Fertility & birth rates in Djibouti and India

Fertility rate in Djibouti vs India chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Djibouti was 2.61 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.98 in India in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Djibouti vs India population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Djibouti	India
1960	6.85	5.92
1961	6.85	5.94
1962	6.85	5.95
1963	6.86	5.97
1964	6.87	5.98
1965	6.86	5.94
1966	6.88	5.88
1967	6.87	5.83
1968	6.88	5.76
1969	6.88	5.68
1970	6.88	5.62
1971	6.88	5.57
1972	6.85	5.48
1973	6.82	5.4
1974	6.78	5.33
1975	6.74	5.2
1976	6.69	5.13
1977	6.64	5.01
1978	6.59	4.89
1979	6.52	4.81
1980	6.46	4.78
1981	6.4	4.7
1982	6.34	4.62
1983	6.3	4.57
1984	6.25	4.52
1985	6.19	4.43
1986	6.14	4.4
1987	6.09	4.31
1988	6.03	4.22
1989	5.97	4.13
1990	5.93	4.05
1991	5.86	3.96
1992	5.75	3.88
1993	5.64	3.8
1994	5.51	3.72
1995	5.33	3.65
1996	5.15	3.58
1997	4.97	3.51
1998	4.8	3.45
1999	4.69	3.38
2000	4.6	3.35
2001	4.52	3.3
2002	4.41	3.22
2003	4.3	3.12
2004	4.16	3.05
2005	4.04	2.96
2006	3.9	2.87
2007	3.76	2.78
2008	3.62	2.71
2009	3.52	2.67
2010	3.43	2.6
2011	3.34	2.53
2012	3.26	2.47
2013	3.19	2.4
2014	3.12	2.29
2015	3.04	2.29
2016	2.97	2.28
2017	2.92	2.19
2018	2.86	2.18
2019	2.8	2.12
2020	2.75	2.05
2021	2.7	2.01
2022	2.65	1.99
2023	2.61	1.98
2024	2.62	1.96
2025	2.58	1.94
2026	2.54	1.93
2027	2.51	1.91
2028	2.48	1.9
2029	2.45	1.89
2030	2.42	1.88
2031	2.39	1.87
2032	2.36	1.86
2033	2.33	1.85
2034	2.31	1.84
2035	2.29	1.84
2036	2.27	1.83
2037	2.25	1.82
2038	2.23	1.81
2039	2.21	1.81
2040	2.19	1.8
2041	2.17	1.8
2042	2.16	1.79
2043	2.14	1.79
2044	2.13	1.78
2045	2.11	1.78
2046	2.1	1.78
2047	2.09	1.77
2048	2.08	1.77
2049	2.06	1.77
2050	2.05	1.76

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Djibouti	India
1960	44.2%	40.6%
1961	44%	40.9%
1962	43.8%	41.2%
1963	43.7%	41.5%
1964	43.5%	41.6%
1965	43.6%	41.7%
1966	43.8%	41.7%
1967	44%	41.6%
1968	44.3%	41.5%
1969	44.5%	41.5%
1970	44.7%	41.4%
1971	44.9%	41.2%
1972	45%	41.1%
1973	45.2%	41%
1974	45.3%	40.8%
1975	45.4%	40.7%
1976	45.5%	40.5%
1977	45.5%	40.3%
1978	45.6%	40.1%
1979	45.5%	40%
1980	45.5%	39.8%
1981	45.4%	39.7%
1982	45.3%	39.6%
1983	45.1%	39.5%
1984	45%	39.4%
1985	44.8%	39.3%
1986	44.6%	39.2%
1987	44.4%	39.1%
1988	44.2%	38.9%
1989	44%	38.8%
1990	43.7%	38.6%
1991	43.5%	38.4%
1992	43.3%	38.1%
1993	43.1%	37.9%
1994	42.8%	37.6%
1995	42.5%	37.3%
1996	42.2%	37%
1997	41.5%	36.7%
1998	40.6%	36.3%
1999	40%	35.9%
2000	39.6%	35.6%
2001	39.1%	35.2%
2002	38.7%	34.8%
2003	38.6%	34.4%
2004	38.5%	34%
2005	38.4%	33.6%
2006	38.1%	33.1%
2007	37.7%	32.7%
2008	37.2%	32.2%
2009	36.8%	31.8%
2010	36.4%	31.3%
2011	35.9%	30.9%
2012	35.5%	30.4%
2013	35.1%	29.9%
2014	34.6%	29.4%
2015	34%	28.9%
2016	33.4%	28.4%
2017	32.8%	27.8%
2018	32.2%	27.3%
2019	31.6%	26.8%
2020	31%	26.3%
2021	30.5%	25.9%
2022	30%	25.5%
2023	29.6%	25.1%
2024	29.2%	24.6%
2025	28.8%	24.2%
2026	28.5%	23.8%
2027	28.1%	23.4%
2028	27.8%	23%
2029	27.5%	22.7%
2030	27.3%	22.4%
2031	27%	22.1%
2032	26.8%	21.8%
2033	26.6%	21.5%
2034	26.4%	21.3%
2035	26.2%	21%
2036	26.1%	20.8%
2037	25.9%	20.6%
2038	25.7%	20.4%
2039	25.5%	20.2%
2040	25.3%	19.9%
2041	25.1%	19.7%
2042	24.9%	19.5%
2043	24.7%	19.3%
2044	24.5%	19.1%
2045	24.3%	18.8%
2046	24.1%	18.6%
2047	23.8%	18.4%
2048	23.6%	18.2%
2049	23.4%	18%
2050	23.2%	17.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Djibouti and 24.6% in India in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 38.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Djibouti and India compared.

