Fertility & birth rates in Japan and Palestine

Fertility rate in Japan vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Japan vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	2	-
1961	1.96	-
1962	1.98	-
1963	2	-
1964	2.05	-
1965	2.14	-
1966	1.58	-
1967	2.23	-
1968	2.13	-
1969	2.13	-
1970	2.13	-
1971	2.16	-
1972	2.14	-
1973	2.14	-
1974	2.05	-
1975	1.91	-
1976	1.85	-
1977	1.8	-
1978	1.79	-
1979	1.77	-
1980	1.75	-
1981	1.74	-
1982	1.77	-
1983	1.8	-
1984	1.81	-
1985	1.76	-
1986	1.72	-
1987	1.69	-
1988	1.66	-
1989	1.57	-
1990	1.54	6.81
1991	1.53	6.75
1992	1.5	6.65
1993	1.46	6.5
1994	1.5	6.33
1995	1.42	6.16
1996	1.43	5.99
1997	1.39	5.82
1998	1.38	5.69
1999	1.34	5.58
2000	1.36	5.46
2001	1.33	5.34
2002	1.32	5.22
2003	1.29	5.06
2004	1.29	4.97
2005	1.26	4.87
2006	1.32	4.74
2007	1.34	4.63
2008	1.37	4.51
2009	1.37	4.44
2010	1.39	4.43
2011	1.39	4.31
2012	1.41	4.15
2013	1.43	4.05
2014	1.42	4
2015	1.45	3.98
2016	1.44	3.89
2017	1.43	3.77
2018	1.42	3.67
2019	1.36	3.59
2020	1.33	3.51
2021	1.3	3.44
2022	1.26	3.38
2023	1.2	3.31
2024	1.21	3.25
2025	1.22	3.19
2026	1.22	3.13
2027	1.23	3.07
2028	1.24	3.02
2029	1.25	2.97
2030	1.25	2.93
2031	1.26	2.89
2032	1.26	2.85
2033	1.27	2.81
2034	1.28	2.78
2035	1.28	2.75
2036	1.29	2.71
2037	1.29	2.68
2038	1.3	2.65
2039	1.3	2.62
2040	1.3	2.59
2041	1.31	2.56
2042	1.31	2.53
2043	1.31	2.51
2044	1.32	2.48
2045	1.32	2.45
2046	1.33	2.43
2047	1.33	2.41
2048	1.33	2.38
2049	1.34	2.36
2050	1.34	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Japan	Palestine
1960	29.8%	-
1961	29.1%	-
1962	28%	-
1963	26.8%	-
1964	25.8%	-
1965	25.1%	-
1966	24.4%	-
1967	23.8%	-
1968	23.5%	-
1969	23.4%	-
1970	23.3%	-
1971	23.3%	-
1972	23.4%	-
1973	23.6%	-
1974	23.8%	-
1975	23.8%	-
1976	23.9%	-
1977	23.9%	-
1978	23.8%	-
1979	23.7%	-
1980	23.4%	-
1981	23.3%	-
1982	23.1%	-
1983	22.6%	-
1984	22.2%	-
1985	21.7%	-
1986	21%	-
1987	20.3%	-
1988	19.5%	-
1989	18.8%	-
1990	18%	49.1%
1991	17.4%	49.1%
1992	16.9%	49%
1993	16.4%	49%
1994	16%	48.9%
1995	15.6%	48.8%
1996	15.3%	48.6%
1997	15.1%	48.4%
1998	14.8%	48.1%
1999	14.6%	47.8%
2000	14.4%	47.4%
2001	14.2%	47.1%
2002	14.1%	46.6%
2003	13.9%	46.1%
2004	13.8%	45.6%
2005	13.8%	45%
2006	13.7%	44.3%
2007	13.6%	43.7%
2008	13.5%	43%
2009	13.5%	42.4%
2010	13.4%	41.9%
2011	13.3%	41.5%
2012	13.2%	41.1%
2013	13.1%	40.7%
2014	13%	40.4%
2015	12.8%	40.1%
2016	12.7%	39.9%
2017	12.6%	39.7%
2018	12.5%	39.6%
2019	12.4%	39.5%
2020	12.2%	39.3%
2021	12%	39%
2022	11.9%	38.7%
2023	11.6%	38.4%
2024	11.4%	38%
2025	11.2%	37.6%
2026	11%	37%
2027	10.9%	36.5%
2028	10.7%	35.9%
2029	10.5%	35.3%
2030	10.4%	34.7%
2031	10.3%	34%
2032	10.2%	33.4%
2033	10.1%	32.8%
2034	10.1%	32.3%
2035	10.1%	31.8%
2036	10.1%	31.4%
2037	10.1%	31%
2038	10.2%	30.6%
2039	10.3%	30.3%
2040	10.4%	30%
2041	10.5%	29.7%
2042	10.6%	29.4%
2043	10.7%	29.2%
2044	10.8%	28.9%
2045	10.9%	28.6%
2046	11%	28.4%
2047	11.1%	28.1%
2048	11.2%	27.8%
2049	11.2%	27.5%
