Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Comoros vs Mozambique chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Comoros was 3.88 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Comoros vs Mozambique population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Comoros	Mozambique
1960	6.79	6.31
1961	6.85	6.37
1962	6.9	6.42
1963	6.92	6.47
1964	6.94	6.51
1965	6.97	6.54
1966	7	6.58
1967	7.02	6.61
1968	7.05	6.65
1969	7.07	6.67
1970	7.1	6.7
1971	7.12	6.7
1972	7.14	6.7
1973	7.17	6.7
1974	7.16	6.67
1975	7.16	6.66
1976	7.16	6.64
1977	7.15	6.62
1978	7.16	6.59
1979	7.16	6.56
1980	7.15	6.53
1981	7.14	6.48
1982	7.13	6.43
1983	7.11	6.43
1984	7.07	6.44
1985	7.02	6.43
1986	6.95	6.41
1987	6.87	6.39
1988	6.76	6.37
1989	6.65	6.35
1990	6.51	6.32
1991	6.35	6.28
1992	6.19	6.22
1993	6.02	6.15
1994	5.86	6.08
1995	5.73	6.02
1996	5.63	5.97
1997	5.51	5.93
1998	5.39	5.91
1999	5.28	5.88
2000	5.23	5.83
2001	5.2	5.76
2002	5.16	5.67
2003	5.12	5.6
2004	5.07	5.55
2005	5.01	5.5
2006	4.93	5.45
2007	4.86	5.47
2008	4.81	5.6
2009	4.78	5.68
2010	4.76	5.66
2011	4.72	5.6
2012	4.65	5.52
2013	4.57	5.43
2014	4.49	5.3
2015	4.42	5.25
2016	4.35	5.19
2017	4.28	5.13
2018	4.21	5.07
2019	4.14	5.02
2020	4.07	4.96
2021	4	4.91
2022	3.94	4.84
2023	3.88	4.76
2024	3.82	4.69
2025	3.76	4.62
2026	3.71	4.54
2027	3.65	4.46
2028	3.6	4.39
2029	3.55	4.3
2030	3.5	4.23
2031	3.44	4.14
2032	3.4	4.06
2033	3.36	3.97
2034	3.31	3.89
2035	3.27	3.82
2036	3.23	3.75
2037	3.19	3.67
2038	3.15	3.6
2039	3.11	3.53
2040	3.07	3.47
2041	3.04	3.4
2042	3	3.34
2043	2.97	3.28
2044	2.93	3.22
2045	2.9	3.16
2046	2.87	3.11
2047	2.84	3.06
2048	2.81	3.01
2049	2.78	2.97
2050	2.76	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	Mozambique
1960	41.6%	41%
1961	42%	41.2%
1962	42.5%	41.4%
1963	43.1%	41.6%
1964	43.7%	41.9%
1965	44.1%	42.2%
1966	44.5%	42.5%
1967	44.9%	42.7%
1968	45.3%	42.9%
1969	45.6%	43.1%
1970	45.8%	43.3%
1971	45.9%	43.4%
1972	46%	43.6%
1973	46.2%	43.7%
1974	46.3%	43.8%
1975	46.4%	44%
1976	46.6%	44.1%
1977	46.7%	44.3%
1978	46.8%	44.6%
1979	46.9%	44.9%
1980	46.9%	45.3%
1981	46.9%	45.6%
1982	46.9%	45.7%
1983	46.9%	45.8%
1984	46.8%	45.9%
1985	46.9%	45.9%
1986	46.9%	45.9%
1987	46.9%	45.9%
1988	46.9%	45.8%
1989	47%	45.7%
1990	47%	45.7%
1991	46.9%	45.6%
1992	47.1%	45.5%
1993	47.5%	45.4%
1994	47.7%	45.2%
1995	47.9%	45%
1996	47.9%	44.9%
1997	47.9%	44.8%
1998	47.7%	44.9%
1999	47.4%	45%
2000	47%	45.1%
2001	46.7%	45.1%
2002	46.6%	45.2%
2003	46.3%	45.3%
2004	45.7%	45.3%
2005	45%	45.3%
2006	44.3%	45.4%
2007	43.6%	45.4%
2008	42.9%	45.5%
2009	42.2%	45.6%
2010	41.6%	45.8%
2011	41%	45.8%
2012	40.5%	45.9%
2013	40.2%	45.8%
2014	40%	45.8%
2015	39.8%	45.7%
2016	39.6%	45.6%
2017	39.3%	45.5%
2018	38.9%	45.4%
2019	38.6%	45.3%
2020	38.3%	45.2%
2021	38%	45.1%
2022	37.7%	45%
2023	37.4%	44.8%
2024	37.1%	44.5%
2025	36.9%	44.2%
2026	36.6%	43.9%
2027	36.3%	43.5%
2028	36%	43.2%
2029	35.7%	42.9%
2030	35.3%	42.5%
2031	35%	42.2%
2032	34.7%	41.9%
2033	34.4%	41.5%
2034	34%	41.1%
2035	33.7%	40.7%
2036	33.4%	40.3%
2037	33.1%	39.9%
2038	32.8%	39.5%
2039	32.5%	39%
2040	32.2%	38.6%
2041	32%	38.2%
2042	31.7%	37.7%
2043	31.5%	37.3%
2044	31.2%	36.9%
2045	31%	36.4%
2046	30.8%	36%
2047	30.6%	35.6%
2048	30.3%	35.2%
2049	30.1%	34.8%
