Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Portugal

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Portugal 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 1.44 in Portugal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ethiopia vs Portugal 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	Portugal
1960	6.51	3.16
1961	6.53	3.21
1962	6.56	3.23
1963	6.59	3.12
1964	6.61	3.21
1965	6.63	3.15
1966	6.66	3.16
1967	6.68	3.16
1968	6.7	3.12
1969	6.72	3.12
1970	6.78	3.01
1971	6.84	3
1972	6.9	2.86
1973	6.96	2.77
1974	7.02	2.7
1975	7.08	2.75
1976	7.13	2.82
1977	7.19	2.69
1978	7.23	2.45
1979	7.25	2.31
1980	7.29	2.25
1981	7.31	2.13
1982	7.34	2.07
1983	7.35	1.95
1984	7.36	1.9
1985	7.34	1.72
1986	7.32	1.66
1987	7.29	1.62
1988	7.26	1.61
1989	7.23	1.57
1990	7.2	1.56
1991	7.16	1.56
1992	7.13	1.54
1993	7.09	1.52
1994	7.05	1.45
1995	7	1.41
1996	6.93	1.44
1997	6.87	1.47
1998	6.79	1.47
1999	6.72	1.5
2000	6.65	1.55
2001	6.58	1.45
2002	6.5	1.46
2003	6.4	1.44
2004	6.3	1.4
2005	6.19	1.41
2006	6.05	1.37
2007	5.89	1.35
2008	5.7	1.39
2009	5.49	1.34
2010	5.28	1.39
2011	5.08	1.35
2012	4.89	1.28
2013	4.71	1.21
2014	4.61	1.24
2015	4.53	1.31
2016	4.47	1.37
2017	4.4	1.38
2018	4.37	1.42
2019	4.35	1.44
2020	4.27	1.42
2021	4.18	1.35
2022	4.08	1.43
2023	3.99	1.44
2024	3.91	1.45
2025	3.81	1.45
2026	3.72	1.45
2027	3.64	1.46
2028	3.57	1.46
2029	3.5	1.46
2030	3.43	1.46
2031	3.36	1.47
2032	3.3	1.47
2033	3.24	1.47
2034	3.19	1.48
2035	3.14	1.48
2036	3.08	1.48
2037	3.03	1.48
2038	2.99	1.49
2039	2.94	1.49
2040	2.9	1.49
2041	2.86	1.49
2042	2.83	1.49
2043	2.79	1.49
2044	2.75	1.5
2045	2.72	1.5
2046	2.68	1.5
2047	2.65	1.5
2048	2.62	1.5
2049	2.59	1.5
2050	2.55	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Portugal
1960	42.2%	29.3%
1961	42.2%	29.1%
1962	42.1%	29.1%
1963	42.2%	29.1%
1964	42.3%	29.1%
1965	42.5%	29.1%
1966	42.9%	29.2%
1967	43.2%	29.2%
1968	43.5%	29.2%
1969	43.8%	29.1%
1970	44.2%	28.7%
1971	44.5%	28.4%
1972	44.9%	28.2%
1973	45.2%	27.9%
1974	45.4%	27.7%
1975	45.6%	27.4%
1976	45.7%	27.2%
1977	45.9%	27.1%
1978	46.1%	26.8%
1979	46.2%	26.4%
1980	46.3%	25.9%
1981	46.4%	25.4%
1982	46.5%	25%
1983	46.4%	24.5%
1984	46.2%	24.1%
1985	46.1%	23.7%
1986	46%	23.1%
1987	46%	22.5%
1988	46%	21.9%
1989	46.1%	21.2%
1990	46.2%	20.5%
1991	46.2%	19.7%
1992	46.2%	19.1%
1993	46.4%	18.6%
1994	46.5%	18.2%
1995	46.7%	17.8%
1996	46.9%	17.4%
1997	47.1%	17.1%
1998	47.4%	16.8%
1999	47.6%	16.6%
2000	47.7%	16.4%
2001	47.8%	16.2%
2002	47.8%	16.1%
2003	47.7%	16.1%
2004	47.6%	16%
2005	47.4%	15.9%
2006	47.2%	15.8%
2007	46.9%	15.6%
2008	46.6%	15.5%
2009	46.2%	15.4%
2010	45.7%	15.2%
2011	45.2%	15%
2012	44.6%	14.9%
2013	44%	14.8%
2014	43.4%	14.6%
2015	42.9%	14.3%
2016	42.3%	14.1%
2017	41.8%	13.9%
2018	41.3%	13.7%
2019	40.9%	13.5%
2020	40.5%	13.3%
2021	40.1%	13.1%
2022	39.7%	13%
2023	39.4%	12.9%
2024	39.1%	12.8%
2025	38.8%	12.7%
2026	38.5%	12.6%
2027	38.3%	12.6%
2028	38.1%	12.6%
2029	37.8%	12.6%
2030	37.6%	12.7%
2031	37.3%	12.7%
2032	37%	12.7%
2033	36.6%	12.7%
2034	36.2%	12.7%
2035	35.8%	12.8%
2036	35.4%	12.9%
2037	34.9%	12.9%
2038	34.5%	13%
2039	34%	13%
2040	33.6%	13.1%
2041	33.2%	13.1%
2042	32.8%	13.2%
2043	32.4%	13.2%
2044	32%	13.3%
2045	31.7%	13.3%
2046	31.3%	13.4%
2047	31%	13.4%
2048	30.7%	13.4%
2049	30.3%	13.5%
2050	30%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 12.8% in Portugal in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 20.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Portugal compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Portugal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia and -0.29% in Portugal. 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	Portugal
1960	511,694	118,693
1961	538,518	117,867
1962	563,650	123,217
1963	590,998	113,783
1964	618,667	120,170
1965	642,359	115,182
1966	616,281	107,171
1967	695,283	106,495
1968	715,602	100,737
1969	736,428	89,329
1970	760,821	87,672
1971	787,047	82,980
1972	779,808	83,715
1973	807,535	76,835
1974	777,306	74,412
1975	801,425	81,841
1976	899,577	85,138
1977	929,381	84,156
1978	943,388	70,731
1979	987,203	67,628
1980	1,007,516	63,481
1981	1,018,838	56,152
1982	1,080,853	58,479
1983	863,472	47,798
1984	920,670	45,983
1985	997,050	33,077
1986	1,050,277	31,102
1987	1,356,853	28,084
1988	1,393,356	24,047
1989	1,441,769	22,011
1990	1,479,663	13,976
1991	1,579,416	12,948
1992	1,673,839	13,933
1993	1,734,851	7,972
1994	1,788,133	9,991
1995	1,831,068	4,011
1996	1,896,364	4,026
1997	1,945,112	8,087
1998	1,984,989	7,112
1999	2,010,987	8,175
2000	2,083,622	15,435
2001	2,137,791	8,290
2002	2,189,683	8,335
2003	2,231,223	4,184
2004	2,296,999	7,339
2005	2,353,375	2,101
2006	2,393,585	3,156
2007	2,436,753	-1,055
2008	2,465,283	0
2009	2,467,118	-5,284
2010	2,498,048	-4,230
2011	2,527,811	-5,279
2012	2,533,398	-17,875
2013	2,546,020	-24,052
2014	2,623,647	-22,882
2015	2,713,529	-23,823
2016	2,809,889	-23,749
2017	2,899,143	-23,691
2018	3,015,231	-25,709
2019	3,132,780	-24,687
2020	3,199,718	-39,129
2021	3,204,673	-45,592
2022	3,300,114	-40,694
2023	3,338,649	-32,792