2050	11.2%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.4% of the population in Japan and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 18% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Japan and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Japan vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.41% in Japan and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	894,874	-
1961	893,522	-
1962	901,864	-
1963	987,770	-
1964	1,046,553	-
1965	1,126,448	-
1966	682,072	-
1967	1,258,475	-
1968	1,191,930	-
1969	1,195,962	-
1970	1,230,496	-
1971	1,331,782	-
1972	1,372,006	-
1973	1,391,449	-
1974	1,332,960	-
1975	1,204,989	-
1976	1,127,750	-
1977	1,070,397	-
1978	1,011,234	-
1979	950,298	-
1980	864,372	-
1981	811,861	-
1982	805,664	-
1983	775,495	-
1984	756,523	-
1985	676,687	-
1986	631,706	-
1987	598,138	-
1988	527,085	-
1989	467,662	-
1990	407,478	76,163
1991	396,685	79,444
1992	360,833	82,865
1993	312,073	86,434
1994	363,017	90,156
1995	276,039	94,037
1996	314,392	98,085
1997	277,325	102,307
1998	265,440	103,566
1999	202,610	104,823
2000	228,317	106,367
2001	203,438	107,320
2002	178,423	108,560
2003	114,946	109,162
2004	76,656	110,045
2005	-25,554	110,569
2006	12,785	111,728
2007	-25,600	112,453
2008	-51,225	108,395
2009	-76,828	111,724
2010	-128,070	117,674
2011	-204,533	119,021
2012	-229,733	119,185
2013	-242,146	120,503
2014	-267,279	120,724
2015	-292,424	126,189
2016	-343,106	126,698
2017	-406,310	125,688
2018	-456,520	124,791
2019	-531,858	124,508
2020	-542,923	122,416
2021	-640,976	120,396
2022	-825,825	123,987
2023	-871,617	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Japan vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Japan	Palestine
1985	19	102
1986	18	96
1987	17	87
1988	16	85
1989	15	82
1990	14	78
1991	13	75
1992	13	73
1993	12	69
1994	11	66
1995	11	64
1996	11	61
1997	10	60
1998	10	59
1999	9	58
2000	9	59
2001	8	60
2002	8	58
2003	8	56
2004	7	55
2005	7	52
2006	7	51
2007	6	49
2008	6	49
2009	6	48
2010	6	42
2011	6	39
2012	6	36
2013	5	32
2014	5	29
2015	5	26
2016	5	23
2017	5	21
2018	5	19
2019	5	18
2020	4	20
2021	4	29
2022	5	17
2023	3	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Japan and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	3.97%	-
1961	3.62%	-
1962	3.29%	-
1963	2.98%	-
1964	2.7%	-
1965	2.46%	-
1966	2.26%	-
1967	2.1%	-
1968	1.96%	-
1969	1.85%	-
1970	1.75%	-
1971	1.65%	-
1972	1.57%	-
1973	1.49%	-
1974	1.41%	-
1975	1.33%	10.8%
1976	1.25%	10.2%
1977	1.18%	9.55%
1978	1.11%	8.98%
1979	1.05%	8.45%
1980	0.99%	7.95%
1981	0.93%	7.48%
1982	0.88%	7.04%
1983	0.83%	6.63%
1984	0.79%	6.25%
1985	0.75%	5.89%
1986	0.71%	5.56%
1987	0.68%	5.25%
1988	0.66%	4.97%
1989	0.64%	4.72%
1990	0.63%	4.49%
1991	0.62%	4.28%
1992	0.61%	4.09%
1993	0.6%	3.92%
1994	0.59%	3.77%
1995	0.57%	3.62%
1996	0.55%	3.49%
1997	0.52%	3.36%
1998	0.5%	3.24%
1999	0.47%	3.13%
2000	0.45%	3.03%
2001	0.43%	2.94%
2002	0.41%	2.85%
2003	0.4%	2.77%
2004	0.39%	2.68%
2005	0.37%	2.6%
2006	0.36%	2.52%
2007	0.35%	2.43%
2008	0.34%	2.35%
2009	0.34%	2.28%
2010	0.33%	2.2%
2011	0.33%	2.12%
2012	0.31%	2.04%
2013	0.3%	1.97%
2014	0.29%	2.2%
2015	0.28%	1.83%
2016	0.27%	1.76%
2017	0.26%	1.69%
2018	0.25%	1.63%
2019	0.25%	1.57%
2020	0.24%	1.52%
2021	0.24%	1.47%
2022	0.24%	1.42%
2023	0.24%	2.63%