2050	29.9%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 47% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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
	Comoros	Mozambique
1960	4,886	165,774
1961	5,027	171,236
1962	5,157	176,297
1963	5,249	180,867
1964	5,359	182,334
1965	5,465	185,931
1966	5,601	189,218
1967	5,741	193,044
1968	5,960	197,623
1969	6,189	202,174
1970	6,456	207,385
1971	6,722	211,137
1972	7,019	215,793
1973	7,328	226,847
1974	7,654	240,665
1975	7,752	257,984
1976	8,371	273,924
1977	8,750	289,193
1978	9,189	310,403
1979	9,637	331,162
1980	10,095	349,586
1981	10,569	322,207
1982	11,002	321,493
1983	11,367	324,158
1984	11,830	304,524
1985	12,202	307,625
1986	12,566	332,609
1987	12,869	334,438
1988	13,144	349,480
1989	13,374	348,833
1990	13,610	353,290
1991	13,783	357,676
1992	13,867	362,373
1993	13,667	369,518
1994	13,465	384,821
1995	13,403	421,630
1996	13,390	442,559
1997	13,254	461,209
1998	13,099	474,453
1999	13,161	491,814
2000	13,270	506,162
2001	13,598	519,594
2002	13,760	529,867
2003	14,031	540,992
2004	14,349	554,973
2005	14,810	570,132
2006	15,124	586,009
2007	15,393	610,913
2008	15,804	654,920
2009	16,315	693,673
2010	16,849	719,025
2011	17,313	741,303
2012	17,565	763,088
2013	17,776	784,641
2014	17,876	799,778
2015	17,961	824,435
2016	17,913	850,430
2017	17,798	876,594
2018	17,883	903,176
2019	17,936	927,581
2020	17,906	945,952
2021	17,645	951,234
2022	18,154	1,003,689
2023	18,247	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs Mozambique

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 179 deaths per 100,000 live births in Comoros, compared to 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	Mozambique
1985	850	1,452
1986	825	1,355
1987	811	1,348
1988	791	1,259
1989	768	1,209
1990	737	1,150
1991	704	1,094
1992	675	1,046
1993	642	968
1994	602	902
1995	571	883
1996	545	819
1997	520	738
1998	515	694
1999	486	624
2000	476	547
2001	440	473
2002	428	398
2003	400	360
2004	385	321
2005	373	301
2006	360	298
2007	352	327
2008	334	365
2009	320	352
2010	305	305
2011	291	268
2012	274	218
2013	260	196
2014	247	210
2015	237	216
2016	225	202
2017	219	187
2018	209	159
2019	202	134
2020	198	123
2021	215	180
2022	186	104
2023	179	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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
	Comoros	Mozambique
1963	-	26.5%
1964	-	26.7%
1965	-	26.8%
1966	-	26.8%
1967	-	26.9%
1968	-	26.9%
1969	-	26.9%
1970	23.2%	26.8%
1971	22.5%	26.7%
1972	22%	26.6%
1973	21.4%	26.4%
1974	20.8%	26.3%
1975	20.3%	26.1%
1976	19.7%	26%
1977	19.1%	25.8%
1978	18.6%	25.7%
1979	18%	25.7%
1980	17.4%	25.6%
1981	16.8%	25.6%
1982	16.2%	25.5%
1983	15.7%	25.3%
1984	15.1%	25.1%
1985	14.6%	24.8%
1986	14%	24.5%
1987	13.5%	24.2%
1988	13%	23.9%
1989	12.6%	23.6%
1990	12.1%	23.3%
1991	11.6%	23%
1992	11.1%	22.6%
1993	10.7%	22.1%
1994	10.2%	21.6%
1995	9.78%	20.9%
1996	9.37%	20.1%
1997	9%	19.2%
1998	8.63%	18.2%
1999	8.28%	17.2%
2000	7.96%	16.3%
2001	7.65%	15.4%
2002	7.36%	14.6%
2003	7.07%	13.9%
2004	6.8%	13.2%
2005	6.55%	12.5%
2006	6.31%	11.8%
2007	6.08%	11%
2008	5.88%	10.4%
2009	5.69%	9.75%
2010	5.51%	9.5%
2011	5.36%	9.05%
2012	5.21%	8.63%
2013	5.08%	8.26%
2014	4.97%	7.92%
2015	4.87%	7.51%
2016	4.76%	7.23%
2017	4.66%	7.09%
2018	4.56%	6.95%
2019	4.46%	6.83%
2020	4.35%	6.73%
2021	4.24%	6.58%
2022	4.11%	6.43%
2023	3.98%	6.17%