Fertility & birth rates in Gambia and Nicaragua

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

Check the Gambia 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
	Gambia	Nicaragua
1960	6.25	7.16
1961	6.23	7.11
1962	6.21	7.1
1963	6.2	7.08
1964	6.2	7.06
1965	6.19	7.03
1966	6.18	6.99
1967	6.21	6.94
1968	6.22	6.89
1969	6.25	6.83
1970	6.26	6.77
1971	6.33	6.71
1972	6.37	6.65
1973	6.41	6.59
1974	6.42	6.52
1975	6.43	6.45
1976	6.43	6.37
1977	6.43	6.28
1978	6.42	6.16
1979	6.41	6.07
1980	6.41	5.96
1981	6.4	5.84
1982	6.4	5.74
1983	6.39	5.61
1984	6.39	5.49
1985	6.36	5.36
1986	6.34	5.22
1987	6.3	5.07
1988	6.26	4.93
1989	6.25	4.76
1990	6.25	4.6
1991	6.19	4.43
1992	6.11	4.27
1993	6.03	4.1
1994	6.04	3.94
1995	5.99	3.78
1996	5.93	3.62
1997	5.85	3.47
1998	5.82	3.34
1999	5.77	3.22
2000	5.72	3.12
2001	5.67	3
2002	5.66	2.89
2003	5.66	2.83
2004	5.68	2.78
2005	5.71	2.77
2006	5.74	2.73
2007	5.69	2.7
2008	5.63	2.66
2009	5.57	2.63
2010	5.56	2.6
2011	5.54	2.56
2012	5.52	2.53
2013	5.39	2.49
2014	5.2	2.46
2015	5	2.43
2016	4.81	2.41
2017	4.61	2.38
2018	4.42	2.35
2019	4.33	2.32
2020	4.25	2.3
2021	4.17	2.27
2022	4.08	2.24
2023	4.01	2.22
2024	3.91	2.21
2025	3.8	2.18
2026	3.7	2.16
2027	3.6	2.14
2028	3.51	2.11
2029	3.41	2.09
2030	3.33	2.07
2031	3.24	2.05
2032	3.17	2.04
2033	3.1	2.02
2034	3.03	2.01
2035	2.97	2
2036	2.91	1.98
2037	2.86	1.97
2038	2.81	1.96
2039	2.76	1.95
2040	2.71	1.94
2041	2.67	1.93
2042	2.63	1.92
2043	2.59	1.91
2044	2.56	1.9
2045	2.52	1.89
2046	2.49	1.89
2047	2.46	1.88
2048	2.43	1.87
2049	2.4	1.87
2050	2.38	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gambia	Nicaragua
1960	41%	47.6%
1961	40.8%	47.8%
1962	40.7%	48%
1963	40.8%	48.2%
1964	41%	48.2%
1965	41.3%	48.1%
1966	41.5%	47.9%
1967	41.6%	47.8%
1968	41.8%	47.7%
1969	41.9%	47.6%
1970	42%	47.5%
1971	42.1%	47.5%
1972	42.2%	47.4%
1973	42.3%	47.4%
1974	42.4%	47.3%
1975	42.6%	47.3%
1976	42.8%	47.3%
1977	43%	47.2%
1978	43.3%	47.3%
1979	43.5%	47.3%
1980	43.7%	47.3%
1981	44%	47.3%
1982	44.3%	47.3%
1983	44.6%	47.2%
1984	44.9%	47.2%
1985	45%	47.1%
1986	45.2%	47%
1987	45.4%	46.9%
1988	45.5%	46.7%
1989	45.6%	46.4%
1990	45.7%	46.1%
1991	45.8%	45.7%
1992	45.9%	45.2%
1993	46%	44.8%
1994	46.3%	44.3%
1995	46.5%	43.7%
1996	46.7%	43.1%
1997	46.9%	42.4%
1998	46.9%	41.7%
1999	46.9%	41%
2000	46.8%	40.3%
2001	46.7%	39.6%
2002	46.6%	38.9%
2003	46.4%	38.2%
2004	46.1%	37.5%
2005	45.9%	36.8%
2006	45.6%	36.2%
2007	45.3%	35.7%
2008	45.1%	35.2%
2009	44.8%	34.7%
2010	44.5%	34.2%
2011	44.3%	33.8%
2012	44.1%	33.3%
2013	43.9%	32.9%
2014	43.7%	32.6%
2015	43.6%	32.2%
2016	43.3%	31.8%
2017	43.1%	31.5%
2018	42.8%	31.1%
2019	42.4%	30.8%
2020	42%	30.4%
2021	41.6%	30.1%
2022	41.2%	29.6%
2023	40.7%	29.2%
2024	40.2%	28.8%
2025	39.7%	28.3%
2026	39.2%	27.9%
2027	38.5%	27.4%
2028	37.9%	27%
2029	37.3%	26.6%
2030	36.7%	26.2%
2031	36.2%	25.8%
2032	35.7%	25.4%
2033	35.2%	25%
2034	34.8%	24.7%
2035	34.3%	24.4%
2036	33.9%	24%
2037	33.4%	23.7%
2038	33%	23.4%
2039	32.5%	23.1%
2040	32.1%	22.8%
2041	31.7%	22.5%
2042	31.3%	22.2%
2043	30.9%	22%
2044	30.5%	21.7%
2045	30.2%	21.4%
2046	29.8%	21.2%
2047	29.5%	20.9%
2048	29.1%	20.7%
2049	28.8%	20.5%
2050	28.4%	20.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.2% of the population in the Gambia and 28.8% in Nicaragua in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Gambia and Nicaragua compared.

