Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Canada vs Zimbabwe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Canada vs Zimbabwe population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Canada	Zimbabwe
1960	3.81	7.2
1961	3.75	7.21
1962	3.68	7.23
1963	3.61	7.23
1964	3.46	7.23
1965	3.12	7.23
1966	2.75	7.2
1967	2.53	7.16
1968	2.39	7.11
1969	2.33	7.04
1970	2.26	6.98
1971	2.14	6.94
1972	1.98	6.94
1973	1.89	6.94
1974	1.84	6.88
1975	1.82	6.83
1976	1.8	6.77
1977	1.78	6.71
1978	1.77	6.66
1979	1.75	6.59
1980	1.74	6.52
1981	1.7	6.45
1982	1.69	6.33
1983	1.68	6.2
1984	1.65	6.04
1985	1.67	5.87
1986	1.68	5.69
1987	1.68	5.5
1988	1.68	5.28
1989	1.77	5.07
1990	1.83	4.88
1991	1.72	4.72
1992	1.71	4.57
1993	1.69	4.39
1994	1.69	4.28
1995	1.67	4.15
1996	1.63	4.11
1997	1.57	4.08
1998	1.56	4.07
1999	1.55	4.06
2000	1.51	4.01
2001	1.54	3.98
2002	1.52	3.93
2003	1.55	3.86
2004	1.56	3.78
2005	1.58	3.69
2006	1.63	3.64
2007	1.67	3.68
2008	1.7	3.78
2009	1.69	3.95
2010	1.65	4.04
2011	1.63	4.13
2012	1.63	4.13
2013	1.61	4.11
2014	1.61	4.01
2015	1.6	3.91
2016	1.59	3.83
2017	1.55	3.77
2018	1.51	3.74
2019	1.47	3.75
2020	1.41	3.75
2021	1.44	3.77
2022	1.33	3.77
2023	1.26	3.72
2024	1.25	3.67
2025	1.24	3.62
2026	1.24	3.57
2027	1.23	3.52
2028	1.24	3.47
2029	1.23	3.43
2030	1.24	3.38
2031	1.24	3.33
2032	1.24	3.29
2033	1.25	3.25
2034	1.25	3.21
2035	1.25	3.17
2036	1.26	3.13
2037	1.26	3.09
2038	1.26	3.06
2039	1.27	3.02
2040	1.27	2.99
2041	1.27	2.96
2042	1.28	2.93
2043	1.28	2.9
2044	1.28	2.87
2045	1.28	2.84
2046	1.29	2.81
2047	1.29	2.78
2048	1.29	2.75
2049	1.3	2.72
2050	1.3	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Zimbabwe
1960	33.8%	47.3%
1961	33.9%	47.7%
1962	33.9%	48.1%
1963	33.9%	48.5%
1964	33.7%	48.8%
1965	33.3%	48.7%
1966	32.9%	48.6%
1967	32.3%	48.5%
1968	31.6%	48.5%
1969	31%	48.4%
1970	30.2%	48.3%
1971	29.3%	48.2%
1972	28.6%	48.2%
1973	27.8%	48.1%
1974	27%	48.1%
1975	26.2%	48.1%
1976	25.5%	48.2%
1977	24.7%	48.3%
1978	24%	48.5%
1979	23.4%	48.8%
1980	22.8%	48.7%
1981	22.3%	48.4%
1982	22%	48.3%
1983	21.8%	48.2%
1984	21.6%	48.1%
1985	21.3%	48%
1986	21.1%	47.9%
1987	20.9%	47.9%
1988	20.8%	47.9%
1989	20.8%	47.6%
1990	20.7%	47.1%
1991	20.7%	46.6%
1992	20.7%	46.8%
1993	20.7%	47.1%
1994	20.6%	46.6%
1995	20.4%	45.9%
1996	20.2%	45%
1997	20%	44%
1998	19.8%	43.1%
1999	19.5%	42.4%
2000	19.2%	41.9%
2001	18.9%	41.5%
2002	18.6%	41.4%
2003	18.3%	41.5%
2004	18%	41.7%
2005	17.7%	41.9%
2006	17.4%	42%
2007	17.1%	42.1%
2008	16.9%	42.4%
2009	16.7%	42.7%
2010	16.6%	43%
2011	16.4%	43.4%
2012	16.3%	43.7%
2013	16.3%	43.9%
2014	16.2%	43.9%
2015	16.2%	43.8%
2016	16.2%	43.6%
2017	16.2%	43.3%
2018	16.1%	42.9%
2019	16%	42.5%
2020	15.9%	42.2%
2021	15.7%	41.9%
2022	15.5%	41.6%
2023	15.3%	41.3%
2024	15.1%	40.9%
2025	15%	40.3%
2026	14.9%	39.6%
2027	14.7%	39%
2028	14.6%	38.4%
2029	14.5%	37.8%
2030	14.4%	37.4%
2031	14.3%	37%
2032	14.2%	36.8%
2033	14.1%	36.5%
2034	14%	36.3%
2035	13.9%	36.1%
2036	13.9%	35.8%
2037	13.8%	35.6%
2038	13.8%	35.3%
2039	13.7%	35.1%
2040	13.7%	34.8%
2041	13.6%	34.6%
2042	13.6%	34.3%
2043	13.6%	34.1%
2044	13.5%	33.8%
2045	13.5%	33.5%
2046	13.5%	33.2%
2047	13.5%	32.9%
2048	13.5%	32.6%
2049	13.5%	32.2%
