Fertility & birth rates in Gabon and Nicaragua

Fertility rate in Gabon vs Nicaragua 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 2.22 in Nicaragua in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Gabon vs Nicaragua 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	Nicaragua
1960	4.42	7.16
1961	4.5	7.11
1962	4.59	7.1
1963	4.65	7.08
1964	4.71	7.06
1965	4.79	7.03
1966	4.86	6.99
1967	4.92	6.94
1968	4.98	6.89
1969	5.05	6.83
1970	5.1	6.77
1971	5.16	6.71
1972	5.24	6.65
1973	5.29	6.59
1974	5.33	6.52
1975	5.39	6.45
1976	5.46	6.37
1977	5.52	6.28
1978	5.57	6.16
1979	5.61	6.07
1980	5.66	5.96
1981	5.73	5.84
1982	5.74	5.74
1983	5.76	5.61
1984	5.73	5.49
1985	5.71	5.36
1986	5.69	5.22
1987	5.67	5.07
1988	5.62	4.93
1989	5.55	4.76
1990	5.46	4.6
1991	5.37	4.43
1992	5.29	4.27
1993	5.19	4.1
1994	5.04	3.94
1995	4.88	3.78
1996	4.74	3.62
1997	4.66	3.47
1998	4.58	3.34
1999	4.5	3.22
2000	4.47	3.12
2001	4.42	3
2002	4.36	2.89
2003	4.3	2.83
2004	4.25	2.78
2005	4.21	2.77
2006	4.17	2.73
2007	4.14	2.7
2008	4.12	2.66
2009	4.14	2.63
2010	4.15	2.6
2011	4.15	2.56
2012	4.09	2.53
2013	4.02	2.49
2014	3.95	2.46
2015	3.92	2.43
2016	3.92	2.41
2017	3.91	2.38
2018	3.91	2.35
2019	3.88	2.32
2020	3.83	2.3
2021	3.78	2.27
2022	3.71	2.24
2023	3.65	2.22
2024	3.59	2.21
2025	3.54	2.18
2026	3.49	2.16
2027	3.43	2.14
2028	3.37	2.11
2029	3.33	2.09
2030	3.29	2.07
2031	3.24	2.05
2032	3.2	2.04
2033	3.16	2.02
2034	3.12	2.01
2035	3.08	2
2036	3.04	1.98
2037	3.01	1.97
2038	2.97	1.96
2039	2.94	1.95
2040	2.91	1.94
2041	2.88	1.93
2042	2.84	1.92
2043	2.81	1.91
2044	2.78	1.9
2045	2.75	1.89
2046	2.73	1.89
2047	2.7	1.88
2048	2.67	1.87
2049	2.64	1.87
2050	2.62	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gabon	Nicaragua
1960	31.4%	47.6%
1961	31.8%	47.8%
1962	32.2%	48%
1963	32.6%	48.2%
1964	33%	48.2%
1965	33.5%	48.1%
1966	33.9%	47.9%
1967	34.3%	47.8%
1968	34.7%	47.7%
1969	35.1%	47.6%
1970	35.4%	47.5%
1971	35.8%	47.5%
1972	36.3%	47.4%
1973	36.7%	47.4%
1974	37.1%	47.3%
1975	37.6%	47.3%
1976	38%	47.3%
1977	38.4%	47.2%
1978	38.8%	47.3%
1979	39.2%	47.3%
1980	39.6%	47.3%
1981	39.9%	47.3%
1982	40.3%	47.3%
1983	40.7%	47.2%
1984	41%	47.2%
1985	41.4%	47.1%
1986	41.6%	47%
1987	41.9%	46.9%
1988	42.1%	46.7%
1989	42.3%	46.4%
1990	42.4%	46.1%
1991	42.5%	45.7%
1992	42.5%	45.2%
1993	42.5%	44.8%
1994	42.4%	44.3%
1995	42.3%	43.7%
1996	42%	43.1%
1997	41.8%	42.4%
1998	41.5%	41.7%
1999	41.2%	41%
2000	40.8%	40.3%
2001	40.5%	39.6%
2002	40.1%	38.9%
2003	39.7%	38.2%
2004	39.4%	37.5%
2005	39%	36.8%
2006	38.6%	36.2%
2007	38.2%	35.7%
2008	37.9%	35.2%
2009	37.6%	34.7%
2010	37.3%	34.2%
2011	37.1%	33.8%
2012	37%	33.3%
2013	36.8%	32.9%
2014	36.7%	32.6%
2015	36.6%	32.2%
2016	36.6%	31.8%
2017	36.6%	31.5%
2018	36.7%	31.1%
2019	36.8%	30.8%
2020	36.8%	30.4%
2021	36.8%	30.1%
2022	36.8%	29.6%
2023	36.7%	29.2%
2024	36.5%	28.8%
2025	36.2%	28.3%
2026	35.9%	27.9%
2027	35.6%	27.4%
2028	35.3%	27%
2029	34.9%	26.6%
2030	34.6%	26.2%
2031	34.2%	25.8%
2032	33.8%	25.4%
2033	33.4%	25%
2034	33%	24.7%
2035	32.7%	24.4%
2036	32.3%	24%
2037	32%	23.7%
2038	31.8%	23.4%
2039	31.5%	23.1%
2040	31.3%	22.8%
2041	31.1%	22.5%
2042	31%	22.2%
2043	30.8%	22%
2044	30.6%	21.7%
2045	30.5%	21.4%
2046	30.3%	21.2%
2047	30.2%	20.9%
2048	30%	20.7%
2049	29.8%	20.5%
