Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and El Salvador

Fertility rate in Colombia vs El Salvador chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Colombia was 1.65 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.78 in El Salvador in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs El Salvador population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Colombia	El Salvador
1960	6.74	6.62
1961	6.71	6.64
1962	6.66	6.68
1963	6.58	6.69
1964	6.48	6.68
1965	6.33	6.64
1966	6.16	6.57
1967	5.96	6.49
1968	5.74	6.39
1969	5.51	6.28
1970	5.28	6.18
1971	5.06	6.13
1972	4.86	6.03
1973	4.68	5.93
1974	4.53	5.82
1975	4.4	5.71
1976	4.29	5.59
1977	4.16	5.47
1978	4	5.36
1979	3.89	5.23
1980	3.8	5.11
1981	3.71	4.99
1982	3.62	4.83
1983	3.5	4.65
1984	3.35	4.48
1985	3.23	4.32
1986	3.15	4.19
1987	3.09	4.18
1988	3.04	4.1
1989	3.01	4.03
1990	3	3.96
1991	2.98	3.89
1992	2.98	3.8
1993	2.98	3.69
1994	2.94	3.61
1995	2.85	3.57
1996	2.77	3.48
1997	2.74	3.38
1998	2.72	3.34
1999	2.64	3.22
2000	2.57	3.08
2001	2.52	2.93
2002	2.49	2.78
2003	2.45	2.64
2004	2.38	2.52
2005	2.31	2.44
2006	2.24	2.4
2007	2.19	2.35
2008	2.15	2.29
2009	2.1	2.26
2010	2.01	2.24
2011	1.94	2.22
2012	1.9	2.19
2013	1.86	2.15
2014	1.82	2.13
2015	1.77	2.07
2016	1.72	1.97
2017	1.72	1.9
2018	1.72	1.85
2019	1.71	1.84
2020	1.69	1.82
2021	1.68	1.8
2022	1.66	1.79
2023	1.65	1.78
2024	1.63	1.77
2025	1.62	1.75
2026	1.6	1.74
2027	1.6	1.73
2028	1.59	1.72
2029	1.59	1.72
2030	1.58	1.71
2031	1.58	1.7
2032	1.57	1.7
2033	1.57	1.69
2034	1.57	1.69
2035	1.57	1.68
2036	1.57	1.68
2037	1.57	1.68
2038	1.57	1.67
2039	1.57	1.67
2040	1.57	1.67
2041	1.57	1.67
2042	1.57	1.67
2043	1.57	1.67
2044	1.57	1.66
2045	1.57	1.66
2046	1.57	1.66
2047	1.58	1.66
2048	1.58	1.66
2049	1.58	1.66
2050	1.58	1.65

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	El Salvador
1960	46.8%	45.5%
1961	47%	45.7%
1962	47.1%	45.8%
1963	47.2%	46%
1964	47.3%	46.1%
1965	47.2%	46.2%
1966	47.1%	46.3%
1967	46.9%	46.5%
1968	46.7%	46.6%
1969	46.4%	46.8%
1970	46%	46.8%
1971	45.6%	46.7%
1972	45.1%	46.6%
1973	44.6%	46.4%
1974	44%	46.2%
1975	43.4%	45.9%
1976	42.8%	45.6%
1977	42.2%	45.3%
1978	41.5%	44.9%
1979	40.9%	44.5%
1980	40.3%	44.2%
1981	39.7%	43.9%
1982	39.1%	43.7%
1983	38.6%	43.4%
1984	38.1%	43.1%
1985	37.6%	42.7%
1986	37.2%	42.4%
1987	36.9%	42.1%
1988	36.5%	41.9%
1989	36.2%	41.8%
1990	35.9%	41.7%
1991	35.6%	41.7%
1992	35.3%	41.5%
1993	35%	41.1%
1994	34.7%	40.5%
1995	34.4%	39.8%
1996	34%	39.1%
1997	33.7%	38.5%
1998	33.3%	38%
1999	32.9%	37.5%
2000	32.5%	37.1%
2001	32.1%	36.7%
2002	31.7%	36.3%
2003	31.3%	35.9%
2004	30.9%	35.4%
2005	30.4%	34.9%
2006	29.9%	34.4%
2007	29.3%	33.9%
2008	28.7%	33.4%
2009	28.1%	32.7%
2010	27.5%	32%
2011	26.9%	31.3%
2012	26.3%	30.6%
2013	25.7%	29.9%
2014	25.1%	29.2%
2015	24.5%	28.6%
2016	23.9%	28%
2017	23.3%	27.5%
2018	22.7%	27%
2019	22.1%	26.7%
2020	21.7%	26.3%
2021	21.3%	26%
2022	21%	25.6%
2023	20.6%	25.2%
2024	20.3%	24.8%
2025	20%	24.4%
2026	19.7%	24%
2027	19.5%	23.5%
2028	19.3%	23.1%
2029	19.1%	22.7%
2030	18.8%	22.3%
2031	18.6%	21.9%
2032	18.4%	21.6%
2033	18.2%	21.4%
2034	18%	21.1%
2035	17.7%	20.8%
2036	17.4%	20.6%
2037	17.2%	20.3%
2038	16.9%	20.1%
2039	16.7%	19.8%
2040	16.4%	19.6%
2041	16.2%	19.3%
2042	16%	19%
2043	15.7%	18.8%
2044	15.5%	18.5%
2045	15.4%	18.3%
2046	15.2%	18%
2047	15%	17.8%
2048	14.8%	17.6%
2049	14.7%	17.3%
2050	14.6%	17.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 24.8% in El Salvador in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and El Salvador compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs El Salvador by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +0.93% in El Salvador. 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
	Colombia	El Salvador
1960	529,316	81,544
1961	545,627	84,614
1962	559,985	88,237
1963	572,355	90,794
1964	581,435	93,328
1965	587,677	95,341
1966	590,855	97,156
1967	591,649	98,424
1968	589,407	98,851
1969	586,559	99,848
1970	583,396	100,499
1971	582,011	104,714
1972	581,361	107,604
1973	583,608	111,546
1974	589,035	113,846
1975	598,580	116,737
1976	612,265	120,511
1977	622,814	121,446
1978	626,378	124,468
1979	635,747	123,838
1980	649,872	111,771
1981	662,195	117,346
1982	675,339	120,938
1983	674,767	121,700
1984	666,315	125,036
1985	625,379	127,248
1986	659,701	130,177
1987	659,429	133,667
1988	663,796	136,230
1989	674,102	139,093
1990	682,409	140,311
1991	690,266	140,691
1992	697,763	139,221
1993	709,287	138,432
1994	708,660	137,974
1995	694,968	138,268
1996	682,547	136,929
1997	686,073	134,448
1998	687,704	134,065
1999	668,576	128,947
2000	652,176	122,315
2001	642,933	114,313
2002	640,840	106,137
2003	642,144	97,849
2004	628,424	90,905
2005	610,618	84,883
2006	594,388	80,887
2007	583,115	76,776
2008	576,654	75,107
2009	559,017	74,908
2010	533,657	75,695
2011	511,524	76,182
2012	503,285	75,495
2013	489,069	73,869
2014	470,916	72,581
2015	446,778	69,263
2016	425,087	63,751
2017	426,538	59,824
2018	433,622	57,509
2019	441,087	56,816
2020	378,965	48,244
2021	311,122	46,530
2022	406,143	53,138
2023	422,598	51,985

