Fertility & birth rates in Denmark and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Denmark vs Mozambique chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Denmark was 1.5 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.

Check Denmark vs Mozambique population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Denmark	Mozambique
1960	2.57	6.31
1961	2.55	6.37
1962	2.55	6.42
1963	2.67	6.47
1964	2.6	6.51
1965	2.61	6.54
1966	2.62	6.58
1967	2.35	6.61
1968	2.12	6.65
1969	2	6.67
1970	1.95	6.7
1971	2.04	6.7
1972	2.03	6.7
1973	1.92	6.7
1974	1.9	6.67
1975	1.92	6.66
1976	1.75	6.64
1977	1.66	6.62
1978	1.67	6.59
1979	1.6	6.56
1980	1.55	6.53
1981	1.44	6.48
1982	1.43	6.43
1983	1.38	6.43
1984	1.4	6.44
1985	1.45	6.43
1986	1.48	6.41
1987	1.5	6.39
1988	1.56	6.37
1989	1.62	6.35
1990	1.67	6.32
1991	1.68	6.28
1992	1.76	6.22
1993	1.75	6.15
1994	1.81	6.08
1995	1.8	6.02
1996	1.75	5.97
1997	1.75	5.93
1998	1.72	5.91
1999	1.73	5.88
2000	1.77	5.83
2001	1.74	5.76
2002	1.72	5.67
2003	1.76	5.6
2004	1.78	5.55
2005	1.8	5.5
2006	1.85	5.45
2007	1.84	5.47
2008	1.89	5.6
2009	1.84	5.68
2010	1.87	5.66
2011	1.75	5.6
2012	1.73	5.52
2013	1.67	5.43
2014	1.69	5.3
2015	1.71	5.25
2016	1.79	5.19
2017	1.75	5.13
2018	1.73	5.07
2019	1.7	5.02
2020	1.68	4.96
2021	1.72	4.91
2022	1.55	4.84
2023	1.5	4.76
2024	1.51	4.69
2025	1.51	4.62
2026	1.51	4.54
2027	1.52	4.46
2028	1.52	4.39
2029	1.52	4.3
2030	1.53	4.23
2031	1.53	4.14
2032	1.53	4.06
2033	1.53	3.97
2034	1.53	3.89
2035	1.54	3.82
2036	1.54	3.75
2037	1.54	3.67
2038	1.54	3.6
2039	1.54	3.53
2040	1.55	3.47
2041	1.55	3.4
2042	1.55	3.34
2043	1.55	3.28
2044	1.56	3.22
2045	1.56	3.16
2046	1.56	3.11
2047	1.56	3.06
2048	1.56	3.01
2049	1.56	2.97
2050	1.56	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Denmark	Mozambique
1960	25.2%	41%
1961	24.7%	41.2%
1962	24.2%	41.4%
1963	24%	41.6%
1964	23.8%	41.9%
1965	23.8%	42.2%
1966	23.8%	42.5%
1967	23.8%	42.7%
1968	23.7%	42.9%
1969	23.5%	43.1%
1970	23.3%	43.3%
1971	23.1%	43.4%
1972	23%	43.6%
1973	22.9%	43.7%
1974	22.7%	43.8%
1975	22.6%	44%
1976	22.4%	44.1%
1977	22.1%	44.3%
1978	21.8%	44.6%
1979	21.3%	44.9%
1980	20.8%	45.3%
1981	20.3%	45.6%
1982	19.7%	45.7%
1983	19.2%	45.8%
1984	18.8%	45.9%
1985	18.4%	45.9%
1986	18.1%	45.9%
1987	17.7%	45.9%
1988	17.5%	45.8%
1989	17.2%	45.7%
1990	17.1%	45.7%
1991	17%	45.6%
1992	17%	45.5%
1993	17.1%	45.4%
1994	17.2%	45.2%
1995	17.4%	45%
1996	17.6%	44.9%
1997	17.9%	44.8%
1998	18.1%	44.9%
1999	18.3%	45%
2000	18.5%	45.1%
2001	18.7%	45.1%
2002	18.8%	45.2%
2003	18.8%	45.3%
2004	18.8%	45.3%
2005	18.8%	45.3%
2006	18.7%	45.4%
2007	18.5%	45.4%
2008	18.4%	45.5%
2009	18.2%	45.6%
2010	18%	45.8%
2011	17.8%	45.8%
2012	17.6%	45.9%
2013	17.3%	45.8%
2014	17.1%	45.8%
2015	16.9%	45.7%
2016	16.8%	45.6%
2017	16.7%	45.5%
2018	16.6%	45.4%
2019	16.4%	45.3%
2020	16.3%	45.2%
2021	16.2%	45.1%
2022	16%	45%
2023	15.9%	44.8%
2024	15.7%	44.5%
2025	15.6%	44.2%
2026	15.5%	43.9%
2027	15.4%	43.5%
2028	15.4%	43.2%
2029	15.4%	42.9%
2030	15.4%	42.5%
2031	15.4%	42.2%
2032	15.3%	41.9%
2033	15.2%	41.5%
2034	15.2%	41.1%
2035	15.1%	40.7%
2036	15%	40.3%
2037	15%	39.9%
2038	15%	39.5%
2039	15%	39%
2040	14.9%	38.6%
2041	14.9%	38.2%
2042	14.9%	37.7%
2043	14.8%	37.3%
2044	14.8%	36.9%
2045	14.7%	36.4%
2046	14.7%	36%
2047	14.6%	35.6%
2048	14.6%	35.2%
2049	14.5%	34.8%