Natural population change in Djibouti vs India by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Djibouti and +1.06% in India. 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
	Djibouti	India
1960	2,299	10,237,489
1961	2,412	10,468,816
1962	2,538	10,743,409
1963	2,687	11,016,705
1964	2,864	11,285,378
1965	3,054	10,925,714
1966	3,268	11,089,894
1967	3,484	11,279,897
1968	3,712	12,006,807
1969	3,950	12,167,671
1970	4,249	12,417,866
1971	4,484	12,787,104
1972	4,885	13,041,792
1973	5,234	13,412,707
1974	5,601	13,795,836
1975	6,034	13,958,642
1976	6,567	14,435,504
1977	7,195	14,575,662
1978	7,886	14,898,145
1979	8,573	15,392,957
1980	9,187	16,018,786
1981	9,654	16,422,159
1982	10,058	16,790,507
1983	10,391	17,219,127
1984	10,713	17,698,810
1985	11,106	17,968,697
1986	11,671	18,455,495
1987	12,357	18,496,213
1988	13,107	18,702,916
1989	13,851	18,848,915
1990	15,074	18,893,588
1991	16,553	19,049,524
1992	16,971	19,132,757
1993	15,805	19,152,399
1994	15,989	19,310,798
1995	15,651	19,396,161
1996	15,408	19,442,699
1997	15,255	19,494,098
1998	15,845	19,569,575
1999	16,491	19,648,424
2000	17,014	19,984,160
2001	17,710	20,182,573
2002	18,167	20,024,621
2003	18,341	19,720,507
2004	17,756	19,469,758
2005	17,361	19,034,839
2006	16,901	18,641,737
2007	16,647	18,331,648
2008	16,356	18,234,926
2009	16,323	18,286,055
2010	16,225	17,991,935
2011	16,169	17,793,362
2012	16,026	17,552,365
2013	15,986	17,107,541
2014	15,857	16,165,943
2015	15,718	16,211,195
2016	15,621	16,202,593
2017	15,593	15,394,041
2018	15,524	15,451,168
2019	15,368	14,859,846
2020	14,970	13,366,946
2021	14,555	10,227,523
2022	15,337	13,912,130
2023	15,349	13,711,993

Maternal mortality chart: Djibouti vs India

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 162 deaths per 100,000 live births in Djibouti, compared to 80 deaths in India.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Djibouti	India
1985	821	658
1986	804	624
1987	785	592
1988	768	562
1989	746	538
1990	725	516
1991	731	498
1992	780	482
1993	704	467
1994	682	451
1995	634	437
1996	609	422
1997	582	407
1998	555	393
1999	524	378
2000	501	362
2001	441	349
2002	404	330
2003	391	313
2004	364	296
2005	315	277
2006	298	258
2007	285	240
2008	273	223
2009	263	205
2010	243	188
2011	229	173
2012	221	160
2013	219	148
2014	212	137
2015	210	129
2016	204	121
2017	201	113
2018	199	107
2019	194	101
2020	192	101
2021	221	155
2022	174	90
2023	162	80

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.04% in Djibouti and 2.77% in India. 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
	Djibouti	India
1960	-	24.1%
1961	-	23.8%
1962	-	23.5%
1963	-	23.2%
1964	-	22.9%
1965	-	22.7%
1966	-	22.4%
1967	-	22.2%
1968	-	22%
1969	-	21.7%
1970	-	21.5%
1971	-	21.2%
1972	-	20.8%
1973	-	20.5%
1974	-	20.1%
1975	-	19.6%
1976	17.1%	19.1%
1977	16.6%	18.6%
1978	16.2%	18%
1979	15.7%	17.5%
1980	15.3%	16.9%
1981	14.8%	16.4%
1982	14.4%	15.9%
1983	14%	15.5%
1984	13.6%	15%
1985	13.2%	14.6%
1986	12.8%	14.2%
1987	12.5%	13.8%
1988	12.2%	13.4%
1989	11.9%	13%
1990	11.6%	12.7%
1991	11.4%	12.3%
1992	11.2%	12%
1993	11.1%	11.6%
1994	10.9%	11.3%
1995	10.8%	11%
1996	10.7%	10.6%
1997	10.5%	10.3%
1998	10.3%	9.89%
1999	10.2%	9.53%
2000	9.95%	9.16%
2001	9.72%	8.8%
2002	9.48%	8.45%
2003	9.24%	8.11%
2004	9%	7.77%
2005	8.77%	7.44%
2006	8.53%	7.11%
2007	8.28%	6.79%
2008	8.03%	6.46%
2009	7.81%	6.14%
2010	7.59%	5.82%
2011	7.36%	5.5%
2012	7.14%	5.2%
2013	6.93%	4.91%
2014	6.72%	4.63%
2015	6.51%	4.36%
2016	6.33%	4.11%
2017	6.13%	3.87%
2018	5.94%	3.64%
2019	5.75%	3.43%
2020	5.56%	3.24%
2021	5.38%	3.06%
2022	5.22%	2.91%
2023	5.04%	2.77%