Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	6.74	6.31
1961	6.71	6.37
1962	6.66	6.42
1963	6.58	6.47
1964	6.48	6.51
1965	6.33	6.54
1966	6.16	6.58
1967	5.96	6.61
1968	5.74	6.65
1969	5.51	6.67
1970	5.28	6.7
1971	5.06	6.7
1972	4.86	6.7
1973	4.68	6.7
1974	4.53	6.67
1975	4.4	6.66
1976	4.29	6.64
1977	4.16	6.62
1978	4	6.59
1979	3.89	6.56
1980	3.8	6.53
1981	3.71	6.48
1982	3.62	6.43
1983	3.5	6.43
1984	3.35	6.44
1985	3.23	6.43
1986	3.15	6.41
1987	3.09	6.39
1988	3.04	6.37
1989	3.01	6.35
1990	3	6.32
1991	2.98	6.28
1992	2.98	6.22
1993	2.98	6.15
1994	2.94	6.08
1995	2.85	6.02
1996	2.77	5.97
1997	2.74	5.93
1998	2.72	5.91
1999	2.64	5.88
2000	2.57	5.83
2001	2.52	5.76
2002	2.49	5.67
2003	2.45	5.6
2004	2.38	5.55
2005	2.31	5.5
2006	2.24	5.45
2007	2.19	5.47
2008	2.15	5.6
2009	2.1	5.68
2010	2.01	5.66
2011	1.94	5.6
2012	1.9	5.52
2013	1.86	5.43
2014	1.82	5.3
2015	1.77	5.25
2016	1.72	5.19
2017	1.72	5.13
2018	1.72	5.07
2019	1.71	5.02
2020	1.69	4.96
2021	1.68	4.91
2022	1.66	4.84
2023	1.65	4.76
2024	1.63	4.69
2025	1.62	4.62
2026	1.6	4.54
2027	1.6	4.46
2028	1.59	4.39
2029	1.59	4.3
2030	1.58	4.23
2031	1.58	4.14
2032	1.57	4.06
2033	1.57	3.97
2034	1.57	3.89
2035	1.57	3.82
2036	1.57	3.75
2037	1.57	3.67
2038	1.57	3.6
2039	1.57	3.53
2040	1.57	3.47
2041	1.57	3.4
2042	1.57	3.34
2043	1.57	3.28
2044	1.57	3.22
2045	1.57	3.16
2046	1.57	3.11
2047	1.58	3.06
2048	1.58	3.01
2049	1.58	2.97
2050	1.58	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Mozambique
1960	46.8%	41%
1961	47%	41.2%
1962	47.1%	41.4%
1963	47.2%	41.6%
1964	47.3%	41.9%
1965	47.2%	42.2%
1966	47.1%	42.5%
1967	46.9%	42.7%
1968	46.7%	42.9%
1969	46.4%	43.1%
1970	46%	43.3%
1971	45.6%	43.4%
1972	45.1%	43.6%
1973	44.6%	43.7%
1974	44%	43.8%
1975	43.4%	44%
1976	42.8%	44.1%
1977	42.2%	44.3%
1978	41.5%	44.6%
1979	40.9%	44.9%
1980	40.3%	45.3%
1981	39.7%	45.6%
1982	39.1%	45.7%
1983	38.6%	45.8%
1984	38.1%	45.9%
1985	37.6%	45.9%
1986	37.2%	45.9%
1987	36.9%	45.9%
1988	36.5%	45.8%
1989	36.2%	45.7%
1990	35.9%	45.7%
1991	35.6%	45.6%
1992	35.3%	45.5%
1993	35%	45.4%
1994	34.7%	45.2%
1995	34.4%	45%
1996	34%	44.9%
1997	33.7%	44.8%
1998	33.3%	44.9%
1999	32.9%	45%
2000	32.5%	45.1%
2001	32.1%	45.1%
2002	31.7%	45.2%
2003	31.3%	45.3%
2004	30.9%	45.3%
2005	30.4%	45.3%
2006	29.9%	45.4%
2007	29.3%	45.4%
2008	28.7%	45.5%
2009	28.1%	45.6%
2010	27.5%	45.8%
2011	26.9%	45.8%
2012	26.3%	45.9%
2013	25.7%	45.8%
2014	25.1%	45.8%
2015	24.5%	45.7%
2016	23.9%	45.6%
2017	23.3%	45.5%
2018	22.7%	45.4%
2019	22.1%	45.3%
2020	21.7%	45.2%
2021	21.3%	45.1%
2022	21%	45%
2023	20.6%	44.8%
2024	20.3%	44.5%
2025	20%	44.2%
2026	19.7%	43.9%
2027	19.5%	43.5%
2028	19.3%	43.2%
2029	19.1%	42.9%
2030	18.8%	42.5%
2031	18.6%	42.2%
2032	18.4%	41.9%
2033	18.2%	41.5%
2034	18%	41.1%
2035	17.7%	40.7%
2036	17.4%	40.3%
2037	17.2%	39.9%
2038	16.9%	39.5%
2039	16.7%	39%
2040	16.4%	38.6%
2041	16.2%	38.2%
2042	16%	37.7%
2043	15.7%	37.3%
2044	15.5%	36.9%
2045	15.4%	36.4%
2046	15.2%	36%
2047	15%	35.6%
2048	14.8%	35.2%
2049	14.7%	34.8%
2050	14.6%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	529,316	165,774
