Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Suriname

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ethiopia vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	6.51	6.59
1961	6.53	6.58
1962	6.56	6.57
1963	6.59	6.51
1964	6.61	6.43
1965	6.63	6.32
1966	6.66	6.2
1967	6.68	6.04
1968	6.7	5.86
1969	6.72	5.7
1970	6.78	5.53
1971	6.84	5.36
1972	6.9	5.18
1973	6.96	5.01
1974	7.02	4.81
1975	7.08	4.63
1976	7.13	4.45
1977	7.19	4.26
1978	7.23	4.08
1979	7.25	3.93
1980	7.29	3.79
1981	7.31	3.75
1982	7.34	3.82
1983	7.35	3.87
1984	7.36	3.8
1985	7.34	3.71
1986	7.32	3.61
1987	7.29	3.53
1988	7.26	3.46
1989	7.23	3.39
1990	7.2	3.23
1991	7.16	3.09
1992	7.13	3.01
1993	7.09	2.94
1994	7.05	2.9
1995	7	2.9
1996	6.93	2.92
1997	6.87	2.95
1998	6.79	2.99
1999	6.72	3.02
2000	6.65	3.05
2001	6.58	3.06
2002	6.5	2.96
2003	6.4	2.84
2004	6.3	2.74
2005	6.19	2.71
2006	6.05	2.73
2007	5.89	2.74
2008	5.7	2.73
2009	5.49	2.71
2010	5.28	2.69
2011	5.08	2.67
2012	4.89	2.67
2013	4.71	2.65
2014	4.61	2.62
2015	4.53	2.57
2016	4.47	2.5
2017	4.4	2.43
2018	4.37	2.38
2019	4.35	2.35
2020	4.27	2.31
2021	4.18	2.3
2022	4.08	2.27
2023	3.99	2.25
2024	3.91	2.23
2025	3.81	2.21
2026	3.72	2.19
2027	3.64	2.16
2028	3.57	2.14
2029	3.5	2.13
2030	3.43	2.11
2031	3.36	2.09
2032	3.3	2.08
2033	3.24	2.06
2034	3.19	2.05
2035	3.14	2.04
2036	3.08	2.02
2037	3.03	2.01
2038	2.99	2
2039	2.94	1.99
2040	2.9	1.98
2041	2.86	1.97
2042	2.83	1.96
2043	2.79	1.95
2044	2.75	1.94
2045	2.72	1.93
2046	2.68	1.92
2047	2.65	1.91
2048	2.62	1.9
2049	2.59	1.9
2050	2.55	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Suriname
1960	42.2%	44.5%
1961	42.2%	44.6%
1962	42.1%	45.1%
1963	42.2%	46.1%
1964	42.3%	46.8%
1965	42.5%	47.4%
1966	42.9%	48%
1967	43.2%	48.5%
1968	43.5%	48.8%
1969	43.8%	48.9%
1970	44.2%	48.8%
1971	44.5%	48.5%
1972	44.9%	47.8%
1973	45.2%	46.8%
1974	45.4%	46%
1975	45.6%	45.1%
1976	45.7%	44.3%
1977	45.9%	43.4%
1978	46.1%	42.6%
1979	46.2%	41.8%
1980	46.3%	41%
1981	46.4%	40.1%
1982	46.5%	39.5%
1983	46.4%	39%
1984	46.2%	38.6%
1985	46.1%	38.3%
1986	46%	38%
1987	46%	37.8%
1988	46%	37.7%
1989	46.1%	37.5%
1990	46.2%	37.4%
1991	46.2%	37.3%
1992	46.2%	37.2%
1993	46.4%	37.1%
1994	46.5%	37%
1995	46.7%	36.7%
1996	46.9%	36.1%
1997	47.1%	35.3%
1998	47.4%	34.5%
1999	47.6%	33.7%
2000	47.7%	33%
2001	47.8%	32.3%
2002	47.8%	31.8%
2003	47.7%	31.3%
2004	47.6%	31%
2005	47.4%	30.9%
2006	47.2%	30.8%
2007	46.9%	30.7%
2008	46.6%	30.6%
2009	46.2%	30.5%
2010	45.7%	30.3%
2011	45.2%	30%
2012	44.6%	29.8%
2013	44%	29.4%
2014	43.4%	29.1%
2015	42.9%	28.7%
2016	42.3%	28.3%
2017	41.8%	27.9%
2018	41.3%	27.5%
2019	40.9%	27.2%
2020	40.5%	26.8%
2021	40.1%	26.5%
2022	39.7%	26.3%
2023	39.4%	25.9%
2024	39.1%	25.6%
2025	38.8%	25.3%
2026	38.5%	25%
2027	38.3%	24.8%
2028	38.1%	24.5%
2029	37.8%	24.2%
2030	37.6%	23.9%
2031	37.3%	23.6%
2032	37%	23.4%
2033	36.6%	23.2%
2034	36.2%	23%
2035	35.8%	22.8%
2036	35.4%	22.6%
2037	34.9%	22.4%
2038	34.5%	22.2%
2039	34%	22%
2040	33.6%	21.8%
2041	33.2%	21.6%
2042	32.8%	21.4%
2043	32.4%	21.3%
2044	32%	21.1%
