Fertility & birth rates in Gambia and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Gambia vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Gambia vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	6.25	6.31
1961	6.23	6.37
1962	6.21	6.42
1963	6.2	6.47
1964	6.2	6.51
1965	6.19	6.54
1966	6.18	6.58
1967	6.21	6.61
1968	6.22	6.65
1969	6.25	6.67
1970	6.26	6.7
1971	6.33	6.7
1972	6.37	6.7
1973	6.41	6.7
1974	6.42	6.67
1975	6.43	6.66
1976	6.43	6.64
1977	6.43	6.62
1978	6.42	6.59
1979	6.41	6.56
1980	6.41	6.53
1981	6.4	6.48
1982	6.4	6.43
1983	6.39	6.43
1984	6.39	6.44
1985	6.36	6.43
1986	6.34	6.41
1987	6.3	6.39
1988	6.26	6.37
1989	6.25	6.35
1990	6.25	6.32
1991	6.19	6.28
1992	6.11	6.22
1993	6.03	6.15
1994	6.04	6.08
1995	5.99	6.02
1996	5.93	5.97
1997	5.85	5.93
1998	5.82	5.91
1999	5.77	5.88
2000	5.72	5.83
2001	5.67	5.76
2002	5.66	5.67
2003	5.66	5.6
2004	5.68	5.55
2005	5.71	5.5
2006	5.74	5.45
2007	5.69	5.47
2008	5.63	5.6
2009	5.57	5.68
2010	5.56	5.66
2011	5.54	5.6
2012	5.52	5.52
2013	5.39	5.43
2014	5.2	5.3
2015	5	5.25
2016	4.81	5.19
2017	4.61	5.13
2018	4.42	5.07
2019	4.33	5.02
2020	4.25	4.96
2021	4.17	4.91
2022	4.08	4.84
2023	4.01	4.76
2024	3.91	4.69
2025	3.8	4.62
2026	3.7	4.54
2027	3.6	4.46
2028	3.51	4.39
2029	3.41	4.3
2030	3.33	4.23
2031	3.24	4.14
2032	3.17	4.06
2033	3.1	3.97
2034	3.03	3.89
2035	2.97	3.82
2036	2.91	3.75
2037	2.86	3.67
2038	2.81	3.6
2039	2.76	3.53
2040	2.71	3.47
2041	2.67	3.4
2042	2.63	3.34
2043	2.59	3.28
2044	2.56	3.22
2045	2.52	3.16
2046	2.49	3.11
2047	2.46	3.06
2048	2.43	3.01
2049	2.4	2.97
2050	2.38	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gambia	Mozambique
1960	41%	41%
1961	40.8%	41.2%
1962	40.7%	41.4%
1963	40.8%	41.6%
1964	41%	41.9%
1965	41.3%	42.2%
1966	41.5%	42.5%
1967	41.6%	42.7%
1968	41.8%	42.9%
1969	41.9%	43.1%
1970	42%	43.3%
1971	42.1%	43.4%
1972	42.2%	43.6%
1973	42.3%	43.7%
1974	42.4%	43.8%
1975	42.6%	44%
1976	42.8%	44.1%
1977	43%	44.3%
1978	43.3%	44.6%
1979	43.5%	44.9%
1980	43.7%	45.3%
1981	44%	45.6%
1982	44.3%	45.7%
1983	44.6%	45.8%
1984	44.9%	45.9%
1985	45%	45.9%
1986	45.2%	45.9%
1987	45.4%	45.9%
1988	45.5%	45.8%
1989	45.6%	45.7%
1990	45.7%	45.7%
1991	45.8%	45.6%
1992	45.9%	45.5%
1993	46%	45.4%
1994	46.3%	45.2%
1995	46.5%	45%
1996	46.7%	44.9%
1997	46.9%	44.8%
1998	46.9%	44.9%
1999	46.9%	45%
2000	46.8%	45.1%
2001	46.7%	45.1%
2002	46.6%	45.2%
2003	46.4%	45.3%
2004	46.1%	45.3%
2005	45.9%	45.3%
2006	45.6%	45.4%
2007	45.3%	45.4%
2008	45.1%	45.5%
2009	44.8%	45.6%
2010	44.5%	45.8%
2011	44.3%	45.8%
2012	44.1%	45.9%
2013	43.9%	45.8%
2014	43.7%	45.8%
2015	43.6%	45.7%
2016	43.3%	45.6%
2017	43.1%	45.5%
2018	42.8%	45.4%
2019	42.4%	45.3%
2020	42%	45.2%
2021	41.6%	45.1%
2022	41.2%	45%
2023	40.7%	44.8%
2024	40.2%	44.5%
2025	39.7%	44.2%
2026	39.2%	43.9%
2027	38.5%	43.5%
2028	37.9%	43.2%
2029	37.3%	42.9%
2030	36.7%	42.5%
2031	36.2%	42.2%
2032	35.7%	41.9%
2033	35.2%	41.5%
2034	34.8%	41.1%
2035	34.3%	40.7%
2036	33.9%	40.3%
2037	33.4%	39.9%
2038	33%	39.5%
2039	32.5%	39%
2040	32.1%	38.6%
2041	31.7%	38.2%
2042	31.3%	37.7%
2043	30.9%	37.3%
2044	30.5%	36.9%
2045	30.2%	36.4%
2046	29.8%	36%
2047	29.5%	35.6%
2048	29.1%	35.2%
2049	28.8%	34.8%
