Fertility & birth rates in Djibouti and Mali

Fertility rate in Djibouti vs Mali 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 5.61 in Mali in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Djibouti vs Mali 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	Mali
1960	6.85	7.02
1961	6.85	7.03
1962	6.85	7.04
1963	6.86	7.05
1964	6.87	7.06
1965	6.86	7.08
1966	6.88	7.11
1967	6.87	7.14
1968	6.88	7.16
1969	6.88	7.18
1970	6.88	7.18
1971	6.88	7.2
1972	6.85	7.22
1973	6.82	7.22
1974	6.78	7.23
1975	6.74	7.25
1976	6.69	7.27
1977	6.64	7.3
1978	6.59	7.32
1979	6.52	7.35
1980	6.46	7.37
1981	6.4	7.37
1982	6.34	7.32
1983	6.3	7.28
1984	6.25	7.26
1985	6.19	7.26
1986	6.14	7.31
1987	6.09	7.31
1988	6.03	7.32
1989	5.97	7.33
1990	5.93	7.31
1991	5.86	7.28
1992	5.75	7.24
1993	5.64	7.18
1994	5.51	7.12
1995	5.33	7.05
1996	5.15	7.01
1997	4.97	6.97
1998	4.8	6.94
1999	4.69	6.91
2000	4.6	6.89
2001	4.52	6.85
2002	4.41	6.82
2003	4.3	6.78
2004	4.16	6.74
2005	4.04	6.71
2006	3.9	6.68
2007	3.76	6.65
2008	3.62	6.62
2009	3.52	6.59
2010	3.43	6.58
2011	3.34	6.55
2012	3.26	6.52
2013	3.19	6.49
2014	3.12	6.44
2015	3.04	6.39
2016	2.97	6.32
2017	2.92	6.25
2018	2.86	6.12
2019	2.8	5.89
2020	2.75	5.85
2021	2.7	5.78
2022	2.65	5.69
2023	2.61	5.61
2024	2.62	5.51
2025	2.58	5.42
2026	2.54	5.33
2027	2.51	5.24
2028	2.48	5.15
2029	2.45	5.07
2030	2.42	4.96
2031	2.39	4.88
2032	2.36	4.78
2033	2.33	4.7
2034	2.31	4.6
2035	2.29	4.49
2036	2.27	4.41
2037	2.25	4.32
2038	2.23	4.24
2039	2.21	4.14
2040	2.19	4.05
2041	2.17	3.97
2042	2.16	3.89
2043	2.14	3.82
2044	2.13	3.75
2045	2.11	3.69
2046	2.1	3.62
2047	2.09	3.55
2048	2.08	3.49
2049	2.06	3.42
2050	2.05	3.37

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Djibouti	Mali
1960	44.2%	40.3%
1961	44%	40.4%
1962	43.8%	40.4%
1963	43.7%	40.5%
1964	43.5%	40.6%
1965	43.6%	40.7%
1966	43.8%	40.8%
1967	44%	40.9%
1968	44.3%	41%
1969	44.5%	41.2%
1970	44.7%	41.3%
1971	44.9%	41.5%
1972	45%	41.7%
1973	45.2%	41.9%
1974	45.3%	42.1%
1975	45.4%	42.4%
1976	45.5%	42.7%
1977	45.5%	43%
1978	45.6%	43.2%
1979	45.5%	43.6%
1980	45.5%	43.9%
1981	45.4%	44.2%
1982	45.3%	44.5%
1983	45.1%	44.7%
1984	45%	45%
1985	44.8%	45.3%
1986	44.6%	45.7%
1987	44.4%	46%
1988	44.2%	46.4%
1989	44%	46.7%
1990	43.7%	46.8%
1991	43.5%	47%
1992	43.3%	47.1%
1993	43.1%	47.1%
1994	42.8%	47.1%
1995	42.5%	47.1%
1996	42.2%	47%
1997	41.5%	47%
1998	40.6%	46.8%
1999	40%	46.7%
2000	39.6%	46.6%
2001	39.1%	46.5%
2002	38.7%	46.4%
2003	38.6%	46.4%
2004	38.5%	46.4%
2005	38.4%	46.4%
2006	38.1%	46.5%
2007	37.7%	46.6%
2008	37.2%	46.8%
2009	36.8%	46.9%
2010	36.4%	47.1%
2011	35.9%	47.3%
2012	35.5%	47.6%
2013	35.1%	47.9%
2014	34.6%	48%
2015	34%	48%
2016	33.4%	48%
2017	32.8%	47.9%
2018	32.2%	47.8%
2019	31.6%	47.6%
2020	31%	47.3%
2021	30.5%	47%
2022	30%	46.8%
2023	29.6%	46.5%
2024	29.2%	46.1%
2025	28.8%	45.8%
2026	28.5%	45.4%
2027	28.1%	45.1%
2028	27.8%	44.7%
2029	27.5%	44.4%
2030	27.3%	44%
2031	27%	43.7%
2032	26.8%	43.4%
2033	26.6%	43%
2034	26.4%	42.7%
2035	26.2%	42.4%
2036	26.1%	42.1%
2037	25.9%	41.8%
2038	25.7%	41.5%
2039	25.5%	41.1%
2040	25.3%	40.8%
2041	25.1%	40.4%
2042	24.9%	40%
2043	24.7%	39.6%
2044	24.5%	39.2%
2045	24.3%	38.8%
2046	24.1%	38.4%
2047	23.8%	38%
2048	23.6%	37.6%
2049	23.4%	37.1%
2050	23.2%	36.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Djibouti and 46.1% in Mali in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Djibouti and Mali compared.

