Fertility & birth rates in Gabon and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Gabon vs Malaysia 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 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Gabon 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
	Gabon	Malaysia
1960	4.42	6.41
1961	4.5	6.37
1962	4.59	6.3
1963	4.65	6.19
1964	4.71	6.03
1965	4.79	5.84
1966	4.86	5.64
1967	4.92	5.43
1968	4.98	5.29
1969	5.05	5.16
1970	5.1	5.04
1971	5.16	4.92
1972	5.24	4.82
1973	5.29	4.73
1974	5.33	4.62
1975	5.39	4.5
1976	5.46	4.4
1977	5.52	4.28
1978	5.57	4.18
1979	5.61	4.09
1980	5.66	4.04
1981	5.73	4
1982	5.74	3.97
1983	5.76	3.93
1984	5.73	3.89
1985	5.71	3.8
1986	5.69	3.7
1987	5.67	3.57
1988	5.62	3.5
1989	5.55	3.31
1990	5.46	3.3
1991	5.37	3.34
1992	5.29	3.37
1993	5.19	3.36
1994	5.04	3.35
1995	4.88	3.32
1996	4.74	3.3
1997	4.66	3.23
1998	4.58	3.12
1999	4.5	3.07
2000	4.47	2.94
2001	4.42	2.81
2002	4.36	2.66
2003	4.3	2.6
2004	4.25	2.49
2005	4.21	2.39
2006	4.17	2.31
2007	4.14	2.25
2008	4.12	2.26
2009	4.14	2.22
2010	4.15	2.14
2011	4.15	2.15
2012	4.09	2.12
2013	4.02	2.07
2014	3.95	2.06
2015	3.92	2.01
2016	3.92	1.94
2017	3.91	1.89
2018	3.91	1.84
2019	3.88	1.78
2020	3.83	1.68
2021	3.78	1.56
2022	3.71	1.55
2023	3.65	1.55
2024	3.59	1.54
2025	3.54	1.53
2026	3.49	1.52
2027	3.43	1.51
2028	3.37	1.51
2029	3.33	1.51
2030	3.29	1.51
2031	3.24	1.5
2032	3.2	1.5
2033	3.16	1.5
2034	3.12	1.5
2035	3.08	1.5
2036	3.04	1.51
2037	3.01	1.51
2038	2.97	1.51
2039	2.94	1.51
2040	2.91	1.51
2041	2.88	1.51
2042	2.84	1.51
2043	2.81	1.52
2044	2.78	1.52
2045	2.75	1.52
2046	2.73	1.52
2047	2.7	1.52
2048	2.67	1.53
2049	2.64	1.53
2050	2.62	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gabon	Malaysia
1960	31.4%	45.4%
1961	31.8%	45.9%
1962	32.2%	46.3%
1963	32.6%	46.5%
1964	33%	46.6%
1965	33.5%	46.5%
1966	33.9%	46.2%
1967	34.3%	45.9%
1968	34.7%	45.5%
1969	35.1%	45%
1970	35.4%	44.5%
1971	35.8%	44%
1972	36.3%	43.4%
1973	36.7%	42.8%
1974	37.1%	42.2%
1975	37.6%	41.7%
1976	38%	41.1%
1977	38.4%	40.6%
1978	38.8%	40.1%
1979	39.2%	39.6%
1980	39.6%	39.2%
1981	39.9%	38.8%
1982	40.3%	38.6%
1983	40.7%	38.4%
1984	41%	38.2%
1985	41.4%	38.1%
1986	41.6%	38%
1987	41.9%	37.9%
1988	42.1%	37.7%
1989	42.3%	37.5%
1990	42.4%	37.2%
1991	42.5%	36.9%
1992	42.5%	36.6%
1993	42.5%	36.3%
1994	42.4%	36%
1995	42.3%	35.7%
1996	42%	35.5%
1997	41.8%	35.3%
1998	41.5%	35%
1999	41.2%	34.6%
2000	40.8%	34.2%
2001	40.5%	33.7%
2002	40.1%	33.2%
2003	39.7%	32.6%
2004	39.4%	32%
2005	39%	31.4%
2006	38.6%	30.7%
2007	38.2%	30%
2008	37.9%	29.4%
2009	37.6%	28.6%
2010	37.3%	27.9%
2011	37.1%	27.4%
2012	37%	27%
2013	36.8%	26.6%
2014	36.7%	26.2%
2015	36.6%	25.8%
2016	36.6%	25.5%
2017	36.6%	25.2%
2018	36.7%	24.9%
2019	36.8%	24.5%
2020	36.8%	24%
2021	36.8%	23.4%
2022	36.8%	22.8%
2023	36.7%	22.3%
2024	36.5%	21.8%
2025	36.2%	21.3%
2026	35.9%	20.8%
2027	35.6%	20.4%
2028	35.3%	19.9%
2029	34.9%	19.4%
2030	34.6%	19%
2031	34.2%	18.5%
2032	33.8%	18.1%
2033	33.4%	17.8%
2034	33%	17.6%
2035	32.7%	17.4%
2036	32.3%	17.3%
2037	32%	17.3%
2038	31.8%	17.2%
2039	31.5%	17.1%
2040	31.3%	17%
2041	31.1%	17%
2042	31%	16.9%
2043	30.8%	16.8%
2044	30.6%	16.7%
2045	30.5%	16.7%
2046	30.3%	16.6%
2047	30.2%	16.5%
2048	30%	16.4%
2049	29.8%	16.3%