2045	31.7%	20.9%
2046	31.3%	20.7%
2047	31%	20.5%
2048	30.7%	20.3%
2049	30.3%	20.1%
2050	30%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	511,694	8,170
1961	538,518	8,361
1962	563,650	8,529
1963	590,998	8,838
1964	618,667	9,174
1965	642,359	9,270
1966	616,281	9,243
1967	695,283	9,104
1968	715,602	8,980
1969	736,428	8,880
1970	760,821	8,823
1971	787,047	8,814
1972	779,808	8,893
1973	807,535	8,877
1974	777,306	8,751
1975	801,425	8,587
1976	899,577	8,327
1977	929,381	7,998
1978	943,388	7,650
1979	987,203	7,312
1980	1,007,516	7,002
1981	1,018,838	7,541
1982	1,080,853	8,197
1983	863,472	8,797
1984	920,670	9,031
1985	997,050	9,177
1986	1,050,277	9,222
1987	1,356,853	9,319
1988	1,393,356	9,347
1989	1,441,769	9,441
1990	1,479,663	9,047
1991	1,579,416	8,637
1992	1,673,839	8,355
1993	1,734,851	8,127
1994	1,788,133	7,929
1995	1,831,068	7,968
1996	1,896,364	8,031
1997	1,945,112	8,106
1998	1,984,989	8,173
1999	2,010,987	8,236
2000	2,083,622	8,323
2001	2,137,791	8,349
2002	2,189,683	7,916
2003	2,231,223	7,396
2004	2,296,999	6,948
2005	2,353,375	7,037
2006	2,393,585	7,278
2007	2,436,753	7,468
2008	2,465,283	7,552
2009	2,467,118	7,559
2010	2,498,048	7,489
2011	2,527,811	7,401
2012	2,533,398	7,405
2013	2,546,020	7,350
2014	2,623,647	7,284
2015	2,713,529	7,150
2016	2,809,889	6,979
2017	2,899,143	6,772
2018	3,015,231	6,613
2019	3,132,780	6,564
2020	3,199,718	6,640
2021	3,204,673	5,291
2022	3,300,114	6,719
2023	3,338,649	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Suriname
1985	1,329	386
1986	1,317	377
1987	1,289	372
1988	1,306	364
1989	1,296	360
1990	1,320	350
1991	1,239	347
1992	1,218	346
1993	1,168	343
1994	1,113	334
1995	1,060	331
1996	1,008	323
1997	957	312
1998	911	302
1999	901	291
2000	870	282
2001	856	270
2002	826	253
2003	797	238
2004	764	219
2005	754	202
2006	729	187
2007	704	173
2008	678	161
2009	649	147
2010	619	134
2011	588	126
2012	545	122
2013	494	121
2014	444	120
2015	401	115
2016	364	109
2017	327	105
2018	297	101
2019	269	97
2020	244	94
2021	250	144
2022	207	88
2023	195	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1966	27.8%	-
1967	24.9%	-
1968	24.8%	-
1969	24.8%	-
1970	24.7%	-
1971	24.7%	-
1972	24.7%	-
1973	24.6%	-
1974	28.3%	-
1975	28.2%	-
1976	24.5%	-
1977	24.5%	-
1978	24.4%	-
1979	24.2%	-
1980	24%	-
1981	23.8%	-
1982	23.5%	-
1983	32%	5.67%
1984	31.4%	5.49%
1985	30.3%	5.31%
1986	29.7%	5.13%
1987	21.5%	4.97%
1988	21%	4.81%
1989	20.6%	4.65%
1990	20.2%	4.49%
1991	19.7%	4.34%
1992	19.1%	4.19%
1993	18.5%	4.03%
1994	17.9%	3.88%
1995	17.2%	3.74%
1996	16.6%	3.6%
1997	15.9%	3.47%
1998	15.3%	3.34%
1999	14.7%	3.22%
2000	14%	3.11%
2001	13.4%	3%
2002	12.8%	2.9%
2003	12.1%	2.81%
2004	11.5%	2.72%
2005	10.9%	2.64%
2006	10.3%	2.57%
2007	9.74%	2.5%
2008	9.23%	2.44%
2009	8.76%	2.38%
2010	8.32%	2.32%
2011	7.91%	2.26%
2012	7.53%	2.21%
2013	7.16%	2.16%
2014	6.82%	2.11%
2015	6.49%	2.05%
2016	6.17%	2%
2017	5.89%	1.95%
2018	5.64%	1.9%
2019	5.41%	1.84%
2020	5.2%	1.78%
2021	5%	1.73%
2022	4.82%	1.68%
2023	4.65%	1.62%