Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Russia

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ethiopia vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	6.51	2.52
1961	6.53	2.45
1962	6.56	2.36
1963	6.59	2.27
1964	6.61	2.18
1965	6.63	2.13
1966	6.66	2.1
1967	6.68	2.04
1968	6.7	1.99
1969	6.72	1.97
1970	6.78	1.99
1971	6.84	2.03
1972	6.9	2.04
1973	6.96	2.01
1974	7.02	2
1975	7.08	1.98
1976	7.13	1.97
1977	7.19	1.95
1978	7.23	1.92
1979	7.25	1.9
1980	7.29	1.89
1981	7.31	1.91
1982	7.34	2.04
1983	7.35	2.11
1984	7.36	2.06
1985	7.34	2.05
1986	7.32	2.15
1987	7.29	2.22
1988	7.26	2.12
1989	7.23	2.01
1990	7.2	1.89
1991	7.16	1.73
1992	7.13	1.55
1993	7.09	1.39
1994	7.05	1.4
1995	7	1.34
1996	6.93	1.27
1997	6.87	1.22
1998	6.79	1.23
1999	6.72	1.16
2000	6.65	1.2
2001	6.58	1.22
2002	6.5	1.29
2003	6.4	1.32
2004	6.3	1.34
2005	6.19	1.29
2006	6.05	1.31
2007	5.89	1.42
2008	5.7	1.5
2009	5.49	1.54
2010	5.28	1.57
2011	5.08	1.58
2012	4.89	1.69
2013	4.71	1.71
2014	4.61	1.75
2015	4.53	1.78
2016	4.47	1.76
2017	4.4	1.62
2018	4.37	1.58
2019	4.35	1.5
2020	4.27	1.51
2021	4.18	1.51
2022	4.08	1.42
2023	3.99	1.41
2024	3.91	1.42
2025	3.81	1.43
2026	3.72	1.43
2027	3.64	1.43
2028	3.57	1.44
2029	3.5	1.44
2030	3.43	1.45
2031	3.36	1.45
2032	3.3	1.45
2033	3.24	1.46
2034	3.19	1.46
2035	3.14	1.46
2036	3.08	1.47
2037	3.03	1.47
2038	2.99	1.47
2039	2.94	1.47
2040	2.9	1.48
2041	2.86	1.48
2042	2.83	1.48
2043	2.79	1.48
2044	2.75	1.49
2045	2.72	1.49
2046	2.68	1.49
2047	2.65	1.49
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	Russia
1960	42.2%	30.5%
1961	42.2%	30.9%
1962	42.1%	30.8%
1963	42.2%	30.6%
1964	42.3%	30.2%
1965	42.5%	29.5%
1966	42.9%	28.9%
1967	43.2%	28.3%
1968	43.5%	27.6%
1969	43.8%	26.9%
1970	44.2%	26.1%
1971	44.5%	25.4%
1972	44.9%	24.8%
1973	45.2%	24.2%
1974	45.4%	23.6%
1975	45.6%	23%
1976	45.7%	22.5%
1977	45.9%	22.1%
1978	46.1%	21.8%
1979	46.2%	21.7%
1980	46.3%	21.7%
1981	46.4%	21.7%
1982	46.5%	21.9%
1983	46.4%	22.1%
1984	46.2%	22.4%
1985	46.1%	22.6%
1986	46%	22.8%
1987	46%	22.9%
1988	46%	23%
1989	46.1%	23%
1990	46.2%	22.9%
1991	46.2%	22.7%
1992	46.2%	22.4%
1993	46.4%	22%
1994	46.5%	21.6%
1995	46.7%	21.2%
1996	46.9%	20.7%
1997	47.1%	20.2%
1998	47.4%	19.5%
1999	47.6%	18.8%
2000	47.7%	18%
2001	47.8%	17.3%
2002	47.8%	16.6%
2003	47.7%	16%
2004	47.6%	15.6%
2005	47.4%	15.2%
2006	47.2%	14.9%
2007	46.9%	14.8%
2008	46.6%	14.9%
2009	46.2%	15%
2010	45.7%	15.2%
2011	45.2%	15.4%
2012	44.6%	15.7%
2013	44%	16.1%
2014	43.4%	16.5%
2015	42.9%	16.9%
2016	42.3%	17.2%
2017	41.8%	17.5%
2018	41.3%	17.6%
2019	40.9%	17.6%
2020	40.5%	17.7%
2021	40.1%	17.7%
2022	39.7%	17.7%
2023	39.4%	17.5%
2024	39.1%	17.3%
2025	38.8%	17%
2026	38.5%	16.7%
2027	38.3%	16.3%
2028	38.1%	15.9%
2029	37.8%	15.5%
2030	37.6%	15%
2031	37.3%	14.6%
2032	37%	14.2%
2033	36.6%	14%
2034	36.2%	13.8%
2035	35.8%	13.7%
2036	35.4%	13.6%
2037	34.9%	13.6%
2038	34.5%	13.6%
2039	34%	13.7%
2040	33.6%	13.9%
2041	33.2%	14%
2042	32.8%	14.2%
2043	32.4%	14.4%
2044	32%	14.6%
2045	31.7%	14.8%
2046	31.3%	15%
2047	31%	15.2%
2048	30.7%	15.4%
2049	30.3%	15.5%
2050	30%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	511,694	1,962,834
