Fertility & birth rates in Grenada and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Grenada vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Grenada 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
	Grenada	Zimbabwe
1960	6.74	7.2
1961	6.63	7.21
1962	6.44	7.23
1963	6.2	7.23
1964	5.91	7.23
1965	5.6	7.23
1966	5.3	7.2
1967	5.04	7.16
1968	4.84	7.11
1969	4.69	7.04
1970	4.46	6.98
1971	4.31	6.94
1972	4.18	6.94
1973	4.05	6.94
1974	3.92	6.88
1975	3.75	6.83
1976	3.6	6.77
1977	3.46	6.71
1978	3.35	6.66
1979	3.34	6.59
1980	3.3	6.52
1981	2.99	6.45
1982	3.15	6.33
1983	3.31	6.2
1984	3.22	6.04
1985	3.48	5.87
1986	3.58	5.69
1987	3.58	5.5
1988	3.19	5.28
1989	3.23	5.07
1990	3.06	4.88
1991	3.11	4.72
1992	2.97	4.57
1993	2.81	4.39
1994	2.79	4.28
1995	2.82	4.15
1996	2.85	4.11
1997	2.8	4.08
1998	2.49	4.07
1999	2.39	4.06
2000	2.44	4.01
2001	2.42	3.98
2002	2.38	3.93
2003	2.33	3.86
2004	2.29	3.78
2005	2.24	3.69
2006	2.19	3.64
2007	2.15	3.68
2008	2.12	3.78
2009	2.08	3.95
2010	2.04	4.04
2011	2.01	4.13
2012	1.97	4.13
2013	1.91	4.11
2014	1.8	4.01
2015	1.72	3.91
2016	1.62	3.83
2017	1.44	3.77
2018	1.53	3.74
2019	1.54	3.75
2020	1.53	3.75
2021	1.52	3.77
2022	1.5	3.77
2023	1.49	3.72
2024	1.47	3.67
2025	1.46	3.62
2026	1.45	3.57
2027	1.44	3.52
2028	1.44	3.47
2029	1.44	3.43
2030	1.44	3.38
2031	1.44	3.33
2032	1.44	3.29
2033	1.44	3.25
2034	1.44	3.21
2035	1.45	3.17
2036	1.45	3.13
2037	1.45	3.09
2038	1.45	3.06
2039	1.46	3.02
2040	1.46	2.99
2041	1.46	2.96
2042	1.46	2.93
2043	1.47	2.9
2044	1.47	2.87
2045	1.47	2.84
2046	1.47	2.81
2047	1.47	2.78
2048	1.47	2.75
2049	1.48	2.72
2050	1.48	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Grenada	Zimbabwe
1960	47.3%	47.3%
1961	47.2%	47.7%
1962	47.2%	48.1%
1963	47.1%	48.5%
1964	46.9%	48.8%
1965	47%	48.7%
1966	47.5%	48.6%
1967	47.6%	48.5%
1968	47.5%	48.5%
1969	47.2%	48.4%
1970	46.8%	48.3%
1971	46.2%	48.2%
1972	45.5%	48.2%
1973	44.7%	48.1%
1974	43.9%	48.1%
1975	43.1%	48.1%
1976	42.3%	48.2%
1977	41.5%	48.3%
1978	40.8%	48.5%
1979	40%	48.8%
1980	39.4%	48.7%
1981	38.6%	48.4%
1982	37.5%	48.3%
1983	36.5%	48.2%
1984	35.6%	48.1%
1985	34.8%	48%
1986	34.1%	47.9%
1987	33.6%	47.9%
1988	33.2%	47.9%
1989	33%	47.6%
1990	32.8%	47.1%
1991	32.8%	46.6%
1992	32.9%	46.8%
1993	33.1%	47.1%
1994	33.3%	46.6%
1995	33.5%	45.9%
1996	33.6%	45%
1997	33.6%	44%
1998	33.5%	43.1%
1999	33.3%	42.4%
2000	32.9%	41.9%
2001	32.1%	41.5%
2002	31%	41.4%
2003	29.8%	41.5%
2004	28.7%	41.7%
2005	27.7%	41.9%
2006	26.7%	42%
2007	25.9%	42.1%
2008	25.2%	42.4%
2009	24.6%	42.7%
2010	24%	43%
2011	23.6%	43.4%
2012	23.3%	43.7%
2013	23%	43.9%
2014	22.7%	43.9%
2015	22.4%	43.8%
2016	22.1%	43.6%
2017	21.8%	43.3%
2018	21.5%	42.9%
2019	21.2%	42.5%
2020	20.9%	42.2%
2021	20.6%	41.9%
2022	20.2%	41.6%
2023	19.8%	41.3%
2024	19.4%	40.9%
2025	19%	40.3%
2026	18.6%	39.6%
2027	18.1%	39%
2028	17.7%	38.4%
2029	17.3%	37.8%
2030	17%	37.4%
2031	16.7%	37%
2032	16.5%	36.8%
2033	16.4%	36.5%
2034	16.2%	36.3%
2035	16%	36.1%
2036	15.8%	35.8%
2037	15.6%	35.6%
2038	15.4%	35.3%
2039	15.2%	35.1%
2040	15%	34.8%
2041	14.9%	34.6%
2042	14.8%	34.3%
2043	14.6%	34.1%
2044	14.5%	33.8%
2045	14.4%	33.5%
2046	14.3%	33.2%
2047	14.1%	32.9%
2048	14%	32.6%
2049	13.9%	32.2%