2050	28.4%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.2% of the population in the Gambia and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Gambia and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Gambia vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.59% in the Gambia and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	8,420	165,774
1961	8,778	171,236
1962	9,150	176,297
1963	9,493	180,867
1964	9,825	182,334
1965	10,162	185,931
1966	10,422	189,218
1967	10,823	193,044
1968	11,215	197,623
1969	11,670	202,174
1970	12,128	207,385
1971	12,842	211,137
1972	13,432	215,793
1973	14,046	226,847
1974	14,628	240,665
1975	15,256	257,984
1976	16,032	273,924
1977	16,773	289,193
1978	17,424	310,403
1979	18,543	331,162
1980	19,566	349,586
1981	20,156	322,207
1982	21,894	321,493
1983	23,175	324,158
1984	24,586	304,524
1985	25,795	307,625
1986	27,195	332,609
1987	28,452	334,438
1988	29,938	349,480
1989	31,504	348,833
1990	33,163	353,290
1991	34,584	357,676
1992	35,951	362,373
1993	37,302	369,518
1994	38,880	384,821
1995	39,681	421,630
1996	40,253	442,559
1997	40,742	461,209
1998	41,842	474,453
1999	42,533	491,814
2000	43,249	506,162
2001	44,154	519,594
2002	45,156	529,867
2003	46,473	540,992
2004	48,276	554,973
2005	50,010	570,132
2006	52,335	586,009
2007	53,653	610,913
2008	55,032	654,920
2009	56,575	693,673
2010	58,554	719,025
2011	60,571	741,303
2012	62,745	763,088
2013	63,510	784,641
2014	63,185	799,778
2015	62,832	824,435
2016	62,358	850,430
2017	61,665	876,594
2018	60,854	903,176
2019	61,701	927,581
2020	62,209	945,952
2021	62,239	951,234
2022	63,634	1,003,689
2023	65,118	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Gambia vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gambia	Mozambique
1985	1,454	1,452
1986	1,401	1,355
1987	1,360	1,348
1988	1,302	1,259
1989	1,258	1,209
1990	1,207	1,150
1991	1,167	1,094
1992	1,115	1,046
1993	1,072	968
1994	1,039	902
1995	999	883
1996	956	819
1997	928	738
1998	867	694
1999	830	624
2000	810	547
2001	794	473
2002	772	398
2003	749	360
2004	719	321
2005	707	301
2006	682	298
2007	675	327
2008	653	365
2009	634	352
2010	632	305
2011	634	268
2012	628	218
2013	606	196
2014	561	210
2015	527	216
2016	490	202
2017	469	187
2018	450	159
2019	422	134
2020	400	123
2021	420	180
2022	365	104
2023	354	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.41% in the Gambia and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	36.2%	-
1961	35.5%	-
1962	34.8%	-
1963	34.1%	26.5%
1964	33.5%	26.7%
1965	32.8%	26.8%
1966	32.1%	26.8%
1967	31.5%	26.9%
1968	30.9%	26.9%
1969	30.2%	26.9%
1970	29.5%	26.8%
1971	28.9%	26.7%
1972	28.2%	26.6%
1973	27.5%	26.4%
1974	26.9%	26.3%
1975	26.2%	26.1%
1976	25.5%	26%
1977	24.9%	25.8%
1978	24.2%	25.7%
1979	23.6%	25.7%
1980	23%	25.6%
1981	22.3%	25.6%
1982	21.7%	25.5%
1983	21%	25.3%
1984	20.4%	25.1%
1985	19.7%	24.8%
1986	19.1%	24.5%
1987	18.4%	24.2%
1988	17.8%	23.9%
1989	17.2%	23.6%
1990	16.6%	23.3%
1991	16%	23%
1992	15.5%	22.6%
1993	14.9%	22.1%
1994	14.4%	21.6%
1995	13.9%	20.9%
1996	13.3%	20.1%
1997	12.8%	19.2%
1998	12.3%	18.2%
1999	11.8%	17.2%
2000	11.3%	16.3%
2001	10.9%	15.4%
2002	10.4%	14.6%
2003	9.95%	13.9%
2004	9.52%	13.2%
2005	9.11%	12.5%
2006	8.71%	11.8%
2007	8.33%	11%
2008	7.98%	10.4%
2009	7.64%	9.75%
2010	7.31%	9.5%
2011	7.01%	9.05%
2012	6.73%	8.63%
2013	6.45%	8.26%
2014	6.18%	7.92%
2015	5.93%	7.51%
2016	5.7%	7.23%
2017	5.47%	7.09%
2018	5.27%	6.95%
2019	5.07%	6.83%
2020	4.89%	6.73%
2021	4.72%	6.58%
2022	4.56%	6.43%
2023	4.41%	6.17%