Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Liberia

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Liberia 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 3.95 in Liberia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Liberia 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	Liberia
1960	6.74	6.39
1961	6.71	6.45
1962	6.66	6.5
1963	6.58	6.56
1964	6.48	6.59
1965	6.33	6.62
1966	6.16	6.63
1967	5.96	6.65
1968	5.74	6.66
1969	5.51	6.64
1970	5.28	6.58
1971	5.06	6.54
1972	4.86	6.6
1973	4.68	6.65
1974	4.53	6.69
1975	4.4	6.74
1976	4.29	6.79
1977	4.16	6.84
1978	4	6.88
1979	3.89	6.92
1980	3.8	6.87
1981	3.71	6.83
1982	3.62	6.79
1983	3.5	6.76
1984	3.35	6.73
1985	3.23	6.69
1986	3.15	6.64
1987	3.09	6.57
1988	3.04	6.51
1989	3.01	6.43
1990	3	6.37
1991	2.98	6.32
1992	2.98	6.28
1993	2.98	6.25
1994	2.94	6.21
1995	2.85	6.17
1996	2.77	6.13
1997	2.74	6.08
1998	2.72	6.02
1999	2.64	5.95
2000	2.57	5.88
2001	2.52	5.77
2002	2.49	5.65
2003	2.45	5.55
2004	2.38	5.51
2005	2.31	5.52
2006	2.24	5.53
2007	2.19	5.46
2008	2.15	5.33
2009	2.1	5.17
2010	2.01	5.06
2011	1.94	4.97
2012	1.9	4.88
2013	1.86	4.75
2014	1.82	4.62
2015	1.77	4.52
2016	1.72	4.46
2017	1.72	4.4
2018	1.72	4.34
2019	1.71	4.26
2020	1.69	4.17
2021	1.68	4.09
2022	1.66	4.02
2023	1.65	3.95
2024	1.63	3.86
2025	1.62	3.79
2026	1.6	3.71
2027	1.6	3.64
2028	1.59	3.57
2029	1.59	3.51
2030	1.58	3.43
2031	1.58	3.38
2032	1.57	3.31
2033	1.57	3.25
2034	1.57	3.2
2035	1.57	3.15
2036	1.57	3.11
2037	1.57	3.06
2038	1.57	3.02
2039	1.57	2.98
2040	1.57	2.94
2041	1.57	2.91
2042	1.57	2.87
2043	1.57	2.83
2044	1.57	2.8
2045	1.57	2.77
2046	1.57	2.73
2047	1.58	2.7
2048	1.58	2.68
2049	1.58	2.65
2050	1.58	2.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Liberia
1960	46.8%	41.1%
1961	47%	41.1%
1962	47.1%	41.2%
1963	47.2%	41.4%
1964	47.3%	41.7%
1965	47.2%	42%
1966	47.1%	42.2%
1967	46.9%	42.4%
1968	46.7%	42.6%
1969	46.4%	42.8%
1970	46%	42.9%
1971	45.6%	43%
1972	45.1%	43.2%
1973	44.6%	43.3%
1974	44%	43.4%
1975	43.4%	43.5%
1976	42.8%	43.6%
1977	42.2%	43.7%
1978	41.5%	43.8%
1979	40.9%	43.9%
1980	40.3%	44%
1981	39.7%	44.1%
1982	39.1%	44.2%
1983	38.6%	44.2%
1984	38.1%	44.2%
1985	37.6%	44.2%
1986	37.2%	44.3%
1987	36.9%	44.3%
1988	36.5%	44.2%
1989	36.2%	44.1%
1990	35.9%	44.1%
1991	35.6%	44.2%
1992	35.3%	44.1%
1993	35%	43.9%
1994	34.7%	43.8%
1995	34.4%	43.6%
1996	34%	43.4%
1997	33.7%	43.3%
1998	33.3%	43.2%
1999	32.9%	43.1%
2000	32.5%	43%
2001	32.1%	43%
2002	31.7%	42.9%
2003	31.3%	42.9%
2004	30.9%	42.9%
2005	30.4%	43%
2006	29.9%	43.1%
2007	29.3%	43.2%
2008	28.7%	43.2%
2009	28.1%	43.1%
2010	27.5%	43.1%
2011	26.9%	42.7%
2012	26.3%	42.4%
2013	25.7%	42.5%
2014	25.1%	42.5%
2015	24.5%	42.4%
2016	23.9%	42.3%
2017	23.3%	42.1%
2018	22.7%	42%
2019	22.1%	41.7%
2020	21.7%	41.4%
2021	21.3%	41%
2022	21%	40.5%
2023	20.6%	40%
2024	20.3%	39.5%
2025	20%	39.1%
2026	19.7%	38.6%
2027	19.5%	38.1%
2028	19.3%	37.7%
2029	19.1%	37.2%
2030	18.8%	36.9%
2031	18.6%	36.5%
2032	18.4%	36.2%
2033	18.2%	35.8%
2034	18%	35.5%
2035	17.7%	35.2%
2036	17.4%	34.9%
2037	17.2%	34.5%
2038	16.9%	34.2%
2039	16.7%	33.9%
2040	16.4%	33.6%
2041	16.2%	33.2%
2042	16%	32.9%
2043	15.7%	32.6%
2044	15.5%	32.3%
2045	15.4%	32%
2046	15.2%	31.6%
2047	15%	31.3%
2048	14.8%	31%
2049	14.7%	30.7%
2050	14.6%	30.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 39.5% in Liberia in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Liberia compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Liberia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +2.41% in Liberia. 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	Liberia
1960	529,316	25,713
1961	545,627	26,670
1962	559,985	27,679
1963	572,355	28,708
1964	581,435	29,592
1965	587,677	30,618
1966	590,855	31,454
1967	591,649	32,519
1968	589,407	33,536
1969	586,559	34,677
1970	583,396	35,196
1971	582,011	36,015
1972	581,361	37,860
1973	583,608	39,694
1974	589,035	41,499
1975	598,580	43,478
1976	612,265	45,528
1977	622,814	47,582
1978	626,378	49,813
1979	635,747	52,125
1980	649,872	53,452
1981	662,195	55,003
1982	675,339	56,127
1983	674,767	57,562
1984	666,315	59,460
1985	625,379	59,988
1986	659,701	61,924
1987	659,429	62,147
1988	663,796	62,703
1989	674,102	63,238
1990	682,409	52,770
1991	690,266	47,426
1992	697,763	50,204
1993	709,287	51,609
1994	708,660	52,101
1995	694,968	53,407
1996	682,547	56,392
1997	686,073	61,444
1998	687,704	72,146
1999	668,576	78,130
2000	652,176	83,143
2001	642,933	86,217
2002	640,840	88,643
2003	642,144	87,534
2004	628,424	91,755
2005	610,618	96,478
2006	594,388	104,099
2007	583,115	109,165
2008	576,654	112,032
2009	559,017	113,429
2010	533,657	114,249
2011	511,524	115,496
2012	503,285	121,973
2013	489,069	120,138
2014	470,916	116,667
2015	446,778	115,479
2016	425,087	118,852
2017	426,538	119,376
2018	433,622	120,231
2019	441,087	120,635
2020	378,965	120,632
2021	311,122	121,038
2022	406,143	123,747
2023	422,598	125,730