2050	13.8%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.4% of the population in Grenada and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 32.8% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Grenada and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Grenada vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.42% in Grenada 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
	Grenada	Zimbabwe
1960	3,678	126,959
1961	3,703	131,531
1962	3,674	136,317
1963	3,601	140,984
1964	3,508	145,848
1965	3,399	151,164
1966	3,278	156,014
1967	3,158	161,205
1968	3,040	166,865
1969	2,948	172,626
1970	2,793	178,979
1971	2,705	185,427
1972	2,578	193,725
1973	2,464	201,885
1974	2,360	208,806
1975	2,224	216,947
1976	2,092	221,419
1977	1,974	225,139
1978	1,882	222,979
1979	1,871	223,657
1980	1,840	241,179
1981	1,625	271,361
1982	1,798	279,934
1983	1,817	286,545
1984	1,975	290,052
1985	2,215	290,756
1986	2,324	289,894
1987	2,345	286,766
1988	2,044	277,498
1989	2,084	270,838
1990	1,931	265,444
1991	1,953	260,943
1992	1,811	255,291
1993	1,641	228,045
1994	1,596	216,343
1995	1,580	206,695
1996	1,559	205,269
1997	1,480	216,288
1998	1,204	225,614
1999	1,092	232,393
2000	1,105	236,343
2001	1,082	227,909
2002	1,077	244,170
2003	1,074	243,057
2004	1,034	248,307
2005	1,075	248,545
2006	1,068	248,963
2007	1,059	261,805
2008	1,046	280,527
2009	1,024	309,316
2010	989	335,570
2011	954	359,572
2012	925	371,135
2013	878	374,757
2014	772	366,350
2015	684	356,203
2016	579	348,772
2017	402	344,035
2018	470	345,883
2019	462	348,798
2020	433	354,790
2021	343	349,908
2022	371	371,243
2023	334	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Grenada vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Grenada	Zimbabwe
1985	71	573
1986	68	525
1987	68	480
1988	61	431
1989	64	382
1990	61	353
1991	59	332
1992	56	333
1993	53	331
1994	55	332
1995	54	332
1996	51	352
1997	50	357
1998	50	368
1999	48	399
2000	46	405
2001	45	467
2002	42	418
2003	42	455
2004	48	451
2005	40	454
2006	39	480
2007	40	519
2008	41	526
2009	41	540
2010	43	567
2011	44	564
2012	44	558
2013	44	525
2014	45	468
2015	46	428
2016	44	411
2017	45	389
2018	46	386
2019	48	388
2020	51	380
2021	52	446
2022	50	368
2023	48	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Grenada 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
	Grenada	Zimbabwe
1960	9.5%	15.2%
1961	8.83%	14.8%
1962	8.15%	14.4%
1963	7.5%	14%
1964	6.91%	13.5%
1965	6.39%	13.1%
1966	5.95%	12.7%
1967	5.59%	12.4%
1968	5.3%	12.1%
1969	5.06%	11.8%
1970	4.87%	11.7%
1971	4.71%	11.5%
1972	4.58%	11.5%
1973	4.47%	11.4%
1974	4.36%	11.4%
1975	4.25%	11.4%
1976	4.15%	11.5%
1977	4.03%	11.5%
1978	3.9%	11.5%
1979	3.77%	11.3%
1980	3.62%	11.1%
1981	3.46%	10.7%
1982	3.3%	10.1%
1983	3.15%	9.5%
1984	2.99%	8.87%
1985	2.85%	8.31%
1986	2.71%	7.86%
1987	2.58%	7.61%
1988	2.46%	7.55%
1989	2.35%	7.69%
1990	2.24%	7.97%
1991	2.13%	8.33%
1992	2.04%	8.73%
1993	1.95%	9.16%
1994	1.87%	9.52%
1995	1.79%	9.83%
1996	1.73%	10%
1997	1.67%	10.1%
1998	1.62%	10%
1999	1.58%	9.92%
2000	1.55%	9.83%
2001	1.52%	9.79%
2002	1.5%	8.48%
2003	1.49%	8.85%
2004	1.49%	9.17%
2005	1.48%	9.23%
2006	1.49%	9.4%
2007	1.5%	9.47%
2008	1.51%	9.34%
2009	1.54%	9.03%
2010	1.57%	8.5%
2011	1.6%	7.88%
2012	1.64%	7.14%
2013	1.68%	6.55%
2014	1.72%	6.18%
2015	1.75%	5.98%
2016	1.79%	5.69%
2017	1.81%	5.5%
2018	1.83%	5.23%
2019	1.85%	5.11%
2020	1.87%	5.01%
2021	1.87%	4.76%
2022	1.85%	4.6%
2023	1.83%	4.42%