2050	29.6%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.5% of the population in Gabon and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 42.4% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Gabon and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Gabon vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Gabon and +1.58% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	5,732	55,664
1961	6,161	57,499
1962	6,609	59,547
1963	7,001	61,738
1964	7,402	64,227
1965	7,902	67,056
1966	8,410	69,883
1967	8,883	72,722
1968	9,417	75,458
1969	9,969	78,237
1970	10,635	81,127
1971	11,357	84,139
1972	12,095	76,906
1973	12,731	89,662
1974	13,381	92,505
1975	14,162	95,230
1976	14,998	98,100
1977	15,842	100,498
1978	16,714	98,419
1979	17,553	96,429
1980	18,503	108,604
1981	19,528	110,421
1982	20,292	112,468
1983	21,162	110,618
1984	21,851	110,133
1985	22,617	110,949
1986	23,362	113,054
1987	24,212	112,885
1988	24,888	117,299
1989	25,359	120,128
1990	25,858	120,677
1991	26,334	121,787
1992	26,810	121,204
1993	27,235	120,469
1994	27,271	119,565
1995	27,290	118,325
1996	27,450	116,849
1997	28,053	114,415
1998	28,697	108,862
1999	29,330	110,217
2000	30,210	109,192
2001	30,941	107,109
2002	31,777	105,805
2003	32,633	106,142
2004	33,615	106,904
2005	34,766	108,984
2006	35,984	110,073
2007	37,394	110,341
2008	39,002	110,395
2009	41,037	110,213
2010	43,061	110,475
2011	44,922	110,026
2012	45,941	110,065
2013	46,829	109,032
2014	47,704	108,420
2015	48,876	107,344
2016	50,321	106,585
2017	51,455	105,468
2018	52,476	104,814
2019	53,185	102,817
2020	52,745	90,515
2021	52,611	89,213
2022	52,944	100,987
2023	53,167	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Gabon vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gabon	Nicaragua
1985	373	319
1986	369	313
1987	366	316
1988	367	301
1989	366	286
1990	368	281
1991	369	273
1992	371	272
1993	364	265
1994	357	256
1995	341	251
1996	321	244
1997	290	236
1998	258	239
1999	216	228
2000	178	213
2001	160	194
2002	151	170
2003	134	154
2004	142	140
2005	175	124
2006	186	113
2007	173	106
2008	158	101
2009	158	99
2010	144	96
2011	149	93
2012	173	88
2013	235	86
2014	273	83
2015	239	81
2016	215	77
2017	184	72
2018	176	67
2019	179	69
2020	194	87
2021	249	124
2022	216	61
2023	233	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.32% in Gabon and 1.34% in Nicaragua. 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	Nicaragua
1960	21.9%	19.8%
1961	21.2%	19.6%
1962	20.5%	19.4%
1963	19.8%	19.2%
1964	19.2%	19%
1965	18.6%	18.7%
1966	17.9%	18.4%
1967	17.4%	18.1%
1968	16.8%	17.8%
1969	16.2%	17.4%
1970	15.7%	17.1%
1971	15.2%	16.6%
1972	14.7%	18.7%
1973	14.2%	15.6%
1974	13.7%	15%
1975	13.3%	14.4%
1976	12.8%	13.7%
1977	12.4%	12.9%
1978	12%	12.2%
1979	11.6%	11.5%
1980	11.2%	10.8%
1981	10.8%	10.2%
1982	10.5%	9.58%
1983	10.1%	9.07%
1984	9.81%	8.62%
1985	9.52%	8.21%
1986	9.26%	7.85%
1987	9.03%	7.53%
1988	8.82%	7.22%
1989	8.64%	6.92%
1990	8.49%	6.62%
1991	8.35%	6.31%
1992	8.24%	6%
1993	8.14%	5.69%
1994	8.06%	5.39%
1995	7.98%	5.09%
1996	7.89%	4.81%
1997	7.79%	4.54%
1998	7.67%	5.01%
1999	7.53%	4.04%
2000	7.37%	3.82%
2001	7.19%	3.62%
2002	7.01%	3.43%
2003	6.81%	3.26%
2004	6.6%	3.1%
2005	6.39%	2.95%
2006	6.21%	2.81%
2007	5.99%	2.68%
2008	5.77%	2.55%
2009	5.57%	2.44%
2010	5.35%	2.33%
2011	5.14%	2.22%
2012	4.94%	2.13%
2013	4.73%	2.03%
2014	4.57%	1.94%
2015	4.42%	1.86%
2016	4.24%	1.78%
2017	4.1%	1.71%
2018	3.96%	1.64%
2019	3.8%	1.57%
2020	3.62%	1.51%
2021	3.52%	1.45%
2022	3.41%	1.39%
2023	3.32%	1.34%