Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and Netherlands

Fertility rate in Comoros vs Netherlands 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 1.43 in the Netherlands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Comoros vs the Netherlands 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	Netherlands
1960	6.79	3.12
1961	6.85	3.22
1962	6.9	3.18
1963	6.92	3.19
1964	6.94	3.17
1965	6.97	3.04
1966	7	2.9
1967	7.02	2.81
1968	7.05	2.72
1969	7.07	2.75
1970	7.1	2.57
1971	7.12	2.36
1972	7.14	2.15
1973	7.17	1.9
1974	7.16	1.77
1975	7.16	1.66
1976	7.16	1.63
1977	7.15	1.58
1978	7.16	1.58
1979	7.16	1.56
1980	7.15	1.6
1981	7.14	1.56
1982	7.13	1.5
1983	7.11	1.47
1984	7.07	1.49
1985	7.02	1.51
1986	6.95	1.55
1987	6.87	1.56
1988	6.76	1.55
1989	6.65	1.55
1990	6.51	1.62
1991	6.35	1.61
1992	6.19	1.59
1993	6.02	1.57
1994	5.86	1.57
1995	5.73	1.53
1996	5.63	1.53
1997	5.51	1.56
1998	5.39	1.63
1999	5.28	1.65
2000	5.23	1.72
2001	5.2	1.71
2002	5.16	1.73
2003	5.12	1.75
2004	5.07	1.72
2005	5.01	1.71
2006	4.93	1.72
2007	4.86	1.72
2008	4.81	1.77
2009	4.78	1.79
2010	4.76	1.79
2011	4.72	1.76
2012	4.65	1.72
2013	4.57	1.68
2014	4.49	1.71
2015	4.42	1.66
2016	4.35	1.66
2017	4.28	1.62
2018	4.21	1.59
2019	4.14	1.57
2020	4.07	1.54
2021	4	1.62
2022	3.94	1.49
2023	3.88	1.43
2024	3.82	1.43
2025	3.76	1.44
2026	3.71	1.44
2027	3.65	1.45
2028	3.6	1.45
2029	3.55	1.45
2030	3.5	1.46
2031	3.44	1.46
2032	3.4	1.47
2033	3.36	1.47
2034	3.31	1.48
2035	3.27	1.48
2036	3.23	1.48
2037	3.19	1.48
2038	3.15	1.48
2039	3.11	1.49
2040	3.07	1.49
2041	3.04	1.49
2042	3	1.5
2043	2.97	1.5
2044	2.93	1.5
2045	2.9	1.5
2046	2.87	1.5
2047	2.84	1.51
2048	2.81	1.51
2049	2.78	1.51
2050	2.76	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	Netherlands
1960	41.6%	30%
1961	42%	29.7%
1962	42.5%	29.1%
1963	43.1%	28.7%
1964	43.7%	28.5%
1965	44.1%	28.3%
1966	44.5%	28.1%
1967	44.9%	27.8%
1968	45.3%	27.6%
1969	45.6%	27.5%
1970	45.8%	27.3%
1971	45.9%	27.1%
1972	46%	26.8%
1973	46.2%	26.4%
1974	46.3%	25.9%
1975	46.4%	25.3%
1976	46.6%	24.8%
1977	46.7%	24.2%
1978	46.8%	23.5%
1979	46.9%	22.9%
1980	46.9%	22.3%
1981	46.9%	21.8%
1982	46.9%	21.3%
1983	46.9%	20.7%
1984	46.8%	20.1%
1985	46.9%	19.5%
1986	46.9%	19.1%
1987	46.9%	18.7%
1988	46.9%	18.5%
1989	47%	18.4%
1990	47%	18.4%
1991	46.9%	18.4%
1992	47.1%	18.5%
1993	47.5%	18.5%
1994	47.7%	18.6%
1995	47.9%	18.6%
1996	47.9%	18.6%
1997	47.9%	18.6%
1998	47.7%	18.6%
1999	47.4%	18.7%
2000	47%	18.8%
2001	46.7%	18.8%
2002	46.6%	18.8%
2003	46.3%	18.7%
2004	45.7%	18.6%
2005	45%	18.5%
2006	44.3%	18.3%
2007	43.6%	18.1%
2008	42.9%	17.9%
2009	42.2%	17.7%
2010	41.6%	17.6%
2011	41%	17.4%
2012	40.5%	17.3%
2013	40.2%	17.1%
2014	40%	16.9%
2015	39.8%	16.6%
2016	39.6%	16.4%
2017	39.3%	16.2%
2018	38.9%	16%
2019	38.6%	15.8%
2020	38.3%	15.6%
2021	38%	15.5%
2022	37.7%	15.4%
2023	37.4%	15.2%
2024	37.1%	15%
2025	36.9%	14.9%
2026	36.6%	14.9%
2027	36.3%	14.8%
2028	36%	14.8%
2029	35.7%	14.8%
2030	35.3%	14.8%
2031	35%	14.8%
2032	34.7%	14.7%
2033	34.4%	14.7%
2034	34%	14.7%
2035	33.7%	14.7%
2036	33.4%	14.7%
2037	33.1%	14.6%
2038	32.8%	14.6%
2039	32.5%	14.6%
2040	32.2%	14.5%
2041	32%	14.5%
2042	31.7%	14.4%
2043	31.5%	14.4%
2044	31.2%	14.3%
2045	31%	14.2%
2046	30.8%	14.1%
2047	30.6%	14.1%
2048	30.3%	14%
2049	30.1%	13.9%
2050	29.9%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 15% in the Netherlands in 2024, compared to 47% and 18.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and the Netherlands compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs Netherlands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros and +0.08% in the Netherlands. 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	Netherlands
1960	4,886	151,623
1961	5,027	159,450
1962	5,157	153,474
1963	5,249	154,361
1964	5,359	157,653
1965	5,465	146,308
1966	5,601	138,265
1967	5,741	138,580
1968	5,960	132,389
1969	6,189	139,082
1970	6,456	129,082
1971	6,722	116,112
1972	7,019	101,297
1973	7,328	84,668
1974	7,654	75,853
1975	7,752	64,232
1976	8,371	63,361
1977	8,750	63,739
1978	9,189	61,344
1979	9,637	63,172
1980	10,095	66,504
1981	10,569	62,688
1982	11,002	54,388
1983	11,367	51,722
1984	11,830	54,812
1985	12,202	55,069
1986	12,566	59,746
1987	12,869	64,526
1988	13,144	61,993
1989	13,374	59,396
1990	13,610	68,777
1991	13,783	69,321
1992	13,867	66,811
1993	13,667	58,103
1994	13,465	61,532
1995	13,403	54,106
1996	13,390	51,251
1997	13,254	56,198
1998	13,099	61,258
1999	13,161	60,086
2000	13,270	66,887
2001	13,598	62,580
2002	13,760	59,751
2003	14,031	58,411
2004	14,349	56,987
2005	14,810	50,592
2006	15,124	49,038
2007	15,393	49,145
2008	15,804	49,337
2009	16,315	51,244
2010	16,849	48,184
2011	17,313	45,072
2012	17,565	35,186
2013	17,776	30,248
2014	17,876	35,417
2015	17,961	23,716
2016	17,913	23,843
2017	17,798	18,844
2018	17,883	15,508
2019	17,936	17,345
2020	17,906	0
2021	17,645	7,014
2022	18,154	-1,770
2023	18,247	-5,363

