Fertility & birth rates in Chad and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Chad vs Mozambique chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chad was 6.12 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.

Check Chad vs Mozambique population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Chad	Mozambique
1960	6.25	6.31
1961	6.27	6.37
1962	6.29	6.42
1963	6.3	6.47
1964	6.32	6.51
1965	6.34	6.54
1966	6.36	6.58
1967	6.39	6.61
1968	6.43	6.65
1969	6.48	6.67
1970	6.53	6.7
1971	6.58	6.7
1972	6.85	6.7
1973	6.87	6.7
1974	6.86	6.67
1975	6.88	6.66
1976	6.89	6.64
1977	6.9	6.62
1978	6.89	6.59
1979	6.91	6.56
1980	6.91	6.53
1981	6.94	6.48
1982	6.96	6.43
1983	6.98	6.43
1984	7.02	6.44
1985	7.04	6.43
1986	7.07	6.41
1987	7.11	6.39
1988	7.15	6.37
1989	7.19	6.35
1990	7.22	6.32
1991	7.26	6.28
1992	7.3	6.22
1993	7.34	6.15
1994	7.31	6.08
1995	7.29	6.02
1996	7.29	5.97
1997	7.27	5.93
1998	7.27	5.91
1999	7.26	5.88
2000	7.25	5.83
2001	7.23	5.76
2002	7.2	5.67
2003	7.18	5.6
2004	7.16	5.55
2005	7.13	5.5
2006	7.12	5.45
2007	7.09	5.47
2008	7.06	5.6
2009	7.02	5.68
2010	6.99	5.66
2011	6.95	5.6
2012	6.91	5.52
2013	6.84	5.43
2014	6.78	5.3
2015	6.71	5.25
2016	6.62	5.19
2017	6.54	5.13
2018	6.46	5.07
2019	6.41	5.02
2020	6.35	4.96
2021	6.26	4.91
2022	6.22	4.84
2023	6.12	4.76
2024	6.03	4.69
2025	5.94	4.62
2026	5.83	4.54
2027	5.74	4.46
2028	5.63	4.39
2029	5.54	4.3
2030	5.44	4.23
2031	5.36	4.14
2032	5.25	4.06
2033	5.15	3.97
2034	5.06	3.89
2035	4.97	3.82
2036	4.88	3.75
2037	4.8	3.67
2038	4.72	3.6
2039	4.63	3.53
2040	4.55	3.47
2041	4.47	3.4
2042	4.39	3.34
2043	4.32	3.28
2044	4.24	3.22
2045	4.17	3.16
2046	4.1	3.11
2047	4.04	3.06
2048	3.97	3.01
2049	3.91	2.97
2050	3.85	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chad	Mozambique
1960	41%	41%
1961	41.2%	41.2%
1962	41.5%	41.4%
1963	41.7%	41.6%
1964	41.9%	41.9%
1965	42%	42.2%
1966	42.1%	42.5%
1967	42.2%	42.7%
1968	42.4%	42.9%
1969	42.5%	43.1%
1970	42.7%	43.3%
1971	43%	43.4%
1972	43.2%	43.6%
1973	43.5%	43.7%
1974	43.9%	43.8%
1975	44.2%	44%
1976	44.6%	44.1%
1977	45%	44.3%
1978	45.4%	44.6%
1979	45.7%	44.9%
1980	46.6%	45.3%
1981	47.5%	45.6%
1982	46.6%	45.7%
1983	45.8%	45.8%
1984	46.5%	45.9%
1985	47.3%	45.9%
1986	47.2%	45.9%
1987	47%	45.9%
1988	46.8%	45.8%
1989	46.8%	45.7%
1990	47.1%	45.7%
1991	47.1%	45.6%
1992	46.9%	45.5%
1993	47.5%	45.4%
1994	48.2%	45.2%
1995	47.9%	45%
1996	47.8%	44.9%
1997	48.2%	44.8%
1998	48.5%	44.9%
1999	48.6%	45%
2000	48.8%	45.1%
2001	49%	45.1%
2002	49.1%	45.2%
2003	49%	45.3%
2004	48.7%	45.3%
2005	48.6%	45.3%
2006	48.6%	45.4%
2007	48.7%	45.4%
2008	48.7%	45.5%
2009	48.7%	45.6%
2010	48.8%	45.8%
2011	48.7%	45.8%
2012	48.7%	45.9%
2013	48.6%	45.8%
2014	48.5%	45.8%
2015	48.5%	45.7%
2016	48.5%	45.6%
2017	48.4%	45.5%
2018	48.2%	45.4%
2019	48.1%	45.3%
2020	48%	45.2%
2021	47.7%	45.1%
2022	47.4%	45%
2023	46.7%	44.8%
2024	46.1%	44.5%
2025	46%	44.2%
2026	46%	43.9%
2027	45.9%	43.5%
2028	45.8%	43.2%
2029	45.6%	42.9%
2030	45.4%	42.5%
2031	45.1%	42.2%
2032	44.9%	41.9%
2033	44.6%	41.5%
2034	44.3%	41.1%
2035	44%	40.7%
2036	43.7%	40.3%
2037	43.3%	39.9%
2038	42.9%	39.5%
2039	42.4%	39%
2040	41.9%	38.6%
2041	41.4%	38.2%
2042	40.9%	37.7%
2043	40.5%	37.3%
2044	40%	36.9%
2045	39.6%	36.4%
2046	39.2%	36%
2047	38.8%	35.6%
2048	38.4%	35.2%
2049	38.1%	34.8%
2050	37.7%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.1% of the population in Chad and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 47.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chad and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Chad vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.18% in Chad 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
