Fertility & birth rates in El Salvador and Gambia

Fertility rate in El Salvador vs Gambia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in El Salvador was 1.78 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.01 in the Gambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check El Salvador vs the Gambia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	El Salvador	Gambia
1960	6.62	6.25
1961	6.64	6.23
1962	6.68	6.21
1963	6.69	6.2
1964	6.68	6.2
1965	6.64	6.19
1966	6.57	6.18
1967	6.49	6.21
1968	6.39	6.22
1969	6.28	6.25
1970	6.18	6.26
1971	6.13	6.33
1972	6.03	6.37
1973	5.93	6.41
1974	5.82	6.42
1975	5.71	6.43
1976	5.59	6.43
1977	5.47	6.43
1978	5.36	6.42
1979	5.23	6.41
1980	5.11	6.41
1981	4.99	6.4
1982	4.83	6.4
1983	4.65	6.39
1984	4.48	6.39
1985	4.32	6.36
1986	4.19	6.34
1987	4.18	6.3
1988	4.1	6.26
1989	4.03	6.25
1990	3.96	6.25
1991	3.89	6.19
1992	3.8	6.11
1993	3.69	6.03
1994	3.61	6.04
1995	3.57	5.99
1996	3.48	5.93
1997	3.38	5.85
1998	3.34	5.82
1999	3.22	5.77
2000	3.08	5.72
2001	2.93	5.67
2002	2.78	5.66
2003	2.64	5.66
2004	2.52	5.68
2005	2.44	5.71
2006	2.4	5.74
2007	2.35	5.69
2008	2.29	5.63
2009	2.26	5.57
2010	2.24	5.56
2011	2.22	5.54
2012	2.19	5.52
2013	2.15	5.39
2014	2.13	5.2
2015	2.07	5
2016	1.97	4.81
2017	1.9	4.61
2018	1.85	4.42
2019	1.84	4.33
2020	1.82	4.25
2021	1.8	4.17
2022	1.79	4.08
2023	1.78	4.01
2024	1.77	3.91
2025	1.75	3.8
2026	1.74	3.7
2027	1.73	3.6
2028	1.72	3.51
2029	1.72	3.41
2030	1.71	3.33
2031	1.7	3.24
2032	1.7	3.17
2033	1.69	3.1
2034	1.69	3.03
2035	1.68	2.97
2036	1.68	2.91
2037	1.68	2.86
2038	1.67	2.81
2039	1.67	2.76
2040	1.67	2.71
2041	1.67	2.67
2042	1.67	2.63
2043	1.67	2.59
2044	1.66	2.56
2045	1.66	2.52
2046	1.66	2.49
2047	1.66	2.46
2048	1.66	2.43
2049	1.66	2.4
2050	1.65	2.38

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	El Salvador	Gambia
1960	45.5%	41%
1961	45.7%	40.8%
1962	45.8%	40.7%
1963	46%	40.8%
1964	46.1%	41%
1965	46.2%	41.3%
1966	46.3%	41.5%
1967	46.5%	41.6%
1968	46.6%	41.8%
1969	46.8%	41.9%
1970	46.8%	42%
1971	46.7%	42.1%
1972	46.6%	42.2%
1973	46.4%	42.3%
1974	46.2%	42.4%
1975	45.9%	42.6%
1976	45.6%	42.8%
1977	45.3%	43%
1978	44.9%	43.3%
1979	44.5%	43.5%
1980	44.2%	43.7%
1981	43.9%	44%
1982	43.7%	44.3%
1983	43.4%	44.6%
1984	43.1%	44.9%
1985	42.7%	45%
1986	42.4%	45.2%
1987	42.1%	45.4%
1988	41.9%	45.5%
1989	41.8%	45.6%
1990	41.7%	45.7%
1991	41.7%	45.8%
1992	41.5%	45.9%
1993	41.1%	46%
1994	40.5%	46.3%
1995	39.8%	46.5%
1996	39.1%	46.7%
1997	38.5%	46.9%
1998	38%	46.9%
1999	37.5%	46.9%
2000	37.1%	46.8%
2001	36.7%	46.7%
2002	36.3%	46.6%
2003	35.9%	46.4%
2004	35.4%	46.1%
2005	34.9%	45.9%
2006	34.4%	45.6%
2007	33.9%	45.3%
2008	33.4%	45.1%
2009	32.7%	44.8%
2010	32%	44.5%
2011	31.3%	44.3%
2012	30.6%	44.1%
2013	29.9%	43.9%
2014	29.2%	43.7%
2015	28.6%	43.6%
2016	28%	43.3%
2017	27.5%	43.1%
2018	27%	42.8%
2019	26.7%	42.4%
2020	26.3%	42%
2021	26%	41.6%
2022	25.6%	41.2%
2023	25.2%	40.7%
2024	24.8%	40.2%
2025	24.4%	39.7%
2026	24%	39.2%
2027	23.5%	38.5%
2028	23.1%	37.9%
2029	22.7%	37.3%
2030	22.3%	36.7%
2031	21.9%	36.2%
2032	21.6%	35.7%
2033	21.4%	35.2%
2034	21.1%	34.8%
2035	20.8%	34.3%
2036	20.6%	33.9%
2037	20.3%	33.4%
2038	20.1%	33%
2039	19.8%	32.5%
2040	19.6%	32.1%
2041	19.3%	31.7%
2042	19%	31.3%
2043	18.8%	30.9%
2044	18.5%	30.5%
2045	18.3%	30.2%
2046	18%	29.8%
2047	17.8%	29.5%
2048	17.6%	29.1%
2049	17.3%	28.8%
2050	17.1%	28.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.8% of the population in El Salvador and 40.2% in the Gambia in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of El Salvador and the Gambia compared.

