Fertility & birth rates in Honduras and Liberia

Fertility rate in Honduras vs Liberia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Honduras was 2.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.95 in Liberia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Honduras vs Liberia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Honduras	Liberia
1960	7.46	6.39
1961	7.45	6.45
1962	7.44	6.5
1963	7.44	6.56
1964	7.44	6.59
1965	7.44	6.62
1966	7.41	6.63
1967	7.36	6.65
1968	7.3	6.66
1969	7.23	6.64
1970	7.17	6.58
1971	7.11	6.54
1972	7.06	6.6
1973	6.99	6.65
1974	6.91	6.69
1975	6.87	6.74
1976	6.81	6.79
1977	6.73	6.84
1978	6.63	6.88
1979	6.53	6.92
1980	6.42	6.87
1981	6.3	6.83
1982	6.18	6.79
1983	6.06	6.76
1984	5.94	6.73
1985	5.82	6.69
1986	5.7	6.64
1987	5.58	6.57
1988	5.47	6.51
1989	5.35	6.43
1990	5.27	6.37
1991	5.19	6.32
1992	5.11	6.28
1993	5.03	6.25
1994	4.93	6.21
1995	4.84	6.17
1996	4.71	6.13
1997	4.59	6.08
1998	4.47	6.02
1999	4.37	5.95
2000	4.29	5.88
2001	4.15	5.77
2002	4	5.65
2003	3.84	5.55
2004	3.71	5.51
2005	3.58	5.52
2006	3.45	5.53
2007	3.35	5.46
2008	3.26	5.33
2009	3.17	5.17
2010	3.08	5.06
2011	3	4.97
2012	2.93	4.88
2013	2.86	4.75
2014	2.79	4.62
2015	2.75	4.52
2016	2.7	4.46
2017	2.66	4.4
2018	2.65	4.34
2019	2.61	4.26
2020	2.58	4.17
2021	2.55	4.09
2022	2.52	4.02
2023	2.5	3.95
2024	2.48	3.86
2025	2.45	3.79
2026	2.42	3.71
2027	2.4	3.64
2028	2.38	3.57
2029	2.35	3.51
2030	2.32	3.43
2031	2.3	3.38
2032	2.28	3.31
2033	2.26	3.25
2034	2.24	3.2
2035	2.22	3.15
2036	2.2	3.11
2037	2.18	3.06
2038	2.16	3.02
2039	2.15	2.98
2040	2.13	2.94
2041	2.12	2.91
2042	2.1	2.87
2043	2.09	2.83
2044	2.07	2.8
2045	2.06	2.77
2046	2.05	2.73
2047	2.03	2.7
2048	2.02	2.68
2049	2.01	2.65
2050	2	2.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Honduras	Liberia
1960	47%	41.1%
1961	47.3%	41.1%
1962	47.6%	41.2%
1963	47.8%	41.4%
1964	47.9%	41.7%
1965	48%	42%
1966	48%	42.2%
1967	48%	42.4%
1968	48%	42.6%
1969	48%	42.8%
1970	47.9%	42.9%
1971	47.9%	43%
1972	47.9%	43.2%
1973	47.9%	43.3%
1974	47.8%	43.4%
1975	47.6%	43.5%
1976	47.5%	43.6%
1977	47.4%	43.7%
1978	47.4%	43.8%
1979	47.3%	43.9%
1980	47.3%	44%
1981	47.2%	44.1%
1982	47.1%	44.2%
1983	47.1%	44.2%
1984	47%	44.2%
1985	46.8%	44.2%
1986	46.7%	44.3%
1987	46.5%	44.3%
1988	46.4%	44.2%
1989	46.3%	44.1%
1990	46.1%	44.1%
1991	45.9%	44.2%
1992	45.7%	44.1%
1993	45.4%	43.9%
1994	45.1%	43.8%
1995	44.8%	43.6%
1996	44.5%	43.4%
1997	44.2%	43.3%
1998	43.8%	43.2%
1999	43.4%	43.1%
2000	43.1%	43%
2001	42.7%	43%
2002	42.3%	42.9%
2003	41.9%	42.9%
2004	41.5%	42.9%
2005	41%	43%
2006	40.4%	43.1%
2007	39.9%	43.2%
2008	39.3%	43.2%
2009	38.7%	43.1%
2010	38.1%	43.1%
2011	37.4%	42.7%
2012	36.8%	42.4%
2013	36.2%	42.5%
2014	35.6%	42.5%
2015	34.9%	42.4%
2016	34.3%	42.3%
2017	33.7%	42.1%
2018	33.1%	42%
2019	32.6%	41.7%
2020	32.2%	41.4%
2021	31.8%	41%
2022	31.4%	40.5%
2023	31%	40%
2024	30.6%	39.5%
2025	30.3%	39.1%
2026	29.9%	38.6%
2027	29.6%	38.1%
2028	29.3%	37.7%
2029	28.9%	37.2%
2030	28.6%	36.9%
2031	28.3%	36.5%
2032	28%	36.2%
2033	27.6%	35.8%
2034	27.3%	35.5%
2035	26.9%	35.2%
2036	26.6%	34.9%
2037	26.2%	34.5%
2038	25.9%	34.2%
2039	25.5%	33.9%
2040	25.2%	33.6%
2041	24.8%	33.2%
2042	24.5%	32.9%
2043	24.2%	32.6%
2044	23.9%	32.3%
2045	23.6%	32%
2046	23.3%	31.6%
2047	23%	31.3%
2048	22.7%	31%
2049	22.5%	30.7%
2050	22.2%	30.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.6% of the population in Honduras and 39.5% in Liberia in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Honduras and Liberia compared.

