Fertility & birth rates in Eritrea and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Eritrea vs Zimbabwe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Eritrea was 3.71 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Eritrea vs Zimbabwe population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Eritrea	Zimbabwe
1960	6.48	7.2
1961	6.47	7.21
1962	6.5	7.23
1963	6.48	7.23
1964	6.49	7.23
1965	6.49	7.23
1966	6.5	7.2
1967	6.5	7.16
1968	6.5	7.11
1969	6.5	7.04
1970	6.54	6.98
1971	6.54	6.94
1972	6.54	6.94
1973	6.55	6.94
1974	6.57	6.88
1975	6.59	6.83
1976	6.6	6.77
1977	6.61	6.71
1978	6.61	6.66
1979	6.62	6.59
1980	6.61	6.52
1981	6.62	6.45
1982	6.63	6.33
1983	6.65	6.2
1984	6.62	6.04
1985	6.59	5.87
1986	6.56	5.69
1987	6.52	5.5
1988	6.47	5.28
1989	6.41	5.07
1990	6.34	4.88
1991	6.24	4.72
1992	6.16	4.57
1993	6.07	4.39
1994	6.01	4.28
1995	5.94	4.15
1996	5.84	4.11
1997	5.74	4.08
1998	5.63	4.07
1999	5.52	4.06
2000	5.4	4.01
2001	5.31	3.98
2002	5.23	3.93
2003	5.14	3.86
2004	5.04	3.78
2005	4.93	3.69
2006	4.88	3.64
2007	4.81	3.68
2008	4.74	3.78
2009	4.66	3.95
2010	4.57	4.04
2011	4.49	4.13
2012	4.41	4.13
2013	4.34	4.11
2014	4.27	4.01
2015	4.22	3.91
2016	4.16	3.83
2017	4.11	3.77
2018	4.06	3.74
2019	4	3.75
2020	3.93	3.75
2021	3.87	3.77
2022	3.79	3.77
2023	3.71	3.72
2024	3.68	3.67
2025	3.61	3.62
2026	3.55	3.57
2027	3.49	3.52
2028	3.43	3.47
2029	3.38	3.43
2030	3.32	3.38
2031	3.27	3.33
2032	3.22	3.29
2033	3.18	3.25
2034	3.13	3.21
2035	3.09	3.17
2036	3.04	3.13
2037	3.01	3.09
2038	2.97	3.06
2039	2.93	3.02
2040	2.9	2.99
2041	2.86	2.96
2042	2.83	2.93
2043	2.8	2.9
2044	2.77	2.87
2045	2.74	2.84
2046	2.71	2.81
2047	2.68	2.78
2048	2.65	2.75
2049	2.63	2.72
2050	2.6	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Eritrea	Zimbabwe
1960	41.5%	47.3%
1961	41.4%	47.7%
1962	41.4%	48.1%
1963	41.5%	48.5%
1964	41.6%	48.8%
1965	41.8%	48.7%
1966	42.1%	48.6%
1967	42.4%	48.5%
1968	42.8%	48.5%
1969	43%	48.4%
1970	43.3%	48.3%
1971	43.6%	48.2%
1972	43.8%	48.2%
1973	44%	48.1%
1974	44.1%	48.1%
1975	44.1%	48.1%
1976	44.2%	48.2%
1977	44.3%	48.3%
1978	44.3%	48.5%
1979	44.4%	48.8%
1980	44.4%	48.7%
1981	44.4%	48.4%
1982	44.4%	48.3%
1983	44.4%	48.2%
1984	44.2%	48.1%
1985	44.1%	48%
1986	44%	47.9%
1987	44%	47.9%
1988	44.2%	47.9%
1989	44.3%	47.6%
1990	44.5%	47.1%
1991	44.6%	46.6%
1992	44.7%	46.8%
1993	44.5%	47.1%
1994	44.4%	46.6%
1995	43.5%	45.9%
1996	42.9%	45%
1997	43.7%	44%
1998	44.4%	43.1%
1999	44.9%	42.4%
2000	45.2%	41.9%
2001	45%	41.5%
2002	44.4%	41.4%
2003	43.7%	41.5%
2004	43%	41.7%
2005	42.9%	41.9%
2006	43.1%	42%
2007	43.3%	42.1%
2008	43%	42.4%
2009	42.7%	42.7%
2010	42.6%	43%
2011	42.3%	43.4%
2012	42.1%	43.7%
2013	42%	43.9%
2014	42%	43.9%
2015	42.1%	43.8%
2016	42.1%	43.6%
2017	41.9%	43.3%
2018	41.5%	42.9%
2019	41%	42.5%
2020	40.4%	42.2%
2021	39.8%	41.9%
2022	39.2%	41.6%
2023	38.7%	41.3%
2024	38.1%	40.9%
2025	37.6%	40.3%
2026	37.1%	39.6%
2027	36.6%	39%
2028	36.3%	38.4%
2029	35.9%	37.8%
2030	35.7%	37.4%
2031	35.5%	37%
2032	35.3%	36.8%
2033	35.2%	36.5%
2034	35%	36.3%
2035	34.8%	36.1%
2036	34.7%	35.8%
2037	34.4%	35.6%
2038	34.2%	35.3%
2039	34%	35.1%
2040	33.7%	34.8%
2041	33.4%	34.6%
2042	33.1%	34.3%
2043	32.7%	34.1%
2044	32.3%	33.8%
2045	31.9%	33.5%
2046	31.5%	33.2%
2047	31.1%	32.9%
2048	30.7%	32.6%
2049	30.3%	32.2%
2050	29.9%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.1% of the population in Eritrea and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 44.5% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Eritrea and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Eritrea vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.29% in Eritrea and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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
