Fertility & birth rates in Croatia and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Croatia vs Mozambique chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Croatia was 1.46 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Croatia	Mozambique
1960	2.24	6.31
1961	2.22	6.37
1962	2.19	6.42
1963	2.15	6.47
1964	2.14	6.51
1965	2.22	6.54
1966	2.23	6.58
1967	2.1	6.61
1968	2.03	6.65
1969	1.95	6.67
1970	1.88	6.7
1971	1.97	6.7
1972	2.01	6.7
1973	2.01	6.7
1974	1.98	6.67
1975	1.95	6.66
1976	1.94	6.64
1977	1.95	6.62
1978	1.96	6.59
1979	1.95	6.56
1980	1.93	6.53
1981	1.93	6.48
1982	1.9	6.43
1983	1.88	6.43
1984	1.87	6.44
1985	1.82	6.43
1986	1.76	6.41
1987	1.64	6.39
1988	1.79	6.37
1989	1.63	6.35
1990	1.63	6.32
1991	1.53	6.28
1992	1.48	6.22
1993	1.52	6.15
1994	1.47	6.08
1995	1.58	6.02
1996	1.67	5.97
1997	1.69	5.93
1998	1.45	5.91
1999	1.38	5.88
2000	1.39	5.83
2001	1.46	5.76
2002	1.42	5.67
2003	1.41	5.6
2004	1.43	5.55
2005	1.5	5.5
2006	1.47	5.45
2007	1.48	5.47
2008	1.47	5.6
2009	1.5	5.68
2010	1.46	5.66
2011	1.41	5.6
2012	1.52	5.52
2013	1.46	5.43
2014	1.46	5.3
2015	1.41	5.25
2016	1.43	5.19
2017	1.42	5.13
2018	1.47	5.07
2019	1.47	5.02
2020	1.48	4.96
2021	1.62	4.91
2022	1.53	4.84
2023	1.46	4.76
2024	1.46	4.69
2025	1.47	4.62
2026	1.46	4.54
2027	1.47	4.46
2028	1.47	4.39
2029	1.47	4.3
2030	1.47	4.23
2031	1.48	4.14
2032	1.48	4.06
2033	1.48	3.97
2034	1.48	3.89
2035	1.49	3.82
2036	1.49	3.75
2037	1.49	3.67
2038	1.49	3.6
2039	1.49	3.53
2040	1.49	3.47
2041	1.5	3.4
2042	1.5	3.34
2043	1.5	3.28
2044	1.5	3.22
2045	1.5	3.16
2046	1.51	3.11
2047	1.51	3.06
2048	1.51	3.01
2049	1.51	2.97
2050	1.51	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Croatia	Mozambique
1960	27%	41%
1961	26.9%	41.2%
1962	26.8%	41.4%
1963	26.5%	41.6%
1964	26.1%	41.9%
1965	25.7%	42.2%
1966	25.2%	42.5%
1967	24.8%	42.7%
1968	24.3%	42.9%
1969	23.7%	43.1%
1970	23.2%	43.3%
1971	22.8%	43.4%
1972	22.4%	43.6%
1973	22.2%	43.7%
1974	22%	43.8%
1975	21.8%	44%
1976	21.6%	44.1%
1977	21.4%	44.3%
1978	21.3%	44.6%
1979	21.2%	44.9%
1980	21.1%	45.3%
1981	21%	45.6%
1982	21%	45.7%
1983	20.9%	45.8%
1984	20.9%	45.9%
1985	20.8%	45.9%
1986	20.7%	45.9%
1987	20.5%	45.9%
1988	20.3%	45.8%
1989	20.1%	45.7%
1990	19.8%	45.7%
1991	19.5%	45.6%
1992	19.2%	45.5%
1993	18.8%	45.4%
1994	18.4%	45.2%
1995	18%	45%
1996	17.7%	44.9%
1997	17.5%	44.8%
1998	17.3%	44.9%
1999	17.1%	45%
2000	16.9%	45.1%
2001	16.7%	45.1%
2002	16.5%	45.2%
2003	16.3%	45.3%
2004	16%	45.3%
2005	15.8%	45.3%
2006	15.7%	45.4%
2007	15.5%	45.4%
2008	15.4%	45.5%
2009	15.4%	45.6%
2010	15.3%	45.8%
2011	15.1%	45.8%
2012	15%	45.9%
2013	14.8%	45.8%
2014	14.7%	45.8%
2015	14.6%	45.7%
2016	14.6%	45.6%
2017	14.6%	45.5%
2018	14.6%	45.4%
2019	14.5%	45.3%
2020	14.5%	45.2%
2021	14.4%	45.1%
2022	14.3%	45%
2023	14.1%	44.8%
2024	13.9%	44.5%
2025	13.7%	44.2%
2026	13.5%	43.9%
2027	13.3%	43.5%
2028	13.2%	43.2%
2029	13.1%	42.9%
2030	13%	42.5%
2031	12.9%	42.2%
2032	12.8%	41.9%
2033	12.8%	41.5%
2034	12.7%	41.1%
2035	12.7%	40.7%
2036	12.6%	40.3%
2037	12.6%	39.9%
2038	12.6%	39.5%
2039	12.6%	39%
2040	12.6%	38.6%
2041	12.6%	38.2%
2042	12.6%	37.7%
2043	12.7%	37.3%
2044	12.7%	36.9%
2045	12.7%	36.4%
2046	12.7%	36%
2047	12.8%	35.6%
2048	12.8%	35.2%
2049	12.8%	34.8%
