Fertility & birth rates in Israel and South Africa

Fertility rate in Israel vs South Africa chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Israel was 2.85 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 Israel 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
	Israel	South Africa
1960	3.87	6.11
1961	3.86	6.08
1962	3.85	6.05
1963	3.84	6.01
1964	3.83	5.96
1965	3.81	5.89
1966	3.8	5.91
1967	3.79	5.85
1968	3.79	5.78
1969	3.78	5.72
1970	3.78	5.63
1971	3.77	5.57
1972	3.77	5.49
1973	3.7	5.41
1974	3.63	5.3
1975	3.55	5.19
1976	3.48	5.07
1977	3.41	4.94
1978	3.35	4.85
1979	3.3	4.82
1980	3.24	4.78
1981	3.19	4.71
1982	3.13	4.7
1983	3.11	4.63
1984	3.08	4.57
1985	3.06	4.5
1986	3.03	4.41
1987	3.01	4.35
1988	2.95	4.18
1989	2.89	3.98
1990	2.82	3.72
1991	2.76	3.62
1992	2.7	3.48
1993	2.8	3.37
1994	2.9	3.26
1995	2.9	3.17
1996	2.9	2.99
1997	2.94	2.73
1998	2.98	2.63
1999	2.97	2.56
2000	2.95	2.41
2001	2.92	2.37
2002	2.89	2.32
2003	2.95	2.36
2004	2.9	2.44
2005	2.84	2.51
2006	2.88	2.55
2007	2.9	2.55
2008	2.96	2.68
2009	2.96	2.5
2010	3.03	2.44
2011	2.98	2.44
2012	3.05	2.45
2013	3.03	2.43
2014	3.08	2.42
2015	3.09	2.36
2016	3.11	2.26
2017	3.11	2.28
2018	3.09	2.27
2019	3.01	2.26
2020	2.9	2.26
2021	3	2.25
2022	2.89	2.23
2023	2.85	2.22
2024	2.8	2.21
2025	2.77	2.19
2026	2.75	2.17
2027	2.72	2.15
2028	2.7	2.13
2029	2.67	2.12
2030	2.66	2.1
2031	2.64	2.09
2032	2.63	2.07
2033	2.6	2.06
2034	2.58	2.05
2035	2.56	2.04
2036	2.55	2.03
2037	2.53	2.02
2038	2.51	2
2039	2.49	1.99
2040	2.47	1.98
2041	2.46	1.98
2042	2.44	1.97
2043	2.42	1.96
2044	2.41	1.95
2045	2.39	1.94
2046	2.38	1.93
2047	2.36	1.92
2048	2.35	1.91
2049	2.34	1.9
2050	2.33	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Israel	South Africa
1960	35.2%	42.1%
1961	34.9%	42.1%
1962	34.8%	42.1%
1963	34.9%	42.1%
1964	34.8%	42.1%
1965	34.6%	42.1%
1966	34.4%	42.1%
1967	34.1%	42.2%
1968	33.8%	42.2%
1969	33.5%	42.2%
1970	33.2%	42.3%
1971	32.9%	42.2%
1972	32.7%	42.2%
1973	32.6%	42.1%
1974	32.7%	42%
1975	32.7%	41.9%
1976	32.8%	41.8%
1977	32.9%	41.7%
1978	33%	41.5%
1979	33%	41.3%
1980	32.9%	40.9%
1981	32.8%	40.5%
1982	32.7%	40.1%
1983	32.7%	39.8%
1984	32.6%	39.5%
1985	32.5%	39.2%
1986	32.3%	38.9%
1987	32.1%	38.7%
1988	31.9%	38.4%
1989	31.7%	38.1%
1990	31.3%	37.7%
1991	30.7%	37.5%
1992	30.3%	37.6%
1993	30%	37.3%
1994	29.8%	37.2%
1995	29.6%	37.5%
1996	29.3%	37.5%
1997	29%	37.2%
1998	28.8%	36.5%
1999	28.5%	35.7%
2000	28.3%	34.9%
2001	28.1%	34%
2002	28%	33.2%
2003	27.9%	32.3%
2004	27.9%	31.6%
2005	27.9%	31.1%
2006	27.8%	30.6%
2007	27.8%	30.2%
2008	27.8%	29.9%
2009	27.9%	29.7%
2010	28%	29.4%
2011	28.1%	29.1%
2012	28.1%	28.9%
2013	28.2%	28.7%
2014	28.2%	28.5%
2015	28.2%	28.3%
2016	28.3%	28.3%
2017	28.2%	28.3%
2018	28.2%	27.9%
2019	28.1%	27.4%
2020	28%	27%
2021	27.9%	26.6%
2022	27.8%	26.3%
2023	27.6%	26.1%
2024	27.4%	25.9%
2025	27.2%	25.7%
2026	26.9%	25.6%
2027	26.6%	25.4%
2028	26.4%	25.3%
2029	26.1%	25.2%
2030	25.8%	25.2%
2031	25.5%	25.1%
2032	25.2%	25%
2033	25%	24.8%
2034	24.7%	24.5%
2035	24.6%	24.3%
2036	24.4%	23.9%
2037	24.2%	23.6%
2038	24.1%	23.4%
2039	24%	23.1%
2040	24%	22.9%
2041	23.9%	22.7%
2042	23.9%	22.5%
2043	23.8%	22.4%
2044	23.8%	22.2%
2045	23.8%	22.1%
2046	23.8%	21.9%
2047	23.7%	21.8%
2048	23.7%	21.7%
2049	23.6%	21.6%
