Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	6.74	6.78
1961	6.71	6.73
1962	6.66	6.67
1963	6.58	6.62
1964	6.48	6.57
1965	6.33	6.52
1966	6.16	6.51
1967	5.96	6.51
1968	5.74	6.46
1969	5.51	6.41
1970	5.28	6.35
1971	5.06	6.29
1972	4.86	6.23
1973	4.68	6.15
1974	4.53	6.06
1975	4.4	5.98
1976	4.29	5.89
1977	4.16	5.81
1978	4	5.77
1979	3.89	5.73
1980	3.8	5.69
1981	3.71	5.65
1982	3.62	5.6
1983	3.5	5.55
1984	3.35	5.49
1985	3.23	5.43
1986	3.15	5.38
1987	3.09	5.33
1988	3.04	5.27
1989	3.01	5.21
1990	3	5.17
1991	2.98	5.13
1992	2.98	5.09
1993	2.98	5.02
1994	2.94	4.94
1995	2.85	4.85
1996	2.77	4.75
1997	2.74	4.66
1998	2.72	4.6
1999	2.64	4.56
2000	2.57	4.54
2001	2.52	4.5
2002	2.49	4.38
2003	2.45	4.29
2004	2.38	4.21
2005	2.31	4.13
2006	2.24	4.1
2007	2.19	4.12
2008	2.15	4.16
2009	2.1	4.16
2010	2.01	4.13
2011	1.94	4.09
2012	1.9	4.06
2013	1.86	4.04
2014	1.82	4
2015	1.77	3.95
2016	1.72	3.92
2017	1.72	3.88
2018	1.72	3.83
2019	1.71	3.79
2020	1.69	3.74
2021	1.68	3.7
2022	1.66	3.65
2023	1.65	3.6
2024	1.63	3.57
2025	1.62	3.53
2026	1.6	3.5
2027	1.6	3.46
2028	1.59	3.42
2029	1.59	3.39
2030	1.58	3.35
2031	1.58	3.32
2032	1.57	3.28
2033	1.57	3.25
2034	1.57	3.21
2035	1.57	3.18
2036	1.57	3.15
2037	1.57	3.13
2038	1.57	3.1
2039	1.57	3.08
2040	1.57	3.05
2041	1.57	3.03
2042	1.57	3
2043	1.57	2.97
2044	1.57	2.94
2045	1.57	2.92
2046	1.57	2.9
2047	1.58	2.88
2048	1.58	2.85
2049	1.58	2.83
2050	1.58	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Vanuatu
1960	46.8%	44.6%
1961	47%	44.8%
1962	47.1%	45.1%
1963	47.2%	45.2%
1964	47.3%	45.4%
1965	47.2%	45.5%
1966	47.1%	45.7%
1967	46.9%	45.8%
1968	46.7%	45.8%
1969	46.4%	45.8%
1970	46%	45.7%
1971	45.6%	45.7%
1972	45.1%	45.6%
1973	44.6%	45.5%
1974	44%	45.5%
1975	43.4%	45.4%
1976	42.8%	45.2%
1977	42.2%	45.1%
1978	41.5%	45%
1979	40.9%	44.5%
1980	40.3%	44%
1981	39.7%	43.9%
1982	39.1%	44%
1983	38.6%	44%
1984	38.1%	44.1%
1985	37.6%	44.2%
1986	37.2%	44.2%
1987	36.9%	44.1%
1988	36.5%	44.1%
1989	36.2%	44%
1990	35.9%	43.9%
1991	35.6%	43.9%
1992	35.3%	44.1%
1993	35%	44.8%
1994	34.7%	45.2%
1995	34.4%	45%
1996	34%	44.8%
1997	33.7%	44.4%
1998	33.3%	44%
1999	32.9%	43.5%
2000	32.5%	42.9%
2001	32.1%	42.4%
2002	31.7%	41.8%
2003	31.3%	41.3%
2004	30.9%	40.7%
2005	30.4%	40.2%
2006	29.9%	39.6%
2007	29.3%	39.2%
2008	28.7%	38.8%
2009	28.1%	38.5%
2010	27.5%	38.2%
2011	26.9%	38.1%
2012	26.3%	38.2%
2013	25.7%	38.2%
2014	25.1%	38.4%
2015	24.5%	38.5%
2016	23.9%	38.7%
2017	23.3%	38.8%
2018	22.7%	38.9%
2019	22.1%	39%
2020	21.7%	39%
2021	21.3%	39%
2022	21%	38.8%
2023	20.6%	38.6%
2024	20.3%	38.3%
2025	20%	38%
2026	19.7%	37.6%
2027	19.5%	37.1%
2028	19.3%	36.7%
2029	19.1%	36.2%
2030	18.8%	35.8%
2031	18.6%	35.3%
2032	18.4%	34.9%
2033	18.2%	34.5%
2034	18%	34.1%
2035	17.7%	33.7%
2036	17.4%	33.4%
2037	17.2%	33.2%
2038	16.9%	32.9%
2039	16.7%	32.7%
2040	16.4%	32.5%
2041	16.2%	32.3%
2042	16%	32.2%
2043	15.7%	32%
2044	15.5%	31.8%
2045	15.4%	31.6%
2046	15.2%	31.5%
2047	15%	31.3%
2048	14.8%	31.1%
2049	14.7%	30.9%
