Fertility & birth rates in Georgia and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Georgia vs Zimbabwe chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Georgia was 1.81 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Georgia vs Zimbabwe population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Georgia	Zimbabwe
1960	2.94	7.2
1961	2.94	7.21
1962	2.94	7.23
1963	2.95	7.23
1964	2.89	7.23
1965	2.77	7.23
1966	2.73	7.2
1967	2.74	7.16
1968	2.69	7.11
1969	2.69	7.04
1970	2.7	6.98
1971	2.71	6.94
1972	2.67	6.94
1973	2.62	6.94
1974	2.57	6.88
1975	2.55	6.83
1976	2.51	6.77
1977	2.44	6.71
1978	2.42	6.66
1979	2.38	6.59
1980	2.35	6.52
1981	2.33	6.45
1982	2.31	6.33
1983	2.34	6.2
1984	2.38	6.04
1985	2.4	5.87
1986	2.38	5.69
1987	2.32	5.5
1988	2.32	5.28
1989	2.32	5.07
1990	2.31	4.88
1991	2.21	4.72
1992	2.05	4.57
1993	1.91	4.39
1994	1.84	4.28
1995	1.81	4.15
1996	1.76	4.11
1997	1.73	4.08
1998	1.7	4.07
1999	1.64	4.06
2000	1.61	4.01
2001	1.58	3.98
2002	1.57	3.93
2003	1.55	3.86
2004	1.57	3.78
2005	1.58	3.69
2006	1.62	3.64
2007	1.7	3.68
2008	1.83	3.78
2009	1.99	3.95
2010	1.97	4.04
2011	1.92	4.13
2012	1.93	4.13
2013	1.99	4.11
2014	2.18	4.01
2015	2.21	3.91
2016	2.23	3.83
2017	2.14	3.77
2018	2.09	3.74
2019	2.02	3.75
2020	1.98	3.75
2021	1.98	3.77
2022	1.82	3.77
2023	1.81	3.72
2024	1.8	3.67
2025	1.79	3.62
2026	1.78	3.57
2027	1.77	3.52
2028	1.76	3.47
2029	1.75	3.43
2030	1.75	3.38
2031	1.75	3.33
2032	1.74	3.29
2033	1.74	3.25
2034	1.73	3.21
2035	1.73	3.17
2036	1.73	3.13
2037	1.73	3.09
2038	1.72	3.06
2039	1.72	3.02
2040	1.72	2.99
2041	1.72	2.96
2042	1.72	2.93
2043	1.72	2.9
2044	1.72	2.87
2045	1.71	2.84
2046	1.71	2.81
2047	1.71	2.78
2048	1.71	2.75
2049	1.71	2.72
2050	1.71	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Georgia	Zimbabwe
1960	28.7%	47.3%
1961	29.3%	47.7%
1962	29.7%	48.1%
1963	29.9%	48.5%
1964	30%	48.8%
1965	30%	48.7%
1966	30.2%	48.6%
1967	30.5%	48.5%
1968	30.7%	48.5%
1969	30.8%	48.4%
1970	30.5%	48.3%
1971	30%	48.2%
1972	29.5%	48.2%
1973	29%	48.1%
1974	28.4%	48.1%
1975	27.8%	48.1%
1976	27.3%	48.2%
1977	26.7%	48.3%
1978	26.2%	48.5%
1979	25.7%	48.8%
1980	25.4%	48.7%
1981	25.2%	48.4%
1982	25.1%	48.3%
1983	25.1%	48.2%
1984	25.1%	48.1%
1985	25.2%	48%
1986	25.4%	47.9%
1987	25.5%	47.9%
1988	25.5%	47.9%
1989	25.5%	47.6%
1990	25.5%	47.1%
1991	25.6%	46.6%
1992	25.5%	46.8%
1993	25.4%	47.1%
1994	25.2%	46.6%
1995	24.9%	45.9%
1996	24.6%	45%
1997	24.1%	44%
1998	23.6%	43.1%
1999	23%	42.4%
2000	22.4%	41.9%
2001	21.7%	41.5%
2002	21%	41.4%
2003	20.5%	41.5%
2004	19.9%	41.7%
2005	19.3%	41.9%
2006	18.8%	42%
2007	18.5%	42.1%
2008	18.3%	42.4%
2009	18.4%	42.7%
2010	18.6%	43%
2011	18.6%	43.4%
2012	18.7%	43.7%
2013	18.8%	43.9%
2014	19%	43.9%
2015	19.4%	43.8%
2016	19.8%	43.6%
2017	20.2%	43.3%
2018	20.5%	42.9%
2019	20.8%	42.5%
2020	21%	42.2%
2021	21.2%	41.9%
2022	21.2%	41.6%
2023	21%	41.3%
2024	20.8%	40.9%
2025	20.5%	40.3%
2026	20.2%	39.6%
2027	19.9%	39%
2028	19.5%	38.4%
2029	19%	37.8%
2030	18.5%	37.4%
2031	18%	37%
2032	17.6%	36.8%
2033	17.2%	36.5%
2034	16.9%	36.3%
2035	16.6%	36.1%
2036	16.4%	35.8%
2037	16.2%	35.6%
2038	16.2%	35.3%
2039	16.1%	35.1%
2040	16.1%	34.8%
2041	16.2%	34.6%
2042	16.2%	34.3%
2043	16.3%	34.1%
2044	16.4%	33.8%
2045	16.4%	33.5%
2046	16.5%	33.2%
2047	16.6%	32.9%
2048	16.7%	32.6%
2049	16.8%	32.2%
