Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Rwanda

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Rwanda 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 3.7 in Rwanda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Rwanda 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	Rwanda
1960	6.74	8.28
1961	6.71	8.28
1962	6.66	8.27
1963	6.58	8.27
1964	6.48	8.27
1965	6.33	8.25
1966	6.16	8.23
1967	5.96	8.21
1968	5.74	8.19
1969	5.51	8.18
1970	5.28	8.15
1971	5.06	8.09
1972	4.86	8.09
1973	4.68	8.09
1974	4.53	8.1
1975	4.4	8.1
1976	4.29	8.12
1977	4.16	8.14
1978	4	8.16
1979	3.89	8.13
1980	3.8	8.12
1981	3.71	8.1
1982	3.62	8.06
1983	3.5	8
1984	3.35	7.91
1985	3.23	7.79
1986	3.15	7.61
1987	3.09	7.43
1988	3.04	7.23
1989	3.01	7.03
1990	3	6.8
1991	2.98	6.62
1992	2.98	6.54
1993	2.98	6.48
1994	2.94	6.42
1995	2.85	6.35
1996	2.77	6.29
1997	2.74	6.24
1998	2.72	6.17
1999	2.64	6.06
2000	2.57	5.97
2001	2.52	5.89
2002	2.49	5.82
2003	2.45	5.74
2004	2.38	5.64
2005	2.31	5.5
2006	2.24	5.34
2007	2.19	5.14
2008	2.15	4.92
2009	2.1	4.71
2010	2.01	4.52
2011	1.94	4.33
2012	1.9	4.2
2013	1.86	4.14
2014	1.82	4.12
2015	1.77	4.11
2016	1.72	4.11
2017	1.72	4.08
2018	1.72	4.05
2019	1.71	3.99
2020	1.69	3.91
2021	1.68	3.84
2022	1.66	3.78
2023	1.65	3.7
2024	1.63	3.64
2025	1.62	3.59
2026	1.6	3.54
2027	1.6	3.49
2028	1.59	3.43
2029	1.59	3.38
2030	1.58	3.33
2031	1.58	3.28
2032	1.57	3.24
2033	1.57	3.19
2034	1.57	3.15
2035	1.57	3.11
2036	1.57	3.07
2037	1.57	3.03
2038	1.57	2.99
2039	1.57	2.95
2040	1.57	2.92
2041	1.57	2.89
2042	1.57	2.85
2043	1.57	2.81
2044	1.57	2.78
2045	1.57	2.75
2046	1.57	2.72
2047	1.58	2.69
2048	1.58	2.67
2049	1.58	2.64
2050	1.58	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Rwanda
1960	46.8%	49.2%
1961	47%	49.7%
1962	47.1%	50.2%
1963	47.2%	50.6%
1964	47.3%	50.8%
1965	47.2%	50.6%
1966	47.1%	50.2%
1967	46.9%	49.7%
1968	46.7%	49.2%
1969	46.4%	48.7%
1970	46%	48.2%
1971	45.6%	47.9%
1972	45.1%	47.5%
1973	44.6%	47.2%
1974	44%	46.9%
1975	43.4%	46.6%
1976	42.8%	46.4%
1977	42.2%	46.4%
1978	41.5%	46.4%
1979	40.9%	46.5%
1980	40.3%	46.8%
1981	39.7%	47.1%
1982	39.1%	47.4%
1983	38.6%	47.7%
1984	38.1%	48.1%
1985	37.6%	48.3%
1986	37.2%	48.6%
1987	36.9%	48.8%
1988	36.5%	48.9%
1989	36.2%	48.9%
1990	35.9%	49%
1991	35.6%	48.9%
1992	35.3%	48.7%
1993	35%	48.4%
1994	34.7%	50.1%
1995	34.4%	52.4%
1996	34%	51.4%
1997	33.7%	50.5%
1998	33.3%	49.2%
1999	32.9%	47.8%
2000	32.5%	46.4%
2001	32.1%	45.2%
2002	31.7%	44.3%
2003	31.3%	43.7%
2004	30.9%	43.3%
2005	30.4%	43.1%
2006	29.9%	42.9%
2007	29.3%	42.9%
2008	28.7%	42.8%
2009	28.1%	42.6%
2010	27.5%	42.4%
2011	26.9%	42.2%
2012	26.3%	41.9%
2013	25.7%	41.7%
2014	25.1%	41.4%
2015	24.5%	41.1%
2016	23.9%	40.9%
2017	23.3%	40.5%
2018	22.7%	40.1%
2019	22.1%	39.7%
2020	21.7%	39.2%
2021	21.3%	38.6%
2022	21%	38.2%
2023	20.6%	37.7%
2024	20.3%	37.4%
2025	20%	37%
2026	19.7%	36.7%
2027	19.5%	36.4%
2028	19.3%	36%
2029	19.1%	35.7%
2030	18.8%	35.4%
2031	18.6%	35%
2032	18.4%	34.7%
2033	18.2%	34.4%
2034	18%	34.1%
2035	17.7%	33.7%
2036	17.4%	33.4%
2037	17.2%	33.1%
2038	16.9%	32.9%
2039	16.7%	32.6%
2040	16.4%	32.3%
2041	16.2%	32%
2042	16%	31.7%
2043	15.7%	31.4%
2044	15.5%	31.1%
2045	15.4%	30.8%
2046	15.2%	30.5%
2047	15%	30.2%
2048	14.8%	29.9%
2049	14.7%	29.7%
2050	14.6%	29.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 37.4% in Rwanda in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 49% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Rwanda compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Rwanda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +2.45% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	529,316	100,627
1961	545,627	102,051
1962	559,985	102,548
1963	572,355	94,296
1964	581,435	102,562
1965	587,677	103,422
1966	590,855	105,128
1967	591,649	108,053
1968	589,407	111,422
1969	586,559	115,394
1970	583,396	119,273
1971	582,011	122,567
1972	581,361	126,403
1973	583,608	131,021
1974	589,035	135,743
1975	598,580	140,596
1976	612,265	147,665
1977	622,814	155,011
1978	626,378	163,779
1979	635,747	174,477
1980	649,872	184,988
1981	662,195	195,769
1982	675,339	205,147
1983	674,767	212,750
1984	666,315	219,337
1985	625,379	223,794
1986	659,701	225,526
1987	659,429	225,744
1988	663,796	223,759
1989	674,102	217,632
1990	682,409	207,895
1991	690,266	196,431
1992	697,763	188,025
1993	709,287	183,926
1994	708,660	-719,479
1995	694,968	121,137
1996	682,547	140,455
1997	686,073	174,687
1998	687,704	197,185
1999	668,576	210,518
2000	652,176	221,276
2001	642,933	230,845
2002	640,840	239,036
2003	642,144	251,243
2004	628,424	265,273
2005	610,618	275,121
2006	594,388	282,149
2007	583,115	285,791
2008	576,654	287,334
2009	559,017	287,034
2010	533,657	286,848
2011	511,524	282,922
2012	503,285	282,584
2013	489,069	286,331
2014	470,916	292,779
2015	446,778	299,114
2016	425,087	305,549
2017	426,538	310,323
2018	433,622	312,512
2019	441,087	313,525
2020	378,965	312,692
2021	311,122	309,895
2022	406,143	312,145
2023	422,598	312,762

