Fertility & birth rates in Germany and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Germany vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Germany vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	2.37	6.31
1961	2.45	6.37
1962	2.44	6.42
1963	2.51	6.47
1964	2.54	6.51
1965	2.5	6.54
1966	2.53	6.58
1967	2.48	6.61
1968	2.38	6.65
1969	2.21	6.67
1970	2.03	6.7
1971	1.92	6.7
1972	1.71	6.7
1973	1.54	6.7
1974	1.51	6.67
1975	1.45	6.66
1976	1.45	6.64
1977	1.4	6.62
1978	1.38	6.59
1979	1.38	6.56
1980	1.44	6.53
1981	1.43	6.48
1982	1.41	6.43
1983	1.33	6.43
1984	1.29	6.44
1985	1.37	6.43
1986	1.43	6.41
1987	1.43	6.39
1988	1.46	6.37
1989	1.42	6.35
1990	1.45	6.32
1991	1.33	6.28
1992	1.29	6.22
1993	1.28	6.15
1994	1.24	6.08
1995	1.25	6.02
1996	1.3	5.97
1997	1.35	5.93
1998	1.36	5.91
1999	1.36	5.88
2000	1.38	5.83
2001	1.35	5.76
2002	1.34	5.67
2003	1.34	5.6
2004	1.36	5.55
2005	1.34	5.5
2006	1.33	5.45
2007	1.37	5.47
2008	1.38	5.6
2009	1.36	5.68
2010	1.39	5.66
2011	1.39	5.6
2012	1.41	5.52
2013	1.42	5.43
2014	1.47	5.3
2015	1.5	5.25
2016	1.6	5.19
2017	1.57	5.13
2018	1.57	5.07
2019	1.54	5.02
2020	1.53	4.96
2021	1.58	4.91
2022	1.46	4.84
2023	1.39	4.76
2024	1.4	4.69
2025	1.4	4.62
2026	1.41	4.54
2027	1.41	4.46
2028	1.42	4.39
2029	1.42	4.3
2030	1.42	4.23
2031	1.43	4.14
2032	1.43	4.06
2033	1.44	3.97
2034	1.44	3.89
2035	1.44	3.82
2036	1.45	3.75
2037	1.45	3.67
2038	1.45	3.6
2039	1.46	3.53
2040	1.46	3.47
2041	1.46	3.4
2042	1.47	3.34
2043	1.47	3.28
2044	1.47	3.22
2045	1.47	3.16
2046	1.48	3.11
2047	1.48	3.06
2048	1.48	3.01
2049	1.48	2.97
2050	1.48	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Germany	Mozambique
1960	21.3%	41%
1961	21.7%	41.2%
1962	22%	41.4%
1963	22.3%	41.6%
1964	22.6%	41.9%
1965	22.8%	42.2%
1966	23%	42.5%
1967	23.1%	42.7%
1968	23.3%	42.9%
1969	23.3%	43.1%
1970	23.2%	43.3%
1971	23%	43.4%
1972	22.8%	43.6%
1973	22.4%	43.7%
1974	22%	43.8%
1975	21.5%	44%
1976	20.9%	44.1%
1977	20.3%	44.3%
1978	19.7%	44.6%
1979	19.1%	44.9%
1980	18.5%	45.3%
1981	17.9%	45.6%
1982	17.4%	45.7%
1983	16.9%	45.8%
1984	16.4%	45.9%
1985	16%	45.9%
1986	15.8%	45.9%
1987	15.6%	45.9%
1988	15.7%	45.8%
1989	15.9%	45.7%
1990	16.1%	45.7%
1991	16.3%	45.6%
1992	16.3%	45.5%
1993	16.3%	45.4%
1994	16.3%	45.2%
1995	16.3%	45%
1996	16.2%	44.9%
1997	16.1%	44.8%
1998	15.9%	44.9%
1999	15.8%	45%
2000	15.7%	45.1%
2001	15.5%	45.1%
2002	15.3%	45.2%
2003	15%	45.3%
2004	14.8%	45.3%
2005	14.5%	45.3%
2006	14.2%	45.4%
2007	14%	45.4%
2008	13.8%	45.5%
2009	13.8%	45.6%
2010	13.7%	45.8%
2011	13.6%	45.8%
2012	13.4%	45.9%
2013	13.2%	45.8%
2014	13.2%	45.8%
2015	13.2%	45.7%
2016	13.3%	45.6%
2017	13.5%	45.5%
2018	13.6%	45.4%
2019	13.7%	45.3%
2020	13.8%	45.2%
2021	13.9%	45.1%
2022	13.9%	45%
2023	13.9%	44.8%
2024	13.9%	44.5%
2025	13.9%	44.2%
2026	13.9%	43.9%
2027	13.8%	43.5%
2028	13.8%	43.2%
2029	13.7%	42.9%
2030	13.6%	42.5%
2031	13.5%	42.2%
2032	13.4%	41.9%
2033	13.2%	41.5%
2034	13.1%	41.1%
2035	12.9%	40.7%
2036	12.8%	40.3%
2037	12.7%	39.9%
2038	12.6%	39.5%
2039	12.6%	39%
2040	12.6%	38.6%
2041	12.5%	38.2%
2042	12.5%	37.7%
2043	12.6%	37.3%
2044	12.6%	36.9%
2045	12.7%	36.4%
2046	12.7%	36%
2047	12.8%	35.6%
2048	12.9%	35.2%
2049	13%	34.8%