	Eritrea	Zimbabwe
1960	21,424	126,959
1961	22,351	131,531
1962	23,478	136,317
1963	24,393	140,984
1964	25,327	145,848
1965	26,285	151,164
1966	24,713	156,014
1967	27,992	161,205
1968	28,777	166,865
1969	29,535	172,626
1970	30,686	178,979
1971	31,490	185,427
1972	30,951	193,725
1973	31,969	201,885
1974	30,111	208,806
1975	30,971	216,947
1976	36,250	221,419
1977	37,295	225,139
1978	38,353	222,979
1979	39,577	223,657
1980	41,392	241,179
1981	42,924	271,361
1982	44,146	279,934
1983	33,420	286,545
1984	35,101	290,052
1985	37,362	290,756
1986	39,470	289,894
1987	52,229	286,766
1988	54,163	277,498
1989	54,299	270,838
1990	56,903	265,444
1991	57,741	260,943
1992	51,443	255,291
1993	51,679	228,045
1994	56,288	216,343
1995	56,157	206,695
1996	66,557	205,269
1997	63,953	216,288
1998	55,332	225,614
1999	45,120	232,393
2000	60,274	236,343
2001	61,180	227,909
2002	65,436	244,170
2003	66,291	243,057
2004	72,147	248,307
2005	72,930	248,545
2006	74,470	248,963
2007	73,101	261,805
2008	73,391	280,527
2009	76,206	309,316
2010	76,098	335,570
2011	76,806	359,572
2012	76,416	371,135
2013	75,562	374,757
2014	75,729	366,350
2015	73,682	356,203
2016	73,002	348,772
2017	72,291	344,035
2018	72,511	345,883
2019	73,572	348,798
2020	73,362	354,790
2021	74,394	349,908
2022	76,221	371,243
2023	78,073	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Eritrea vs Zimbabwe

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 291 deaths per 100,000 live births in Eritrea, compared to 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Eritrea	Zimbabwe
1985	1,678	573
1986	1,625	525
1987	1,555	480
1988	1,499	431
1989	1,473	382
1990	1,352	353
1991	1,384	332
1992	1,149	333
1993	1,040	331
1994	998	332
1995	854	332
1996	878	352
1997	817	357
1998	865	368
1999	734	399
2000	741	405
2001	651	467
2002	636	418
2003	588	455
2004	588	451
2005	567	454
2006	555	480
2007	541	519
2008	530	526
2009	515	540
2010	498	567
2011	478	564
2012	458	558
2013	443	525
2014	430	468
2015	413	428
2016	395	411
2017	379	389
2018	363	386
2019	351	388
2020	334	380
2021	338	446
2022	301	368
2023	291	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.54% in Eritrea and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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
	Eritrea	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12.4%
1968	-	12.1%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.7%
1971	-	11.5%
1972	-	11.5%
1973	-	11.4%
1974	25.6%	11.4%
1975	25%	11.4%
1976	20.8%	11.5%
1977	20.4%	11.5%
1978	20%	11.5%
1979	19.7%	11.3%
1980	19.4%	11.1%
1981	19.1%	10.7%
1982	18.8%	10.1%
1983	27.8%	9.5%
1984	27.2%	8.87%
1985	26.2%	8.31%
1986	25.6%	7.86%
1987	17.1%	7.61%
1988	16.6%	7.55%
1989	16%	7.69%
1990	15.4%	7.97%
1991	14.7%	8.33%
1992	13.9%	8.73%
1993	13.1%	9.16%
1994	12.3%	9.52%
1995	11.5%	9.83%
1996	10.8%	10%
1997	10.1%	10.1%
1998	9.51%	10%
1999	10.9%	9.92%
2000	8.53%	9.83%
2001	8.11%	9.79%
2002	7.73%	8.48%
2003	7.38%	8.85%
2004	7.05%	9.17%
2005	6.75%	9.23%
2006	6.46%	9.4%
2007	6.19%	9.47%
2008	5.94%	9.34%
2009	5.71%	9.03%
2010	5.5%	8.5%
2011	5.31%	7.88%
2012	5.12%	7.14%
2013	4.94%	6.55%
2014	4.78%	6.18%
2015	4.61%	5.98%
2016	4.46%	5.69%
2017	4.32%	5.5%
2018	4.17%	5.23%
2019	4.03%	5.11%
2020	3.91%	5.01%
2021	3.79%	4.76%
2022	3.66%	4.6%
2023	3.54%	4.42%