Fertility & birth rates in Chile and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Chile vs Malaysia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chile was 1.17 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Chile vs Malaysia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Chile	Malaysia
1960	4.7	6.41
1961	4.66	6.37
1962	4.6	6.3
1963	4.54	6.19
1964	4.46	6.03
1965	4.36	5.84
1966	4.26	5.64
1967	4.14	5.43
1968	4.03	5.29
1969	3.9	5.16
1970	3.78	5.04
1971	3.65	4.92
1972	3.53	4.82
1973	3.41	4.73
1974	3.29	4.62
1975	3.18	4.5
1976	3.08	4.4
1977	2.98	4.28
1978	2.89	4.18
1979	2.81	4.09
1980	2.74	4.04
1981	2.69	4
1982	2.65	3.97
1983	2.62	3.93
1984	2.6	3.89
1985	2.59	3.8
1986	2.59	3.7
1987	2.59	3.57
1988	2.59	3.5
1989	2.59	3.31
1990	2.58	3.3
1991	2.56	3.34
1992	2.48	3.37
1993	2.43	3.36
1994	2.38	3.35
1995	2.35	3.32
1996	2.28	3.3
1997	2.2	3.23
1998	2.15	3.12
1999	2.07	3.07
2000	2.05	2.94
2001	2.01	2.81
2002	1.93	2.66
2003	1.89	2.6
2004	1.84	2.49
2005	1.83	2.39
2006	1.8	2.31
2007	1.83	2.25
2008	1.85	2.26
2009	1.86	2.22
2010	1.84	2.14
2011	1.82	2.15
2012	1.8	2.12
2013	1.79	2.07
2014	1.77	2.06
2015	1.74	2.01
2016	1.69	1.94
2017	1.56	1.89
2018	1.54	1.84
2019	1.43	1.78
2020	1.31	1.68
2021	1.18	1.56
2022	1.25	1.55
2023	1.17	1.55
2024	1.14	1.54
2025	1.13	1.53
2026	1.12	1.52
2027	1.12	1.51
2028	1.12	1.51
2029	1.12	1.51
2030	1.13	1.51
2031	1.13	1.5
2032	1.14	1.5
2033	1.15	1.5
2034	1.15	1.5
2035	1.16	1.5
2036	1.17	1.51
2037	1.17	1.51
2038	1.18	1.51
2039	1.19	1.51
2040	1.19	1.51
2041	1.2	1.51
2042	1.2	1.51
2043	1.21	1.52
2044	1.21	1.52
2045	1.22	1.52
2046	1.22	1.52
2047	1.22	1.52
2048	1.23	1.53
2049	1.24	1.53
2050	1.24	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chile	Malaysia
1960	39.7%	45.4%
1961	39.7%	45.9%
1962	39.7%	46.3%
1963	39.6%	46.5%
1964	39.4%	46.6%
1965	39.2%	46.5%
1966	39%	46.2%
1967	38.8%	45.9%
1968	38.5%	45.5%
1969	38.3%	45%
1970	38%	44.5%
1971	37.6%	44%
1972	37.2%	43.4%
1973	36.8%	42.8%
1974	36.3%	42.2%
1975	35.8%	41.7%
1976	35.3%	41.1%
1977	34.8%	40.6%
1978	34.3%	40.1%
1979	33.8%	39.6%
1980	33.3%	39.2%
1981	32.9%	38.8%
1982	32.4%	38.6%
1983	32%	38.4%
1984	31.5%	38.2%
1985	31.2%	38.1%
1986	30.8%	38%
1987	30.5%	37.9%
1988	30.2%	37.7%
1989	30%	37.5%
1990	29.8%	37.2%
1991	29.6%	36.9%
1992	29.3%	36.6%
1993	29.1%	36.3%
1994	28.9%	36%
1995	28.6%	35.7%
1996	28.3%	35.5%
1997	28%	35.3%
1998	27.7%	35%
1999	27.3%	34.6%
2000	26.8%	34.2%
2001	26.3%	33.7%
2002	25.8%	33.2%
2003	25.3%	32.6%
2004	24.7%	32%
2005	24.1%	31.4%
2006	23.5%	30.7%
2007	22.9%	30%
2008	22.4%	29.4%
2009	22%	28.6%
2010	21.5%	27.9%
2011	21.1%	27.4%
2012	20.8%	27%
2013	20.5%	26.6%
2014	20.2%	26.2%
2015	19.9%	25.8%
2016	19.7%	25.5%
2017	19.3%	25.2%
2018	19%	24.9%
2019	18.7%	24.5%
2020	18.4%	24%
2021	18.1%	23.4%
2022	17.8%	22.8%
2023	17.4%	22.3%
2024	17%	21.8%
2025	16.5%	21.3%
2026	16.1%	20.8%
2027	15.7%	20.4%
2028	15.3%	19.9%
2029	14.9%	19.4%
2030	14.4%	19%
2031	14%	18.5%
2032	13.7%	18.1%
2033	13.4%	17.8%
2034	13.1%	17.6%
2035	12.8%	17.4%
2036	12.7%	17.3%
2037	12.5%	17.3%
2038	12.4%	17.2%
2039	12.3%	17.1%
2040	12.2%	17%
2041	12.1%	17%
2042	12%	16.9%
2043	12%	16.8%
2044	11.9%	16.7%
2045	11.8%	16.7%
2046	11.7%	16.6%
2047	11.7%	16.5%
2048	11.6%	16.4%
2049	11.5%	16.3%
2050	11.5%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Chile and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chile and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Chile vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Chile and +0.92% in Malaysia. 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
