Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Israel

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Israel 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 2.85 in Israel in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Colombia	Israel
1960	6.74	3.87
1961	6.71	3.86
1962	6.66	3.85
1963	6.58	3.84
1964	6.48	3.83
1965	6.33	3.81
1966	6.16	3.8
1967	5.96	3.79
1968	5.74	3.79
1969	5.51	3.78
1970	5.28	3.78
1971	5.06	3.77
1972	4.86	3.77
1973	4.68	3.7
1974	4.53	3.63
1975	4.4	3.55
1976	4.29	3.48
1977	4.16	3.41
1978	4	3.35
1979	3.89	3.3
1980	3.8	3.24
1981	3.71	3.19
1982	3.62	3.13
1983	3.5	3.11
1984	3.35	3.08
1985	3.23	3.06
1986	3.15	3.03
1987	3.09	3.01
1988	3.04	2.95
1989	3.01	2.89
1990	3	2.82
1991	2.98	2.76
1992	2.98	2.7
1993	2.98	2.8
1994	2.94	2.9
1995	2.85	2.9
1996	2.77	2.9
1997	2.74	2.94
1998	2.72	2.98
1999	2.64	2.97
2000	2.57	2.95
2001	2.52	2.92
2002	2.49	2.89
2003	2.45	2.95
2004	2.38	2.9
2005	2.31	2.84
2006	2.24	2.88
2007	2.19	2.9
2008	2.15	2.96
2009	2.1	2.96
2010	2.01	3.03
2011	1.94	2.98
2012	1.9	3.05
2013	1.86	3.03
2014	1.82	3.08
2015	1.77	3.09
2016	1.72	3.11
2017	1.72	3.11
2018	1.72	3.09
2019	1.71	3.01
2020	1.69	2.9
2021	1.68	3
2022	1.66	2.89
2023	1.65	2.85
2024	1.63	2.8
2025	1.62	2.77
2026	1.6	2.75
2027	1.6	2.72
2028	1.59	2.7
2029	1.59	2.67
2030	1.58	2.66
2031	1.58	2.64
2032	1.57	2.63
2033	1.57	2.6
2034	1.57	2.58
2035	1.57	2.56
2036	1.57	2.55
2037	1.57	2.53
2038	1.57	2.51
2039	1.57	2.49
2040	1.57	2.47
2041	1.57	2.46
2042	1.57	2.44
2043	1.57	2.42
2044	1.57	2.41
2045	1.57	2.39
2046	1.57	2.38
2047	1.58	2.36
2048	1.58	2.35
2049	1.58	2.34
2050	1.58	2.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Israel
1960	46.8%	35.2%
1961	47%	34.9%
1962	47.1%	34.8%
1963	47.2%	34.9%
1964	47.3%	34.8%
1965	47.2%	34.6%
1966	47.1%	34.4%
1967	46.9%	34.1%
1968	46.7%	33.8%
1969	46.4%	33.5%
1970	46%	33.2%
1971	45.6%	32.9%
1972	45.1%	32.7%
1973	44.6%	32.6%
1974	44%	32.7%
1975	43.4%	32.7%
1976	42.8%	32.8%
1977	42.2%	32.9%
1978	41.5%	33%
1979	40.9%	33%
1980	40.3%	32.9%
1981	39.7%	32.8%
1982	39.1%	32.7%
1983	38.6%	32.7%
1984	38.1%	32.6%
1985	37.6%	32.5%
1986	37.2%	32.3%
1987	36.9%	32.1%
1988	36.5%	31.9%
1989	36.2%	31.7%
1990	35.9%	31.3%
1991	35.6%	30.7%
1992	35.3%	30.3%
1993	35%	30%
1994	34.7%	29.8%
1995	34.4%	29.6%
1996	34%	29.3%
1997	33.7%	29%
1998	33.3%	28.8%
1999	32.9%	28.5%
2000	32.5%	28.3%
2001	32.1%	28.1%
2002	31.7%	28%
2003	31.3%	27.9%
2004	30.9%	27.9%
2005	30.4%	27.9%
2006	29.9%	27.8%
2007	29.3%	27.8%
2008	28.7%	27.8%
2009	28.1%	27.9%
2010	27.5%	28%
2011	26.9%	28.1%
2012	26.3%	28.1%
2013	25.7%	28.2%
2014	25.1%	28.2%
2015	24.5%	28.2%
2016	23.9%	28.3%
2017	23.3%	28.2%
2018	22.7%	28.2%
2019	22.1%	28.1%
2020	21.7%	28%
2021	21.3%	27.9%
2022	21%	27.8%
2023	20.6%	27.6%
2024	20.3%	27.4%
2025	20%	27.2%
2026	19.7%	26.9%
2027	19.5%	26.6%
2028	19.3%	26.4%
2029	19.1%	26.1%
2030	18.8%	25.8%
2031	18.6%	25.5%
2032	18.4%	25.2%
2033	18.2%	25%
2034	18%	24.7%
2035	17.7%	24.6%
2036	17.4%	24.4%
2037	17.2%	24.2%
2038	16.9%	24.1%
2039	16.7%	24%
2040	16.4%	24%
2041	16.2%	23.9%
2042	16%	23.9%
2043	15.7%	23.8%
2044	15.5%	23.8%
2045	15.4%	23.8%
2046	15.2%	23.8%
2047	15%	23.7%
2048	14.8%	23.7%
2049	14.7%	23.6%
2050	14.6%	23.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 27.4% in Israel in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 31.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Israel compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Israel by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +1.5% in Israel. 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	Israel
1960	529,316	44,818
1961	545,627	42,170
1962	559,985	43,337
1963	572,355	44,964
1964	581,435	48,015
1965	587,677	49,979
1966	590,855	50,477
1967	591,649	47,488
1968	589,407	51,014
1969	586,559	53,800
1970	583,396	56,506
1971	582,011	64,449
1972	581,361	62,960
1973	583,608	65,560
1974	589,035	68,891
1975	598,580	70,828
1976	612,265	74,899
1977	622,814	70,092
1978	626,378	67,158
1979	635,747	68,148
1980	649,872	68,253
1981	662,195	67,647
1982	675,339	68,931
1983	674,767	70,196
1984	666,315	70,703
1985	625,379	71,538
1986	659,701	70,073
1987	659,429	69,904
1988	663,796	71,072
1989	674,102	68,674
1990	682,409	71,764
1991	690,266	73,740
1992	697,763	77,357
1993	709,287	77,337
1994	708,660	79,365
1995	694,968	82,066
1996	682,547	86,518
1997	686,073	88,707
1998	687,704	93,744
1999	668,576	94,325
2000	652,176	98,737
2001	642,933	99,160
2002	640,840	101,178
2003	642,144	106,366
2004	628,424	106,901
2005	610,618	105,338
2006	594,388	109,332
2007	583,115	111,292
2008	576,654	117,672
2009	559,017	122,015
2010	533,657	126,552
2011	511,524	125,030
2012	503,285	128,941
2013	489,069	129,758
2014	470,916	133,916
2015	446,778	134,082
2016	425,087	136,736
2017	426,538	138,541
2018	433,622	140,348
2019	441,087	135,810
2020	378,965	128,089
2021	311,122	134,011
2022	406,143	129,982
2023	422,598	131,977

