Fertility & birth rates in France and Malaysia

Fertility rate in France vs Malaysia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in France was 1.66 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check France vs Malaysia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	France	Malaysia
1960	2.85	6.41
1961	2.87	6.37
1962	2.89	6.3
1963	2.89	6.19
1964	2.87	6.03
1965	2.84	5.84
1966	2.8	5.64
1967	2.75	5.43
1968	2.69	5.29
1969	2.62	5.16
1970	2.55	5.04
1971	2.47	4.92
1972	2.38	4.82
1973	2.28	4.73
1974	2.18	4.62
1975	2.09	4.5
1976	2.01	4.4
1977	1.94	4.28
1978	1.89	4.18
1979	1.87	4.09
1980	1.85	4.04
1981	1.85	4
1982	1.86	3.97
1983	1.86	3.93
1984	1.86	3.89
1985	1.86	3.8
1986	1.85	3.7
1987	1.83	3.57
1988	1.81	3.5
1989	1.79	3.31
1990	1.77	3.3
1991	1.75	3.34
1992	1.74	3.37
1993	1.73	3.36
1994	1.73	3.35
1995	1.74	3.32
1996	1.75	3.3
1997	1.77	3.23
1998	1.78	3.12
1999	1.81	3.07
2000	1.89	2.94
2001	1.9	2.81
2002	1.88	2.66
2003	1.89	2.6
2004	1.92	2.49
2005	1.94	2.39
2006	2	2.31
2007	1.98	2.25
2008	2.01	2.26
2009	2	2.22
2010	2.03	2.14
2011	2.01	2.15
2012	2.01	2.12
2013	1.99	2.07
2014	2	2.06
2015	1.96	2.01
2016	1.92	1.94
2017	1.89	1.89
2018	1.87	1.84
2019	1.86	1.78
2020	1.83	1.68
2021	1.84	1.56
2022	1.79	1.55
2023	1.66	1.55
2024	1.66	1.54
2025	1.66	1.53
2026	1.66	1.52
2027	1.66	1.51
2028	1.66	1.51
2029	1.66	1.51
2030	1.66	1.51
2031	1.66	1.5
2032	1.66	1.5
2033	1.66	1.5
2034	1.66	1.5
2035	1.66	1.5
2036	1.66	1.51
2037	1.67	1.51
2038	1.66	1.51
2039	1.66	1.51
2040	1.66	1.51
2041	1.67	1.51
2042	1.67	1.51
2043	1.67	1.52
2044	1.67	1.52
2045	1.67	1.52
2046	1.67	1.52
2047	1.67	1.52
2048	1.67	1.53
2049	1.67	1.53
2050	1.67	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	France	Malaysia
1960	26.5%	45.4%
1961	26.5%	45.9%
1962	26.2%	46.3%
1963	26%	46.5%
1964	25.8%	46.6%
1965	25.6%	46.5%
1966	25.4%	46.2%
1967	25.3%	45.9%
1968	25.1%	45.5%
1969	25%	45%
1970	24.8%	44.5%
1971	24.7%	44%
1972	24.6%	43.4%
1973	24.4%	42.8%
1974	24.2%	42.2%
1975	23.9%	41.7%
1976	23.6%	41.1%
1977	23.3%	40.6%
1978	23%	40.1%
1979	22.7%	39.6%
1980	22.4%	39.2%
1981	22.1%	38.8%
1982	21.9%	38.6%
1983	21.7%	38.4%
1984	21.5%	38.2%
1985	21.3%	38.1%
1986	21%	38%
1987	20.7%	37.9%
1988	20.5%	37.7%
1989	20.3%	37.5%
1990	20.1%	37.2%
1991	20.1%	36.9%
1992	20%	36.6%
1993	19.9%	36.3%
1994	19.7%	36%
1995	19.5%	35.7%
1996	19.3%	35.5%
1997	19.1%	35.3%
1998	19%	35%
1999	19%	34.6%
2000	18.9%	34.2%
2001	18.9%	33.7%
2002	18.8%	33.2%
2003	18.7%	32.6%
2004	18.6%	32%
2005	18.5%	31.4%
2006	18.5%	30.7%
2007	18.4%	30%
2008	18.5%	29.4%
2009	18.5%	28.6%
2010	18.5%	27.9%
2011	18.5%	27.4%
2012	18.5%	27%
2013	18.4%	26.6%
2014	18.3%	26.2%
2015	18.2%	25.8%
2016	18.1%	25.5%
2017	17.9%	25.2%
2018	17.8%	24.9%
2019	17.6%	24.5%
2020	17.4%	24%
2021	17.2%	23.4%
2022	17%	22.8%
2023	16.8%	22.3%
2024	16.5%	21.8%
2025	16.2%	21.3%
2026	16%	20.8%
2027	15.7%	20.4%
2028	15.5%	19.9%
2029	15.3%	19.4%
2030	15.1%	19%
2031	15%	18.5%
2032	14.8%	18.1%
2033	14.8%	17.8%
2034	14.7%	17.6%
2035	14.7%	17.4%
2036	14.7%	17.3%
2037	14.7%	17.3%
2038	14.7%	17.2%
2039	14.8%	17.1%
2040	14.9%	17%
2041	15%	17%
2042	15.1%	16.9%
2043	15.2%	16.8%
2044	15.3%	16.7%
2045	15.4%	16.7%
2046	15.5%	16.6%
2047	15.5%	16.5%
2048	15.5%	16.4%
2049	15.6%	16.3%
2050	15.6%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.5% of the population in France and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 20.1% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of France and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in France vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in France and +0.92% in Malaysia. 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
