Fertility & birth rates in Ecuador and Honduras

Fertility rate in Ecuador vs Honduras chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ecuador was 1.82 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.5 in Honduras in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ecuador vs Honduras population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ecuador	Honduras
1960	6.72	7.46
1961	6.7	7.45
1962	6.68	7.44
1963	6.65	7.44
1964	6.61	7.44
1965	6.56	7.44
1966	6.51	7.41
1967	6.44	7.36
1968	6.35	7.3
1969	6.25	7.23
1970	6.14	7.17
1971	6.01	7.11
1972	5.87	7.06
1973	5.73	6.99
1974	5.58	6.91
1975	5.43	6.87
1976	5.28	6.81
1977	5.13	6.73
1978	4.99	6.63
1979	4.86	6.53
1980	4.73	6.42
1981	4.61	6.3
1982	4.5	6.18
1983	4.39	6.06
1984	4.31	5.94
1985	4.14	5.82
1986	4	5.7
1987	3.87	5.58
1988	3.79	5.47
1989	3.74	5.35
1990	3.68	5.27
1991	3.63	5.19
1992	3.58	5.11
1993	3.49	5.03
1994	3.42	4.93
1995	3.38	4.84
1996	3.35	4.71
1997	3.29	4.59
1998	3.23	4.47
1999	3.17	4.37
2000	3.1	4.29
2001	3.04	4.15
2002	2.97	4
2003	2.91	3.84
2004	2.85	3.71
2005	2.8	3.58
2006	2.75	3.45
2007	2.7	3.35
2008	2.69	3.26
2009	2.68	3.17
2010	2.62	3.08
2011	2.61	3
2012	2.51	2.93
2013	2.36	2.86
2014	2.27	2.79
2015	2.21	2.75
2016	2.12	2.7
2017	2.13	2.66
2018	2.11	2.65
2019	2.04	2.61
2020	1.97	2.58
2021	1.91	2.55
2022	1.86	2.52
2023	1.82	2.5
2024	1.81	2.48
2025	1.79	2.45
2026	1.78	2.42
2027	1.77	2.4
2028	1.76	2.38
2029	1.75	2.35
2030	1.75	2.32
2031	1.74	2.3
2032	1.73	2.28
2033	1.73	2.26
2034	1.72	2.24
2035	1.72	2.22
2036	1.72	2.2
2037	1.71	2.18
2038	1.71	2.16
2039	1.71	2.15
2040	1.71	2.13
2041	1.7	2.12
2042	1.7	2.1
2043	1.7	2.09
2044	1.69	2.07
2045	1.69	2.06
2046	1.69	2.05
2047	1.69	2.03
2048	1.69	2.02
2049	1.68	2.01
2050	1.68	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ecuador	Honduras
1960	43.9%	47%
1961	44.1%	47.3%
1962	44.3%	47.6%
1963	44.4%	47.8%
1964	44.4%	47.9%
1965	44.4%	48%
1966	44.4%	48%
1967	44.4%	48%
1968	44.3%	48%
1969	44.3%	48%
1970	44.2%	47.9%
1971	44.2%	47.9%
1972	44.1%	47.9%
1973	43.9%	47.9%
1974	43.8%	47.8%
1975	43.6%	47.6%
1976	43.4%	47.5%
1977	43.2%	47.4%
1978	43%	47.4%
1979	42.7%	47.3%
1980	42.4%	47.3%
1981	42.1%	47.2%
1982	41.8%	47.1%
1983	41.4%	47.1%
1984	41.1%	47%
1985	40.7%	46.8%
1986	40.3%	46.7%
1987	39.9%	46.5%
1988	39.5%	46.4%
1989	39.1%	46.3%
1990	38.7%	46.1%
1991	38.4%	45.9%
1992	38.1%	45.7%
1993	37.7%	45.4%
1994	37.4%	45.1%
1995	37.1%	44.8%
1996	36.8%	44.5%
1997	36.4%	44.2%
1998	36.1%	43.8%
1999	35.7%	43.4%
2000	35.4%	43.1%
2001	35%	42.7%
2002	34.7%	42.3%
2003	34.3%	41.9%
2004	33.9%	41.5%
2005	33.5%	41%
2006	33%	40.4%
2007	32.6%	39.9%
2008	32.1%	39.3%
2009	31.7%	38.7%
2010	31.3%	38.1%
2011	30.9%	37.4%
2012	30.5%	36.8%
2013	30.1%	36.2%
2014	29.6%	35.6%
2015	29%	34.9%
2016	28.5%	34.3%
2017	28%	33.7%
2018	27.4%	33.1%
2019	26.9%	32.6%
2020	26.4%	32.2%
2021	26%	31.8%
2022	25.5%	31.4%
2023	25%	31%
2024	24.5%	30.6%
2025	23.9%	30.3%
2026	23.3%	29.9%
2027	22.8%	29.6%
2028	22.3%	29.3%
2029	21.9%	28.9%
2030	21.6%	28.6%
2031	21.2%	28.3%
2032	20.9%	28%
2033	20.6%	27.6%
2034	20.3%	27.3%
2035	20%	26.9%
2036	19.7%	26.6%
2037	19.5%	26.2%
2038	19.3%	25.9%
2039	19.1%	25.5%
2040	18.9%	25.2%
2041	18.8%	24.8%
2042	18.6%	24.5%
2043	18.4%	24.2%
2044	18.2%	23.9%
2045	18%	23.6%
2046	17.8%	23.3%
2047	17.6%	23%
2048	17.4%	22.7%
2049	17.2%	22.5%
2050	17%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.5% of the population in Ecuador and 30.6% in Honduras in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ecuador and Honduras compared.

