Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Ethiopia

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Ethiopia 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 3.99 in Ethiopia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Ethiopia 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	Ethiopia
1960	6.74	6.51
1961	6.71	6.53
1962	6.66	6.56
1963	6.58	6.59
1964	6.48	6.61
1965	6.33	6.63
1966	6.16	6.66
1967	5.96	6.68
1968	5.74	6.7
1969	5.51	6.72
1970	5.28	6.78
1971	5.06	6.84
1972	4.86	6.9
1973	4.68	6.96
1974	4.53	7.02
1975	4.4	7.08
1976	4.29	7.13
1977	4.16	7.19
1978	4	7.23
1979	3.89	7.25
1980	3.8	7.29
1981	3.71	7.31
1982	3.62	7.34
1983	3.5	7.35
1984	3.35	7.36
1985	3.23	7.34
1986	3.15	7.32
1987	3.09	7.29
1988	3.04	7.26
1989	3.01	7.23
1990	3	7.2
1991	2.98	7.16
1992	2.98	7.13
1993	2.98	7.09
1994	2.94	7.05
1995	2.85	7
1996	2.77	6.93
1997	2.74	6.87
1998	2.72	6.79
1999	2.64	6.72
2000	2.57	6.65
2001	2.52	6.58
2002	2.49	6.5
2003	2.45	6.4
2004	2.38	6.3
2005	2.31	6.19
2006	2.24	6.05
2007	2.19	5.89
2008	2.15	5.7
2009	2.1	5.49
2010	2.01	5.28
2011	1.94	5.08
2012	1.9	4.89
2013	1.86	4.71
2014	1.82	4.61
2015	1.77	4.53
2016	1.72	4.47
2017	1.72	4.4
2018	1.72	4.37
2019	1.71	4.35
2020	1.69	4.27
2021	1.68	4.18
2022	1.66	4.08
2023	1.65	3.99
2024	1.63	3.91
2025	1.62	3.81
2026	1.6	3.72
2027	1.6	3.64
2028	1.59	3.57
2029	1.59	3.5
2030	1.58	3.43
2031	1.58	3.36
2032	1.57	3.3
2033	1.57	3.24
2034	1.57	3.19
2035	1.57	3.14
2036	1.57	3.08
2037	1.57	3.03
2038	1.57	2.99
2039	1.57	2.94
2040	1.57	2.9
2041	1.57	2.86
2042	1.57	2.83
2043	1.57	2.79
2044	1.57	2.75
2045	1.57	2.72
2046	1.57	2.68
2047	1.58	2.65
2048	1.58	2.62
2049	1.58	2.59
2050	1.58	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Ethiopia
1960	46.8%	42.2%
1961	47%	42.2%
1962	47.1%	42.1%
1963	47.2%	42.2%
1964	47.3%	42.3%
1965	47.2%	42.5%
1966	47.1%	42.9%
1967	46.9%	43.2%
1968	46.7%	43.5%
1969	46.4%	43.8%
1970	46%	44.2%
1971	45.6%	44.5%
1972	45.1%	44.9%
1973	44.6%	45.2%
1974	44%	45.4%
1975	43.4%	45.6%
1976	42.8%	45.7%
1977	42.2%	45.9%
1978	41.5%	46.1%
1979	40.9%	46.2%
1980	40.3%	46.3%
1981	39.7%	46.4%
1982	39.1%	46.5%
1983	38.6%	46.4%
1984	38.1%	46.2%
1985	37.6%	46.1%
1986	37.2%	46%
1987	36.9%	46%
1988	36.5%	46%
1989	36.2%	46.1%
1990	35.9%	46.2%
1991	35.6%	46.2%
1992	35.3%	46.2%
1993	35%	46.4%
1994	34.7%	46.5%
1995	34.4%	46.7%
1996	34%	46.9%
1997	33.7%	47.1%
1998	33.3%	47.4%
1999	32.9%	47.6%
2000	32.5%	47.7%
2001	32.1%	47.8%
2002	31.7%	47.8%
2003	31.3%	47.7%
2004	30.9%	47.6%
2005	30.4%	47.4%
2006	29.9%	47.2%
2007	29.3%	46.9%
2008	28.7%	46.6%
2009	28.1%	46.2%
2010	27.5%	45.7%
2011	26.9%	45.2%
2012	26.3%	44.6%
2013	25.7%	44%
2014	25.1%	43.4%
2015	24.5%	42.9%
2016	23.9%	42.3%
2017	23.3%	41.8%
2018	22.7%	41.3%
2019	22.1%	40.9%
2020	21.7%	40.5%
2021	21.3%	40.1%
2022	21%	39.7%
2023	20.6%	39.4%
2024	20.3%	39.1%
2025	20%	38.8%
2026	19.7%	38.5%
2027	19.5%	38.3%
2028	19.3%	38.1%
2029	19.1%	37.8%
2030	18.8%	37.6%
2031	18.6%	37.3%
2032	18.4%	37%
2033	18.2%	36.6%
2034	18%	36.2%
2035	17.7%	35.8%
2036	17.4%	35.4%
2037	17.2%	34.9%
2038	16.9%	34.5%
2039	16.7%	34%
2040	16.4%	33.6%
2041	16.2%	33.2%
2042	16%	32.8%
2043	15.7%	32.4%
2044	15.5%	32%
2045	15.4%	31.7%
2046	15.2%	31.3%
2047	15%	31%
2048	14.8%	30.7%
2049	14.7%	30.3%
2050	14.6%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 39.1% in Ethiopia in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Ethiopia compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Ethiopia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +2.64% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	529,316	511,694
1961	545,627	538,518
1962	559,985	563,650
1963	572,355	590,998
1964	581,435	618,667
1965	587,677	642,359
1966	590,855	616,281
1967	591,649	695,283
1968	589,407	715,602
1969	586,559	736,428
1970	583,396	760,821
1971	582,011	787,047
1972	581,361	779,808
1973	583,608	807,535
1974	589,035	777,306
1975	598,580	801,425
1976	612,265	899,577
1977	622,814	929,381
1978	626,378	943,388
1979	635,747	987,203
1980	649,872	1,007,516
1981	662,195	1,018,838
1982	675,339	1,080,853
1983	674,767	863,472
1984	666,315	920,670
1985	625,379	997,050
1986	659,701	1,050,277
1987	659,429	1,356,853
1988	663,796	1,393,356
1989	674,102	1,441,769
1990	682,409	1,479,663
1991	690,266	1,579,416
1992	697,763	1,673,839
1993	709,287	1,734,851
1994	708,660	1,788,133
1995	694,968	1,831,068
1996	682,547	1,896,364
1997	686,073	1,945,112
1998	687,704	1,984,989
1999	668,576	2,010,987
2000	652,176	2,083,622
2001	642,933	2,137,791
2002	640,840	2,189,683
2003	642,144	2,231,223
2004	628,424	2,296,999
2005	610,618	2,353,375
2006	594,388	2,393,585
2007	583,115	2,436,753
2008	576,654	2,465,283
2009	559,017	2,467,118
2010	533,657	2,498,048
2011	511,524	2,527,811
2012	503,285	2,533,398
2013	489,069	2,546,020
2014	470,916	2,623,647
2015	446,778	2,713,529
2016	425,087	2,809,889
2017	426,538	2,899,143
2018	433,622	3,015,231
2019	441,087	3,132,780
2020	378,965	3,199,718
2021	311,122	3,204,673
2022	406,143	3,300,114
2023	422,598	3,338,649

