Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Comoros vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Comoros vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	6.79	7.2
1961	6.85	7.21
1962	6.9	7.23
1963	6.92	7.23
1964	6.94	7.23
1965	6.97	7.23
1966	7	7.2
1967	7.02	7.16
1968	7.05	7.11
1969	7.07	7.04
1970	7.1	6.98
1971	7.12	6.94
1972	7.14	6.94
1973	7.17	6.94
1974	7.16	6.88
1975	7.16	6.83
1976	7.16	6.77
1977	7.15	6.71
1978	7.16	6.66
1979	7.16	6.59
1980	7.15	6.52
1981	7.14	6.45
1982	7.13	6.33
1983	7.11	6.2
1984	7.07	6.04
1985	7.02	5.87
1986	6.95	5.69
1987	6.87	5.5
1988	6.76	5.28
1989	6.65	5.07
1990	6.51	4.88
1991	6.35	4.72
1992	6.19	4.57
1993	6.02	4.39
1994	5.86	4.28
1995	5.73	4.15
1996	5.63	4.11
1997	5.51	4.08
1998	5.39	4.07
1999	5.28	4.06
2000	5.23	4.01
2001	5.2	3.98
2002	5.16	3.93
2003	5.12	3.86
2004	5.07	3.78
2005	5.01	3.69
2006	4.93	3.64
2007	4.86	3.68
2008	4.81	3.78
2009	4.78	3.95
2010	4.76	4.04
2011	4.72	4.13
2012	4.65	4.13
2013	4.57	4.11
2014	4.49	4.01
2015	4.42	3.91
2016	4.35	3.83
2017	4.28	3.77
2018	4.21	3.74
2019	4.14	3.75
2020	4.07	3.75
2021	4	3.77
2022	3.94	3.77
2023	3.88	3.72
2024	3.82	3.67
2025	3.76	3.62
2026	3.71	3.57
2027	3.65	3.52
2028	3.6	3.47
2029	3.55	3.43
2030	3.5	3.38
2031	3.44	3.33
2032	3.4	3.29
2033	3.36	3.25
2034	3.31	3.21
2035	3.27	3.17
2036	3.23	3.13
2037	3.19	3.09
2038	3.15	3.06
2039	3.11	3.02
2040	3.07	2.99
2041	3.04	2.96
2042	3	2.93
2043	2.97	2.9
2044	2.93	2.87
2045	2.9	2.84
2046	2.87	2.81
2047	2.84	2.78
2048	2.81	2.75
2049	2.78	2.72
2050	2.76	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	Zimbabwe
1960	41.6%	47.3%
1961	42%	47.7%
1962	42.5%	48.1%
1963	43.1%	48.5%
1964	43.7%	48.8%
1965	44.1%	48.7%
1966	44.5%	48.6%
1967	44.9%	48.5%
1968	45.3%	48.5%
1969	45.6%	48.4%
1970	45.8%	48.3%
1971	45.9%	48.2%
1972	46%	48.2%
1973	46.2%	48.1%
1974	46.3%	48.1%
1975	46.4%	48.1%
1976	46.6%	48.2%
1977	46.7%	48.3%
1978	46.8%	48.5%
1979	46.9%	48.8%
1980	46.9%	48.7%
1981	46.9%	48.4%
1982	46.9%	48.3%
1983	46.9%	48.2%
1984	46.8%	48.1%
1985	46.9%	48%
1986	46.9%	47.9%
1987	46.9%	47.9%
1988	46.9%	47.9%
1989	47%	47.6%
1990	47%	47.1%
1991	46.9%	46.6%
1992	47.1%	46.8%
1993	47.5%	47.1%
1994	47.7%	46.6%
1995	47.9%	45.9%
1996	47.9%	45%
1997	47.9%	44%
1998	47.7%	43.1%
1999	47.4%	42.4%
2000	47%	41.9%
2001	46.7%	41.5%
2002	46.6%	41.4%
2003	46.3%	41.5%
2004	45.7%	41.7%
2005	45%	41.9%
2006	44.3%	42%
2007	43.6%	42.1%
2008	42.9%	42.4%
2009	42.2%	42.7%
2010	41.6%	43%
2011	41%	43.4%
2012	40.5%	43.7%
2013	40.2%	43.9%
2014	40%	43.9%
2015	39.8%	43.8%
2016	39.6%	43.6%
2017	39.3%	43.3%
2018	38.9%	42.9%
2019	38.6%	42.5%
2020	38.3%	42.2%
2021	38%	41.9%
2022	37.7%	41.6%
2023	37.4%	41.3%
2024	37.1%	40.9%
2025	36.9%	40.3%
2026	36.6%	39.6%
2027	36.3%	39%
2028	36%	38.4%
2029	35.7%	37.8%
2030	35.3%	37.4%
2031	35%	37%
2032	34.7%	36.8%
2033	34.4%	36.5%
2034	34%	36.3%
2035	33.7%	36.1%
2036	33.4%	35.8%
2037	33.1%	35.6%
2038	32.8%	35.3%
2039	32.5%	35.1%
2040	32.2%	34.8%
2041	32%	34.6%
2042	31.7%	34.3%
2043	31.5%	34.1%
2044	31.2%	33.8%
2045	31%	33.5%
2046	30.8%	33.2%
