Fertility & birth rates in Japan and Pakistan

Fertility rate in Japan vs Pakistan 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 3.61 in Pakistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Japan vs Pakistan 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	Pakistan
1960	2	6.8
1961	1.96	6.8
1962	1.98	6.8
1963	2	6.8
1964	2.05	6.8
1965	2.14	6.8
1966	1.58	6.8
1967	2.23	6.8
1968	2.13	6.8
1969	2.13	6.8
1970	2.13	6.8
1971	2.16	6.8
1972	2.14	6.81
1973	2.14	6.81
1974	2.05	6.81
1975	1.91	6.81
1976	1.85	6.81
1977	1.8	6.8
1978	1.79	6.78
1979	1.77	6.76
1980	1.75	6.73
1981	1.74	6.7
1982	1.77	6.67
1983	1.8	6.64
1984	1.81	6.62
1985	1.76	6.59
1986	1.72	6.55
1987	1.69	6.52
1988	1.66	6.48
1989	1.57	6.43
1990	1.54	6.36
1991	1.53	6.29
1992	1.5	6.21
1993	1.46	6.11
1994	1.5	6.01
1995	1.42	5.89
1996	1.43	5.77
1997	1.39	5.64
1998	1.38	5.51
1999	1.34	5.46
2000	1.36	5.35
2001	1.33	5.18
2002	1.32	5.01
2003	1.29	4.89
2004	1.29	4.68
2005	1.26	4.6
2006	1.32	4.59
2007	1.34	4.55
2008	1.37	4.51
2009	1.37	4.47
2010	1.39	4.4
2011	1.39	4.31
2012	1.41	4.2
2013	1.43	4.13
2014	1.42	4.06
2015	1.45	3.99
2016	1.44	3.9
2017	1.43	3.9
2018	1.42	3.86
2019	1.36	3.81
2020	1.33	3.77
2021	1.3	3.72
2022	1.26	3.66
2023	1.2	3.61
2024	1.21	3.55
2025	1.22	3.5
2026	1.22	3.44
2027	1.23	3.39
2028	1.24	3.34
2029	1.25	3.3
2030	1.25	3.25
2031	1.26	3.21
2032	1.26	3.16
2033	1.27	3.12
2034	1.28	3.08
2035	1.28	3.04
2036	1.29	3.01
2037	1.29	2.97
2038	1.3	2.94
2039	1.3	2.9
2040	1.3	2.87
2041	1.31	2.83
2042	1.31	2.8
2043	1.31	2.77
2044	1.32	2.74
2045	1.32	2.71
2046	1.33	2.69
2047	1.33	2.66
2048	1.33	2.63
2049	1.34	2.61
2050	1.34	2.58

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Japan	Pakistan
1960	29.8%	41.3%
1961	29.1%	41.4%
1962	28%	41.6%
1963	26.8%	41.8%
1964	25.8%	42.2%
1965	25.1%	42.7%
1966	24.4%	43%
1967	23.8%	43.3%
1968	23.5%	43.5%
1969	23.4%	43.7%
1970	23.3%	43.9%
1971	23.3%	44%
1972	23.4%	44.1%
1973	23.6%	44.1%
1974	23.8%	44.1%
1975	23.8%	44.1%
1976	23.9%	44%
1977	23.9%	43.9%
1978	23.8%	43.8%
1979	23.7%	43.7%
1980	23.4%	43.3%
1981	23.3%	43.1%
1982	23.1%	43%
1983	22.6%	43.1%
1984	22.2%	43.3%
1985	21.7%	43.5%
1986	21%	43.6%
1987	20.3%	43.7%
1988	19.5%	43.8%
1989	18.8%	44%
1990	18%	44.1%
1991	17.4%	44.1%
1992	16.9%	44.3%
1993	16.4%	44.5%
1994	16%	44.5%
1995	15.6%	44.5%
1996	15.3%	44.3%
1997	15.1%	44.1%
1998	14.8%	43.9%
1999	14.6%	43.6%
2000	14.4%	43.3%
2001	14.2%	42.9%
2002	14.1%	42.6%
2003	13.9%	42.3%
2004	13.8%	41.8%
2005	13.8%	41.3%
2006	13.7%	40.9%
2007	13.6%	40.4%
2008	13.5%	40%
2009	13.5%	39.6%
2010	13.4%	39.3%
2011	13.3%	39.1%
2012	13.2%	39%
2013	13.1%	38.9%
2014	13%	38.9%
2015	12.8%	38.8%
2016	12.7%	38.6%
2017	12.6%	38.5%
2018	12.5%	38.3%
2019	12.4%	38.1%
2020	12.2%	37.9%
2021	12%	37.6%
2022	11.9%	37.3%
2023	11.6%	37%
2024	11.4%	36.7%
2025	11.2%	36.2%
2026	11%	35.8%
2027	10.9%	35.3%
2028	10.7%	34.9%
2029	10.5%	34.5%
2030	10.4%	34.2%
2031	10.3%	33.8%
2032	10.2%	33.5%
2033	10.1%	33.3%
2034	10.1%	33%
2035	10.1%	32.7%
2036	10.1%	32.5%
2037	10.1%	32.2%
2038	10.2%	32%
2039	10.3%	31.7%
2040	10.4%	31.5%
2041	10.5%	31.3%
2042	10.6%	31%
2043	10.7%	30.8%
2044	10.8%	30.5%
2045	10.9%	30.3%
2046	11%	30%
2047	11.1%	29.7%
2048	11.2%	29.5%
2049	11.2%	29.2%
2050	11.2%	28.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.4% of the population in Japan and 36.7% in Pakistan in 2024, compared to 18% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Japan and Pakistan compared.

