Fertility & birth rates in Bulgaria and Israel

Fertility rate in Bulgaria vs Israel chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bulgaria was 1.81 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.85 in Israel in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bulgaria	Israel
1960	2.31	3.87
1961	2.29	3.86
1962	2.24	3.85
1963	2.21	3.84
1964	2.19	3.83
1965	2.09	3.81
1966	2.03	3.8
1967	2.02	3.79
1968	2.27	3.79
1969	2.27	3.78
1970	2.17	3.78
1971	2.1	3.77
1972	2.03	3.77
1973	2.15	3.7
1974	2.29	3.63
1975	2.23	3.55
1976	2.24	3.48
1977	2.21	3.41
1978	2.15	3.35
1979	2.16	3.3
1980	2.05	3.24
1981	2	3.19
1982	2.01	3.13
1983	2.01	3.11
1984	2.01	3.08
1985	1.97	3.06
1986	2.02	3.03
1987	1.96	3.01
1988	1.97	2.95
1989	1.9	2.89
1990	1.82	2.82
1991	1.66	2.76
1992	1.55	2.7
1993	1.46	2.8
1994	1.37	2.9
1995	1.23	2.9
1996	1.23	2.9
1997	1.09	2.94
1998	1.11	2.98
1999	1.23	2.97
2000	1.26	2.95
2001	1.21	2.92
2002	1.23	2.89
2003	1.26	2.95
2004	1.33	2.9
2005	1.37	2.84
2006	1.44	2.88
2007	1.49	2.9
2008	1.56	2.96
2009	1.66	2.96
2010	1.57	3.03
2011	1.51	2.98
2012	1.5	3.05
2013	1.54	3.03
2014	1.62	3.08
2015	1.64	3.09
2016	1.67	3.11
2017	1.71	3.11
2018	1.73	3.09
2019	1.79	3.01
2020	1.77	2.9
2021	1.8	3
2022	1.78	2.89
2023	1.81	2.85
2024	1.81	2.8
2025	1.8	2.77
2026	1.8	2.75
2027	1.8	2.72
2028	1.8	2.7
2029	1.79	2.67
2030	1.79	2.66
2031	1.79	2.64
2032	1.79	2.63
2033	1.79	2.6
2034	1.79	2.58
2035	1.78	2.56
2036	1.78	2.55
2037	1.78	2.53
2038	1.77	2.51
2039	1.77	2.49
2040	1.77	2.47
2041	1.77	2.46
2042	1.77	2.44
2043	1.76	2.42
2044	1.76	2.41
2045	1.76	2.39
2046	1.76	2.38
2047	1.76	2.36
2048	1.76	2.35
2049	1.76	2.34
2050	1.76	2.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bulgaria	Israel
1960	26.1%	35.2%
1961	25.8%	34.9%
1962	25.4%	34.8%
1963	25.1%	34.9%
1964	24.7%	34.8%
1965	24.2%	34.6%
1966	23.8%	34.4%
1967	23.4%	34.1%
1968	23.2%	33.8%
1969	23%	33.5%
1970	22.8%	33.2%
1971	22.6%	32.9%
1972	22.4%	32.7%
1973	22.3%	32.6%
1974	22.2%	32.7%
1975	22.3%	32.7%
1976	22.3%	32.8%
1977	22.2%	32.9%
1978	22.2%	33%
1979	22.1%	33%
1980	22.1%	32.9%
1981	22.1%	32.8%
1982	22.1%	32.7%
1983	22%	32.7%
1984	21.8%	32.6%
1985	21.6%	32.5%
1986	21.4%	32.3%
1987	21.3%	32.1%
1988	21.1%	31.9%
1989	20.8%	31.7%
1990	20.3%	31.3%
1991	19.8%	30.7%
1992	19.3%	30.3%
1993	18.8%	30%
1994	18.3%	29.8%
1995	17.9%	29.6%
1996	17.4%	29.3%
1997	17%	29%
1998	16.5%	28.8%
1999	16.1%	28.5%
2000	15.7%	28.3%
2001	15.2%	28.1%
2002	14.8%	28%
2003	14.4%	27.9%
2004	14%	27.9%
2005	13.7%	27.9%
2006	13.5%	27.8%
2007	13.4%	27.8%
2008	13.3%	27.8%
2009	13.4%	27.9%
2010	13.5%	28%
2011	13.5%	28.1%
2012	13.6%	28.1%
2013	13.7%	28.2%
2014	13.8%	28.2%
2015	13.9%	28.2%
2016	14%	28.3%
2017	14.2%	28.2%
2018	14.3%	28.2%
2019	14.4%	28.1%
2020	14.4%	28%
2021	14.5%	27.9%
2022	14.5%	27.8%
2023	14.5%	27.6%
2024	14.5%	27.4%
2025	14.4%	27.2%
2026	14.3%	26.9%
2027	14.3%	26.6%
2028	14.2%	26.4%
2029	14.1%	26.1%
2030	14%	25.8%
2031	14%	25.5%
2032	13.9%	25.2%
2033	13.8%	25%
2034	13.8%	24.7%
2035	13.7%	24.6%
2036	13.7%	24.4%
2037	13.7%	24.2%
2038	13.6%	24.1%
2039	13.6%	24%
2040	13.6%	24%
2041	13.6%	23.9%
2042	13.6%	23.9%
2043	13.6%	23.8%
2044	13.6%	23.8%
2045	13.6%	23.8%
2046	13.7%	23.8%
2047	13.7%	23.7%
2048	13.7%	23.7%
2049	13.8%	23.6%
2050	13.8%	23.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.5% of the population in Bulgaria and 27.4% in Israel in 2024, compared to 20.3% and 31.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bulgaria and Israel compared.

