Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Nauru

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Nauru 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 3.33 in Nauru in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ethiopia vs Nauru 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	Nauru
1960	6.51	5.34
1961	6.53	5.38
1962	6.56	5.42
1963	6.59	5.44
1964	6.61	5.47
1965	6.63	5.48
1966	6.66	5.41
1967	6.68	5.29
1968	6.7	5.14
1969	6.72	4.94
1970	6.78	4.74
1971	6.84	4.54
1972	6.9	4.36
1973	6.96	4.19
1974	7.02	4.07
1975	7.08	3.97
1976	7.13	3.9
1977	7.19	3.86
1978	7.23	3.84
1979	7.25	3.85
1980	7.29	3.88
1981	7.31	3.94
1982	7.34	3.99
1983	7.35	4.06
1984	7.36	4.11
1985	7.34	4.14
1986	7.32	4.15
1987	7.29	4.14
1988	7.26	4.11
1989	7.23	4.07
1990	7.2	4.02
1991	7.16	3.99
1992	7.13	3.95
1993	7.09	3.89
1994	7.05	3.84
1995	7	3.81
1996	6.93	3.78
1997	6.87	3.74
1998	6.79	3.68
1999	6.72	3.64
2000	6.65	3.54
2001	6.58	3.46
2002	6.5	3.4
2003	6.4	3.39
2004	6.3	3.38
2005	6.19	3.38
2006	6.05	3.4
2007	5.89	3.5
2008	5.7	3.67
2009	5.49	3.85
2010	5.28	4.02
2011	5.08	4.12
2012	4.89	4.12
2013	4.71	4.1
2014	4.61	4.09
2015	4.53	4.08
2016	4.47	4.03
2017	4.4	3.88
2018	4.37	3.68
2019	4.35	3.53
2020	4.27	3.47
2021	4.18	3.43
2022	4.08	3.38
2023	3.99	3.33
2024	3.91	3.29
2025	3.81	3.25
2026	3.72	3.2
2027	3.64	3.16
2028	3.57	3.12
2029	3.5	3.09
2030	3.43	3.05
2031	3.36	3.01
2032	3.3	2.98
2033	3.24	2.95
2034	3.19	2.92
2035	3.14	2.89
2036	3.08	2.86
2037	3.03	2.83
2038	2.99	2.8
2039	2.94	2.77
2040	2.9	2.75
2041	2.86	2.72
2042	2.83	2.7
2043	2.79	2.67
2044	2.75	2.65
2045	2.72	2.63
2046	2.68	2.61
2047	2.65	2.58
2048	2.62	2.56
2049	2.59	2.55
2050	2.55	2.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Nauru
1960	42.2%	34.8%
1961	42.2%	35.2%
1962	42.1%	35.7%
1963	42.2%	36.5%
1964	42.3%	37.5%
1965	42.5%	38.6%
1966	42.9%	39.4%
1967	43.2%	39.5%
1968	43.5%	41.3%
1969	43.8%	43.4%
1970	44.2%	42.9%
1971	44.5%	41.3%
1972	44.9%	39.7%
1973	45.2%	38.1%
1974	45.4%	36.4%
1975	45.6%	34.9%
1976	45.7%	33.4%
1977	45.9%	31.9%
1978	46.1%	30.9%
1979	46.2%	30.6%
1980	46.3%	30.9%
1981	46.4%	31.9%
1982	46.5%	33.2%
1983	46.4%	34.6%
1984	46.2%	35.7%
1985	46.1%	36.5%
1986	46%	37.5%
1987	46%	38.3%
1988	46%	39.2%
1989	46.1%	40.2%
1990	46.2%	41.2%
1991	46.2%	42.1%
1992	46.2%	42.5%
1993	46.4%	42.5%
1994	46.5%	42.1%
1995	46.7%	41.7%
1996	46.9%	41.1%
1997	47.1%	40.5%
1998	47.4%	39.9%
1999	47.6%	39.4%
2000	47.7%	38.9%
2001	47.8%	38.5%
2002	47.8%	38.2%
2003	47.7%	37.7%
2004	47.6%	37.1%
2005	47.4%	36.6%
2006	47.2%	36.1%
2007	46.9%	35.7%
2008	46.6%	35.6%
2009	46.2%	35.8%
2010	45.7%	36.3%
2011	45.2%	37.1%
2012	44.6%	37.7%
2013	44%	38%
2014	43.4%	38.2%
2015	42.9%	38.2%
2016	42.3%	38.2%
2017	41.8%	38%
2018	41.3%	37.6%
2019	40.9%	37.6%
2020	40.5%	38%
2021	40.1%	38.3%
2022	39.7%	38.3%
2023	39.4%	38.2%
2024	39.1%	37.8%
2025	38.8%	37.1%
2026	38.5%	36.4%
2027	38.3%	35.7%
2028	38.1%	35%
2029	37.8%	34.3%
2030	37.6%	33.7%
2031	37.3%	33.1%
2032	37%	32.7%
2033	36.6%	32.4%
2034	36.2%	32.1%
2035	35.8%	31.9%
2036	35.4%	31.6%
2037	34.9%	31.3%
2038	34.5%	31.1%
2039	34%	31%
2040	33.6%	31%
2041	33.2%	30.9%
2042	32.8%	30.9%
2043	32.4%	30.9%
2044	32%	30.9%
2045	31.7%	30.8%
2046	31.3%	30.7%
2047	31%	30.6%
2048	30.7%	30.4%
2049	30.3%	30.2%
2050	30%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 37.8% in Nauru in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 41.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Nauru compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Nauru by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia and +2.28% in Nauru. 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	Nauru
1960	511,694	72
1961	538,518	70
1962	563,650	75
1963	590,998	88
1964	618,667	100
1965	642,359	113
1966	616,281	123
1967	695,283	117
1968	715,602	116
1969	736,428	71
1970	760,821	49
1971	787,047	50
1972	779,808	53
1973	807,535	57
1974	777,306	63
1975	801,425	70
1976	899,577	79
1977	929,381	89
1978	943,388	111
1979	987,203	130
1980	1,007,516	145
1981	1,018,838	157
1982	1,080,853	162
1983	863,472	163
1984	920,670	166
1985	997,050	171
1986	1,050,277	178
1987	1,356,853	186
1988	1,393,356	195
1989	1,441,769	204
1990	1,479,663	214
1991	1,579,416	225
1992	1,673,839	237
1993	1,734,851	235
1994	1,788,133	229
1995	1,831,068	225
1996	1,896,364	221
1997	1,945,112	218
1998	1,984,989	214
1999	2,010,987	212
2000	2,083,622	207
2001	2,137,791	203
2002	2,189,683	200
2003	2,231,223	201
2004	2,296,999	202
2005	2,353,375	204
2006	2,393,585	209
2007	2,436,753	222
2008	2,465,283	240
2009	2,467,118	261
2010	2,498,048	281
2011	2,527,811	291
2012	2,533,398	292
2013	2,546,020	291
2014	2,623,647	290
2015	2,713,529	291
2016	2,809,889	289
2017	2,899,143	279
2018	3,015,231	265
2019	3,132,780	255
2020	3,199,718	246
2021	3,204,673	236
2022	3,300,114	226
2023	3,338,649	213

