Fertility & birth rates in India and Palestine

Fertility rate in India vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check India vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	5.92	-
1961	5.94	-
1962	5.95	-
1963	5.97	-
1964	5.98	-
1965	5.94	-
1966	5.88	-
1967	5.83	-
1968	5.76	-
1969	5.68	-
1970	5.62	-
1971	5.57	-
1972	5.48	-
1973	5.4	-
1974	5.33	-
1975	5.2	-
1976	5.13	-
1977	5.01	-
1978	4.89	-
1979	4.81	-
1980	4.78	-
1981	4.7	-
1982	4.62	-
1983	4.57	-
1984	4.52	-
1985	4.43	-
1986	4.4	-
1987	4.31	-
1988	4.22	-
1989	4.13	-
1990	4.05	6.81
1991	3.96	6.75
1992	3.88	6.65
1993	3.8	6.5
1994	3.72	6.33
1995	3.65	6.16
1996	3.58	5.99
1997	3.51	5.82
1998	3.45	5.69
1999	3.38	5.58
2000	3.35	5.46
2001	3.3	5.34
2002	3.22	5.22
2003	3.12	5.06
2004	3.05	4.97
2005	2.96	4.87
2006	2.87	4.74
2007	2.78	4.63
2008	2.71	4.51
2009	2.67	4.44
2010	2.6	4.43
2011	2.53	4.31
2012	2.47	4.15
2013	2.4	4.05
2014	2.29	4
2015	2.29	3.98
2016	2.28	3.89
2017	2.19	3.77
2018	2.18	3.67
2019	2.12	3.59
2020	2.05	3.51
2021	2.01	3.44
2022	1.99	3.38
2023	1.98	3.31
2024	1.96	3.25
2025	1.94	3.19
2026	1.93	3.13
2027	1.91	3.07
2028	1.9	3.02
2029	1.89	2.97
2030	1.88	2.93
2031	1.87	2.89
2032	1.86	2.85
2033	1.85	2.81
2034	1.84	2.78
2035	1.84	2.75
2036	1.83	2.71
2037	1.82	2.68
2038	1.81	2.65
2039	1.81	2.62
2040	1.8	2.59
2041	1.8	2.56
2042	1.79	2.53
2043	1.79	2.51
2044	1.78	2.48
2045	1.78	2.45
2046	1.78	2.43
2047	1.77	2.41
2048	1.77	2.38
2049	1.77	2.36
2050	1.76	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	India	Palestine
1960	40.6%	-
1961	40.9%	-
1962	41.2%	-
1963	41.5%	-
1964	41.6%	-
1965	41.7%	-
1966	41.7%	-
1967	41.6%	-
1968	41.5%	-
1969	41.5%	-
1970	41.4%	-
1971	41.2%	-
1972	41.1%	-
1973	41%	-
1974	40.8%	-
1975	40.7%	-
1976	40.5%	-
1977	40.3%	-
1978	40.1%	-
1979	40%	-
1980	39.8%	-
1981	39.7%	-
1982	39.6%	-
1983	39.5%	-
1984	39.4%	-
1985	39.3%	-
1986	39.2%	-
1987	39.1%	-
1988	38.9%	-
1989	38.8%	-
1990	38.6%	49.1%
1991	38.4%	49.1%
1992	38.1%	49%
1993	37.9%	49%
1994	37.6%	48.9%
1995	37.3%	48.8%
1996	37%	48.6%
1997	36.7%	48.4%
1998	36.3%	48.1%
1999	35.9%	47.8%
2000	35.6%	47.4%
2001	35.2%	47.1%
2002	34.8%	46.6%
2003	34.4%	46.1%
2004	34%	45.6%
2005	33.6%	45%
2006	33.1%	44.3%
2007	32.7%	43.7%
2008	32.2%	43%
2009	31.8%	42.4%
2010	31.3%	41.9%
2011	30.9%	41.5%
2012	30.4%	41.1%
2013	29.9%	40.7%
2014	29.4%	40.4%
2015	28.9%	40.1%
2016	28.4%	39.9%
2017	27.8%	39.7%
2018	27.3%	39.6%
2019	26.8%	39.5%
2020	26.3%	39.3%
2021	25.9%	39%
2022	25.5%	38.7%
2023	25.1%	38.4%
2024	24.6%	38%
2025	24.2%	37.6%
2026	23.8%	37%
2027	23.4%	36.5%
2028	23%	35.9%
2029	22.7%	35.3%
2030	22.4%	34.7%
2031	22.1%	34%
2032	21.8%	33.4%
2033	21.5%	32.8%
2034	21.3%	32.3%
2035	21%	31.8%
2036	20.8%	31.4%
2037	20.6%	31%
2038	20.4%	30.6%
2039	20.2%	30.3%
2040	19.9%	30%
2041	19.7%	29.7%
2042	19.5%	29.4%
2043	19.3%	29.2%
2044	19.1%	28.9%
2045	18.8%	28.6%
2046	18.6%	28.4%
2047	18.4%	28.1%
2048	18.2%	27.8%
2049	18%	27.5%
2050	17.8%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in India and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 38.6% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of India and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in India vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.06% in India and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	10,237,489	-
