Fertility & birth rates in Japan and San Marino

Fertility rate in Japan vs San Marino 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 1.15 in San Marino in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Japan vs San Marino 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	San Marino
1960	2	2.43
1961	1.96	2.68
1962	1.98	2.43
1963	2	2.4
1964	2.05	2.37
1965	2.14	2.33
1966	1.58	2.33
1967	2.23	2.31
1968	2.13	2.3
1969	2.13	2.31
1970	2.13	2.32
1971	2.16	2.33
1972	2.14	2.29
1973	2.14	2.23
1974	2.05	2.13
1975	1.91	2.05
1976	1.85	1.95
1977	1.8	1.87
1978	1.79	1.77
1979	1.77	1.63
1980	1.75	1.53
1981	1.74	1.41
1982	1.77	1.3
1983	1.8	1.25
1984	1.81	1.2
1985	1.76	1.17
1986	1.72	1.15
1987	1.69	1.14
1988	1.66	1.14
1989	1.57	1.15
1990	1.54	1.16
1991	1.53	1.17
1992	1.5	1.15
1993	1.46	1.12
1994	1.5	1.14
1995	1.42	1.17
1996	1.43	1.21
1997	1.39	1.24
1998	1.38	1.26
1999	1.34	1.29
2000	1.36	1.4
2001	1.33	1.52
2002	1.32	1.43
2003	1.29	1.3
2004	1.29	1.3
2005	1.26	1.2
2006	1.32	1.24
2007	1.34	1.26
2008	1.37	1.52
2009	1.37	1.36
2010	1.39	1.46
2011	1.39	1.46
2012	1.41	1.29
2013	1.43	1.48
2014	1.42	1.26
2015	1.45	1.2
2016	1.44	1.13
2017	1.43	1.05
2018	1.42	1.08
2019	1.36	1.1
2020	1.33	1.11
2021	1.3	1.13
2022	1.26	1.14
2023	1.2	1.15
2024	1.21	1.16
2025	1.22	1.16
2026	1.22	1.17
2027	1.23	1.18
2028	1.24	1.18
2029	1.25	1.19
2030	1.25	1.2
2031	1.26	1.2
2032	1.26	1.21
2033	1.27	1.21
2034	1.28	1.22
2035	1.28	1.23
2036	1.29	1.23
2037	1.29	1.24
2038	1.3	1.24
2039	1.3	1.25
2040	1.3	1.25
2041	1.31	1.25
2042	1.31	1.26
2043	1.31	1.26
2044	1.32	1.27
2045	1.32	1.27
2046	1.33	1.28
2047	1.33	1.28
2048	1.33	1.29
2049	1.34	1.29
2050	1.34	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Japan	San Marino
1960	29.8%	25%
1961	29.1%	25%
1962	28%	25%
1963	26.8%	24.8%
1964	25.8%	24.5%
1965	25.1%	24.3%
1966	24.4%	24.5%
1967	23.8%	24.9%
1968	23.5%	25.3%
1969	23.4%	25.6%
1970	23.3%	25.9%
1971	23.3%	26%
1972	23.4%	25.9%
1973	23.6%	25.7%
1974	23.8%	25.4%
1975	23.8%	25.1%
1976	23.9%	24.7%
1977	23.9%	23.9%
1978	23.8%	23%
1979	23.7%	22.4%
1980	23.4%	21.7%
1981	23.3%	21%
1982	23.1%	20.3%
1983	22.6%	19.7%
1984	22.2%	19.1%
1985	21.7%	18.6%
1986	21%	18%
1987	20.3%	17.5%
1988	19.5%	17%
1989	18.8%	16.5%
1990	18%	16.1%
1991	17.4%	15.8%
1992	16.9%	15.4%
1993	16.4%	15.2%
1994	16%	15%
1995	15.6%	14.9%
1996	15.3%	14.9%
1997	15.1%	14.9%
1998	14.8%	14.9%
1999	14.6%	14.9%
2000	14.4%	14.9%
2001	14.2%	15%
2002	14.1%	15.1%
2003	13.9%	15.2%
2004	13.8%	15.2%
2005	13.8%	15.3%
2006	13.7%	15.3%
2007	13.6%	15.3%
2008	13.5%	15.4%
2009	13.5%	15.4%
2010	13.4%	15.4%
2011	13.3%	15.3%
2012	13.2%	15.2%
2013	13.1%	15.1%
2014	13%	15.1%
2015	12.8%	14.9%
2016	12.7%	14.7%
2017	12.6%	14.4%
2018	12.5%	14%
2019	12.4%	13.7%
2020	12.2%	13.4%
2021	12%	13.2%
2022	11.9%	13%
2023	11.6%	12.7%
2024	11.4%	12.3%
2025	11.2%	11.9%
2026	11%	11.4%
2027	10.9%	11.1%
2028	10.7%	10.8%
2029	10.5%	10.5%
2030	10.4%	10.3%
2031	10.3%	10.1%
2032	10.2%	10%
2033	10.1%	9.97%
2034	10.1%	9.92%
2035	10.1%	9.9%
2036	10.1%	9.92%
2037	10.1%	9.98%
2038	10.2%	10.1%
2039	10.3%	10.2%
2040	10.4%	10.4%
2041	10.5%	10.6%
2042	10.6%	10.7%
2043	10.7%	10.9%
2044	10.8%	11%
2045	10.9%	11.2%
2046	11%	11.3%
2047	11.1%	11.4%
2048	11.2%	11.5%
2049	11.2%	11.6%
2050	11.2%	11.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.4% of the population in Japan and 12.3% in San Marino in 2024, compared to 18% and 16.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Japan and San Marino compared.