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Nauru

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 273 deaths in Nauru.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Nauru
1985	1,329	191
1986	1,317	209
1987	1,289	206
1988	1,306	202
1989	1,296	198
1990	1,320	195
1991	1,239	216
1992	1,218	217
1993	1,168	219
1994	1,113	220
1995	1,060	219
1996	1,008	218
1997	957	218
1998	911	257
1999	901	277
2000	870	278
2001	856	299
2002	826	321
2003	797	323
2004	764	324
2005	754	328
2006	729	304
2007	704	303
2008	678	302
2009	649	300
2010	619	297
2011	588	260
2012	545	255
2013	494	247
2014	444	240
2015	401	253
2016	364	248
2017	327	259
2018	297	269
2019	269	267
2020	244	309
2021	250	266
2022	207	317
2023	195	273

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia and 0.89% in Nauru. 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	Nauru
1966	27.8%	-
1967	24.9%	-
1968	24.8%	-
1969	24.8%	-
1970	24.7%	-
1971	24.7%	-
1972	24.7%	-
1973	24.6%	-
1974	28.3%	-
1975	28.2%	-
1976	24.5%	-
1977	24.5%	-
1978	24.4%	-
1979	24.2%	-
1980	24%	-
1981	23.8%	-
1982	23.5%	-
1983	32%	-
1984	31.4%	-
1985	30.3%	8.62%
1986	29.7%	8.2%
1987	21.5%	7.81%
1988	21%	7.43%
1989	20.6%	7.08%
1990	20.2%	6.74%
1991	19.7%	6.41%
1992	19.1%	6.09%
1993	18.5%	5.78%
1994	17.9%	5.49%
1995	17.2%	5.22%
1996	16.6%	4.97%
1997	15.9%	4.74%
1998	15.3%	4.52%
1999	14.7%	4.32%
2000	14%	4.13%
2001	13.4%	3.96%
2002	12.8%	3.81%
2003	12.1%	3.66%
2004	11.5%	3.53%
2005	10.9%	3.41%
2006	10.3%	3.29%
2007	9.74%	3.15%
2008	9.23%	3%
2009	8.76%	2.84%
2010	8.32%	2.66%
2011	7.91%	2.48%
2012	7.53%	2.29%
2013	7.16%	2.11%
2014	6.82%	1.93%
2015	6.49%	1.76%
2016	6.17%	1.61%
2017	5.89%	1.47%
2018	5.64%	1.34%
2019	5.41%	1.22%
2020	5.2%	1.11%
2021	5%	1.02%
2022	4.82%	0.95%
2023	4.65%	0.89%