Fertility & birth rates in Gabon and Kazakhstan

Fertility rate in Gabon vs Kazakhstan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Gabon was 3.65 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.01 in Kazakhstan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Gabon	Kazakhstan
1960	4.42	4.5
1961	4.5	4.42
1962	4.59	4.36
1963	4.65	4.26
1964	4.71	4.07
1965	4.79	3.88
1966	4.86	3.82
1967	4.92	3.77
1968	4.98	3.63
1969	5.05	3.51
1970	5.1	3.51
1971	5.16	3.53
1972	5.24	3.55
1973	5.29	3.51
1974	5.33	3.45
1975	5.39	3.4
1976	5.46	3.33
1977	5.52	3.26
1978	5.57	3.16
1979	5.61	3.14
1980	5.66	3.09
1981	5.73	3.05
1982	5.74	3.02
1983	5.76	3.07
1984	5.73	3.15
1985	5.71	3.21
1986	5.69	3.19
1987	5.67	3.12
1988	5.62	3
1989	5.55	2.87
1990	5.46	2.75
1991	5.37	2.68
1992	5.29	2.58
1993	5.19	2.48
1994	5.04	2.38
1995	4.88	2.25
1996	4.74	2.08
1997	4.66	1.97
1998	4.58	1.94
1999	4.5	1.9
2000	4.47	1.9
2001	4.42	1.91
2002	4.36	1.96
2003	4.3	2.08
2004	4.25	2.2
2005	4.21	2.27
2006	4.17	2.38
2007	4.14	2.49
2008	4.12	2.62
2009	4.14	2.58
2010	4.15	2.61
2011	4.15	2.61
2012	4.09	2.64
2013	4.02	2.67
2014	3.95	2.76
2015	3.92	2.76
2016	3.92	2.8
2017	3.91	2.75
2018	3.91	2.85
2019	3.88	2.89
2020	3.83	3.13
2021	3.78	3.32
2022	3.71	3.05
2023	3.65	3.01
2024	3.59	2.98
2025	3.54	2.95
2026	3.49	2.92
2027	3.43	2.9
2028	3.37	2.87
2029	3.33	2.84
2030	3.29	2.81
2031	3.24	2.78
2032	3.2	2.76
2033	3.16	2.74
2034	3.12	2.71
2035	3.08	2.69
2036	3.04	2.66
2037	3.01	2.64
2038	2.97	2.62
2039	2.94	2.6
2040	2.91	2.58
2041	2.88	2.56
2042	2.84	2.54
2043	2.81	2.52
2044	2.78	2.5
2045	2.75	2.48
2046	2.73	2.47
2047	2.7	2.44
2048	2.67	2.43
2049	2.64	2.41
2050	2.62	2.39

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gabon	Kazakhstan
1960	31.4%	37.2%
1961	31.8%	38%
1962	32.2%	38.4%
1963	32.6%	38.5%
1964	33%	38.4%
1965	33.5%	38.1%
1966	33.9%	37.8%
1967	34.3%	37.4%
1968	34.7%	37%
1969	35.1%	36.5%
1970	35.4%	36.1%
1971	35.8%	35.6%
1972	36.3%	35.2%
1973	36.7%	34.7%
1974	37.1%	34.1%
1975	37.6%	33.6%
1976	38%	33.3%
1977	38.4%	33.1%
1978	38.8%	32.8%
1979	39.2%	32.9%
1980	39.6%	33%
1981	39.9%	32.8%
1982	40.3%	32.7%
1983	40.7%	32.6%
1984	41%	32.6%
1985	41.4%	32.6%
1986	41.6%	32.6%
1987	41.9%	32.4%
1988	42.1%	32.1%
1989	42.3%	31.9%
1990	42.4%	31.7%
1991	42.5%	31.6%
1992	42.5%	31.4%
1993	42.5%	31.1%
1994	42.4%	30.8%
1995	42.3%	30.5%
1996	42%	30.1%
1997	41.8%	29.6%
1998	41.5%	29%
1999	41.2%	28.3%
2000	40.8%	27.6%
2001	40.5%	26.9%
2002	40.1%	26.2%
2003	39.7%	25.6%
2004	39.4%	25.1%
2005	39%	24.8%
2006	38.6%	24.7%
2007	38.2%	24.7%
2008	37.9%	24.9%
2009	37.6%	25.1%
2010	37.3%	25.4%
2011	37.1%	25.7%
2012	37%	26.2%
2013	36.8%	26.7%
2014	36.7%	27.2%
2015	36.6%	27.7%
2016	36.6%	28.1%
2017	36.6%	28.5%
2018	36.7%	28.8%
2019	36.8%	29%
2020	36.8%	29.2%
2021	36.8%	29.5%
2022	36.8%	29.6%
2023	36.7%	29.5%
2024	36.5%	29.4%
2025	36.2%	29.1%
2026	35.9%	28.9%
2027	35.6%	28.5%
2028	35.3%	28.2%
2029	34.9%	27.9%
2030	34.6%	27.5%
2031	34.2%	27.1%
2032	33.8%	26.8%
2033	33.4%	26.5%
2034	33%	26.1%
2035	32.7%	25.8%
2036	32.3%	25.4%
2037	32%	25%
2038	31.8%	24.8%
2039	31.5%	24.7%
2040	31.3%	24.6%
2041	31.1%	24.5%
2042	31%	24.5%
2043	30.8%	24.6%
2044	30.6%	24.6%
2045	30.5%	24.6%
2046	30.3%	24.7%
2047	30.2%	24.7%
2048	30%	24.7%
2049	29.8%	24.7%
2050	29.6%	24.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.5% of the population in Gabon and 29.4% in Kazakhstan in 2024, compared to 42.4% and 31.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Gabon and Kazakhstan compared.