2050	13.5%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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
	Canada	Zimbabwe
1960	338,487	126,959
1961	334,360	131,531
1962	325,745	136,317
1963	318,595	140,984
1964	307,268	145,848
1965	269,589	151,164
1966	236,566	156,014
1967	220,450	161,205
1968	211,589	166,865
1969	216,588	172,626
1970	215,372	178,979
1971	208,640	185,427
1972	188,857	193,725
1973	184,432	201,885
1974	182,464	208,806
1975	196,718	216,947
1976	196,979	221,419
1977	199,297	225,139
1978	194,102	222,979
1979	203,293	223,657
1980	203,480	241,179
1981	206,005	271,361
1982	200,935	279,934
1983	202,931	286,545
1984	204,856	290,052
1985	204,153	290,756
1986	190,532	289,894
1987	190,416	286,766
1988	192,901	277,498
1989	207,304	270,838
1990	213,222	265,444
1991	207,477	260,943
1992	204,273	255,291
1993	186,451	228,045
1994	179,804	216,343
1995	167,023	206,695
1996	153,973	205,269
1997	134,577	216,288
1998	126,651	225,614
1999	118,565	232,393
2000	110,469	236,343
2001	114,777	227,909
2002	106,621	244,170
2003	110,749	243,057
2004	111,786	248,307
2005	116,074	248,545
2006	130,285	248,963
2007	134,845	261,805
2008	142,963	280,527
2009	144,609	309,316
2010	139,425	335,570
2011	133,923	359,572
2012	135,382	371,135
2013	129,799	374,757
2014	127,563	366,350
2015	117,825	356,203
2016	115,555	348,772
2017	98,672	344,035
2018	88,974	345,883
2019	86,523	348,798
2020	53,241	354,790
2021	57,360	349,908
2022	15,574	371,243
2023	28,058	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Zimbabwe

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Zimbabwe
1985	7	573
1986	7	525
1987	7	480
1988	7	431
1989	8	382
1990	7	353
1991	8	332
1992	8	333
1993	8	331
1994	8	332
1995	8	332
1996	9	352
1997	8	357
1998	9	368
1999	9	399
2000	9	405
2001	10	467
2002	10	418
2003	10	455
2004	10	451
2005	11	454
2006	11	480
2007	11	519
2008	12	526
2009	12	540
2010	11	567
2011	11	564
2012	11	558
2013	11	525
2014	12	468
2015	11	428
2016	12	411
2017	12	389
2018	13	386
2019	12	388
2020	17	380
2021	14	446
2022	15	368
2023	12	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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
	Canada	Zimbabwe
1960	3.26%	15.2%
1961	3.15%	14.8%
1962	3.05%	14.4%
1963	2.94%	14%
1964	2.82%	13.5%
1965	2.71%	13.1%
1966	2.6%	12.7%
1967	2.5%	12.4%
1968	2.4%	12.1%
1969	2.3%	11.8%
1970	2.19%	11.7%
1971	2.09%	11.5%
1972	1.99%	11.5%
1973	1.89%	11.4%
1974	1.79%	11.4%
1975	1.7%	11.4%
1976	1.6%	11.5%
1977	1.51%	11.5%
1978	1.42%	11.5%
1979	1.33%	11.3%
1980	1.25%	11.1%
1981	1.18%	10.7%
1982	1.12%	10.1%
1983	1.06%	9.5%
1984	1.01%	8.87%
1985	0.98%	8.31%
1986	0.94%	7.86%
1987	0.91%	7.61%
1988	0.88%	7.55%
1989	0.85%	7.69%
1990	0.82%	7.97%
1991	0.8%	8.33%
1992	0.77%	8.73%
1993	0.74%	9.16%
1994	0.72%	9.52%
1995	0.69%	9.83%
1996	0.67%	10%
1997	0.65%	10.1%
1998	0.64%	10%
1999	0.63%	9.92%
2000	0.62%	9.83%
2001	0.62%	9.79%
2002	0.62%	8.48%
2003	0.62%	8.85%
2004	0.61%	9.17%
2005	0.61%	9.23%
2006	0.6%	9.4%
2007	0.6%	9.47%
2008	0.59%	9.34%
2009	0.58%	9.03%
2010	0.57%	8.5%
2011	0.56%	7.88%
2012	0.56%	7.14%
2013	0.55%	6.55%
2014	0.54%	6.18%
2015	0.54%	5.98%
2016	0.53%	5.69%
2017	0.52%	5.5%
2018	0.52%	5.23%
2019	0.51%	5.11%
2020	0.51%	5.01%
2021	0.51%	4.76%
2022	0.51%	4.6%
2023	0.51%	4.42%