Fertility & birth rates in Ecuador and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Ecuador vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ecuador vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	6.72	6.38
1961	6.7	6.3
1962	6.68	6.23
1963	6.65	6.16
1964	6.61	6.07
1965	6.56	5.98
1966	6.51	5.87
1967	6.44	5.75
1968	6.35	5.61
1969	6.25	5.47
1970	6.14	5.32
1971	6.01	5.17
1972	5.87	5.04
1973	5.73	4.91
1974	5.58	4.79
1975	5.43	4.69
1976	5.28	4.59
1977	5.13	4.49
1978	4.99	4.4
1979	4.86	4.3
1980	4.73	4.2
1981	4.61	4.1
1982	4.5	4.01
1983	4.39	3.93
1984	4.31	3.86
1985	4.14	3.79
1986	4	3.73
1987	3.87	3.67
1988	3.79	3.6
1989	3.74	3.52
1990	3.68	3.45
1991	3.63	3.37
1992	3.58	3.29
1993	3.49	3.22
1994	3.42	3.15
1995	3.38	3.08
1996	3.35	3.02
1997	3.29	2.97
1998	3.23	2.91
1999	3.17	2.86
2000	3.1	2.79
2001	3.04	2.78
2002	2.97	2.74
2003	2.91	2.7
2004	2.85	2.64
2005	2.8	2.63
2006	2.75	2.6
2007	2.7	2.52
2008	2.69	2.48
2009	2.68	2.42
2010	2.62	2.4
2011	2.61	2.4
2012	2.51	2.38
2013	2.36	2.33
2014	2.27	2.3
2015	2.21	2.25
2016	2.12	2.22
2017	2.13	2.18
2018	2.11	2.15
2019	2.04	2.13
2020	1.97	2.12
2021	1.91	2.11
2022	1.86	2.09
2023	1.82	2.08
2024	1.81	2.08
2025	1.79	2.06
2026	1.78	2.04
2027	1.77	2.03
2028	1.76	2.01
2029	1.75	2
2030	1.75	1.99
2031	1.74	1.98
2032	1.73	1.97
2033	1.73	1.96
2034	1.72	1.95
2035	1.72	1.94
2036	1.72	1.93
2037	1.71	1.92
2038	1.71	1.91
2039	1.71	1.91
2040	1.71	1.9
2041	1.7	1.89
2042	1.7	1.88
2043	1.7	1.87
2044	1.69	1.86
2045	1.69	1.86
2046	1.69	1.85
2047	1.69	1.84
2048	1.69	1.84
2049	1.68	1.83
2050	1.68	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ecuador	Venezuela
1960	43.9%	46.8%
1961	44.1%	46.9%
1962	44.3%	47%
1963	44.4%	47%
1964	44.4%	47%
1965	44.4%	46.9%
1966	44.4%	46.8%
1967	44.4%	46.6%
1968	44.3%	46.3%
1969	44.3%	46%
1970	44.2%	45.6%
1971	44.2%	45.2%
1972	44.1%	44.7%
1973	43.9%	44.3%
1974	43.8%	43.8%
1975	43.6%	43.3%
1976	43.4%	42.9%
1977	43.2%	42.5%
1978	43%	42.1%
1979	42.7%	41.7%
1980	42.4%	41.3%
1981	42.1%	41%
1982	41.8%	40.6%
1983	41.4%	40.3%
1984	41.1%	39.9%
1985	40.7%	39.6%
1986	40.3%	39.3%
1987	39.9%	39%
1988	39.5%	38.7%
1989	39.1%	38.4%
1990	38.7%	38.1%
1991	38.4%	37.8%
1992	38.1%	37.4%
1993	37.7%	37%
1994	37.4%	36.6%
1995	37.1%	36.2%
1996	36.8%	35.8%
1997	36.4%	35.3%
1998	36.1%	34.9%
1999	35.7%	34.5%
2000	35.4%	34%
2001	35%	33.6%
2002	34.7%	33.1%
2003	34.3%	32.7%
2004	33.9%	32.2%
2005	33.5%	31.8%
2006	33%	31.4%
2007	32.6%	31%
2008	32.1%	30.6%
2009	31.7%	30.3%
2010	31.3%	29.9%
2011	30.9%	29.5%
2012	30.5%	29.2%
2013	30.1%	28.9%
2014	29.6%	28.5%
2015	29%	28.2%
2016	28.5%	27.9%
2017	28%	27.8%
2018	27.4%	27.9%
2019	26.9%	28%
2020	26.4%	27.8%
2021	26%	27.4%
2022	25.5%	26.8%
2023	25%	26.2%
2024	24.5%	25.5%
2025	23.9%	24.9%
2026	23.3%	24.3%
2027	22.8%	23.8%
2028	22.3%	23.2%
2029	21.9%	22.8%
2030	21.6%	22.4%
2031	21.2%	22%
2032	20.9%	21.7%
2033	20.6%	21.5%
2034	20.3%	21.4%
2035	20%	21.4%
2036	19.7%	21.4%
2037	19.5%	21.5%
2038	19.3%	21.5%
2039	19.1%	21.4%
2040	18.9%	21.4%
2041	18.8%	21.3%
2042	18.6%	21.2%
2043	18.4%	21.1%
2044	18.2%	20.9%
2045	18%	20.7%
2046	17.8%	20.5%
2047	17.6%	20.3%
2048	17.4%	20%
2049	17.2%	19.8%
