Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Honduras

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Honduras 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 2.5 in Honduras in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Honduras 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	Honduras
1960	6.74	7.46
1961	6.71	7.45
1962	6.66	7.44
1963	6.58	7.44
1964	6.48	7.44
1965	6.33	7.44
1966	6.16	7.41
1967	5.96	7.36
1968	5.74	7.3
1969	5.51	7.23
1970	5.28	7.17
1971	5.06	7.11
1972	4.86	7.06
1973	4.68	6.99
1974	4.53	6.91
1975	4.4	6.87
1976	4.29	6.81
1977	4.16	6.73
1978	4	6.63
1979	3.89	6.53
1980	3.8	6.42
1981	3.71	6.3
1982	3.62	6.18
1983	3.5	6.06
1984	3.35	5.94
1985	3.23	5.82
1986	3.15	5.7
1987	3.09	5.58
1988	3.04	5.47
1989	3.01	5.35
1990	3	5.27
1991	2.98	5.19
1992	2.98	5.11
1993	2.98	5.03
1994	2.94	4.93
1995	2.85	4.84
1996	2.77	4.71
1997	2.74	4.59
1998	2.72	4.47
1999	2.64	4.37
2000	2.57	4.29
2001	2.52	4.15
2002	2.49	4
2003	2.45	3.84
2004	2.38	3.71
2005	2.31	3.58
2006	2.24	3.45
2007	2.19	3.35
2008	2.15	3.26
2009	2.1	3.17
2010	2.01	3.08
2011	1.94	3
2012	1.9	2.93
2013	1.86	2.86
2014	1.82	2.79
2015	1.77	2.75
2016	1.72	2.7
2017	1.72	2.66
2018	1.72	2.65
2019	1.71	2.61
2020	1.69	2.58
2021	1.68	2.55
2022	1.66	2.52
2023	1.65	2.5
2024	1.63	2.48
2025	1.62	2.45
2026	1.6	2.42
2027	1.6	2.4
2028	1.59	2.38
2029	1.59	2.35
2030	1.58	2.32
2031	1.58	2.3
2032	1.57	2.28
2033	1.57	2.26
2034	1.57	2.24
2035	1.57	2.22
2036	1.57	2.2
2037	1.57	2.18
2038	1.57	2.16
2039	1.57	2.15
2040	1.57	2.13
2041	1.57	2.12
2042	1.57	2.1
2043	1.57	2.09
2044	1.57	2.07
2045	1.57	2.06
2046	1.57	2.05
2047	1.58	2.03
2048	1.58	2.02
2049	1.58	2.01
2050	1.58	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Honduras
1960	46.8%	47%
1961	47%	47.3%
1962	47.1%	47.6%
1963	47.2%	47.8%
1964	47.3%	47.9%
1965	47.2%	48%
1966	47.1%	48%
1967	46.9%	48%
1968	46.7%	48%
1969	46.4%	48%
1970	46%	47.9%
1971	45.6%	47.9%
1972	45.1%	47.9%
1973	44.6%	47.9%
1974	44%	47.8%
1975	43.4%	47.6%
1976	42.8%	47.5%
1977	42.2%	47.4%
1978	41.5%	47.4%
1979	40.9%	47.3%
1980	40.3%	47.3%
1981	39.7%	47.2%
1982	39.1%	47.1%
1983	38.6%	47.1%
1984	38.1%	47%
1985	37.6%	46.8%
1986	37.2%	46.7%
1987	36.9%	46.5%
1988	36.5%	46.4%
1989	36.2%	46.3%
1990	35.9%	46.1%
1991	35.6%	45.9%
1992	35.3%	45.7%
1993	35%	45.4%
1994	34.7%	45.1%
1995	34.4%	44.8%
1996	34%	44.5%
1997	33.7%	44.2%
1998	33.3%	43.8%
1999	32.9%	43.4%
2000	32.5%	43.1%
2001	32.1%	42.7%
2002	31.7%	42.3%
2003	31.3%	41.9%
2004	30.9%	41.5%
2005	30.4%	41%
2006	29.9%	40.4%
2007	29.3%	39.9%
2008	28.7%	39.3%
2009	28.1%	38.7%
2010	27.5%	38.1%
2011	26.9%	37.4%
2012	26.3%	36.8%
2013	25.7%	36.2%
2014	25.1%	35.6%
2015	24.5%	34.9%
2016	23.9%	34.3%
2017	23.3%	33.7%
2018	22.7%	33.1%
2019	22.1%	32.6%
2020	21.7%	32.2%
2021	21.3%	31.8%
2022	21%	31.4%
2023	20.6%	31%
2024	20.3%	30.6%
2025	20%	30.3%
2026	19.7%	29.9%
2027	19.5%	29.6%
2028	19.3%	29.3%
2029	19.1%	28.9%
2030	18.8%	28.6%
2031	18.6%	28.3%
2032	18.4%	28%
2033	18.2%	27.6%
2034	18%	27.3%
2035	17.7%	26.9%
2036	17.4%	26.6%
2037	17.2%	26.2%
2038	16.9%	25.9%
2039	16.7%	25.5%
2040	16.4%	25.2%
2041	16.2%	24.8%
2042	16%	24.5%
2043	15.7%	24.2%
2044	15.5%	23.9%
2045	15.4%	23.6%
2046	15.2%	23.3%
2047	15%	23%
2048	14.8%	22.7%
2049	14.7%	22.5%
2050	14.6%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 30.6% in Honduras in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Honduras compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Honduras by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +1.85% in Honduras. 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	Honduras
1960	529,316	62,602
1961	545,627	64,672
1962	559,985	67,332
1963	572,355	69,883
1964	581,435	72,756
1965	587,677	75,622
1966	590,855	78,369
1967	591,649	81,131
1968	589,407	84,070
1969	586,559	87,273
1970	583,396	90,875
1971	582,011	94,597
1972	581,361	98,634
1973	583,608	99,553
1974	589,035	98,141
1975	598,580	111,469
1976	612,265	115,754
1977	622,814	119,333
1978	626,378	122,593
1979	635,747	125,957
1980	649,872	128,856
1981	662,195	131,789
1982	675,339	134,629
1983	674,767	137,597
1984	666,315	139,851
1985	625,379	142,190
1986	659,701	144,500
1987	659,429	146,750
1988	663,796	149,130
1989	674,102	152,266
1990	682,409	156,537
1991	690,266	160,933
1992	697,763	165,434
1993	709,287	169,358
1994	708,660	173,437
1995	694,968	177,309
1996	682,547	180,083
1997	686,073	182,308
1998	687,704	169,632
1999	668,576	186,816
2000	652,176	190,308
2001	642,933	190,636
2002	640,840	189,653
2003	642,144	187,854
2004	628,424	186,774
2005	610,618	185,216
2006	594,388	183,381
2007	583,115	183,052
2008	576,654	182,607
2009	559,017	182,250
2010	533,657	180,318
2011	511,524	180,164
2012	503,285	180,384
2013	489,069	179,999
2014	470,916	180,075
2015	446,778	181,098
2016	425,087	182,243
2017	426,538	182,731
2018	433,622	184,953
2019	441,087	185,200
2020	378,965	179,553
2021	311,122	172,890
2022	406,143	186,257
2023	422,598	186,125

