Fertility & birth rates in Gambia and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Gambia vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Gambia vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	6.25	6.61
1961	6.23	6.75
1962	6.21	6.88
1963	6.2	6.81
1964	6.2	6.82
1965	6.19	6.81
1966	6.18	6.66
1967	6.21	6.57
1968	6.22	6.39
1969	6.25	6.34
1970	6.26	6.31
1971	6.33	6.28
1972	6.37	6.25
1973	6.41	6.16
1974	6.42	6.05
1975	6.43	5.92
1976	6.43	5.75
1977	6.43	5.54
1978	6.42	5.28
1979	6.41	5.16
1980	6.41	5.04
1981	6.4	4.91
1982	6.4	4.82
1983	6.39	4.71
1984	6.39	4.73
1985	6.36	4.69
1986	6.34	4.68
1987	6.3	4.53
1988	6.26	4.26
1989	6.25	4.1
1990	6.25	4.12
1991	6.19	4.19
1992	6.11	4.06
1993	6.03	3.86
1994	6.04	3.66
1995	5.99	3.57
1996	5.93	3.39
1997	5.85	3.19
1998	5.82	2.99
1999	5.77	2.83
2000	5.72	2.7
2001	5.67	2.61
2002	5.66	2.58
2003	5.66	2.5
2004	5.68	2.5
2005	5.71	2.44
2006	5.74	2.46
2007	5.69	2.57
2008	5.63	2.64
2009	5.57	2.56
2010	5.56	2.44
2011	5.54	2.35
2012	5.52	2.34
2013	5.39	2.44
2014	5.2	2.55
2015	5	2.58
2016	4.81	2.56
2017	4.61	2.57
2018	4.42	2.71
2019	4.33	2.87
2020	4.25	3.06
2021	4.17	3.27
2022	4.08	3.4
2023	4.01	3.5
2024	3.91	3.49
2025	3.8	3.45
2026	3.7	3.4
2027	3.6	3.36
2028	3.51	3.31
2029	3.41	3.27
2030	3.33	3.22
2031	3.24	3.18
2032	3.17	3.13
2033	3.1	3.09
2034	3.03	3.05
2035	2.97	3.01
2036	2.91	2.98
2037	2.86	2.94
2038	2.81	2.91
2039	2.76	2.87
2040	2.71	2.84
2041	2.67	2.81
2042	2.63	2.78
2043	2.59	2.75
2044	2.56	2.72
2045	2.52	2.69
2046	2.49	2.66
2047	2.46	2.63
2048	2.43	2.6
2049	2.4	2.58
2050	2.38	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gambia	Uzbekistan
1960	41%	39.8%
1961	40.8%	41.2%
1962	40.7%	42.4%
1963	40.8%	43.4%
1964	41%	44.2%
1965	41.3%	44.7%
1966	41.5%	44.8%
1967	41.6%	44.9%
1968	41.8%	44.8%
1969	41.9%	44.7%
1970	42%	44.6%
1971	42.1%	44.4%
1972	42.2%	44.3%
1973	42.3%	44%
1974	42.4%	43.7%
1975	42.6%	43.3%
1976	42.8%	42.8%
1977	43%	42.3%
1978	43.3%	41.7%
1979	43.5%	41.2%
1980	43.7%	40.8%
1981	44%	40.5%
1982	44.3%	40.3%
1983	44.6%	40.1%
1984	44.9%	40.1%
1985	45%	40.1%
1986	45.2%	40.1%
1987	45.4%	40.1%
1988	45.5%	40%
1989	45.6%	39.9%
1990	45.7%	39.9%
1991	45.8%	39.9%
1992	45.9%	39.8%
1993	46%	39.8%
1994	46.3%	39.7%
1995	46.5%	39.4%
1996	46.7%	39.2%
1997	46.9%	38.8%
1998	46.9%	38.2%
1999	46.9%	37.5%
2000	46.8%	36.7%
2001	46.7%	35.8%
2002	46.6%	34.9%
2003	46.4%	34%
2004	46.1%	33.1%
2005	45.9%	32.3%
2006	45.6%	31.4%
2007	45.3%	30.6%
2008	45.1%	29.9%
2009	44.8%	29.4%
2010	44.5%	28.9%
2011	44.3%	28.5%
2012	44.1%	28.2%
2013	43.9%	28.1%
2014	43.7%	28.1%
2015	43.6%	28.3%
2016	43.3%	28.5%
2017	43.1%	28.8%
2018	42.8%	29%
2019	42.4%	29.3%
2020	42%	29.7%
2021	41.6%	30.2%
2022	41.2%	30.6%
2023	40.7%	30.9%
2024	40.2%	31.1%
2025	39.7%	31.3%
2026	39.2%	31.5%
2027	38.5%	31.6%
2028	37.9%	31.6%
2029	37.3%	31.6%
2030	36.7%	31.4%
2031	36.2%	31.3%
2032	35.7%	31.1%
2033	35.2%	30.9%
2034	34.8%	30.6%
2035	34.3%	30.3%
2036	33.9%	29.8%
2037	33.4%	29.3%
2038	33%	28.8%
2039	32.5%	28.3%
2040	32.1%	28%
2041	31.7%	27.6%
2042	31.3%	27.4%
2043	30.9%	27.2%
2044	30.5%	27%
2045	30.2%	26.9%
2046	29.8%	26.8%
2047	29.5%	26.8%
2048	29.1%	26.7%
2049	28.8%	26.7%