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Israel

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 2 deaths in Israel.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Israel
1985	143	36
1986	123	36
1987	120	30
1988	113	31
1989	106	30
1990	102	29
1991	99	28
1992	97	27
1993	94	25
1994	93	24
1995	91	22
1996	89	20
1997	90	17
1998	92	14
1999	96	11
2000	95	9
2001	94	7
2002	91	7
2003	87	5
2004	84	5
2005	82	4
2006	81	4
2007	80	4
2008	78	4
2009	77	4
2010	76	3
2011	75	3
2012	73	3
2013	72	3
2014	71	3
2015	70	3
2016	69	3
2017	68	3
2018	67	3
2019	66	3
2020	94	3
2021	147	3
2022	74	3
2023	59	2

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 0.34% in Israel. 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	Israel
1960	13.4%	4.71%
1961	13%	4.48%
1962	12.6%	4.26%
1963	12.2%	4.06%
1964	11.8%	3.86%
1965	11.5%	3.68%
1966	11.1%	3.52%
1967	10.8%	3.36%
1968	10.4%	3.23%
1969	10.1%	3.11%
1970	9.72%	3.01%
1971	9.36%	2.91%
1972	8.99%	2.82%
1973	8.6%	2.72%
1974	8.2%	2.61%
1975	7.8%	2.48%
1976	7.39%	2.33%
1977	6.98%	2.19%
1978	6.58%	2.05%
1979	6.2%	1.93%
1980	5.84%	1.82%
1981	5.5%	1.74%
1982	5.17%	1.66%
1983	4.88%	1.59%
1984	4.62%	1.51%
1985	4.89%	1.44%
1986	4.17%	1.37%
1987	3.99%	1.31%
1988	3.84%	1.26%
1989	3.7%	1.21%
1990	3.57%	1.15%
1991	3.45%	1.1%
1992	3.33%	1.04%
1993	3.21%	0.98%
1994	3.1%	0.92%
1995	2.99%	0.87%
1996	2.88%	0.82%
1997	2.78%	0.78%
1998	2.68%	0.75%
1999	2.59%	0.72%
2000	2.51%	0.69%
2001	2.43%	0.66%
2002	2.35%	0.63%
2003	2.28%	0.61%
2004	2.22%	0.58%
2005	2.15%	0.56%
2006	2.09%	0.53%
2007	2.02%	0.51%
2008	1.96%	0.49%
2009	1.89%	0.47%
2010	1.83%	0.46%
2011	1.77%	0.44%
2012	1.72%	0.43%
2013	1.66%	0.41%
2014	1.61%	0.4%
2015	1.56%	0.39%
2016	1.51%	0.38%
2017	1.46%	0.37%
2018	1.41%	0.37%
2019	1.37%	0.36%
2020	1.32%	0.35%
2021	1.28%	0.35%
2022	1.24%	0.34%
2023	1.2%	0.34%