Fertility & birth rates in Grenada and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Grenada vs Malaysia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Grenada was 1.49 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Grenada vs Malaysia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Grenada	Malaysia
1960	6.74	6.41
1961	6.63	6.37
1962	6.44	6.3
1963	6.2	6.19
1964	5.91	6.03
1965	5.6	5.84
1966	5.3	5.64
1967	5.04	5.43
1968	4.84	5.29
1969	4.69	5.16
1970	4.46	5.04
1971	4.31	4.92
1972	4.18	4.82
1973	4.05	4.73
1974	3.92	4.62
1975	3.75	4.5
1976	3.6	4.4
1977	3.46	4.28
1978	3.35	4.18
1979	3.34	4.09
1980	3.3	4.04
1981	2.99	4
1982	3.15	3.97
1983	3.31	3.93
1984	3.22	3.89
1985	3.48	3.8
1986	3.58	3.7
1987	3.58	3.57
1988	3.19	3.5
1989	3.23	3.31
1990	3.06	3.3
1991	3.11	3.34
1992	2.97	3.37
1993	2.81	3.36
1994	2.79	3.35
1995	2.82	3.32
1996	2.85	3.3
1997	2.8	3.23
1998	2.49	3.12
1999	2.39	3.07
2000	2.44	2.94
2001	2.42	2.81
2002	2.38	2.66
2003	2.33	2.6
2004	2.29	2.49
2005	2.24	2.39
2006	2.19	2.31
2007	2.15	2.25
2008	2.12	2.26
2009	2.08	2.22
2010	2.04	2.14
2011	2.01	2.15
2012	1.97	2.12
2013	1.91	2.07
2014	1.8	2.06
2015	1.72	2.01
2016	1.62	1.94
2017	1.44	1.89
2018	1.53	1.84
2019	1.54	1.78
2020	1.53	1.68
2021	1.52	1.56
2022	1.5	1.55
2023	1.49	1.55
2024	1.47	1.54
2025	1.46	1.53
2026	1.45	1.52
2027	1.44	1.51
2028	1.44	1.51
2029	1.44	1.51
2030	1.44	1.51
2031	1.44	1.5
2032	1.44	1.5
2033	1.44	1.5
2034	1.44	1.5
2035	1.45	1.5
2036	1.45	1.51
2037	1.45	1.51
2038	1.45	1.51
2039	1.46	1.51
2040	1.46	1.51
2041	1.46	1.51
2042	1.46	1.51
2043	1.47	1.52
2044	1.47	1.52
2045	1.47	1.52
2046	1.47	1.52
2047	1.47	1.52
2048	1.47	1.53
2049	1.48	1.53
2050	1.48	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Grenada	Malaysia
1960	47.3%	45.4%
1961	47.2%	45.9%
1962	47.2%	46.3%
1963	47.1%	46.5%
1964	46.9%	46.6%
1965	47%	46.5%
1966	47.5%	46.2%
1967	47.6%	45.9%
1968	47.5%	45.5%
1969	47.2%	45%
1970	46.8%	44.5%
1971	46.2%	44%
1972	45.5%	43.4%
1973	44.7%	42.8%
1974	43.9%	42.2%
1975	43.1%	41.7%
1976	42.3%	41.1%
1977	41.5%	40.6%
1978	40.8%	40.1%
1979	40%	39.6%
1980	39.4%	39.2%
1981	38.6%	38.8%
1982	37.5%	38.6%
1983	36.5%	38.4%
1984	35.6%	38.2%
1985	34.8%	38.1%
1986	34.1%	38%
1987	33.6%	37.9%
1988	33.2%	37.7%
1989	33%	37.5%
1990	32.8%	37.2%
1991	32.8%	36.9%
1992	32.9%	36.6%
1993	33.1%	36.3%
1994	33.3%	36%
1995	33.5%	35.7%
1996	33.6%	35.5%
1997	33.6%	35.3%
1998	33.5%	35%
1999	33.3%	34.6%
2000	32.9%	34.2%
2001	32.1%	33.7%
2002	31%	33.2%
2003	29.8%	32.6%
2004	28.7%	32%
2005	27.7%	31.4%
2006	26.7%	30.7%
2007	25.9%	30%
2008	25.2%	29.4%
2009	24.6%	28.6%
2010	24%	27.9%
2011	23.6%	27.4%
2012	23.3%	27%
2013	23%	26.6%
2014	22.7%	26.2%
2015	22.4%	25.8%
2016	22.1%	25.5%
2017	21.8%	25.2%
2018	21.5%	24.9%
2019	21.2%	24.5%
2020	20.9%	24%
2021	20.6%	23.4%
2022	20.2%	22.8%
2023	19.8%	22.3%
2024	19.4%	21.8%
2025	19%	21.3%
2026	18.6%	20.8%
2027	18.1%	20.4%
2028	17.7%	19.9%
2029	17.3%	19.4%
2030	17%	19%
2031	16.7%	18.5%
2032	16.5%	18.1%
2033	16.4%	17.8%
2034	16.2%	17.6%
2035	16%	17.4%
2036	15.8%	17.3%
2037	15.6%	17.3%
2038	15.4%	17.2%
2039	15.2%	17.1%
2040	15%	17%
2041	14.9%	17%
2042	14.8%	16.9%
2043	14.6%	16.8%
2044	14.5%	16.7%
2045	14.4%	16.7%
2046	14.3%	16.6%
2047	14.1%	16.5%
2048	14%	16.4%
2049	13.9%	16.3%
