Fertility & birth rates in Burundi and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Burundi vs Nicaragua chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Burundi was 4.88 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Burundi vs Nicaragua population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Burundi	Nicaragua
1960	7	7.16
1961	7.02	7.11
1962	7.04	7.1
1963	7.07	7.08
1964	7.09	7.06
1965	7.11	7.03
1966	7.14	6.99
1967	7.16	6.94
1968	7.18	6.89
1969	7.22	6.83
1970	7.21	6.77
1971	7.21	6.71
1972	7.21	6.65
1973	7.22	6.59
1974	7.22	6.52
1975	7.24	6.45
1976	7.25	6.37
1977	7.25	6.28
1978	7.26	6.16
1979	7.31	6.07
1980	7.35	5.96
1981	7.33	5.84
1982	7.31	5.74
1983	7.3	5.61
1984	7.3	5.49
1985	7.29	5.36
1986	7.32	5.22
1987	7.38	5.07
1988	7.38	4.93
1989	7.39	4.76
1990	7.37	4.6
1991	7.34	4.43
1992	7.3	4.27
1993	7.27	4.1
1994	7.23	3.94
1995	7.18	3.78
1996	7.12	3.62
1997	7.04	3.47
1998	6.96	3.34
1999	6.9	3.22
2000	6.87	3.12
2001	6.85	3
2002	6.82	2.89
2003	6.79	2.83
2004	6.75	2.78
2005	6.71	2.77
2006	6.66	2.73
2007	6.59	2.7
2008	6.52	2.66
2009	6.41	2.63
2010	6.26	2.6
2011	6.11	2.56
2012	5.99	2.53
2013	5.89	2.49
2014	5.79	2.46
2015	5.7	2.43
2016	5.59	2.41
2017	5.48	2.38
2018	5.38	2.35
2019	5.27	2.32
2020	5.18	2.3
2021	5.08	2.27
2022	4.98	2.24
2023	4.88	2.22
2024	4.79	2.21
2025	4.68	2.18
2026	4.57	2.16
2027	4.46	2.14
2028	4.37	2.11
2029	4.28	2.09
2030	4.2	2.07
2031	4.11	2.05
2032	4.03	2.04
2033	3.95	2.02
2034	3.85	2.01
2035	3.78	2
2036	3.69	1.98
2037	3.62	1.97
2038	3.55	1.96
2039	3.49	1.95
2040	3.43	1.94
2041	3.37	1.93
2042	3.32	1.92
2043	3.27	1.91
2044	3.22	1.9
2045	3.17	1.89
2046	3.13	1.89
2047	3.08	1.88
2048	3.04	1.87
2049	3	1.87
2050	2.96	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burundi	Nicaragua
1960	45.1%	47.6%
1961	45.2%	47.8%
1962	45.3%	48%
1963	45.5%	48.2%
1964	45.5%	48.2%
1965	45.4%	48.1%
1966	45.2%	47.9%
1967	45%	47.8%
1968	44.9%	47.7%
1969	44.9%	47.6%
1970	44.9%	47.5%
1971	44.9%	47.5%
1972	45.5%	47.4%
1973	46%	47.4%
1974	45.8%	47.3%
1975	45.7%	47.3%
1976	45.8%	47.3%
1977	45.8%	47.2%
1978	45.7%	47.3%
1979	45.8%	47.3%
1980	45.4%	47.3%
1981	45.2%	47.3%
1982	45.6%	47.3%
1983	45.9%	47.2%
1984	46.3%	47.2%
1985	46.8%	47.1%
1986	47.3%	47%
1987	47.6%	46.9%
1988	48%	46.7%
1989	48.4%	46.4%
1990	48.7%	46.1%
1991	48.9%	45.7%
1992	48.9%	45.2%
1993	51%	44.8%
1994	51.1%	44.3%
1995	49.1%	43.7%
1996	49.6%	43.1%
1997	49.9%	42.4%
1998	49.4%	41.7%
1999	48.7%	41%
2000	48.3%	40.3%
2001	47.7%	39.6%
2002	47.2%	38.9%
2003	46.7%	38.2%
2004	46.2%	37.5%
2005	45.8%	36.8%
2006	45.6%	36.2%
2007	45.4%	35.7%
2008	45.2%	35.2%
2009	45%	34.7%
2010	45.1%	34.2%
2011	45.4%	33.8%
2012	45.7%	33.3%
2013	46.1%	32.9%
2014	46.4%	32.6%
2015	47%	32.2%
2016	47.7%	31.8%
2017	47.9%	31.5%
2018	47.8%	31.1%
2019	47.3%	30.8%
2020	47%	30.4%
2021	46.5%	30.1%
2022	46%	29.6%
2023	45.4%	29.2%
2024	44.7%	28.8%
2025	44%	28.3%
2026	43.2%	27.9%
2027	42.5%	27.4%
2028	41.7%	27%
2029	41%	26.6%
2030	40.3%	26.2%
2031	39.7%	25.8%
2032	39.2%	25.4%
2033	38.8%	25%
2034	38.5%	24.7%
2035	38.1%	24.4%
2036	37.8%	24%
2037	37.5%	23.7%
2038	37.2%	23.4%
2039	36.9%	23.1%
2040	36.6%	22.8%
2041	36.4%	22.5%
2042	36.1%	22.2%
2043	35.9%	22%
2044	35.6%	21.7%
2045	35.4%	21.4%
2046	35.1%	21.2%
2047	34.8%	20.9%
2048	34.4%	20.7%
2049	34.1%	20.5%
2050	33.7%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.7% of the population in Burundi and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 48.7% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burundi and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Burundi vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Burundi and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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
