Fertility & birth rates in France and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in France vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check France vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	2.85	7.2
1961	2.87	7.21
1962	2.89	7.23
1963	2.89	7.23
1964	2.87	7.23
1965	2.84	7.23
1966	2.8	7.2
1967	2.75	7.16
1968	2.69	7.11
1969	2.62	7.04
1970	2.55	6.98
1971	2.47	6.94
1972	2.38	6.94
1973	2.28	6.94
1974	2.18	6.88
1975	2.09	6.83
1976	2.01	6.77
1977	1.94	6.71
1978	1.89	6.66
1979	1.87	6.59
1980	1.85	6.52
1981	1.85	6.45
1982	1.86	6.33
1983	1.86	6.2
1984	1.86	6.04
1985	1.86	5.87
1986	1.85	5.69
1987	1.83	5.5
1988	1.81	5.28
1989	1.79	5.07
1990	1.77	4.88
1991	1.75	4.72
1992	1.74	4.57
1993	1.73	4.39
1994	1.73	4.28
1995	1.74	4.15
1996	1.75	4.11
1997	1.77	4.08
1998	1.78	4.07
1999	1.81	4.06
2000	1.89	4.01
2001	1.9	3.98
2002	1.88	3.93
2003	1.89	3.86
2004	1.92	3.78
2005	1.94	3.69
2006	2	3.64
2007	1.98	3.68
2008	2.01	3.78
2009	2	3.95
2010	2.03	4.04
2011	2.01	4.13
2012	2.01	4.13
2013	1.99	4.11
2014	2	4.01
2015	1.96	3.91
2016	1.92	3.83
2017	1.89	3.77
2018	1.87	3.74
2019	1.86	3.75
2020	1.83	3.75
2021	1.84	3.77
2022	1.79	3.77
2023	1.66	3.72
2024	1.66	3.67
2025	1.66	3.62
2026	1.66	3.57
2027	1.66	3.52
2028	1.66	3.47
2029	1.66	3.43
2030	1.66	3.38
2031	1.66	3.33
2032	1.66	3.29
2033	1.66	3.25
2034	1.66	3.21
2035	1.66	3.17
2036	1.66	3.13
2037	1.67	3.09
2038	1.66	3.06
2039	1.66	3.02
2040	1.66	2.99
2041	1.67	2.96
2042	1.67	2.93
2043	1.67	2.9
2044	1.67	2.87
2045	1.67	2.84
2046	1.67	2.81
2047	1.67	2.78
2048	1.67	2.75
2049	1.67	2.72
2050	1.67	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	France	Zimbabwe
1960	26.5%	47.3%
1961	26.5%	47.7%
1962	26.2%	48.1%
1963	26%	48.5%
1964	25.8%	48.8%
1965	25.6%	48.7%
1966	25.4%	48.6%
1967	25.3%	48.5%
1968	25.1%	48.5%
1969	25%	48.4%
1970	24.8%	48.3%
1971	24.7%	48.2%
1972	24.6%	48.2%
1973	24.4%	48.1%
1974	24.2%	48.1%
1975	23.9%	48.1%
1976	23.6%	48.2%
1977	23.3%	48.3%
1978	23%	48.5%
1979	22.7%	48.8%
1980	22.4%	48.7%
1981	22.1%	48.4%
1982	21.9%	48.3%
1983	21.7%	48.2%
1984	21.5%	48.1%
1985	21.3%	48%
1986	21%	47.9%
1987	20.7%	47.9%
1988	20.5%	47.9%
1989	20.3%	47.6%
1990	20.1%	47.1%
1991	20.1%	46.6%
1992	20%	46.8%
1993	19.9%	47.1%
1994	19.7%	46.6%
1995	19.5%	45.9%
1996	19.3%	45%
1997	19.1%	44%
1998	19%	43.1%
1999	19%	42.4%
2000	18.9%	41.9%
2001	18.9%	41.5%
2002	18.8%	41.4%
2003	18.7%	41.5%
2004	18.6%	41.7%
2005	18.5%	41.9%
2006	18.5%	42%
2007	18.4%	42.1%
2008	18.5%	42.4%
2009	18.5%	42.7%
2010	18.5%	43%
2011	18.5%	43.4%
2012	18.5%	43.7%
2013	18.4%	43.9%
2014	18.3%	43.9%
2015	18.2%	43.8%
2016	18.1%	43.6%
2017	17.9%	43.3%
2018	17.8%	42.9%
2019	17.6%	42.5%
2020	17.4%	42.2%
2021	17.2%	41.9%
2022	17%	41.6%
2023	16.8%	41.3%
2024	16.5%	40.9%
2025	16.2%	40.3%
2026	16%	39.6%
2027	15.7%	39%
2028	15.5%	38.4%
2029	15.3%	37.8%
2030	15.1%	37.4%
2031	15%	37%
2032	14.8%	36.8%
2033	14.8%	36.5%
2034	14.7%	36.3%
2035	14.7%	36.1%
2036	14.7%	35.8%
2037	14.7%	35.6%
2038	14.7%	35.3%
2039	14.8%	35.1%
2040	14.9%	34.8%
2041	15%	34.6%
2042	15.1%	34.3%
2043	15.2%	34.1%
2044	15.3%	33.8%
2045	15.4%	33.5%
2046	15.5%	33.2%
2047	15.5%	32.9%
2048	15.5%	32.6%
2049	15.6%	32.2%
