Fertility & birth rates in Djibouti and South Africa

Fertility rate in Djibouti vs South Africa 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 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Djibouti vs South Africa 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	South Africa
1960	6.85	6.11
1961	6.85	6.08
1962	6.85	6.05
1963	6.86	6.01
1964	6.87	5.96
1965	6.86	5.89
1966	6.88	5.91
1967	6.87	5.85
1968	6.88	5.78
1969	6.88	5.72
1970	6.88	5.63
1971	6.88	5.57
1972	6.85	5.49
1973	6.82	5.41
1974	6.78	5.3
1975	6.74	5.19
1976	6.69	5.07
1977	6.64	4.94
1978	6.59	4.85
1979	6.52	4.82
1980	6.46	4.78
1981	6.4	4.71
1982	6.34	4.7
1983	6.3	4.63
1984	6.25	4.57
1985	6.19	4.5
1986	6.14	4.41
1987	6.09	4.35
1988	6.03	4.18
1989	5.97	3.98
1990	5.93	3.72
1991	5.86	3.62
1992	5.75	3.48
1993	5.64	3.37
1994	5.51	3.26
1995	5.33	3.17
1996	5.15	2.99
1997	4.97	2.73
1998	4.8	2.63
1999	4.69	2.56
2000	4.6	2.41
2001	4.52	2.37
2002	4.41	2.32
2003	4.3	2.36
2004	4.16	2.44
2005	4.04	2.51
2006	3.9	2.55
2007	3.76	2.55
2008	3.62	2.68
2009	3.52	2.5
2010	3.43	2.44
2011	3.34	2.44
2012	3.26	2.45
2013	3.19	2.43
2014	3.12	2.42
2015	3.04	2.36
2016	2.97	2.26
2017	2.92	2.28
2018	2.86	2.27
2019	2.8	2.26
2020	2.75	2.26
2021	2.7	2.25
2022	2.65	2.23
2023	2.61	2.22
2024	2.62	2.21
2025	2.58	2.19
2026	2.54	2.17
2027	2.51	2.15
2028	2.48	2.13
2029	2.45	2.12
2030	2.42	2.1
2031	2.39	2.09
2032	2.36	2.07
2033	2.33	2.06
2034	2.31	2.05
2035	2.29	2.04
2036	2.27	2.03
2037	2.25	2.02
2038	2.23	2
2039	2.21	1.99
2040	2.19	1.98
2041	2.17	1.98
2042	2.16	1.97
2043	2.14	1.96
2044	2.13	1.95
2045	2.11	1.94
2046	2.1	1.93
2047	2.09	1.92
2048	2.08	1.91
2049	2.06	1.9
2050	2.05	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Djibouti	South Africa
1960	44.2%	42.1%
1961	44%	42.1%
1962	43.8%	42.1%
1963	43.7%	42.1%
1964	43.5%	42.1%
1965	43.6%	42.1%
1966	43.8%	42.1%
1967	44%	42.2%
1968	44.3%	42.2%
1969	44.5%	42.2%
1970	44.7%	42.3%
1971	44.9%	42.2%
1972	45%	42.2%
1973	45.2%	42.1%
1974	45.3%	42%
1975	45.4%	41.9%
1976	45.5%	41.8%
1977	45.5%	41.7%
1978	45.6%	41.5%
1979	45.5%	41.3%
1980	45.5%	40.9%
1981	45.4%	40.5%
1982	45.3%	40.1%
1983	45.1%	39.8%
1984	45%	39.5%
1985	44.8%	39.2%
1986	44.6%	38.9%
1987	44.4%	38.7%
1988	44.2%	38.4%
1989	44%	38.1%
1990	43.7%	37.7%
1991	43.5%	37.5%
1992	43.3%	37.6%
1993	43.1%	37.3%
1994	42.8%	37.2%
1995	42.5%	37.5%
1996	42.2%	37.5%
1997	41.5%	37.2%
1998	40.6%	36.5%
1999	40%	35.7%
2000	39.6%	34.9%
2001	39.1%	34%
2002	38.7%	33.2%
2003	38.6%	32.3%
2004	38.5%	31.6%
2005	38.4%	31.1%
2006	38.1%	30.6%
2007	37.7%	30.2%
2008	37.2%	29.9%
2009	36.8%	29.7%
2010	36.4%	29.4%
2011	35.9%	29.1%
2012	35.5%	28.9%
2013	35.1%	28.7%
2014	34.6%	28.5%
2015	34%	28.3%
2016	33.4%	28.3%
2017	32.8%	28.3%
2018	32.2%	27.9%
2019	31.6%	27.4%
2020	31%	27%
2021	30.5%	26.6%
2022	30%	26.3%
2023	29.6%	26.1%
2024	29.2%	25.9%
2025	28.8%	25.7%
2026	28.5%	25.6%
2027	28.1%	25.4%
2028	27.8%	25.3%
2029	27.5%	25.2%
2030	27.3%	25.2%
2031	27%	25.1%
2032	26.8%	25%
2033	26.6%	24.8%
2034	26.4%	24.5%
2035	26.2%	24.3%
2036	26.1%	23.9%
2037	25.9%	23.6%
2038	25.7%	23.4%
2039	25.5%	23.1%
2040	25.3%	22.9%
2041	25.1%	22.7%
2042	24.9%	22.5%
2043	24.7%	22.4%
2044	24.5%	22.2%
2045	24.3%	22.1%
2046	24.1%	21.9%
2047	23.8%	21.8%
2048	23.6%	21.7%
2049	23.4%	21.6%
