Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Senegal

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Senegal 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 3.82 in Senegal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ethiopia vs Senegal 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	Senegal
1960	6.51	7
1961	6.53	7.04
1962	6.56	7.08
1963	6.59	7.12
1964	6.61	7.16
1965	6.63	7.19
1966	6.66	7.22
1967	6.68	7.24
1968	6.7	7.25
1969	6.72	7.26
1970	6.78	7.26
1971	6.84	7.26
1972	6.9	7.26
1973	6.96	7.26
1974	7.02	7.25
1975	7.08	7.25
1976	7.13	7.26
1977	7.19	7.27
1978	7.23	7.28
1979	7.25	7.29
1980	7.29	7.29
1981	7.31	7.28
1982	7.34	7.25
1983	7.35	7.19
1984	7.36	7.11
1985	7.34	7.01
1986	7.32	6.9
1987	7.29	6.79
1988	7.26	6.58
1989	7.23	6.48
1990	7.2	6.4
1991	7.16	6.27
1992	7.13	6.15
1993	7.09	6.05
1994	7.05	5.92
1995	7	5.82
1996	6.93	5.72
1997	6.87	5.64
1998	6.79	5.58
1999	6.72	5.57
2000	6.65	5.5
2001	6.58	5.4
2002	6.5	5.3
2003	6.4	5.25
2004	6.3	5.19
2005	6.19	5.13
2006	6.05	5.06
2007	5.89	5.02
2008	5.7	5.02
2009	5.49	5.03
2010	5.28	5.06
2011	5.08	5.1
2012	4.89	5.13
2013	4.71	5.05
2014	4.61	4.88
2015	4.53	4.75
2016	4.47	4.65
2017	4.4	4.49
2018	4.37	4.29
2019	4.35	4.1
2020	4.27	4
2021	4.18	3.94
2022	4.08	3.86
2023	3.99	3.82
2024	3.91	3.76
2025	3.81	3.71
2026	3.72	3.66
2027	3.64	3.61
2028	3.57	3.57
2029	3.5	3.53
2030	3.43	3.49
2031	3.36	3.44
2032	3.3	3.4
2033	3.24	3.35
2034	3.19	3.32
2035	3.14	3.28
2036	3.08	3.24
2037	3.03	3.22
2038	2.99	3.17
2039	2.94	3.15
2040	2.9	3.11
2041	2.86	3.08
2042	2.83	3.05
2043	2.79	3.02
2044	2.75	2.99
2045	2.72	2.96
2046	2.68	2.93
2047	2.65	2.9
2048	2.62	2.87
2049	2.59	2.85
2050	2.55	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Senegal
1960	42.2%	44.2%
1961	42.2%	44.3%
1962	42.1%	44.3%
1963	42.2%	44.3%
1964	42.3%	44.3%
1965	42.5%	44.3%
1966	42.9%	44.3%
1967	43.2%	44.3%
1968	43.5%	44.2%
1969	43.8%	44.2%
1970	44.2%	44.2%
1971	44.5%	44.2%
1972	44.9%	44.2%
1973	45.2%	44.3%
1974	45.4%	44.4%
1975	45.6%	44.6%
1976	45.7%	44.8%
1977	45.9%	45.2%
1978	46.1%	45.6%
1979	46.2%	46%
1980	46.3%	46.4%
1981	46.4%	46.7%
1982	46.5%	46.9%
1983	46.4%	47.1%
1984	46.2%	47.2%
1985	46.1%	47.3%
1986	46%	47.3%
1987	46%	47.2%
1988	46%	47%
1989	46.1%	46.9%
1990	46.2%	46.6%
1991	46.2%	46.4%
1992	46.2%	46.1%
1993	46.4%	45.8%
1994	46.5%	45.4%
1995	46.7%	45.1%
1996	46.9%	44.9%
1997	47.1%	44.6%
1998	47.4%	44.4%
1999	47.6%	44.2%
2000	47.7%	43.9%
2001	47.8%	43.7%
2002	47.8%	43.5%
2003	47.7%	43.2%
2004	47.6%	43.1%
2005	47.4%	42.9%
2006	47.2%	42.8%
2007	46.9%	42.7%
2008	46.6%	42.7%
2009	46.2%	42.7%
2010	45.7%	42.7%
2011	45.2%	42.7%
2012	44.6%	42.7%
2013	44%	42.7%
2014	43.4%	42.6%
2015	42.9%	42.4%
2016	42.3%	42.1%
2017	41.8%	41.8%
2018	41.3%	41.3%
2019	40.9%	40.9%
2020	40.5%	40.3%
2021	40.1%	39.8%
2022	39.7%	39.2%
2023	39.4%	38.6%
2024	39.1%	38.2%
2025	38.8%	37.7%
2026	38.5%	37.3%
2027	38.3%	36.9%
2028	38.1%	36.6%
2029	37.8%	36.2%
2030	37.6%	35.9%
2031	37.3%	35.6%
2032	37%	35.4%
2033	36.6%	35.1%
2034	36.2%	34.9%
2035	35.8%	34.6%
2036	35.4%	34.4%
2037	34.9%	34.1%
2038	34.5%	33.9%
2039	34%	33.5%
2040	33.6%	33.2%
2041	33.2%	32.9%
2042	32.8%	32.6%
2043	32.4%	32.2%
2044	32%	31.9%
2045	31.7%	31.5%
2046	31.3%	31.2%
2047	31%	30.8%
2048	30.7%	30.5%
2049	30.3%	30.2%
2050	30%	29.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 38.2% in Senegal in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Senegal compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Senegal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia and +2.55% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	511,694	84,735
1961	538,518	87,322
1962	563,650	89,937
1963	590,998	92,264
1964	618,667	94,797
1965	642,359	97,912
1966	616,281	101,359
1967	695,283	104,824
1968	715,602	108,240
1969	736,428	112,393
1970	760,821	117,264
1971	787,047	122,511
1972	779,808	128,024
1973	807,535	133,834
1974	777,306	139,974
1975	801,425	147,311
1976	899,577	154,776
1977	929,381	161,636
1978	943,388	167,744
1979	987,203	173,425
1980	1,007,516	179,707
1981	1,018,838	185,917
1982	1,080,853	191,309
1983	863,472	197,673
1984	920,670	203,125
1985	997,050	208,218
1986	1,050,277	212,887
1987	1,356,853	218,522
1988	1,393,356	221,772
1989	1,441,769	227,797
1990	1,479,663	234,155
1991	1,579,416	237,713
1992	1,673,839	241,482
1993	1,734,851	245,742
1994	1,788,133	249,115
1995	1,831,068	252,552
1996	1,896,364	255,418
1997	1,945,112	261,200
1998	1,984,989	267,404
1999	2,010,987	277,944
2000	2,083,622	283,946
2001	2,137,791	289,690
2002	2,189,683	298,842
2003	2,231,223	308,856
2004	2,296,999	317,286
2005	2,353,375	323,908
2006	2,393,585	331,364
2007	2,436,753	339,963
2008	2,465,283	351,661
2009	2,467,118	362,238
2010	2,498,048	372,934
2011	2,527,811	387,290
2012	2,533,398	402,243
2013	2,546,020	406,582
2014	2,623,647	405,019
2015	2,713,529	407,008
2016	2,809,889	411,480
2017	2,899,143	410,366
2018	3,015,231	405,454
2019	3,132,780	399,436
2020	3,199,718	400,910
2021	3,204,673	403,019
2022	3,300,114	415,507
2023	3,338,649	431,006

