Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Comoros vs United Arab Emirates 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 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Comoros vs the United Arab Emirates 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	UAE
1960	6.79	6.5
1961	6.85	6.49
1962	6.9	6.49
1963	6.92	6.5
1964	6.94	6.49
1965	6.97	6.5
1966	7	6.5
1967	7.02	6.51
1968	7.05	6.53
1969	7.07	6.52
1970	7.1	6.52
1971	7.12	6.52
1972	7.14	6.5
1973	7.17	6.46
1974	7.16	6.41
1975	7.16	6.35
1976	7.16	6.29
1977	7.15	6.22
1978	7.16	6.15
1979	7.16	6.06
1980	7.15	5.95
1981	7.14	5.81
1982	7.13	5.66
1983	7.11	5.48
1984	7.07	5.3
1985	7.02	5.13
1986	6.95	5
1987	6.87	4.88
1988	6.76	4.77
1989	6.65	4.65
1990	6.51	4.51
1991	6.35	4.25
1992	6.19	4.09
1993	6.02	3.82
1994	5.86	3.76
1995	5.73	3.28
1996	5.63	3.06
1997	5.51	2.83
1998	5.39	2.77
1999	5.28	2.79
2000	5.23	2.73
2001	5.2	2.62
2002	5.16	2.54
2003	5.12	2.49
2004	5.07	2.38
2005	5.01	2.23
2006	4.93	1.96
2007	4.86	1.79
2008	4.81	1.52
2009	4.78	1.58
2010	4.76	1.57
2011	4.72	1.54
2012	4.65	1.53
2013	4.57	1.53
2014	4.49	1.48
2015	4.42	1.42
2016	4.35	1.37
2017	4.28	1.35
2018	4.21	1.29
2019	4.14	1.25
2020	4.07	1.29
2021	4	1.16
2022	3.94	1.15
2023	3.88	1.2
2024	3.82	1.21
2025	3.76	1.21
2026	3.71	1.21
2027	3.65	1.21
2028	3.6	1.22
2029	3.55	1.22
2030	3.5	1.23
2031	3.44	1.23
2032	3.4	1.24
2033	3.36	1.25
2034	3.31	1.25
2035	3.27	1.26
2036	3.23	1.26
2037	3.19	1.27
2038	3.15	1.28
2039	3.11	1.28
2040	3.07	1.28
2041	3.04	1.29
2042	3	1.29
2043	2.97	1.3
2044	2.93	1.3
2045	2.9	1.31
2046	2.87	1.31
2047	2.84	1.31
2048	2.81	1.32
2049	2.78	1.32
2050	2.76	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	UAE
1960	41.6%	37.8%
1961	42%	36.7%
1962	42.5%	35.8%
1963	43.1%	35.1%
1964	43.7%	34.5%
1965	44.1%	33.9%
1966	44.5%	33.2%
1967	44.9%	32.1%
1968	45.3%	31.2%
1969	45.6%	30.6%
1970	45.8%	29.8%
1971	45.9%	29%
1972	46%	28.3%
1973	46.2%	27.8%
1974	46.3%	27.4%
1975	46.4%	27.2%
1976	46.6%	26.9%
1977	46.7%	26.8%
1978	46.8%	26.9%
1979	46.9%	27.1%
1980	46.9%	27.4%
1981	46.9%	28%
1982	46.9%	28.8%
1983	46.9%	29.5%
1984	46.8%	30.2%
1985	46.9%	30.7%
1986	46.9%	31.2%
1987	46.9%	31.2%
1988	46.9%	30.9%
1989	47%	30.3%
1990	47%	29.6%
1991	46.9%	28.8%
1992	47.1%	28.1%
1993	47.5%	27.4%
1994	47.7%	26.7%
1995	47.9%	25.9%
1996	47.9%	25.2%
1997	47.9%	24.3%
1998	47.7%	23.1%
1999	47.4%	22%
2000	47%	20.8%
2001	46.7%	19.8%
2002	46.6%	18.9%
2003	46.3%	18.3%
2004	45.7%	17.8%
2005	45%	17.5%
2006	44.3%	17.2%
2007	43.6%	17%
2008	42.9%	16.9%
2009	42.2%	16.9%
2010	41.6%	16.9%
2011	41%	16.8%
2012	40.5%	16.8%
2013	40.2%	16.8%
2014	40%	16.8%
2015	39.8%	16.8%
2016	39.6%	16.8%
2017	39.3%	16.8%
2018	38.9%	16.7%
2019	38.6%	16.6%
2020	38.3%	16.6%
2021	38%	16.5%
2022	37.7%	16.5%
2023	37.4%	16.3%
2024	37.1%	16.1%
2025	36.9%	16%
2026	36.6%	15.9%
2027	36.3%	15.9%
2028	36%	15.9%
2029	35.7%	15.9%
2030	35.3%	16%
2031	35%	16.1%
2032	34.7%	16.3%
2033	34.4%	16.5%
2034	34%	16.7%
2035	33.7%	16.9%
2036	33.4%	17.1%
2037	33.1%	17.3%
2038	32.8%	17.5%
2039	32.5%	17.7%
2040	32.2%	17.9%
2041	32%	18%
2042	31.7%	18.1%
2043	31.5%	18.2%
2044	31.2%	18.3%
