Fertility & birth rates in Germany and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Germany vs Marshall Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Germany was 1.39 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Germany vs the Marshall Islands population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Germany	Marshall Islands
1960	2.37	8.08
1961	2.45	8.12
1962	2.44	8.12
1963	2.51	8.12
1964	2.54	8.14
1965	2.5	8.16
1966	2.53	8.2
1967	2.48	8.17
1968	2.38	8.14
1969	2.21	8.11
1970	2.03	8.07
1971	1.92	8.04
1972	1.71	8
1973	1.54	7.95
1974	1.51	7.9
1975	1.45	7.83
1976	1.45	7.76
1977	1.4	7.67
1978	1.38	7.58
1979	1.38	7.47
1980	1.44	7.37
1981	1.43	7.27
1982	1.41	7.18
1983	1.33	7.08
1984	1.29	6.99
1985	1.37	6.87
1986	1.43	6.73
1987	1.43	6.57
1988	1.46	6.38
1989	1.42	6.18
1990	1.45	5.97
1991	1.33	5.76
1992	1.29	5.55
1993	1.28	5.38
1994	1.24	5.23
1995	1.25	5.09
1996	1.3	5.02
1997	1.35	4.96
1998	1.36	4.87
1999	1.36	4.78
2000	1.38	4.7
2001	1.35	4.58
2002	1.34	4.49
2003	1.34	4.42
2004	1.36	4.34
2005	1.34	4.28
2006	1.33	4.2
2007	1.37	4.09
2008	1.38	3.97
2009	1.36	3.83
2010	1.39	3.67
2011	1.39	3.53
2012	1.41	3.38
2013	1.42	3.25
2014	1.47	3.18
2015	1.5	3.13
2016	1.6	3.09
2017	1.57	3.06
2018	1.57	3.04
2019	1.54	3.01
2020	1.53	2.99
2021	1.58	2.96
2022	1.46	2.94
2023	1.39	2.92
2024	1.4	2.86
2025	1.4	2.82
2026	1.41	2.77
2027	1.41	2.73
2028	1.42	2.69
2029	1.42	2.65
2030	1.42	2.6
2031	1.43	2.57
2032	1.43	2.53
2033	1.44	2.5
2034	1.44	2.47
2035	1.44	2.44
2036	1.45	2.41
2037	1.45	2.38
2038	1.45	2.36
2039	1.46	2.34
2040	1.46	2.31
2041	1.46	2.29
2042	1.47	2.26
2043	1.47	2.24
2044	1.47	2.23
2045	1.47	2.21
2046	1.48	2.19
2047	1.48	2.17
2048	1.48	2.15
2049	1.48	2.13
2050	1.48	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Germany	Marshall Islands
1960	21.3%	46.1%
1961	21.7%	46.7%
1962	22%	47.1%
1963	22.3%	47.4%
1964	22.6%	47.5%
1965	22.8%	47.5%
1966	23%	47.2%
1967	23.1%	46.7%
1968	23.3%	46.1%
1969	23.3%	45.3%
1970	23.2%	45%
1971	23%	45.6%
1972	22.8%	46.6%
1973	22.4%	47.3%
1974	22%	47.8%
1975	21.5%	48.2%
1976	20.9%	48.5%
1977	20.3%	49%
1978	19.7%	49.4%
1979	19.1%	49.8%
1980	18.5%	50.1%
1981	17.9%	50.3%
1982	17.4%	50.3%
1983	16.9%	50.4%
1984	16.4%	50.4%
1985	16%	50.6%
1986	15.8%	50.7%
1987	15.6%	50.8%
1988	15.7%	50.8%
1989	15.9%	50.6%
1990	16.1%	50.2%
1991	16.3%	49.7%
1992	16.3%	49.1%
1993	16.3%	48.4%
1994	16.3%	47.5%
1995	16.3%	46.6%
1996	16.2%	45.6%
1997	16.1%	44.7%
1998	15.9%	43.7%
1999	15.8%	42.8%
2000	15.7%	42%
2001	15.5%	41.3%
2002	15.3%	40.6%
2003	15%	39.9%
2004	14.8%	39.4%
2005	14.5%	39.1%
2006	14.2%	38.9%
2007	14%	39%
2008	13.8%	39.2%
2009	13.8%	39.4%
2010	13.7%	39.7%
2011	13.6%	39.7%
2012	13.4%	39.4%
2013	13.2%	38.8%
2014	13.2%	38.2%
2015	13.2%	37.5%
2016	13.3%	36.8%
2017	13.5%	36.2%
2018	13.6%	35.7%
2019	13.7%	35.1%
2020	13.8%	34.5%
2021	13.9%	34.4%
2022	13.9%	34.6%
2023	13.9%	34.7%
2024	13.9%	34.5%
2025	13.9%	33.9%
2026	13.9%	33.2%
2027	13.8%	32.6%
2028	13.8%	32%
2029	13.7%	31.4%
2030	13.6%	30.9%
2031	13.5%	30.3%
2032	13.4%	29.7%
2033	13.2%	29.2%
2034	13.1%	28.6%
2035	12.9%	28.1%
2036	12.8%	27.6%
2037	12.7%	27.3%
2038	12.6%	27.3%
2039	12.6%	27.4%
2040	12.6%	27.7%
2041	12.5%	28%
2042	12.5%	28.3%
2043	12.6%	28.6%
2044	12.6%	28.8%
2045	12.7%	29%
2046	12.7%	29.1%
2047	12.8%	29.1%
2048	12.9%	29%
2049	13%	28.8%
