Fertility & birth rates in Gambia and Pakistan

Fertility rate in Gambia vs Pakistan 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 3.61 in Pakistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Gambia vs Pakistan 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	Pakistan
1960	6.25	6.8
1961	6.23	6.8
1962	6.21	6.8
1963	6.2	6.8
1964	6.2	6.8
1965	6.19	6.8
1966	6.18	6.8
1967	6.21	6.8
1968	6.22	6.8
1969	6.25	6.8
1970	6.26	6.8
1971	6.33	6.8
1972	6.37	6.81
1973	6.41	6.81
1974	6.42	6.81
1975	6.43	6.81
1976	6.43	6.81
1977	6.43	6.8
1978	6.42	6.78
1979	6.41	6.76
1980	6.41	6.73
1981	6.4	6.7
1982	6.4	6.67
1983	6.39	6.64
1984	6.39	6.62
1985	6.36	6.59
1986	6.34	6.55
1987	6.3	6.52
1988	6.26	6.48
1989	6.25	6.43
1990	6.25	6.36
1991	6.19	6.29
1992	6.11	6.21
1993	6.03	6.11
1994	6.04	6.01
1995	5.99	5.89
1996	5.93	5.77
1997	5.85	5.64
1998	5.82	5.51
1999	5.77	5.46
2000	5.72	5.35
2001	5.67	5.18
2002	5.66	5.01
2003	5.66	4.89
2004	5.68	4.68
2005	5.71	4.6
2006	5.74	4.59
2007	5.69	4.55
2008	5.63	4.51
2009	5.57	4.47
2010	5.56	4.4
2011	5.54	4.31
2012	5.52	4.2
2013	5.39	4.13
2014	5.2	4.06
2015	5	3.99
2016	4.81	3.9
2017	4.61	3.9
2018	4.42	3.86
2019	4.33	3.81
2020	4.25	3.77
2021	4.17	3.72
2022	4.08	3.66
2023	4.01	3.61
2024	3.91	3.55
2025	3.8	3.5
2026	3.7	3.44
2027	3.6	3.39
2028	3.51	3.34
2029	3.41	3.3
2030	3.33	3.25
2031	3.24	3.21
2032	3.17	3.16
2033	3.1	3.12
2034	3.03	3.08
2035	2.97	3.04
2036	2.91	3.01
2037	2.86	2.97
2038	2.81	2.94
2039	2.76	2.9
2040	2.71	2.87
2041	2.67	2.83
2042	2.63	2.8
2043	2.59	2.77
2044	2.56	2.74
2045	2.52	2.71
2046	2.49	2.69
2047	2.46	2.66
2048	2.43	2.63
2049	2.4	2.61
2050	2.38	2.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gambia	Pakistan
1960	41%	41.3%
1961	40.8%	41.4%
1962	40.7%	41.6%
1963	40.8%	41.8%
1964	41%	42.2%
1965	41.3%	42.7%
1966	41.5%	43%
1967	41.6%	43.3%
1968	41.8%	43.5%
1969	41.9%	43.7%
1970	42%	43.9%
1971	42.1%	44%
1972	42.2%	44.1%
1973	42.3%	44.1%
1974	42.4%	44.1%
1975	42.6%	44.1%
1976	42.8%	44%
1977	43%	43.9%
1978	43.3%	43.8%
1979	43.5%	43.7%
1980	43.7%	43.3%
1981	44%	43.1%
1982	44.3%	43%
1983	44.6%	43.1%
1984	44.9%	43.3%
1985	45%	43.5%
1986	45.2%	43.6%
1987	45.4%	43.7%
1988	45.5%	43.8%
1989	45.6%	44%
1990	45.7%	44.1%
1991	45.8%	44.1%
1992	45.9%	44.3%
1993	46%	44.5%
1994	46.3%	44.5%
1995	46.5%	44.5%
1996	46.7%	44.3%
1997	46.9%	44.1%
1998	46.9%	43.9%
1999	46.9%	43.6%
2000	46.8%	43.3%
2001	46.7%	42.9%
2002	46.6%	42.6%
2003	46.4%	42.3%
2004	46.1%	41.8%
2005	45.9%	41.3%
2006	45.6%	40.9%
2007	45.3%	40.4%
2008	45.1%	40%
2009	44.8%	39.6%
2010	44.5%	39.3%
2011	44.3%	39.1%
2012	44.1%	39%
2013	43.9%	38.9%
2014	43.7%	38.9%
2015	43.6%	38.8%
2016	43.3%	38.6%
2017	43.1%	38.5%
2018	42.8%	38.3%
2019	42.4%	38.1%
2020	42%	37.9%
2021	41.6%	37.6%
2022	41.2%	37.3%
2023	40.7%	37%
2024	40.2%	36.7%
2025	39.7%	36.2%
2026	39.2%	35.8%
2027	38.5%	35.3%
2028	37.9%	34.9%
2029	37.3%	34.5%
2030	36.7%	34.2%
2031	36.2%	33.8%
2032	35.7%	33.5%
2033	35.2%	33.3%
2034	34.8%	33%
2035	34.3%	32.7%
2036	33.9%	32.5%
2037	33.4%	32.2%
2038	33%	32%
2039	32.5%	31.7%
2040	32.1%	31.5%
2041	31.7%	31.3%
2042	31.3%	31%
2043	30.9%	30.8%
2044	30.5%	30.5%
2045	30.2%	30.3%
2046	29.8%	30%
2047	29.5%	29.7%
2048	29.1%	29.5%
2049	28.8%	29.2%
2050	28.4%	28.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.2% of the population in the Gambia and 36.7% in Pakistan in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Gambia and Pakistan compared.

