Fertility & birth rates in Israel and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Israel vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Israel	Zimbabwe
1960	3.87	7.2
1961	3.86	7.21
1962	3.85	7.23
1963	3.84	7.23
1964	3.83	7.23
1965	3.81	7.23
1966	3.8	7.2
1967	3.79	7.16
1968	3.79	7.11
1969	3.78	7.04
1970	3.78	6.98
1971	3.77	6.94
1972	3.77	6.94
1973	3.7	6.94
1974	3.63	6.88
1975	3.55	6.83
1976	3.48	6.77
1977	3.41	6.71
1978	3.35	6.66
1979	3.3	6.59
1980	3.24	6.52
1981	3.19	6.45
1982	3.13	6.33
1983	3.11	6.2
1984	3.08	6.04
1985	3.06	5.87
1986	3.03	5.69
1987	3.01	5.5
1988	2.95	5.28
1989	2.89	5.07
1990	2.82	4.88
1991	2.76	4.72
1992	2.7	4.57
1993	2.8	4.39
1994	2.9	4.28
1995	2.9	4.15
1996	2.9	4.11
1997	2.94	4.08
1998	2.98	4.07
1999	2.97	4.06
2000	2.95	4.01
2001	2.92	3.98
2002	2.89	3.93
2003	2.95	3.86
2004	2.9	3.78
2005	2.84	3.69
2006	2.88	3.64
2007	2.9	3.68
2008	2.96	3.78
2009	2.96	3.95
2010	3.03	4.04
2011	2.98	4.13
2012	3.05	4.13
2013	3.03	4.11
2014	3.08	4.01
2015	3.09	3.91
2016	3.11	3.83
2017	3.11	3.77
2018	3.09	3.74
2019	3.01	3.75
2020	2.9	3.75
2021	3	3.77
2022	2.89	3.77
2023	2.85	3.72
2024	2.8	3.67
2025	2.77	3.62
2026	2.75	3.57
2027	2.72	3.52
2028	2.7	3.47
2029	2.67	3.43
2030	2.66	3.38
2031	2.64	3.33
2032	2.63	3.29
2033	2.6	3.25
2034	2.58	3.21
2035	2.56	3.17
2036	2.55	3.13
2037	2.53	3.09
2038	2.51	3.06
2039	2.49	3.02
2040	2.47	2.99
2041	2.46	2.96
2042	2.44	2.93
2043	2.42	2.9
2044	2.41	2.87
2045	2.39	2.84
2046	2.38	2.81
2047	2.36	2.78
2048	2.35	2.75
2049	2.34	2.72
2050	2.33	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Israel	Zimbabwe
1960	35.2%	47.3%
1961	34.9%	47.7%
1962	34.8%	48.1%
1963	34.9%	48.5%
1964	34.8%	48.8%
1965	34.6%	48.7%
1966	34.4%	48.6%
1967	34.1%	48.5%
1968	33.8%	48.5%
1969	33.5%	48.4%
1970	33.2%	48.3%
1971	32.9%	48.2%
1972	32.7%	48.2%
1973	32.6%	48.1%
1974	32.7%	48.1%
1975	32.7%	48.1%
1976	32.8%	48.2%
1977	32.9%	48.3%
1978	33%	48.5%
1979	33%	48.8%
1980	32.9%	48.7%
1981	32.8%	48.4%
1982	32.7%	48.3%
1983	32.7%	48.2%
1984	32.6%	48.1%
1985	32.5%	48%
1986	32.3%	47.9%
1987	32.1%	47.9%
1988	31.9%	47.9%
1989	31.7%	47.6%
1990	31.3%	47.1%
1991	30.7%	46.6%
1992	30.3%	46.8%
1993	30%	47.1%
1994	29.8%	46.6%
1995	29.6%	45.9%
1996	29.3%	45%
1997	29%	44%
1998	28.8%	43.1%
1999	28.5%	42.4%
2000	28.3%	41.9%
2001	28.1%	41.5%
2002	28%	41.4%
2003	27.9%	41.5%
2004	27.9%	41.7%
2005	27.9%	41.9%
2006	27.8%	42%
2007	27.8%	42.1%
2008	27.8%	42.4%
2009	27.9%	42.7%
2010	28%	43%
2011	28.1%	43.4%
2012	28.1%	43.7%
2013	28.2%	43.9%
2014	28.2%	43.9%
2015	28.2%	43.8%
2016	28.3%	43.6%
2017	28.2%	43.3%
2018	28.2%	42.9%
2019	28.1%	42.5%
2020	28%	42.2%
2021	27.9%	41.9%
2022	27.8%	41.6%
2023	27.6%	41.3%
2024	27.4%	40.9%
2025	27.2%	40.3%
2026	26.9%	39.6%
2027	26.6%	39%
2028	26.4%	38.4%
2029	26.1%	37.8%
2030	25.8%	37.4%
2031	25.5%	37%
2032	25.2%	36.8%
2033	25%	36.5%
2034	24.7%	36.3%
2035	24.6%	36.1%
2036	24.4%	35.8%
2037	24.2%	35.6%
2038	24.1%	35.3%
2039	24%	35.1%
2040	24%	34.8%
2041	23.9%	34.6%
2042	23.9%	34.3%
2043	23.8%	34.1%
2044	23.8%	33.8%
2045	23.8%	33.5%
2046	23.8%	33.2%
2047	23.7%	32.9%
2048	23.7%	32.6%
2049	23.6%	32.2%