	Chad	Mozambique
1960	62,003	165,774
1961	63,639	171,236
1962	65,312	176,297
1963	67,414	180,867
1964	69,483	182,334
1965	70,913	185,931
1966	73,123	189,218
1967	76,142	193,044
1968	79,465	197,623
1969	83,413	202,174
1970	87,660	207,385
1971	89,404	211,137
1972	101,142	215,793
1973	104,418	226,847
1974	106,898	240,665
1975	109,315	257,984
1976	111,324	273,924
1977	113,498	289,193
1978	115,084	310,403
1979	117,780	331,162
1980	122,468	349,586
1981	111,907	322,207
1982	119,121	321,493
1983	144,684	324,158
1984	151,511	304,524
1985	145,845	307,625
1986	152,360	332,609
1987	156,797	334,438
1988	178,489	349,480
1989	188,485	348,833
1990	191,959	353,290
1991	200,102	357,676
1992	219,348	362,373
1993	229,984	369,518
1994	223,996	384,821
1995	234,010	421,630
1996	254,589	442,559
1997	261,030	461,209
1998	270,055	474,453
1999	278,264	491,814
2000	287,173	506,162
2001	297,254	519,594
2002	302,995	529,867
2003	314,740	540,992
2004	334,136	554,973
2005	352,302	570,132
2006	362,027	586,009
2007	376,732	610,913
2008	387,439	654,920
2009	401,937	693,673
2010	416,177	719,025
2011	428,989	741,303
2012	444,246	763,088
2013	454,517	784,641
2014	467,957	799,778
2015	478,010	824,435
2016	483,442	850,430
2017	494,304	876,594
2018	509,642	903,176
2019	530,540	927,581
2020	541,234	945,952
2021	554,851	951,234
2022	588,060	1,003,689
2023	605,924	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Chad vs Mozambique

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 748 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chad, compared to 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chad	Mozambique
1985	1,119	1,452
1986	1,068	1,355
1987	1,123	1,348
1988	1,093	1,259
1989	1,083	1,209
1990	1,113	1,150
1991	1,093	1,094
1992	1,119	1,046
1993	1,166	968
1994	1,151	902
1995	1,119	883
1996	1,150	819
1997	1,146	738
1998	1,177	694
1999	1,184	624
2000	1,208	547
2001	1,204	473
2002	1,199	398
2003	1,170	360
2004	1,167	321
2005	1,189	301
2006	1,220	298
2007	1,240	327
2008	1,264	365
2009	1,285	352
2010	1,284	305
2011	1,264	268
2012	1,245	218
2013	1,216	196
2014	1,198	210
2015	1,176	216
2016	1,133	202
2017	1,085	187
2018	1,020	159
2019	958	134
2020	877	123
2021	869	180
2022	775	104
2023	748	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 10.1% in Chad 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
	Chad	Mozambique
1960	26.7%	-
1961	26.6%	-
1962	26.5%	-
1963	26.4%	26.5%
1964	26.3%	26.7%
1965	26.1%	26.8%
1966	26%	26.8%
1967	25.9%	26.9%
1968	25.7%	26.9%
1969	25.6%	26.9%
1970	25.4%	26.8%
1971	25.3%	26.7%
1972	25.2%	26.6%
1973	25%	26.4%
1974	24.8%	26.3%
1975	24.7%	26.1%
1976	24.6%	26%
1977	24.4%	25.8%
1978	24.2%	25.7%
1979	24.1%	25.7%
1980	23.8%	25.6%
1981	23.6%	25.6%
1982	23.4%	25.5%
1983	23.2%	25.3%
1984	22.9%	25.1%
1985	22.6%	24.8%
1986	22.3%	24.5%
1987	22%	24.2%
1988	21.8%	23.9%
1989	21.5%	23.6%
1990	21.2%	23.3%
1991	20.9%	23%
1992	20.6%	22.6%
1993	20.3%	22.1%
1994	20.1%	21.6%
1995	19.8%	20.9%
1996	19.6%	20.1%
1997	19.3%	19.2%
1998	19%	18.2%
1999	18.7%	17.2%
2000	18.4%	16.3%
2001	18%	15.4%
2002	17.7%	14.6%
2003	17.3%	13.9%
2004	17%	13.2%
2005	16.7%	12.5%
2006	16.3%	11.8%
2007	15.9%	11%
2008	15.5%	10.4%
2009	15.2%	9.75%
2010	14.8%	9.5%
2011	14.4%	9.05%
2012	14%	8.63%
2013	13.7%	8.26%
2014	13.3%	7.92%
2015	12.9%	7.51%
2016	12.6%	7.23%
2017	12.2%	7.09%
2018	11.8%	6.95%
2019	11.5%	6.83%
2020	11.1%	6.73%
2021	10.8%	6.58%
2022	10.4%	6.43%
2023	10.1%	6.17%