1961	10,468,816	-
1962	10,743,409	-
1963	11,016,705	-
1964	11,285,378	-
1965	10,925,714	-
1966	11,089,894	-
1967	11,279,897	-
1968	12,006,807	-
1969	12,167,671	-
1970	12,417,866	-
1971	12,787,104	-
1972	13,041,792	-
1973	13,412,707	-
1974	13,795,836	-
1975	13,958,642	-
1976	14,435,504	-
1977	14,575,662	-
1978	14,898,145	-
1979	15,392,957	-
1980	16,018,786	-
1981	16,422,159	-
1982	16,790,507	-
1983	17,219,127	-
1984	17,698,810	-
1985	17,968,697	-
1986	18,455,495	-
1987	18,496,213	-
1988	18,702,916	-
1989	18,848,915	-
1990	18,893,588	76,163
1991	19,049,524	79,444
1992	19,132,757	82,865
1993	19,152,399	86,434
1994	19,310,798	90,156
1995	19,396,161	94,037
1996	19,442,699	98,085
1997	19,494,098	102,307
1998	19,569,575	103,566
1999	19,648,424	104,823
2000	19,984,160	106,367
2001	20,182,573	107,320
2002	20,024,621	108,560
2003	19,720,507	109,162
2004	19,469,758	110,045
2005	19,034,839	110,569
2006	18,641,737	111,728
2007	18,331,648	112,453
2008	18,234,926	108,395
2009	18,286,055	111,724
2010	17,991,935	117,674
2011	17,793,362	119,021
2012	17,552,365	119,185
2013	17,107,541	120,503
2014	16,165,943	120,724
2015	16,211,195	126,189
2016	16,202,593	126,698
2017	15,394,041	125,688
2018	15,451,168	124,791
2019	14,859,846	124,508
2020	13,366,946	122,416
2021	10,227,523	120,396
2022	13,912,130	123,987
2023	13,711,993	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: India vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	India	Palestine
1985	658	102
1986	624	96
1987	592	87
1988	562	85
1989	538	82
1990	516	78
1991	498	75
1992	482	73
1993	467	69
1994	451	66
1995	437	64
1996	422	61
1997	407	60
1998	393	59
1999	378	58
2000	362	59
2001	349	60
2002	330	58
2003	313	56
2004	296	55
2005	277	52
2006	258	51
2007	240	49
2008	223	49
2009	205	48
2010	188	42
2011	173	39
2012	160	36
2013	148	32
2014	137	29
2015	129	26
2016	121	23
2017	113	21
2018	107	19
2019	101	18
2020	101	20
2021	155	29
2022	90	17
2023	80	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.77% in India and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
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%	-
1972	20.8%	-
1973	20.5%	-
1974	20.1%	-
1975	19.6%	10.8%
1976	19.1%	10.2%
1977	18.6%	9.55%
1978	18%	8.98%
1979	17.5%	8.45%
1980	16.9%	7.95%
1981	16.4%	7.48%
1982	15.9%	7.04%
1983	15.5%	6.63%
1984	15%	6.25%
1985	14.6%	5.89%
1986	14.2%	5.56%
1987	13.8%	5.25%
1988	13.4%	4.97%
1989	13%	4.72%
1990	12.7%	4.49%
1991	12.3%	4.28%
1992	12%	4.09%
1993	11.6%	3.92%
1994	11.3%	3.77%
1995	11%	3.62%
1996	10.6%	3.49%
1997	10.3%	3.36%
1998	9.89%	3.24%
1999	9.53%	3.13%
2000	9.16%	3.03%
2001	8.8%	2.94%
2002	8.45%	2.85%
2003	8.11%	2.77%
2004	7.77%	2.68%
2005	7.44%	2.6%
2006	7.11%	2.52%
2007	6.79%	2.43%
2008	6.46%	2.35%
2009	6.14%	2.28%
2010	5.82%	2.2%
2011	5.5%	2.12%
2012	5.2%	2.04%
2013	4.91%	1.97%
2014	4.63%	2.2%
2015	4.36%	1.83%
2016	4.11%	1.76%
2017	3.87%	1.69%
2018	3.64%	1.63%
2019	3.43%	1.57%
2020	3.24%	1.52%
2021	3.06%	1.47%
2022	2.91%	1.42%
2023	2.77%	2.63%