2050	23.5%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Israel and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 31.3% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Israel and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Israel vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.5% in Israel and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	44,818	126,959
1961	42,170	131,531
1962	43,337	136,317
1963	44,964	140,984
1964	48,015	145,848
1965	49,979	151,164
1966	50,477	156,014
1967	47,488	161,205
1968	51,014	166,865
1969	53,800	172,626
1970	56,506	178,979
1971	64,449	185,427
1972	62,960	193,725
1973	65,560	201,885
1974	68,891	208,806
1975	70,828	216,947
1976	74,899	221,419
1977	70,092	225,139
1978	67,158	222,979
1979	68,148	223,657
1980	68,253	241,179
1981	67,647	271,361
1982	68,931	279,934
1983	70,196	286,545
1984	70,703	290,052
1985	71,538	290,756
1986	70,073	289,894
1987	69,904	286,766
1988	71,072	277,498
1989	68,674	270,838
1990	71,764	265,444
1991	73,740	260,943
1992	77,357	255,291
1993	77,337	228,045
1994	79,365	216,343
1995	82,066	206,695
1996	86,518	205,269
1997	88,707	216,288
1998	93,744	225,614
1999	94,325	232,393
2000	98,737	236,343
2001	99,160	227,909
2002	101,178	244,170
2003	106,366	243,057
2004	106,901	248,307
2005	105,338	248,545
2006	109,332	248,963
2007	111,292	261,805
2008	117,672	280,527
2009	122,015	309,316
2010	126,552	335,570
2011	125,030	359,572
2012	128,941	371,135
2013	129,758	374,757
2014	133,916	366,350
2015	134,082	356,203
2016	136,736	348,772
2017	138,541	344,035
2018	140,348	345,883
2019	135,810	348,798
2020	128,089	354,790
2021	134,011	349,908
2022	129,982	371,243
2023	131,977	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Israel vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Israel	Zimbabwe
1985	36	573
1986	36	525
1987	30	480
1988	31	431
1989	30	382
1990	29	353
1991	28	332
1992	27	333
1993	25	331
1994	24	332
1995	22	332
1996	20	352
1997	17	357
1998	14	368
1999	11	399
2000	9	405
2001	7	467
2002	7	418
2003	5	455
2004	5	451
2005	4	454
2006	4	480
2007	4	519
2008	4	526
2009	4	540
2010	3	567
2011	3	564
2012	3	558
2013	3	525
2014	3	468
2015	3	428
2016	3	411
2017	3	389
2018	3	386
2019	3	388
2020	3	380
2021	3	446
2022	3	368
2023	2	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Israel and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	4.71%	15.2%
1961	4.48%	14.8%
1962	4.26%	14.4%
1963	4.06%	14%
1964	3.86%	13.5%
1965	3.68%	13.1%
1966	3.52%	12.7%
1967	3.36%	12.4%
1968	3.23%	12.1%
1969	3.11%	11.8%
1970	3.01%	11.7%
1971	2.91%	11.5%
1972	2.82%	11.5%
1973	2.72%	11.4%
1974	2.61%	11.4%
1975	2.48%	11.4%
1976	2.33%	11.5%
1977	2.19%	11.5%
1978	2.05%	11.5%
1979	1.93%	11.3%
1980	1.82%	11.1%
1981	1.74%	10.7%
1982	1.66%	10.1%
1983	1.59%	9.5%
1984	1.51%	8.87%
1985	1.44%	8.31%
1986	1.37%	7.86%
1987	1.31%	7.61%
1988	1.26%	7.55%
1989	1.21%	7.69%
1990	1.15%	7.97%
1991	1.1%	8.33%
1992	1.04%	8.73%
1993	0.98%	9.16%
1994	0.92%	9.52%
1995	0.87%	9.83%
1996	0.82%	10%
1997	0.78%	10.1%
1998	0.75%	10%
1999	0.72%	9.92%
2000	0.69%	9.83%
2001	0.66%	9.79%
2002	0.63%	8.48%
2003	0.61%	8.85%
2004	0.58%	9.17%
2005	0.56%	9.23%
2006	0.53%	9.4%
2007	0.51%	9.47%
2008	0.49%	9.34%
2009	0.47%	9.03%
2010	0.46%	8.5%
2011	0.44%	7.88%
2012	0.43%	7.14%
2013	0.41%	6.55%
2014	0.4%	6.18%
2015	0.39%	5.98%
2016	0.38%	5.69%
2017	0.37%	5.5%
2018	0.37%	5.23%
2019	0.36%	5.11%
2020	0.35%	5.01%
2021	0.35%	4.76%
2022	0.34%	4.6%
2023	0.34%	4.42%