Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	6.74	6.38
1961	6.71	6.3
1962	6.66	6.23
1963	6.58	6.16
1964	6.48	6.07
1965	6.33	5.98
1966	6.16	5.87
1967	5.96	5.75
1968	5.74	5.61
1969	5.51	5.47
1970	5.28	5.32
1971	5.06	5.17
1972	4.86	5.04
1973	4.68	4.91
1974	4.53	4.79
1975	4.4	4.69
1976	4.29	4.59
1977	4.16	4.49
1978	4	4.4
1979	3.89	4.3
1980	3.8	4.2
1981	3.71	4.1
1982	3.62	4.01
1983	3.5	3.93
1984	3.35	3.86
1985	3.23	3.79
1986	3.15	3.73
1987	3.09	3.67
1988	3.04	3.6
1989	3.01	3.52
1990	3	3.45
1991	2.98	3.37
1992	2.98	3.29
1993	2.98	3.22
1994	2.94	3.15
1995	2.85	3.08
1996	2.77	3.02
1997	2.74	2.97
1998	2.72	2.91
1999	2.64	2.86
2000	2.57	2.79
2001	2.52	2.78
2002	2.49	2.74
2003	2.45	2.7
2004	2.38	2.64
2005	2.31	2.63
2006	2.24	2.6
2007	2.19	2.52
2008	2.15	2.48
2009	2.1	2.42
2010	2.01	2.4
2011	1.94	2.4
2012	1.9	2.38
2013	1.86	2.33
2014	1.82	2.3
2015	1.77	2.25
2016	1.72	2.22
2017	1.72	2.18
2018	1.72	2.15
2019	1.71	2.13
2020	1.69	2.12
2021	1.68	2.11
2022	1.66	2.09
2023	1.65	2.08
2024	1.63	2.08
2025	1.62	2.06
2026	1.6	2.04
2027	1.6	2.03
2028	1.59	2.01
2029	1.59	2
2030	1.58	1.99
2031	1.58	1.98
2032	1.57	1.97
2033	1.57	1.96
2034	1.57	1.95
2035	1.57	1.94
2036	1.57	1.93
2037	1.57	1.92
2038	1.57	1.91
2039	1.57	1.91
2040	1.57	1.9
2041	1.57	1.89
2042	1.57	1.88
2043	1.57	1.87
2044	1.57	1.86
2045	1.57	1.86
2046	1.57	1.85
2047	1.58	1.84
2048	1.58	1.84
2049	1.58	1.83
2050	1.58	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Venezuela
1960	46.8%	46.8%
1961	47%	46.9%
1962	47.1%	47%
1963	47.2%	47%
1964	47.3%	47%
1965	47.2%	46.9%
1966	47.1%	46.8%
1967	46.9%	46.6%
1968	46.7%	46.3%
1969	46.4%	46%
1970	46%	45.6%
1971	45.6%	45.2%
1972	45.1%	44.7%
1973	44.6%	44.3%
1974	44%	43.8%
1975	43.4%	43.3%
1976	42.8%	42.9%
1977	42.2%	42.5%
1978	41.5%	42.1%
1979	40.9%	41.7%
1980	40.3%	41.3%
1981	39.7%	41%
1982	39.1%	40.6%
1983	38.6%	40.3%
1984	38.1%	39.9%
1985	37.6%	39.6%
1986	37.2%	39.3%
1987	36.9%	39%
1988	36.5%	38.7%
1989	36.2%	38.4%
1990	35.9%	38.1%
1991	35.6%	37.8%
1992	35.3%	37.4%
1993	35%	37%
1994	34.7%	36.6%
1995	34.4%	36.2%
1996	34%	35.8%
1997	33.7%	35.3%
1998	33.3%	34.9%
1999	32.9%	34.5%
2000	32.5%	34%
2001	32.1%	33.6%
2002	31.7%	33.1%
2003	31.3%	32.7%
2004	30.9%	32.2%
2005	30.4%	31.8%
2006	29.9%	31.4%
2007	29.3%	31%
2008	28.7%	30.6%
2009	28.1%	30.3%
2010	27.5%	29.9%
2011	26.9%	29.5%
2012	26.3%	29.2%
2013	25.7%	28.9%
2014	25.1%	28.5%
2015	24.5%	28.2%
2016	23.9%	27.9%
2017	23.3%	27.8%
2018	22.7%	27.9%
2019	22.1%	28%
2020	21.7%	27.8%
2021	21.3%	27.4%
2022	21%	26.8%
2023	20.6%	26.2%
2024	20.3%	25.5%
2025	20%	24.9%
2026	19.7%	24.3%
2027	19.5%	23.8%
2028	19.3%	23.2%
2029	19.1%	22.8%
2030	18.8%	22.4%
2031	18.6%	22%
2032	18.4%	21.7%
2033	18.2%	21.5%
2034	18%	21.4%
2035	17.7%	21.4%
2036	17.4%	21.4%
2037	17.2%	21.5%
2038	16.9%	21.5%
2039	16.7%	21.4%
2040	16.4%	21.4%
2041	16.2%	21.3%
2042	16%	21.2%
2043	15.7%	21.1%
2044	15.5%	20.9%
2045	15.4%	20.7%
2046	15.2%	20.5%
2047	15%	20.3%
2048	14.8%	20%
2049	14.7%	19.8%
2050	14.6%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	529,316	285,105
