Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Nicaragua 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 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
1960	6.74	7.16
1961	6.71	7.11
1962	6.66	7.1
1963	6.58	7.08
1964	6.48	7.06
1965	6.33	7.03
1966	6.16	6.99
1967	5.96	6.94
1968	5.74	6.89
1969	5.51	6.83
1970	5.28	6.77
1971	5.06	6.71
1972	4.86	6.65
1973	4.68	6.59
1974	4.53	6.52
1975	4.4	6.45
1976	4.29	6.37
1977	4.16	6.28
1978	4	6.16
1979	3.89	6.07
1980	3.8	5.96
1981	3.71	5.84
1982	3.62	5.74
1983	3.5	5.61
1984	3.35	5.49
1985	3.23	5.36
1986	3.15	5.22
1987	3.09	5.07
1988	3.04	4.93
1989	3.01	4.76
1990	3	4.6
1991	2.98	4.43
1992	2.98	4.27
1993	2.98	4.1
1994	2.94	3.94
1995	2.85	3.78
1996	2.77	3.62
1997	2.74	3.47
1998	2.72	3.34
1999	2.64	3.22
2000	2.57	3.12
2001	2.52	3
2002	2.49	2.89
2003	2.45	2.83
2004	2.38	2.78
2005	2.31	2.77
2006	2.24	2.73
2007	2.19	2.7
2008	2.15	2.66
2009	2.1	2.63
2010	2.01	2.6
2011	1.94	2.56
2012	1.9	2.53
2013	1.86	2.49
2014	1.82	2.46
2015	1.77	2.43
2016	1.72	2.41
2017	1.72	2.38
2018	1.72	2.35
2019	1.71	2.32
2020	1.69	2.3
2021	1.68	2.27
2022	1.66	2.24
2023	1.65	2.22
2024	1.63	2.21
2025	1.62	2.18
2026	1.6	2.16
2027	1.6	2.14
2028	1.59	2.11
2029	1.59	2.09
2030	1.58	2.07
2031	1.58	2.05
2032	1.57	2.04
2033	1.57	2.02
2034	1.57	2.01
2035	1.57	2
2036	1.57	1.98
2037	1.57	1.97
2038	1.57	1.96
2039	1.57	1.95
2040	1.57	1.94
2041	1.57	1.93
2042	1.57	1.92
2043	1.57	1.91
2044	1.57	1.9
2045	1.57	1.89
2046	1.57	1.89
2047	1.58	1.88
2048	1.58	1.87
2049	1.58	1.87
2050	1.58	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Nicaragua
1960	46.8%	47.6%
1961	47%	47.8%
1962	47.1%	48%
1963	47.2%	48.2%
1964	47.3%	48.2%
1965	47.2%	48.1%
1966	47.1%	47.9%
1967	46.9%	47.8%
1968	46.7%	47.7%
1969	46.4%	47.6%
1970	46%	47.5%
1971	45.6%	47.5%
1972	45.1%	47.4%
1973	44.6%	47.4%
1974	44%	47.3%
1975	43.4%	47.3%
1976	42.8%	47.3%
1977	42.2%	47.2%
1978	41.5%	47.3%
1979	40.9%	47.3%
1980	40.3%	47.3%
1981	39.7%	47.3%
1982	39.1%	47.3%
1983	38.6%	47.2%
1984	38.1%	47.2%
1985	37.6%	47.1%
1986	37.2%	47%
1987	36.9%	46.9%
1988	36.5%	46.7%
1989	36.2%	46.4%
1990	35.9%	46.1%
1991	35.6%	45.7%
1992	35.3%	45.2%
1993	35%	44.8%
1994	34.7%	44.3%
1995	34.4%	43.7%
1996	34%	43.1%
1997	33.7%	42.4%
1998	33.3%	41.7%
1999	32.9%	41%
2000	32.5%	40.3%
2001	32.1%	39.6%
2002	31.7%	38.9%
2003	31.3%	38.2%
2004	30.9%	37.5%
2005	30.4%	36.8%
2006	29.9%	36.2%
2007	29.3%	35.7%
2008	28.7%	35.2%
2009	28.1%	34.7%
2010	27.5%	34.2%
2011	26.9%	33.8%
2012	26.3%	33.3%
2013	25.7%	32.9%
2014	25.1%	32.6%
2015	24.5%	32.2%
2016	23.9%	31.8%
2017	23.3%	31.5%
2018	22.7%	31.1%
2019	22.1%	30.8%
2020	21.7%	30.4%
2021	21.3%	30.1%
2022	21%	29.6%
2023	20.6%	29.2%
2024	20.3%	28.8%
2025	20%	28.3%
2026	19.7%	27.9%
2027	19.5%	27.4%
2028	19.3%	27%
2029	19.1%	26.6%
2030	18.8%	26.2%
2031	18.6%	25.8%
2032	18.4%	25.4%
2033	18.2%	25%
2034	18%	24.7%
2035	17.7%	24.4%
2036	17.4%	24%
2037	17.2%	23.7%
2038	16.9%	23.4%
2039	16.7%	23.1%
2040	16.4%	22.8%
2041	16.2%	22.5%
2042	16%	22.2%
2043	15.7%	22%
2044	15.5%	21.7%
2045	15.4%	21.4%
2046	15.2%	21.2%
2047	15%	20.9%