	Burundi	Nicaragua
1960	70,032	55,664
1961	71,216	57,499
1962	74,710	59,547
1963	75,962	61,738
1964	77,528	64,227
1965	78,208	67,056
1966	83,651	69,883
1967	86,373	72,722
1968	88,765	75,458
1969	90,852	78,237
1970	92,476	81,127
1971	95,153	84,139
1972	30,532	76,906
1973	74,805	89,662
1974	95,486	92,505
1975	101,172	95,230
1976	104,396	98,100
1977	108,488	100,498
1978	114,884	98,419
1979	123,377	96,429
1980	127,746	108,604
1981	146,231	110,421
1982	147,090	112,468
1983	152,801	110,618
1984	154,366	110,133
1985	156,896	110,949
1986	156,170	113,054
1987	157,481	112,885
1988	145,234	117,299
1989	157,547	120,128
1990	156,617	120,677
1991	156,148	121,787
1992	156,420	121,204
1993	128,898	120,469
1994	112,968	119,565
1995	160,284	118,325
1996	158,920	116,849
1997	150,404	114,415
1998	154,010	108,862
1999	166,699	110,217
2000	173,867	109,192
2001	184,541	107,109
2002	201,892	105,805
2003	216,295	106,142
2004	234,891	106,904
2005	253,401	108,984
2006	269,874	110,073
2007	285,323	110,341
2008	300,750	110,395
2009	319,583	110,213
2010	341,808	110,475
2011	348,934	110,026
2012	354,068	110,065
2013	362,224	109,032
2014	367,797	108,420
2015	370,856	107,344
2016	358,393	106,585
2017	353,879	105,468
2018	351,704	104,814
2019	357,672	102,817
2020	361,654	90,515
2021	359,844	89,213
2022	363,786	100,987
2023	368,917	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Burundi vs Nicaragua

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 392 deaths per 100,000 live births in Burundi, compared to 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burundi	Nicaragua
1985	1,428	319
1986	1,441	313
1987	1,446	316
1988	1,519	301
1989	1,511	286
1990	1,515	281
1991	1,513	273
1992	1,464	272
1993	1,801	265
1994	1,215	256
1995	1,293	251
1996	1,236	244
1997	1,100	236
1998	969	239
1999	899	228
2000	860	213
2001	799	194
2002	743	170
2003	705	154
2004	687	140
2005	685	124
2006	670	113
2007	655	106
2008	635	101
2009	612	99
2010	614	96
2011	597	93
2012	575	88
2013	555	86
2014	533	83
2015	525	81
2016	501	77
2017	482	72
2018	464	67
2019	449	69
2020	441	87
2021	447	124
2022	412	61
2023	392	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.92% in Burundi and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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
	Burundi	Nicaragua
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.6%
1962	-	19.4%
1963	-	19.2%
1964	24.2%	19%
1965	24.4%	18.7%
1966	24.5%	18.4%
1967	24.7%	18.1%
1968	24.9%	17.8%
1969	25%	17.4%
1970	25.1%	17.1%
1971	25.1%	16.6%
1972	31.9%	18.7%
1973	25.2%	15.6%
1974	25.2%	15%
1975	25.1%	14.4%
1976	25%	13.7%
1977	24.6%	12.9%
1978	24.1%	12.2%
1979	23.3%	11.5%
1980	22.4%	10.8%
1981	21.4%	10.2%
1982	20.3%	9.58%
1983	19.3%	9.07%
1984	18.4%	8.62%
1985	17.7%	8.21%
1986	17.2%	7.85%
1987	16.9%	7.53%
1988	16.8%	7.22%
1989	16.9%	6.92%
1990	17%	6.62%
1991	17.1%	6.31%
1992	17.2%	6%
1993	19.5%	5.69%
1994	17.2%	5.39%
1995	17.1%	5.09%
1996	17%	4.81%
1997	16.7%	4.54%
1998	16.3%	5.01%
1999	15.9%	4.04%
2000	15.4%	3.82%
2001	14.9%	3.62%
2002	14.3%	3.43%
2003	13.7%	3.26%
2004	13.1%	3.1%
2005	12.4%	2.95%
2006	11.7%	2.81%
2007	11%	2.68%
2008	10.3%	2.55%
2009	9.66%	2.44%
2010	9.08%	2.33%
2011	8.53%	2.22%
2012	8.02%	2.13%
2013	7.55%	2.03%
2014	7.13%	1.94%
2015	6.76%	1.86%
2016	6.44%	1.78%
2017	6.15%	1.71%
2018	5.9%	1.64%
2019	5.67%	1.57%
2020	5.46%	1.51%
2021	5.26%	1.45%
2022	5.08%	1.39%
2023	4.92%	1.34%