Fertility & birth rates in Czech Republic and Gambia

Fertility rate in Czech Republic vs Gambia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Czech Republic was 1.45 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.01 in the Gambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Czech Republic vs the Gambia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Czech Republic	Gambia
1960	2.09	6.25
1961	2.11	6.23
1962	2.12	6.21
1963	2.31	6.2
1964	2.34	6.2
1965	2.18	6.19
1966	2.02	6.18
1967	1.91	6.21
1968	1.84	6.22
1969	1.87	6.25
1970	1.92	6.26
1971	2	6.33
1972	2.09	6.37
1973	2.31	6.41
1974	2.46	6.42
1975	2.43	6.43
1976	2.39	6.43
1977	2.34	6.43
1978	2.33	6.42
1979	2.27	6.41
1980	2.08	6.41
1981	2	6.4
1982	2	6.4
1983	1.97	6.39
1984	1.97	6.39
1985	1.95	6.36
1986	1.92	6.34
1987	1.91	6.3
1988	1.94	6.26
1989	1.87	6.25
1990	1.9	6.25
1991	1.86	6.19
1992	1.71	6.11
1993	1.67	6.03
1994	1.44	6.04
1995	1.28	5.99
1996	1.18	5.93
1997	1.17	5.85
1998	1.16	5.82
1999	1.13	5.77
2000	1.15	5.72
2001	1.15	5.67
2002	1.17	5.66
2003	1.18	5.66
2004	1.23	5.68
2005	1.29	5.71
2006	1.34	5.74
2007	1.45	5.69
2008	1.51	5.63
2009	1.51	5.57
2010	1.51	5.56
2011	1.43	5.54
2012	1.45	5.52
2013	1.46	5.39
2014	1.53	5.2
2015	1.57	5
2016	1.63	4.81
2017	1.69	4.61
2018	1.71	4.42
2019	1.71	4.33
2020	1.74	4.25
2021	1.83	4.17
2022	1.64	4.08
2023	1.45	4.01
2024	1.46	3.91
2025	1.47	3.8
2026	1.48	3.7
2027	1.48	3.6
2028	1.49	3.51
2029	1.49	3.41
2030	1.5	3.33
2031	1.51	3.24
2032	1.51	3.17
2033	1.52	3.1
2034	1.52	3.03
2035	1.53	2.97
2036	1.53	2.91
2037	1.54	2.86
2038	1.54	2.81
2039	1.54	2.76
2040	1.55	2.71
2041	1.55	2.67
2042	1.55	2.63
2043	1.55	2.59
2044	1.56	2.56
2045	1.56	2.52
2046	1.56	2.49
2047	1.56	2.46
2048	1.56	2.43
2049	1.57	2.4
2050	1.57	2.38

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Czech Republic	Gambia
1960	25.6%	41%
1961	25.1%	40.8%
1962	24.5%	40.7%
1963	23.9%	40.8%
1964	23.5%	41%
1965	23.2%	41.3%
1966	22.7%	41.5%
1967	22.3%	41.6%
1968	21.9%	41.8%
1969	21.6%	41.9%
1970	21.3%	42%
1971	21.1%	42.1%
1972	21.1%	42.2%
1973	21.2%	42.3%
1974	21.6%	42.4%
1975	22.1%	42.6%
1976	22.6%	42.8%
1977	22.9%	43%
1978	23.2%	43.3%
1979	23.4%	43.5%
1980	23.4%	43.7%
1981	23.5%	44%
1982	23.5%	44.3%
1983	23.5%	44.6%
1984	23.5%	44.9%
1985	23.4%	45%
1986	23.2%	45.2%
1987	23%	45.4%
1988	22.6%	45.5%
1989	22%	45.6%
1990	21.4%	45.7%
1991	20.9%	45.8%
1992	20.3%	45.9%
1993	19.8%	46%
1994	19.2%	46.3%
1995	18.7%	46.5%
1996	18.2%	46.7%
1997	17.7%	46.9%
1998	17.3%	46.9%
1999	16.9%	46.9%
2000	16.5%	46.8%
2001	16.1%	46.7%
2002	15.7%	46.6%
2003	15.3%	46.4%
2004	15%	46.1%
2005	14.7%	45.9%
2006	14.4%	45.6%
2007	14.3%	45.3%
2008	14.2%	45.1%
2009	14.2%	44.8%
2010	14.4%	44.5%
2011	14.6%	44.3%
2012	14.8%	44.1%
2013	14.9%	43.9%
2014	15.1%	43.7%
2015	15.3%	43.6%
2016	15.4%	43.3%
2017	15.6%	43.1%
2018	15.8%	42.8%
2019	15.9%	42.4%
2020	16%	42%
2021	16.1%	41.6%
2022	15.9%	41.2%
2023	15.7%	40.7%
2024	15.4%	40.2%
2025	15.1%	39.7%
2026	14.8%	39.2%
2027	14.6%	38.5%
2028	14.4%	37.9%
2029	14.2%	37.3%
2030	14%	36.7%
2031	13.8%	36.2%
2032	13.5%	35.7%
2033	13.3%	35.2%
2034	13%	34.8%
2035	12.9%	34.3%
2036	12.7%	33.9%
2037	12.5%	33.4%
2038	12.5%	33%
2039	12.6%	32.5%
2040	12.7%	32.1%
2041	12.8%	31.7%
2042	12.9%	31.3%
2043	13.1%	30.9%
2044	13.2%	30.5%
2045	13.4%	30.2%
2046	13.5%	29.8%
2047	13.7%	29.5%
2048	13.8%	29.1%
2049	13.9%	28.8%
2050	14%	28.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.4% of the population in the Czech Republic and 40.2% in the Gambia in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Czech Republic and the Gambia compared.