Natural population change in Honduras vs Liberia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.85% in Honduras and +2.41% in Liberia. 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
	Honduras	Liberia
1960	62,602	25,713
1961	64,672	26,670
1962	67,332	27,679
1963	69,883	28,708
1964	72,756	29,592
1965	75,622	30,618
1966	78,369	31,454
1967	81,131	32,519
1968	84,070	33,536
1969	87,273	34,677
1970	90,875	35,196
1971	94,597	36,015
1972	98,634	37,860
1973	99,553	39,694
1974	98,141	41,499
1975	111,469	43,478
1976	115,754	45,528
1977	119,333	47,582
1978	122,593	49,813
1979	125,957	52,125
1980	128,856	53,452
1981	131,789	55,003
1982	134,629	56,127
1983	137,597	57,562
1984	139,851	59,460
1985	142,190	59,988
1986	144,500	61,924
1987	146,750	62,147
1988	149,130	62,703
1989	152,266	63,238
1990	156,537	52,770
1991	160,933	47,426
1992	165,434	50,204
1993	169,358	51,609
1994	173,437	52,101
1995	177,309	53,407
1996	180,083	56,392
1997	182,308	61,444
1998	169,632	72,146
1999	186,816	78,130
2000	190,308	83,143
2001	190,636	86,217
2002	189,653	88,643
2003	187,854	87,534
2004	186,774	91,755
2005	185,216	96,478
2006	183,381	104,099
2007	183,052	109,165
2008	182,607	112,032
2009	182,250	113,429
2010	180,318	114,249
2011	180,164	115,496
2012	180,384	121,973
2013	179,999	120,138
2014	180,075	116,667
2015	181,098	115,479
2016	182,243	118,852
2017	182,731	119,376
2018	184,953	120,231
2019	185,200	120,635
2020	179,553	120,632
2021	172,890	121,038
2022	186,257	123,747
2023	186,125	125,730

Maternal mortality chart: Honduras vs Liberia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Honduras, compared to 628 deaths in Liberia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Honduras	Liberia
1985	199	1,749
1986	191	1,678
1987	183	1,655
1988	177	1,647
1989	169	1,633
1990	159	2,146
1991	148	1,627
1992	138	1,643
1993	128	1,709
1994	119	1,811
1995	109	1,530
1996	101	1,438
1997	96	1,043
1998	91	962
1999	86	852
2000	82	786
2001	78	720
2002	75	700
2003	75	759
2004	74	645
2005	73	619
2006	72	647
2007	72	659
2008	72	663
2009	71	674
2010	72	712
2011	68	726
2012	64	728
2013	62	725
2014	60	801
2015	57	784
2016	55	690
2017	53	703
2018	52	707
2019	51	689
2020	57	664
2021	88	667
2022	48	634
2023	47	628

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Honduras and 7.29% in Liberia. 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
	Honduras	Liberia
1960	20.7%	31.3%
1961	20%	31.3%
1962	19.4%	31.3%
1963	18.7%	31.2%
1964	18.1%	31.1%
1965	17.5%	30.8%
1966	16.9%	30.6%
1967	16.3%	30.2%
1968	15.7%	29.8%
1969	15.2%	29.3%
1970	14.6%	28.8%
1971	14%	28.3%
1972	13.5%	27.8%
1973	12.9%	27.4%
1974	14.9%	26.9%
1975	11.9%	26.5%
1976	11.4%	26%
1977	10.9%	25.6%
1978	10.4%	25.3%
1979	9.94%	24.9%
1980	9.48%	24.6%
1981	9.05%	24.3%
1982	8.62%	24.1%
1983	8.2%	24%
1984	7.81%	24.1%
1985	7.43%	24.3%
1986	7.07%	24.7%
1987	6.73%	25.2%
1988	6.4%	25.8%
1989	6.1%	26.4%
1990	5.81%	26.8%
1991	5.54%	27%
1992	5.29%	26.9%
1993	5.06%	26.6%
1994	4.84%	25.9%
1995	4.64%	25.1%
1996	4.44%	24.1%
1997	4.25%	23%
1998	6.49%	21.8%
1999	3.9%	20.5%
2000	3.73%	19.2%
2001	3.57%	17.9%
2002	3.41%	16.7%
2003	3.26%	15.4%
2004	3.11%	14.3%
2005	2.98%	13.3%
2006	2.86%	12.5%
2007	2.75%	11.8%
2008	2.65%	11.3%
2009	2.55%	10.8%
2010	2.46%	10.4%
2011	2.37%	10.1%
2012	2.28%	9.82%
2013	2.2%	9.54%
2014	2.12%	9.5%
2015	2.05%	9.08%
2016	1.98%	8.83%
2017	1.91%	8.6%
2018	1.84%	8.4%
2019	1.78%	8.19%
2020	1.72%	7.97%
2021	1.66%	7.74%
2022	1.6%	7.51%
2023	1.55%	7.29%