Fertility & birth rates in Cyprus and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Cyprus vs Malaysia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cyprus was 1.39 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 Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Malaysia
1960	3.39	6.41
1961	3.62	6.37
1962	3.51	6.3
1963	3.49	6.19
1964	3.41	6.03
1965	3.47	5.84
1966	3.4	5.64
1967	3.32	5.43
1968	3.27	5.29
1969	3.19	5.16
1970	3.07	5.04
1971	3.04	4.92
1972	2.99	4.82
1973	2.4	4.73
1974	2.28	4.62
1975	2.11	4.5
1976	2.33	4.4
1977	2.09	4.28
1978	2.08	4.18
1979	2.14	4.09
1980	2.3	4.04
1981	2.15	4
1982	2.49	3.97
1983	2.49	3.93
1984	2.51	3.89
1985	2.43	3.8
1986	2.45	3.7
1987	2.39	3.57
1988	2.47	3.5
1989	2.37	3.31
1990	2.4	3.3
1991	2.34	3.34
1992	2.46	3.37
1993	2.25	3.36
1994	2.16	3.35
1995	2.03	3.32
1996	1.95	3.3
1997	1.86	3.23
1998	1.76	3.12
1999	1.67	3.07
2000	1.64	2.94
2001	1.57	2.81
2002	1.5	2.66
2003	1.51	2.6
2004	1.51	2.49
2005	1.48	2.39
2006	1.51	2.31
2007	1.45	2.25
2008	1.48	2.26
2009	1.48	2.22
2010	1.43	2.14
2011	1.36	2.15
2012	1.38	2.12
2013	1.3	2.07
2014	1.31	2.06
2015	1.32	2.01
2016	1.36	1.94
2017	1.32	1.89
2018	1.32	1.84
2019	1.33	1.78
2020	1.36	1.68
2021	1.39	1.56
2022	1.39	1.55
2023	1.39	1.55
2024	1.38	1.54
2025	1.37	1.53
2026	1.37	1.52
2027	1.36	1.51
2028	1.36	1.51
2029	1.36	1.51
2030	1.37	1.51
2031	1.37	1.5
2032	1.37	1.5
2033	1.37	1.5
2034	1.37	1.5
2035	1.38	1.5
2036	1.38	1.51
2037	1.38	1.51
2038	1.38	1.51
2039	1.39	1.51
2040	1.39	1.51
2041	1.39	1.51
2042	1.39	1.51
2043	1.4	1.52
2044	1.4	1.52
2045	1.4	1.52
2046	1.41	1.52
2047	1.41	1.52
2048	1.42	1.53
2049	1.42	1.53
2050	1.42	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cyprus	Malaysia
1960	36.5%	45.4%
1961	36.4%	45.9%
1962	35.8%	46.3%
1963	35.1%	46.5%
1964	34.5%	46.6%
1965	34%	46.5%
1966	33.5%	46.2%
1967	33%	45.9%
1968	32.6%	45.5%
1969	32.1%	45%
1970	31.7%	44.5%
1971	31.2%	44%
1972	30.8%	43.4%
1973	30.3%	42.8%
1974	30%	42.2%
1975	29.6%	41.7%
1976	28.8%	41.1%
1977	27.9%	40.6%
1978	27%	40.1%
1979	26.2%	39.6%
1980	25.5%	39.2%
1981	25%	38.8%
1982	24.8%	38.6%
1983	24.9%	38.4%
1984	25.1%	38.2%
1985	25.2%	38.1%
1986	25.2%	38%
1987	25.2%	37.9%
1988	25.1%	37.7%
1989	25%	37.5%
1990	24.8%	37.2%
1991	24.7%	36.9%
1992	24.6%	36.6%
1993	24.6%	36.3%
1994	24.7%	36%
1995	24.6%	35.7%
1996	24.3%	35.5%
1997	23.9%	35.3%
1998	23.4%	35%
1999	22.9%	34.6%
2000	22.3%	34.2%
2001	21.7%	33.7%
2002	21.3%	33.2%
2003	21%	32.6%
2004	20.5%	32%
2005	19.9%	31.4%
2006	19.3%	30.7%
2007	18.7%	30%
2008	18%	29.4%
2009	17.5%	28.6%
2010	17%	27.9%
2011	16.6%	27.4%
2012	16.4%	27%
2013	16.2%	26.6%
2014	16.1%	26.2%
2015	16%	25.8%
2016	15.9%	25.5%
2017	15.9%	25.2%
2018	15.9%	24.9%
2019	15.9%	24.5%
2020	15.9%	24%
2021	16%	23.4%
2022	16%	22.8%
2023	16.1%	22.3%
2024	16.1%	21.8%
2025	16.1%	21.3%
2026	16%	20.8%
2027	16%	20.4%
2028	15.9%	19.9%
2029	15.8%	19.4%
2030	15.6%	19%
2031	15.4%	18.5%
2032	15.2%	18.1%
2033	15%	17.8%
2034	14.8%	17.6%
2035	14.6%	17.4%
2036	14.3%	17.3%
2037	14%	17.3%
2038	13.8%	17.2%
2039	13.5%	17.1%
2040	13.3%	17%
2041	13.1%	17%
2042	12.9%	16.9%
2043	12.7%	16.8%
2044	12.6%	16.7%
2045	12.5%	16.7%
2046	12.4%	16.6%
2047	12.4%	16.5%
2048	12.4%	16.4%
2049	12.3%	16.3%
