Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Niger

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Niger 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 6.06 in Niger in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Niger 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	Niger
1960	6.74	7.53
1961	6.71	7.51
1962	6.66	7.5
1963	6.58	7.49
1964	6.48	7.48
1965	6.33	7.47
1966	6.16	7.48
1967	5.96	7.49
1968	5.74	7.5
1969	5.51	7.51
1970	5.28	7.51
1971	5.06	7.52
1972	4.86	7.52
1973	4.68	7.53
1974	4.53	7.54
1975	4.4	7.54
1976	4.29	7.56
1977	4.16	7.6
1978	4	7.66
1979	3.89	7.72
1980	3.8	7.78
1981	3.71	7.82
1982	3.62	7.86
1983	3.5	7.9
1984	3.35	7.92
1985	3.23	7.93
1986	3.15	7.9
1987	3.09	7.87
1988	3.04	7.84
1989	3.01	7.82
1990	3	7.81
1991	2.98	7.8
1992	2.98	7.8
1993	2.98	7.79
1994	2.94	7.79
1995	2.85	7.78
1996	2.77	7.78
1997	2.74	7.8
1998	2.72	7.84
1999	2.64	7.84
2000	2.57	7.83
2001	2.52	7.81
2002	2.49	7.8
2003	2.45	7.79
2004	2.38	7.78
2005	2.31	7.77
2006	2.24	7.74
2007	2.19	7.73
2008	2.15	7.7
2009	2.1	7.68
2010	2.01	7.64
2011	1.94	7.59
2012	1.9	7.53
2013	1.86	7.45
2014	1.82	7.34
2015	1.77	7.22
2016	1.72	7.04
2017	1.72	6.87
2018	1.72	6.71
2019	1.71	6.54
2020	1.69	6.37
2021	1.68	6.2
2022	1.66	6.14
2023	1.65	6.06
2024	1.63	5.93
2025	1.62	5.79
2026	1.6	5.64
2027	1.6	5.49
2028	1.59	5.35
2029	1.59	5.22
2030	1.58	5.08
2031	1.58	4.93
2032	1.57	4.8
2033	1.57	4.69
2034	1.57	4.55
2035	1.57	4.44
2036	1.57	4.32
2037	1.57	4.21
2038	1.57	4.1
2039	1.57	4
2040	1.57	3.91
2041	1.57	3.82
2042	1.57	3.74
2043	1.57	3.66
2044	1.57	3.59
2045	1.57	3.53
2046	1.57	3.46
2047	1.58	3.39
2048	1.58	3.34
2049	1.58	3.28
2050	1.58	3.22

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Niger
1960	46.8%	49%
1961	47%	48.9%
1962	47.1%	48.8%
1963	47.2%	48.8%
1964	47.3%	48.8%
1965	47.2%	48.7%
1966	47.1%	48.6%
1967	46.9%	48.5%
1968	46.7%	48.4%
1969	46.4%	48.3%
1970	46%	48.1%
1971	45.6%	48%
1972	45.1%	47.9%
1973	44.6%	47.7%
1974	44%	47.6%
1975	43.4%	47.4%
1976	42.8%	47.3%
1977	42.2%	47.1%
1978	41.5%	47%
1979	40.9%	47%
1980	40.3%	47%
1981	39.7%	47%
1982	39.1%	47%
1983	38.6%	47%
1984	38.1%	47%
1985	37.6%	47%
1986	37.2%	47%
1987	36.9%	47%
1988	36.5%	47%
1989	36.2%	46.9%
1990	35.9%	46.8%
1991	35.6%	46.8%
1992	35.3%	46.7%
1993	35%	46.7%
1994	34.7%	46.7%
1995	34.4%	46.7%
1996	34%	46.7%
1997	33.7%	46.8%
1998	33.3%	46.9%
1999	32.9%	47.1%
2000	32.5%	47.3%
2001	32.1%	47.5%
2002	31.7%	47.8%
2003	31.3%	48%
2004	30.9%	48.2%
2005	30.4%	48.5%
2006	29.9%	48.7%
2007	29.3%	48.9%
2008	28.7%	49.1%
2009	28.1%	49.3%
2010	27.5%	49.4%
2011	26.9%	49.5%
2012	26.3%	49.5%
2013	25.7%	49.4%
2014	25.1%	49.3%
2015	24.5%	49.2%
2016	23.9%	49%
2017	23.3%	48.8%
2018	22.7%	48.6%
2019	22.1%	48.3%
2020	21.7%	48%
2021	21.3%	47.7%
2022	21%	47.3%
2023	20.6%	47%
2024	20.3%	46.6%
2025	20%	46.2%
2026	19.7%	45.8%
2027	19.5%	45.5%
2028	19.3%	45%
2029	19.1%	44.6%
2030	18.8%	44.2%
2031	18.6%	43.8%
2032	18.4%	43.4%
2033	18.2%	43%
2034	18%	42.6%
2035	17.7%	42.2%
2036	17.4%	41.8%
2037	17.2%	41.3%
2038	16.9%	40.9%
2039	16.7%	40.4%
2040	16.4%	39.9%
2041	16.2%	39.4%
2042	16%	38.9%
2043	15.7%	38.4%
2044	15.5%	37.9%
2045	15.4%	37.4%
2046	15.2%	36.9%
2047	15%	36.4%
2048	14.8%	35.9%
2049	14.7%	35.5%
2050	14.6%	35%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 46.6% in Niger in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Niger compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Niger by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +3.43% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	529,316	105,081
1961	545,627	107,693
1962	559,985	110,280
1963	572,355	113,072
1964	581,435	115,386
1965	587,677	116,963
1966	590,855	119,314
1967	591,649	121,358
1968	589,407	123,301
1969	586,559	125,389
1970	583,396	128,184
1971	582,011	128,223
1972	581,361	133,813
1973	583,608	137,695
1974	589,035	142,606
1975	598,580	147,962
1976	612,265	154,489
1977	622,814	161,792
1978	626,378	171,614
1979	635,747	180,632
1980	649,872	189,251
1981	662,195	195,938
1982	675,339	202,012
1983	674,767	207,962
1984	666,315	213,111
1985	625,379	219,206
1986	659,701	224,365
1987	659,429	231,371
1988	663,796	237,296
1989	674,102	245,278
1990	682,409	256,594
1991	690,266	266,527
1992	697,763	278,690
1993	709,287	292,135
1994	708,660	306,026
1995	694,968	323,630
1996	682,547	341,223
1997	686,073	358,745
1998	687,704	377,120
1999	668,576	394,212
2000	652,176	410,779
2001	642,933	428,417
2002	640,840	446,767
2003	642,144	467,295
2004	628,424	488,328
2005	610,618	511,167
2006	594,388	533,374
2007	583,115	556,808
2008	576,654	579,727
2009	559,017	602,671
2010	533,657	624,685
2011	511,524	645,175
2012	503,285	664,009
2013	489,069	686,070
2014	470,916	704,609
2015	446,778	721,630
2016	425,087	738,999
2017	426,538	752,384
2018	433,622	763,536
2019	441,087	775,474
2020	378,965	784,437
2021	311,122	793,428
2022	406,143	829,651
2023	422,598	864,139