Natural population change in Djibouti vs Mali by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Djibouti and +3.25% in Mali. 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	Mali
1960	2,299	88,802
1961	2,412	91,115
1962	2,538	93,101
1963	2,687	95,055
1964	2,864	97,166
1965	3,054	100,451
1966	3,268	103,684
1967	3,484	107,650
1968	3,712	111,403
1969	3,950	114,361
1970	4,249	118,952
1971	4,484	123,591
1972	4,885	129,687
1973	5,234	135,801
1974	5,601	142,448
1975	6,034	150,222
1976	6,567	157,778
1977	7,195	165,071
1978	7,886	172,652
1979	8,573	182,449
1980	9,187	190,560
1981	9,654	198,227
1982	10,058	204,892
1983	10,391	211,795
1984	10,713	218,078
1985	11,106	224,734
1986	11,671	233,799
1987	12,357	238,871
1988	13,107	245,682
1989	13,851	249,929
1990	15,074	252,308
1991	16,553	261,656
1992	16,971	267,605
1993	15,805	274,480
1994	15,989	282,356
1995	15,651	285,598
1996	15,408	293,953
1997	15,255	308,429
1998	15,845	323,940
1999	16,491	343,705
2000	17,014	359,159
2001	17,710	376,472
2002	18,167	396,732
2003	18,341	417,766
2004	17,756	439,717
2005	17,361	460,964
2006	16,901	477,665
2007	16,647	495,800
2008	16,356	514,665
2009	16,323	533,730
2010	16,225	554,447
2011	16,169	570,899
2012	16,026	588,748
2013	15,986	597,887
2014	15,857	614,419
2015	15,718	630,006
2016	15,621	645,652
2017	15,593	661,973
2018	15,524	670,723
2019	15,368	667,110
2020	14,970	683,053
2021	14,555	703,674
2022	15,337	726,465
2023	15,349	746,398

Maternal mortality chart: Djibouti vs Mali

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 367 deaths in Mali.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Djibouti	Mali
1985	821	1,217
1986	804	1,184
1987	785	1,142
1988	768	1,128
1989	746	1,106
1990	725	1,087
1991	731	1,063
1992	780	1,024
1993	704	988
1994	682	935
1995	634	895
1996	609	875
1997	582	820
1998	555	781
1999	524	749
2000	501	741
2001	441	694
2002	404	649
2003	391	616
2004	364	592
2005	315	577
2006	298	568
2007	285	574
2008	273	573
2009	263	565
2010	243	558
2011	229	553
2012	221	549
2013	219	525
2014	212	507
2015	210	490
2016	204	472
2017	201	453
2018	199	434
2019	194	416
2020	192	405
2021	221	415
2022	174	381
2023	162	367

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.04% in Djibouti and 9.13% in Mali. 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	Mali
1963	-	42.6%
1964	-	41.9%
1965	-	41.2%
1966	-	40.5%
1967	-	39.8%
1968	-	39.2%
1969	-	38.6%
1970	-	38%
1971	-	37.3%
1972	-	36.7%
1973	-	36%
1974	-	35.2%
1975	-	34.4%
1976	17.1%	33.6%
1977	16.6%	32.7%
1978	16.2%	31.8%
1979	15.7%	31%
1980	15.3%	30.2%
1981	14.8%	29.3%
1982	14.4%	28.5%
1983	14%	27.7%
1984	13.6%	26.9%
1985	13.2%	26.1%
1986	12.8%	25.4%
1987	12.5%	24.8%
1988	12.2%	24.2%
1989	11.9%	23.6%
1990	11.6%	23.1%
1991	11.4%	22.7%
1992	11.2%	22.3%
1993	11.1%	21.9%
1994	10.9%	21.5%
1995	10.8%	21.2%
1996	10.7%	20.8%
1997	10.5%	20.4%
1998	10.3%	19.9%
1999	10.2%	19.4%
2000	9.95%	18.8%
2001	9.72%	18.2%
2002	9.48%	17.5%
2003	9.24%	16.9%
2004	9%	16.3%
2005	8.77%	15.7%
2006	8.53%	15.2%
2007	8.28%	14.7%
2008	8.03%	14.3%
2009	7.81%	13.8%
2010	7.59%	13.4%
2011	7.36%	13%
2012	7.14%	12.6%
2013	6.93%	12.2%
2014	6.72%	11.9%
2015	6.51%	11.6%
2016	6.33%	11.2%
2017	6.13%	10.9%
2018	5.94%	10.6%
2019	5.75%	10.3%
2020	5.56%	10%
2021	5.38%	9.69%
2022	5.22%	9.4%
2023	5.04%	9.13%