Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Jamaica

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Jamaica 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 1.36 in Jamaica in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Jamaica 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	Jamaica
1960	6.74	5.54
1961	6.71	5.6
1962	6.66	5.64
1963	6.58	5.73
1964	6.48	5.79
1965	6.33	5.72
1966	6.16	5.69
1967	5.96	5.67
1968	5.74	5.58
1969	5.51	5.47
1970	5.28	5.35
1971	5.06	5.21
1972	4.86	5.06
1973	4.68	5
1974	4.53	4.67
1975	4.4	4.44
1976	4.29	4.21
1977	4.16	4
1978	4	3.84
1979	3.89	3.72
1980	3.8	3.59
1981	3.71	3.51
1982	3.62	3.46
1983	3.5	3.41
1984	3.35	3.32
1985	3.23	3.21
1986	3.15	3.11
1987	3.09	3.02
1988	3.04	2.98
1989	3.01	2.93
1990	3	2.96
1991	2.98	3
1992	2.98	3.03
1993	2.98	2.99
1994	2.94	2.93
1995	2.85	2.85
1996	2.77	2.77
1997	2.74	2.68
1998	2.72	2.57
1999	2.64	2.47
2000	2.57	2.35
2001	2.52	2.3
2002	2.49	2.27
2003	2.45	2.24
2004	2.38	2.2
2005	2.31	2.15
2006	2.24	2.09
2007	2.19	2.02
2008	2.15	1.95
2009	2.1	1.88
2010	2.01	1.8
2011	1.94	1.72
2012	1.9	1.65
2013	1.86	1.59
2014	1.82	1.54
2015	1.77	1.51
2016	1.72	1.46
2017	1.72	1.43
2018	1.72	1.4
2019	1.71	1.39
2020	1.69	1.38
2021	1.68	1.38
2022	1.66	1.37
2023	1.65	1.36
2024	1.63	1.35
2025	1.62	1.34
2026	1.6	1.33
2027	1.6	1.33
2028	1.59	1.33
2029	1.59	1.33
2030	1.58	1.33
2031	1.58	1.33
2032	1.57	1.34
2033	1.57	1.34
2034	1.57	1.34
2035	1.57	1.35
2036	1.57	1.35
2037	1.57	1.36
2038	1.57	1.36
2039	1.57	1.37
2040	1.57	1.37
2041	1.57	1.37
2042	1.57	1.37
2043	1.57	1.38
2044	1.57	1.38
2045	1.57	1.39
2046	1.57	1.39
2047	1.58	1.39
2048	1.58	1.4
2049	1.58	1.4
2050	1.58	1.41

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Jamaica
1960	46.8%	41.2%
1961	47%	41.7%
1962	47.1%	42.2%
1963	47.2%	42.7%
1964	47.3%	43.3%
1965	47.2%	43.9%
1966	47.1%	44.3%
1967	46.9%	44.6%
1968	46.7%	44.9%
1969	46.4%	45%
1970	46%	45%
1971	45.6%	44.8%
1972	45.1%	44.4%
1973	44.6%	44%
1974	44%	43.5%
1975	43.4%	42.9%
1976	42.8%	42.3%
1977	42.2%	41.7%
1978	41.5%	41%
1979	40.9%	40.4%
1980	40.3%	39.8%
1981	39.7%	39.2%
1982	39.1%	38.7%
1983	38.6%	38.2%
1984	38.1%	37.9%
1985	37.6%	37.5%
1986	37.2%	37.2%
1987	36.9%	36.8%
1988	36.5%	36.5%
1989	36.2%	36.1%
1990	35.9%	35.8%
1991	35.6%	35.5%
1992	35.3%	35.4%
1993	35%	35.3%
1994	34.7%	35.2%
1995	34.4%	35.1%
1996	34%	34.9%
1997	33.7%	34.6%
1998	33.3%	34.2%
1999	32.9%	33.8%
2000	32.5%	33.2%
2001	32.1%	32.7%
2002	31.7%	32.2%
2003	31.3%	31.7%
2004	30.9%	31.2%
2005	30.4%	30.6%
2006	29.9%	30%
2007	29.3%	29.3%
2008	28.7%	28.5%
2009	28.1%	27.7%
2010	27.5%	26.9%
2011	26.9%	26.2%
2012	26.3%	25.4%
2013	25.7%	24.7%
2014	25.1%	24%
2015	24.5%	23.4%
2016	23.9%	22.8%
2017	23.3%	22.3%
2018	22.7%	21.7%
2019	22.1%	21.1%
2020	21.7%	20.6%
2021	21.3%	20%
2022	21%	19.6%
2023	20.6%	19.1%
2024	20.3%	18.7%
2025	20%	18.3%
2026	19.7%	17.9%
2027	19.5%	17.6%
2028	19.3%	17.2%
2029	19.1%	16.9%
2030	18.8%	16.7%
2031	18.6%	16.4%
2032	18.4%	16.2%
2033	18.2%	15.9%
2034	18%	15.7%
2035	17.7%	15.5%
2036	17.4%	15.3%
2037	17.2%	15.1%
2038	16.9%	14.8%
2039	16.7%	14.6%
2040	16.4%	14.4%
2041	16.2%	14.2%
2042	16%	14%
2043	15.7%	13.8%
2044	15.5%	13.6%
2045	15.4%	13.4%
2046	15.2%	13.2%
2047	15%	13%
2048	14.8%	12.8%
2049	14.7%	12.6%
2050	14.6%	12.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 18.7% in Jamaica in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Jamaica compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Jamaica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +0.49% in Jamaica. 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	Jamaica
1960	529,316	51,944
1961	545,627	51,931
1962	559,985	51,758
1963	572,355	52,277
1964	581,435	52,501
1965	587,677	51,423
1966	590,855	50,808
1967	591,649	50,187
1968	589,407	49,189
1969	586,559	48,258
1970	583,396	47,547
1971	582,011	47,206
1972	581,361	46,676
1973	583,608	47,438
1974	589,035	45,526
1975	598,580	44,736
1976	612,265	43,878
1977	622,814	42,999
1978	626,378	42,475
1979	635,747	42,449
1980	649,872	42,316
1981	662,195	42,898
1982	675,339	43,816
1983	674,767	45,095
1984	666,315	45,644
1985	625,379	45,122
1986	659,701	44,520
1987	659,429	44,155
1988	663,796	43,978
1989	674,102	43,591
1990	682,409	44,465
1991	690,266	45,617
1992	697,763	46,494
1993	709,287	46,090
1994	708,660	45,210
1995	694,968	43,705
1996	682,547	42,297
1997	686,073	40,521
1998	687,704	38,628
1999	668,576	36,649
2000	652,176	34,452
2001	642,933	33,666
2002	640,840	33,572
2003	642,144	33,340
2004	628,424	32,500
2005	610,618	31,506
2006	594,388	30,213
2007	583,115	28,886
2008	576,654	27,553
2009	559,017	26,311
2010	533,657	25,031
2011	511,524	23,627
2012	503,285	22,320
2013	489,069	21,037
2014	470,916	19,751
2015	446,778	18,489
2016	425,087	16,944
2017	426,538	15,419
2018	433,622	13,929
2019	441,087	13,094
2020	378,965	12,170
2021	311,122	6,382
2022	406,143	11,215
2023	422,598	10,072

