Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Myanmar

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Myanmar 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 2.12 in Myanmar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ethiopia vs Myanmar 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	Myanmar
1960	6.51	5.9
1961	6.53	5.9
1962	6.56	5.9
1963	6.59	5.91
1964	6.61	5.91
1965	6.63	5.91
1966	6.66	5.88
1967	6.68	5.84
1968	6.7	5.8
1969	6.72	5.75
1970	6.78	5.68
1971	6.84	5.62
1972	6.9	5.53
1973	6.96	5.44
1974	7.02	5.34
1975	7.08	5.25
1976	7.13	5.16
1977	7.19	5.07
1978	7.23	4.99
1979	7.25	4.9
1980	7.29	4.79
1981	7.31	4.69
1982	7.34	4.66
1983	7.35	4.63
1984	7.36	4.52
1985	7.34	4.32
1986	7.32	4.08
1987	7.29	3.86
1988	7.26	3.67
1989	7.23	3.59
1990	7.2	3.5
1991	7.16	3.43
1992	7.13	3.35
1993	7.09	3.28
1994	7.05	3.2
1995	7	3.13
1996	6.93	3.06
1997	6.87	2.99
1998	6.79	2.91
1999	6.72	2.85
2000	6.65	2.81
2001	6.58	2.79
2002	6.5	2.77
2003	6.4	2.68
2004	6.3	2.59
2005	6.19	2.52
2006	6.05	2.47
2007	5.89	2.45
2008	5.7	2.4
2009	5.49	2.37
2010	5.28	2.34
2011	5.08	2.31
2012	4.89	2.28
2013	4.71	2.26
2014	4.61	2.25
2015	4.53	2.27
2016	4.47	2.27
2017	4.4	2.25
2018	4.37	2.23
2019	4.35	2.21
2020	4.27	2.18
2021	4.18	2.16
2022	4.08	2.13
2023	3.99	2.12
2024	3.91	2.1
2025	3.81	2.08
2026	3.72	2.06
2027	3.64	2.04
2028	3.57	2.02
2029	3.5	2.01
2030	3.43	2
2031	3.36	1.98
2032	3.3	1.97
2033	3.24	1.96
2034	3.19	1.94
2035	3.14	1.93
2036	3.08	1.92
2037	3.03	1.92
2038	2.99	1.91
2039	2.94	1.9
2040	2.9	1.89
2041	2.86	1.89
2042	2.83	1.88
2043	2.79	1.87
2044	2.75	1.86
2045	2.72	1.86
2046	2.68	1.85
2047	2.65	1.85
2048	2.62	1.84
2049	2.59	1.83
2050	2.55	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Myanmar
1960	42.2%	39.9%
1961	42.2%	40.2%
1962	42.1%	40.6%
1963	42.2%	40.9%
1964	42.3%	41%
1965	42.5%	41.1%
1966	42.9%	41.1%
1967	43.2%	41%
1968	43.5%	40.9%
1969	43.8%	40.8%
1970	44.2%	40.7%
1971	44.5%	40.6%
1972	44.9%	40.5%
1973	45.2%	40.3%
1974	45.4%	40.2%
1975	45.6%	40.1%
1976	45.7%	40%
1977	45.9%	39.8%
1978	46.1%	39.6%
1979	46.2%	39.4%
1980	46.3%	39.2%
1981	46.4%	39%
1982	46.5%	38.8%
1983	46.4%	38.6%
1984	46.2%	38.3%
1985	46.1%	38.1%
1986	46%	37.8%
1987	46%	37.4%
1988	46%	37%
1989	46.1%	36.6%
1990	46.2%	36.2%
1991	46.2%	35.8%
1992	46.2%	35.4%
1993	46.4%	35.1%
1994	46.5%	34.7%
1995	46.7%	34.2%
1996	46.9%	33.8%
1997	47.1%	33.3%
1998	47.4%	32.8%
1999	47.6%	32.3%
2000	47.7%	31.8%
2001	47.8%	31.4%
2002	47.8%	31%
2003	47.7%	30.7%
2004	47.6%	30.4%
2005	47.4%	30.1%
2006	47.2%	29.7%
2007	46.9%	29.4%
2008	46.6%	29%
2009	46.2%	28.6%
2010	45.7%	28.2%
2011	45.2%	27.9%
2012	44.6%	27.5%
2013	44%	27.1%
2014	43.4%	26.8%
2015	42.9%	26.5%
2016	42.3%	26.2%
2017	41.8%	25.9%
2018	41.3%	25.6%
2019	40.9%	25.4%
2020	40.5%	25.1%
2021	40.1%	24.9%
2022	39.7%	24.7%
2023	39.4%	24.5%
2024	39.1%	24.3%
2025	38.8%	24.1%
2026	38.5%	23.9%
2027	38.3%	23.6%
2028	38.1%	23.4%
2029	37.8%	23.2%
2030	37.6%	23%
2031	37.3%	22.7%
2032	37%	22.4%
2033	36.6%	22.2%
2034	36.2%	21.9%
2035	35.8%	21.7%
2036	35.4%	21.4%
2037	34.9%	21.2%
2038	34.5%	21%
2039	34%	20.8%
2040	33.6%	20.6%
2041	33.2%	20.4%
2042	32.8%	20.2%
2043	32.4%	20.1%
2044	32%	19.9%
2045	31.7%	19.8%
2046	31.3%	19.6%
2047	31%	19.5%
2048	30.7%	19.4%
2049	30.3%	19.2%
2050	30%	19.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 24.3% in Myanmar in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 36.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Myanmar compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Myanmar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia and +0.88% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	511,694	465,049
1961	538,518	474,818
1962	563,650	487,925
1963	590,998	501,548
1964	618,667	516,334
1965	642,359	533,443
1966	616,281	546,378
1967	695,283	559,577
1968	715,602	571,123
1969	736,428	584,979
1970	760,821	595,337
1971	787,047	608,784
1972	779,808	616,411
1973	807,535	624,619
1974	777,306	628,458
1975	801,425	635,005
1976	899,577	642,829
1977	929,381	649,915
1978	943,388	658,068
1979	987,203	669,338
1980	1,007,516	673,815
1981	1,018,838	679,851
1982	1,080,853	701,212
1983	863,472	719,710
1984	920,670	723,623
1985	997,050	705,905
1986	1,050,277	679,467
1987	1,356,853	652,960
1988	1,393,356	630,392
1989	1,441,769	636,610
1990	1,479,663	636,081
1991	1,579,416	637,622
1992	1,673,839	634,484
1993	1,734,851	633,576
1994	1,788,133	626,411
1995	1,831,068	620,376
1996	1,896,364	619,488
1997	1,945,112	613,103
1998	1,984,989	606,110
1999	2,010,987	597,916
2000	2,083,622	596,979
2001	2,137,791	601,524
2002	2,189,683	602,873
2003	2,231,223	582,173
2004	2,296,999	556,494
2005	2,353,375	537,429
2006	2,393,585	527,165
2007	2,436,753	523,745
2008	2,465,283	373,287
2009	2,467,118	505,144
2010	2,498,048	497,745
2011	2,527,811	492,271
2012	2,533,398	487,210
2013	2,546,020	487,648
2014	2,623,647	488,114
2015	2,713,529	495,769
2016	2,809,889	499,508
2017	2,899,143	492,276
2018	3,015,231	482,316
2019	3,132,780	469,924
2020	3,199,718	448,626
2021	3,204,673	394,104
2022	3,300,114	415,647
2023	3,338,649	408,331