	Chile	Malaysia
1960	198,461	251,090
1961	198,788	257,270
1962	200,905	262,140
1963	202,370	265,815
1964	202,741	266,406
1965	203,341	264,836
1966	204,661	262,162
1967	204,377	258,764
1968	203,577	260,705
1969	202,764	264,327
1970	200,402	269,341
1971	198,523	272,323
1972	198,162	276,263
1973	197,666	284,611
1974	196,322	289,880
1975	196,890	294,541
1976	196,986	300,615
1977	197,163	305,515
1978	196,483	311,027
1979	197,198	317,439
1980	198,281	326,947
1981	198,211	339,991
1982	199,522	353,138
1983	202,352	365,290
1984	205,407	376,797
1985	208,910	383,243
1986	213,571	385,799
1987	218,034	381,999
1988	221,602	386,507
1989	224,854	373,277
1990	226,941	384,518
1991	227,180	401,938
1992	219,224	418,900
1993	215,003	429,910
1994	209,834	437,873
1995	208,017	443,349
1996	199,897	450,174
1997	190,433	447,768
1998	185,815	436,316
1999	177,995	432,355
2000	175,362	417,371
2001	171,659	400,939
2002	162,322	381,084
2003	154,287	377,425
2004	150,138	365,138
2005	147,009	355,324
2006	142,277	349,509
2007	145,043	348,711
2008	147,105	362,380
2009	147,576	366,157
2010	145,527	360,260
2011	141,053	372,836
2012	134,617	371,497
2013	133,785	366,738
2014	131,373	367,587
2015	127,074	358,302
2016	120,545	345,681
2017	106,268	336,434
2018	103,950	324,568
2019	86,006	309,426
2020	52,378	283,282
2021	27,530	212,002
2022	41,041	237,560
2023	48,518	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Chile vs Malaysia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chile, compared to 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chile	Malaysia
1985	73	63
1986	70	59
1987	67	56
1988	64	55
1989	62	52
1990	56	51
1991	54	49
1992	52	48
1993	49	46
1994	47	44
1995	44	43
1996	41	42
1997	39	40
1998	36	39
1999	35	38
2000	33	37
2001	32	36
2002	30	34
2003	29	34
2004	28	33
2005	27	31
2006	27	30
2007	26	30
2008	24	29
2009	24	29
2010	22	29
2011	20	29
2012	18	29
2013	17	29
2014	16	30
2015	14	30
2016	13	30
2017	12	29
2018	11	29
2019	11	28
2020	12	29
2021	14	52
2022	12	38
2023	10	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.72% in Chile and 0.81% in Malaysia. 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
	Chile	Malaysia
1960	15.3%	9.46%
1961	14.9%	8.83%
1962	14.3%	8.25%
1963	13.6%	7.74%
1964	12.7%	7.28%
1965	11.6%	6.89%
1966	10.4%	6.56%
1967	9.36%	6.27%
1968	8.69%	6.02%
1969	8.26%	5.79%
1970	8.01%	5.56%
1971	7.86%	5.32%
1972	7.73%	5.06%
1973	7.54%	4.79%
1974	7.14%	4.5%
1975	6.46%	4.23%
1976	5.63%	3.97%
1977	4.85%	3.71%
1978	4.2%	3.48%
1979	3.69%	3.25%
1980	3.29%	3.04%
1981	2.98%	2.84%
1982	2.71%	2.65%
1983	2.47%	2.47%
1984	2.3%	2.32%
1985	2.23%	2.18%
1986	2.22%	2.05%
1987	2.2%	1.93%
1988	2.14%	1.83%
1989	2.03%	1.74%
1990	1.91%	1.66%
1991	1.76%	1.58%
1992	1.63%	1.51%
1993	1.5%	1.45%
1994	1.39%	1.39%
1995	1.31%	1.34%
1996	1.26%	1.29%
1997	1.22%	1.23%
1998	1.19%	1.15%
1999	1.15%	1.07%
2000	1.09%	1%
2001	1.03%	0.93%
2002	0.98%	0.88%
2003	0.95%	0.85%
2004	0.93%	0.84%
2005	0.91%	0.83%
2006	0.9%	0.83%
2007	0.89%	0.82%
2008	0.89%	0.82%
2009	0.88%	0.82%
2010	0.87%	0.81%
2011	0.86%	0.81%
2012	0.84%	0.8%
2013	0.82%	0.81%
2014	0.81%	0.81%
2015	0.79%	0.81%
2016	0.77%	0.82%
2017	0.75%	0.82%
2018	0.72%	0.82%
2019	0.7%	0.82%
2020	0.68%	0.81%
2021	0.67%	0.81%
2022	0.68%	0.81%
2023	0.72%	0.81%