Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ethiopia vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	6.51	6.61
1961	6.53	6.75
1962	6.56	6.88
1963	6.59	6.81
1964	6.61	6.82
1965	6.63	6.81
1966	6.66	6.66
1967	6.68	6.57
1968	6.7	6.39
1969	6.72	6.34
1970	6.78	6.31
1971	6.84	6.28
1972	6.9	6.25
1973	6.96	6.16
1974	7.02	6.05
1975	7.08	5.92
1976	7.13	5.75
1977	7.19	5.54
1978	7.23	5.28
1979	7.25	5.16
1980	7.29	5.04
1981	7.31	4.91
1982	7.34	4.82
1983	7.35	4.71
1984	7.36	4.73
1985	7.34	4.69
1986	7.32	4.68
1987	7.29	4.53
1988	7.26	4.26
1989	7.23	4.1
1990	7.2	4.12
1991	7.16	4.19
1992	7.13	4.06
1993	7.09	3.86
1994	7.05	3.66
1995	7	3.57
1996	6.93	3.39
1997	6.87	3.19
1998	6.79	2.99
1999	6.72	2.83
2000	6.65	2.7
2001	6.58	2.61
2002	6.5	2.58
2003	6.4	2.5
2004	6.3	2.5
2005	6.19	2.44
2006	6.05	2.46
2007	5.89	2.57
2008	5.7	2.64
2009	5.49	2.56
2010	5.28	2.44
2011	5.08	2.35
2012	4.89	2.34
2013	4.71	2.44
2014	4.61	2.55
2015	4.53	2.58
2016	4.47	2.56
2017	4.4	2.57
2018	4.37	2.71
2019	4.35	2.87
2020	4.27	3.06
2021	4.18	3.27
2022	4.08	3.4
2023	3.99	3.5
2024	3.91	3.49
2025	3.81	3.45
2026	3.72	3.4
2027	3.64	3.36
2028	3.57	3.31
2029	3.5	3.27
2030	3.43	3.22
2031	3.36	3.18
2032	3.3	3.13
2033	3.24	3.09
2034	3.19	3.05
2035	3.14	3.01
2036	3.08	2.98
2037	3.03	2.94
2038	2.99	2.91
2039	2.94	2.87
2040	2.9	2.84
2041	2.86	2.81
2042	2.83	2.78
2043	2.79	2.75
2044	2.75	2.72
2045	2.72	2.69
2046	2.68	2.66
2047	2.65	2.63
2048	2.62	2.6
2049	2.59	2.58
2050	2.55	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Uzbekistan
1960	42.2%	39.8%
1961	42.2%	41.2%
1962	42.1%	42.4%
1963	42.2%	43.4%
1964	42.3%	44.2%
1965	42.5%	44.7%
1966	42.9%	44.8%
1967	43.2%	44.9%
1968	43.5%	44.8%
1969	43.8%	44.7%
1970	44.2%	44.6%
1971	44.5%	44.4%
1972	44.9%	44.3%
1973	45.2%	44%
1974	45.4%	43.7%
1975	45.6%	43.3%
1976	45.7%	42.8%
1977	45.9%	42.3%
1978	46.1%	41.7%
1979	46.2%	41.2%
1980	46.3%	40.8%
1981	46.4%	40.5%
1982	46.5%	40.3%
1983	46.4%	40.1%
1984	46.2%	40.1%
1985	46.1%	40.1%
1986	46%	40.1%
1987	46%	40.1%
1988	46%	40%
1989	46.1%	39.9%
1990	46.2%	39.9%
1991	46.2%	39.9%
1992	46.2%	39.8%
1993	46.4%	39.8%
1994	46.5%	39.7%
1995	46.7%	39.4%
1996	46.9%	39.2%
1997	47.1%	38.8%
1998	47.4%	38.2%
1999	47.6%	37.5%
2000	47.7%	36.7%
2001	47.8%	35.8%
2002	47.8%	34.9%
2003	47.7%	34%
2004	47.6%	33.1%
2005	47.4%	32.3%
2006	47.2%	31.4%
2007	46.9%	30.6%
2008	46.6%	29.9%
2009	46.2%	29.4%
2010	45.7%	28.9%
2011	45.2%	28.5%
2012	44.6%	28.2%
2013	44%	28.1%
2014	43.4%	28.1%
2015	42.9%	28.3%
2016	42.3%	28.5%
2017	41.8%	28.8%
2018	41.3%	29%
2019	40.9%	29.3%
2020	40.5%	29.7%
2021	40.1%	30.2%
2022	39.7%	30.6%
2023	39.4%	30.9%
2024	39.1%	31.1%
2025	38.8%	31.3%
2026	38.5%	31.5%
2027	38.3%	31.6%
2028	38.1%	31.6%
2029	37.8%	31.6%
2030	37.6%	31.4%
2031	37.3%	31.3%
2032	37%	31.1%
2033	36.6%	30.9%
2034	36.2%	30.6%
2035	35.8%	30.3%
2036	35.4%	29.8%
2037	34.9%	29.3%
2038	34.5%	28.8%
2039	34%	28.3%
2040	33.6%	28%
2041	33.2%	27.6%
2042	32.8%	27.4%
2043	32.4%	27.2%
2044	32%	27%
2045	31.7%	26.9%
