Fertility & birth rates in Bulgaria and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Bulgaria vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	2.31	6.31
1961	2.29	6.37
1962	2.24	6.42
1963	2.21	6.47
1964	2.19	6.51
1965	2.09	6.54
1966	2.03	6.58
1967	2.02	6.61
1968	2.27	6.65
1969	2.27	6.67
1970	2.17	6.7
1971	2.1	6.7
1972	2.03	6.7
1973	2.15	6.7
1974	2.29	6.67
1975	2.23	6.66
1976	2.24	6.64
1977	2.21	6.62
1978	2.15	6.59
1979	2.16	6.56
1980	2.05	6.53
1981	2	6.48
1982	2.01	6.43
1983	2.01	6.43
1984	2.01	6.44
1985	1.97	6.43
1986	2.02	6.41
1987	1.96	6.39
1988	1.97	6.37
1989	1.9	6.35
1990	1.82	6.32
1991	1.66	6.28
1992	1.55	6.22
1993	1.46	6.15
1994	1.37	6.08
1995	1.23	6.02
1996	1.23	5.97
1997	1.09	5.93
1998	1.11	5.91
1999	1.23	5.88
2000	1.26	5.83
2001	1.21	5.76
2002	1.23	5.67
2003	1.26	5.6
2004	1.33	5.55
2005	1.37	5.5
2006	1.44	5.45
2007	1.49	5.47
2008	1.56	5.6
2009	1.66	5.68
2010	1.57	5.66
2011	1.51	5.6
2012	1.5	5.52
2013	1.54	5.43
2014	1.62	5.3
2015	1.64	5.25
2016	1.67	5.19
2017	1.71	5.13
2018	1.73	5.07
2019	1.79	5.02
2020	1.77	4.96
2021	1.8	4.91
2022	1.78	4.84
2023	1.81	4.76
2024	1.81	4.69
2025	1.8	4.62
2026	1.8	4.54
2027	1.8	4.46
2028	1.8	4.39
2029	1.79	4.3
2030	1.79	4.23
2031	1.79	4.14
2032	1.79	4.06
2033	1.79	3.97
2034	1.79	3.89
2035	1.78	3.82
2036	1.78	3.75
2037	1.78	3.67
2038	1.77	3.6
2039	1.77	3.53
2040	1.77	3.47
2041	1.77	3.4
2042	1.77	3.34
2043	1.76	3.28
2044	1.76	3.22
2045	1.76	3.16
2046	1.76	3.11
2047	1.76	3.06
2048	1.76	3.01
2049	1.76	2.97
2050	1.76	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bulgaria	Mozambique
1960	26.1%	41%
1961	25.8%	41.2%
1962	25.4%	41.4%
1963	25.1%	41.6%
1964	24.7%	41.9%
1965	24.2%	42.2%
1966	23.8%	42.5%
1967	23.4%	42.7%
1968	23.2%	42.9%
1969	23%	43.1%
1970	22.8%	43.3%
1971	22.6%	43.4%
1972	22.4%	43.6%
1973	22.3%	43.7%
1974	22.2%	43.8%
1975	22.3%	44%
1976	22.3%	44.1%
1977	22.2%	44.3%
1978	22.2%	44.6%
1979	22.1%	44.9%
1980	22.1%	45.3%
1981	22.1%	45.6%
1982	22.1%	45.7%
1983	22%	45.8%
1984	21.8%	45.9%
1985	21.6%	45.9%
1986	21.4%	45.9%
1987	21.3%	45.9%
1988	21.1%	45.8%
1989	20.8%	45.7%
1990	20.3%	45.7%
1991	19.8%	45.6%
1992	19.3%	45.5%
1993	18.8%	45.4%
1994	18.3%	45.2%
1995	17.9%	45%
1996	17.4%	44.9%
1997	17%	44.8%
1998	16.5%	44.9%
1999	16.1%	45%
2000	15.7%	45.1%
2001	15.2%	45.1%
2002	14.8%	45.2%
2003	14.4%	45.3%
2004	14%	45.3%
2005	13.7%	45.3%
2006	13.5%	45.4%
2007	13.4%	45.4%
2008	13.3%	45.5%
2009	13.4%	45.6%
2010	13.5%	45.8%
2011	13.5%	45.8%
2012	13.6%	45.9%
2013	13.7%	45.8%
2014	13.8%	45.8%
2015	13.9%	45.7%
2016	14%	45.6%
2017	14.2%	45.5%
2018	14.3%	45.4%
2019	14.4%	45.3%
2020	14.4%	45.2%
2021	14.5%	45.1%
2022	14.5%	45%
2023	14.5%	44.8%
2024	14.5%	44.5%
2025	14.4%	44.2%
2026	14.3%	43.9%
2027	14.3%	43.5%
2028	14.2%	43.2%
2029	14.1%	42.9%
2030	14%	42.5%
2031	14%	42.2%
2032	13.9%	41.9%
2033	13.8%	41.5%
2034	13.8%	41.1%
2035	13.7%	40.7%
2036	13.7%	40.3%
2037	13.7%	39.9%
2038	13.6%	39.5%
2039	13.6%	39%
2040	13.6%	38.6%
2041	13.6%	38.2%
2042	13.6%	37.7%
2043	13.6%	37.3%
2044	13.6%	36.9%
2045	13.6%	36.4%
2046	13.7%	36%
2047	13.7%	35.6%
2048	13.7%	35.2%
2049	13.8%	34.8%