Natural population change in Gabon vs Kazakhstan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Gabon and +1.44% in Kazakhstan. 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
	Gabon	Kazakhstan
1960	5,732	226,027
1961	6,161	228,686
1962	6,609	228,177
1963	7,001	223,105
1964	7,402	208,899
1965	7,902	194,470
1966	8,410	191,506
1967	8,883	191,536
1968	9,417	186,254
1969	9,969	184,118
1970	10,635	191,775
1971	11,357	202,450
1972	12,095	212,319
1973	12,731	215,940
1974	13,381	217,668
1975	14,162	219,748
1976	14,998	221,992
1977	15,842	224,284
1978	16,714	225,895
1979	17,553	237,442
1980	18,503	238,977
1981	19,528	243,652
1982	20,292	246,983
1983	21,162	260,471
1984	21,851	278,485
1985	22,617	293,834
1986	23,362	295,818
1987	24,212	290,227
1988	24,888	275,278
1989	25,359	254,394
1990	25,858	235,113
1991	26,334	221,581
1992	26,810	204,785
1993	27,235	185,649
1994	27,271	165,631
1995	27,290	140,721
1996	27,450	112,384
1997	28,053	92,778
1998	28,697	85,735
1999	29,330	79,536
2000	30,210	80,699
2001	30,941	84,279
2002	31,777	93,564
2003	32,633	112,137
2004	33,615	132,286
2005	34,766	146,619
2006	35,984	166,480
2007	37,394	188,486
2008	39,002	214,169
2009	41,037	218,036
2010	43,061	230,479
2011	44,922	237,883
2012	45,941	249,987
2013	46,829	259,239
2014	47,704	274,406
2015	48,876	273,523
2016	50,321	277,878
2017	51,455	268,066
2018	52,476	278,917
2019	53,185	278,788
2020	52,745	272,458
2021	52,611	269,026
2022	52,944	277,019
2023	53,167	273,013

Maternal mortality chart: Gabon vs Kazakhstan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 233 deaths per 100,000 live births in Gabon, compared to 10 deaths in Kazakhstan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gabon	Kazakhstan
1985	373	68
1986	369	67
1987	366	66
1988	367	65
1989	366	64
1990	368	64
1991	369	64
1992	371	65
1993	364	67
1994	357	70
1995	341	72
1996	321	72
1997	290	71
1998	258	68
1999	216	63
2000	178	58
2001	160	53
2002	151	48
2003	134	45
2004	142	41
2005	175	38
2006	186	35
2007	173	32
2008	158	28
2009	158	25
2010	144	22
2011	149	19
2012	173	17
2013	235	15
2014	273	14
2015	239	13
2016	215	12
2017	184	12
2018	176	11
2019	179	11
2020	194	18
2021	249	23
2022	216	14
2023	233	10

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.32% in Gabon and 0.96% in Kazakhstan. 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
	Gabon	Kazakhstan
1960	21.9%	-
1961	21.2%	-
1962	20.5%	-
1963	19.8%	-
1964	19.2%	-
1965	18.6%	-
1966	17.9%	-
1967	17.4%	-
1968	16.8%	-
1969	16.2%	-
1970	15.7%	-
1971	15.2%	8.54%
1972	14.7%	8.33%
1973	14.2%	8.14%
1974	13.7%	7.96%
1975	13.3%	7.8%
1976	12.8%	7.66%
1977	12.4%	7.53%
1978	12%	7.39%
1979	11.6%	7.24%
1980	11.2%	7.05%
1981	10.8%	6.83%
1982	10.5%	6.6%
1983	10.1%	6.38%
1984	9.81%	6.16%
1985	9.52%	5.94%
1986	9.26%	5.73%
1987	9.03%	5.54%
1988	8.82%	5.37%
1989	8.64%	5.23%
1990	8.49%	5.16%
1991	8.35%	5.13%
1992	8.24%	5.16%
1993	8.14%	5.23%
1994	8.06%	5.28%
1995	7.98%	5.26%
1996	7.89%	5.16%
1997	7.79%	4.99%
1998	7.67%	4.76%
1999	7.53%	4.51%
2000	7.37%	4.25%
2001	7.19%	3.99%
2002	7.01%	3.76%
2003	6.81%	3.54%
2004	6.6%	3.33%
2005	6.39%	3.12%
2006	6.21%	2.9%
2007	5.99%	2.69%
2008	5.77%	2.47%
2009	5.57%	2.25%
2010	5.35%	2.04%
2011	5.14%	1.83%
2012	4.94%	1.63%
2013	4.73%	1.46%
2014	4.57%	1.3%
2015	4.42%	1.19%
2016	4.24%	1.1%
2017	4.1%	1.05%
2018	3.96%	1.03%
2019	3.8%	1.02%
2020	3.62%	1.01%
2021	3.52%	1%
2022	3.41%	0.98%
2023	3.32%	0.96%