Natural population change in Ecuador vs Honduras by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.15% in Ecuador and +1.85% in Honduras. 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
	Ecuador	Honduras
1960	130,368	62,602
1961	135,573	64,672
1962	140,943	67,332
1963	146,531	69,883
1964	152,263	72,756
1965	157,915	75,622
1966	163,317	78,369
1967	168,629	81,131
1968	173,828	84,070
1969	178,403	87,273
1970	183,517	90,875
1971	187,995	94,597
1972	192,136	98,634
1973	196,028	99,553
1974	199,276	98,141
1975	202,407	111,469
1976	205,366	115,754
1977	209,095	119,333
1978	212,497	122,593
1979	216,162	125,957
1980	220,120	128,856
1981	224,073	131,789
1982	227,606	134,629
1983	231,336	137,597
1984	236,543	139,851
1985	236,438	142,190
1986	237,084	144,500
1987	237,724	146,750
1988	241,191	149,130
1989	248,129	152,266
1990	252,919	156,537
1991	257,713	160,933
1992	259,787	165,434
1993	260,330	169,358
1994	261,788	173,437
1995	264,449	177,309
1996	267,695	180,083
1997	266,020	182,308
1998	263,927	169,632
1999	261,650	186,816
2000	259,837	190,308
2001	259,376	190,636
2002	259,446	189,653
2003	258,928	187,854
2004	257,436	186,774
2005	255,295	185,216
2006	254,184	183,381
2007	253,419	183,052
2008	257,894	182,607
2009	260,892	182,250
2010	257,404	180,318
2011	258,171	180,164
2012	249,825	180,384
2013	234,103	179,999
2014	225,790	180,075
2015	219,399	181,098
2016	208,245	182,243
2017	211,355	182,731
2018	219,513	184,953
2019	211,045	185,200
2020	156,458	179,553
2021	155,146	172,890
2022	179,308	186,257
2023	178,093	186,125

Maternal mortality chart: Ecuador vs Honduras

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 55 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ecuador, compared to 47 deaths in Honduras.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ecuador	Honduras
1985	188	199
1986	181	191
1987	131	183
1988	166	177
1989	166	169
1990	168	159
1991	177	148
1992	172	138
1993	168	128
1994	155	119
1995	146	109
1996	138	101
1997	135	96
1998	131	91
1999	128	86
2000	123	82
2001	116	78
2002	109	75
2003	102	75
2004	97	74
2005	94	73
2006	90	72
2007	86	72
2008	83	72
2009	82	71
2010	80	72
2011	77	68
2012	72	64
2013	68	62
2014	65	60
2015	64	57
2016	65	55
2017	62	53
2018	61	52
2019	62	51
2020	91	57
2021	93	88
2022	69	48
2023	55	47

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.31% in Ecuador and 1.55% in Honduras. 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
	Ecuador	Honduras
1960	17.6%	20.7%
1961	17.1%	20%
1962	16.6%	19.4%
1963	16.1%	18.7%
1964	15.7%	18.1%
1965	15.3%	17.5%
1966	14.9%	16.9%
1967	14.6%	16.3%
1968	14.3%	15.7%
1969	14%	15.2%
1970	13.7%	14.6%
1971	13.4%	14%
1972	13%	13.5%
1973	12.5%	12.9%
1974	12%	14.9%
1975	11.5%	11.9%
1976	11%	11.4%
1977	10.5%	10.9%
1978	10%	10.4%
1979	9.57%	9.94%
1980	9.12%	9.48%
1981	8.68%	9.05%
1982	8.23%	8.62%
1983	7.78%	8.2%
1984	7.35%	7.81%
1985	6.95%	7.43%
1986	6.58%	7.07%
1987	6.25%	6.73%
1988	5.94%	6.4%
1989	5.66%	6.1%
1990	5.39%	5.81%
1991	5.12%	5.54%
1992	4.86%	5.29%
1993	4.6%	5.06%
1994	4.34%	4.84%
1995	4.08%	4.64%
1996	3.82%	4.44%
1997	3.57%	4.25%
1998	3.34%	6.49%
1999	3.14%	3.9%
2000	2.96%	3.73%
2001	2.81%	3.57%
2002	2.68%	3.41%
2003	2.57%	3.26%
2004	2.46%	3.11%
2005	2.37%	2.98%
2006	2.28%	2.86%
2007	2.19%	2.75%
2008	2.1%	2.65%
2009	2%	2.55%
2010	1.92%	2.46%
2011	1.83%	2.37%
2012	1.74%	2.28%
2013	1.66%	2.2%
2014	1.59%	2.12%
2015	1.53%	2.05%
2016	1.48%	1.98%
2017	1.44%	1.91%
2018	1.41%	1.84%
2019	1.38%	1.78%
2020	1.36%	1.72%
2021	1.34%	1.66%
2022	1.32%	1.6%
2023	1.31%	1.55%