2050	14.6%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	529,316	1,796
1961	545,627	1,872
1962	559,985	1,947
1963	572,355	2,025
1964	581,435	2,098
1965	587,677	2,180
1966	590,855	2,278
1967	591,649	2,384
1968	589,407	2,470
1969	586,559	2,529
1970	583,396	2,597
1971	582,011	2,685
1972	581,361	2,775
1973	583,608	2,876
1974	589,035	2,968
1975	598,580	3,074
1976	612,265	3,174
1977	622,814	3,285
1978	626,378	3,428
1979	635,747	3,590
1980	649,872	3,383
1981	662,195	3,592
1982	675,339	3,778
1983	674,767	3,944
1984	666,315	4,088
1985	625,379	4,219
1986	659,701	4,360
1987	659,429	4,427
1988	663,796	4,577
1989	674,102	4,656
1990	682,409	4,762
1991	690,266	4,859
1992	697,763	4,941
1993	709,287	4,973
1994	708,660	4,973
1995	694,968	4,945
1996	682,547	4,897
1997	686,073	4,854
1998	687,704	4,866
1999	668,576	4,871
2000	652,176	5,026
2001	642,933	5,144
2002	640,840	5,181
2003	642,144	5,258
2004	628,424	5,353
2005	610,618	5,454
2006	594,388	5,606
2007	583,115	5,842
2008	576,654	6,138
2009	559,017	6,362
2010	533,657	6,548
2011	511,524	6,715
2012	503,285	6,877
2013	489,069	7,036
2014	470,916	7,143
2015	446,778	7,220
2016	425,087	7,315
2017	426,538	7,371
2018	433,622	7,379
2019	441,087	7,364
2020	378,965	7,233
2021	311,122	7,199
2022	406,143	7,358
2023	422,598	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Vanuatu
1985	143	211
1986	123	194
1987	120	200
1988	113	172
1989	106	162
1990	102	151
1991	99	140
1992	97	140
1993	94	133
1994	93	131
1995	91	131
1996	89	129
1997	90	131
1998	92	134
1999	96	146
2000	95	133
2001	94	132
2002	91	128
2003	87	131
2004	84	131
2005	82	127
2006	81	123
2007	80	120
2008	78	117
2009	77	114
2010	76	114
2011	75	112
2012	73	109
2013	72	110
2014	71	110
2015	70	109
2016	69	107
2017	68	107
2018	67	108
2019	66	105
2020	94	107
2021	147	124
2022	74	105
2023	59	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	13.4%	15.2%
1961	13%	14.7%
1962	12.6%	14.3%
1963	12.2%	13.8%
1964	11.8%	13.4%
1965	11.5%	12.9%
1966	11.1%	12.4%
1967	10.8%	12%
1968	10.4%	11.5%
1969	10.1%	11%
1970	9.72%	10.6%
1971	9.36%	10.2%
1972	8.99%	9.73%
1973	8.6%	9.34%
1974	8.2%	8.95%
1975	7.8%	8.58%
1976	7.39%	8.21%
1977	6.98%	7.84%
1978	6.58%	7.45%
1979	6.2%	7.07%
1980	5.84%	6.67%
1981	5.5%	6.27%
1982	5.17%	5.87%
1983	4.88%	5.48%
1984	4.62%	5.12%
1985	4.89%	4.78%
1986	4.17%	4.47%
1987	3.99%	4.2%
1988	3.84%	3.96%
1989	3.7%	3.76%
1990	3.57%	3.58%
1991	3.45%	3.43%
1992	3.33%	3.29%
1993	3.21%	3.18%
1994	3.1%	3.08%
1995	2.99%	3%
1996	2.88%	2.92%
1997	2.78%	2.86%
1998	2.68%	2.79%
1999	2.59%	2.74%
2000	2.51%	2.68%
2001	2.43%	2.63%
2002	2.35%	2.58%
2003	2.28%	2.54%
2004	2.22%	2.5%
2005	2.15%	2.45%
2006	2.09%	2.4%
2007	2.02%	2.34%
2008	1.96%	2.27%
2009	1.89%	2.2%
2010	1.83%	2.12%
2011	1.77%	2.05%
2012	1.72%	1.99%
2013	1.66%	1.94%
2014	1.61%	1.9%
2015	1.56%	1.87%
2016	1.51%	1.84%
2017	1.46%	1.82%
2018	1.41%	1.8%
2019	1.37%	1.78%
2020	1.32%	1.77%
2021	1.28%	1.74%
2022	1.24%	1.71%
2023	1.2%	1.68%