2050	23.2%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Djibouti and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Djibouti and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Djibouti vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.43% in Djibouti and +1.05% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1960	2,299	421,263
1961	2,412	437,851
1962	2,538	455,634
1963	2,687	473,821
1964	2,864	490,606
1965	3,054	506,632
1966	3,268	534,862
1967	3,484	553,741
1968	3,712	571,841
1969	3,950	590,794
1970	4,249	605,102
1971	4,484	624,761
1972	4,885	638,754
1973	5,234	651,596
1974	5,601	658,438
1975	6,034	667,862
1976	6,567	675,011
1977	7,195	680,929
1978	7,886	694,341
1979	8,573	716,541
1980	9,187	738,415
1981	9,654	767,833
1982	10,058	807,550
1983	10,391	837,013
1984	10,713	869,011
1985	11,106	893,889
1986	11,671	903,644
1987	12,357	922,330
1988	13,107	909,221
1989	13,851	884,629
1990	15,074	835,421
1991	16,553	827,296
1992	16,971	794,415
1993	15,805	789,220
1994	15,989	698,609
1995	15,651	743,488
1996	15,408	710,868
1997	15,255	667,969
1998	15,845	627,027
1999	16,491	594,643
2000	17,014	526,963
2001	17,710	484,801
2002	18,167	430,926
2003	18,341	415,018
2004	17,756	442,540
2005	17,361	464,464
2006	16,901	487,584
2007	16,647	503,567
2008	16,356	595,332
2009	16,323	554,115
2010	16,225	566,834
2011	16,169	601,708
2012	16,026	643,723
2013	15,986	652,427
2014	15,857	674,754
2015	15,718	668,771
2016	15,621	641,365
2017	15,593	645,975
2018	15,524	648,319
2019	15,368	652,130
2020	14,970	595,873
2021	14,555	456,411
2022	15,337	603,636
2023	15,349	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Djibouti vs South Africa

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 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Djibouti	South Africa
1985	821	208
1986	804	200
1987	785	192
1988	768	184
1989	746	177
1990	725	170
1991	731	162
1992	780	152
1993	704	145
1994	682	133
1995	634	125
1996	609	150
1997	582	152
1998	555	152
1999	524	151
2000	501	175
2001	441	192
2002	404	225
2003	391	245
2004	364	259
2005	315	279
2006	298	283
2007	285	272
2008	273	272
2009	263	241
2010	243	226
2011	229	202
2012	221	194
2013	219	180
2014	212	162
2015	210	150
2016	204	141
2017	201	134
2018	199	128
2019	194	119
2020	192	118
2021	221	191
2022	174	129
2023	162	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.04% in Djibouti and 3.47% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1974	-	13.2%
1975	-	12.5%
1976	17.1%	11.8%
1977	16.6%	11.1%
1978	16.2%	10.5%
1979	15.7%	9.88%
1980	15.3%	9.35%
1981	14.8%	8.84%
1982	14.4%	8.39%
1983	14%	7.98%
1984	13.6%	7.6%
1985	13.2%	7.24%
1986	12.8%	6.89%
1987	12.5%	6.56%
1988	12.2%	6.26%
1989	11.9%	6.01%
1990	11.6%	5.82%
1991	11.4%	5.7%
1992	11.2%	5.66%
1993	11.1%	5.7%
1994	10.9%	5.82%
1995	10.8%	5.95%
1996	10.7%	6.11%
1997	10.5%	6.29%
1998	10.3%	6.56%
1999	10.2%	6.85%
2000	9.95%	7.11%
2001	9.72%	7.43%
2002	9.48%	7.69%
2003	9.24%	7.93%
2004	9%	8.1%
2005	8.77%	8.03%
2006	8.53%	7.75%
2007	8.28%	7.19%
2008	8.03%	6.42%
2009	7.81%	5.7%
2010	7.59%	5%
2011	7.36%	4.5%
2012	7.14%	4.25%
2013	6.93%	4.1%
2014	6.72%	3.96%
2015	6.51%	3.82%
2016	6.33%	3.68%
2017	6.13%	3.58%
2018	5.94%	3.49%
2019	5.75%	3.45%
2020	5.56%	3.41%
2021	5.38%	3.41%
2022	5.22%	3.44%
2023	5.04%	3.47%