Fertility & birth rates in Italy and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Italy vs Venezuela chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Italy was 1.2 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Italy vs Venezuela population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Italy	Venezuela
1960	2.4	6.38
1961	2.44	6.3
1962	2.46	6.23
1963	2.51	6.16
1964	2.66	6.07
1965	2.6	5.98
1966	2.58	5.87
1967	2.5	5.75
1968	2.46	5.61
1969	2.47	5.47
1970	2.38	5.32
1971	2.4	5.17
1972	2.35	5.04
1973	2.3	4.91
1974	2.28	4.79
1975	2.17	4.69
1976	2.04	4.59
1977	1.93	4.49
1978	1.84	4.4
1979	1.73	4.3
1980	1.64	4.2
1981	1.58	4.1
1982	1.56	4.01
1983	1.51	3.93
1984	1.46	3.86
1985	1.42	3.79
1986	1.35	3.73
1987	1.33	3.67
1988	1.36	3.6
1989	1.33	3.52
1990	1.33	3.45
1991	1.3	3.37
1992	1.3	3.29
1993	1.25	3.22
1994	1.21	3.15
1995	1.19	3.08
1996	1.2	3.02
1997	1.22	2.97
1998	1.22	2.91
1999	1.23	2.86
2000	1.26	2.79
2001	1.25	2.78
2002	1.27	2.74
2003	1.29	2.7
2004	1.34	2.64
2005	1.33	2.63
2006	1.37	2.6
2007	1.39	2.52
2008	1.44	2.48
2009	1.44	2.42
2010	1.44	2.4
2011	1.42	2.4
2012	1.42	2.38
2013	1.39	2.33
2014	1.38	2.3
2015	1.36	2.25
2016	1.36	2.22
2017	1.34	2.18
2018	1.31	2.15
2019	1.27	2.13
2020	1.24	2.12
2021	1.25	2.11
2022	1.24	2.09
2023	1.2	2.08
2024	1.21	2.08
2025	1.22	2.06
2026	1.22	2.04
2027	1.23	2.03
2028	1.24	2.01
2029	1.24	2
2030	1.25	1.99
2031	1.26	1.98
2032	1.26	1.97
2033	1.27	1.96
2034	1.28	1.95
2035	1.28	1.94
2036	1.29	1.93
2037	1.29	1.92
2038	1.3	1.91
2039	1.3	1.91
2040	1.31	1.9
2041	1.31	1.89
2042	1.31	1.88
2043	1.32	1.87
2044	1.32	1.86
2045	1.33	1.86
2046	1.33	1.85
2047	1.34	1.84
2048	1.34	1.84
2049	1.35	1.83
2050	1.35	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Italy	Venezuela
1960	25%	46.8%
1961	25%	46.9%
1962	24.7%	47%
1963	24.5%	47%
1964	24.5%	47%
1965	24.5%	46.9%
1966	24.5%	46.8%
1967	24.6%	46.6%
1968	24.6%	46.3%
1969	24.7%	46%
1970	24.7%	45.6%
1971	24.6%	45.2%
1972	24.6%	44.7%
1973	24.6%	44.3%
1974	24.5%	43.8%
1975	24.3%	43.3%
1976	24.1%	42.9%
1977	23.7%	42.5%
1978	23.4%	42.1%
1979	22.8%	41.7%
1980	22.3%	41.3%
1981	21.6%	41%
1982	21.1%	40.6%
1983	20.5%	40.3%
1984	19.9%	39.9%
1985	19.3%	39.6%
1986	18.7%	39.3%
1987	18.1%	39%
1988	17.5%	38.7%
1989	17%	38.4%
1990	16.5%	38.1%
1991	15.8%	37.8%
1992	15.2%	37.4%
1993	15%	37%
1994	14.8%	36.6%
1995	14.6%	36.2%
1996	14.5%	35.8%
1997	14.4%	35.3%
1998	14.3%	34.9%
1999	14.3%	34.5%
2000	14.3%	34%
2001	14.2%	33.6%
2002	14.2%	33.1%
2003	14.2%	32.7%
2004	14.2%	32.2%
2005	14.1%	31.8%
2006	14.1%	31.4%
2007	14%	31%
2008	14%	30.6%
2009	14%	30.3%
2010	14%	29.9%
2011	14%	29.5%
2012	14%	29.2%
2013	13.9%	28.9%
2014	13.8%	28.5%
2015	13.7%	28.2%
2016	13.6%	27.9%
2017	13.4%	27.8%
2018	13.2%	27.9%
2019	13%	28%
2020	12.8%	27.8%
2021	12.6%	27.4%
2022	12.4%	26.8%
2023	12.1%	26.2%
2024	11.9%	25.5%
2025	11.7%	24.9%
2026	11.4%	24.3%
2027	11.2%	23.8%
2028	11%	23.2%
2029	10.9%	22.8%
2030	10.7%	22.4%
2031	10.6%	22%
2032	10.5%	21.7%
2033	10.4%	21.5%
2034	10.3%	21.4%
2035	10.3%	21.4%
2036	10.3%	21.4%
2037	10.3%	21.5%
2038	10.3%	21.5%
2039	10.4%	21.4%
2040	10.4%	21.4%
2041	10.5%	21.3%
2042	10.5%	21.2%
2043	10.6%	21.1%
2044	10.7%	20.9%
2045	10.7%	20.7%
2046	10.8%	20.5%
2047	10.8%	20.3%
2048	10.9%	20%
2049	10.9%	19.8%
2050	10.9%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.9% of the population in Italy and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 16.5% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Italy and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Italy vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.38% in Italy and +1% in Venezuela. 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
