Fertility & birth rates in Honduras and South Africa

Fertility rate in Honduras vs South Africa 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 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Honduras vs South Africa 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	South Africa
1960	7.46	6.11
1961	7.45	6.08
1962	7.44	6.05
1963	7.44	6.01
1964	7.44	5.96
1965	7.44	5.89
1966	7.41	5.91
1967	7.36	5.85
1968	7.3	5.78
1969	7.23	5.72
1970	7.17	5.63
1971	7.11	5.57
1972	7.06	5.49
1973	6.99	5.41
1974	6.91	5.3
1975	6.87	5.19
1976	6.81	5.07
1977	6.73	4.94
1978	6.63	4.85
1979	6.53	4.82
1980	6.42	4.78
1981	6.3	4.71
1982	6.18	4.7
1983	6.06	4.63
1984	5.94	4.57
1985	5.82	4.5
1986	5.7	4.41
1987	5.58	4.35
1988	5.47	4.18
1989	5.35	3.98
1990	5.27	3.72
1991	5.19	3.62
1992	5.11	3.48
1993	5.03	3.37
1994	4.93	3.26
1995	4.84	3.17
1996	4.71	2.99
1997	4.59	2.73
1998	4.47	2.63
1999	4.37	2.56
2000	4.29	2.41
2001	4.15	2.37
2002	4	2.32
2003	3.84	2.36
2004	3.71	2.44
2005	3.58	2.51
2006	3.45	2.55
2007	3.35	2.55
2008	3.26	2.68
2009	3.17	2.5
2010	3.08	2.44
2011	3	2.44
2012	2.93	2.45
2013	2.86	2.43
2014	2.79	2.42
2015	2.75	2.36
2016	2.7	2.26
2017	2.66	2.28
2018	2.65	2.27
2019	2.61	2.26
2020	2.58	2.26
2021	2.55	2.25
2022	2.52	2.23
2023	2.5	2.22
2024	2.48	2.21
2025	2.45	2.19
2026	2.42	2.17
2027	2.4	2.15
2028	2.38	2.13
2029	2.35	2.12
2030	2.32	2.1
2031	2.3	2.09
2032	2.28	2.07
2033	2.26	2.06
2034	2.24	2.05
2035	2.22	2.04
2036	2.2	2.03
2037	2.18	2.02
2038	2.16	2
2039	2.15	1.99
2040	2.13	1.98
2041	2.12	1.98
2042	2.1	1.97
2043	2.09	1.96
2044	2.07	1.95
2045	2.06	1.94
2046	2.05	1.93
2047	2.03	1.92
2048	2.02	1.91
2049	2.01	1.9
2050	2	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Honduras	South Africa
1960	47%	42.1%
1961	47.3%	42.1%
1962	47.6%	42.1%
1963	47.8%	42.1%
1964	47.9%	42.1%
1965	48%	42.1%
1966	48%	42.1%
1967	48%	42.2%
1968	48%	42.2%
1969	48%	42.2%
1970	47.9%	42.3%
1971	47.9%	42.2%
1972	47.9%	42.2%
1973	47.9%	42.1%
1974	47.8%	42%
1975	47.6%	41.9%
1976	47.5%	41.8%
1977	47.4%	41.7%
1978	47.4%	41.5%
1979	47.3%	41.3%
1980	47.3%	40.9%
1981	47.2%	40.5%
1982	47.1%	40.1%
1983	47.1%	39.8%
1984	47%	39.5%
1985	46.8%	39.2%
1986	46.7%	38.9%
1987	46.5%	38.7%
1988	46.4%	38.4%
1989	46.3%	38.1%
1990	46.1%	37.7%
1991	45.9%	37.5%
1992	45.7%	37.6%
1993	45.4%	37.3%
1994	45.1%	37.2%
1995	44.8%	37.5%
1996	44.5%	37.5%
1997	44.2%	37.2%
1998	43.8%	36.5%
1999	43.4%	35.7%
2000	43.1%	34.9%
2001	42.7%	34%
2002	42.3%	33.2%
2003	41.9%	32.3%
2004	41.5%	31.6%
2005	41%	31.1%
2006	40.4%	30.6%
2007	39.9%	30.2%
2008	39.3%	29.9%
2009	38.7%	29.7%
2010	38.1%	29.4%
2011	37.4%	29.1%
2012	36.8%	28.9%
2013	36.2%	28.7%
2014	35.6%	28.5%
2015	34.9%	28.3%
2016	34.3%	28.3%
2017	33.7%	28.3%
2018	33.1%	27.9%
2019	32.6%	27.4%
2020	32.2%	27%
2021	31.8%	26.6%
2022	31.4%	26.3%
2023	31%	26.1%
2024	30.6%	25.9%
2025	30.3%	25.7%
2026	29.9%	25.6%
2027	29.6%	25.4%
2028	29.3%	25.3%
2029	28.9%	25.2%
2030	28.6%	25.2%
2031	28.3%	25.1%
2032	28%	25%
2033	27.6%	24.8%
2034	27.3%	24.5%
2035	26.9%	24.3%
2036	26.6%	23.9%
2037	26.2%	23.6%
2038	25.9%	23.4%
2039	25.5%	23.1%
2040	25.2%	22.9%
2041	24.8%	22.7%
2042	24.5%	22.5%
2043	24.2%	22.4%
2044	23.9%	22.2%
2045	23.6%	22.1%
2046	23.3%	21.9%
2047	23%	21.8%
2048	22.7%	21.7%
2049	22.5%	21.6%
