Fertility & birth rates in Gambia and Kazakhstan

Fertility rate in Gambia vs Kazakhstan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Gambia was 4.01 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.

Check the Gambia vs Kazakhstan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Gambia	Kazakhstan
1960	6.25	4.5
1961	6.23	4.42
1962	6.21	4.36
1963	6.2	4.26
1964	6.2	4.07
1965	6.19	3.88
1966	6.18	3.82
1967	6.21	3.77
1968	6.22	3.63
1969	6.25	3.51
1970	6.26	3.51
1971	6.33	3.53
1972	6.37	3.55
1973	6.41	3.51
1974	6.42	3.45
1975	6.43	3.4
1976	6.43	3.33
1977	6.43	3.26
1978	6.42	3.16
1979	6.41	3.14
1980	6.41	3.09
1981	6.4	3.05
1982	6.4	3.02
1983	6.39	3.07
1984	6.39	3.15
1985	6.36	3.21
1986	6.34	3.19
1987	6.3	3.12
1988	6.26	3
1989	6.25	2.87
1990	6.25	2.75
1991	6.19	2.68
1992	6.11	2.58
1993	6.03	2.48
1994	6.04	2.38
1995	5.99	2.25
1996	5.93	2.08
1997	5.85	1.97
1998	5.82	1.94
1999	5.77	1.9
2000	5.72	1.9
2001	5.67	1.91
2002	5.66	1.96
2003	5.66	2.08
2004	5.68	2.2
2005	5.71	2.27
2006	5.74	2.38
2007	5.69	2.49
2008	5.63	2.62
2009	5.57	2.58
2010	5.56	2.61
2011	5.54	2.61
2012	5.52	2.64
2013	5.39	2.67
2014	5.2	2.76
2015	5	2.76
2016	4.81	2.8
2017	4.61	2.75
2018	4.42	2.85
2019	4.33	2.89
2020	4.25	3.13
2021	4.17	3.32
2022	4.08	3.05
2023	4.01	3.01
2024	3.91	2.98
2025	3.8	2.95
2026	3.7	2.92
2027	3.6	2.9
2028	3.51	2.87
2029	3.41	2.84
2030	3.33	2.81
2031	3.24	2.78
2032	3.17	2.76
2033	3.1	2.74
2034	3.03	2.71
2035	2.97	2.69
2036	2.91	2.66
2037	2.86	2.64
2038	2.81	2.62
2039	2.76	2.6
2040	2.71	2.58
2041	2.67	2.56
2042	2.63	2.54
2043	2.59	2.52
2044	2.56	2.5
2045	2.52	2.48
2046	2.49	2.47
2047	2.46	2.44
2048	2.43	2.43
2049	2.4	2.41
2050	2.38	2.39

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gambia	Kazakhstan
1960	41%	37.2%
1961	40.8%	38%
1962	40.7%	38.4%
1963	40.8%	38.5%
1964	41%	38.4%
1965	41.3%	38.1%
1966	41.5%	37.8%
1967	41.6%	37.4%
1968	41.8%	37%
1969	41.9%	36.5%
1970	42%	36.1%
1971	42.1%	35.6%
1972	42.2%	35.2%
1973	42.3%	34.7%
1974	42.4%	34.1%
1975	42.6%	33.6%
1976	42.8%	33.3%
1977	43%	33.1%
1978	43.3%	32.8%
1979	43.5%	32.9%
1980	43.7%	33%
1981	44%	32.8%
1982	44.3%	32.7%
1983	44.6%	32.6%
1984	44.9%	32.6%
1985	45%	32.6%
1986	45.2%	32.6%
1987	45.4%	32.4%
1988	45.5%	32.1%
1989	45.6%	31.9%
1990	45.7%	31.7%
1991	45.8%	31.6%
1992	45.9%	31.4%
1993	46%	31.1%
1994	46.3%	30.8%
1995	46.5%	30.5%
1996	46.7%	30.1%
1997	46.9%	29.6%
1998	46.9%	29%
1999	46.9%	28.3%
2000	46.8%	27.6%
2001	46.7%	26.9%
2002	46.6%	26.2%
2003	46.4%	25.6%
2004	46.1%	25.1%
2005	45.9%	24.8%
2006	45.6%	24.7%
2007	45.3%	24.7%
2008	45.1%	24.9%
2009	44.8%	25.1%
2010	44.5%	25.4%
2011	44.3%	25.7%
2012	44.1%	26.2%
2013	43.9%	26.7%
2014	43.7%	27.2%
2015	43.6%	27.7%
2016	43.3%	28.1%
2017	43.1%	28.5%
2018	42.8%	28.8%
2019	42.4%	29%
2020	42%	29.2%
2021	41.6%	29.5%
2022	41.2%	29.6%
2023	40.7%	29.5%
2024	40.2%	29.4%
2025	39.7%	29.1%
2026	39.2%	28.9%
2027	38.5%	28.5%
2028	37.9%	28.2%
2029	37.3%	27.9%
2030	36.7%	27.5%
2031	36.2%	27.1%
2032	35.7%	26.8%
2033	35.2%	26.5%
2034	34.8%	26.1%
2035	34.3%	25.8%
2036	33.9%	25.4%
2037	33.4%	25%
2038	33%	24.8%
2039	32.5%	24.7%
2040	32.1%	24.6%
2041	31.7%	24.5%
2042	31.3%	24.5%
2043	30.9%	24.6%
2044	30.5%	24.6%
2045	30.2%	24.6%
2046	29.8%	24.7%
2047	29.5%	24.7%
2048	29.1%	24.7%
2049	28.8%	24.7%
2050	28.4%	24.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.2% of the population in the Gambia and 29.4% in Kazakhstan in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 31.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Gambia and Kazakhstan compared.