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Honduras

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 47 deaths in Honduras.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Honduras
1985	143	199
1986	123	191
1987	120	183
1988	113	177
1989	106	169
1990	102	159
1991	99	148
1992	97	138
1993	94	128
1994	93	119
1995	91	109
1996	89	101
1997	90	96
1998	92	91
1999	96	86
2000	95	82
2001	94	78
2002	91	75
2003	87	75
2004	84	74
2005	82	73
2006	81	72
2007	80	72
2008	78	72
2009	77	71
2010	76	72
2011	75	68
2012	73	64
2013	72	62
2014	71	60
2015	70	57
2016	69	55
2017	68	53
2018	67	52
2019	66	51
2020	94	57
2021	147	88
2022	74	48
2023	59	47

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 1.55% in Honduras. 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	Honduras
1960	13.4%	20.7%
1961	13%	20%
1962	12.6%	19.4%
1963	12.2%	18.7%
1964	11.8%	18.1%
1965	11.5%	17.5%
1966	11.1%	16.9%
1967	10.8%	16.3%
1968	10.4%	15.7%
1969	10.1%	15.2%
1970	9.72%	14.6%
1971	9.36%	14%
1972	8.99%	13.5%
1973	8.6%	12.9%
1974	8.2%	14.9%
1975	7.8%	11.9%
1976	7.39%	11.4%
1977	6.98%	10.9%
1978	6.58%	10.4%
1979	6.2%	9.94%
1980	5.84%	9.48%
1981	5.5%	9.05%
1982	5.17%	8.62%
1983	4.88%	8.2%
1984	4.62%	7.81%
1985	4.89%	7.43%
1986	4.17%	7.07%
1987	3.99%	6.73%
1988	3.84%	6.4%
1989	3.7%	6.1%
1990	3.57%	5.81%
1991	3.45%	5.54%
1992	3.33%	5.29%
1993	3.21%	5.06%
1994	3.1%	4.84%
1995	2.99%	4.64%
1996	2.88%	4.44%
1997	2.78%	4.25%
1998	2.68%	6.49%
1999	2.59%	3.9%
2000	2.51%	3.73%
2001	2.43%	3.57%
2002	2.35%	3.41%
2003	2.28%	3.26%
2004	2.22%	3.11%
2005	2.15%	2.98%
2006	2.09%	2.86%
2007	2.02%	2.75%
2008	1.96%	2.65%
2009	1.89%	2.55%
2010	1.83%	2.46%
2011	1.77%	2.37%
2012	1.72%	2.28%
2013	1.66%	2.2%
2014	1.61%	2.12%
2015	1.56%	2.05%
2016	1.51%	1.98%
2017	1.46%	1.91%
2018	1.41%	1.84%
2019	1.37%	1.78%
2020	1.32%	1.72%
2021	1.28%	1.66%
2022	1.24%	1.6%
2023	1.2%	1.55%