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Portugal

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 15 deaths in Portugal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Portugal
1985	1,329	20
1986	1,317	19
1987	1,289	19
1988	1,306	18
1989	1,296	18
1990	1,320	17
1991	1,239	17
1992	1,218	16
1993	1,168	15
1994	1,113	13
1995	1,060	12
1996	1,008	12
1997	957	12
1998	911	11
1999	901	10
2000	870	9
2001	856	9
2002	826	9
2003	797	8
2004	764	8
2005	754	8
2006	729	8
2007	704	8
2008	678	9
2009	649	9
2010	619	10
2011	588	10
2012	545	10
2013	494	10
2014	444	11
2015	401	11
2016	364	12
2017	327	13
2018	297	14
2019	269	15
2020	244	14
2021	250	19
2022	207	16
2023	195	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia and 0.32% in Portugal. 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	Portugal
1960	-	11.4%
1961	-	11%
1962	-	10.4%
1963	-	9.76%
1964	-	9.1%
1965	-	8.53%
1966	27.8%	8.09%
1967	24.9%	7.76%
1968	24.8%	7.51%
1969	24.8%	7.22%
1970	24.7%	6.81%
1971	24.7%	6.3%
1972	24.7%	5.78%
1973	24.6%	5.27%
1974	28.3%	4.79%
1975	28.2%	4.35%
1976	24.5%	3.94%
1977	24.5%	3.57%
1978	24.4%	3.24%
1979	24.2%	2.97%
1980	24%	2.75%
1981	23.8%	2.58%
1982	23.5%	2.43%
1983	32%	2.29%
1984	31.4%	2.16%
1985	30.3%	2.04%
1986	29.7%	1.93%
1987	21.5%	1.82%
1988	21%	1.7%
1989	20.6%	1.59%
1990	20.2%	1.47%
1991	19.7%	1.36%
1992	19.1%	1.25%
1993	18.5%	1.14%
1994	17.9%	1.05%
1995	17.2%	0.98%
1996	16.6%	0.92%
1997	15.9%	0.86%
1998	15.3%	0.82%
1999	14.7%	0.77%
2000	14%	0.72%
2001	13.4%	0.66%
2002	12.8%	0.61%
2003	12.1%	0.55%
2004	11.5%	0.5%
2005	10.9%	0.47%
2006	10.3%	0.44%
2007	9.74%	0.42%
2008	9.23%	0.4%
2009	8.76%	0.39%
2010	8.32%	0.38%
2011	7.91%	0.37%
2012	7.53%	0.37%
2013	7.16%	0.36%
2014	6.82%	0.36%
2015	6.49%	0.36%
2016	6.17%	0.36%
2017	5.89%	0.36%
2018	5.64%	0.35%
2019	5.41%	0.35%
2020	5.2%	0.34%
2021	5%	0.33%
2022	4.82%	0.32%
2023	4.65%	0.32%