Natural population change in El Salvador vs Gambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.93% in El Salvador and +2.59% in the Gambia. 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
	El Salvador	Gambia
1960	81,544	8,420
1961	84,614	8,778
1962	88,237	9,150
1963	90,794	9,493
1964	93,328	9,825
1965	95,341	10,162
1966	97,156	10,422
1967	98,424	10,823
1968	98,851	11,215
1969	99,848	11,670
1970	100,499	12,128
1971	104,714	12,842
1972	107,604	13,432
1973	111,546	14,046
1974	113,846	14,628
1975	116,737	15,256
1976	120,511	16,032
1977	121,446	16,773
1978	124,468	17,424
1979	123,838	18,543
1980	111,771	19,566
1981	117,346	20,156
1982	120,938	21,894
1983	121,700	23,175
1984	125,036	24,586
1985	127,248	25,795
1986	130,177	27,195
1987	133,667	28,452
1988	136,230	29,938
1989	139,093	31,504
1990	140,311	33,163
1991	140,691	34,584
1992	139,221	35,951
1993	138,432	37,302
1994	137,974	38,880
1995	138,268	39,681
1996	136,929	40,253
1997	134,448	40,742
1998	134,065	41,842
1999	128,947	42,533
2000	122,315	43,249
2001	114,313	44,154
2002	106,137	45,156
2003	97,849	46,473
2004	90,905	48,276
2005	84,883	50,010
2006	80,887	52,335
2007	76,776	53,653
2008	75,107	55,032
2009	74,908	56,575
2010	75,695	58,554
2011	76,182	60,571
2012	75,495	62,745
2013	73,869	63,510
2014	72,581	63,185
2015	69,263	62,832
2016	63,751	62,358
2017	59,824	61,665
2018	57,509	60,854
2019	56,816	61,701
2020	48,244	62,209
2021	46,530	62,239
2022	53,138	63,634
2023	51,985	65,118

Maternal mortality chart: El Salvador vs Gambia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 39 deaths per 100,000 live births in El Salvador, compared to 354 deaths in the Gambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	El Salvador	Gambia
1985	193	1,454
1986	169	1,401
1987	178	1,360
1988	173	1,302
1989	155	1,258
1990	145	1,207
1991	129	1,167
1992	121	1,115
1993	114	1,072
1994	101	1,039
1995	89	999
1996	78	956
1997	67	928
1998	61	867
1999	53	830
2000	48	810
2001	45	794
2002	40	772
2003	38	749
2004	35	719
2005	34	707
2006	33	682
2007	33	675
2008	33	653
2009	35	634
2010	34	632
2011	35	634
2012	36	628
2013	39	606
2014	41	561
2015	43	527
2016	43	490
2017	44	469
2018	43	450
2019	40	422
2020	48	400
2021	58	420
2022	39	365
2023	39	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.04% in El Salvador and 4.41% in the Gambia. 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
	El Salvador	Gambia
1960	18.5%	36.2%
1961	18.1%	35.5%
1962	17.7%	34.8%
1963	17.3%	34.1%
1964	17%	33.5%
1965	16.6%	32.8%
1966	16.3%	32.1%
1967	16%	31.5%
1968	15.6%	30.9%
1969	15.3%	30.2%
1970	15%	29.5%
1971	14.6%	28.9%
1972	14.3%	28.2%
1973	13.9%	27.5%
1974	13.5%	26.9%
1975	13.1%	26.2%
1976	12.6%	25.5%
1977	12.1%	24.9%
1978	11.6%	24.2%
1979	11.1%	23.6%
1980	12.5%	23%
1981	10%	22.3%
1982	9.46%	21.7%
1983	8.94%	21%
1984	8.42%	20.4%
1985	7.93%	19.7%
1986	7.47%	19.1%
1987	7.04%	18.4%
1988	6.65%	17.8%
1989	6.28%	17.2%
1990	5.94%	16.6%
1991	5.61%	16%
1992	5.3%	15.5%
1993	5%	14.9%
1994	4.71%	14.4%
1995	4.42%	13.9%
1996	4.15%	13.3%
1997	3.89%	12.8%
1998	3.65%	12.3%
1999	3.43%	11.8%
2000	3.23%	11.3%
2001	3.04%	10.9%
2002	2.86%	10.4%
2003	2.7%	9.95%
2004	2.55%	9.52%
2005	2.4%	9.11%
2006	2.27%	8.71%
2007	2.15%	8.33%
2008	2.04%	7.98%
2009	1.94%	7.64%
2010	1.84%	7.31%
2011	1.75%	7.01%
2012	1.67%	6.73%
2013	1.59%	6.45%
2014	1.52%	6.18%
2015	1.45%	5.93%
2016	1.39%	5.7%
2017	1.33%	5.47%
2018	1.27%	5.27%
2019	1.22%	5.07%
2020	1.17%	4.89%
2021	1.12%	4.72%
2022	1.08%	4.56%
2023	1.04%	4.41%