Fertility & birth rates in Ethiopia and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Ethiopia vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Ethiopia vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	6.51	6.38
1961	6.53	6.3
1962	6.56	6.23
1963	6.59	6.16
1964	6.61	6.07
1965	6.63	5.98
1966	6.66	5.87
1967	6.68	5.75
1968	6.7	5.61
1969	6.72	5.47
1970	6.78	5.32
1971	6.84	5.17
1972	6.9	5.04
1973	6.96	4.91
1974	7.02	4.79
1975	7.08	4.69
1976	7.13	4.59
1977	7.19	4.49
1978	7.23	4.4
1979	7.25	4.3
1980	7.29	4.2
1981	7.31	4.1
1982	7.34	4.01
1983	7.35	3.93
1984	7.36	3.86
1985	7.34	3.79
1986	7.32	3.73
1987	7.29	3.67
1988	7.26	3.6
1989	7.23	3.52
1990	7.2	3.45
1991	7.16	3.37
1992	7.13	3.29
1993	7.09	3.22
1994	7.05	3.15
1995	7	3.08
1996	6.93	3.02
1997	6.87	2.97
1998	6.79	2.91
1999	6.72	2.86
2000	6.65	2.79
2001	6.58	2.78
2002	6.5	2.74
2003	6.4	2.7
2004	6.3	2.64
2005	6.19	2.63
2006	6.05	2.6
2007	5.89	2.52
2008	5.7	2.48
2009	5.49	2.42
2010	5.28	2.4
2011	5.08	2.4
2012	4.89	2.38
2013	4.71	2.33
2014	4.61	2.3
2015	4.53	2.25
2016	4.47	2.22
2017	4.4	2.18
2018	4.37	2.15
2019	4.35	2.13
2020	4.27	2.12
2021	4.18	2.11
2022	4.08	2.09
2023	3.99	2.08
2024	3.91	2.08
2025	3.81	2.06
2026	3.72	2.04
2027	3.64	2.03
2028	3.57	2.01
2029	3.5	2
2030	3.43	1.99
2031	3.36	1.98
2032	3.3	1.97
2033	3.24	1.96
2034	3.19	1.95
2035	3.14	1.94
2036	3.08	1.93
2037	3.03	1.92
2038	2.99	1.91
2039	2.94	1.91
2040	2.9	1.9
2041	2.86	1.89
2042	2.83	1.88
2043	2.79	1.87
2044	2.75	1.86
2045	2.72	1.86
2046	2.68	1.85
2047	2.65	1.84
2048	2.62	1.84
2049	2.59	1.83
2050	2.55	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Ethiopia	Venezuela
1960	42.2%	46.8%
1961	42.2%	46.9%
1962	42.1%	47%
1963	42.2%	47%
1964	42.3%	47%
1965	42.5%	46.9%
1966	42.9%	46.8%
1967	43.2%	46.6%
1968	43.5%	46.3%
1969	43.8%	46%
1970	44.2%	45.6%
1971	44.5%	45.2%
1972	44.9%	44.7%
1973	45.2%	44.3%
1974	45.4%	43.8%
1975	45.6%	43.3%
1976	45.7%	42.9%
1977	45.9%	42.5%
1978	46.1%	42.1%
1979	46.2%	41.7%
1980	46.3%	41.3%
1981	46.4%	41%
1982	46.5%	40.6%
1983	46.4%	40.3%
1984	46.2%	39.9%
1985	46.1%	39.6%
1986	46%	39.3%
1987	46%	39%
1988	46%	38.7%
1989	46.1%	38.4%
1990	46.2%	38.1%
1991	46.2%	37.8%
1992	46.2%	37.4%
1993	46.4%	37%
1994	46.5%	36.6%
1995	46.7%	36.2%
1996	46.9%	35.8%
1997	47.1%	35.3%
1998	47.4%	34.9%
1999	47.6%	34.5%
2000	47.7%	34%
2001	47.8%	33.6%
2002	47.8%	33.1%
2003	47.7%	32.7%
2004	47.6%	32.2%
2005	47.4%	31.8%
2006	47.2%	31.4%
2007	46.9%	31%
2008	46.6%	30.6%
2009	46.2%	30.3%
2010	45.7%	29.9%
2011	45.2%	29.5%
2012	44.6%	29.2%
2013	44%	28.9%
2014	43.4%	28.5%
2015	42.9%	28.2%
2016	42.3%	27.9%
2017	41.8%	27.8%
2018	41.3%	27.9%
2019	40.9%	28%
2020	40.5%	27.8%
2021	40.1%	27.4%
2022	39.7%	26.8%
2023	39.4%	26.2%
2024	39.1%	25.5%
2025	38.8%	24.9%
2026	38.5%	24.3%
2027	38.3%	23.8%
2028	38.1%	23.2%
2029	37.8%	22.8%
2030	37.6%	22.4%
2031	37.3%	22%
2032	37%	21.7%
2033	36.6%	21.5%
2034	36.2%	21.4%
2035	35.8%	21.4%
2036	35.4%	21.4%
2037	34.9%	21.5%
2038	34.5%	21.5%
2039	34%	21.4%
2040	33.6%	21.4%
2041	33.2%	21.3%
2042	32.8%	21.2%
2043	32.4%	21.1%
2044	32%	20.9%
2045	31.7%	20.7%
2046	31.3%	20.5%
2047	31%	20.3%
2048	30.7%	20%
2049	30.3%	19.8%
2050	30%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.1% of the population in Ethiopia and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 46.2% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Ethiopia and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Ethiopia vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Ethiopia and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	511,694	285,105
