Fertility & birth rates in Denmark and Palestine

Fertility rate in Denmark vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Denmark vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	2.57	-
1961	2.55	-
1962	2.55	-
1963	2.67	-
1964	2.6	-
1965	2.61	-
1966	2.62	-
1967	2.35	-
1968	2.12	-
1969	2	-
1970	1.95	-
1971	2.04	-
1972	2.03	-
1973	1.92	-
1974	1.9	-
1975	1.92	-
1976	1.75	-
1977	1.66	-
1978	1.67	-
1979	1.6	-
1980	1.55	-
1981	1.44	-
1982	1.43	-
1983	1.38	-
1984	1.4	-
1985	1.45	-
1986	1.48	-
1987	1.5	-
1988	1.56	-
1989	1.62	-
1990	1.67	6.81
1991	1.68	6.75
1992	1.76	6.65
1993	1.75	6.5
1994	1.81	6.33
1995	1.8	6.16
1996	1.75	5.99
1997	1.75	5.82
1998	1.72	5.69
1999	1.73	5.58
2000	1.77	5.46
2001	1.74	5.34
2002	1.72	5.22
2003	1.76	5.06
2004	1.78	4.97
2005	1.8	4.87
2006	1.85	4.74
2007	1.84	4.63
2008	1.89	4.51
2009	1.84	4.44
2010	1.87	4.43
2011	1.75	4.31
2012	1.73	4.15
2013	1.67	4.05
2014	1.69	4
2015	1.71	3.98
2016	1.79	3.89
2017	1.75	3.77
2018	1.73	3.67
2019	1.7	3.59
2020	1.68	3.51
2021	1.72	3.44
2022	1.55	3.38
2023	1.5	3.31
2024	1.51	3.25
2025	1.51	3.19
2026	1.51	3.13
2027	1.52	3.07
2028	1.52	3.02
2029	1.52	2.97
2030	1.53	2.93
2031	1.53	2.89
2032	1.53	2.85
2033	1.53	2.81
2034	1.53	2.78
2035	1.54	2.75
2036	1.54	2.71
2037	1.54	2.68
2038	1.54	2.65
2039	1.54	2.62
2040	1.55	2.59
2041	1.55	2.56
2042	1.55	2.53
2043	1.55	2.51
2044	1.56	2.48
2045	1.56	2.45
2046	1.56	2.43
2047	1.56	2.41
2048	1.56	2.38
2049	1.56	2.36
2050	1.56	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Denmark	Palestine
1960	25.2%	-
1961	24.7%	-
1962	24.2%	-
1963	24%	-
1964	23.8%	-
1965	23.8%	-
1966	23.8%	-
1967	23.8%	-
1968	23.7%	-
1969	23.5%	-
1970	23.3%	-
1971	23.1%	-
1972	23%	-
1973	22.9%	-
1974	22.7%	-
1975	22.6%	-
1976	22.4%	-
1977	22.1%	-
1978	21.8%	-
1979	21.3%	-
1980	20.8%	-
1981	20.3%	-
1982	19.7%	-
1983	19.2%	-
1984	18.8%	-
1985	18.4%	-
1986	18.1%	-
1987	17.7%	-
1988	17.5%	-
1989	17.2%	-
1990	17.1%	49.1%
1991	17%	49.1%
1992	17%	49%
1993	17.1%	49%
1994	17.2%	48.9%
1995	17.4%	48.8%
1996	17.6%	48.6%
1997	17.9%	48.4%
1998	18.1%	48.1%
1999	18.3%	47.8%
2000	18.5%	47.4%
2001	18.7%	47.1%
2002	18.8%	46.6%
2003	18.8%	46.1%
2004	18.8%	45.6%
2005	18.8%	45%
2006	18.7%	44.3%
2007	18.5%	43.7%
2008	18.4%	43%
2009	18.2%	42.4%
2010	18%	41.9%
2011	17.8%	41.5%
2012	17.6%	41.1%
2013	17.3%	40.7%
2014	17.1%	40.4%
2015	16.9%	40.1%
2016	16.8%	39.9%
2017	16.7%	39.7%
2018	16.6%	39.6%
2019	16.4%	39.5%
2020	16.3%	39.3%
2021	16.2%	39%
2022	16%	38.7%
2023	15.9%	38.4%
2024	15.7%	38%
2025	15.6%	37.6%
2026	15.5%	37%
2027	15.4%	36.5%
2028	15.4%	35.9%
2029	15.4%	35.3%
2030	15.4%	34.7%
2031	15.4%	34%
2032	15.3%	33.4%
2033	15.2%	32.8%
2034	15.2%	32.3%
2035	15.1%	31.8%
2036	15%	31.4%
2037	15%	31%
2038	15%	30.6%
2039	15%	30.3%
2040	14.9%	30%
2041	14.9%	29.7%
2042	14.9%	29.4%
2043	14.8%	29.2%
2044	14.8%	28.9%
2045	14.7%	28.6%
2046	14.7%	28.4%
2047	14.6%	28.1%
2048	14.6%	27.8%
2049	14.5%	27.5%