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Liberia

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 628 deaths in Liberia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Liberia
1985	143	1,749
1986	123	1,678
1987	120	1,655
1988	113	1,647
1989	106	1,633
1990	102	2,146
1991	99	1,627
1992	97	1,643
1993	94	1,709
1994	93	1,811
1995	91	1,530
1996	89	1,438
1997	90	1,043
1998	92	962
1999	96	852
2000	95	786
2001	94	720
2002	91	700
2003	87	759
2004	84	645
2005	82	619
2006	81	647
2007	80	659
2008	78	663
2009	77	674
2010	76	712
2011	75	726
2012	73	728
2013	72	725
2014	71	801
2015	70	784
2016	69	690
2017	68	703
2018	67	707
2019	66	689
2020	94	664
2021	147	667
2022	74	634
2023	59	628

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 7.29% in Liberia. 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	Liberia
1960	13.4%	31.3%
1961	13%	31.3%
1962	12.6%	31.3%
1963	12.2%	31.2%
1964	11.8%	31.1%
1965	11.5%	30.8%
1966	11.1%	30.6%
1967	10.8%	30.2%
1968	10.4%	29.8%
1969	10.1%	29.3%
1970	9.72%	28.8%
1971	9.36%	28.3%
1972	8.99%	27.8%
1973	8.6%	27.4%
1974	8.2%	26.9%
1975	7.8%	26.5%
1976	7.39%	26%
1977	6.98%	25.6%
1978	6.58%	25.3%
1979	6.2%	24.9%
1980	5.84%	24.6%
1981	5.5%	24.3%
1982	5.17%	24.1%
1983	4.88%	24%
1984	4.62%	24.1%
1985	4.89%	24.3%
1986	4.17%	24.7%
1987	3.99%	25.2%
1988	3.84%	25.8%
1989	3.7%	26.4%
1990	3.57%	26.8%
1991	3.45%	27%
1992	3.33%	26.9%
1993	3.21%	26.6%
1994	3.1%	25.9%
1995	2.99%	25.1%
1996	2.88%	24.1%
1997	2.78%	23%
1998	2.68%	21.8%
1999	2.59%	20.5%
2000	2.51%	19.2%
2001	2.43%	17.9%
2002	2.35%	16.7%
2003	2.28%	15.4%
2004	2.22%	14.3%
2005	2.15%	13.3%
2006	2.09%	12.5%
2007	2.02%	11.8%
2008	1.96%	11.3%
2009	1.89%	10.8%
2010	1.83%	10.4%
2011	1.77%	10.1%
2012	1.72%	9.82%
2013	1.66%	9.54%
2014	1.61%	9.5%
2015	1.56%	9.08%
2016	1.51%	8.83%
2017	1.46%	8.6%
2018	1.41%	8.4%
2019	1.37%	8.19%
2020	1.32%	7.97%
2021	1.28%	7.74%
2022	1.24%	7.51%
2023	1.2%	7.29%