Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Morocco

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Morocco chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Ethiopia was 3.99 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.23 in Morocco in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ethiopia vs Morocco population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ethiopia	Morocco
1960	6.51	6.89
1961	6.53	6.97
1962	6.56	7.05
1963	6.59	7.01
1964	6.61	6.97
1965	6.63	6.93
1966	6.66	6.89
1967	6.68	6.85
1968	6.7	6.79
1969	6.72	6.73
1970	6.78	6.68
1971	6.84	6.62
1972	6.9	6.55
1973	6.96	6.48
1974	7.02	6.4
1975	7.08	6.3
1976	7.13	6.18
1977	7.19	6.04
1978	7.23	5.91
1979	7.25	5.85
1980	7.29	5.78
1981	7.31	5.71
1982	7.34	5.6
1983	7.35	5.41
1984	7.36	5.2
1985	7.34	4.99
1986	7.32	4.77
1987	7.29	4.58
1988	7.26	4.39
1989	7.23	4.22
1990	7.2	4.06
1991	7.16	3.95
1992	7.13	3.76
1993	7.09	3.55
1994	7.05	3.41
1995	7	3.3
1996	6.93	3.23
1997	6.87	3.15
1998	6.79	3.04
1999	6.72	2.88
2000	6.65	2.77
2001	6.58	2.69
2002	6.5	2.62
2003	6.4	2.61
2004	6.3	2.61
2005	6.19	2.61
2006	6.05	2.61
2007	5.89	2.62
2008	5.7	2.61
2009	5.49	2.62
2010	5.28	2.63
2011	5.08	2.6
2012	4.89	2.54
2013	4.71	2.48
2014	4.61	2.42
2015	4.53	2.41
2016	4.47	2.4
2017	4.4	2.38
2018	4.37	2.35
2019	4.35	2.34
2020	4.27	2.32
2021	4.18	2.29
2022	4.08	2.26
2023	3.99	2.23
2024	3.91	2.21
2025	3.81	2.18
2026	3.72	2.16
2027	3.64	2.14
2028	3.57	2.12
2029	3.5	2.1
2030	3.43	2.08
2031	3.36	2.06
2032	3.3	2.05
2033	3.24	2.03
2034	3.19	2.02
2035	3.14	2
2036	3.08	1.99
2037	3.03	1.98
2038	2.99	1.96
2039	2.94	1.95
2040	2.9	1.94
2041	2.86	1.93
2042	2.83	1.92
2043	2.79	1.91
2044	2.75	1.9
2045	2.72	1.89
2046	2.68	1.89
2047	2.65	1.88
2048	2.62	1.88
2049	2.59	1.87
2050	2.55	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Morocco
1960	42.2%	44.9%
1961	42.2%	45.4%
1962	42.1%	45.9%
1963	42.2%	46.3%
1964	42.3%	46.5%
1965	42.5%	46.6%
1966	42.9%	46.8%
1967	43.2%	46.8%
1968	43.5%	46.9%
1969	43.8%	46.8%
1970	44.2%	46.7%
1971	44.5%	46.6%
1972	44.9%	46.4%
1973	45.2%	46.3%
1974	45.4%	46.1%
1975	45.6%	45.8%
1976	45.7%	45.6%
1977	45.9%	45.3%
1978	46.1%	44.9%
1979	46.2%	44.6%
1980	46.3%	44.3%
1981	46.4%	44%
1982	46.5%	43.7%
1983	46.4%	43.4%
1984	46.2%	43.1%
1985	46.1%	42.7%
1986	46%	42.3%
1987	46%	41.8%
1988	46%	41.3%
1989	46.1%	40.8%
1990	46.2%	40.2%
1991	46.2%	39.6%
1992	46.2%	39%
1993	46.4%	38.4%
1994	46.5%	37.7%
1995	46.7%	37%
1996	46.9%	36.4%
1997	47.1%	35.8%
1998	47.4%	35.2%
1999	47.6%	34.6%
2000	47.7%	34%
2001	47.8%	33.5%
2002	47.8%	32.9%
2003	47.7%	32.4%
2004	47.6%	31.8%
2005	47.4%	31.2%
2006	47.2%	30.7%
2007	46.9%	30.2%
2008	46.6%	29.8%
2009	46.2%	29.5%
2010	45.7%	29.2%
2011	45.2%	29%
2012	44.6%	28.7%
2013	44%	28.5%
2014	43.4%	28.3%
2015	42.9%	28.1%
2016	42.3%	27.8%
2017	41.8%	27.6%
2018	41.3%	27.4%
2019	40.9%	27.2%
2020	40.5%	27%
2021	40.1%	26.7%
2022	39.7%	26.4%
2023	39.4%	26%
2024	39.1%	25.6%
2025	38.8%	25.2%
2026	38.5%	24.8%
2027	38.3%	24.3%
2028	38.1%	23.9%
2029	37.8%	23.6%
2030	37.6%	23.2%
2031	37.3%	22.9%
2032	37%	22.5%
2033	36.6%	22.2%
2034	36.2%	21.9%
2035	35.8%	21.6%
2036	35.4%	21.3%
2037	34.9%	21.1%
2038	34.5%	20.8%
2039	34%	20.6%
2040	33.6%	20.4%
2041	33.2%	20.2%
2042	32.8%	20.1%
2043	32.4%	19.9%
2044	32%	19.7%
2045	31.7%	19.6%
2046	31.3%	19.4%
2047	31%	19.3%
2048	30.7%	19.1%
2049	30.3%	19%
2050	30%	18.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 25.6% in Morocco in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Morocco compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Morocco by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia and +1.25% in Morocco. 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
	Ethiopia	Morocco
1960	511,694	323,499
1961	538,518	348,650
1962	563,650	363,843
1963	590,998	369,250
1964	618,667	375,835
1965	642,359	383,989
1966	616,281	391,881
1967	695,283	400,594
1968	715,602	407,437
1969	736,428	414,931
1970	760,821	426,015
1971	787,047	435,104
1972	779,808	446,449
1973	807,535	455,699
1974	777,306	464,147
1975	801,425	474,631
1976	899,577	482,130
1977	929,381	489,173
1978	943,388	498,834
1979	987,203	515,554
1980	1,007,516	534,448
1981	1,018,838	552,936
1982	1,080,853	564,904
1983	863,472	566,301
1984	920,670	564,159
1985	997,050	560,810
1986	1,050,277	558,105
1987	1,356,853	553,005
1988	1,393,356	545,800
1989	1,441,769	538,996
1990	1,479,663	535,506
1991	1,579,416	539,850
1992	1,673,839	525,680
1993	1,734,851	507,707
1994	1,788,133	501,426
1995	1,831,068	496,573
1996	1,896,364	501,499
1997	1,945,112	500,807
1998	1,984,989	492,604
1999	2,010,987	473,071
2000	2,083,622	461,341
2001	2,137,791	452,621
2002	2,189,683	446,147
2003	2,231,223	452,650
2004	2,296,999	461,756
2005	2,353,375	474,285
2006	2,393,585	483,200
2007	2,436,753	493,526
2008	2,465,283	499,766
2009	2,467,118	509,386
2010	2,498,048	515,804
2011	2,527,811	513,305
2012	2,533,398	504,698
2013	2,546,020	492,284
2014	2,623,647	481,295
2015	2,713,529	477,654
2016	2,809,889	474,637
2017	2,899,143	471,011
2018	3,015,231	464,375
2019	3,132,780	457,307
2020	3,199,718	415,999
2021	3,204,673	407,829
2022	3,300,114	427,903
2023	3,338,649	417,213