	France	Malaysia
1960	346,115	251,090
1961	354,504	257,270
1962	358,082	262,140
1963	361,694	265,815
1964	360,631	266,406
1965	354,132	264,836
1966	352,181	262,162
1967	339,843	258,764
1968	337,346	260,705
1969	329,831	264,327
1970	322,444	269,341
1971	309,747	272,323
1972	296,589	276,263
1973	282,979	284,611
1974	268,733	289,880
1975	248,413	294,541
1976	227,776	300,615
1977	217,946	305,515
1978	213,462	311,027
1979	208,923	317,439
1980	210,042	326,947
1981	222,414	339,991
1982	234,389	353,138
1983	235,655	365,290
1984	248,086	376,797
1985	249,328	383,243
1986	250,606	385,799
1987	251,971	381,999
1988	247,672	386,507
1989	243,361	373,277
1990	238,870	384,518
1991	234,216	401,938
1992	229,502	418,900
1993	224,592	429,910
1994	201,704	437,873
1995	220,303	443,349
1996	221,092	450,174
1997	215,885	447,768
1998	222,705	436,316
1999	229,907	432,355
2000	268,042	417,371
2001	263,867	400,939
2002	253,430	381,084
2003	230,325	377,425
2004	282,185	365,138
2005	271,677	355,324
2006	305,387	349,509
2007	288,076	348,711
2008	283,250	362,380
2009	278,238	366,157
2010	286,116	360,260
2011	280,966	372,836
2012	256,065	371,497
2013	244,192	366,738
2014	265,248	367,587
2015	206,300	358,302
2016	193,500	345,681
2017	160,604	336,434
2018	147,749	324,568
2019	141,503	309,426
2020	67,602	283,282
2021	74,627	212,002
2022	54,452	237,560
2023	47,802	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: France vs Malaysia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in France, compared to 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	France	Malaysia
1985	20	63
1986	20	59
1987	19	56
1988	19	55
1989	19	52
1990	18	51
1991	18	49
1992	17	48
1993	16	46
1994	15	44
1995	15	43
1996	13	42
1997	11	40
1998	10	39
1999	10	38
2000	9	37
2001	9	36
2002	9	34
2003	9	34
2004	9	33
2005	9	31
2006	9	30
2007	9	30
2008	10	29
2009	10	29
2010	9	29
2011	9	29
2012	9	29
2013	9	29
2014	9	30
2015	9	30
2016	9	30
2017	8	29
2018	9	29
2019	8	28
2020	9	29
2021	9	52
2022	9	38
2023	7	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.43% in France and 0.81% in Malaysia. 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
	France	Malaysia
1960	2.85%	9.46%
1961	2.7%	8.83%
1962	2.57%	8.25%
1963	2.45%	7.74%
1964	2.34%	7.28%
1965	2.24%	6.89%
1966	2.14%	6.56%
1967	2.06%	6.27%
1968	1.99%	6.02%
1969	1.91%	5.79%
1970	1.82%	5.56%
1971	1.74%	5.32%
1972	1.66%	5.06%
1973	1.6%	4.79%
1974	1.54%	4.5%
1975	1.49%	4.23%
1976	1.44%	3.97%
1977	1.39%	3.71%
1978	1.34%	3.48%
1979	1.28%	3.25%
1980	1.24%	3.04%
1981	1.19%	2.84%
1982	1.15%	2.65%
1983	1.11%	2.47%
1984	1.07%	2.32%
1985	1.04%	2.18%
1986	1.01%	2.05%
1987	0.98%	1.93%
1988	0.96%	1.83%
1989	0.93%	1.74%
1990	0.9%	1.66%
1991	0.86%	1.58%
1992	0.81%	1.51%
1993	0.75%	1.45%
1994	0.7%	1.39%
1995	0.65%	1.34%
1996	0.61%	1.29%
1997	0.58%	1.23%
1998	0.57%	1.15%
1999	0.55%	1.07%
2000	0.54%	1%
2001	0.52%	0.93%
2002	0.51%	0.88%
2003	0.49%	0.85%
2004	0.48%	0.84%
2005	0.46%	0.83%
2006	0.45%	0.83%
2007	0.44%	0.82%
2008	0.44%	0.82%
2009	0.43%	0.82%
2010	0.42%	0.81%
2011	0.42%	0.81%
2012	0.41%	0.8%
2013	0.41%	0.81%
2014	0.41%	0.81%
2015	0.42%	0.81%
2016	0.42%	0.82%
2017	0.42%	0.82%
2018	0.42%	0.82%
2019	0.42%	0.82%
2020	0.42%	0.81%
2021	0.43%	0.81%
2022	0.43%	0.81%
2023	0.43%	0.81%