Fertility & birth rates in Congo and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Congo vs Malaysia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Congo was 4.16 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Congo vs Malaysia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Congo	Malaysia
1960	6.09	6.41
1961	6.09	6.37
1962	6.1	6.3
1963	6.15	6.19
1964	6.18	6.03
1965	6.23	5.84
1966	6.27	5.64
1967	6.29	5.43
1968	6.33	5.29
1969	6.35	5.16
1970	6.38	5.04
1971	6.42	4.92
1972	6.44	4.82
1973	6.42	4.73
1974	6.39	4.62
1975	6.36	4.5
1976	6.32	4.4
1977	6.27	4.28
1978	6.21	4.18
1979	6.14	4.09
1980	6.07	4.04
1981	5.98	4
1982	5.85	3.97
1983	5.76	3.93
1984	5.66	3.89
1985	5.59	3.8
1986	5.51	3.7
1987	5.46	3.57
1988	5.39	3.5
1989	5.33	3.31
1990	5.27	3.3
1991	5.22	3.34
1992	5.18	3.37
1993	5.13	3.36
1994	5.1	3.35
1995	5.07	3.32
1996	5.03	3.3
1997	5	3.23
1998	4.91	3.12
1999	4.81	3.07
2000	4.72	2.94
2001	4.67	2.81
2002	4.7	2.66
2003	4.7	2.6
2004	4.69	2.49
2005	4.67	2.39
2006	4.65	2.31
2007	4.65	2.25
2008	4.73	2.26
2009	4.81	2.22
2010	4.85	2.14
2011	4.83	2.15
2012	4.79	2.12
2013	4.73	2.07
2014	4.67	2.06
2015	4.61	2.01
2016	4.55	1.94
2017	4.5	1.89
2018	4.44	1.84
2019	4.38	1.78
2020	4.33	1.68
2021	4.28	1.56
2022	4.22	1.55
2023	4.16	1.55
2024	4.11	1.54
2025	4.05	1.53
2026	3.99	1.52
2027	3.93	1.51
2028	3.88	1.51
2029	3.83	1.51
2030	3.78	1.51
2031	3.73	1.5
2032	3.68	1.5
2033	3.64	1.5
2034	3.59	1.5
2035	3.54	1.5
2036	3.5	1.51
2037	3.46	1.51
2038	3.42	1.51
2039	3.38	1.51
2040	3.35	1.51
2041	3.31	1.51
2042	3.27	1.51
2043	3.24	1.52
2044	3.2	1.52
2045	3.16	1.52
2046	3.13	1.52
2047	3.09	1.52
2048	3.06	1.53
2049	3.03	1.53
2050	3	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Congo	Malaysia
1960	42.7%	45.4%
1961	43%	45.9%
1962	43.3%	46.3%
1963	43.5%	46.5%
1964	43.7%	46.6%
1965	43.9%	46.5%
1966	44%	46.2%
1967	44.2%	45.9%
1968	44.3%	45.5%
1969	44.5%	45%
1970	44.7%	44.5%
1971	44.8%	44%
1972	45%	43.4%
1973	45.2%	42.8%
1974	45.4%	42.2%
1975	45.5%	41.7%
1976	45.7%	41.1%
1977	45.8%	40.6%
1978	45.8%	40.1%
1979	45.8%	39.6%
1980	45.7%	39.2%
1981	45.6%	38.8%
1982	45.4%	38.6%
1983	45.2%	38.4%
1984	45%	38.2%
1985	44.9%	38.1%
1986	44.7%	38%
1987	44.6%	37.9%
1988	44.5%	37.7%
1989	44.3%	37.5%
1990	44.2%	37.2%
1991	44%	36.9%
1992	43.8%	36.6%
1993	43.6%	36.3%
1994	43.4%	36%
1995	43.3%	35.7%
1996	43.2%	35.5%
1997	43.3%	35.3%
1998	43.3%	35%
1999	43.1%	34.6%
2000	42.5%	34.2%
2001	41.9%	33.7%
2002	41.9%	33.2%
2003	41.7%	32.6%
2004	41.4%	32%
2005	41.1%	31.4%
2006	40.9%	30.7%
2007	40.7%	30%
2008	40.7%	29.4%
2009	40.5%	28.6%
2010	40.4%	27.9%
2011	40.6%	27.4%
2012	41%	27%
2013	41.3%	26.6%
2014	41.7%	26.2%
2015	41.9%	25.8%
2016	42.1%	25.5%
2017	42.1%	25.2%
2018	42.1%	24.9%
2019	41.9%	24.5%
2020	41.8%	24%
2021	41.5%	23.4%
2022	41.3%	22.8%
2023	40.9%	22.3%
2024	40.4%	21.8%
2025	39.9%	21.3%
2026	39.4%	20.8%
2027	38.9%	20.4%
2028	38.4%	19.9%
2029	38%	19.4%
2030	37.6%	19%
2031	37.3%	18.5%
2032	37%	18.1%
2033	36.8%	17.8%
2034	36.6%	17.6%
2035	36.4%	17.4%
2036	36.2%	17.3%
2037	36%	17.3%
2038	35.8%	17.2%
2039	35.6%	17.1%
2040	35.5%	17%
2041	35.3%	17%
2042	35.1%	16.9%
2043	34.9%	16.8%
2044	34.7%	16.7%
2045	34.4%	16.7%
2046	34.2%	16.6%
2047	33.9%	16.5%
2048	33.6%	16.4%
2049	33.4%	16.3%
2050	33.1%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.4% of the population in the Congo and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 44.2% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Congo and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Congo vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.59% in the Congo and +0.92% in Malaysia. 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
