Fertility & birth rates in India and Mozambique

Fertility rate in India vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check India vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	5.92	6.31
1961	5.94	6.37
1962	5.95	6.42
1963	5.97	6.47
1964	5.98	6.51
1965	5.94	6.54
1966	5.88	6.58
1967	5.83	6.61
1968	5.76	6.65
1969	5.68	6.67
1970	5.62	6.7
1971	5.57	6.7
1972	5.48	6.7
1973	5.4	6.7
1974	5.33	6.67
1975	5.2	6.66
1976	5.13	6.64
1977	5.01	6.62
1978	4.89	6.59
1979	4.81	6.56
1980	4.78	6.53
1981	4.7	6.48
1982	4.62	6.43
1983	4.57	6.43
1984	4.52	6.44
1985	4.43	6.43
1986	4.4	6.41
1987	4.31	6.39
1988	4.22	6.37
1989	4.13	6.35
1990	4.05	6.32
1991	3.96	6.28
1992	3.88	6.22
1993	3.8	6.15
1994	3.72	6.08
1995	3.65	6.02
1996	3.58	5.97
1997	3.51	5.93
1998	3.45	5.91
1999	3.38	5.88
2000	3.35	5.83
2001	3.3	5.76
2002	3.22	5.67
2003	3.12	5.6
2004	3.05	5.55
2005	2.96	5.5
2006	2.87	5.45
2007	2.78	5.47
2008	2.71	5.6
2009	2.67	5.68
2010	2.6	5.66
2011	2.53	5.6
2012	2.47	5.52
2013	2.4	5.43
2014	2.29	5.3
2015	2.29	5.25
2016	2.28	5.19
2017	2.19	5.13
2018	2.18	5.07
2019	2.12	5.02
2020	2.05	4.96
2021	2.01	4.91
2022	1.99	4.84
2023	1.98	4.76
2024	1.96	4.69
2025	1.94	4.62
2026	1.93	4.54
2027	1.91	4.46
2028	1.9	4.39
2029	1.89	4.3
2030	1.88	4.23
2031	1.87	4.14
2032	1.86	4.06
2033	1.85	3.97
2034	1.84	3.89
2035	1.84	3.82
2036	1.83	3.75
2037	1.82	3.67
2038	1.81	3.6
2039	1.81	3.53
2040	1.8	3.47
2041	1.8	3.4
2042	1.79	3.34
2043	1.79	3.28
2044	1.78	3.22
2045	1.78	3.16
2046	1.78	3.11
2047	1.77	3.06
2048	1.77	3.01
2049	1.77	2.97
2050	1.76	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	India	Mozambique
1960	40.6%	41%
1961	40.9%	41.2%
1962	41.2%	41.4%
1963	41.5%	41.6%
1964	41.6%	41.9%
1965	41.7%	42.2%
1966	41.7%	42.5%
1967	41.6%	42.7%
1968	41.5%	42.9%
1969	41.5%	43.1%
1970	41.4%	43.3%
1971	41.2%	43.4%
1972	41.1%	43.6%
1973	41%	43.7%
1974	40.8%	43.8%
1975	40.7%	44%
1976	40.5%	44.1%
1977	40.3%	44.3%
1978	40.1%	44.6%
1979	40%	44.9%
1980	39.8%	45.3%
1981	39.7%	45.6%
1982	39.6%	45.7%
1983	39.5%	45.8%
1984	39.4%	45.9%
1985	39.3%	45.9%
1986	39.2%	45.9%
1987	39.1%	45.9%
1988	38.9%	45.8%
1989	38.8%	45.7%
1990	38.6%	45.7%
1991	38.4%	45.6%
1992	38.1%	45.5%
1993	37.9%	45.4%
1994	37.6%	45.2%
1995	37.3%	45%
1996	37%	44.9%
1997	36.7%	44.8%
1998	36.3%	44.9%
1999	35.9%	45%
2000	35.6%	45.1%
2001	35.2%	45.1%
2002	34.8%	45.2%
2003	34.4%	45.3%
2004	34%	45.3%
2005	33.6%	45.3%
2006	33.1%	45.4%
2007	32.7%	45.4%
2008	32.2%	45.5%
2009	31.8%	45.6%
2010	31.3%	45.8%
2011	30.9%	45.8%
2012	30.4%	45.9%
2013	29.9%	45.8%
2014	29.4%	45.8%
2015	28.9%	45.7%
2016	28.4%	45.6%
2017	27.8%	45.5%
2018	27.3%	45.4%
2019	26.8%	45.3%
2020	26.3%	45.2%
2021	25.9%	45.1%
2022	25.5%	45%
2023	25.1%	44.8%
2024	24.6%	44.5%
2025	24.2%	44.2%
2026	23.8%	43.9%
2027	23.4%	43.5%
2028	23%	43.2%
2029	22.7%	42.9%
2030	22.4%	42.5%
2031	22.1%	42.2%
2032	21.8%	41.9%
2033	21.5%	41.5%
2034	21.3%	41.1%
2035	21%	40.7%
2036	20.8%	40.3%
2037	20.6%	39.9%
2038	20.4%	39.5%
2039	20.2%	39%
2040	19.9%	38.6%
2041	19.7%	38.2%
2042	19.5%	37.7%
2043	19.3%	37.3%
2044	19.1%	36.9%
2045	18.8%	36.4%
2046	18.6%	36%
2047	18.4%	35.6%
2048	18.2%	35.2%
2049	18%	34.8%
2050	17.8%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in India and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 38.6% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of India and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in India vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.06% in India and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	10,237,489	165,774