2050	16.8%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Georgia and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 25.5% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Georgia and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Georgia vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Georgia and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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
	Georgia	Zimbabwe
1960	51,640	126,959
1961	52,284	131,531
1962	51,903	136,317
1963	51,456	140,984
1964	48,429	145,848
1965	43,463	151,164
1966	40,905	156,014
1967	40,070	161,205
1968	37,840	166,865
1969	37,764	172,626
1970	38,731	178,979
1971	38,953	185,427
1972	38,832	193,725
1973	38,259	201,885
1974	38,071	208,806
1975	39,331	216,947
1976	39,964	221,419
1977	40,023	225,139
1978	41,616	222,979
1979	42,863	223,657
1980	44,114	241,179
1981	46,185	271,361
1982	47,363	279,934
1983	48,496	286,545
1984	48,523	290,052
1985	49,786	290,756
1986	48,960	289,894
1987	45,561	286,766
1988	42,810	277,498
1989	41,510	270,838
1990	40,169	265,444
1991	32,932	260,943
1992	24,226	255,291
1993	18,303	228,045
1994	17,279	216,343
1995	17,644	206,695
1996	18,304	205,269
1997	11,862	216,288
1998	9,823	225,614
1999	6,901	232,393
2000	4,681	236,343
2001	3,445	227,909
2002	2,228	244,170
2003	2,482	243,057
2004	283	248,307
2005	1,604	248,545
2006	2,146	248,963
2007	3,551	261,805
2008	7,974	280,527
2009	12,210	309,316
2010	10,501	335,570
2011	8,989	359,572
2012	8,584	371,135
2013	10,145	374,757
2014	13,089	366,350
2015	13,105	356,203
2016	11,346	348,772
2017	8,391	344,035
2018	8,407	345,883
2019	5,606	348,798
2020	335	354,790
2021	-9,127	349,908
2022	-2,224	371,243
2023	-1,282	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Georgia vs Zimbabwe

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 20 deaths per 100,000 live births in Georgia, compared to 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Georgia	Zimbabwe
1985	34	573
1986	34	525
1987	32	480
1988	33	431
1989	36	382
1990	34	353
1991	36	332
1992	38	333
1993	40	331
1994	40	332
1995	41	332
1996	35	352
1997	45	357
1998	43	368
1999	41	399
2000	43	405
2001	45	467
2002	46	418
2003	42	455
2004	43	451
2005	53	454
2006	45	480
2007	52	519
2008	54	526
2009	56	540
2010	41	567
2011	37	564
2012	35	558
2013	34	525
2014	32	468
2015	30	428
2016	28	411
2017	27	389
2018	24	386
2019	22	388
2020	30	380
2021	60	446
2022	22	368
2023	20	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Georgia and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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
	Georgia	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12.4%
1968	-	12.1%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.7%
1971	-	11.5%
1972	-	11.5%
1973	-	11.4%
1974	-	11.4%
1975	7.12%	11.4%
1976	6.86%	11.5%
1977	6.61%	11.5%
1978	6.36%	11.5%
1979	6.13%	11.3%
1980	5.9%	11.1%
1981	5.69%	10.7%
1982	5.49%	10.1%
1983	5.31%	9.5%
1984	5.16%	8.87%
1985	5.04%	8.31%
1986	4.94%	7.86%
1987	4.87%	7.61%
1988	4.82%	7.55%
1989	4.78%	7.69%
1990	4.75%	7.97%
1991	4.72%	8.33%
1992	4.68%	8.73%
1993	4.63%	9.16%
1994	4.56%	9.52%
1995	4.47%	9.83%
1996	4.36%	10%
1997	4.22%	10.1%
1998	4.05%	10%
1999	3.85%	9.92%
2000	3.63%	9.83%
2001	3.39%	9.79%
2002	3.13%	8.48%
2003	2.87%	8.85%
2004	2.6%	9.17%
2005	2.35%	9.23%
2006	2.12%	9.4%
2007	1.9%	9.47%
2008	1.72%	9.34%
2009	1.55%	9.03%
2010	1.41%	8.5%
2011	1.3%	7.88%
2012	1.21%	7.14%
2013	1.14%	6.55%
2014	1.09%	6.18%
2015	1.05%	5.98%
2016	1.02%	5.69%
2017	1%	5.5%
2018	0.98%	5.23%
2019	0.97%	5.11%
2020	0.96%	5.01%
2021	0.95%	4.76%
2022	0.93%	4.6%
2023	0.92%	4.42%