Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Fiji vs Mozambique chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Fiji was 2.28 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Fiji vs Mozambique population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Fiji	Mozambique
1960	6.36	6.31
1961	6.28	6.37
1962	6.2	6.42
1963	6.09	6.47
1964	5.96	6.51
1965	5.76	6.54
1966	5.55	6.58
1967	5.33	6.61
1968	5.11	6.65
1969	4.91	6.67
1970	4.71	6.7
1971	4.51	6.7
1972	4.32	6.7
1973	4.16	6.7
1974	4.07	6.67
1975	4.1	6.66
1976	4.12	6.64
1977	4.11	6.62
1978	4.1	6.59
1979	4.08	6.56
1980	4.04	6.53
1981	3.99	6.48
1982	3.94	6.43
1983	3.88	6.43
1984	3.8	6.44
1985	3.66	6.43
1986	3.54	6.41
1987	3.48	6.39
1988	3.43	6.37
1989	3.4	6.35
1990	3.39	6.32
1991	3.37	6.28
1992	3.33	6.22
1993	3.29	6.15
1994	3.26	6.08
1995	3.25	6.02
1996	3.25	5.97
1997	3.19	5.93
1998	3.12	5.91
1999	3.05	5.88
2000	2.99	5.83
2001	2.97	5.76
2002	2.97	5.67
2003	2.96	5.6
2004	2.94	5.55
2005	2.92	5.5
2006	2.91	5.45
2007	2.87	5.47
2008	2.82	5.6
2009	2.76	5.68
2010	2.7	5.66
2011	2.63	5.6
2012	2.61	5.52
2013	2.6	5.43
2014	2.59	5.3
2015	2.57	5.25
2016	2.52	5.19
2017	2.46	5.13
2018	2.42	5.07
2019	2.38	5.02
2020	2.36	4.96
2021	2.33	4.91
2022	2.31	4.84
2023	2.28	4.76
2024	2.27	4.69
2025	2.25	4.62
2026	2.23	4.54
2027	2.21	4.46
2028	2.2	4.39
2029	2.18	4.3
2030	2.16	4.23
2031	2.15	4.14
2032	2.13	4.06
2033	2.12	3.97
2034	2.1	3.89
2035	2.09	3.82
2036	2.07	3.75
2037	2.06	3.67
2038	2.05	3.6
2039	2.04	3.53
2040	2.03	3.47
2041	2.01	3.4
2042	2.01	3.34
2043	1.99	3.28
2044	1.98	3.22
2045	1.97	3.16
2046	1.96	3.11
2047	1.95	3.06
2048	1.94	3.01
2049	1.94	2.97
2050	1.93	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	Mozambique
1960	46.4%	41%
1961	46.5%	41.2%
1962	46.5%	41.4%
1963	46.5%	41.6%
1964	46.4%	41.9%
1965	46.4%	42.2%
1966	46.3%	42.5%
1967	46.1%	42.7%
1968	45.9%	42.9%
1969	45.6%	43.1%
1970	45.2%	43.3%
1971	44.7%	43.4%
1972	44.2%	43.6%
1973	43.5%	43.7%
1974	42.8%	43.8%
1975	42.2%	44%
1976	41.5%	44.1%
1977	40.9%	44.3%
1978	40.4%	44.6%
1979	40%	44.9%
1980	39.6%	45.3%
1981	39.3%	45.6%
1982	39.1%	45.7%
1983	39%	45.8%
1984	38.9%	45.9%
1985	38.9%	45.9%
1986	38.8%	45.9%
1987	38.7%	45.9%
1988	38.7%	45.8%
1989	38.7%	45.7%
1990	38.7%	45.7%
1991	38.5%	45.6%
1992	38.2%	45.5%
1993	37.9%	45.4%
1994	37.5%	45.2%
1995	37.1%	45%
1996	36.6%	44.9%
1997	36.1%	44.8%
1998	35.5%	44.9%
1999	34.9%	45%
2000	34.3%	45.1%
2001	33.8%	45.1%
2002	33.4%	45.2%
2003	33%	45.3%
2004	32.6%	45.3%
2005	32.2%	45.3%
2006	31.9%	45.4%
2007	31.6%	45.4%
2008	31.3%	45.5%
2009	31%	45.6%
2010	30.8%	45.8%
2011	30.5%	45.8%
2012	30.2%	45.9%
2013	30%	45.8%
2014	29.8%	45.8%
2015	29.6%	45.7%
2016	29.5%	45.6%
2017	29.2%	45.5%
2018	28.9%	45.4%
2019	28.6%	45.3%
2020	28.3%	45.2%
2021	28%	45.1%
2022	27.7%	45%
2023	27.4%	44.8%
2024	27.1%	44.5%
2025	26.8%	44.2%
2026	26.6%	43.9%
2027	26.3%	43.5%
2028	26%	43.2%
2029	25.7%	42.9%
2030	25.4%	42.5%
2031	25%	42.2%
2032	24.7%	41.9%
2033	24.5%	41.5%
2034	24.2%	41.1%
2035	24%	40.7%
2036	23.8%	40.3%
2037	23.6%	39.9%
2038	23.5%	39.5%
2039	23.3%	39%
2040	23.2%	38.6%
2041	23%	38.2%
2042	22.9%	37.7%
2043	22.7%	37.3%
2044	22.6%	36.9%
2045	22.4%	36.4%
2046	22.3%	36%
2047	22.1%	35.6%
2048	21.9%	35.2%
2049	21.8%	34.8%