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Jamaica

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 130 deaths in Jamaica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Jamaica
1985	143	45
1986	123	45
1987	120	46
1988	113	48
1989	106	50
1990	102	54
1991	99	58
1992	97	62
1993	94	67
1994	93	71
1995	91	74
1996	89	77
1997	90	79
1998	92	80
1999	96	81
2000	95	82
2001	94	82
2002	91	81
2003	87	79
2004	84	77
2005	82	81
2006	81	89
2007	80	89
2008	78	91
2009	77	93
2010	76	94
2011	75	89
2012	73	89
2013	72	94
2014	71	100
2015	70	100
2016	69	102
2017	68	106
2018	67	112
2019	66	120
2020	94	126
2021	147	186
2022	74	138
2023	59	130

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 1.93% in Jamaica. 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	Jamaica
1960	13.4%	8.17%
1961	13%	7.79%
1962	12.6%	7.45%
1963	12.2%	7.17%
1964	11.8%	6.91%
1965	11.5%	6.69%
1966	11.1%	6.49%
1967	10.8%	6.28%
1968	10.4%	6.08%
1969	10.1%	5.87%
1970	9.72%	5.64%
1971	9.36%	5.41%
1972	8.99%	5.18%
1973	8.6%	4.95%
1974	8.2%	4.74%
1975	7.8%	4.55%
1976	7.39%	4.37%
1977	6.98%	4.21%
1978	6.58%	4.06%
1979	6.2%	3.92%
1980	5.84%	3.78%
1981	5.5%	3.66%
1982	5.17%	3.54%
1983	4.88%	3.43%
1984	4.62%	3.32%
1985	4.89%	3.22%
1986	4.17%	3.13%
1987	3.99%	3.04%
1988	3.84%	2.96%
1989	3.7%	2.88%
1990	3.57%	2.8%
1991	3.45%	2.73%
1992	3.33%	2.66%
1993	3.21%	2.58%
1994	3.1%	2.51%
1995	2.99%	2.43%
1996	2.88%	2.35%
1997	2.78%	2.27%
1998	2.68%	2.19%
1999	2.59%	2.12%
2000	2.51%	2.06%
2001	2.43%	2%
2002	2.35%	1.97%
2003	2.28%	1.94%
2004	2.22%	1.92%
2005	2.15%	1.92%
2006	2.09%	1.91%
2007	2.02%	1.92%
2008	1.96%	1.92%
2009	1.89%	1.91%
2010	1.83%	1.91%
2011	1.77%	1.9%
2012	1.72%	1.89%
2013	1.66%	1.88%
2014	1.61%	1.87%
2015	1.56%	1.87%
2016	1.51%	1.86%
2017	1.46%	1.86%
2018	1.41%	1.87%
2019	1.37%	1.88%
2020	1.32%	1.9%
2021	1.28%	1.91%
2022	1.24%	1.93%
2023	1.2%	1.93%