Natural population change in Japan vs Pakistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.41% in Japan and +2.23% in Pakistan. 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	Pakistan
1960	894,874	1,217,147
1961	893,522	1,273,772
1962	901,864	1,328,675
1963	987,770	1,384,934
1964	1,046,553	1,447,394
1965	1,126,448	1,496,050
1966	682,072	1,566,343
1967	1,258,475	1,626,737
1968	1,191,930	1,683,296
1969	1,195,962	1,733,601
1970	1,230,496	1,793,570
1971	1,331,782	1,695,374
1972	1,372,006	1,912,774
1973	1,391,449	1,971,909
1974	1,332,960	2,028,061
1975	1,204,989	2,099,811
1976	1,127,750	2,171,812
1977	1,070,397	2,257,849
1978	1,011,234	2,356,601
1979	950,298	2,461,311
1980	864,372	2,598,421
1981	811,861	2,790,454
1982	805,664	2,934,689
1983	775,495	3,052,738
1984	756,523	3,145,772
1985	676,687	3,233,315
1986	631,706	3,341,643
1987	598,138	3,448,813
1988	527,085	3,554,755
1989	467,662	3,648,132
1990	407,478	3,731,730
1991	396,685	3,822,363
1992	360,833	3,888,637
1993	312,073	3,915,776
1994	363,017	3,956,699
1995	276,039	3,977,175
1996	314,392	4,021,758
1997	277,325	4,043,912
1998	265,440	4,104,824
1999	202,610	4,228,026
2000	228,317	4,281,169
2001	203,438	4,304,297
2002	178,423	4,307,607
2003	114,946	4,340,688
2004	76,656	4,294,654
2005	-25,554	4,294,393
2006	12,785	4,538,426
2007	-25,600	4,690,187
2008	-51,225	4,885,855
2009	-76,828	5,028,132
2010	-128,070	5,147,142
2011	-204,533	5,189,412
2012	-229,733	5,191,263
2013	-242,146	5,176,590
2014	-267,279	5,148,994
2015	-292,424	5,113,507
2016	-343,106	5,044,922
2017	-406,310	5,090,200
2018	-456,520	5,103,858
2019	-531,858	5,127,011
2020	-542,923	5,011,177
2021	-640,976	5,065,913
2022	-825,825	5,268,077
2023	-871,617	5,281,745

Maternal mortality chart: Japan vs Pakistan

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 155 deaths in Pakistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Japan	Pakistan
1985	19	432
1986	18	436
1987	17	442
1988	16	441
1989	15	439
1990	14	434
1991	13	443
1992	13	459
1993	12	473
1994	11	479
1995	11	485
1996	11	482
1997	10	476
1998	10	456
1999	9	438
2000	9	419
2001	8	400
2002	8	380
2003	8	358
2004	7	333
2005	7	316
2006	7	284
2007	6	265
2008	6	254
2009	6	246
2010	6	240
2011	6	234
2012	6	227
2013	5	220
2014	5	211
2015	5	202
2016	5	193
2017	5	184
2018	5	178
2019	5	173
2020	4	178
2021	4	193
2022	5	160
2023	3	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Japan and 5.85% in Pakistan. 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	Pakistan
1960	3.97%	25%
1961	3.62%	24.1%
1962	3.29%	23.3%
1963	2.98%	22.5%
1964	2.7%	21.8%
1965	2.46%	21.2%
1966	2.26%	20.6%
1967	2.1%	20.2%
1968	1.96%	19.7%
1969	1.85%	19.4%
1970	1.75%	19%
1971	1.65%	18.7%
1972	1.57%	18.4%
1973	1.49%	18.1%
1974	1.41%	17.8%
1975	1.33%	17.6%
1976	1.25%	17.4%
1977	1.18%	17.1%
1978	1.11%	16.9%
1979	1.05%	16.7%
1980	0.99%	16.5%
1981	0.93%	16.3%
1982	0.88%	16.1%
1983	0.83%	15.8%
1984	0.79%	15.6%
1985	0.75%	15.3%
1986	0.71%	15%
1987	0.68%	14.8%
1988	0.66%	14.5%
1989	0.64%	14.2%
1990	0.63%	14%
1991	0.62%	13.7%
1992	0.61%	13.4%
1993	0.6%	13.1%
1994	0.59%	12.8%
1995	0.57%	12.5%
1996	0.55%	12.1%
1997	0.52%	11.8%
1998	0.5%	11.5%
1999	0.47%	11.1%
2000	0.45%	10.8%
2001	0.43%	10.5%
2002	0.41%	10.3%
2003	0.4%	10.1%
2004	0.39%	9.85%
2005	0.37%	9.65%
2006	0.36%	9.47%
2007	0.35%	9.29%
2008	0.34%	9.1%
2009	0.34%	8.91%
2010	0.33%	8.71%
2011	0.33%	8.49%
2012	0.31%	8.27%
2013	0.3%	8.04%
2014	0.29%	7.8%
2015	0.28%	7.56%
2016	0.27%	7.33%
2017	0.26%	7.1%
2018	0.25%	6.88%
2019	0.25%	6.67%
2020	0.24%	6.46%
2021	0.24%	6.25%
2022	0.24%	6.05%
2023	0.24%	5.85%