Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Samoa

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Samoa 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 3.83 in Samoa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ethiopia vs Samoa 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	Samoa
1960	6.51	7.78
1961	6.53	7.77
1962	6.56	7.76
1963	6.59	7.73
1964	6.61	7.7
1965	6.63	7.65
1966	6.66	7.6
1967	6.68	7.55
1968	6.7	7.5
1969	6.72	7.43
1970	6.78	7.34
1971	6.84	7.22
1972	6.9	7.07
1973	6.96	6.91
1974	7.02	6.75
1975	7.08	6.61
1976	7.13	6.47
1977	7.19	6.31
1978	7.23	6.15
1979	7.25	5.99
1980	7.29	5.86
1981	7.31	5.75
1982	7.34	5.68
1983	7.35	5.62
1984	7.36	5.55
1985	7.34	5.49
1986	7.32	5.42
1987	7.29	5.32
1988	7.26	5.21
1989	7.23	5.11
1990	7.2	5.01
1991	7.16	4.91
1992	7.13	4.87
1993	7.09	4.83
1994	7.05	4.79
1995	7	4.77
1996	6.93	4.74
1997	6.87	4.7
1998	6.79	4.64
1999	6.72	4.57
2000	6.65	4.52
2001	6.58	4.48
2002	6.5	4.44
2003	6.4	4.39
2004	6.3	4.34
2005	6.19	4.32
2006	6.05	4.32
2007	5.89	4.36
2008	5.7	4.42
2009	5.49	4.47
2010	5.28	4.52
2011	5.08	4.56
2012	4.89	4.55
2013	4.71	4.49
2014	4.61	4.42
2015	4.53	4.34
2016	4.47	4.26
2017	4.4	4.2
2018	4.37	4.14
2019	4.35	4.06
2020	4.27	4
2021	4.18	3.94
2022	4.08	3.88
2023	3.99	3.83
2024	3.91	3.8
2025	3.81	3.75
2026	3.72	3.7
2027	3.64	3.66
2028	3.57	3.62
2029	3.5	3.58
2030	3.43	3.54
2031	3.36	3.5
2032	3.3	3.46
2033	3.24	3.42
2034	3.19	3.39
2035	3.14	3.35
2036	3.08	3.31
2037	3.03	3.27
2038	2.99	3.24
2039	2.94	3.21
2040	2.9	3.17
2041	2.86	3.13
2042	2.83	3.1
2043	2.79	3.06
2044	2.75	3.04
2045	2.72	3.01
2046	2.68	2.98
2047	2.65	2.95
2048	2.62	2.92
2049	2.59	2.89
2050	2.55	2.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Samoa
1960	42.2%	50.1%
1961	42.2%	50.2%
1962	42.1%	50.6%
1963	42.2%	50.9%
1964	42.3%	51.2%
1965	42.5%	51.3%
1966	42.9%	51.3%
1967	43.2%	51.4%
1968	43.5%	51.4%
1969	43.8%	51.4%
1970	44.2%	51.2%
1971	44.5%	51%
1972	44.9%	50.8%
1973	45.2%	50.4%
1974	45.4%	49.9%
1975	45.6%	49.3%
1976	45.7%	48.6%
1977	45.9%	48%
1978	46.1%	47.4%
1979	46.2%	46.9%
1980	46.3%	46.4%
1981	46.4%	45.9%
1982	46.5%	45.2%
1983	46.4%	44.4%
1984	46.2%	43.7%
1985	46.1%	43.1%
1986	46%	42.6%
1987	46%	42.2%
1988	46%	42%
1989	46.1%	41.8%
1990	46.2%	41.5%
1991	46.2%	41.2%
1992	46.2%	40.8%
1993	46.4%	40.3%
1994	46.5%	40%
1995	46.7%	39.9%
1996	46.9%	39.9%
1997	47.1%	40.1%
1998	47.4%	40.2%
1999	47.6%	40.3%
2000	47.7%	40.5%
2001	47.8%	40.7%
2002	47.8%	40.5%
2003	47.7%	40.2%
2004	47.6%	39.9%
2005	47.4%	39.6%
2006	47.2%	39.4%
2007	46.9%	39%
2008	46.6%	38.7%
2009	46.2%	38.5%
2010	45.7%	38.4%
2011	45.2%	38.4%
2012	44.6%	38.3%
2013	44%	38.1%
2014	43.4%	38.1%
2015	42.9%	38.1%
2016	42.3%	38.1%
2017	41.8%	38.2%
2018	41.3%	38.3%
2019	40.9%	38.5%
2020	40.5%	38.6%
2021	40.1%	38.7%
2022	39.7%	38.8%
2023	39.4%	38.7%
2024	39.1%	38.5%
2025	38.8%	38.1%
2026	38.5%	37.5%
2027	38.3%	36.9%
2028	38.1%	36.3%
2029	37.8%	35.8%
2030	37.6%	35.2%
2031	37.3%	34.7%
2032	37%	34.2%
2033	36.6%	33.7%
2034	36.2%	33.3%
2035	35.8%	33%
2036	35.4%	32.7%
2037	34.9%	32.6%
2038	34.5%	32.6%
2039	34%	32.7%
2040	33.6%	32.7%
2041	33.2%	32.8%
2042	32.8%	32.9%
2043	32.4%	33%
2044	32%	33.1%
2045	31.7%	33.1%
2046	31.3%	33.1%
2047	31%	33%
2048	30.7%	32.9%
2049	30.3%	32.7%
2050	30%	32.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 38.5% in Samoa in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Samoa compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Samoa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia and +2.18% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	511,694	4,298
1961	538,518	4,399
1962	563,650	4,498
1963	590,998	4,544
1964	618,667	4,326
1965	642,359	4,605
1966	616,281	4,593
1967	695,283	4,621
1968	715,602	4,605
1969	736,428	4,592
1970	760,821	4,567
1971	787,047	4,534
1972	779,808	4,487
1973	807,535	4,446
1974	777,306	4,411
1975	801,425	4,465
1976	899,577	4,519
1977	929,381	4,555
1978	943,388	4,587
1979	987,203	4,624
1980	1,007,516	4,672
1981	1,018,838	4,720
1982	1,080,853	4,808
1983	863,472	4,914
1984	920,670	4,979
1985	997,050	4,998
1986	1,050,277	4,983
1987	1,356,853	4,909
1988	1,393,356	4,889
1989	1,441,769	4,845
1990	1,479,663	4,759
1991	1,579,416	4,655
1992	1,673,839	4,652
1993	1,734,851	4,769
1994	1,788,133	4,880
1995	1,831,068	4,976
1996	1,896,364	5,038
1997	1,945,112	5,053
1998	1,984,989	5,022
1999	2,010,987	4,937
2000	2,083,622	4,855
2001	2,137,791	4,759
2002	2,189,683	4,672
2003	2,231,223	4,622
2004	2,296,999	4,554
2005	2,353,375	4,503
2006	2,393,585	4,473
2007	2,436,753	4,480
2008	2,465,283	4,581
2009	2,467,118	4,525
2010	2,498,048	4,779
2011	2,527,811	4,860
2012	2,533,398	4,863
2013	2,546,020	4,875
2014	2,623,647	4,849
2015	2,713,529	4,795
2016	2,809,889	4,720
2017	2,899,143	4,661
2018	3,015,231	4,637
2019	3,132,780	4,495
2020	3,199,718	4,442
2021	3,204,673	4,379
2022	3,300,114	4,288
2023	3,338,649	4,170