2050	13.1%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Germany and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 16.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Germany and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Germany vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.25% in Germany and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	385,919	165,774
1961	462,279	171,236
1962	436,752	176,297
1963	455,757	180,867
1964	482,038	182,334
1965	410,204	185,931
1966	405,982	189,218
1967	353,977	193,044
1968	239,612	197,623
1969	155,820	202,174
1970	70,352	207,385
1971	46,988	211,137
1972	-62,950	215,793
1973	-149,980	226,847
1974	-150,038	240,665
1975	-212,418	257,984
1976	-164,508	273,924
1977	-125,055	289,193
1978	-140,566	310,403
1979	-125,002	331,162
1980	-86,117	349,586
1981	-94,090	322,207
1982	-78,333	321,493
1983	-109,380	324,158
1984	-109,002	304,524
1985	-116,527	307,625
1986	-77,721	332,609
1987	-31,136	334,438
1988	-7,815	349,480
1989	-23,625	348,833
1990	-15,887	353,290
1991	-80,014	357,676
1992	-80,625	362,373
1993	-105,503	369,518
1994	-114,013	384,821
1995	-114,349	421,630
1996	-90,107	442,559
1997	-49,221	461,209
1998	-65,637	474,453
1999	-73,890	491,814
2000	-73,990	506,162
2001	-98,820	519,594
2002	-123,733	529,867
2003	-140,309	540,992
2004	-107,271	554,973
2005	-148,445	570,132
2006	-148,278	586,009
2007	-148,080	610,913
2008	-164,220	654,920
2009	-188,375	693,673
2010	-179,909	719,025
2011	-184,632	741,303
2012	-193,022	763,088
2013	-209,679	784,641
2014	-153,866	799,778
2015	-187,879	824,435
2016	-123,523	850,430
2017	-148,783	876,594
2018	-165,812	903,176
2019	-157,877	927,581
2020	-216,218	945,952
2021	-224,629	951,234
2022	-326,812	1,003,689
2023	-335,608	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Germany vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Germany	Mozambique
1985	14	1,452
1986	14	1,355
1987	13	1,348
1988	13	1,259
1989	12	1,209
1990	12	1,150
1991	11	1,094
1992	10	1,046
1993	9	968
1994	9	902
1995	8	883
1996	8	819
1997	8	738
1998	7	694
1999	7	624
2000	7	547
2001	6	473
2002	6	398
2003	6	360
2004	6	321
2005	6	301
2006	6	298
2007	5	327
2008	6	365
2009	6	352
2010	5	305
2011	5	268
2012	5	218
2013	5	196
2014	5	210
2015	5	216
2016	4	202
2017	4	187
2018	4	159
2019	4	134
2020	4	123
2021	4	180
2022	4	104
2023	4	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Germany and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1963	-	26.5%
1964	-	26.7%
1965	-	26.8%
1966	-	26.8%
1967	-	26.9%
1968	2.71%	26.9%
1969	2.64%	26.9%
1970	2.57%	26.8%
1971	2.49%	26.7%
1972	2.4%	26.6%
1973	2.31%	26.4%
1974	2.2%	26.3%
1975	2.08%	26.1%
1976	1.95%	26%
1977	1.83%	25.8%
1978	1.71%	25.7%
1979	1.6%	25.7%
1980	1.5%	25.6%
1981	1.41%	25.6%
1982	1.32%	25.5%
1983	1.25%	25.3%
1984	1.18%	25.1%
1985	1.11%	24.8%
1986	1.06%	24.5%
1987	1.01%	24.2%
1988	0.95%	23.9%
1989	0.9%	23.6%
1990	0.85%	23.3%
1991	0.8%	23%
1992	0.76%	22.6%
1993	0.72%	22.1%
1994	0.68%	21.6%
1995	0.65%	20.9%
1996	0.62%	20.1%
1997	0.59%	19.2%
1998	0.57%	18.2%
1999	0.55%	17.2%
2000	0.54%	16.3%
2001	0.52%	15.4%
2002	0.51%	14.6%
2003	0.5%	13.9%
2004	0.48%	13.2%
2005	0.47%	12.5%
2006	0.46%	11.8%
2007	0.45%	11%
2008	0.44%	10.4%
2009	0.43%	9.75%
2010	0.42%	9.5%
2011	0.41%	9.05%
2012	0.4%	8.63%
2013	0.4%	8.26%
2014	0.4%	7.92%
2015	0.39%	7.51%
2016	0.39%	7.23%
2017	0.38%	7.09%
2018	0.38%	6.95%
2019	0.37%	6.83%
2020	0.37%	6.73%
2021	0.37%	6.58%
2022	0.37%	6.43%
2023	0.37%	6.17%