2050	14.5%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.7% of the population in Denmark and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Denmark and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Denmark vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.09% in Denmark and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	32,515	-
1961	33,205	-
1962	32,070	-
1963	36,539	-
1964	36,832	-
1965	37,596	-
1966	38,858	-
1967	33,363	-
1968	27,243	-
1969	23,481	-
1970	22,673	-
1971	26,801	-
1972	24,958	-
1973	21,092	-
1974	19,676	-
1975	20,746	-
1976	11,667	-
1977	11,703	-
1978	9,187	-
1979	4,605	-
1980	1,537	-
1981	-3,073	-
1982	-2,559	-
1983	-6,649	-
1984	-5,623	-
1985	-4,603	-
1986	-2,561	-
1987	-1,538	-
1988	0	-
1989	2,053	-
1990	2,056	76,163
1991	4,639	79,444
1992	6,722	82,865
1993	4,670	86,434
1994	8,850	90,156
1995	6,280	94,037
1996	6,842	98,085
1997	7,927	102,307
1998	7,956	103,566
1999	6,919	104,823
2000	9,078	106,367
2001	6,967	107,320
2002	5,376	108,560
2003	7,007	109,162
2004	9,188	110,045
2005	9,755	110,569
2006	9,787	111,728
2007	8,192	112,453
2008	10,438	108,395
2009	8,285	111,724
2010	8,876	117,674
2011	6,685	119,021
2012	5,592	119,185
2013	3,931	120,503
2014	5,644	120,724
2015	5,683	126,189
2016	9,165	126,698
2017	8,071	125,688
2018	6,373	124,791
2019	6,977	124,508
2020	5,831	122,416
2021	5,857	120,396
2022	-1,180	123,987
2023	-595	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Denmark vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Denmark	Palestine
1985	12	102
1986	12	96
1987	12	87
1988	13	85
1989	13	82
1990	12	78
1991	12	75
1992	12	73
1993	12	69
1994	12	66
1995	12	64
1996	11	61
1997	10	60
1998	9	59
1999	9	58
2000	9	59
2001	9	60
2002	9	58
2003	8	56
2004	8	55
2005	8	52
2006	7	51
2007	7	49
2008	7	49
2009	7	48
2010	7	42
2011	6	39
2012	6	36
2013	5	32
2014	5	29
2015	5	26
2016	5	23
2017	5	21
2018	5	19
2019	4	18
2020	4	20
2021	8	29
2022	6	17
2023	4	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Denmark and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	2.5%	-
1961	2.45%	-
1962	2.38%	-
1963	2.3%	-
1964	2.21%	-
1965	2.11%	-
1966	2.01%	-
1967	1.9%	-
1968	1.81%	-
1969	1.73%	-
1970	1.66%	-
1971	1.58%	-
1972	1.49%	-
1973	1.39%	-
1974	1.31%	-
1975	1.23%	10.8%
1976	1.17%	10.2%
1977	1.11%	9.55%
1978	1.06%	8.98%
1979	1.03%	8.45%
1980	1%	7.95%
1981	0.98%	7.48%
1982	0.96%	7.04%
1983	0.96%	6.63%
1984	0.96%	6.25%
1985	0.97%	5.89%
1986	0.97%	5.56%
1987	0.97%	5.25%
1988	0.96%	4.97%
1989	0.93%	4.72%
1990	0.89%	4.49%
1991	0.84%	4.28%
1992	0.79%	4.09%
1993	0.74%	3.92%
1994	0.69%	3.77%
1995	0.65%	3.62%
1996	0.63%	3.49%
1997	0.6%	3.36%
1998	0.59%	3.24%
1999	0.57%	3.13%
2000	0.56%	3.03%
2001	0.55%	2.94%
2002	0.54%	2.85%
2003	0.52%	2.77%
2004	0.5%	2.68%
2005	0.48%	2.6%
2006	0.46%	2.52%
2007	0.45%	2.43%
2008	0.43%	2.35%
2009	0.42%	2.28%
2010	0.41%	2.2%
2011	0.41%	2.12%
2012	0.41%	2.04%
2013	0.41%	1.97%
2014	0.41%	2.2%
2015	0.41%	1.83%
2016	0.4%	1.76%
2017	0.4%	1.69%
2018	0.39%	1.63%
2019	0.38%	1.57%
2020	0.37%	1.52%
2021	0.36%	1.47%
2022	0.35%	1.42%
2023	0.34%	2.63%