1961	545,627	292,109
1962	559,985	299,345
1963	572,355	307,279
1964	581,435	314,397
1965	587,677	321,695
1966	590,855	329,697
1967	591,649	335,813
1968	589,407	340,973
1969	586,559	343,596
1970	583,396	350,709
1971	582,011	355,212
1972	581,361	360,749
1973	583,608	367,612
1974	589,035	375,678
1975	598,580	385,045
1976	612,265	395,344
1977	622,814	405,315
1978	626,378	414,032
1979	635,747	421,256
1980	649,872	425,613
1981	662,195	432,059
1982	675,339	436,564
1983	674,767	443,569
1984	666,315	449,186
1985	625,379	455,517
1986	659,701	468,252
1987	659,429	474,204
1988	663,796	477,569
1989	674,102	478,053
1990	682,409	478,168
1991	690,266	477,917
1992	697,763	474,824
1993	709,287	473,189
1994	708,660	469,178
1995	694,968	469,267
1996	682,547	468,653
1997	686,073	472,002
1998	687,704	469,123
1999	668,576	463,787
2000	652,176	459,802
2001	642,933	451,487
2002	640,840	466,821
2003	642,144	456,902
2004	628,424	455,881
2005	610,618	463,260
2006	594,388	460,152
2007	583,115	452,482
2008	576,654	435,870
2009	559,017	427,257
2010	533,657	425,397
2011	511,524	425,958
2012	503,285	420,758
2013	489,069	408,930
2014	470,916	395,088
2015	446,778	384,560
2016	425,087	359,651
2017	426,538	340,222
2018	433,622	317,302
2019	441,087	274,826
2020	378,965	237,223
2021	311,122	207,746
2022	406,143	216,619
2023	422,598	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Venezuela
1985	143	83
1986	123	81
1987	120	81
1988	113	80
1989	106	80
1990	102	83
1991	99	80
1992	97	82
1993	94	82
1994	93	84
1995	91	84
1996	89	86
1997	90	82
1998	92	82
1999	96	88
2000	95	86
2001	94	101
2002	91	87
2003	87	97
2004	84	94
2005	82	93
2006	81	96
2007	80	92
2008	78	103
2009	77	109
2010	76	110
2011	75	104
2012	73	113
2013	72	123
2014	71	133
2015	70	136
2016	69	162
2017	68	195
2018	67	205
2019	66	202
2020	94	207
2021	147	251
2022	74	219
2023	59	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	13.4%	7.97%
1961	13%	7.72%
1962	12.6%	7.49%
1963	12.2%	7.3%
1964	11.8%	7.14%
1965	11.5%	7%
1966	11.1%	6.87%
1967	10.8%	6.75%
1968	10.4%	6.61%
1969	10.1%	6.47%
1970	9.72%	6.3%
1971	9.36%	6.12%
1972	8.99%	5.94%
1973	8.6%	5.75%
1974	8.2%	5.57%
1975	7.8%	5.38%
1976	7.39%	5.2%
1977	6.98%	5.01%
1978	6.58%	4.82%
1979	6.2%	4.62%
1980	5.84%	4.42%
1981	5.5%	4.24%
1982	5.17%	4.07%
1983	4.88%	3.91%
1984	4.62%	3.77%
1985	4.89%	3.64%
1986	4.17%	3.5%
1987	3.99%	3.37%
1988	3.84%	3.23%
1989	3.7%	3.09%
1990	3.57%	2.96%
1991	3.45%	2.86%
1992	3.33%	2.78%
1993	3.21%	2.73%
1994	3.1%	2.68%
1995	2.99%	2.63%
1996	2.88%	2.55%
1997	2.78%	2.45%
1998	2.68%	2.34%
1999	2.59%	2.24%
2000	2.51%	2.15%
2001	2.43%	2.09%
2002	2.35%	2.03%
2003	2.28%	1.98%
2004	2.22%	1.91%
2005	2.15%	1.85%
2006	2.09%	1.79%
2007	2.02%	1.74%
2008	1.96%	1.72%
2009	1.89%	1.71%
2010	1.83%	1.72%
2011	1.77%	1.73%
2012	1.72%	1.76%
2013	1.66%	1.79%
2014	1.61%	1.83%
2015	1.56%	1.92%
2016	1.51%	2.43%
2017	1.46%	2.43%
2018	1.41%	2.43%
2019	1.37%	2.43%
2020	1.32%	2.43%
2021	1.28%	2.43%
2022	1.24%	2.43%
2023	1.2%	2.43%