2050	23.5%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Israel and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 31.3% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Israel and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Israel vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.5% in Israel 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
	Israel	South Africa
1960	44,818	421,263
1961	42,170	437,851
1962	43,337	455,634
1963	44,964	473,821
1964	48,015	490,606
1965	49,979	506,632
1966	50,477	534,862
1967	47,488	553,741
1968	51,014	571,841
1969	53,800	590,794
1970	56,506	605,102
1971	64,449	624,761
1972	62,960	638,754
1973	65,560	651,596
1974	68,891	658,438
1975	70,828	667,862
1976	74,899	675,011
1977	70,092	680,929
1978	67,158	694,341
1979	68,148	716,541
1980	68,253	738,415
1981	67,647	767,833
1982	68,931	807,550
1983	70,196	837,013
1984	70,703	869,011
1985	71,538	893,889
1986	70,073	903,644
1987	69,904	922,330
1988	71,072	909,221
1989	68,674	884,629
1990	71,764	835,421
1991	73,740	827,296
1992	77,357	794,415
1993	77,337	789,220
1994	79,365	698,609
1995	82,066	743,488
1996	86,518	710,868
1997	88,707	667,969
1998	93,744	627,027
1999	94,325	594,643
2000	98,737	526,963
2001	99,160	484,801
2002	101,178	430,926
2003	106,366	415,018
2004	106,901	442,540
2005	105,338	464,464
2006	109,332	487,584
2007	111,292	503,567
2008	117,672	595,332
2009	122,015	554,115
2010	126,552	566,834
2011	125,030	601,708
2012	128,941	643,723
2013	129,758	652,427
2014	133,916	674,754
2015	134,082	668,771
2016	136,736	641,365
2017	138,541	645,975
2018	140,348	648,319
2019	135,810	652,130
2020	128,089	595,873
2021	134,011	456,411
2022	129,982	603,636
2023	131,977	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Israel vs South Africa

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Israel, compared to 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Israel	South Africa
1985	36	208
1986	36	200
1987	30	192
1988	31	184
1989	30	177
1990	29	170
1991	28	162
1992	27	152
1993	25	145
1994	24	133
1995	22	125
1996	20	150
1997	17	152
1998	14	152
1999	11	151
2000	9	175
2001	7	192
2002	7	225
2003	5	245
2004	5	259
2005	4	279
2006	4	283
2007	4	272
2008	4	272
2009	4	241
2010	3	226
2011	3	202
2012	3	194
2013	3	180
2014	3	162
2015	3	150
2016	3	141
2017	3	134
2018	3	128
2019	3	119
2020	3	118
2021	3	191
2022	3	129
2023	2	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Israel 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
	Israel	South Africa
1960	4.71%	-
1961	4.48%	-
1962	4.26%	-
1963	4.06%	-
1964	3.86%	-
1965	3.68%	-
1966	3.52%	-
1967	3.36%	-
1968	3.23%	-
1969	3.11%	-
1970	3.01%	-
1971	2.91%	-
1972	2.82%	-
1973	2.72%	-
1974	2.61%	13.2%
1975	2.48%	12.5%
1976	2.33%	11.8%
1977	2.19%	11.1%
1978	2.05%	10.5%
1979	1.93%	9.88%
1980	1.82%	9.35%
1981	1.74%	8.84%
1982	1.66%	8.39%
1983	1.59%	7.98%
1984	1.51%	7.6%
1985	1.44%	7.24%
1986	1.37%	6.89%
1987	1.31%	6.56%
1988	1.26%	6.26%
1989	1.21%	6.01%
1990	1.15%	5.82%
1991	1.1%	5.7%
1992	1.04%	5.66%
1993	0.98%	5.7%
1994	0.92%	5.82%
1995	0.87%	5.95%
1996	0.82%	6.11%
1997	0.78%	6.29%
1998	0.75%	6.56%
1999	0.72%	6.85%
2000	0.69%	7.11%
2001	0.66%	7.43%
2002	0.63%	7.69%
2003	0.61%	7.93%
2004	0.58%	8.1%
2005	0.56%	8.03%
2006	0.53%	7.75%
2007	0.51%	7.19%
2008	0.49%	6.42%
2009	0.47%	5.7%
2010	0.46%	5%
2011	0.44%	4.5%
2012	0.43%	4.25%
2013	0.41%	4.1%
2014	0.4%	3.96%
2015	0.39%	3.82%
2016	0.38%	3.68%
2017	0.37%	3.58%
2018	0.37%	3.49%
2019	0.36%	3.45%
2020	0.35%	3.41%
2021	0.35%	3.41%
2022	0.34%	3.44%
2023	0.34%	3.47%