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs Netherlands

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 4 deaths in the Netherlands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	Netherlands
1985	850	12
1986	825	12
1987	811	12
1988	791	12
1989	768	12
1990	737	12
1991	704	12
1992	675	12
1993	642	12
1994	602	12
1995	571	12
1996	545	12
1997	520	13
1998	515	12
1999	486	13
2000	476	13
2001	440	13
2002	428	13
2003	400	12
2004	385	11
2005	373	10
2006	360	9
2007	352	8
2008	334	8
2009	320	7
2010	305	6
2011	291	7
2012	274	6
2013	260	6
2014	247	5
2015	237	5
2016	225	5
2017	219	5
2018	209	5
2019	202	5
2020	198	4
2021	215	5
2022	186	4
2023	179	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros and 0.4% in the Netherlands. 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	Netherlands
1960	-	2.08%
1961	-	2.03%
1962	-	1.97%
1963	-	1.92%
1964	-	1.88%
1965	-	1.83%
1966	-	1.79%
1967	-	1.74%
1968	-	1.69%
1969	-	1.64%
1970	23.2%	1.58%
1971	22.5%	1.53%
1972	22%	1.47%
1973	21.4%	1.41%
1974	20.8%	1.36%
1975	20.3%	1.31%
1976	19.7%	1.26%
1977	19.1%	1.21%
1978	18.6%	1.16%
1979	18%	1.12%
1980	17.4%	1.09%
1981	16.8%	1.06%
1982	16.2%	1.04%
1983	15.7%	1.02%
1984	15.1%	0.99%
1985	14.6%	0.97%
1986	14%	0.95%
1987	13.5%	0.92%
1988	13%	0.89%
1989	12.6%	0.86%
1990	12.1%	0.83%
1991	11.6%	0.8%
1992	11.1%	0.77%
1993	10.7%	0.74%
1994	10.2%	0.71%
1995	9.78%	0.69%
1996	9.37%	0.67%
1997	9%	0.66%
1998	8.63%	0.64%
1999	8.28%	0.63%
2000	7.96%	0.62%
2001	7.65%	0.61%
2002	7.36%	0.59%
2003	7.07%	0.57%
2004	6.8%	0.55%
2005	6.55%	0.53%
2006	6.31%	0.51%
2007	6.08%	0.49%
2008	5.88%	0.47%
2009	5.69%	0.46%
2010	5.51%	0.44%
2011	5.36%	0.43%
2012	5.21%	0.42%
2013	5.08%	0.42%
2014	4.97%	0.41%
2015	4.87%	0.41%
2016	4.76%	0.41%
2017	4.66%	0.4%
2018	4.56%	0.4%
2019	4.46%	0.4%
2020	4.35%	0.4%
2021	4.24%	0.4%
2022	4.11%	0.4%
2023	3.98%	0.4%