Fertility & birth rates in Bulgaria and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Bulgaria vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bulgaria vs Venezuela population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bulgaria	Venezuela
1960	2.31	6.38
1961	2.29	6.3
1962	2.24	6.23
1963	2.21	6.16
1964	2.19	6.07
1965	2.09	5.98
1966	2.03	5.87
1967	2.02	5.75
1968	2.27	5.61
1969	2.27	5.47
1970	2.17	5.32
1971	2.1	5.17
1972	2.03	5.04
1973	2.15	4.91
1974	2.29	4.79
1975	2.23	4.69
1976	2.24	4.59
1977	2.21	4.49
1978	2.15	4.4
1979	2.16	4.3
1980	2.05	4.2
1981	2	4.1
1982	2.01	4.01
1983	2.01	3.93
1984	2.01	3.86
1985	1.97	3.79
1986	2.02	3.73
1987	1.96	3.67
1988	1.97	3.6
1989	1.9	3.52
1990	1.82	3.45
1991	1.66	3.37
1992	1.55	3.29
1993	1.46	3.22
1994	1.37	3.15
1995	1.23	3.08
1996	1.23	3.02
1997	1.09	2.97
1998	1.11	2.91
1999	1.23	2.86
2000	1.26	2.79
2001	1.21	2.78
2002	1.23	2.74
2003	1.26	2.7
2004	1.33	2.64
2005	1.37	2.63
2006	1.44	2.6
2007	1.49	2.52
2008	1.56	2.48
2009	1.66	2.42
2010	1.57	2.4
2011	1.51	2.4
2012	1.5	2.38
2013	1.54	2.33
2014	1.62	2.3
2015	1.64	2.25
2016	1.67	2.22
2017	1.71	2.18
2018	1.73	2.15
2019	1.79	2.13
2020	1.77	2.12
2021	1.8	2.11
2022	1.78	2.09
2023	1.81	2.08
2024	1.81	2.08
2025	1.8	2.06
2026	1.8	2.04
2027	1.8	2.03
2028	1.8	2.01
2029	1.79	2
2030	1.79	1.99
2031	1.79	1.98
2032	1.79	1.97
2033	1.79	1.96
2034	1.79	1.95
2035	1.78	1.94
2036	1.78	1.93
2037	1.78	1.92
2038	1.77	1.91
2039	1.77	1.91
2040	1.77	1.9
2041	1.77	1.89
2042	1.77	1.88
2043	1.76	1.87
2044	1.76	1.86
2045	1.76	1.86
2046	1.76	1.85
2047	1.76	1.84
2048	1.76	1.84
2049	1.76	1.83
2050	1.76	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bulgaria	Venezuela
1960	26.1%	46.8%
1961	25.8%	46.9%
1962	25.4%	47%
1963	25.1%	47%
1964	24.7%	47%
1965	24.2%	46.9%
1966	23.8%	46.8%
1967	23.4%	46.6%
1968	23.2%	46.3%
1969	23%	46%
1970	22.8%	45.6%
1971	22.6%	45.2%
1972	22.4%	44.7%
1973	22.3%	44.3%
1974	22.2%	43.8%
1975	22.3%	43.3%
1976	22.3%	42.9%
1977	22.2%	42.5%
1978	22.2%	42.1%
1979	22.1%	41.7%
1980	22.1%	41.3%
1981	22.1%	41%
1982	22.1%	40.6%
1983	22%	40.3%
1984	21.8%	39.9%
1985	21.6%	39.6%
1986	21.4%	39.3%
1987	21.3%	39%
1988	21.1%	38.7%
1989	20.8%	38.4%
1990	20.3%	38.1%
1991	19.8%	37.8%
1992	19.3%	37.4%
1993	18.8%	37%
1994	18.3%	36.6%
1995	17.9%	36.2%
1996	17.4%	35.8%
1997	17%	35.3%
1998	16.5%	34.9%
1999	16.1%	34.5%
2000	15.7%	34%
2001	15.2%	33.6%
2002	14.8%	33.1%
2003	14.4%	32.7%
2004	14%	32.2%
2005	13.7%	31.8%
2006	13.5%	31.4%
2007	13.4%	31%
2008	13.3%	30.6%
2009	13.4%	30.3%
2010	13.5%	29.9%
2011	13.5%	29.5%
2012	13.6%	29.2%
2013	13.7%	28.9%
2014	13.8%	28.5%
2015	13.9%	28.2%
2016	14%	27.9%
2017	14.2%	27.8%
2018	14.3%	27.9%
2019	14.4%	28%
2020	14.4%	27.8%
2021	14.5%	27.4%
2022	14.5%	26.8%
2023	14.5%	26.2%
2024	14.5%	25.5%
2025	14.4%	24.9%
2026	14.3%	24.3%
2027	14.3%	23.8%
2028	14.2%	23.2%
2029	14.1%	22.8%
2030	14%	22.4%
2031	14%	22%
2032	13.9%	21.7%
2033	13.8%	21.5%
2034	13.8%	21.4%
2035	13.7%	21.4%
2036	13.7%	21.4%
2037	13.7%	21.5%
2038	13.6%	21.5%
2039	13.6%	21.4%
2040	13.6%	21.4%
2041	13.6%	21.3%
2042	13.6%	21.2%
2043	13.6%	21.1%
2044	13.6%	20.9%
2045	13.6%	20.7%
2046	13.7%	20.5%
2047	13.7%	20.3%
2048	13.7%	20%
2049	13.8%	19.8%