2045	31%	18.3%
2046	30.8%	18.3%
2047	30.6%	18.3%
2048	30.3%	18.3%
2049	30.1%	18.2%
2050	29.9%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 47% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	4,886	3,418
1961	5,027	3,657
1962	5,157	3,901
1963	5,249	4,157
1964	5,359	4,410
1965	5,465	4,675
1966	5,601	4,955
1967	5,741	5,264
1968	5,960	5,588
1969	6,189	6,138
1970	6,456	6,922
1971	6,722	7,839
1972	7,019	8,818
1973	7,328	9,822
1974	7,654	10,835
1975	7,752	11,859
1976	8,371	12,876
1977	8,750	15,787
1978	9,189	18,879
1979	9,637	21,987
1980	10,095	25,005
1981	10,569	27,560
1982	11,002	29,585
1983	11,367	31,480
1984	11,830	33,250
1985	12,202	34,855
1986	12,566	36,829
1987	12,869	37,741
1988	13,144	38,861
1989	13,374	40,148
1990	13,610	41,339
1991	13,783	41,409
1992	13,867	42,119
1993	13,667	41,324
1994	13,465	42,976
1995	13,403	38,685
1996	13,390	37,886
1997	13,254	38,207
1998	13,099	41,176
1999	13,161	46,198
2000	13,270	49,993
2001	13,598	52,789
2002	13,760	55,922
2003	14,031	59,118
2004	14,349	60,344
2005	14,810	60,046
2006	15,124	54,338
2007	15,393	55,048
2008	15,804	55,426
2009	16,315	66,521
2010	16,849	69,907
2011	17,313	73,496
2012	17,565	78,682
2013	17,776	82,977
2014	17,876	84,277
2015	17,961	85,044
2016	17,913	87,028
2017	17,798	89,382
2018	17,883	86,840
2019	17,936	86,296
2020	17,906	87,871
2021	17,645	76,802
2022	18,154	81,758
2023	18,247	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs United Arab Emirates

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 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	UAE
1985	850	19
1986	825	19
1987	811	19
1988	791	19
1989	768	19
1990	737	19
1991	704	19
1992	675	19
1993	642	19
1994	602	19
1995	571	18
1996	545	16
1997	520	14
1998	515	12
1999	486	10
2000	476	8
2001	440	7
2002	428	5
2003	400	5
2004	385	4
2005	373	4
2006	360	3
2007	352	3
2008	334	3
2009	320	3
2010	305	3
2011	291	4
2012	274	4
2013	260	4
2014	247	3
2015	237	3
2016	225	3
2017	219	3
2018	209	3
2019	202	3
2020	198	6
2021	215	6
2022	186	2
2023	179	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	-	20.1%
1961	-	19%
1962	-	18%
1963	-	16.9%
1964	-	15.8%
1965	-	14.8%
1966	-	13.7%
1967	-	12.6%
1968	-	11.6%
1969	-	10.6%
1970	23.2%	9.62%
1971	22.5%	8.72%
1972	22%	7.89%
1973	21.4%	7.12%
1974	20.8%	6.43%
1975	20.3%	5.8%
1976	19.7%	5.23%
1977	19.1%	4.7%
1978	18.6%	4.22%
1979	18%	3.78%
1980	17.4%	3.4%
1981	16.8%	3.06%
1982	16.2%	2.77%
1983	15.7%	2.52%
1984	15.1%	2.31%
1985	14.6%	2.12%
1986	14%	1.97%
1987	13.5%	1.83%
1988	13%	1.71%
1989	12.6%	1.61%
1990	12.1%	1.51%
1991	11.6%	1.43%
1992	11.1%	1.37%
1993	10.7%	1.31%
1994	10.2%	1.26%
1995	9.78%	1.21%
1996	9.37%	1.18%
1997	9%	1.15%
1998	8.63%	1.12%
1999	8.28%	1.09%
2000	7.96%	1.07%
2001	7.65%	1.05%
2002	7.36%	1.03%
2003	7.07%	1.01%
2004	6.8%	1%
2005	6.55%	0.98%
2006	6.31%	0.96%
2007	6.08%	0.94%
2008	5.88%	0.92%
2009	5.69%	0.9%
2010	5.51%	0.88%
2011	5.36%	0.86%
2012	5.21%	0.84%
2013	5.08%	0.82%
2014	4.97%	0.79%
2015	4.87%	0.77%
2016	4.76%	0.73%
2017	4.66%	0.7%
2018	4.56%	0.67%
2019	4.46%	0.63%
2020	4.35%	0.6%
2021	4.24%	0.56%
2022	4.11%	0.53%
2023	3.98%	0.5%