Natural population change in Gambia vs Kazakhstan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.59% in the Gambia 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
	Gambia	Kazakhstan
1960	8,420	226,027
1961	8,778	228,686
1962	9,150	228,177
1963	9,493	223,105
1964	9,825	208,899
1965	10,162	194,470
1966	10,422	191,506
1967	10,823	191,536
1968	11,215	186,254
1969	11,670	184,118
1970	12,128	191,775
1971	12,842	202,450
1972	13,432	212,319
1973	14,046	215,940
1974	14,628	217,668
1975	15,256	219,748
1976	16,032	221,992
1977	16,773	224,284
1978	17,424	225,895
1979	18,543	237,442
1980	19,566	238,977
1981	20,156	243,652
1982	21,894	246,983
1983	23,175	260,471
1984	24,586	278,485
1985	25,795	293,834
1986	27,195	295,818
1987	28,452	290,227
1988	29,938	275,278
1989	31,504	254,394
1990	33,163	235,113
1991	34,584	221,581
1992	35,951	204,785
1993	37,302	185,649
1994	38,880	165,631
1995	39,681	140,721
1996	40,253	112,384
1997	40,742	92,778
1998	41,842	85,735
1999	42,533	79,536
2000	43,249	80,699
2001	44,154	84,279
2002	45,156	93,564
2003	46,473	112,137
2004	48,276	132,286
2005	50,010	146,619
2006	52,335	166,480
2007	53,653	188,486
2008	55,032	214,169
2009	56,575	218,036
2010	58,554	230,479
2011	60,571	237,883
2012	62,745	249,987
2013	63,510	259,239
2014	63,185	274,406
2015	62,832	273,523
2016	62,358	277,878
2017	61,665	268,066
2018	60,854	278,917
2019	61,701	278,788
2020	62,209	272,458
2021	62,239	269,026
2022	63,634	277,019
2023	65,118	273,013

Maternal mortality chart: Gambia vs Kazakhstan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 354 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Gambia, compared to 10 deaths in Kazakhstan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gambia	Kazakhstan
1985	1,454	68
1986	1,401	67
1987	1,360	66
1988	1,302	65
1989	1,258	64
1990	1,207	64
1991	1,167	64
1992	1,115	65
1993	1,072	67
1994	1,039	70
1995	999	72
1996	956	72
1997	928	71
1998	867	68
1999	830	63
2000	810	58
2001	794	53
2002	772	48
2003	749	45
2004	719	41
2005	707	38
2006	682	35
2007	675	32
2008	653	28
2009	634	25
2010	632	22
2011	634	19
2012	628	17
2013	606	15
2014	561	14
2015	527	13
2016	490	12
2017	469	12
2018	450	11
2019	422	11
2020	400	18
2021	420	23
2022	365	14
2023	354	10

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.41% in the Gambia 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
	Gambia	Kazakhstan
1960	36.2%	-
1961	35.5%	-
1962	34.8%	-
1963	34.1%	-
1964	33.5%	-
1965	32.8%	-
1966	32.1%	-
1967	31.5%	-
1968	30.9%	-
1969	30.2%	-
1970	29.5%	-
1971	28.9%	8.54%
1972	28.2%	8.33%
1973	27.5%	8.14%
1974	26.9%	7.96%
1975	26.2%	7.8%
1976	25.5%	7.66%
1977	24.9%	7.53%
1978	24.2%	7.39%
1979	23.6%	7.24%
1980	23%	7.05%
1981	22.3%	6.83%
1982	21.7%	6.6%
1983	21%	6.38%
1984	20.4%	6.16%
1985	19.7%	5.94%
1986	19.1%	5.73%
1987	18.4%	5.54%
1988	17.8%	5.37%
1989	17.2%	5.23%
1990	16.6%	5.16%
1991	16%	5.13%
1992	15.5%	5.16%
1993	14.9%	5.23%
1994	14.4%	5.28%
1995	13.9%	5.26%
1996	13.3%	5.16%
1997	12.8%	4.99%
1998	12.3%	4.76%
1999	11.8%	4.51%
2000	11.3%	4.25%
2001	10.9%	3.99%
2002	10.4%	3.76%
2003	9.95%	3.54%
2004	9.52%	3.33%
2005	9.11%	3.12%
2006	8.71%	2.9%
2007	8.33%	2.69%
2008	7.98%	2.47%
2009	7.64%	2.25%
2010	7.31%	2.04%
2011	7.01%	1.83%
2012	6.73%	1.63%
2013	6.45%	1.46%
2014	6.18%	1.3%
2015	5.93%	1.19%
2016	5.7%	1.1%
2017	5.47%	1.05%
2018	5.27%	1.03%
2019	5.07%	1.02%
2020	4.89%	1.01%
2021	4.72%	1%
2022	4.56%	0.98%
2023	4.41%	0.96%