Natural population change in Czech Republic vs Gambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.07% in the Czech Republic and +2.59% in the Gambia. 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
	Czech Republic	Gambia
1960	34,567	8,420
1961	36,430	8,778
1962	29,836	9,150
1963	48,353	9,493
1964	52,531	9,825
1965	43,029	10,162
1966	35,355	10,422
1967	29,558	10,823
1968	21,728	11,215
1969	22,762	11,670
1970	24,646	12,128
1971	31,445	12,842
1972	44,404	13,432
1973	57,549	14,046
1974	66,923	14,628
1975	67,393	15,256
1976	61,768	16,032
1977	55,009	16,773
1978	52,234	17,424
1979	44,257	18,543
1980	17,517	19,566
1981	13,391	20,156
1982	10,315	21,894
1983	3,097	23,175
1984	5,165	24,586
1985	4,135	25,795
1986	1,034	27,195
1987	4,138	28,452
1988	7,249	29,938
1989	1,036	31,504
1990	1,034	33,163
1991	4,124	34,584
1992	1,032	35,951
1993	3,099	37,302
1994	-11,367	38,880
1995	-21,687	39,681
1996	-21,662	40,253
1997	-21,639	40,742
1998	-18,530	41,842
1999	-20,568	42,533
2000	-17,433	43,249
2001	-16,347	44,154
2002	-15,296	45,156
2003	-17,330	46,473
2004	-9,177	48,276
2005	-6,126	50,010
2006	1,024	52,335
2007	9,268	53,653
2008	14,538	55,032
2009	10,444	56,575
2010	10,475	58,554
2011	2,099	60,571
2012	0	62,745
2013	-2,103	63,510
2014	4,210	63,185
2015	0	62,832
2016	5,283	62,358
2017	3,178	61,665
2018	1,063	60,854
2019	0	61,701
2020	-19,257	62,209
2021	-28,365	62,239
2022	-19,209	63,634
2023	-21,729	65,118

Maternal mortality chart: Czech Republic vs Gambia

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 the Czech Republic, compared to 354 deaths in the Gambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Czech Republic	Gambia
1985	15	1,454
1986	17	1,401
1987	15	1,360
1988	16	1,302
1989	15	1,258
1990	15	1,207
1991	15	1,167
1992	13	1,115
1993	12	1,072
1994	11	1,039
1995	10	999
1996	8	956
1997	8	928
1998	7	867
1999	7	830
2000	7	810
2001	6	794
2002	6	772
2003	6	749
2004	5	719
2005	5	707
2006	5	682
2007	4	675
2008	4	653
2009	4	634
2010	4	632
2011	4	634
2012	4	628
2013	3	606
2014	3	561
2015	3	527
2016	3	490
2017	3	469
2018	3	450
2019	3	422
2020	3	400
2021	4	420
2022	3	365
2023	3	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in the Czech Republic and 4.41% in the Gambia. 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
	Czech Republic	Gambia
1960	2.48%	36.2%
1961	2.44%	35.5%
1962	2.42%	34.8%
1963	2.43%	34.1%
1964	2.44%	33.5%
1965	2.46%	32.8%
1966	2.47%	32.1%
1967	2.48%	31.5%
1968	2.47%	30.9%
1969	2.46%	30.2%
1970	2.43%	29.5%
1971	2.39%	28.9%
1972	2.34%	28.2%
1973	2.29%	27.5%
1974	2.23%	26.9%
1975	2.16%	26.2%
1976	2.08%	25.5%
1977	1.99%	24.9%
1978	1.89%	24.2%
1979	1.78%	23.6%
1980	1.68%	23%
1981	1.59%	22.3%
1982	1.52%	21.7%
1983	1.47%	21%
1984	1.44%	20.4%
1985	1.41%	19.7%
1986	1.38%	19.1%
1987	1.35%	18.4%
1988	1.3%	17.8%
1989	1.25%	17.2%
1990	1.21%	16.6%
1991	1.17%	16%
1992	1.11%	15.5%
1993	1.03%	14.9%
1994	0.94%	14.4%
1995	0.85%	13.9%
1996	0.77%	13.3%
1997	0.7%	12.8%
1998	0.63%	12.3%
1999	0.58%	11.8%
2000	0.55%	11.3%
2001	0.52%	10.9%
2002	0.5%	10.4%
2003	0.48%	9.95%
2004	0.46%	9.52%
2005	0.44%	9.11%
2006	0.41%	8.71%
2007	0.39%	8.33%
2008	0.37%	7.98%
2009	0.35%	7.64%
2010	0.34%	7.31%
2011	0.33%	7.01%
2012	0.32%	6.73%
2013	0.31%	6.45%
2014	0.31%	6.18%
2015	0.32%	5.93%
2016	0.32%	5.7%
2017	0.32%	5.47%
2018	0.31%	5.27%
2019	0.3%	5.07%
2020	0.29%	4.89%
2021	0.28%	4.72%
2022	0.27%	4.56%
2023	0.26%	4.41%