2050	13.8%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.5% of the population in Bulgaria and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 20.3% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bulgaria and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Bulgaria vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.79% in Bulgaria and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	76,314	285,105
1961	75,460	292,109
1962	64,104	299,345
1963	66,241	307,279
1964	66,783	314,397
1965	58,249	321,695
1966	54,504	329,697
1967	49,861	335,813
1968	69,468	340,973
1969	63,256	343,596
1970	61,125	350,709
1971	52,925	355,212
1972	47,169	360,749
1973	57,760	367,612
1974	64,223	375,678
1975	54,941	385,045
1976	56,055	395,344
1977	47,543	405,315
1978	44,070	414,032
1979	40,599	421,256
1980	30,129	425,613
1981	29,341	432,059
1982	24,077	436,564
1983	21,455	443,569
1984	20,610	449,186
1985	11,649	455,517
1986	16,125	468,252
1987	8,971	474,204
1988	9,879	477,569
1989	5,326	478,053
1990	-3,487	478,168
1991	-14,675	477,917
1992	-18,789	474,824
1993	-24,569	473,189
1994	-32,086	469,178
1995	-42,030	469,267
1996	-45,159	468,653
1997	-58,185	472,002
1998	-52,844	469,123
1999	-39,411	463,787
2000	-41,668	459,802
2001	-44,050	451,487
2002	-46,240	466,821
2003	-44,319	456,902
2004	-40,128	455,881
2005	-42,124	463,260
2006	-39,526	460,152
2007	-37,727	452,482
2008	-32,967	435,870
2009	-26,800	427,257
2010	-34,759	425,397
2011	-37,477	425,958
2012	-40,183	420,758
2013	-37,948	408,930
2014	-41,027	395,088
2015	-44,699	384,560
2016	-42,744	359,651
2017	-45,583	340,222
2018	-46,304	317,302
2019	-46,317	274,826
2020	-65,507	237,223
2021	-90,452	207,746
2022	-62,065	216,619
2023	-43,837	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Bulgaria vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bulgaria	Venezuela
1985	26	83
1986	25	81
1987	25	81
1988	26	80
1989	25	80
1990	27	83
1991	25	80
1992	25	82
1993	23	82
1994	25	84
1995	23	84
1996	22	86
1997	23	82
1998	20	82
1999	20	88
2000	19	86
2001	17	101
2002	15	87
2003	14	97
2004	14	94
2005	13	93
2006	12	96
2007	11	92
2008	10	103
2009	9	109
2010	9	110
2011	8	104
2012	7	113
2013	7	123
2014	7	133
2015	7	136
2016	7	162
2017	7	195
2018	7	205
2019	6	202
2020	9	207
2021	9	251
2022	10	219
2023	6	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Bulgaria and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	5.47%	7.97%
1961	4.89%	7.72%
1962	4.43%	7.49%
1963	4.08%	7.3%
1964	3.86%	7.14%
1965	3.75%	7%
1966	3.7%	6.87%
1967	3.64%	6.75%
1968	3.54%	6.61%
1969	3.4%	6.47%
1970	3.25%	6.3%
1971	3.11%	6.12%
1972	3.01%	5.94%
1973	2.95%	5.75%
1974	2.91%	5.57%
1975	2.86%	5.38%
1976	2.8%	5.2%
1977	2.72%	5.01%
1978	2.6%	4.82%
1979	2.49%	4.62%
1980	2.38%	4.42%
1981	2.3%	4.24%
1982	2.22%	4.07%
1983	2.15%	3.91%
1984	2.07%	3.77%
1985	1.97%	3.64%
1986	1.87%	3.5%
1987	1.8%	3.37%
1988	1.78%	3.23%
1989	1.79%	3.09%
1990	1.83%	2.96%
1991	1.89%	2.86%
1992	1.92%	2.78%
1993	1.92%	2.73%
1994	1.91%	2.68%
1995	1.92%	2.63%
1996	1.94%	2.55%
1997	1.93%	2.45%
1998	1.89%	2.34%
1999	1.82%	2.24%
2000	1.75%	2.15%
2001	1.68%	2.09%
2002	1.6%	2.03%
2003	1.51%	1.98%
2004	1.42%	1.91%
2005	1.33%	1.85%
2006	1.24%	1.79%
2007	1.18%	1.74%
2008	1.14%	1.72%
2009	1.12%	1.71%
2010	1.08%	1.72%
2011	1.04%	1.73%
2012	0.99%	1.76%
2013	0.93%	1.79%
2014	0.87%	1.83%
2015	0.82%	1.92%
2016	0.77%	2.43%
2017	0.73%	2.43%
2018	0.7%	2.43%
2019	0.67%	2.43%
2020	0.65%	2.43%
2021	0.63%	2.43%
2022	0.62%	2.43%
2023	0.61%	2.43%