Natural population change in Bulgaria vs Israel by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.79% in Bulgaria and +1.5% in Israel. 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
	Bulgaria	Israel
1960	76,314	44,818
1961	75,460	42,170
1962	64,104	43,337
1963	66,241	44,964
1964	66,783	48,015
1965	58,249	49,979
1966	54,504	50,477
1967	49,861	47,488
1968	69,468	51,014
1969	63,256	53,800
1970	61,125	56,506
1971	52,925	64,449
1972	47,169	62,960
1973	57,760	65,560
1974	64,223	68,891
1975	54,941	70,828
1976	56,055	74,899
1977	47,543	70,092
1978	44,070	67,158
1979	40,599	68,148
1980	30,129	68,253
1981	29,341	67,647
1982	24,077	68,931
1983	21,455	70,196
1984	20,610	70,703
1985	11,649	71,538
1986	16,125	70,073
1987	8,971	69,904
1988	9,879	71,072
1989	5,326	68,674
1990	-3,487	71,764
1991	-14,675	73,740
1992	-18,789	77,357
1993	-24,569	77,337
1994	-32,086	79,365
1995	-42,030	82,066
1996	-45,159	86,518
1997	-58,185	88,707
1998	-52,844	93,744
1999	-39,411	94,325
2000	-41,668	98,737
2001	-44,050	99,160
2002	-46,240	101,178
2003	-44,319	106,366
2004	-40,128	106,901
2005	-42,124	105,338
2006	-39,526	109,332
2007	-37,727	111,292
2008	-32,967	117,672
2009	-26,800	122,015
2010	-34,759	126,552
2011	-37,477	125,030
2012	-40,183	128,941
2013	-37,948	129,758
2014	-41,027	133,916
2015	-44,699	134,082
2016	-42,744	136,736
2017	-45,583	138,541
2018	-46,304	140,348
2019	-46,317	135,810
2020	-65,507	128,089
2021	-90,452	134,011
2022	-62,065	129,982
2023	-43,837	131,977

Maternal mortality chart: Bulgaria vs Israel

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bulgaria, compared to 2 deaths in Israel.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bulgaria	Israel
1985	26	36
1986	25	36
1987	25	30
1988	26	31
1989	25	30
1990	27	29
1991	25	28
1992	25	27
1993	23	25
1994	25	24
1995	23	22
1996	22	20
1997	23	17
1998	20	14
1999	20	11
2000	19	9
2001	17	7
2002	15	7
2003	14	5
2004	14	5
2005	13	4
2006	12	4
2007	11	4
2008	10	4
2009	9	4
2010	9	3
2011	8	3
2012	7	3
2013	7	3
2014	7	3
2015	7	3
2016	7	3
2017	7	3
2018	7	3
2019	6	3
2020	9	3
2021	9	3
2022	10	3
2023	6	2

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Bulgaria and 0.34% in Israel. 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
	Bulgaria	Israel
1960	5.47%	4.71%
1961	4.89%	4.48%
1962	4.43%	4.26%
1963	4.08%	4.06%
1964	3.86%	3.86%
1965	3.75%	3.68%
1966	3.7%	3.52%
1967	3.64%	3.36%
1968	3.54%	3.23%
1969	3.4%	3.11%
1970	3.25%	3.01%
1971	3.11%	2.91%
1972	3.01%	2.82%
1973	2.95%	2.72%
1974	2.91%	2.61%
1975	2.86%	2.48%
1976	2.8%	2.33%
1977	2.72%	2.19%
1978	2.6%	2.05%
1979	2.49%	1.93%
1980	2.38%	1.82%
1981	2.3%	1.74%
1982	2.22%	1.66%
1983	2.15%	1.59%
1984	2.07%	1.51%
1985	1.97%	1.44%
1986	1.87%	1.37%
1987	1.8%	1.31%
1988	1.78%	1.26%
1989	1.79%	1.21%
1990	1.83%	1.15%
1991	1.89%	1.1%
1992	1.92%	1.04%
1993	1.92%	0.98%
1994	1.91%	0.92%
1995	1.92%	0.87%
1996	1.94%	0.82%
1997	1.93%	0.78%
1998	1.89%	0.75%
1999	1.82%	0.72%
2000	1.75%	0.69%
2001	1.68%	0.66%
2002	1.6%	0.63%
2003	1.51%	0.61%
2004	1.42%	0.58%
2005	1.33%	0.56%
2006	1.24%	0.53%
2007	1.18%	0.51%
2008	1.14%	0.49%
2009	1.12%	0.47%
2010	1.08%	0.46%
2011	1.04%	0.44%
2012	0.99%	0.43%
2013	0.93%	0.41%
2014	0.87%	0.4%
2015	0.82%	0.39%
2016	0.77%	0.38%
2017	0.73%	0.37%
2018	0.7%	0.37%
2019	0.67%	0.36%
2020	0.65%	0.35%
2021	0.63%	0.35%
2022	0.62%	0.34%
2023	0.61%	0.34%