Fertility & birth rates in Japan and Maldives

Fertility rate in Japan vs Maldives chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Japan was 1.2 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.58 in Maldives in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Japan vs Maldives population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Maldives
1960	2	6.71
1961	1.96	6.79
1962	1.98	6.89
1963	2	6.94
1964	2.05	7
1965	2.14	7.07
1966	1.58	7.15
1967	2.23	7.23
1968	2.13	7.28
1969	2.13	7.33
1970	2.13	7.39
1971	2.16	7.38
1972	2.14	7.37
1973	2.14	7.4
1974	2.05	7.38
1975	1.91	7.32
1976	1.85	7.29
1977	1.8	7.27
1978	1.79	7.23
1979	1.77	7.23
1980	1.75	7.23
1981	1.74	7.19
1982	1.77	7.15
1983	1.8	7.09
1984	1.81	7.03
1985	1.76	6.94
1986	1.72	6.85
1987	1.69	6.73
1988	1.66	6.58
1989	1.57	6.39
1990	1.54	6.13
1991	1.53	5.8
1992	1.5	5.44
1993	1.46	5.06
1994	1.5	4.69
1995	1.42	4.29
1996	1.43	3.86
1997	1.39	3.48
1998	1.38	3.17
1999	1.34	2.9
2000	1.36	2.69
2001	1.33	2.53
2002	1.32	2.42
2003	1.29	2.34
2004	1.29	2.26
2005	1.26	2.2
2006	1.32	2.2
2007	1.34	2.29
2008	1.37	2.37
2009	1.37	2.39
2010	1.39	2.35
2011	1.39	2.31
2012	1.41	2.25
2013	1.43	2.17
2014	1.42	2.09
2015	1.45	2
2016	1.44	1.9
2017	1.43	1.8
2018	1.42	1.71
2019	1.36	1.64
2020	1.33	1.61
2021	1.3	1.6
2022	1.26	1.58
2023	1.2	1.58
2024	1.21	1.56
2025	1.22	1.55
2026	1.22	1.53
2027	1.23	1.53
2028	1.24	1.52
2029	1.25	1.52
2030	1.25	1.52
2031	1.26	1.51
2032	1.26	1.51
2033	1.27	1.51
2034	1.28	1.51
2035	1.28	1.51
2036	1.29	1.52
2037	1.29	1.52
2038	1.3	1.52
2039	1.3	1.52
2040	1.3	1.52
2041	1.31	1.52
2042	1.31	1.52
2043	1.31	1.52
2044	1.32	1.52
2045	1.32	1.53
2046	1.33	1.53
2047	1.33	1.53
2048	1.33	1.54
2049	1.34	1.54
2050	1.34	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Japan	Maldives
1960	29.8%	37.9%
1961	29.1%	38.2%
1962	28%	38.7%
1963	26.8%	39.4%
1964	25.8%	40.3%
1965	25.1%	41.8%
1966	24.4%	43.5%
1967	23.8%	44.7%
1968	23.5%	45.2%
1969	23.4%	45.4%
1970	23.3%	45.6%
1971	23.3%	45.8%
1972	23.4%	45.8%
1973	23.6%	45.7%
1974	23.8%	45.6%
1975	23.8%	45.6%
1976	23.9%	45.8%
1977	23.9%	45.7%
1978	23.8%	45.8%
1979	23.7%	45.9%
1980	23.4%	45.9%
1981	23.3%	45.9%
1982	23.1%	45.8%
1983	22.6%	45.6%
1984	22.2%	45.4%
1985	21.7%	45.5%
1986	21%	45.9%
1987	20.3%	46.3%
1988	19.5%	46.6%
1989	18.8%	46.8%
1990	18%	47%
1991	17.4%	47.1%
1992	16.9%	47%
1993	16.4%	46.8%
1994	16%	46.5%
1995	15.6%	45.8%
1996	15.3%	45%
1997	15.1%	44.1%
1998	14.8%	42.9%
1999	14.6%	41.6%
2000	14.4%	40.2%
2001	14.2%	38.7%
2002	14.1%	37.1%
2003	13.9%	35.6%
2004	13.8%	34.2%
2005	13.8%	32.7%
2006	13.7%	31.2%
2007	13.6%	29.5%
2008	13.5%	28%
2009	13.5%	26.7%
2010	13.4%	25.7%
2011	13.3%	24.9%
2012	13.2%	24.3%
2013	13.1%	23.9%
2014	13%	23.5%
2015	12.8%	23.2%
2016	12.7%	22.8%
2017	12.6%	22.5%
2018	12.5%	22.1%
2019	12.4%	21.7%
2020	12.2%	21.2%
2021	12%	20.8%
2022	11.9%	20.4%
2023	11.6%	20%
2024	11.4%	19.6%
2025	11.2%	19%
2026	11%	18.4%
2027	10.9%	17.8%
2028	10.7%	17.2%
2029	10.5%	16.6%
2030	10.4%	16%
2031	10.3%	15.5%
2032	10.2%	15.1%
2033	10.1%	14.6%
2034	10.1%	14.2%
2035	10.1%	13.9%
2036	10.1%	13.6%
2037	10.1%	13.4%
2038	10.2%	13.2%
2039	10.3%	13%
2040	10.4%	12.9%
2041	10.5%	12.8%
2042	10.6%	12.8%
2043	10.7%	12.8%
2044	10.8%	12.8%
2045	10.9%	12.8%
2046	11%	12.9%
2047	11.1%	12.9%
2048	11.2%	13%
2049	11.2%	13.1%
2050	11.2%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.4% of the population in Japan and 19.6% in Maldives in 2024, compared to 18% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Japan and Maldives compared.