2050	22.2%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.6% of the population in Honduras and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Honduras and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Honduras vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.85% in Honduras and +1.05% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1960	62,602	421,263
1961	64,672	437,851
1962	67,332	455,634
1963	69,883	473,821
1964	72,756	490,606
1965	75,622	506,632
1966	78,369	534,862
1967	81,131	553,741
1968	84,070	571,841
1969	87,273	590,794
1970	90,875	605,102
1971	94,597	624,761
1972	98,634	638,754
1973	99,553	651,596
1974	98,141	658,438
1975	111,469	667,862
1976	115,754	675,011
1977	119,333	680,929
1978	122,593	694,341
1979	125,957	716,541
1980	128,856	738,415
1981	131,789	767,833
1982	134,629	807,550
1983	137,597	837,013
1984	139,851	869,011
1985	142,190	893,889
1986	144,500	903,644
1987	146,750	922,330
1988	149,130	909,221
1989	152,266	884,629
1990	156,537	835,421
1991	160,933	827,296
1992	165,434	794,415
1993	169,358	789,220
1994	173,437	698,609
1995	177,309	743,488
1996	180,083	710,868
1997	182,308	667,969
1998	169,632	627,027
1999	186,816	594,643
2000	190,308	526,963
2001	190,636	484,801
2002	189,653	430,926
2003	187,854	415,018
2004	186,774	442,540
2005	185,216	464,464
2006	183,381	487,584
2007	183,052	503,567
2008	182,607	595,332
2009	182,250	554,115
2010	180,318	566,834
2011	180,164	601,708
2012	180,384	643,723
2013	179,999	652,427
2014	180,075	674,754
2015	181,098	668,771
2016	182,243	641,365
2017	182,731	645,975
2018	184,953	648,319
2019	185,200	652,130
2020	179,553	595,873
2021	172,890	456,411
2022	186,257	603,636
2023	186,125	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Honduras vs South Africa

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 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Honduras	South Africa
1985	199	208
1986	191	200
1987	183	192
1988	177	184
1989	169	177
1990	159	170
1991	148	162
1992	138	152
1993	128	145
1994	119	133
1995	109	125
1996	101	150
1997	96	152
1998	91	152
1999	86	151
2000	82	175
2001	78	192
2002	75	225
2003	75	245
2004	74	259
2005	73	279
2006	72	283
2007	72	272
2008	72	272
2009	71	241
2010	72	226
2011	68	202
2012	64	194
2013	62	180
2014	60	162
2015	57	150
2016	55	141
2017	53	134
2018	52	128
2019	51	119
2020	57	118
2021	88	191
2022	48	129
2023	47	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Honduras and 3.47% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1960	20.7%	-
1961	20%	-
1962	19.4%	-
1963	18.7%	-
1964	18.1%	-
1965	17.5%	-
1966	16.9%	-
1967	16.3%	-
1968	15.7%	-
1969	15.2%	-
1970	14.6%	-
1971	14%	-
1972	13.5%	-
1973	12.9%	-
1974	14.9%	13.2%
1975	11.9%	12.5%
1976	11.4%	11.8%
1977	10.9%	11.1%
1978	10.4%	10.5%
1979	9.94%	9.88%
1980	9.48%	9.35%
1981	9.05%	8.84%
1982	8.62%	8.39%
1983	8.2%	7.98%
1984	7.81%	7.6%
1985	7.43%	7.24%
1986	7.07%	6.89%
1987	6.73%	6.56%
1988	6.4%	6.26%
1989	6.1%	6.01%
1990	5.81%	5.82%
1991	5.54%	5.7%
1992	5.29%	5.66%
1993	5.06%	5.7%
1994	4.84%	5.82%
1995	4.64%	5.95%
1996	4.44%	6.11%
1997	4.25%	6.29%
1998	6.49%	6.56%
1999	3.9%	6.85%
2000	3.73%	7.11%
2001	3.57%	7.43%
2002	3.41%	7.69%
2003	3.26%	7.93%
2004	3.11%	8.1%
2005	2.98%	8.03%
2006	2.86%	7.75%
2007	2.75%	7.19%
2008	2.65%	6.42%
2009	2.55%	5.7%
2010	2.46%	5%
2011	2.37%	4.5%
2012	2.28%	4.25%
2013	2.2%	4.1%
2014	2.12%	3.96%
2015	2.05%	3.82%
2016	1.98%	3.68%
2017	1.91%	3.58%
2018	1.84%	3.49%
2019	1.78%	3.45%
2020	1.72%	3.41%
2021	1.66%	3.41%
2022	1.6%	3.44%
2023	1.55%	3.47%