2048	14.8%	20.7%
2049	14.7%	20.5%
2050	14.6%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	529,316	55,664
1961	545,627	57,499
1962	559,985	59,547
1963	572,355	61,738
1964	581,435	64,227
1965	587,677	67,056
1966	590,855	69,883
1967	591,649	72,722
1968	589,407	75,458
1969	586,559	78,237
1970	583,396	81,127
1971	582,011	84,139
1972	581,361	76,906
1973	583,608	89,662
1974	589,035	92,505
1975	598,580	95,230
1976	612,265	98,100
1977	622,814	100,498
1978	626,378	98,419
1979	635,747	96,429
1980	649,872	108,604
1981	662,195	110,421
1982	675,339	112,468
1983	674,767	110,618
1984	666,315	110,133
1985	625,379	110,949
1986	659,701	113,054
1987	659,429	112,885
1988	663,796	117,299
1989	674,102	120,128
1990	682,409	120,677
1991	690,266	121,787
1992	697,763	121,204
1993	709,287	120,469
1994	708,660	119,565
1995	694,968	118,325
1996	682,547	116,849
1997	686,073	114,415
1998	687,704	108,862
1999	668,576	110,217
2000	652,176	109,192
2001	642,933	107,109
2002	640,840	105,805
2003	642,144	106,142
2004	628,424	106,904
2005	610,618	108,984
2006	594,388	110,073
2007	583,115	110,341
2008	576,654	110,395
2009	559,017	110,213
2010	533,657	110,475
2011	511,524	110,026
2012	503,285	110,065
2013	489,069	109,032
2014	470,916	108,420
2015	446,778	107,344
2016	425,087	106,585
2017	426,538	105,468
2018	433,622	104,814
2019	441,087	102,817
2020	378,965	90,515
2021	311,122	89,213
2022	406,143	100,987
2023	422,598	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Nicaragua
1985	143	319
1986	123	313
1987	120	316
1988	113	301
1989	106	286
1990	102	281
1991	99	273
1992	97	272
1993	94	265
1994	93	256
1995	91	251
1996	89	244
1997	90	236
1998	92	239
1999	96	228
2000	95	213
2001	94	194
2002	91	170
2003	87	154
2004	84	140
2005	82	124
2006	81	113
2007	80	106
2008	78	101
2009	77	99
2010	76	96
2011	75	93
2012	73	88
2013	72	86
2014	71	83
2015	70	81
2016	69	77
2017	68	72
2018	67	67
2019	66	69
2020	94	87
2021	147	124
2022	74	61
2023	59	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	13.4%	19.8%
1961	13%	19.6%
1962	12.6%	19.4%
1963	12.2%	19.2%
1964	11.8%	19%
1965	11.5%	18.7%
1966	11.1%	18.4%
1967	10.8%	18.1%
1968	10.4%	17.8%
1969	10.1%	17.4%
1970	9.72%	17.1%
1971	9.36%	16.6%
1972	8.99%	18.7%
1973	8.6%	15.6%
1974	8.2%	15%
1975	7.8%	14.4%
1976	7.39%	13.7%
1977	6.98%	12.9%
1978	6.58%	12.2%
1979	6.2%	11.5%
1980	5.84%	10.8%
1981	5.5%	10.2%
1982	5.17%	9.58%
1983	4.88%	9.07%
1984	4.62%	8.62%
1985	4.89%	8.21%
1986	4.17%	7.85%
1987	3.99%	7.53%
1988	3.84%	7.22%
1989	3.7%	6.92%
1990	3.57%	6.62%
1991	3.45%	6.31%
1992	3.33%	6%
1993	3.21%	5.69%
1994	3.1%	5.39%
1995	2.99%	5.09%
1996	2.88%	4.81%
1997	2.78%	4.54%
1998	2.68%	5.01%
1999	2.59%	4.04%
2000	2.51%	3.82%
2001	2.43%	3.62%
2002	2.35%	3.43%
2003	2.28%	3.26%
2004	2.22%	3.1%
2005	2.15%	2.95%
2006	2.09%	2.81%
2007	2.02%	2.68%
2008	1.96%	2.55%
2009	1.89%	2.44%
2010	1.83%	2.33%
2011	1.77%	2.22%
2012	1.72%	2.13%
2013	1.66%	2.03%
2014	1.61%	1.94%
2015	1.56%	1.86%
2016	1.51%	1.78%
2017	1.46%	1.71%
2018	1.41%	1.64%
2019	1.37%	1.57%
2020	1.32%	1.51%
2021	1.28%	1.45%
2022	1.24%	1.39%
2023	1.2%	1.34%