2050	13.1%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Germany and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 16.1% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Germany and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Germany vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.25% in Germany and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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
	Germany	Marshall Islands
1960	385,919	452
1961	462,279	469
1962	436,752	488
1963	455,757	509
1964	482,038	536
1965	410,204	566
1966	405,982	603
1967	353,977	636
1968	239,612	685
1969	155,820	747
1970	70,352	819
1971	46,988	877
1972	-62,950	913
1973	-149,980	954
1974	-150,038	1,000
1975	-212,418	1,055
1976	-164,508	1,109
1977	-125,055	1,160
1978	-140,566	1,207
1979	-125,002	1,250
1980	-86,117	1,287
1981	-94,090	1,328
1982	-78,333	1,375
1983	-109,380	1,422
1984	-109,002	1,470
1985	-116,527	1,511
1986	-77,721	1,544
1987	-31,136	1,566
1988	-7,815	1,575
1989	-23,625	1,574
1990	-15,887	1,556
1991	-80,014	1,540
1992	-80,625	1,525
1993	-105,503	1,524
1994	-114,013	1,524
1995	-114,349	1,522
1996	-90,107	1,542
1997	-49,221	1,564
1998	-65,637	1,576
1999	-73,890	1,590
2000	-73,990	1,592
2001	-98,820	1,596
2002	-123,733	1,594
2003	-140,309	1,600
2004	-107,271	1,595
2005	-148,445	1,586
2006	-148,278	1,556
2007	-148,080	1,507
2008	-164,220	1,443
2009	-188,375	1,365
2010	-179,909	1,273
2011	-184,632	1,185
2012	-193,022	1,097
2013	-209,679	1,014
2014	-153,866	959
2015	-187,879	912
2016	-123,523	866
2017	-148,783	826
2018	-165,812	785
2019	-157,877	746
2020	-216,218	689
2021	-224,629	653
2022	-326,812	606
2023	-335,608	550

Maternal mortality chart: Germany vs Marshall Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Germany, compared to 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Germany	Marshall Islands
1985	14	254
1986	14	274
1987	13	282
1988	13	276
1989	12	299
1990	12	311
1991	11	297
1992	10	322
1993	9	320
1994	9	303
1995	8	303
1996	8	292
1997	8	274
1998	7	259
1999	7	250
2000	7	251
2001	6	231
2002	6	223
2003	6	221
2004	6	238
2005	6	234
2006	6	233
2007	5	229
2008	6	226
2009	6	224
2010	5	212
2011	5	209
2012	5	207
2013	5	201
2014	5	199
2015	5	184
2016	4	183
2017	4	179
2018	4	167
2019	4	168
2020	4	178
2021	4	206
2022	4	174
2023	4	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Germany and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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
	Germany	Marshall Islands
1960	-	12.2%
1961	-	11.6%
1962	-	11%
1963	-	10.5%
1964	-	10.1%
1965	-	9.64%
1966	-	9.25%
1967	-	8.88%
1968	2.71%	8.53%
1969	2.64%	8.19%
1970	2.57%	7.87%
1971	2.49%	7.58%
1972	2.4%	7.33%
1973	2.31%	7.13%
1974	2.2%	6.97%
1975	2.08%	6.86%
1976	1.95%	6.77%
1977	1.83%	6.69%
1978	1.71%	6.61%
1979	1.6%	6.52%
1980	1.5%	6.42%
1981	1.41%	6.29%
1982	1.32%	6.15%
1983	1.25%	6%
1984	1.18%	5.83%
1985	1.11%	5.66%
1986	1.06%	5.49%
1987	1.01%	5.31%
1988	0.95%	5.13%
1989	0.9%	4.95%
1990	0.85%	4.76%
1991	0.8%	4.59%
1992	0.76%	4.43%
1993	0.72%	4.29%
1994	0.68%	4.2%
1995	0.65%	4.15%
1996	0.62%	4.14%
1997	0.59%	4.15%
1998	0.57%	4.19%
1999	0.55%	4.23%
2000	0.54%	4.25%
2001	0.52%	4.25%
2002	0.51%	4.24%
2003	0.5%	4.21%
2004	0.48%	4.18%
2005	0.47%	4.14%
2006	0.46%	4.1%
2007	0.45%	4.06%
2008	0.44%	4.02%
2009	0.43%	3.97%
2010	0.42%	3.94%
2011	0.41%	3.89%
2012	0.4%	3.82%
2013	0.4%	3.75%
2014	0.4%	3.66%
2015	0.39%	3.57%
2016	0.39%	3.48%
2017	0.38%	3.38%
2018	0.38%	3.29%
2019	0.37%	3.19%
2020	0.37%	3.1%
2021	0.37%	3%
2022	0.37%	2.91%
2023	0.37%	2.82%