2050	12.3%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.1% of the population in Cyprus and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 24.8% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cyprus and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Cyprus vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Malaysia
1960	8,385	251,090
1961	9,584	257,270
1962	9,455	262,140
1963	8,568	265,815
1964	8,322	266,406
1965	9,643	264,836
1966	9,478	262,162
1967	9,313	258,764
1968	9,153	260,705
1969	8,857	264,327
1970	8,412	269,341
1971	8,398	272,323
1972	8,244	276,263
1973	5,405	284,611
1974	321	289,880
1975	5,023	294,541
1976	6,546	300,615
1977	5,607	305,515
1978	5,949	311,027
1979	6,620	317,439
1980	7,954	326,947
1981	7,135	339,991
1982	9,282	353,138
1983	9,318	365,290
1984	9,516	376,797
1985	9,242	383,243
1986	9,412	385,799
1987	9,114	381,999
1988	9,595	386,507
1989	9,156	373,277
1990	9,417	384,518
1991	9,102	401,938
1992	9,844	418,900
1993	8,463	429,910
1994	7,973	437,873
1995	7,226	443,349
1996	6,911	450,174
1997	6,444	447,768
1998	5,879	436,316
1999	5,524	432,355
2000	5,570	417,371
2001	5,308	400,939
2002	5,225	381,084
2003	5,484	377,425
2004	5,705	365,138
2005	5,646	355,324
2006	6,166	349,509
2007	5,983	348,711
2008	6,429	362,380
2009	6,820	366,157
2010	6,723	360,260
2011	6,271	372,836
2012	6,726	371,497
2013	6,116	366,738
2014	6,193	367,587
2015	6,340	358,302
2016	6,643	345,681
2017	6,082	336,434
2018	5,905	324,568
2019	5,679	309,426
2020	5,826	283,282
2021	5,305	212,002
2022	4,466	237,560
2023	5,025	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Cyprus vs Malaysia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 14 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cyprus, compared to 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cyprus	Malaysia
1985	19	63
1986	18	59
1987	17	56
1988	17	55
1989	16	52
1990	15	51
1991	15	49
1992	15	48
1993	15	46
1994	15	44
1995	14	43
1996	14	42
1997	13	40
1998	13	39
1999	12	38
2000	12	37
2001	11	36
2002	11	34
2003	10	34
2004	10	33
2005	10	31
2006	10	30
2007	10	30
2008	10	29
2009	10	29
2010	10	29
2011	10	29
2012	10	29
2013	10	29
2014	11	30
2015	11	30
2016	12	30
2017	12	29
2018	13	29
2019	13	28
2020	87	29
2021	98	52
2022	53	38
2023	14	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.35% in Cyprus 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
	Cyprus	Malaysia
1960	-	9.46%
1961	-	8.83%
1962	-	8.25%
1963	-	7.74%
1964	-	7.28%
1965	-	6.89%
1966	-	6.56%
1967	-	6.27%
1968	-	6.02%
1969	-	5.79%
1970	-	5.56%
1971	3.81%	5.32%
1972	3.72%	5.06%
1973	3.63%	4.79%
1974	3.53%	4.5%
1975	3.37%	4.23%
1976	3.16%	3.97%
1977	2.91%	3.71%
1978	2.65%	3.48%
1979	2.39%	3.25%
1980	2.16%	3.04%
1981	1.96%	2.84%
1982	1.78%	2.65%
1983	1.61%	2.47%
1984	1.45%	2.32%
1985	1.33%	2.18%
1986	1.23%	2.05%
1987	1.16%	1.93%
1988	1.13%	1.83%
1989	1.12%	1.74%
1990	1.11%	1.66%
1991	1.09%	1.58%
1992	1.06%	1.51%
1993	1.02%	1.45%
1994	0.97%	1.39%
1995	0.91%	1.34%
1996	0.86%	1.29%
1997	0.81%	1.23%
1998	0.76%	1.15%
1999	0.71%	1.07%
2000	0.66%	1%
2001	0.62%	0.93%
2002	0.58%	0.88%
2003	0.54%	0.85%
2004	0.5%	0.84%
2005	0.46%	0.83%
2006	0.42%	0.83%
2007	0.39%	0.82%
2008	0.37%	0.82%
2009	0.35%	0.82%
2010	0.33%	0.81%
2011	0.32%	0.81%
2012	0.3%	0.8%
2013	0.3%	0.81%
2014	0.29%	0.81%
2015	0.29%	0.81%
2016	0.29%	0.82%
2017	0.3%	0.82%
2018	0.3%	0.82%
2019	0.31%	0.82%
2020	0.32%	0.81%
2021	0.34%	0.81%
2022	0.35%	0.81%
2023	0.35%	0.81%