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs El Salvador

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Colombia, compared to 39 deaths in El Salvador.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	El Salvador
1985	143	193
1986	123	169
1987	120	178
1988	113	173
1989	106	155
1990	102	145
1991	99	129
1992	97	121
1993	94	114
1994	93	101
1995	91	89
1996	89	78
1997	90	67
1998	92	61
1999	96	53
2000	95	48
2001	94	45
2002	91	40
2003	87	38
2004	84	35
2005	82	34
2006	81	33
2007	80	33
2008	78	33
2009	77	35
2010	76	34
2011	75	35
2012	73	36
2013	72	39
2014	71	41
2015	70	43
2016	69	43
2017	68	44
2018	67	43
2019	66	40
2020	94	48
2021	147	58
2022	74	39
2023	59	39

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 1.04% in El Salvador. 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
	Colombia	El Salvador
1960	13.4%	18.5%
1961	13%	18.1%
1962	12.6%	17.7%
1963	12.2%	17.3%
1964	11.8%	17%
1965	11.5%	16.6%
1966	11.1%	16.3%
1967	10.8%	16%
1968	10.4%	15.6%
1969	10.1%	15.3%
1970	9.72%	15%
1971	9.36%	14.6%
1972	8.99%	14.3%
1973	8.6%	13.9%
1974	8.2%	13.5%
1975	7.8%	13.1%
1976	7.39%	12.6%
1977	6.98%	12.1%
1978	6.58%	11.6%
1979	6.2%	11.1%
1980	5.84%	12.5%
1981	5.5%	10%
1982	5.17%	9.46%
1983	4.88%	8.94%
1984	4.62%	8.42%
1985	4.89%	7.93%
1986	4.17%	7.47%
1987	3.99%	7.04%
1988	3.84%	6.65%
1989	3.7%	6.28%
1990	3.57%	5.94%
1991	3.45%	5.61%
1992	3.33%	5.3%
1993	3.21%	5%
1994	3.1%	4.71%
1995	2.99%	4.42%
1996	2.88%	4.15%
1997	2.78%	3.89%
1998	2.68%	3.65%
1999	2.59%	3.43%
2000	2.51%	3.23%
2001	2.43%	3.04%
2002	2.35%	2.86%
2003	2.28%	2.7%
2004	2.22%	2.55%
2005	2.15%	2.4%
2006	2.09%	2.27%
2007	2.02%	2.15%
2008	1.96%	2.04%
2009	1.89%	1.94%
2010	1.83%	1.84%
2011	1.77%	1.75%
2012	1.72%	1.67%
2013	1.66%	1.59%
2014	1.61%	1.52%
2015	1.56%	1.45%
2016	1.51%	1.39%
2017	1.46%	1.33%
2018	1.41%	1.27%
2019	1.37%	1.22%
2020	1.32%	1.17%
2021	1.28%	1.12%
2022	1.24%	1.08%
2023	1.2%	1.04%