	Italy	Venezuela
1960	426,697	285,105
1961	459,880	292,109
1962	427,387	299,345
1963	440,767	307,279
1964	527,089	314,397
1965	474,222	321,695
1966	488,427	329,697
1967	439,074	335,813
1968	399,268	340,973
1969	390,827	343,596
1970	376,753	350,709
1971	383,922	355,212
1972	364,355	360,749
1973	328,508	367,612
1974	336,176	375,678
1975	271,660	385,045
1976	228,445	395,344
1977	190,248	405,315
1978	168,465	414,032
1979	129,531	421,256
1980	84,650	425,613
1981	73,452	432,059
1982	79,161	436,564
1983	33,939	443,569
1984	50,919	449,186
1985	28,297	455,517
1986	11,319	468,252
1987	16,980	474,204
1988	33,977	477,569
1989	28,336	478,053
1990	22,688	478,168
1991	11,352	477,917
1992	22,718	474,824
1993	0	473,189
1994	-17,053	469,178
1995	-34,107	469,267
1996	-22,744	468,653
1997	-22,756	472,002
1998	-39,835	469,123
1999	-22,766	463,787
2000	-17,082	459,802
2001	-11,396	451,487
2002	-22,836	466,821
2003	-40,179	456,902
2004	11,566	455,881
2005	-17,450	463,260
2006	0	460,152
2007	-5,876	452,482
2008	-11,842	435,870
2009	-17,866	427,257
2010	-23,928	425,397
2011	-48,021	425,958
2012	-78,248	420,758
2013	-90,468	408,930
2014	-96,513	395,088
2015	-162,620	384,560
2016	-138,265	359,651
2017	-192,007	340,222
2018	-192,475	317,302
2019	-215,025	274,826
2020	-338,801	237,223
2021	-301,579	207,746
2022	-318,674	216,619
2023	-283,168	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Italy vs Venezuela

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Italy, compared to 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Italy	Venezuela
1985	22	83
1986	22	81
1987	21	81
1988	20	80
1989	19	80
1990	18	83
1991	18	80
1992	17	82
1993	16	82
1994	15	84
1995	15	84
1996	14	86
1997	13	82
1998	12	82
1999	11	88
2000	11	86
2001	10	101
2002	10	87
2003	8	97
2004	8	94
2005	8	93
2006	7	96
2007	7	92
2008	7	103
2009	8	109
2010	8	110
2011	8	104
2012	8	113
2013	8	123
2014	8	133
2015	8	136
2016	8	162
2017	8	195
2018	7	205
2019	7	202
2020	8	207
2021	7	251
2022	10	219
2023	6	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.28% in Italy and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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
	Italy	Venezuela
1960	5.19%	7.97%
1961	4.98%	7.72%
1962	4.76%	7.49%
1963	4.53%	7.3%
1964	4.31%	7.14%
1965	4.11%	7%
1966	3.93%	6.87%
1967	3.78%	6.75%
1968	3.64%	6.61%
1969	3.51%	6.47%
1970	3.36%	6.3%
1971	3.18%	6.12%
1972	2.98%	5.94%
1973	2.76%	5.75%
1974	2.53%	5.57%
1975	2.31%	5.38%
1976	2.11%	5.2%
1977	1.95%	5.01%
1978	1.82%	4.82%
1979	1.7%	4.62%
1980	1.61%	4.42%
1981	1.52%	4.24%
1982	1.43%	4.07%
1983	1.35%	3.91%
1984	1.27%	3.77%
1985	1.2%	3.64%
1986	1.14%	3.5%
1987	1.08%	3.37%
1988	1.04%	3.23%
1989	1%	3.09%
1990	0.97%	2.96%
1991	0.93%	2.86%
1992	0.89%	2.78%
1993	0.85%	2.73%
1994	0.8%	2.68%
1995	0.75%	2.63%
1996	0.7%	2.55%
1997	0.66%	2.45%
1998	0.62%	2.34%
1999	0.59%	2.24%
2000	0.56%	2.15%
2001	0.53%	2.09%
2002	0.51%	2.03%
2003	0.48%	1.98%
2004	0.46%	1.91%
2005	0.45%	1.85%
2006	0.43%	1.79%
2007	0.42%	1.74%
2008	0.41%	1.72%
2009	0.41%	1.71%
2010	0.4%	1.72%
2011	0.39%	1.73%
2012	0.38%	1.76%
2013	0.37%	1.79%
2014	0.36%	1.83%
2015	0.35%	1.92%
2016	0.34%	2.43%
2017	0.33%	2.43%
2018	0.32%	2.43%
2019	0.31%	2.43%
2020	0.3%	2.43%
2021	0.29%	2.43%
2022	0.28%	2.43%
2023	0.28%	2.43%