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Niger

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 350 deaths in Niger.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Niger
1985	143	1,137
1986	123	1,107
1987	120	1,074
1988	113	1,040
1989	106	1,010
1990	102	983
1991	99	957
1992	97	926
1993	94	903
1994	93	883
1995	91	865
1996	89	854
1997	90	841
1998	92	839
1999	96	841
2000	95	845
2001	94	843
2002	91	835
2003	87	813
2004	84	790
2005	82	764
2006	81	737
2007	80	704
2008	78	669
2009	77	647
2010	76	621
2011	75	585
2012	73	554
2013	72	526
2014	71	497
2015	70	473
2016	69	450
2017	68	433
2018	67	420
2019	66	406
2020	94	388
2021	147	396
2022	74	361
2023	59	350

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 11.5% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	13.4%	-
1961	13%	-
1962	12.6%	-
1963	12.2%	-
1964	11.8%	-
1965	11.5%	-
1966	11.1%	-
1967	10.8%	31.9%
1968	10.4%	32.3%
1969	10.1%	32.7%
1970	9.72%	33.2%
1971	9.36%	33.6%
1972	8.99%	34%
1973	8.6%	34.2%
1974	8.2%	34.3%
1975	7.8%	34.2%
1976	7.39%	33.9%
1977	6.98%	33.5%
1978	6.58%	33%
1979	6.2%	32.6%
1980	5.84%	32.3%
1981	5.5%	32.3%
1982	5.17%	32.5%
1983	4.88%	32.9%
1984	4.62%	33.3%
1985	4.89%	33.7%
1986	4.17%	34%
1987	3.99%	34.1%
1988	3.84%	34%
1989	3.7%	33.7%
1990	3.57%	33.2%
1991	3.45%	32.5%
1992	3.33%	31.7%
1993	3.21%	30.6%
1994	3.1%	29.4%
1995	2.99%	28.1%
1996	2.88%	26.9%
1997	2.78%	25.7%
1998	2.68%	24.7%
1999	2.59%	23.7%
2000	2.51%	22.8%
2001	2.43%	21.8%
2002	2.35%	20.6%
2003	2.28%	19.4%
2004	2.22%	18.3%
2005	2.15%	17.2%
2006	2.09%	16.2%
2007	2.02%	15.4%
2008	1.96%	14.7%
2009	1.89%	14.1%
2010	1.83%	13.7%
2011	1.77%	13.3%
2012	1.72%	13.1%
2013	1.66%	12.9%
2014	1.61%	12.7%
2015	1.56%	12.6%
2016	1.51%	12.5%
2017	1.46%	12.4%
2018	1.41%	12.3%
2019	1.37%	12.2%
2020	1.32%	12.1%
2021	1.28%	11.9%
2022	1.24%	11.7%
2023	1.2%	11.5%