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Ethiopia

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 195 deaths in Ethiopia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Ethiopia
1985	143	1,329
1986	123	1,317
1987	120	1,289
1988	113	1,306
1989	106	1,296
1990	102	1,320
1991	99	1,239
1992	97	1,218
1993	94	1,168
1994	93	1,113
1995	91	1,060
1996	89	1,008
1997	90	957
1998	92	911
1999	96	901
2000	95	870
2001	94	856
2002	91	826
2003	87	797
2004	84	764
2005	82	754
2006	81	729
2007	80	704
2008	78	678
2009	77	649
2010	76	619
2011	75	588
2012	73	545
2013	72	494
2014	71	444
2015	70	401
2016	69	364
2017	68	327
2018	67	297
2019	66	269
2020	94	244
2021	147	250
2022	74	207
2023	59	195

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 4.65% in Ethiopia. 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	Ethiopia
1960	13.4%	-
1961	13%	-
1962	12.6%	-
1963	12.2%	-
1964	11.8%	-
1965	11.5%	-
1966	11.1%	27.8%
1967	10.8%	24.9%
1968	10.4%	24.8%
1969	10.1%	24.8%
1970	9.72%	24.7%
1971	9.36%	24.7%
1972	8.99%	24.7%
1973	8.6%	24.6%
1974	8.2%	28.3%
1975	7.8%	28.2%
1976	7.39%	24.5%
1977	6.98%	24.5%
1978	6.58%	24.4%
1979	6.2%	24.2%
1980	5.84%	24%
1981	5.5%	23.8%
1982	5.17%	23.5%
1983	4.88%	32%
1984	4.62%	31.4%
1985	4.89%	30.3%
1986	4.17%	29.7%
1987	3.99%	21.5%
1988	3.84%	21%
1989	3.7%	20.6%
1990	3.57%	20.2%
1991	3.45%	19.7%
1992	3.33%	19.1%
1993	3.21%	18.5%
1994	3.1%	17.9%
1995	2.99%	17.2%
1996	2.88%	16.6%
1997	2.78%	15.9%
1998	2.68%	15.3%
1999	2.59%	14.7%
2000	2.51%	14%
2001	2.43%	13.4%
2002	2.35%	12.8%
2003	2.28%	12.1%
2004	2.22%	11.5%
2005	2.15%	10.9%
2006	2.09%	10.3%
2007	2.02%	9.74%
2008	1.96%	9.23%
2009	1.89%	8.76%
2010	1.83%	8.32%
2011	1.77%	7.91%
2012	1.72%	7.53%
2013	1.66%	7.16%
2014	1.61%	6.82%
2015	1.56%	6.49%
2016	1.51%	6.17%
2017	1.46%	5.89%
2018	1.41%	5.64%
2019	1.37%	5.41%
2020	1.32%	5.2%
2021	1.28%	5%
2022	1.24%	4.82%
2023	1.2%	4.65%