Fertility & birth rates in India and Kazakhstan

Fertility rate in India vs Kazakhstan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in India was 1.98 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.01 in Kazakhstan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check India vs Kazakhstan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	India	Kazakhstan
1960	5.92	4.5
1961	5.94	4.42
1962	5.95	4.36
1963	5.97	4.26
1964	5.98	4.07
1965	5.94	3.88
1966	5.88	3.82
1967	5.83	3.77
1968	5.76	3.63
1969	5.68	3.51
1970	5.62	3.51
1971	5.57	3.53
1972	5.48	3.55
1973	5.4	3.51
1974	5.33	3.45
1975	5.2	3.4
1976	5.13	3.33
1977	5.01	3.26
1978	4.89	3.16
1979	4.81	3.14
1980	4.78	3.09
1981	4.7	3.05
1982	4.62	3.02
1983	4.57	3.07
1984	4.52	3.15
1985	4.43	3.21
1986	4.4	3.19
1987	4.31	3.12
1988	4.22	3
1989	4.13	2.87
1990	4.05	2.75
1991	3.96	2.68
1992	3.88	2.58
1993	3.8	2.48
1994	3.72	2.38
1995	3.65	2.25
1996	3.58	2.08
1997	3.51	1.97
1998	3.45	1.94
1999	3.38	1.9
2000	3.35	1.9
2001	3.3	1.91
2002	3.22	1.96
2003	3.12	2.08
2004	3.05	2.2
2005	2.96	2.27
2006	2.87	2.38
2007	2.78	2.49
2008	2.71	2.62
2009	2.67	2.58
2010	2.6	2.61
2011	2.53	2.61
2012	2.47	2.64
2013	2.4	2.67
2014	2.29	2.76
2015	2.29	2.76
2016	2.28	2.8
2017	2.19	2.75
2018	2.18	2.85
2019	2.12	2.89
2020	2.05	3.13
2021	2.01	3.32
2022	1.99	3.05
2023	1.98	3.01
2024	1.96	2.98
2025	1.94	2.95
2026	1.93	2.92
2027	1.91	2.9
2028	1.9	2.87
2029	1.89	2.84
2030	1.88	2.81
2031	1.87	2.78
2032	1.86	2.76
2033	1.85	2.74
2034	1.84	2.71
2035	1.84	2.69
2036	1.83	2.66
2037	1.82	2.64
2038	1.81	2.62
2039	1.81	2.6
2040	1.8	2.58
2041	1.8	2.56
2042	1.79	2.54
2043	1.79	2.52
2044	1.78	2.5
2045	1.78	2.48
2046	1.78	2.47
2047	1.77	2.44
2048	1.77	2.43
2049	1.77	2.41
2050	1.76	2.39

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	India	Kazakhstan
1960	40.6%	37.2%
1961	40.9%	38%
1962	41.2%	38.4%
1963	41.5%	38.5%
1964	41.6%	38.4%
1965	41.7%	38.1%
1966	41.7%	37.8%
1967	41.6%	37.4%
1968	41.5%	37%
1969	41.5%	36.5%
1970	41.4%	36.1%
1971	41.2%	35.6%
1972	41.1%	35.2%
1973	41%	34.7%
1974	40.8%	34.1%
1975	40.7%	33.6%
1976	40.5%	33.3%
1977	40.3%	33.1%
1978	40.1%	32.8%
1979	40%	32.9%
1980	39.8%	33%
1981	39.7%	32.8%
1982	39.6%	32.7%
1983	39.5%	32.6%
1984	39.4%	32.6%
1985	39.3%	32.6%
1986	39.2%	32.6%
1987	39.1%	32.4%
1988	38.9%	32.1%
1989	38.8%	31.9%
1990	38.6%	31.7%
1991	38.4%	31.6%
1992	38.1%	31.4%
1993	37.9%	31.1%
1994	37.6%	30.8%
1995	37.3%	30.5%
1996	37%	30.1%
1997	36.7%	29.6%
1998	36.3%	29%
1999	35.9%	28.3%
2000	35.6%	27.6%
2001	35.2%	26.9%
2002	34.8%	26.2%
2003	34.4%	25.6%
2004	34%	25.1%
2005	33.6%	24.8%
2006	33.1%	24.7%
2007	32.7%	24.7%
2008	32.2%	24.9%
2009	31.8%	25.1%
2010	31.3%	25.4%
2011	30.9%	25.7%
2012	30.4%	26.2%
2013	29.9%	26.7%
2014	29.4%	27.2%
2015	28.9%	27.7%
2016	28.4%	28.1%
2017	27.8%	28.5%
2018	27.3%	28.8%
2019	26.8%	29%
2020	26.3%	29.2%
2021	25.9%	29.5%
2022	25.5%	29.6%
2023	25.1%	29.5%
2024	24.6%	29.4%
2025	24.2%	29.1%
2026	23.8%	28.9%
2027	23.4%	28.5%
2028	23%	28.2%
2029	22.7%	27.9%
2030	22.4%	27.5%
2031	22.1%	27.1%
2032	21.8%	26.8%
2033	21.5%	26.5%
2034	21.3%	26.1%
2035	21%	25.8%
2036	20.8%	25.4%
2037	20.6%	25%
2038	20.4%	24.8%
2039	20.2%	24.7%
2040	19.9%	24.6%
2041	19.7%	24.5%
2042	19.5%	24.5%
2043	19.3%	24.6%
2044	19.1%	24.6%
2045	18.8%	24.6%
2046	18.6%	24.7%
2047	18.4%	24.7%
2048	18.2%	24.7%
2049	18%	24.7%
2050	17.8%	24.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in India and 29.4% in Kazakhstan in 2024, compared to 38.6% and 31.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of India and Kazakhstan compared.