2050	13.8%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.5% of the population in Bulgaria and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 20.3% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bulgaria and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Bulgaria vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.79% in Bulgaria and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	76,314	165,774
1961	75,460	171,236
1962	64,104	176,297
1963	66,241	180,867
1964	66,783	182,334
1965	58,249	185,931
1966	54,504	189,218
1967	49,861	193,044
1968	69,468	197,623
1969	63,256	202,174
1970	61,125	207,385
1971	52,925	211,137
1972	47,169	215,793
1973	57,760	226,847
1974	64,223	240,665
1975	54,941	257,984
1976	56,055	273,924
1977	47,543	289,193
1978	44,070	310,403
1979	40,599	331,162
1980	30,129	349,586
1981	29,341	322,207
1982	24,077	321,493
1983	21,455	324,158
1984	20,610	304,524
1985	11,649	307,625
1986	16,125	332,609
1987	8,971	334,438
1988	9,879	349,480
1989	5,326	348,833
1990	-3,487	353,290
1991	-14,675	357,676
1992	-18,789	362,373
1993	-24,569	369,518
1994	-32,086	384,821
1995	-42,030	421,630
1996	-45,159	442,559
1997	-58,185	461,209
1998	-52,844	474,453
1999	-39,411	491,814
2000	-41,668	506,162
2001	-44,050	519,594
2002	-46,240	529,867
2003	-44,319	540,992
2004	-40,128	554,973
2005	-42,124	570,132
2006	-39,526	586,009
2007	-37,727	610,913
2008	-32,967	654,920
2009	-26,800	693,673
2010	-34,759	719,025
2011	-37,477	741,303
2012	-40,183	763,088
2013	-37,948	784,641
2014	-41,027	799,778
2015	-44,699	824,435
2016	-42,744	850,430
2017	-45,583	876,594
2018	-46,304	903,176
2019	-46,317	927,581
2020	-65,507	945,952
2021	-90,452	951,234
2022	-62,065	1,003,689
2023	-43,837	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Bulgaria vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bulgaria	Mozambique
1985	26	1,452
1986	25	1,355
1987	25	1,348
1988	26	1,259
1989	25	1,209
1990	27	1,150
1991	25	1,094
1992	25	1,046
1993	23	968
1994	25	902
1995	23	883
1996	22	819
1997	23	738
1998	20	694
1999	20	624
2000	19	547
2001	17	473
2002	15	398
2003	14	360
2004	14	321
2005	13	301
2006	12	298
2007	11	327
2008	10	365
2009	9	352
2010	9	305
2011	8	268
2012	7	218
2013	7	196
2014	7	210
2015	7	216
2016	7	202
2017	7	187
2018	7	159
2019	6	134
2020	9	123
2021	9	180
2022	10	104
2023	6	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Bulgaria and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	5.47%	-
1961	4.89%	-
1962	4.43%	-
1963	4.08%	26.5%
1964	3.86%	26.7%
1965	3.75%	26.8%
1966	3.7%	26.8%
1967	3.64%	26.9%
1968	3.54%	26.9%
1969	3.4%	26.9%
1970	3.25%	26.8%
1971	3.11%	26.7%
1972	3.01%	26.6%
1973	2.95%	26.4%
1974	2.91%	26.3%
1975	2.86%	26.1%
1976	2.8%	26%
1977	2.72%	25.8%
1978	2.6%	25.7%
1979	2.49%	25.7%
1980	2.38%	25.6%
1981	2.3%	25.6%
1982	2.22%	25.5%
1983	2.15%	25.3%
1984	2.07%	25.1%
1985	1.97%	24.8%
1986	1.87%	24.5%
1987	1.8%	24.2%
1988	1.78%	23.9%
1989	1.79%	23.6%
1990	1.83%	23.3%
1991	1.89%	23%
1992	1.92%	22.6%
1993	1.92%	22.1%
1994	1.91%	21.6%
1995	1.92%	20.9%
1996	1.94%	20.1%
1997	1.93%	19.2%
1998	1.89%	18.2%
1999	1.82%	17.2%
2000	1.75%	16.3%
2001	1.68%	15.4%
2002	1.6%	14.6%
2003	1.51%	13.9%
2004	1.42%	13.2%
2005	1.33%	12.5%
2006	1.24%	11.8%
2007	1.18%	11%
2008	1.14%	10.4%
2009	1.12%	9.75%
2010	1.08%	9.5%
2011	1.04%	9.05%
2012	0.99%	8.63%
2013	0.93%	8.26%
2014	0.87%	7.92%
2015	0.82%	7.51%
2016	0.77%	7.23%
2017	0.73%	7.09%
2018	0.7%	6.95%
2019	0.67%	6.83%
2020	0.65%	6.73%
2021	0.63%	6.58%
2022	0.62%	6.43%
2023	0.61%	6.17%