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Rwanda

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 229 deaths in Rwanda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Rwanda
1985	143	1,116
1986	123	1,126
1987	120	1,145
1988	113	1,188
1989	106	1,238
1990	102	1,309
1991	99	1,386
1992	97	1,530
1993	94	1,619
1994	93	5,721
1995	91	1,505
1996	89	1,295
1997	90	1,318
1998	92	1,268
1999	96	1,073
2000	95	885
2001	94	769
2002	91	677
2003	87	551
2004	84	460
2005	82	465
2006	81	494
2007	80	494
2008	78	454
2009	77	418
2010	76	393
2011	75	358
2012	73	331
2013	72	317
2014	71	301
2015	70	292
2016	69	278
2017	68	275
2018	67	269
2019	66	261
2020	94	252
2021	147	254
2022	74	234
2023	59	229

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 4% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	13.4%	22.4%
1961	13%	21.9%
1962	12.6%	21.5%
1963	12.2%	21.3%
1964	11.8%	21.1%
1965	11.5%	21.1%
1966	11.1%	21.2%
1967	10.8%	21.4%
1968	10.4%	21.7%
1969	10.1%	22%
1970	9.72%	22.3%
1971	9.36%	22.6%
1972	8.99%	23%
1973	8.6%	23.4%
1974	8.2%	24%
1975	7.8%	24.6%
1976	7.39%	25.1%
1977	6.98%	25.1%
1978	6.58%	24.6%
1979	6.2%	23.4%
1980	5.84%	21.8%
1981	5.5%	20.1%
1982	5.17%	18.6%
1983	4.88%	17.4%
1984	4.62%	16.6%
1985	4.89%	16.1%
1986	4.17%	15.6%
1987	3.99%	15.2%
1988	3.84%	14.8%
1989	3.7%	14.8%
1990	3.57%	15.1%
1991	3.45%	16%
1992	3.33%	17.5%
1993	3.21%	19.3%
1994	3.1%	38.9%
1995	2.99%	21.8%
1996	2.88%	22.2%
1997	2.78%	22.2%
1998	2.68%	21.5%
1999	2.59%	20.2%
2000	2.51%	18.5%
2001	2.43%	16.7%
2002	2.35%	14.9%
2003	2.28%	13.3%
2004	2.22%	11.8%
2005	2.15%	10.5%
2006	2.09%	9.37%
2007	2.02%	8.45%
2008	1.96%	7.62%
2009	1.89%	6.92%
2010	1.83%	6.33%
2011	1.77%	5.81%
2012	1.72%	5.45%
2013	1.66%	5.17%
2014	1.61%	4.96%
2015	1.56%	4.78%
2016	1.51%	4.63%
2017	1.46%	4.52%
2018	1.41%	4.43%
2019	1.37%	4.34%
2020	1.32%	4.25%
2021	1.28%	4.16%
2022	1.24%	4.08%
2023	1.2%	4%