1961	538,518	1,810,538
1962	563,650	1,573,701
1963	590,998	1,436,077
1964	618,667	1,233,520
1965	642,359	1,059,335
1966	616,281	989,279
1967	695,283	854,554
1968	715,602	787,621
1969	736,428	753,088
1970	760,821	785,554
1971	787,047	854,999
1972	779,808	872,050
1973	807,535	846,561
1974	777,306	883,186
1975	801,425	843,850
1976	899,577	852,237
1977	929,381	832,932
1978	943,388	812,766
1979	987,203	690,135
1980	1,007,516	681,149
1981	1,018,838	713,700
1982	1,080,853	830,855
1983	863,472	906,676
1984	920,670	756,548
1985	997,050	762,447
1986	1,050,277	985,279
1987	1,356,853	977,583
1988	1,393,356	778,343
1989	1,441,769	576,112
1990	1,479,663	325,533
1991	1,579,416	103,876
1992	1,673,839	-222,808
1993	1,734,851	-757,140
1994	1,788,133	-920,129
1995	1,831,068	-845,742
1996	1,896,364	-785,248
1997	1,945,112	-769,159
1998	1,984,989	-694,053
1999	2,010,987	-927,453
2000	2,083,622	-967,540
2001	2,137,791	-963,445
2002	2,189,683	-944,492
2003	2,231,223	-896,822
2004	2,296,999	-792,370
2005	2,353,375	-846,761
2006	2,393,585	-686,638
2007	2,436,753	-471,257
2008	2,465,283	-356,856
2009	2,467,118	-257,014
2010	2,498,048	-242,844
2011	2,527,811	-128,716
2012	2,533,398	0
2013	2,546,020	28,761
2014	2,623,647	28,848
2015	2,713,529	43,392
2016	2,809,889	0
2017	2,899,143	-130,764
2018	3,015,231	-232,637
2019	3,132,780	-319,997
2020	3,199,718	-697,177
2021	3,204,673	-1,027,702
2022	3,300,114	-576,948
2023	3,338,649	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Russia
1985	1,329	81
1986	1,317	69
1987	1,289	65
1988	1,306	63
1989	1,296	61
1990	1,320	58
1991	1,239	57
1992	1,218	62
1993	1,168	76
1994	1,113	85
1995	1,060	82
1996	1,008	69
1997	957	59
1998	911	53
1999	901	53
2000	870	51
2001	856	48
2002	826	47
2003	797	45
2004	764	41
2005	754	38
2006	729	32
2007	704	29
2008	678	27
2009	649	24
2010	619	23
2011	588	19
2012	545	18
2013	494	16
2014	444	16
2015	401	15
2016	364	14
2017	327	12
2018	297	12
2019	269	12
2020	244	19
2021	250	21
2022	207	13
2023	195	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	-	4.55%
1961	-	4.26%
1962	-	3.99%
1963	-	3.76%
1964	-	3.55%
1965	-	3.38%
1966	27.8%	3.23%
1967	24.9%	3.11%
1968	24.8%	3.02%
1969	24.8%	2.94%
1970	24.7%	2.88%
1971	24.7%	2.84%
1972	24.7%	2.81%
1973	24.6%	2.78%
1974	28.3%	2.77%
1975	28.2%	2.76%
1976	24.5%	2.76%
1977	24.5%	2.76%
1978	24.4%	2.76%
1979	24.2%	2.75%
1980	24%	2.73%
1981	23.8%	2.7%
1982	23.5%	2.66%
1983	32%	2.62%
1984	31.4%	2.56%
1985	30.3%	2.5%
1986	29.7%	2.42%
1987	21.5%	2.34%
1988	21%	2.26%
1989	20.6%	2.2%
1990	20.2%	2.17%
1991	19.7%	2.16%
1992	19.1%	2.17%
1993	18.5%	2.19%
1994	17.9%	2.2%
1995	17.2%	2.2%
1996	16.6%	2.17%
1997	15.9%	2.13%
1998	15.3%	2.08%
1999	14.7%	2.02%
2000	14%	1.94%
2001	13.4%	1.84%
2002	12.8%	1.73%
2003	12.1%	1.61%
2004	11.5%	1.5%
2005	10.9%	1.39%
2006	10.3%	1.29%
2007	9.74%	1.2%
2008	9.23%	1.13%
2009	8.76%	1.07%
2010	8.32%	1.04%
2011	7.91%	1.02%
2012	7.53%	0.99%
2013	7.16%	0.95%
2014	6.82%	0.89%
2015	6.49%	0.82%
2016	6.17%	0.75%
2017	5.89%	0.69%
2018	5.64%	0.63%
2019	5.41%	0.58%
2020	5.2%	0.54%
2021	5%	0.51%
2022	4.82%	0.47%
2023	4.65%	0.45%