2050	13.8%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.4% of the population in Grenada and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 32.8% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Grenada and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Grenada vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.42% in Grenada and +0.92% in Malaysia. 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
	Grenada	Malaysia
1960	3,678	251,090
1961	3,703	257,270
1962	3,674	262,140
1963	3,601	265,815
1964	3,508	266,406
1965	3,399	264,836
1966	3,278	262,162
1967	3,158	258,764
1968	3,040	260,705
1969	2,948	264,327
1970	2,793	269,341
1971	2,705	272,323
1972	2,578	276,263
1973	2,464	284,611
1974	2,360	289,880
1975	2,224	294,541
1976	2,092	300,615
1977	1,974	305,515
1978	1,882	311,027
1979	1,871	317,439
1980	1,840	326,947
1981	1,625	339,991
1982	1,798	353,138
1983	1,817	365,290
1984	1,975	376,797
1985	2,215	383,243
1986	2,324	385,799
1987	2,345	381,999
1988	2,044	386,507
1989	2,084	373,277
1990	1,931	384,518
1991	1,953	401,938
1992	1,811	418,900
1993	1,641	429,910
1994	1,596	437,873
1995	1,580	443,349
1996	1,559	450,174
1997	1,480	447,768
1998	1,204	436,316
1999	1,092	432,355
2000	1,105	417,371
2001	1,082	400,939
2002	1,077	381,084
2003	1,074	377,425
2004	1,034	365,138
2005	1,075	355,324
2006	1,068	349,509
2007	1,059	348,711
2008	1,046	362,380
2009	1,024	366,157
2010	989	360,260
2011	954	372,836
2012	925	371,497
2013	878	366,738
2014	772	367,587
2015	684	358,302
2016	579	345,681
2017	402	336,434
2018	470	324,568
2019	462	309,426
2020	433	283,282
2021	343	212,002
2022	371	237,560
2023	334	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Grenada vs Malaysia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 48 deaths per 100,000 live births in Grenada, compared to 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Grenada	Malaysia
1985	71	63
1986	68	59
1987	68	56
1988	61	55
1989	64	52
1990	61	51
1991	59	49
1992	56	48
1993	53	46
1994	55	44
1995	54	43
1996	51	42
1997	50	40
1998	50	39
1999	48	38
2000	46	37
2001	45	36
2002	42	34
2003	42	34
2004	48	33
2005	40	31
2006	39	30
2007	40	30
2008	41	29
2009	41	29
2010	43	29
2011	44	29
2012	44	29
2013	44	29
2014	45	30
2015	46	30
2016	44	30
2017	45	29
2018	46	29
2019	48	28
2020	51	29
2021	52	52
2022	50	38
2023	48	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Grenada and 0.81% in Malaysia. 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
	Grenada	Malaysia
1960	9.5%	9.46%
1961	8.83%	8.83%
1962	8.15%	8.25%
1963	7.5%	7.74%
1964	6.91%	7.28%
1965	6.39%	6.89%
1966	5.95%	6.56%
1967	5.59%	6.27%
1968	5.3%	6.02%
1969	5.06%	5.79%
1970	4.87%	5.56%
1971	4.71%	5.32%
1972	4.58%	5.06%
1973	4.47%	4.79%
1974	4.36%	4.5%
1975	4.25%	4.23%
1976	4.15%	3.97%
1977	4.03%	3.71%
1978	3.9%	3.48%
1979	3.77%	3.25%
1980	3.62%	3.04%
1981	3.46%	2.84%
1982	3.3%	2.65%
1983	3.15%	2.47%
1984	2.99%	2.32%
1985	2.85%	2.18%
1986	2.71%	2.05%
1987	2.58%	1.93%
1988	2.46%	1.83%
1989	2.35%	1.74%
1990	2.24%	1.66%
1991	2.13%	1.58%
1992	2.04%	1.51%
1993	1.95%	1.45%
1994	1.87%	1.39%
1995	1.79%	1.34%
1996	1.73%	1.29%
1997	1.67%	1.23%
1998	1.62%	1.15%
1999	1.58%	1.07%
2000	1.55%	1%
2001	1.52%	0.93%
2002	1.5%	0.88%
2003	1.49%	0.85%
2004	1.49%	0.84%
2005	1.48%	0.83%
2006	1.49%	0.83%
2007	1.5%	0.82%
2008	1.51%	0.82%
2009	1.54%	0.82%
2010	1.57%	0.81%
2011	1.6%	0.81%
2012	1.64%	0.8%
2013	1.68%	0.81%
2014	1.72%	0.81%
2015	1.75%	0.81%
2016	1.79%	0.82%
2017	1.81%	0.82%
2018	1.83%	0.82%
2019	1.85%	0.82%
2020	1.87%	0.81%
2021	1.87%	0.81%
2022	1.85%	0.81%
2023	1.83%	0.81%