2046	31.3%	26.8%
2047	31%	26.8%
2048	30.7%	26.7%
2049	30.3%	26.7%
2050	30%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	511,694	267,165
1961	538,518	279,841
1962	563,650	292,788
1963	590,998	293,432
1964	618,667	298,790
1965	642,359	302,264
1966	616,281	297,844
1967	695,283	298,350
1968	715,602	295,651
1969	736,428	302,833
1970	760,821	313,216
1971	787,047	323,171
1972	779,808	333,230
1973	807,535	341,807
1974	777,306	350,422
1975	801,425	357,382
1976	899,577	363,110
1977	929,381	369,572
1978	943,388	372,068
1979	987,203	387,754
1980	1,007,516	401,557
1981	1,018,838	413,897
1982	1,080,853	431,389
1983	863,472	454,464
1984	920,670	485,617
1985	997,050	508,893
1986	1,050,277	533,234
1987	1,356,853	537,292
1988	1,393,356	525,126
1989	1,441,769	522,323
1990	1,479,663	540,581
1991	1,579,416	557,886
1992	1,673,839	548,793
1993	1,734,851	527,557
1994	1,788,133	502,279
1995	1,831,068	493,966
1996	1,896,364	471,010
1997	1,945,112	441,631
1998	1,984,989	408,532
1999	2,010,987	385,448
2000	2,083,622	365,138
2001	2,137,791	356,483
2002	2,189,683	359,231
2003	2,231,223	355,098
2004	2,296,999	363,994
2005	2,353,375	363,462
2006	2,393,585	383,265
2007	2,436,753	426,880
2008	2,465,283	461,665
2009	2,467,118	471,839
2010	2,498,048	461,293
2011	2,527,811	454,858
2012	2,533,398	463,333
2013	2,546,020	501,742
2014	2,623,647	536,881
2015	2,713,529	552,781
2016	2,809,889	549,045
2017	2,899,143	548,372
2018	3,015,231	585,119
2019	3,132,780	618,154
2020	3,199,718	643,750
2021	3,204,673	689,325
2022	3,300,114	715,410
2023	3,338,649	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Uzbekistan
1985	1,329	72
1986	1,317	69
1987	1,289	63
1988	1,306	58
1989	1,296	53
1990	1,320	50
1991	1,239	47
1992	1,218	46
1993	1,168	47
1994	1,113	49
1995	1,060	46
1996	1,008	44
1997	957	42
1998	911	42
1999	901	43
2000	870	42
2001	856	42
2002	826	41
2003	797	40
2004	764	39
2005	754	39
2006	729	38
2007	704	37
2008	678	35
2009	649	34
2010	619	34
2011	588	33
2012	545	33
2013	494	32
2014	444	32
2015	401	31
2016	364	31
2017	327	30
2018	297	29
2019	269	29
2020	244	29
2021	250	28
2022	207	27
2023	195	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
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%	12.5%
1980	24%	11.7%
1981	23.8%	10.9%
1982	23.5%	10.2%
1983	32%	9.5%
1984	31.4%	8.91%
1985	30.3%	8.4%
1986	29.7%	7.96%
1987	21.5%	7.59%
1988	21%	7.31%
1989	20.6%	7.13%
1990	20.2%	7.04%
1991	19.7%	7.01%
1992	19.1%	7.01%
1993	18.5%	6.99%
1994	17.9%	6.95%
1995	17.2%	6.91%
1996	16.6%	6.83%
1997	15.9%	6.72%
1998	15.3%	6.57%
1999	14.7%	6.38%
2000	14%	6.15%
2001	13.4%	5.88%
2002	12.8%	5.57%
2003	12.1%	5.25%
2004	11.5%	4.92%
2005	10.9%	4.57%
2006	10.3%	4.24%
2007	9.74%	3.9%
2008	9.23%	3.59%
2009	8.76%	3.29%
2010	8.32%	3.01%
2011	7.91%	2.75%
2012	7.53%	2.52%
2013	7.16%	2.32%
2014	6.82%	2.14%
2015	6.49%	1.98%
2016	6.17%	1.85%
2017	5.89%	1.73%
2018	5.64%	1.64%
2019	5.41%	1.56%
2020	5.2%	1.5%
2021	5%	1.44%
2022	4.82%	1.38%
2023	4.65%	1.33%