2050	21.6%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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
	Fiji	Mozambique
1960	13,313	165,774
1961	13,653	171,236
1962	14,429	176,297
1963	14,774	180,867
1964	14,979	182,334
1965	15,166	185,931
1966	15,111	189,218
1967	14,861	193,044
1968	14,831	197,623
1969	14,669	202,174
1970	14,538	207,385
1971	14,313	211,137
1972	13,905	215,793
1973	13,383	226,847
1974	13,557	240,665
1975	14,272	257,984
1976	14,933	273,924
1977	15,532	289,193
1978	16,196	310,403
1979	16,450	331,162
1980	16,907	349,586
1981	17,282	322,207
1982	17,681	321,493
1983	18,237	324,158
1984	18,499	304,524
1985	18,469	307,625
1986	18,024	332,609
1987	17,987	334,438
1988	18,063	349,480
1989	18,007	348,833
1990	17,748	353,290
1991	17,617	357,676
1992	17,170	362,373
1993	16,751	369,518
1994	16,424	384,821
1995	16,273	421,630
1996	16,163	442,559
1997	15,750	461,209
1998	15,464	474,453
1999	15,229	491,814
2000	14,724	506,162
2001	14,720	519,594
2002	14,468	529,867
2003	14,527	540,992
2004	14,526	554,973
2005	14,503	570,132
2006	14,555	586,009
2007	14,349	610,913
2008	14,000	654,920
2009	13,540	693,673
2010	13,227	719,025
2011	12,657	741,303
2012	11,716	763,088
2013	11,972	784,641
2014	11,680	799,778
2015	11,213	824,435
2016	10,807	850,430
2017	10,413	876,594
2018	9,779	903,176
2019	9,271	927,581
2020	8,730	945,952
2021	6,777	951,234
2022	8,223	1,003,689
2023	8,078	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs Mozambique

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 30 deaths per 100,000 live births in Fiji, compared to 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	Mozambique
1985	78	1,452
1986	76	1,355
1987	74	1,348
1988	71	1,259
1989	70	1,209
1990	70	1,150
1991	67	1,094
1992	64	1,046
1993	62	968
1994	58	902
1995	55	883
1996	53	819
1997	51	738
1998	49	694
1999	46	624
2000	47	547
2001	46	473
2002	48	398
2003	47	360
2004	46	321
2005	44	301
2006	43	298
2007	43	327
2008	42	365
2009	41	352
2010	40	305
2011	39	268
2012	42	218
2013	40	196
2014	38	210
2015	37	216
2016	38	202
2017	34	187
2018	35	159
2019	34	134
2020	34	123
2021	68	180
2022	32	104
2023	30	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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
	Fiji	Mozambique
1960	7.89%	-
1961	7.53%	-
1962	7.21%	-
1963	6.9%	26.5%
1964	6.61%	26.7%
1965	6.35%	26.8%
1966	6.14%	26.8%
1967	5.97%	26.9%
1968	5.84%	26.9%
1969	5.75%	26.9%
1970	5.69%	26.8%
1971	5.66%	26.7%
1972	5.63%	26.6%
1973	5.59%	26.4%
1974	5.52%	26.3%
1975	5.41%	26.1%
1976	5.27%	26%
1977	5.1%	25.8%
1978	4.9%	25.7%
1979	4.68%	25.7%
1980	4.46%	25.6%
1981	4.24%	25.6%
1982	4.03%	25.5%
1983	3.84%	25.3%
1984	3.67%	25.1%
1985	3.51%	24.8%
1986	3.37%	24.5%
1987	3.24%	24.2%
1988	3.12%	23.9%
1989	3%	23.6%
1990	2.89%	23.3%
1991	2.78%	23%
1992	2.68%	22.6%
1993	2.6%	22.1%
1994	2.52%	21.6%
1995	2.45%	20.9%
1996	2.39%	20.1%
1997	2.35%	19.2%
1998	2.31%	18.2%
1999	2.28%	17.2%
2000	2.27%	16.3%
2001	2.26%	15.4%
2002	2.27%	14.6%
2003	2.28%	13.9%
2004	2.31%	13.2%
2005	2.33%	12.5%
2006	2.35%	11.8%
2007	2.35%	11%
2008	2.32%	10.4%
2009	2.28%	9.75%
2010	2.22%	9.5%
2011	2.16%	9.05%
2012	2.1%	8.63%
2013	2.07%	8.26%
2014	2.06%	7.92%
2015	2.09%	7.51%
2016	2.16%	7.23%
2017	2.27%	7.09%
2018	2.41%	6.95%
2019	2.57%	6.83%
2020	2.72%	6.73%
2021	2.83%	6.58%
2022	2.89%	6.43%
2023	2.91%	6.17%