Natural population change in Gambia vs Nicaragua by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.59% in the Gambia 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
	Gambia	Nicaragua
1960	8,420	55,664
1961	8,778	57,499
1962	9,150	59,547
1963	9,493	61,738
1964	9,825	64,227
1965	10,162	67,056
1966	10,422	69,883
1967	10,823	72,722
1968	11,215	75,458
1969	11,670	78,237
1970	12,128	81,127
1971	12,842	84,139
1972	13,432	76,906
1973	14,046	89,662
1974	14,628	92,505
1975	15,256	95,230
1976	16,032	98,100
1977	16,773	100,498
1978	17,424	98,419
1979	18,543	96,429
1980	19,566	108,604
1981	20,156	110,421
1982	21,894	112,468
1983	23,175	110,618
1984	24,586	110,133
1985	25,795	110,949
1986	27,195	113,054
1987	28,452	112,885
1988	29,938	117,299
1989	31,504	120,128
1990	33,163	120,677
1991	34,584	121,787
1992	35,951	121,204
1993	37,302	120,469
1994	38,880	119,565
1995	39,681	118,325
1996	40,253	116,849
1997	40,742	114,415
1998	41,842	108,862
1999	42,533	110,217
2000	43,249	109,192
2001	44,154	107,109
2002	45,156	105,805
2003	46,473	106,142
2004	48,276	106,904
2005	50,010	108,984
2006	52,335	110,073
2007	53,653	110,341
2008	55,032	110,395
2009	56,575	110,213
2010	58,554	110,475
2011	60,571	110,026
2012	62,745	110,065
2013	63,510	109,032
2014	63,185	108,420
2015	62,832	107,344
2016	62,358	106,585
2017	61,665	105,468
2018	60,854	104,814
2019	61,701	102,817
2020	62,209	90,515
2021	62,239	89,213
2022	63,634	100,987
2023	65,118	100,921

Maternal mortality chart: Gambia vs Nicaragua

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 60 deaths in Nicaragua.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gambia	Nicaragua
1985	1,454	319
1986	1,401	313
1987	1,360	316
1988	1,302	301
1989	1,258	286
1990	1,207	281
1991	1,167	273
1992	1,115	272
1993	1,072	265
1994	1,039	256
1995	999	251
1996	956	244
1997	928	236
1998	867	239
1999	830	228
2000	810	213
2001	794	194
2002	772	170
2003	749	154
2004	719	140
2005	707	124
2006	682	113
2007	675	106
2008	653	101
2009	634	99
2010	632	96
2011	634	93
2012	628	88
2013	606	86
2014	561	83
2015	527	81
2016	490	77
2017	469	72
2018	450	67
2019	422	69
2020	400	87
2021	420	124
2022	365	61
2023	354	60

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.41% in the Gambia 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
	Gambia	Nicaragua
1960	36.2%	19.8%
1961	35.5%	19.6%
1962	34.8%	19.4%
1963	34.1%	19.2%
1964	33.5%	19%
1965	32.8%	18.7%
1966	32.1%	18.4%
1967	31.5%	18.1%
1968	30.9%	17.8%
1969	30.2%	17.4%
1970	29.5%	17.1%
1971	28.9%	16.6%
1972	28.2%	18.7%
1973	27.5%	15.6%
1974	26.9%	15%
1975	26.2%	14.4%
1976	25.5%	13.7%
1977	24.9%	12.9%
1978	24.2%	12.2%
1979	23.6%	11.5%
1980	23%	10.8%
1981	22.3%	10.2%
1982	21.7%	9.58%
1983	21%	9.07%
1984	20.4%	8.62%
1985	19.7%	8.21%
1986	19.1%	7.85%
1987	18.4%	7.53%
1988	17.8%	7.22%
1989	17.2%	6.92%
1990	16.6%	6.62%
1991	16%	6.31%
1992	15.5%	6%
1993	14.9%	5.69%
1994	14.4%	5.39%
1995	13.9%	5.09%
1996	13.3%	4.81%
1997	12.8%	4.54%
1998	12.3%	5.01%
1999	11.8%	4.04%
2000	11.3%	3.82%
2001	10.9%	3.62%
2002	10.4%	3.43%
2003	9.95%	3.26%
2004	9.52%	3.1%
2005	9.11%	2.95%
2006	8.71%	2.81%
2007	8.33%	2.68%
2008	7.98%	2.55%
2009	7.64%	2.44%
2010	7.31%	2.33%
2011	7.01%	2.22%
2012	6.73%	2.13%
2013	6.45%	2.03%
2014	6.18%	1.94%
2015	5.93%	1.86%
2016	5.7%	1.78%
2017	5.47%	1.71%
2018	5.27%	1.64%
2019	5.07%	1.57%
2020	4.89%	1.51%
2021	4.72%	1.45%
2022	4.56%	1.39%
2023	4.41%	1.34%