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Myanmar

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 185 deaths in Myanmar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Myanmar
1985	1,329	674
1986	1,317	652
1987	1,289	631
1988	1,306	616
1989	1,296	603
1990	1,320	586
1991	1,239	566
1992	1,218	542
1993	1,168	522
1994	1,113	498
1995	1,060	472
1996	1,008	442
1997	957	416
1998	911	398
1999	901	388
2000	870	375
2001	856	361
2002	826	347
2003	797	335
2004	764	324
2005	754	312
2006	729	301
2007	704	290
2008	678	286
2009	649	268
2010	619	259
2011	588	249
2012	545	243
2013	494	237
2014	444	228
2015	401	222
2016	364	215
2017	327	209
2018	297	201
2019	269	195
2020	244	198
2021	250	231
2022	207	193
2023	195	185

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia and 3.87% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1966	27.8%	-
1967	24.9%	-
1968	24.8%	18%
1969	24.8%	17.7%
1970	24.7%	17.4%
1971	24.7%	17%
1972	24.7%	16.7%
1973	24.6%	16.3%
1974	28.3%	16%
1975	28.2%	15.6%
1976	24.5%	15.3%
1977	24.5%	14.9%
1978	24.4%	14.6%
1979	24.2%	14.3%
1980	24%	14%
1981	23.8%	13.7%
1982	23.5%	13.4%
1983	32%	13.1%
1984	31.4%	12.9%
1985	30.3%	12.7%
1986	29.7%	12.5%
1987	21.5%	12.2%
1988	21%	12%
1989	20.6%	11.8%
1990	20.2%	11.5%
1991	19.7%	11.3%
1992	19.1%	11%
1993	18.5%	10.7%
1994	17.9%	10.5%
1995	17.2%	10.2%
1996	16.6%	9.94%
1997	15.9%	9.68%
1998	15.3%	9.43%
1999	14.7%	9.19%
2000	14%	8.95%
2001	13.4%	8.71%
2002	12.8%	8.47%
2003	12.1%	8.22%
2004	11.5%	7.97%
2005	10.9%	7.71%
2006	10.3%	7.44%
2007	9.74%	7.16%
2008	9.23%	10.1%
2009	8.76%	6.6%
2010	8.32%	6.32%
2011	7.91%	6.05%
2012	7.53%	5.8%
2013	7.16%	5.56%
2014	6.82%	5.34%
2015	6.49%	5.13%
2016	6.17%	4.95%
2017	5.89%	4.77%
2018	5.64%	4.6%
2019	5.41%	4.44%
2020	5.2%	4.29%
2021	5%	4.14%
2022	4.82%	4%
2023	4.65%	3.87%