Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Turkey

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Turkey 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 1.51 in Turkey in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Turkey 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	Turkey
1960	6.74	6.38
1961	6.71	6.42
1962	6.66	6.38
1963	6.58	6.34
1964	6.48	6.29
1965	6.33	6.22
1966	6.16	6.15
1967	5.96	6.06
1968	5.74	5.96
1969	5.51	5.87
1970	5.28	5.78
1971	5.06	5.67
1972	4.86	5.55
1973	4.68	5.41
1974	4.53	5.24
1975	4.4	5.09
1976	4.29	4.93
1977	4.16	4.78
1978	4	4.69
1979	3.89	4.58
1980	3.8	4.45
1981	3.71	4.35
1982	3.62	4.21
1983	3.5	4.06
1984	3.35	3.91
1985	3.23	3.78
1986	3.15	3.66
1987	3.09	3.54
1988	3.04	3.45
1989	3.01	3.34
1990	3	3.11
1991	2.98	3
1992	2.98	2.94
1993	2.98	2.92
1994	2.94	2.87
1995	2.85	2.84
1996	2.77	2.78
1997	2.74	2.74
1998	2.72	2.71
1999	2.64	2.63
2000	2.57	2.49
2001	2.52	2.39
2002	2.49	2.27
2003	2.45	2.2
2004	2.38	2.2
2005	2.31	2.2
2006	2.24	2.19
2007	2.19	2.16
2008	2.15	2.15
2009	2.1	2.1
2010	2.01	2.08
2011	1.94	2.05
2012	1.9	2.11
2013	1.86	2.11
2014	1.82	2.19
2015	1.77	2.16
2016	1.72	2.11
2017	1.72	2.08
2018	1.72	2
2019	1.71	1.89
2020	1.69	1.77
2021	1.68	1.71
2022	1.66	1.63
2023	1.65	1.51
2024	1.63	1.51
2025	1.62	1.5
2026	1.6	1.5
2027	1.6	1.5
2028	1.59	1.5
2029	1.59	1.5
2030	1.58	1.5
2031	1.58	1.5
2032	1.57	1.5
2033	1.57	1.5
2034	1.57	1.5
2035	1.57	1.5
2036	1.57	1.5
2037	1.57	1.5
2038	1.57	1.5
2039	1.57	1.5
2040	1.57	1.5
2041	1.57	1.5
2042	1.57	1.5
2043	1.57	1.5
2044	1.57	1.5
2045	1.57	1.5
2046	1.57	1.5
2047	1.58	1.5
2048	1.58	1.5
2049	1.58	1.5
2050	1.58	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Turkey
1960	46.8%	42%
1961	47%	42.2%
1962	47.1%	42.4%
1963	47.2%	42.5%
1964	47.3%	42.7%
1965	47.2%	42.8%
1966	47.1%	42.8%
1967	46.9%	42.9%
1968	46.7%	42.9%
1969	46.4%	42.8%
1970	46%	42.7%
1971	45.6%	42.5%
1972	45.1%	42.3%
1973	44.6%	42.1%
1974	44%	41.8%
1975	43.4%	41.5%
1976	42.8%	41.1%
1977	42.2%	40.7%
1978	41.5%	40.4%
1979	40.9%	40.1%
1980	40.3%	39.8%
1981	39.7%	39.6%
1982	39.1%	39.3%
1983	38.6%	38.9%
1984	38.1%	38.5%
1985	37.6%	38.1%
1986	37.2%	37.6%
1987	36.9%	37.2%
1988	36.5%	36.7%
1989	36.2%	36.3%
1990	35.9%	35.8%
1991	35.6%	35.3%
1992	35.3%	34.8%
1993	35%	34.3%
1994	34.7%	33.8%
1995	34.4%	33.2%
1996	34%	32.6%
1997	33.7%	32%
1998	33.3%	31.4%
1999	32.9%	30.8%
2000	32.5%	30.2%
2001	32.1%	29.7%
2002	31.7%	29.2%
2003	31.3%	28.7%
2004	30.9%	28.3%
2005	30.4%	27.9%
2006	29.9%	27.5%
2007	29.3%	27.1%
2008	28.7%	26.7%
2009	28.1%	26.3%
2010	27.5%	25.9%
2011	26.9%	25.5%
2012	26.3%	25.1%
2013	25.7%	24.7%
2014	25.1%	24.3%
2015	24.5%	23.9%
2016	23.9%	23.6%
2017	23.3%	23.3%
2018	22.7%	23.1%
2019	22.1%	23%
2020	21.7%	22.8%
2021	21.3%	22.5%
2022	21%	22.2%
2023	20.6%	21.8%
2024	20.3%	21.4%
2025	20%	21%
2026	19.7%	20.6%
2027	19.5%	20.1%
2028	19.3%	19.6%
2029	19.1%	19.2%
2030	18.8%	18.7%
2031	18.6%	18.2%
2032	18.4%	17.8%
2033	18.2%	17.4%
2034	18%	17.1%
2035	17.7%	16.8%
2036	17.4%	16.5%
2037	17.2%	16.3%
2038	16.9%	16.2%
2039	16.7%	16.1%
2040	16.4%	16%
2041	16.2%	15.8%
2042	16%	15.7%
2043	15.7%	15.6%
2044	15.5%	15.5%
2045	15.4%	15.4%
2046	15.2%	15.3%
2047	15%	15.2%
2048	14.8%	15.1%
2049	14.7%	15%
2050	14.6%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 21.4% in Turkey in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Turkey compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Turkey by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +0.91% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	529,316	773,009
1961	545,627	816,911
1962	559,985	837,473
1963	572,355	862,626
1964	581,435	884,152
1965	587,677	904,016
1966	590,855	925,790
1967	591,649	936,727
1968	589,407	950,778
1969	586,559	970,958
1970	583,396	991,950
1971	582,011	1,014,165
1972	581,361	1,023,781
1973	583,608	1,025,675
1974	589,035	1,020,053
1975	598,580	1,012,904
1976	612,265	1,009,999
1977	622,814	1,023,779
1978	626,378	1,054,863
1979	635,747	1,076,707
1980	649,872	1,090,538
1981	662,195	1,100,082
1982	675,339	1,091,863
1983	674,767	1,095,106
1984	666,315	1,096,529
1985	625,379	1,098,846
1986	659,701	1,102,660
1987	659,429	1,099,042
1988	663,796	1,101,266
1989	674,102	1,094,036
1990	682,409	1,044,467
1991	690,266	1,041,229
1992	697,763	1,039,125
1993	709,287	1,064,168
1994	708,660	1,078,208
1995	694,968	1,090,630
1996	682,547	1,091,827
1997	686,073	1,099,738
1998	687,704	1,103,242
1999	668,576	1,063,312
2000	652,176	1,020,515
2001	642,933	980,560
2002	640,840	922,927
2003	642,144	893,683
2004	628,424	896,025
2005	610,618	898,650
2006	594,388	897,351
2007	583,115	876,626
2008	576,654	868,749
2009	559,017	900,491
2010	533,657	892,334
2011	511,524	875,839
2012	503,285	917,145
2013	489,069	921,386
2014	470,916	957,055
2015	446,778	930,799
2016	425,087	895,841
2017	426,538	875,408
2018	433,622	830,353
2019	441,087	751,472
2020	378,965	608,708
2021	311,122	521,713
2022	406,143	535,373
2023	422,598	426,630

