Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Oman

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Oman 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 2.53 in Oman in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ethiopia vs Oman 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	Oman
1960	6.51	7.28
1961	6.53	7.29
1962	6.56	7.32
1963	6.59	7.33
1964	6.61	7.37
1965	6.63	7.39
1966	6.66	7.41
1967	6.68	7.44
1968	6.7	7.46
1969	6.72	7.49
1970	6.78	7.52
1971	6.84	7.56
1972	6.9	7.59
1973	6.96	7.63
1974	7.02	7.67
1975	7.08	7.71
1976	7.13	7.74
1977	7.19	7.78
1978	7.23	7.82
1979	7.25	7.85
1980	7.29	7.89
1981	7.31	7.9
1982	7.34	7.84
1983	7.35	7.75
1984	7.36	7.64
1985	7.34	7.51
1986	7.32	7.35
1987	7.29	7.18
1988	7.26	6.95
1989	7.23	6.72
1990	7.2	6.46
1991	7.16	6.2
1992	7.13	5.92
1993	7.09	5.64
1994	7.05	5.36
1995	7	5.07
1996	6.93	4.79
1997	6.87	4.52
1998	6.79	4.27
1999	6.72	4.06
2000	6.65	3.85
2001	6.58	3.66
2002	6.5	3.51
2003	6.4	3.37
2004	6.3	3.2
2005	6.19	3.03
2006	6.05	2.88
2007	5.89	2.76
2008	5.7	2.76
2009	5.49	2.83
2010	5.28	2.97
2011	5.08	2.96
2012	4.89	2.93
2013	4.71	2.95
2014	4.61	2.97
2015	4.53	2.97
2016	4.47	2.95
2017	4.4	2.92
2018	4.37	2.81
2019	4.35	2.7
2020	4.27	2.64
2021	4.18	2.59
2022	4.08	2.45
2023	3.99	2.53
2024	3.91	2.51
2025	3.81	2.48
2026	3.72	2.44
2027	3.64	2.41
2028	3.57	2.37
2029	3.5	2.33
2030	3.43	2.29
2031	3.36	2.26
2032	3.3	2.22
2033	3.24	2.19
2034	3.19	2.16
2035	3.14	2.14
2036	3.08	2.11
2037	3.03	2.09
2038	2.99	2.07
2039	2.94	2.05
2040	2.9	2.03
2041	2.86	2.01
2042	2.83	2
2043	2.79	1.98
2044	2.75	1.97
2045	2.72	1.96
2046	2.68	1.95
2047	2.65	1.93
2048	2.62	1.92
2049	2.59	1.92
2050	2.55	1.91

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Oman
1960	42.2%	41.5%
1961	42.2%	41.6%
1962	42.1%	41.7%
1963	42.2%	42%
1964	42.3%	42.6%
1965	42.5%	43.2%
1966	42.9%	43.8%
1967	43.2%	44.3%
1968	43.5%	44.8%
1969	43.8%	45.3%
1970	44.2%	45.9%
1971	44.5%	46.4%
1972	44.9%	46.8%
1973	45.2%	47.3%
1974	45.4%	47.5%
1975	45.6%	47.5%
1976	45.7%	47.5%
1977	45.9%	47.4%
1978	46.1%	47.3%
1979	46.2%	47.2%
1980	46.3%	47.1%
1981	46.4%	47.1%
1982	46.5%	47.1%
1983	46.4%	47.2%
1984	46.2%	47.2%
1985	46.1%	47%
1986	46%	46.5%
1987	46%	45.9%
1988	46%	45.1%
1989	46.1%	44.3%
1990	46.2%	43.4%
1991	46.2%	42.5%
1992	46.2%	41.5%
1993	46.4%	40.5%
1994	46.5%	39.9%
1995	46.7%	39.7%
1996	46.9%	39.3%
1997	47.1%	38.7%
1998	47.4%	38%
1999	47.6%	37.3%
2000	47.7%	36.6%
2001	47.8%	35.8%
2002	47.8%	35%
2003	47.7%	34.2%
2004	47.6%	33.2%
2005	47.4%	32.1%
2006	47.2%	30.9%
2007	46.9%	29.9%
2008	46.6%	29.1%
2009	46.2%	28.4%
2010	45.7%	27.9%
2011	45.2%	25.5%
2012	44.6%	22.8%
2013	44%	21.9%
2014	43.4%	22.1%
2015	42.9%	22.2%
2016	42.3%	22.1%
2017	41.8%	22.3%
2018	41.3%	22.9%
2019	40.9%	24%
2020	40.5%	25.6%
2021	40.1%	26.7%
2022	39.7%	26.2%
2023	39.4%	25.2%
2024	39.1%	24.7%
2025	38.8%	24.3%
2026	38.5%	24%
2027	38.3%	23.8%
2028	38.1%	23.6%
2029	37.8%	23.3%
2030	37.6%	23%
2031	37.3%	22.7%
2032	37%	22.4%
2033	36.6%	22.1%
2034	36.2%	21.8%
2035	35.8%	21.6%
2036	35.4%	21.4%
2037	34.9%	21.3%
2038	34.5%	21.3%
2039	34%	21.2%
2040	33.6%	21%
2041	33.2%	20.8%
2042	32.8%	20.7%
2043	32.4%	20.5%
2044	32%	20.4%
2045	31.7%	20.3%
2046	31.3%	20.2%
2047	31%	20.1%
2048	30.7%	20.1%
2049	30.3%	20%
2050	30%	20%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 24.7% in Oman in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 43.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Oman compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Oman by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia and +1.7% in Oman. 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	Oman
1960	511,694	12,034
1961	538,518	12,690
1962	563,650	13,485
1963	590,998	14,283
1964	618,667	15,205
1965	642,359	16,103
1966	616,281	17,030
1967	695,283	17,990
1968	715,602	18,962
1969	736,428	19,949
1970	760,821	20,893
1971	787,047	21,973
1972	779,808	22,968
1973	807,535	24,195
1974	777,306	25,543
1975	801,425	27,699
1976	899,577	30,032
1977	929,381	32,342
1978	943,388	35,141
1979	987,203	38,022
1980	1,007,516	41,109
1981	1,018,838	44,176
1982	1,080,853	46,939
1983	863,472	49,646
1984	920,670	52,253
1985	997,050	54,609
1986	1,050,277	55,324
1987	1,356,853	55,933
1988	1,393,356	56,142
1989	1,441,769	56,202
1990	1,479,663	56,000
1991	1,579,416	55,382
1992	1,673,839	54,471
1993	1,734,851	53,439
1994	1,788,133	52,337
1995	1,831,068	51,139
1996	1,896,364	50,362
1997	1,945,112	49,510
1998	1,984,989	48,654
1999	2,010,987	48,053
2000	2,083,622	47,208
2001	2,137,791	46,651
2002	2,189,683	46,397
2003	2,231,223	46,273
2004	2,296,999	45,651
2005	2,353,375	44,688
2006	2,393,585	43,969
2007	2,436,753	44,207
2008	2,465,283	47,146
2009	2,467,118	52,007
2010	2,498,048	57,619
2011	2,527,811	59,689
2012	2,533,398	65,572
2013	2,546,020	71,905
2014	2,623,647	76,258
2015	2,713,529	79,241
2016	2,809,889	81,350
2017	2,899,143	82,408
2018	3,015,231	79,438
2019	3,132,780	77,394
2020	3,199,718	74,224
2021	3,204,673	69,991
2022	3,300,114	67,278
2023	3,338,649	75,467