1961	538,518	292,109
1962	563,650	299,345
1963	590,998	307,279
1964	618,667	314,397
1965	642,359	321,695
1966	616,281	329,697
1967	695,283	335,813
1968	715,602	340,973
1969	736,428	343,596
1970	760,821	350,709
1971	787,047	355,212
1972	779,808	360,749
1973	807,535	367,612
1974	777,306	375,678
1975	801,425	385,045
1976	899,577	395,344
1977	929,381	405,315
1978	943,388	414,032
1979	987,203	421,256
1980	1,007,516	425,613
1981	1,018,838	432,059
1982	1,080,853	436,564
1983	863,472	443,569
1984	920,670	449,186
1985	997,050	455,517
1986	1,050,277	468,252
1987	1,356,853	474,204
1988	1,393,356	477,569
1989	1,441,769	478,053
1990	1,479,663	478,168
1991	1,579,416	477,917
1992	1,673,839	474,824
1993	1,734,851	473,189
1994	1,788,133	469,178
1995	1,831,068	469,267
1996	1,896,364	468,653
1997	1,945,112	472,002
1998	1,984,989	469,123
1999	2,010,987	463,787
2000	2,083,622	459,802
2001	2,137,791	451,487
2002	2,189,683	466,821
2003	2,231,223	456,902
2004	2,296,999	455,881
2005	2,353,375	463,260
2006	2,393,585	460,152
2007	2,436,753	452,482
2008	2,465,283	435,870
2009	2,467,118	427,257
2010	2,498,048	425,397
2011	2,527,811	425,958
2012	2,533,398	420,758
2013	2,546,020	408,930
2014	2,623,647	395,088
2015	2,713,529	384,560
2016	2,809,889	359,651
2017	2,899,143	340,222
2018	3,015,231	317,302
2019	3,132,780	274,826
2020	3,199,718	237,223
2021	3,204,673	207,746
2022	3,300,114	216,619
2023	3,338,649	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Ethiopia vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Ethiopia	Venezuela
1985	1,329	83
1986	1,317	81
1987	1,289	81
1988	1,306	80
1989	1,296	80
1990	1,320	83
1991	1,239	80
1992	1,218	82
1993	1,168	82
1994	1,113	84
1995	1,060	84
1996	1,008	86
1997	957	82
1998	911	82
1999	901	88
2000	870	86
2001	856	101
2002	826	87
2003	797	97
2004	764	94
2005	754	93
2006	729	96
2007	704	92
2008	678	103
2009	649	109
2010	619	110
2011	588	104
2012	545	113
2013	494	123
2014	444	133
2015	401	136
2016	364	162
2017	327	195
2018	297	205
2019	269	202
2020	244	207
2021	250	251
2022	207	219
2023	195	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.65% in Ethiopia and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	-	7.97%
1961	-	7.72%
1962	-	7.49%
1963	-	7.3%
1964	-	7.14%
1965	-	7%
1966	27.8%	6.87%
1967	24.9%	6.75%
1968	24.8%	6.61%
1969	24.8%	6.47%
1970	24.7%	6.3%
1971	24.7%	6.12%
1972	24.7%	5.94%
1973	24.6%	5.75%
1974	28.3%	5.57%
1975	28.2%	5.38%
1976	24.5%	5.2%
1977	24.5%	5.01%
1978	24.4%	4.82%
1979	24.2%	4.62%
1980	24%	4.42%
1981	23.8%	4.24%
1982	23.5%	4.07%
1983	32%	3.91%
1984	31.4%	3.77%
1985	30.3%	3.64%
1986	29.7%	3.5%
1987	21.5%	3.37%
1988	21%	3.23%
1989	20.6%	3.09%
1990	20.2%	2.96%
1991	19.7%	2.86%
1992	19.1%	2.78%
1993	18.5%	2.73%
1994	17.9%	2.68%
1995	17.2%	2.63%
1996	16.6%	2.55%
1997	15.9%	2.45%
1998	15.3%	2.34%
1999	14.7%	2.24%
2000	14%	2.15%
2001	13.4%	2.09%
2002	12.8%	2.03%
2003	12.1%	1.98%
2004	11.5%	1.91%
2005	10.9%	1.85%
2006	10.3%	1.79%
2007	9.74%	1.74%
2008	9.23%	1.72%
2009	8.76%	1.71%
2010	8.32%	1.72%
2011	7.91%	1.73%
2012	7.53%	1.76%
2013	7.16%	1.79%
2014	6.82%	1.83%
2015	6.49%	1.92%
2016	6.17%	2.43%
2017	5.89%	2.43%
2018	5.64%	2.43%
2019	5.41%	2.43%
2020	5.2%	2.43%
2021	5%	2.43%
2022	4.82%	2.43%
2023	4.65%	2.43%