1961	10,468,816	171,236
1962	10,743,409	176,297
1963	11,016,705	180,867
1964	11,285,378	182,334
1965	10,925,714	185,931
1966	11,089,894	189,218
1967	11,279,897	193,044
1968	12,006,807	197,623
1969	12,167,671	202,174
1970	12,417,866	207,385
1971	12,787,104	211,137
1972	13,041,792	215,793
1973	13,412,707	226,847
1974	13,795,836	240,665
1975	13,958,642	257,984
1976	14,435,504	273,924
1977	14,575,662	289,193
1978	14,898,145	310,403
1979	15,392,957	331,162
1980	16,018,786	349,586
1981	16,422,159	322,207
1982	16,790,507	321,493
1983	17,219,127	324,158
1984	17,698,810	304,524
1985	17,968,697	307,625
1986	18,455,495	332,609
1987	18,496,213	334,438
1988	18,702,916	349,480
1989	18,848,915	348,833
1990	18,893,588	353,290
1991	19,049,524	357,676
1992	19,132,757	362,373
1993	19,152,399	369,518
1994	19,310,798	384,821
1995	19,396,161	421,630
1996	19,442,699	442,559
1997	19,494,098	461,209
1998	19,569,575	474,453
1999	19,648,424	491,814
2000	19,984,160	506,162
2001	20,182,573	519,594
2002	20,024,621	529,867
2003	19,720,507	540,992
2004	19,469,758	554,973
2005	19,034,839	570,132
2006	18,641,737	586,009
2007	18,331,648	610,913
2008	18,234,926	654,920
2009	18,286,055	693,673
2010	17,991,935	719,025
2011	17,793,362	741,303
2012	17,552,365	763,088
2013	17,107,541	784,641
2014	16,165,943	799,778
2015	16,211,195	824,435
2016	16,202,593	850,430
2017	15,394,041	876,594
2018	15,451,168	903,176
2019	14,859,846	927,581
2020	13,366,946	945,952
2021	10,227,523	951,234
2022	13,912,130	1,003,689
2023	13,711,993	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: India vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	India	Mozambique
1985	658	1,452
1986	624	1,355
1987	592	1,348
1988	562	1,259
1989	538	1,209
1990	516	1,150
1991	498	1,094
1992	482	1,046
1993	467	968
1994	451	902
1995	437	883
1996	422	819
1997	407	738
1998	393	694
1999	378	624
2000	362	547
2001	349	473
2002	330	398
2003	313	360
2004	296	321
2005	277	301
2006	258	298
2007	240	327
2008	223	365
2009	205	352
2010	188	305
2011	173	268
2012	160	218
2013	148	196
2014	137	210
2015	129	216
2016	121	202
2017	113	187
2018	107	159
2019	101	134
2020	101	123
2021	155	180
2022	90	104
2023	80	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.77% in India and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	24.1%	-
1961	23.8%	-
1962	23.5%	-
1963	23.2%	26.5%
1964	22.9%	26.7%
1965	22.7%	26.8%
1966	22.4%	26.8%
1967	22.2%	26.9%
1968	22%	26.9%
1969	21.7%	26.9%
1970	21.5%	26.8%
1971	21.2%	26.7%
1972	20.8%	26.6%
1973	20.5%	26.4%
1974	20.1%	26.3%
1975	19.6%	26.1%
1976	19.1%	26%
1977	18.6%	25.8%
1978	18%	25.7%
1979	17.5%	25.7%
1980	16.9%	25.6%
1981	16.4%	25.6%
1982	15.9%	25.5%
1983	15.5%	25.3%
1984	15%	25.1%
1985	14.6%	24.8%
1986	14.2%	24.5%
1987	13.8%	24.2%
1988	13.4%	23.9%
1989	13%	23.6%
1990	12.7%	23.3%
1991	12.3%	23%
1992	12%	22.6%
1993	11.6%	22.1%
1994	11.3%	21.6%
1995	11%	20.9%
1996	10.6%	20.1%
1997	10.3%	19.2%
1998	9.89%	18.2%
1999	9.53%	17.2%
2000	9.16%	16.3%
2001	8.8%	15.4%
2002	8.45%	14.6%
2003	8.11%	13.9%
2004	7.77%	13.2%
2005	7.44%	12.5%
2006	7.11%	11.8%
2007	6.79%	11%
2008	6.46%	10.4%
2009	6.14%	9.75%
2010	5.82%	9.5%
2011	5.5%	9.05%
2012	5.2%	8.63%
2013	4.91%	8.26%
2014	4.63%	7.92%
2015	4.36%	7.51%
2016	4.11%	7.23%
2017	3.87%	7.09%
2018	3.64%	6.95%
2019	3.43%	6.83%
2020	3.24%	6.73%
2021	3.06%	6.58%
2022	2.91%	6.43%
2023	2.77%	6.17%