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Senegal

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 237 deaths in Senegal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Senegal
1985	1,329	899
1986	1,317	820
1987	1,289	760
1988	1,306	709
1989	1,296	662
1990	1,320	640
1991	1,239	616
1992	1,218	598
1993	1,168	589
1994	1,113	579
1995	1,060	586
1996	1,008	601
1997	957	599
1998	911	605
1999	901	602
2000	870	581
2001	856	560
2002	826	531
2003	797	520
2004	764	501
2005	754	488
2006	729	462
2007	704	457
2008	678	463
2009	649	441
2010	619	436
2011	588	415
2012	545	405
2013	494	385
2014	444	373
2015	401	357
2016	364	345
2017	327	325
2018	297	305
2019	269	286
2020	244	252
2021	250	263
2022	207	228
2023	195	237

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia and 3.85% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	-	29.3%
1961	-	29.4%
1962	-	29.5%
1963	-	29.6%
1964	-	29.7%
1965	-	29.7%
1966	27.8%	29.7%
1967	24.9%	29.6%
1968	24.8%	29.4%
1969	24.8%	29.2%
1970	24.7%	28.8%
1971	24.7%	28.4%
1972	24.7%	27.8%
1973	24.6%	27%
1974	28.3%	26.2%
1975	28.2%	25.3%
1976	24.5%	24.2%
1977	24.5%	23.1%
1978	24.4%	22.1%
1979	24.2%	21.2%
1980	24%	20.4%
1981	23.8%	19.7%
1982	23.5%	19.1%
1983	32%	18.5%
1984	31.4%	17.9%
1985	30.3%	17.1%
1986	29.7%	16.3%
1987	21.5%	15.4%
1988	21%	14.7%
1989	20.6%	14.1%
1990	20.2%	13.7%
1991	19.7%	13.6%
1992	19.1%	13.5%
1993	18.5%	13.6%
1994	17.9%	13.7%
1995	17.2%	13.8%
1996	16.6%	13.8%
1997	15.9%	13.9%
1998	15.3%	13.7%
1999	14.7%	13.4%
2000	14%	12.9%
2001	13.4%	12.2%
2002	12.8%	11.4%
2003	12.1%	10.5%
2004	11.5%	9.59%
2005	10.9%	8.8%
2006	10.3%	8.11%
2007	9.74%	7.52%
2008	9.23%	7.03%
2009	8.76%	6.63%
2010	8.32%	6.3%
2011	7.91%	6.01%
2012	7.53%	5.77%
2013	7.16%	5.57%
2014	6.82%	5.39%
2015	6.49%	5.24%
2016	6.17%	5.11%
2017	5.89%	4.97%
2018	5.64%	4.82%
2019	5.41%	4.65%
2020	5.2%	4.46%
2021	5%	4.25%
2022	4.82%	4.04%
2023	4.65%	3.85%