2050	17%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.5% of the population in Ecuador and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ecuador and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Ecuador vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.15% in Ecuador and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	130,368	285,105
1961	135,573	292,109
1962	140,943	299,345
1963	146,531	307,279
1964	152,263	314,397
1965	157,915	321,695
1966	163,317	329,697
1967	168,629	335,813
1968	173,828	340,973
1969	178,403	343,596
1970	183,517	350,709
1971	187,995	355,212
1972	192,136	360,749
1973	196,028	367,612
1974	199,276	375,678
1975	202,407	385,045
1976	205,366	395,344
1977	209,095	405,315
1978	212,497	414,032
1979	216,162	421,256
1980	220,120	425,613
1981	224,073	432,059
1982	227,606	436,564
1983	231,336	443,569
1984	236,543	449,186
1985	236,438	455,517
1986	237,084	468,252
1987	237,724	474,204
1988	241,191	477,569
1989	248,129	478,053
1990	252,919	478,168
1991	257,713	477,917
1992	259,787	474,824
1993	260,330	473,189
1994	261,788	469,178
1995	264,449	469,267
1996	267,695	468,653
1997	266,020	472,002
1998	263,927	469,123
1999	261,650	463,787
2000	259,837	459,802
2001	259,376	451,487
2002	259,446	466,821
2003	258,928	456,902
2004	257,436	455,881
2005	255,295	463,260
2006	254,184	460,152
2007	253,419	452,482
2008	257,894	435,870
2009	260,892	427,257
2010	257,404	425,397
2011	258,171	425,958
2012	249,825	420,758
2013	234,103	408,930
2014	225,790	395,088
2015	219,399	384,560
2016	208,245	359,651
2017	211,355	340,222
2018	219,513	317,302
2019	211,045	274,826
2020	156,458	237,223
2021	155,146	207,746
2022	179,308	216,619
2023	178,093	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Ecuador vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ecuador	Venezuela
1985	188	83
1986	181	81
1987	131	81
1988	166	80
1989	166	80
1990	168	83
1991	177	80
1992	172	82
1993	168	82
1994	155	84
1995	146	84
1996	138	86
1997	135	82
1998	131	82
1999	128	88
2000	123	86
2001	116	101
2002	109	87
2003	102	97
2004	97	94
2005	94	93
2006	90	96
2007	86	92
2008	83	103
2009	82	109
2010	80	110
2011	77	104
2012	72	113
2013	68	123
2014	65	133
2015	64	136
2016	65	162
2017	62	195
2018	61	205
2019	62	202
2020	91	207
2021	93	251
2022	69	219
2023	55	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.31% in Ecuador and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	17.6%	7.97%
1961	17.1%	7.72%
1962	16.6%	7.49%
1963	16.1%	7.3%
1964	15.7%	7.14%
1965	15.3%	7%
1966	14.9%	6.87%
1967	14.6%	6.75%
1968	14.3%	6.61%
1969	14%	6.47%
1970	13.7%	6.3%
1971	13.4%	6.12%
1972	13%	5.94%
1973	12.5%	5.75%
1974	12%	5.57%
1975	11.5%	5.38%
1976	11%	5.2%
1977	10.5%	5.01%
1978	10%	4.82%
1979	9.57%	4.62%
1980	9.12%	4.42%
1981	8.68%	4.24%
1982	8.23%	4.07%
1983	7.78%	3.91%
1984	7.35%	3.77%
1985	6.95%	3.64%
1986	6.58%	3.5%
1987	6.25%	3.37%
1988	5.94%	3.23%
1989	5.66%	3.09%
1990	5.39%	2.96%
1991	5.12%	2.86%
1992	4.86%	2.78%
1993	4.6%	2.73%
1994	4.34%	2.68%
1995	4.08%	2.63%
1996	3.82%	2.55%
1997	3.57%	2.45%
1998	3.34%	2.34%
1999	3.14%	2.24%
2000	2.96%	2.15%
2001	2.81%	2.09%
2002	2.68%	2.03%
2003	2.57%	1.98%
2004	2.46%	1.91%
2005	2.37%	1.85%
2006	2.28%	1.79%
2007	2.19%	1.74%
2008	2.1%	1.72%
2009	2%	1.71%
2010	1.92%	1.72%
2011	1.83%	1.73%
2012	1.74%	1.76%
2013	1.66%	1.79%
2014	1.59%	1.83%
2015	1.53%	1.92%
2016	1.48%	2.43%
2017	1.44%	2.43%
2018	1.41%	2.43%
2019	1.38%	2.43%
2020	1.36%	2.43%
2021	1.34%	2.43%
2022	1.32%	2.43%
2023	1.31%	2.43%