Natural population change in India vs Kazakhstan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.06% in India and +1.44% in Kazakhstan. 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
	India	Kazakhstan
1960	10,237,489	226,027
1961	10,468,816	228,686
1962	10,743,409	228,177
1963	11,016,705	223,105
1964	11,285,378	208,899
1965	10,925,714	194,470
1966	11,089,894	191,506
1967	11,279,897	191,536
1968	12,006,807	186,254
1969	12,167,671	184,118
1970	12,417,866	191,775
1971	12,787,104	202,450
1972	13,041,792	212,319
1973	13,412,707	215,940
1974	13,795,836	217,668
1975	13,958,642	219,748
1976	14,435,504	221,992
1977	14,575,662	224,284
1978	14,898,145	225,895
1979	15,392,957	237,442
1980	16,018,786	238,977
1981	16,422,159	243,652
1982	16,790,507	246,983
1983	17,219,127	260,471
1984	17,698,810	278,485
1985	17,968,697	293,834
1986	18,455,495	295,818
1987	18,496,213	290,227
1988	18,702,916	275,278
1989	18,848,915	254,394
1990	18,893,588	235,113
1991	19,049,524	221,581
1992	19,132,757	204,785
1993	19,152,399	185,649
1994	19,310,798	165,631
1995	19,396,161	140,721
1996	19,442,699	112,384
1997	19,494,098	92,778
1998	19,569,575	85,735
1999	19,648,424	79,536
2000	19,984,160	80,699
2001	20,182,573	84,279
2002	20,024,621	93,564
2003	19,720,507	112,137
2004	19,469,758	132,286
2005	19,034,839	146,619
2006	18,641,737	166,480
2007	18,331,648	188,486
2008	18,234,926	214,169
2009	18,286,055	218,036
2010	17,991,935	230,479
2011	17,793,362	237,883
2012	17,552,365	249,987
2013	17,107,541	259,239
2014	16,165,943	274,406
2015	16,211,195	273,523
2016	16,202,593	277,878
2017	15,394,041	268,066
2018	15,451,168	278,917
2019	14,859,846	278,788
2020	13,366,946	272,458
2021	10,227,523	269,026
2022	13,912,130	277,019
2023	13,711,993	273,013

Maternal mortality chart: India vs Kazakhstan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 80 deaths per 100,000 live births in India, compared to 10 deaths in Kazakhstan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	India	Kazakhstan
1985	658	68
1986	624	67
1987	592	66
1988	562	65
1989	538	64
1990	516	64
1991	498	64
1992	482	65
1993	467	67
1994	451	70
1995	437	72
1996	422	72
1997	407	71
1998	393	68
1999	378	63
2000	362	58
2001	349	53
2002	330	48
2003	313	45
2004	296	41
2005	277	38
2006	258	35
2007	240	32
2008	223	28
2009	205	25
2010	188	22
2011	173	19
2012	160	17
2013	148	15
2014	137	14
2015	129	13
2016	121	12
2017	113	12
2018	107	11
2019	101	11
2020	101	18
2021	155	23
2022	90	14
2023	80	10

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.77% in India and 0.96% in Kazakhstan. 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
	India	Kazakhstan
1960	24.1%	-
1961	23.8%	-
1962	23.5%	-
1963	23.2%	-
1964	22.9%	-
1965	22.7%	-
1966	22.4%	-
1967	22.2%	-
1968	22%	-
1969	21.7%	-
1970	21.5%	-
1971	21.2%	8.54%
1972	20.8%	8.33%
1973	20.5%	8.14%
1974	20.1%	7.96%
1975	19.6%	7.8%
1976	19.1%	7.66%
1977	18.6%	7.53%
1978	18%	7.39%
1979	17.5%	7.24%
1980	16.9%	7.05%
1981	16.4%	6.83%
1982	15.9%	6.6%
1983	15.5%	6.38%
1984	15%	6.16%
1985	14.6%	5.94%
1986	14.2%	5.73%
1987	13.8%	5.54%
1988	13.4%	5.37%
1989	13%	5.23%
1990	12.7%	5.16%
1991	12.3%	5.13%
1992	12%	5.16%
1993	11.6%	5.23%
1994	11.3%	5.28%
1995	11%	5.26%
1996	10.6%	5.16%
1997	10.3%	4.99%
1998	9.89%	4.76%
1999	9.53%	4.51%
2000	9.16%	4.25%
2001	8.8%	3.99%
2002	8.45%	3.76%
2003	8.11%	3.54%
2004	7.77%	3.33%
2005	7.44%	3.12%
2006	7.11%	2.9%
2007	6.79%	2.69%
2008	6.46%	2.47%
2009	6.14%	2.25%
2010	5.82%	2.04%
2011	5.5%	1.83%
2012	5.2%	1.63%
2013	4.91%	1.46%
2014	4.63%	1.3%
2015	4.36%	1.19%
2016	4.11%	1.1%
2017	3.87%	1.05%
2018	3.64%	1.03%
2019	3.43%	1.02%
2020	3.24%	1.01%
2021	3.06%	1%
2022	2.91%	0.98%
2023	2.77%	0.96%