Natural population change in Japan vs Maldives by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.41% in Japan and +1.09% in Maldives. 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
	Japan	Maldives
1960	894,874	2,241
1961	893,522	2,354
1962	901,864	2,475
1963	987,770	2,567
1964	1,046,553	2,660
1965	1,126,448	2,747
1966	682,072	2,845
1967	1,258,475	3,010
1968	1,191,930	3,150
1969	1,195,962	3,260
1970	1,230,496	3,415
1971	1,331,782	3,549
1972	1,372,006	3,707
1973	1,391,449	3,924
1974	1,332,960	4,136
1975	1,204,989	4,325
1976	1,127,750	4,538
1977	1,070,397	4,779
1978	1,011,234	4,812
1979	950,298	5,275
1980	864,372	5,526
1981	811,861	5,778
1982	805,664	6,058
1983	775,495	6,361
1984	756,523	6,680
1985	676,687	6,944
1986	631,706	7,153
1987	598,138	7,300
1988	527,085	7,414
1989	467,662	7,472
1990	407,478	7,444
1991	396,685	7,295
1992	360,833	7,096
1993	312,073	6,842
1994	363,017	6,550
1995	276,039	6,177
1996	314,392	5,705
1997	277,325	5,267
1998	265,440	4,919
1999	202,610	4,601
2000	228,317	4,372
2001	203,438	4,271
2002	178,423	4,257
2003	114,946	4,316
2004	76,656	4,287
2005	-25,554	4,493
2006	12,785	4,766
2007	-25,600	5,324
2008	-51,225	5,856
2009	-76,828	6,227
2010	-128,070	6,350
2011	-204,533	6,429
2012	-229,733	6,445
2013	-242,146	6,307
2014	-267,279	6,122
2015	-292,424	5,914
2016	-343,106	5,652
2017	-406,310	5,342
2018	-456,520	5,088
2019	-531,858	4,886
2020	-542,923	4,594
2021	-640,976	4,426
2022	-825,825	4,752
2023	-871,617	4,566

Maternal mortality chart: Japan vs Maldives

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Japan, compared to 32 deaths in Maldives.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Japan	Maldives
1985	19	552
1986	18	508
1987	17	471
1988	16	424
1989	15	381
1990	14	346
1991	13	310
1992	13	281
1993	12	251
1994	11	222
1995	11	191
1996	11	167
1997	10	149
1998	10	136
1999	9	111
2000	9	94
2001	8	81
2002	8	76
2003	8	70
2004	7	65
2005	7	54
2006	7	52
2007	6	51
2008	6	53
2009	6	52
2010	6	49
2011	6	48
2012	6	47
2013	5	47
2014	5	43
2015	5	41
2016	5	41
2017	5	41
2018	5	40
2019	5	39
2020	4	48
2021	4	60
2022	5	34
2023	3	32

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Japan and 0.57% in Maldives. 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
	Japan	Maldives
1960	3.97%	-
1961	3.62%	-
1962	3.29%	33.4%
1963	2.98%	32.5%
1964	2.7%	31.5%
1965	2.46%	30.6%
1966	2.26%	29.7%
1967	2.1%	28.7%
1968	1.96%	27.7%
1969	1.85%	26.8%
1970	1.75%	25.8%
1971	1.65%	24.7%
1972	1.57%	23.6%
1973	1.49%	22.4%
1974	1.41%	21.2%
1975	1.33%	20.1%
1976	1.25%	18.9%
1977	1.18%	17.9%
1978	1.11%	16.9%
1979	1.05%	15.9%
1980	0.99%	15%
1981	0.93%	14.2%
1982	0.88%	13.4%
1983	0.83%	12.7%
1984	0.79%	12%
1985	0.75%	11.3%
1986	0.71%	10.7%
1987	0.68%	10.1%
1988	0.66%	9.59%
1989	0.64%	9.06%
1990	0.63%	8.57%
1991	0.62%	8.08%
1992	0.61%	7.61%
1993	0.6%	7.15%
1994	0.59%	6.68%
1995	0.57%	6.22%
1996	0.55%	5.74%
1997	0.52%	5.28%
1998	0.5%	4.81%
1999	0.47%	4.36%
2000	0.45%	3.9%
2001	0.43%	3.47%
2002	0.41%	3.08%
2003	0.4%	2.72%
2004	0.39%	2.7%
2005	0.37%	2.16%
2006	0.36%	1.94%
2007	0.35%	1.76%
2008	0.34%	1.61%
2009	0.34%	1.49%
2010	0.33%	1.38%
2011	0.33%	1.29%
2012	0.31%	1.21%
2013	0.3%	1.13%
2014	0.29%	1.05%
2015	0.28%	0.99%
2016	0.27%	0.92%
2017	0.26%	0.86%
2018	0.25%	0.8%
2019	0.25%	0.74%
2020	0.24%	0.69%
2021	0.24%	0.64%
2022	0.24%	0.6%
2023	0.24%	0.57%