2050	12.7%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Croatia and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 19.8% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Croatia and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Croatia vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.45% in Croatia and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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
	Croatia	Mozambique
1960	34,778	165,774
1961	36,255	171,236
1962	30,216	176,297
1963	31,270	180,867
1964	25,942	182,334
1965	31,251	185,931
1966	33,192	189,218
1967	26,032	193,044
1968	21,828	197,623
1969	16,688	202,174
1970	16,767	207,385
1971	19,941	211,137
1972	17,802	215,793
1973	21,904	226,847
1974	22,453	240,665
1975	21,658	257,984
1976	22,226	273,924
1977	22,798	289,193
1978	20,157	310,403
1979	21,136	331,162
1980	17,939	349,586
1981	15,680	322,207
1982	15,756	321,493
1983	10,714	324,158
1984	10,764	304,524
1985	10,343	307,625
1986	8,499	332,609
1987	6,161	334,438
1988	5,707	349,480
1989	3,337	348,833
1990	3,344	353,290
1991	-2,813	357,676
1992	-4,576	362,373
1993	-2,301	369,518
1994	-930	384,821
1995	0	421,630
1996	3,190	442,559
1997	3,175	461,209
1998	-4,985	474,453
1999	-6,769	491,814
2000	-6,255	506,162
2001	-8,599	519,594
2002	-10,325	529,867
2003	-12,480	540,992
2004	-9,040	554,973
2005	-9,022	570,132
2006	-8,669	586,009
2007	-10,335	610,913
2008	-8,188	654,920
2009	-7,319	693,673
2010	-8,591	719,025
2011	-9,846	741,303
2012	-9,799	763,088
2013	-10,162	784,641
2014	-11,345	799,778
2015	-16,607	824,435
2016	-13,553	850,430
2017	-16,570	876,594
2018	-15,557	903,176
2019	-15,008	927,581
2020	-20,354	945,952
2021	-26,377	951,234
2022	-23,134	1,003,689
2023	-19,298	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Croatia vs Mozambique

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Croatia, compared to 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Croatia	Mozambique
1985	10	1,452
1986	10	1,355
1987	10	1,348
1988	10	1,259
1989	9	1,209
1990	10	1,150
1991	10	1,094
1992	10	1,046
1993	9	968
1994	9	902
1995	9	883
1996	9	819
1997	9	738
1998	8	694
1999	8	624
2000	8	547
2001	7	473
2002	7	398
2003	8	360
2004	7	321
2005	7	301
2006	6	298
2007	6	327
2008	6	365
2009	6	352
2010	6	305
2011	5	268
2012	5	218
2013	5	196
2014	4	210
2015	4	216
2016	4	202
2017	4	187
2018	3	159
2019	4	134
2020	5	123
2021	12	180
2022	6	104
2023	3	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.46% in Croatia and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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
	Croatia	Mozambique
1963	-	26.5%
1964	-	26.7%
1965	-	26.8%
1966	-	26.8%
1967	-	26.9%
1968	-	26.9%
1969	-	26.9%
1970	-	26.8%
1971	-	26.7%
1972	-	26.6%
1973	-	26.4%
1974	-	26.3%
1975	-	26.1%
1976	-	26%
1977	-	25.8%
1978	-	25.7%
1979	-	25.7%
1980	-	25.6%
1981	2.19%	25.6%
1982	2.09%	25.5%
1983	2%	25.3%
1984	1.91%	25.1%
1985	1.8%	24.8%
1986	1.69%	24.5%
1987	1.59%	24.2%
1988	1.48%	23.9%
1989	1.38%	23.6%
1990	1.29%	23.3%
1991	1.39%	23%
1992	1.15%	22.6%
1993	1.09%	22.1%
1994	1.04%	21.6%
1995	1%	20.9%
1996	0.96%	20.1%
1997	0.93%	19.2%
1998	0.9%	18.2%
1999	0.86%	17.2%
2000	0.83%	16.3%
2001	0.8%	15.4%
2002	0.77%	14.6%
2003	0.82%	13.9%
2004	0.71%	13.2%
2005	0.67%	12.5%
2006	0.64%	11.8%
2007	0.61%	11%
2008	0.59%	10.4%
2009	0.57%	9.75%
2010	0.55%	9.5%
2011	0.53%	9.05%
2012	0.52%	8.63%
2013	0.51%	8.26%
2014	0.5%	7.92%
2015	0.49%	7.51%
2016	0.49%	7.23%
2017	0.48%	7.09%
2018	0.48%	6.95%
2019	0.47%	6.83%
2020	0.47%	6.73%
2021	0.46%	6.58%
2022	0.46%	6.43%
2023	0.46%	6.17%