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Oman

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 13 deaths in Oman.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Oman
1985	1,329	43
1986	1,317	40
1987	1,289	37
1988	1,306	34
1989	1,296	32
1990	1,320	29
1991	1,239	28
1992	1,218	26
1993	1,168	25
1994	1,113	23
1995	1,060	22
1996	1,008	21
1997	957	20
1998	911	20
1999	901	19
2000	870	19
2001	856	18
2002	826	18
2003	797	18
2004	764	18
2005	754	18
2006	729	18
2007	704	18
2008	678	18
2009	649	17
2010	619	17
2011	588	16
2012	545	16
2013	494	15
2014	444	15
2015	401	15
2016	364	14
2017	327	14
2018	297	14
2019	269	14
2020	244	32
2021	250	74
2022	207	13
2023	195	13

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia and 1.04% in Oman. 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	Oman
1960	-	37.5%
1961	-	35.8%
1962	-	34.2%
1963	-	32.7%
1964	-	31.2%
1965	-	29.8%
1966	27.8%	28.4%
1967	24.9%	27.1%
1968	24.8%	25.7%
1969	24.8%	24.4%
1970	24.7%	23.1%
1971	24.7%	21.8%
1972	24.7%	20.5%
1973	24.6%	19.3%
1974	28.3%	18.1%
1975	28.2%	16.9%
1976	24.5%	15.7%
1977	24.5%	14.5%
1978	24.4%	13.4%
1979	24.2%	12.2%
1980	24%	11.1%
1981	23.8%	10.1%
1982	23.5%	9.1%
1983	32%	8.18%
1984	31.4%	7.34%
1985	30.3%	6.58%
1986	29.7%	5.9%
1987	21.5%	5.3%
1988	21%	4.78%
1989	20.6%	4.32%
1990	20.2%	3.91%
1991	19.7%	3.54%
1992	19.1%	3.2%
1993	18.5%	2.9%
1994	17.9%	2.64%
1995	17.2%	2.41%
1996	16.6%	2.22%
1997	15.9%	2.04%
1998	15.3%	1.89%
1999	14.7%	1.76%
2000	14%	1.64%
2001	13.4%	1.54%
2002	12.8%	1.45%
2003	12.1%	1.38%
2004	11.5%	1.32%
2005	10.9%	1.28%
2006	10.3%	1.24%
2007	9.74%	1.22%
2008	9.23%	1.2%
2009	8.76%	1.19%
2010	8.32%	1.17%
2011	7.91%	1.16%
2012	7.53%	1.15%
2013	7.16%	1.13%
2014	6.82%	1.12%
2015	6.49%	1.12%
2016	6.17%	1.11%
2017	5.89%	1.1%
2018	5.64%	1.09%
2019	5.41%	1.08%
2020	5.2%	1.07%
2021	5%	1.06%
2022	4.82%	1.05%
2023	4.65%	1.04%