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Samoa

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 101 deaths in Samoa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Samoa
1985	1,329	160
1986	1,317	153
1987	1,289	147
1988	1,306	143
1989	1,296	136
1990	1,320	135
1991	1,239	131
1992	1,218	124
1993	1,168	117
1994	1,113	112
1995	1,060	105
1996	1,008	103
1997	957	98
1998	911	96
1999	901	94
2000	870	93
2001	856	93
2002	826	89
2003	797	87
2004	764	86
2005	754	87
2006	729	86
2007	704	85
2008	678	87
2009	649	94
2010	619	92
2011	588	93
2012	545	101
2013	494	100
2014	444	106
2015	401	108
2016	364	108
2017	327	111
2018	297	110
2019	269	111
2020	244	114
2021	250	115
2022	207	110
2023	195	101

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia and 1.57% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	-	10.7%
1961	-	10.3%
1962	-	9.93%
1963	-	9.56%
1964	-	11.1%
1965	-	8.9%
1966	27.8%	8.57%
1967	24.9%	8.23%
1968	24.8%	7.89%
1969	24.8%	7.53%
1970	24.7%	7.19%
1971	24.7%	6.85%
1972	24.7%	6.52%
1973	24.6%	6.2%
1974	28.3%	5.9%
1975	28.2%	5.62%
1976	24.5%	5.34%
1977	24.5%	5.07%
1978	24.4%	4.82%
1979	24.2%	4.59%
1980	24%	4.38%
1981	23.8%	4.19%
1982	23.5%	4.01%
1983	32%	3.85%
1984	31.4%	3.7%
1985	30.3%	3.56%
1986	29.7%	3.42%
1987	21.5%	3.3%
1988	21%	3.18%
1989	20.6%	3.08%
1990	20.2%	2.98%
1991	19.7%	2.89%
1992	19.1%	2.8%
1993	18.5%	2.7%
1994	17.9%	2.61%
1995	17.2%	2.52%
1996	16.6%	2.44%
1997	15.9%	2.35%
1998	15.3%	2.27%
1999	14.7%	2.19%
2000	14%	2.12%
2001	13.4%	2.06%
2002	12.8%	2%
2003	12.1%	1.97%
2004	11.5%	1.94%
2005	10.9%	1.93%
2006	10.3%	1.93%
2007	9.74%	1.93%
2008	9.23%	1.93%
2009	8.76%	2.54%
2010	8.32%	1.93%
2011	7.91%	1.92%
2012	7.53%	1.91%
2013	7.16%	1.89%
2014	6.82%	1.87%
2015	6.49%	1.85%
2016	6.17%	1.83%
2017	5.89%	1.81%
2018	5.64%	1.78%
2019	5.41%	2.02%
2020	5.2%	1.7%
2021	5%	1.66%
2022	4.82%	1.62%
2023	4.65%	1.57%