2050	29.6%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.5% of the population in Gabon and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 42.4% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Gabon and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Gabon vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Gabon 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
	Gabon	Malaysia
1960	5,732	251,090
1961	6,161	257,270
1962	6,609	262,140
1963	7,001	265,815
1964	7,402	266,406
1965	7,902	264,836
1966	8,410	262,162
1967	8,883	258,764
1968	9,417	260,705
1969	9,969	264,327
1970	10,635	269,341
1971	11,357	272,323
1972	12,095	276,263
1973	12,731	284,611
1974	13,381	289,880
1975	14,162	294,541
1976	14,998	300,615
1977	15,842	305,515
1978	16,714	311,027
1979	17,553	317,439
1980	18,503	326,947
1981	19,528	339,991
1982	20,292	353,138
1983	21,162	365,290
1984	21,851	376,797
1985	22,617	383,243
1986	23,362	385,799
1987	24,212	381,999
1988	24,888	386,507
1989	25,359	373,277
1990	25,858	384,518
1991	26,334	401,938
1992	26,810	418,900
1993	27,235	429,910
1994	27,271	437,873
1995	27,290	443,349
1996	27,450	450,174
1997	28,053	447,768
1998	28,697	436,316
1999	29,330	432,355
2000	30,210	417,371
2001	30,941	400,939
2002	31,777	381,084
2003	32,633	377,425
2004	33,615	365,138
2005	34,766	355,324
2006	35,984	349,509
2007	37,394	348,711
2008	39,002	362,380
2009	41,037	366,157
2010	43,061	360,260
2011	44,922	372,836
2012	45,941	371,497
2013	46,829	366,738
2014	47,704	367,587
2015	48,876	358,302
2016	50,321	345,681
2017	51,455	336,434
2018	52,476	324,568
2019	53,185	309,426
2020	52,745	283,282
2021	52,611	212,002
2022	52,944	237,560
2023	53,167	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Gabon vs Malaysia

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 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gabon	Malaysia
1985	373	63
1986	369	59
1987	366	56
1988	367	55
1989	366	52
1990	368	51
1991	369	49
1992	371	48
1993	364	46
1994	357	44
1995	341	43
1996	321	42
1997	290	40
1998	258	39
1999	216	38
2000	178	37
2001	160	36
2002	151	34
2003	134	34
2004	142	33
2005	175	31
2006	186	30
2007	173	30
2008	158	29
2009	158	29
2010	144	29
2011	149	29
2012	173	29
2013	235	29
2014	273	30
2015	239	30
2016	215	30
2017	184	29
2018	176	29
2019	179	28
2020	194	29
2021	249	52
2022	216	38
2023	233	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.32% in Gabon 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
	Gabon	Malaysia
1960	21.9%	9.46%
1961	21.2%	8.83%
1962	20.5%	8.25%
1963	19.8%	7.74%
1964	19.2%	7.28%
1965	18.6%	6.89%
1966	17.9%	6.56%
1967	17.4%	6.27%
1968	16.8%	6.02%
1969	16.2%	5.79%
1970	15.7%	5.56%
1971	15.2%	5.32%
1972	14.7%	5.06%
1973	14.2%	4.79%
1974	13.7%	4.5%
1975	13.3%	4.23%
1976	12.8%	3.97%
1977	12.4%	3.71%
1978	12%	3.48%
1979	11.6%	3.25%
1980	11.2%	3.04%
1981	10.8%	2.84%
1982	10.5%	2.65%
1983	10.1%	2.47%
1984	9.81%	2.32%
1985	9.52%	2.18%
1986	9.26%	2.05%
1987	9.03%	1.93%
1988	8.82%	1.83%
1989	8.64%	1.74%
1990	8.49%	1.66%
1991	8.35%	1.58%
1992	8.24%	1.51%
1993	8.14%	1.45%
1994	8.06%	1.39%
1995	7.98%	1.34%
1996	7.89%	1.29%
1997	7.79%	1.23%
1998	7.67%	1.15%
1999	7.53%	1.07%
2000	7.37%	1%
2001	7.19%	0.93%
2002	7.01%	0.88%
2003	6.81%	0.85%
2004	6.6%	0.84%
2005	6.39%	0.83%
2006	6.21%	0.83%
2007	5.99%	0.82%
2008	5.77%	0.82%
2009	5.57%	0.82%
2010	5.35%	0.81%
2011	5.14%	0.81%
2012	4.94%	0.8%
2013	4.73%	0.81%
2014	4.57%	0.81%
2015	4.42%	0.81%
2016	4.24%	0.82%
2017	4.1%	0.82%
2018	3.96%	0.82%
2019	3.8%	0.82%
2020	3.62%	0.81%
2021	3.52%	0.81%
2022	3.41%	0.81%
2023	3.32%	0.81%