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Morocco

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 195 deaths per 100,000 live births in Ethiopia, compared to 70 deaths in Morocco.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Morocco
1985	1,329	752
1986	1,317	697
1987	1,289	650
1988	1,306	602
1989	1,296	559
1990	1,320	522
1991	1,239	490
1992	1,218	458
1993	1,168	428
1994	1,113	401
1995	1,060	378
1996	1,008	354
1997	957	333
1998	911	313
1999	901	291
2000	870	271
2001	856	254
2002	826	238
2003	797	224
2004	764	213
2005	754	196
2006	729	182
2007	704	169
2008	678	158
2009	649	148
2010	619	140
2011	588	130
2012	545	121
2013	494	113
2014	444	106
2015	401	100
2016	364	94
2017	327	88
2018	297	83
2019	269	79
2020	244	81
2021	250	92
2022	207	71
2023	195	70

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia and 1.66% in Morocco. 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
	Ethiopia	Morocco
1960	-	24.4%
1961	-	23.9%
1962	-	23.4%
1963	-	22.9%
1964	-	22.3%
1965	-	21.8%
1966	27.8%	21.2%
1967	24.9%	20.6%
1968	24.8%	20.1%
1969	24.8%	19.6%
1970	24.7%	19.1%
1971	24.7%	18.7%
1972	24.7%	18.3%
1973	24.6%	17.8%
1974	28.3%	17.4%
1975	28.2%	16.8%
1976	24.5%	16.2%
1977	24.5%	15.6%
1978	24.4%	14.9%
1979	24.2%	14.2%
1980	24%	13.5%
1981	23.8%	12.8%
1982	23.5%	12.1%
1983	32%	11.5%
1984	31.4%	10.9%
1985	30.3%	10.3%
1986	29.7%	9.79%
1987	21.5%	9.3%
1988	21%	8.86%
1989	20.6%	8.45%
1990	20.2%	8.08%
1991	19.7%	7.73%
1992	19.1%	7.4%
1993	18.5%	7.09%
1994	17.9%	6.78%
1995	17.2%	6.49%
1996	16.6%	6.21%
1997	15.9%	5.94%
1998	15.3%	5.69%
1999	14.7%	5.45%
2000	14%	5.22%
2001	13.4%	5.01%
2002	12.8%	4.79%
2003	12.1%	4.57%
2004	11.5%	4.36%
2005	10.9%	4.13%
2006	10.3%	3.91%
2007	9.74%	3.7%
2008	9.23%	3.49%
2009	8.76%	3.29%
2010	8.32%	3.11%
2011	7.91%	2.93%
2012	7.53%	2.77%
2013	7.16%	2.62%
2014	6.82%	2.47%
2015	6.49%	2.34%
2016	6.17%	2.22%
2017	5.89%	2.11%
2018	5.64%	2.02%
2019	5.41%	1.94%
2020	5.2%	1.86%
2021	5%	1.79%
2022	4.82%	1.72%
2023	4.65%	1.66%