2050	28.4%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.2% of the population in the Gambia and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Gambia and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Gambia vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.59% in the Gambia and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	8,420	267,165
1961	8,778	279,841
1962	9,150	292,788
1963	9,493	293,432
1964	9,825	298,790
1965	10,162	302,264
1966	10,422	297,844
1967	10,823	298,350
1968	11,215	295,651
1969	11,670	302,833
1970	12,128	313,216
1971	12,842	323,171
1972	13,432	333,230
1973	14,046	341,807
1974	14,628	350,422
1975	15,256	357,382
1976	16,032	363,110
1977	16,773	369,572
1978	17,424	372,068
1979	18,543	387,754
1980	19,566	401,557
1981	20,156	413,897
1982	21,894	431,389
1983	23,175	454,464
1984	24,586	485,617
1985	25,795	508,893
1986	27,195	533,234
1987	28,452	537,292
1988	29,938	525,126
1989	31,504	522,323
1990	33,163	540,581
1991	34,584	557,886
1992	35,951	548,793
1993	37,302	527,557
1994	38,880	502,279
1995	39,681	493,966
1996	40,253	471,010
1997	40,742	441,631
1998	41,842	408,532
1999	42,533	385,448
2000	43,249	365,138
2001	44,154	356,483
2002	45,156	359,231
2003	46,473	355,098
2004	48,276	363,994
2005	50,010	363,462
2006	52,335	383,265
2007	53,653	426,880
2008	55,032	461,665
2009	56,575	471,839
2010	58,554	461,293
2011	60,571	454,858
2012	62,745	463,333
2013	63,510	501,742
2014	63,185	536,881
2015	62,832	552,781
2016	62,358	549,045
2017	61,665	548,372
2018	60,854	585,119
2019	61,701	618,154
2020	62,209	643,750
2021	62,239	689,325
2022	63,634	715,410
2023	65,118	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Gambia vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gambia	Uzbekistan
1985	1,454	72
1986	1,401	69
1987	1,360	63
1988	1,302	58
1989	1,258	53
1990	1,207	50
1991	1,167	47
1992	1,115	46
1993	1,072	47
1994	1,039	49
1995	999	46
1996	956	44
1997	928	42
1998	867	42
1999	830	43
2000	810	42
2001	794	42
2002	772	41
2003	749	40
2004	719	39
2005	707	39
2006	682	38
2007	675	37
2008	653	35
2009	634	34
2010	632	34
2011	634	33
2012	628	33
2013	606	32
2014	561	32
2015	527	31
2016	490	31
2017	469	30
2018	450	29
2019	422	29
2020	400	29
2021	420	28
2022	365	27
2023	354	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.41% in the Gambia and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
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%	-
1972	28.2%	-
1973	27.5%	-
1974	26.9%	-
1975	26.2%	-
1976	25.5%	-
1977	24.9%	-
1978	24.2%	-
1979	23.6%	12.5%
1980	23%	11.7%
1981	22.3%	10.9%
1982	21.7%	10.2%
1983	21%	9.5%
1984	20.4%	8.91%
1985	19.7%	8.4%
1986	19.1%	7.96%
1987	18.4%	7.59%
1988	17.8%	7.31%
1989	17.2%	7.13%
1990	16.6%	7.04%
1991	16%	7.01%
1992	15.5%	7.01%
1993	14.9%	6.99%
1994	14.4%	6.95%
1995	13.9%	6.91%
1996	13.3%	6.83%
1997	12.8%	6.72%
1998	12.3%	6.57%
1999	11.8%	6.38%
2000	11.3%	6.15%
2001	10.9%	5.88%
2002	10.4%	5.57%
2003	9.95%	5.25%
2004	9.52%	4.92%
2005	9.11%	4.57%
2006	8.71%	4.24%
2007	8.33%	3.9%
2008	7.98%	3.59%
2009	7.64%	3.29%
2010	7.31%	3.01%
2011	7.01%	2.75%
2012	6.73%	2.52%
2013	6.45%	2.32%
2014	6.18%	2.14%
2015	5.93%	1.98%
2016	5.7%	1.85%
2017	5.47%	1.73%
2018	5.27%	1.64%
2019	5.07%	1.56%
2020	4.89%	1.5%
2021	4.72%	1.44%
2022	4.56%	1.38%
2023	4.41%	1.33%