Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Comoros vs Nicaragua 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 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Comoros vs Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
1960	6.79	7.16
1961	6.85	7.11
1962	6.9	7.1
1963	6.92	7.08
1964	6.94	7.06
1965	6.97	7.03
1966	7	6.99
1967	7.02	6.94
1968	7.05	6.89
1969	7.07	6.83
1970	7.1	6.77
1971	7.12	6.71
1972	7.14	6.65
1973	7.17	6.59
1974	7.16	6.52
1975	7.16	6.45
1976	7.16	6.37
1977	7.15	6.28
1978	7.16	6.16
1979	7.16	6.07
1980	7.15	5.96
1981	7.14	5.84
1982	7.13	5.74
1983	7.11	5.61
1984	7.07	5.49
1985	7.02	5.36
1986	6.95	5.22
1987	6.87	5.07
1988	6.76	4.93
1989	6.65	4.76
1990	6.51	4.6
1991	6.35	4.43
1992	6.19	4.27
1993	6.02	4.1
1994	5.86	3.94
1995	5.73	3.78
1996	5.63	3.62
1997	5.51	3.47
1998	5.39	3.34
1999	5.28	3.22
2000	5.23	3.12
2001	5.2	3
2002	5.16	2.89
2003	5.12	2.83
2004	5.07	2.78
2005	5.01	2.77
2006	4.93	2.73
2007	4.86	2.7
2008	4.81	2.66
2009	4.78	2.63
2010	4.76	2.6
2011	4.72	2.56
2012	4.65	2.53
2013	4.57	2.49
2014	4.49	2.46
2015	4.42	2.43
2016	4.35	2.41
2017	4.28	2.38
2018	4.21	2.35
2019	4.14	2.32
2020	4.07	2.3
2021	4	2.27
2022	3.94	2.24
2023	3.88	2.22
2024	3.82	2.21
2025	3.76	2.18
2026	3.71	2.16
2027	3.65	2.14
2028	3.6	2.11
2029	3.55	2.09
2030	3.5	2.07
2031	3.44	2.05
2032	3.4	2.04
2033	3.36	2.02
2034	3.31	2.01
2035	3.27	2
2036	3.23	1.98
2037	3.19	1.97
2038	3.15	1.96
2039	3.11	1.95
2040	3.07	1.94
2041	3.04	1.93
2042	3	1.92
2043	2.97	1.91
2044	2.93	1.9
2045	2.9	1.89
2046	2.87	1.89
2047	2.84	1.88
2048	2.81	1.87
2049	2.78	1.87
2050	2.76	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	Nicaragua
1960	41.6%	47.6%
1961	42%	47.8%
1962	42.5%	48%
1963	43.1%	48.2%
1964	43.7%	48.2%
1965	44.1%	48.1%
1966	44.5%	47.9%
1967	44.9%	47.8%
1968	45.3%	47.7%
1969	45.6%	47.6%
1970	45.8%	47.5%
1971	45.9%	47.5%
1972	46%	47.4%
1973	46.2%	47.4%
1974	46.3%	47.3%
1975	46.4%	47.3%
1976	46.6%	47.3%
1977	46.7%	47.2%
1978	46.8%	47.3%
1979	46.9%	47.3%
1980	46.9%	47.3%
1981	46.9%	47.3%
1982	46.9%	47.3%
1983	46.9%	47.2%
1984	46.8%	47.2%
1985	46.9%	47.1%
1986	46.9%	47%
1987	46.9%	46.9%
1988	46.9%	46.7%
1989	47%	46.4%
1990	47%	46.1%
1991	46.9%	45.7%
1992	47.1%	45.2%
1993	47.5%	44.8%
1994	47.7%	44.3%
1995	47.9%	43.7%
1996	47.9%	43.1%
1997	47.9%	42.4%
1998	47.7%	41.7%
1999	47.4%	41%
2000	47%	40.3%
2001	46.7%	39.6%
2002	46.6%	38.9%
2003	46.3%	38.2%
2004	45.7%	37.5%
2005	45%	36.8%
2006	44.3%	36.2%
2007	43.6%	35.7%
2008	42.9%	35.2%
2009	42.2%	34.7%
2010	41.6%	34.2%
2011	41%	33.8%
2012	40.5%	33.3%
2013	40.2%	32.9%
2014	40%	32.6%
2015	39.8%	32.2%
2016	39.6%	31.8%
2017	39.3%	31.5%
2018	38.9%	31.1%
2019	38.6%	30.8%
2020	38.3%	30.4%
2021	38%	30.1%
2022	37.7%	29.6%
2023	37.4%	29.2%
2024	37.1%	28.8%
2025	36.9%	28.3%
2026	36.6%	27.9%
2027	36.3%	27.4%
2028	36%	27%
2029	35.7%	26.6%
2030	35.3%	26.2%
2031	35%	25.8%
2032	34.7%	25.4%
2033	34.4%	25%
2034	34%	24.7%
2035	33.7%	24.4%
2036	33.4%	24%
2037	33.1%	23.7%
2038	32.8%	23.4%
2039	32.5%	23.1%
2040	32.2%	22.8%
2041	32%	22.5%
2042	31.7%	22.2%
2043	31.5%	22%
2044	31.2%	21.7%