	Congo	Malaysia
1960	27,094	251,090
1961	28,220	257,270
1962	29,342	262,140
1963	30,832	265,815
1964	32,270	266,406
1965	33,865	264,836
1966	35,452	262,162
1967	36,866	258,764
1968	38,786	260,705
1969	40,532	264,327
1970	42,374	269,341
1971	44,431	272,323
1972	46,427	276,263
1973	48,017	284,611
1974	49,563	289,880
1975	51,155	294,541
1976	52,148	300,615
1977	53,179	305,515
1978	53,885	311,027
1979	54,723	317,439
1980	55,550	326,947
1981	56,603	339,991
1982	57,036	353,138
1983	58,120	365,290
1984	59,028	376,797
1985	60,359	383,243
1986	61,669	385,799
1987	63,183	381,999
1988	64,629	386,507
1989	65,944	373,277
1990	67,241	384,518
1991	68,534	401,938
1992	69,973	418,900
1993	71,119	429,910
1994	72,857	437,873
1995	74,189	443,349
1996	75,628	450,174
1997	66,149	447,768
1998	72,450	436,316
1999	76,204	432,355
2000	78,491	417,371
2001	84,876	400,939
2002	88,497	381,084
2003	91,326	377,425
2004	96,577	365,138
2005	101,344	355,324
2006	106,876	349,509
2007	112,459	348,711
2008	120,711	362,380
2009	126,904	366,157
2010	136,908	360,260
2011	140,371	372,836
2012	142,464	371,497
2013	142,080	366,738
2014	141,674	367,587
2015	141,539	358,302
2016	141,358	345,681
2017	141,973	336,434
2018	142,704	324,568
2019	139,513	309,426
2020	143,492	283,282
2021	144,241	212,002
2022	147,076	237,560
2023	150,486	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Congo vs Malaysia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 241 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Congo, compared to 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Congo	Malaysia
1985	546	63
1986	535	59
1987	519	56
1988	510	55
1989	506	52
1990	505	51
1991	514	49
1992	531	48
1993	541	46
1994	551	44
1995	551	43
1996	545	42
1997	650	40
1998	597	39
1999	554	38
2000	509	37
2001	489	36
2002	464	34
2003	436	34
2004	400	33
2005	385	31
2006	394	30
2007	370	30
2008	395	29
2009	414	29
2010	382	29
2011	378	29
2012	374	29
2013	320	29
2014	302	30
2015	284	30
2016	263	30
2017	262	29
2018	259	29
2019	245	28
2020	247	29
2021	301	52
2022	241	38
2023	241	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.05% in the Congo and 0.81% in Malaysia. 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
	Congo	Malaysia
1960	19.4%	9.46%
1961	18.6%	8.83%
1962	18%	8.25%
1963	17.3%	7.74%
1964	16.7%	7.28%
1965	16.1%	6.89%
1966	15.6%	6.56%
1967	15.1%	6.27%
1968	14.6%	6.02%
1969	14.2%	5.79%
1970	13.7%	5.56%
1971	13.4%	5.32%
1972	13%	5.06%
1973	12.6%	4.79%
1974	12.4%	4.5%
1975	12.1%	4.23%
1976	11.8%	3.97%
1977	11.5%	3.71%
1978	11.2%	3.48%
1979	11%	3.25%
1980	10.7%	3.04%
1981	10.5%	2.84%
1982	10.2%	2.65%
1983	9.95%	2.47%
1984	9.68%	2.32%
1985	9.44%	2.18%
1986	9.25%	2.05%
1987	9.11%	1.93%
1988	9.04%	1.83%
1989	9.05%	1.74%
1990	9.15%	1.66%
1991	9.31%	1.58%
1992	9.54%	1.51%
1993	9.84%	1.45%
1994	10.2%	1.39%
1995	10.5%	1.34%
1996	10.9%	1.29%
1997	11.2%	1.23%
1998	11.4%	1.15%
1999	11.5%	1.07%
2000	11.4%	1%
2001	11.1%	0.93%
2002	10.6%	0.88%
2003	10%	0.85%
2004	9.35%	0.84%
2005	8.66%	0.83%
2006	8.02%	0.83%
2007	7.43%	0.82%
2008	6.95%	0.82%
2009	6.55%	0.82%
2010	6.25%	0.81%
2011	6.02%	0.81%
2012	5.82%	0.8%
2013	5.64%	0.81%
2014	5.45%	0.81%
2015	5.27%	0.81%
2016	5.09%	0.82%
2017	4.93%	0.82%
2018	4.77%	0.82%
2019	5.24%	0.82%
2020	4.47%	0.81%
2021	4.33%	0.81%
2022	4.19%	0.81%
2023	4.05%	0.81%