2050	15.6%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.5% of the population in France and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 20.1% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of France and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in France vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in France and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	346,115	126,959
1961	354,504	131,531
1962	358,082	136,317
1963	361,694	140,984
1964	360,631	145,848
1965	354,132	151,164
1966	352,181	156,014
1967	339,843	161,205
1968	337,346	166,865
1969	329,831	172,626
1970	322,444	178,979
1971	309,747	185,427
1972	296,589	193,725
1973	282,979	201,885
1974	268,733	208,806
1975	248,413	216,947
1976	227,776	221,419
1977	217,946	225,139
1978	213,462	222,979
1979	208,923	223,657
1980	210,042	241,179
1981	222,414	271,361
1982	234,389	279,934
1983	235,655	286,545
1984	248,086	290,052
1985	249,328	290,756
1986	250,606	289,894
1987	251,971	286,766
1988	247,672	277,498
1989	243,361	270,838
1990	238,870	265,444
1991	234,216	260,943
1992	229,502	255,291
1993	224,592	228,045
1994	201,704	216,343
1995	220,303	206,695
1996	221,092	205,269
1997	215,885	216,288
1998	222,705	225,614
1999	229,907	232,393
2000	268,042	236,343
2001	263,867	227,909
2002	253,430	244,170
2003	230,325	243,057
2004	282,185	248,307
2005	271,677	248,545
2006	305,387	248,963
2007	288,076	261,805
2008	283,250	280,527
2009	278,238	309,316
2010	286,116	335,570
2011	280,966	359,572
2012	256,065	371,135
2013	244,192	374,757
2014	265,248	366,350
2015	206,300	356,203
2016	193,500	348,772
2017	160,604	344,035
2018	147,749	345,883
2019	141,503	348,798
2020	67,602	354,790
2021	74,627	349,908
2022	54,452	371,243
2023	47,802	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: France vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	France	Zimbabwe
1985	20	573
1986	20	525
1987	19	480
1988	19	431
1989	19	382
1990	18	353
1991	18	332
1992	17	333
1993	16	331
1994	15	332
1995	15	332
1996	13	352
1997	11	357
1998	10	368
1999	10	399
2000	9	405
2001	9	467
2002	9	418
2003	9	455
2004	9	451
2005	9	454
2006	9	480
2007	9	519
2008	10	526
2009	10	540
2010	9	567
2011	9	564
2012	9	558
2013	9	525
2014	9	468
2015	9	428
2016	9	411
2017	8	389
2018	9	386
2019	8	388
2020	9	380
2021	9	446
2022	9	368
2023	7	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.43% in France and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	2.85%	15.2%
1961	2.7%	14.8%
1962	2.57%	14.4%
1963	2.45%	14%
1964	2.34%	13.5%
1965	2.24%	13.1%
1966	2.14%	12.7%
1967	2.06%	12.4%
1968	1.99%	12.1%
1969	1.91%	11.8%
1970	1.82%	11.7%
1971	1.74%	11.5%
1972	1.66%	11.5%
1973	1.6%	11.4%
1974	1.54%	11.4%
1975	1.49%	11.4%
1976	1.44%	11.5%
1977	1.39%	11.5%
1978	1.34%	11.5%
1979	1.28%	11.3%
1980	1.24%	11.1%
1981	1.19%	10.7%
1982	1.15%	10.1%
1983	1.11%	9.5%
1984	1.07%	8.87%
1985	1.04%	8.31%
1986	1.01%	7.86%
1987	0.98%	7.61%
1988	0.96%	7.55%
1989	0.93%	7.69%
1990	0.9%	7.97%
1991	0.86%	8.33%
1992	0.81%	8.73%
1993	0.75%	9.16%
1994	0.7%	9.52%
1995	0.65%	9.83%
1996	0.61%	10%
1997	0.58%	10.1%
1998	0.57%	10%
1999	0.55%	9.92%
2000	0.54%	9.83%
2001	0.52%	9.79%
2002	0.51%	8.48%
2003	0.49%	8.85%
2004	0.48%	9.17%
2005	0.46%	9.23%
2006	0.45%	9.4%
2007	0.44%	9.47%
2008	0.44%	9.34%
2009	0.43%	9.03%
2010	0.42%	8.5%
2011	0.42%	7.88%
2012	0.41%	7.14%
2013	0.41%	6.55%
2014	0.41%	6.18%
2015	0.42%	5.98%
2016	0.42%	5.69%
2017	0.42%	5.5%
2018	0.42%	5.23%
2019	0.42%	5.11%
2020	0.42%	5.01%
2021	0.43%	4.76%
2022	0.43%	4.6%
2023	0.43%	4.42%