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Turkey

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 15 deaths in Turkey.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Turkey
1985	143	56
1986	123	53
1987	120	50
1988	113	47
1989	106	44
1990	102	42
1991	99	41
1992	97	40
1993	94	39
1994	93	38
1995	91	37
1996	89	36
1997	90	35
1998	92	34
1999	96	34
2000	95	32
2001	94	31
2002	91	30
2003	87	29
2004	84	28
2005	82	27
2006	81	26
2007	80	25
2008	78	24
2009	77	23
2010	76	23
2011	75	23
2012	73	21
2013	72	20
2014	71	20
2015	70	19
2016	69	19
2017	68	18
2018	67	17
2019	66	17
2020	94	19
2021	147	20
2022	74	21
2023	59	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 1.28% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	13.4%	25.8%
1961	13%	25%
1962	12.6%	24.1%
1963	12.2%	23.3%
1964	11.8%	22.5%
1965	11.5%	21.7%
1966	11.1%	21%
1967	10.8%	20.4%
1968	10.4%	19.7%
1969	10.1%	19.2%
1970	9.72%	18.6%
1971	9.36%	18%
1972	8.99%	17.5%
1973	8.6%	16.9%
1974	8.2%	16.3%
1975	7.8%	15.7%
1976	7.39%	15.1%
1977	6.98%	14.5%
1978	6.58%	13.9%
1979	6.2%	13.3%
1980	5.84%	12.7%
1981	5.5%	12.1%
1982	5.17%	11.5%
1983	4.88%	10.9%
1984	4.62%	10.3%
1985	4.89%	9.79%
1986	4.17%	9.27%
1987	3.99%	8.77%
1988	3.84%	8.29%
1989	3.7%	7.83%
1990	3.57%	7.38%
1991	3.45%	6.95%
1992	3.33%	6.52%
1993	3.21%	6.11%
1994	3.1%	5.73%
1995	2.99%	5.35%
1996	2.88%	5%
1997	2.78%	4.66%
1998	2.68%	4.33%
1999	2.59%	4.03%
2000	2.51%	3.74%
2001	2.43%	3.47%
2002	2.35%	3.22%
2003	2.28%	2.99%
2004	2.22%	2.77%
2005	2.15%	2.57%
2006	2.09%	2.38%
2007	2.02%	2.21%
2008	1.96%	2.06%
2009	1.89%	1.92%
2010	1.83%	1.79%
2011	1.77%	1.68%
2012	1.72%	1.58%
2013	1.66%	1.49%
2014	1.61%	1.4%
2015	1.56%	1.33%
2016	1.51%	1.26%
2017	1.46%	1.2%
2018	1.41%	1.15%
2019	1.37%	1.1%
2020	1.32%	1.05%
2021	1.28%	1.01%
2022	1.24%	0.96%
2023	1.2%	1.28%