2050	14.5%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.7% of the population in Denmark and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Denmark and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Denmark vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.09% in Denmark 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
	Denmark	Mozambique
1960	32,515	165,774
1961	33,205	171,236
1962	32,070	176,297
1963	36,539	180,867
1964	36,832	182,334
1965	37,596	185,931
1966	38,858	189,218
1967	33,363	193,044
1968	27,243	197,623
1969	23,481	202,174
1970	22,673	207,385
1971	26,801	211,137
1972	24,958	215,793
1973	21,092	226,847
1974	19,676	240,665
1975	20,746	257,984
1976	11,667	273,924
1977	11,703	289,193
1978	9,187	310,403
1979	4,605	331,162
1980	1,537	349,586
1981	-3,073	322,207
1982	-2,559	321,493
1983	-6,649	324,158
1984	-5,623	304,524
1985	-4,603	307,625
1986	-2,561	332,609
1987	-1,538	334,438
1988	0	349,480
1989	2,053	348,833
1990	2,056	353,290
1991	4,639	357,676
1992	6,722	362,373
1993	4,670	369,518
1994	8,850	384,821
1995	6,280	421,630
1996	6,842	442,559
1997	7,927	461,209
1998	7,956	474,453
1999	6,919	491,814
2000	9,078	506,162
2001	6,967	519,594
2002	5,376	529,867
2003	7,007	540,992
2004	9,188	554,973
2005	9,755	570,132
2006	9,787	586,009
2007	8,192	610,913
2008	10,438	654,920
2009	8,285	693,673
2010	8,876	719,025
2011	6,685	741,303
2012	5,592	763,088
2013	3,931	784,641
2014	5,644	799,778
2015	5,683	824,435
2016	9,165	850,430
2017	8,071	876,594
2018	6,373	903,176
2019	6,977	927,581
2020	5,831	945,952
2021	5,857	951,234
2022	-1,180	1,003,689
2023	-595	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Denmark vs Mozambique

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Denmark, compared to 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Denmark	Mozambique
1985	12	1,452
1986	12	1,355
1987	12	1,348
1988	13	1,259
1989	13	1,209
1990	12	1,150
1991	12	1,094
1992	12	1,046
1993	12	968
1994	12	902
1995	12	883
1996	11	819
1997	10	738
1998	9	694
1999	9	624
2000	9	547
2001	9	473
2002	9	398
2003	8	360
2004	8	321
2005	8	301
2006	7	298
2007	7	327
2008	7	365
2009	7	352
2010	7	305
2011	6	268
2012	6	218
2013	5	196
2014	5	210
2015	5	216
2016	5	202
2017	5	187
2018	5	159
2019	4	134
2020	4	123
2021	8	180
2022	6	104
2023	4	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Denmark 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
	Denmark	Mozambique
1960	2.5%	-
1961	2.45%	-
1962	2.38%	-
1963	2.3%	26.5%
1964	2.21%	26.7%
1965	2.11%	26.8%
1966	2.01%	26.8%
1967	1.9%	26.9%
1968	1.81%	26.9%
1969	1.73%	26.9%
1970	1.66%	26.8%
1971	1.58%	26.7%
1972	1.49%	26.6%
1973	1.39%	26.4%
1974	1.31%	26.3%
1975	1.23%	26.1%
1976	1.17%	26%
1977	1.11%	25.8%
1978	1.06%	25.7%
1979	1.03%	25.7%
1980	1%	25.6%
1981	0.98%	25.6%
1982	0.96%	25.5%
1983	0.96%	25.3%
1984	0.96%	25.1%
1985	0.97%	24.8%
1986	0.97%	24.5%
1987	0.97%	24.2%
1988	0.96%	23.9%
1989	0.93%	23.6%
1990	0.89%	23.3%
1991	0.84%	23%
1992	0.79%	22.6%
1993	0.74%	22.1%
1994	0.69%	21.6%
1995	0.65%	20.9%
1996	0.63%	20.1%
1997	0.6%	19.2%
1998	0.59%	18.2%
1999	0.57%	17.2%
2000	0.56%	16.3%
2001	0.55%	15.4%
2002	0.54%	14.6%
2003	0.52%	13.9%
2004	0.5%	13.2%
2005	0.48%	12.5%
2006	0.46%	11.8%
2007	0.45%	11%
2008	0.43%	10.4%
2009	0.42%	9.75%
2010	0.41%	9.5%
2011	0.41%	9.05%
2012	0.41%	8.63%
2013	0.41%	8.26%
2014	0.41%	7.92%
2015	0.41%	7.51%
2016	0.4%	7.23%
2017	0.4%	7.09%
2018	0.39%	6.95%
2019	0.38%	6.83%
2020	0.37%	6.73%
2021	0.36%	6.58%
2022	0.35%	6.43%
2023	0.34%	6.17%