Natural population change in Gambia vs Pakistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.59% in the Gambia and +2.23% in Pakistan. 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	Pakistan
1960	8,420	1,217,147
1961	8,778	1,273,772
1962	9,150	1,328,675
1963	9,493	1,384,934
1964	9,825	1,447,394
1965	10,162	1,496,050
1966	10,422	1,566,343
1967	10,823	1,626,737
1968	11,215	1,683,296
1969	11,670	1,733,601
1970	12,128	1,793,570
1971	12,842	1,695,374
1972	13,432	1,912,774
1973	14,046	1,971,909
1974	14,628	2,028,061
1975	15,256	2,099,811
1976	16,032	2,171,812
1977	16,773	2,257,849
1978	17,424	2,356,601
1979	18,543	2,461,311
1980	19,566	2,598,421
1981	20,156	2,790,454
1982	21,894	2,934,689
1983	23,175	3,052,738
1984	24,586	3,145,772
1985	25,795	3,233,315
1986	27,195	3,341,643
1987	28,452	3,448,813
1988	29,938	3,554,755
1989	31,504	3,648,132
1990	33,163	3,731,730
1991	34,584	3,822,363
1992	35,951	3,888,637
1993	37,302	3,915,776
1994	38,880	3,956,699
1995	39,681	3,977,175
1996	40,253	4,021,758
1997	40,742	4,043,912
1998	41,842	4,104,824
1999	42,533	4,228,026
2000	43,249	4,281,169
2001	44,154	4,304,297
2002	45,156	4,307,607
2003	46,473	4,340,688
2004	48,276	4,294,654
2005	50,010	4,294,393
2006	52,335	4,538,426
2007	53,653	4,690,187
2008	55,032	4,885,855
2009	56,575	5,028,132
2010	58,554	5,147,142
2011	60,571	5,189,412
2012	62,745	5,191,263
2013	63,510	5,176,590
2014	63,185	5,148,994
2015	62,832	5,113,507
2016	62,358	5,044,922
2017	61,665	5,090,200
2018	60,854	5,103,858
2019	61,701	5,127,011
2020	62,209	5,011,177
2021	62,239	5,065,913
2022	63,634	5,268,077
2023	65,118	5,281,745

Maternal mortality chart: Gambia vs Pakistan

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 155 deaths in Pakistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gambia	Pakistan
1985	1,454	432
1986	1,401	436
1987	1,360	442
1988	1,302	441
1989	1,258	439
1990	1,207	434
1991	1,167	443
1992	1,115	459
1993	1,072	473
1994	1,039	479
1995	999	485
1996	956	482
1997	928	476
1998	867	456
1999	830	438
2000	810	419
2001	794	400
2002	772	380
2003	749	358
2004	719	333
2005	707	316
2006	682	284
2007	675	265
2008	653	254
2009	634	246
2010	632	240
2011	634	234
2012	628	227
2013	606	220
2014	561	211
2015	527	202
2016	490	193
2017	469	184
2018	450	178
2019	422	173
2020	400	178
2021	420	193
2022	365	160
2023	354	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.41% in the Gambia and 5.85% in Pakistan. 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	Pakistan
1960	36.2%	25%
1961	35.5%	24.1%
1962	34.8%	23.3%
1963	34.1%	22.5%
1964	33.5%	21.8%
1965	32.8%	21.2%
1966	32.1%	20.6%
1967	31.5%	20.2%
1968	30.9%	19.7%
1969	30.2%	19.4%
1970	29.5%	19%
1971	28.9%	18.7%
1972	28.2%	18.4%
1973	27.5%	18.1%
1974	26.9%	17.8%
1975	26.2%	17.6%
1976	25.5%	17.4%
1977	24.9%	17.1%
1978	24.2%	16.9%
1979	23.6%	16.7%
1980	23%	16.5%
1981	22.3%	16.3%
1982	21.7%	16.1%
1983	21%	15.8%
1984	20.4%	15.6%
1985	19.7%	15.3%
1986	19.1%	15%
1987	18.4%	14.8%
1988	17.8%	14.5%
1989	17.2%	14.2%
1990	16.6%	14%
1991	16%	13.7%
1992	15.5%	13.4%
1993	14.9%	13.1%
1994	14.4%	12.8%
1995	13.9%	12.5%
1996	13.3%	12.1%
1997	12.8%	11.8%
1998	12.3%	11.5%
1999	11.8%	11.1%
2000	11.3%	10.8%
2001	10.9%	10.5%
2002	10.4%	10.3%
2003	9.95%	10.1%
2004	9.52%	9.85%
2005	9.11%	9.65%
2006	8.71%	9.47%
2007	8.33%	9.29%
2008	7.98%	9.1%
2009	7.64%	8.91%
2010	7.31%	8.71%
2011	7.01%	8.49%
2012	6.73%	8.27%
2013	6.45%	8.04%
2014	6.18%	7.8%
2015	5.93%	7.56%
2016	5.7%	7.33%
2017	5.47%	7.1%
2018	5.27%	6.88%
2019	5.07%	6.67%
2020	4.89%	6.46%
2021	4.72%	6.25%
2022	4.56%	6.05%
2023	4.41%	5.85%