2,296,999
2005	4,703	2,353,375
2006	4,590	2,393,585
2007	4,521	2,436,753
2008	4,624	2,465,283
2009	4,789	2,467,118
2010	5,003	2,498,048
2011	5,242	2,527,811
2012	5,349	2,533,398
2013	5,302	2,546,020
2014	5,206	2,623,647
2015	5,060	2,713,529
2016	4,876	2,809,889
2017	4,685	2,899,143
2018	4,502	3,015,231
2019	4,335	3,132,780
2020	4,188	3,199,718
2021	3,985	3,204,673
2022	3,319	3,300,114
2023	3,837	3,338,649

Maternal mortality chart: Brunei vs Ethiopia

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 195 deaths in Ethiopia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brunei	Ethiopia
1985	79	1,329
1986	78	1,317
1987	75	1,289
1988	73	1,306
1989	71	1,296
1990	68	1,320
1991	65	1,239
1992	62	1,218
1993	59	1,168
1994	58	1,113
1995	55	1,060
1996	54	1,008
1997	52	957
1998	51	911
1999	50	901
2000	48	870
2001	46	856
2002	46	826
2003	45	797
2004	44	764
2005	43	754
2006	42	729
2007	41	704
2008	40	678
2009	40	649
2010	40	619
2011	40	588
2012	40	545
2013	40	494
2014	40	444
2015	39	401
2016	39	364
2017	39	327
2018	39	297
2019	38	269
2020	39	244
2021	44	250
2022	88	207
2023	36	195

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Brunei 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
	Brunei	Ethiopia
1960	8.9%	-
1961	8.24%	-
1962	7.66%	-
1963	7.15%	-
1964	6.7%	-
1965	6.32%	-
1966	5.98%	27.8%
1967	5.69%	24.9%
1968	5.42%	24.8%
1969	5.16%	24.8%
1970	4.91%	24.7%
1971	4.64%	24.7%
1972	4.35%	24.7%
1973	4.06%	24.6%
1974	3.77%	28.3%
1975	3.49%	28.2%
1976	3.21%	24.5%
1977	2.95%	24.5%
1978	2.71%	24.4%
1979	2.48%	24.2%
1980	2.28%	24%
1981	2.09%	23.8%
1982	1.93%	23.5%
1983	1.79%	32%
1984	1.67%	31.4%
1985	1.57%	30.3%
1986	1.48%	29.7%
1987	1.42%	21.5%
1988	1.38%	21%
1989	1.35%	20.6%
1990	1.33%	20.2%
1991	1.32%	19.7%
1992	1.31%	19.1%
1993	1.3%	18.5%
1994	1.27%	17.9%
1995	1.23%	17.2%
1996	1.19%	16.6%
1997	1.15%	15.9%
1998	1.1%	15.3%
1999	1.07%	14.7%
2000	1.03%	14%
2001	1%	13.4%
2002	0.98%	12.8%
2003	0.96%	12.1%
2004	0.95%	11.5%
2005	0.95%	10.9%
2006	0.95%	10.3%
2007	0.95%	9.74%
2008	0.96%	9.23%
2009	0.96%	8.76%
2010	0.97%	8.32%
2011	0.98%	7.91%
2012	0.99%	7.53%
2013	0.99%	7.16%
2014	1%	6.82%
2015	1%	6.49%
2016	1%	6.17%
2017	1%	5.89%
2018	0.99%	5.64%
2019	0.98%	5.41%
2020	0.97%	5.2%
2021	0.96%	5%
2022	0.95%	4.82%
2023	0.94%	4.65%