2045	31%	21.4%
2046	30.8%	21.2%
2047	30.6%	20.9%
2048	30.3%	20.7%
2049	30.1%	20.5%
2050	29.9%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 47% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	4,886	55,664
1961	5,027	57,499
1962	5,157	59,547
1963	5,249	61,738
1964	5,359	64,227
1965	5,465	67,056
1966	5,601	69,883
1967	5,741	72,722
1968	5,960	75,458
1969	6,189	78,237
1970	6,456	81,127
1971	6,722	84,139
1972	7,019	76,906
1973	7,328	89,662
1974	7,654	92,505
1975	7,752	95,230
1976	8,371	98,100
1977	8,750	100,498
1978	9,189	98,419
1979	9,637	96,429
1980	10,095	108,604
1981	10,569	110,421
1982	11,002	112,468
1983	11,367	110,618
1984	11,830	110,133
1985	12,202	110,949
1986	12,566	113,054
1987	12,869	112,885
1988	13,144	117,299
1989	13,374	120,128
1990	13,610	120,677
1991	13,783	121,787
1992	13,867	121,204
1993	13,667	120,469
1994	13,465	119,565
1995	13,403	118,325
1996	13,390	116,849
1997	13,254	114,415
1998	13,099	108,862
1999	13,161	110,217
2000	13,270	109,192
2001	13,598	107,109
2002	13,760	105,805
2003	14,031	106,142
2004	14,349	106,904
2005	14,810	108,984
2006	15,124	110,073
2007	15,393	110,341
2008	15,804	110,395
2009	16,315	110,213
2010	16,849	110,475
2011	17,313	110,026
2012	17,565	110,065
2013	17,776	109,032
2014	17,876	108,420
2015	17,961	107,344
2016	17,913	106,585
2017	17,798	105,468
2018	17,883	104,814
2019	17,936	102,817
2020	17,906	90,515
2021	17,645	89,213
2022	18,154	100,987
2023	18,247	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	Nicaragua
1985	850	319
1986	825	313
1987	811	316
1988	791	301
1989	768	286
1990	737	281
1991	704	273
1992	675	272
1993	642	265
1994	602	256
1995	571	251
1996	545	244
1997	520	236
1998	515	239
1999	486	228
2000	476	213
2001	440	194
2002	428	170
2003	400	154
2004	385	140
2005	373	124
2006	360	113
2007	352	106
2008	334	101
2009	320	99
2010	305	96
2011	291	93
2012	274	88
2013	260	86
2014	247	83
2015	237	81
2016	225	77
2017	219	72
2018	209	67
2019	202	69
2020	198	87
2021	215	124
2022	186	61
2023	179	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	-	19.8%
1961	-	19.6%
1962	-	19.4%
1963	-	19.2%
1964	-	19%
1965	-	18.7%
1966	-	18.4%
1967	-	18.1%
1968	-	17.8%
1969	-	17.4%
1970	23.2%	17.1%
1971	22.5%	16.6%
1972	22%	18.7%
1973	21.4%	15.6%
1974	20.8%	15%
1975	20.3%	14.4%
1976	19.7%	13.7%
1977	19.1%	12.9%
1978	18.6%	12.2%
1979	18%	11.5%
1980	17.4%	10.8%
1981	16.8%	10.2%
1982	16.2%	9.58%
1983	15.7%	9.07%
1984	15.1%	8.62%
1985	14.6%	8.21%
1986	14%	7.85%
1987	13.5%	7.53%
1988	13%	7.22%
1989	12.6%	6.92%
1990	12.1%	6.62%
1991	11.6%	6.31%
1992	11.1%	6%
1993	10.7%	5.69%
1994	10.2%	5.39%
1995	9.78%	5.09%
1996	9.37%	4.81%
1997	9%	4.54%
1998	8.63%	5.01%
1999	8.28%	4.04%
2000	7.96%	3.82%
2001	7.65%	3.62%
2002	7.36%	3.43%
2003	7.07%	3.26%
2004	6.8%	3.1%
2005	6.55%	2.95%
2006	6.31%	2.81%
2007	6.08%	2.68%
2008	5.88%	2.55%
2009	5.69%	2.44%
2010	5.51%	2.33%
2011	5.36%	2.22%
2012	5.21%	2.13%
2013	5.08%	2.03%
2014	4.97%	1.94%
2015	4.87%	1.86%
2016	4.76%	1.78%
2017	4.66%	1.71%
2018	4.56%	1.64%
2019	4.46%	1.57%
2020	4.35%	1.51%
2021	4.24%	1.45%
2022	4.11%	1.39%
2023	3.98%	1.34%