1961	545,627	171,236
1962	559,985	176,297
1963	572,355	180,867
1964	581,435	182,334
1965	587,677	185,931
1966	590,855	189,218
1967	591,649	193,044
1968	589,407	197,623
1969	586,559	202,174
1970	583,396	207,385
1971	582,011	211,137
1972	581,361	215,793
1973	583,608	226,847
1974	589,035	240,665
1975	598,580	257,984
1976	612,265	273,924
1977	622,814	289,193
1978	626,378	310,403
1979	635,747	331,162
1980	649,872	349,586
1981	662,195	322,207
1982	675,339	321,493
1983	674,767	324,158
1984	666,315	304,524
1985	625,379	307,625
1986	659,701	332,609
1987	659,429	334,438
1988	663,796	349,480
1989	674,102	348,833
1990	682,409	353,290
1991	690,266	357,676
1992	697,763	362,373
1993	709,287	369,518
1994	708,660	384,821
1995	694,968	421,630
1996	682,547	442,559
1997	686,073	461,209
1998	687,704	474,453
1999	668,576	491,814
2000	652,176	506,162
2001	642,933	519,594
2002	640,840	529,867
2003	642,144	540,992
2004	628,424	554,973
2005	610,618	570,132
2006	594,388	586,009
2007	583,115	610,913
2008	576,654	654,920
2009	559,017	693,673
2010	533,657	719,025
2011	511,524	741,303
2012	503,285	763,088
2013	489,069	784,641
2014	470,916	799,778
2015	446,778	824,435
2016	425,087	850,430
2017	426,538	876,594
2018	433,622	903,176
2019	441,087	927,581
2020	378,965	945,952
2021	311,122	951,234
2022	406,143	1,003,689
2023	422,598	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Mozambique
1985	143	1,452
1986	123	1,355
1987	120	1,348
1988	113	1,259
1989	106	1,209
1990	102	1,150
1991	99	1,094
1992	97	1,046
1993	94	968
1994	93	902
1995	91	883
1996	89	819
1997	90	738
1998	92	694
1999	96	624
2000	95	547
2001	94	473
2002	91	398
2003	87	360
2004	84	321
2005	82	301
2006	81	298
2007	80	327
2008	78	365
2009	77	352
2010	76	305
2011	75	268
2012	73	218
2013	72	196
2014	71	210
2015	70	216
2016	69	202
2017	68	187
2018	67	159
2019	66	134
2020	94	123
2021	147	180
2022	74	104
2023	59	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	13.4%	-
1961	13%	-
1962	12.6%	-
1963	12.2%	26.5%
1964	11.8%	26.7%
1965	11.5%	26.8%
1966	11.1%	26.8%
1967	10.8%	26.9%
1968	10.4%	26.9%
1969	10.1%	26.9%
1970	9.72%	26.8%
1971	9.36%	26.7%
1972	8.99%	26.6%
1973	8.6%	26.4%
1974	8.2%	26.3%
1975	7.8%	26.1%
1976	7.39%	26%
1977	6.98%	25.8%
1978	6.58%	25.7%
1979	6.2%	25.7%
1980	5.84%	25.6%
1981	5.5%	25.6%
1982	5.17%	25.5%
1983	4.88%	25.3%
1984	4.62%	25.1%
1985	4.89%	24.8%
1986	4.17%	24.5%
1987	3.99%	24.2%
1988	3.84%	23.9%
1989	3.7%	23.6%
1990	3.57%	23.3%
1991	3.45%	23%
1992	3.33%	22.6%
1993	3.21%	22.1%
1994	3.1%	21.6%
1995	2.99%	20.9%
1996	2.88%	20.1%
1997	2.78%	19.2%
1998	2.68%	18.2%
1999	2.59%	17.2%
2000	2.51%	16.3%
2001	2.43%	15.4%
2002	2.35%	14.6%
2003	2.28%	13.9%
2004	2.22%	13.2%
2005	2.15%	12.5%
2006	2.09%	11.8%
2007	2.02%	11%
2008	1.96%	10.4%
2009	1.89%	9.75%
2010	1.83%	9.5%
2011	1.77%	9.05%
2012	1.72%	8.63%
2013	1.66%	8.26%
2014	1.61%	7.92%
2015	1.56%	7.51%
2016	1.51%	7.23%
2017	1.46%	7.09%
2018	1.41%	6.95%
2019	1.37%	6.83%
2020	1.32%	6.73%
2021	1.28%	6.58%
2022	1.24%	6.43%
2023	1.2%	6.17%