2047	30.6%	32.9%
2048	30.3%	32.6%
2049	30.1%	32.2%
2050	29.9%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 47% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	4,886	126,959
1961	5,027	131,531
1962	5,157	136,317
1963	5,249	140,984
1964	5,359	145,848
1965	5,465	151,164
1966	5,601	156,014
1967	5,741	161,205
1968	5,960	166,865
1969	6,189	172,626
1970	6,456	178,979
1971	6,722	185,427
1972	7,019	193,725
1973	7,328	201,885
1974	7,654	208,806
1975	7,752	216,947
1976	8,371	221,419
1977	8,750	225,139
1978	9,189	222,979
1979	9,637	223,657
1980	10,095	241,179
1981	10,569	271,361
1982	11,002	279,934
1983	11,367	286,545
1984	11,830	290,052
1985	12,202	290,756
1986	12,566	289,894
1987	12,869	286,766
1988	13,144	277,498
1989	13,374	270,838
1990	13,610	265,444
1991	13,783	260,943
1992	13,867	255,291
1993	13,667	228,045
1994	13,465	216,343
1995	13,403	206,695
1996	13,390	205,269
1997	13,254	216,288
1998	13,099	225,614
1999	13,161	232,393
2000	13,270	236,343
2001	13,598	227,909
2002	13,760	244,170
2003	14,031	243,057
2004	14,349	248,307
2005	14,810	248,545
2006	15,124	248,963
2007	15,393	261,805
2008	15,804	280,527
2009	16,315	309,316
2010	16,849	335,570
2011	17,313	359,572
2012	17,565	371,135
2013	17,776	374,757
2014	17,876	366,350
2015	17,961	356,203
2016	17,913	348,772
2017	17,798	344,035
2018	17,883	345,883
2019	17,936	348,798
2020	17,906	354,790
2021	17,645	349,908
2022	18,154	371,243
2023	18,247	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	Zimbabwe
1985	850	573
1986	825	525
1987	811	480
1988	791	431
1989	768	382
1990	737	353
1991	704	332
1992	675	333
1993	642	331
1994	602	332
1995	571	332
1996	545	352
1997	520	357
1998	515	368
1999	486	399
2000	476	405
2001	440	467
2002	428	418
2003	400	455
2004	385	451
2005	373	454
2006	360	480
2007	352	519
2008	334	526
2009	320	540
2010	305	567
2011	291	564
2012	274	558
2013	260	525
2014	247	468
2015	237	428
2016	225	411
2017	219	389
2018	209	386
2019	202	388
2020	198	380
2021	215	446
2022	186	368
2023	179	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12.4%
1968	-	12.1%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	23.2%	11.7%
1971	22.5%	11.5%
1972	22%	11.5%
1973	21.4%	11.4%
1974	20.8%	11.4%
1975	20.3%	11.4%
1976	19.7%	11.5%
1977	19.1%	11.5%
1978	18.6%	11.5%
1979	18%	11.3%
1980	17.4%	11.1%
1981	16.8%	10.7%
1982	16.2%	10.1%
1983	15.7%	9.5%
1984	15.1%	8.87%
1985	14.6%	8.31%
1986	14%	7.86%
1987	13.5%	7.61%
1988	13%	7.55%
1989	12.6%	7.69%
1990	12.1%	7.97%
1991	11.6%	8.33%
1992	11.1%	8.73%
1993	10.7%	9.16%
1994	10.2%	9.52%
1995	9.78%	9.83%
1996	9.37%	10%
1997	9%	10.1%
1998	8.63%	10%
1999	8.28%	9.92%
2000	7.96%	9.83%
2001	7.65%	9.79%
2002	7.36%	8.48%
2003	7.07%	8.85%
2004	6.8%	9.17%
2005	6.55%	9.23%
2006	6.31%	9.4%
2007	6.08%	9.47%
2008	5.88%	9.34%
2009	5.69%	9.03%
2010	5.51%	8.5%
2011	5.36%	7.88%
2012	5.21%	7.14%
2013	5.08%	6.55%
2014	4.97%	6.18%
2015	4.87%	5.98%
2016	4.76%	5.69%
2017	4.66%	5.5%
2018	4.56%	5.23%
2019	4.46%	5.11%
2020	4.35%	5.01%
2021	4.24%	4.76%
2022	4.11%	4.6%
2023	3.98%	4.42%