Natural population change in Japan vs San Marino by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.41% in Japan and -0.1% in San Marino. 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	San Marino
1960	894,874	139
1961	893,522	174
1962	901,864	155
1963	987,770	158
1964	1,046,553	163
1965	1,126,448	169
1966	682,072	173
1967	1,258,475	171
1968	1,191,930	171
1969	1,195,962	173
1970	1,230,496	173
1971	1,331,782	174
1972	1,372,006	173
1973	1,391,449	167
1974	1,332,960	153
1975	1,204,989	141
1976	1,127,750	126
1977	1,070,397	117
1978	1,011,234	121
1979	950,298	104
1980	864,372	90
1981	811,861	76
1982	805,664	61
1983	775,495	54
1984	756,523	46
1985	676,687	44
1986	631,706	40
1987	598,138	31
1988	527,085	34
1989	467,662	36
1990	407,478	41
1991	396,685	45
1992	360,833	42
1993	312,073	38
1994	363,017	43
1995	276,039	51
1996	314,392	63
1997	277,325	71
1998	265,440	74
1999	202,610	80
2000	228,317	107
2001	203,438	132
2002	178,423	112
2003	114,946	79
2004	76,656	121
2005	-25,554	66
2006	12,785	75
2007	-25,600	69
2008	-51,225	159
2009	-76,828	145
2010	-128,070	126
2011	-204,533	105
2012	-229,733	54
2013	-242,146	73
2014	-267,279	46
2015	-292,424	36
2016	-343,106	10
2017	-406,310	-51
2018	-456,520	-11
2019	-531,858	-17
2020	-542,923	-122
2021	-640,976	-99
2022	-825,825	-58
2023	-871,617	-92

Maternal mortality chart: Japan vs San Marino

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 8 deaths in San Marino.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Japan	San Marino
1985	19	12
1986	18	12
1987	17	12
1988	16	12
1989	15	12
1990	14	11
1991	13	11
1992	13	11
1993	12	11
1994	11	10
1995	11	10
1996	11	10
1997	10	10
1998	10	9
1999	9	9
2000	9	14
2001	8	14
2002	8	14
2003	8	13
2004	7	13
2005	7	12
2006	7	12
2007	6	8
2008	6	8
2009	6	8
2010	6	8
2011	6	8
2012	6	8
2013	5	8
2014	5	8
2015	5	8
2016	5	7
2017	5	7
2018	5	7
2019	5	7
2020	4	46
2021	4	35
2022	5	22
2023	3	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Japan and 0.14% in San Marino. 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	San Marino
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%	-
1976	1.25%	-
1977	1.18%	-
1978	1.11%	-
1979	1.05%	-
1980	0.99%	-
1981	0.93%	-
1982	0.88%	-
1983	0.83%	-
1984	0.79%	-
1985	0.75%	1.99%
1986	0.71%	1.82%
1987	0.68%	1.66%
1988	0.66%	1.52%
1989	0.64%	1.39%
1990	0.63%	1.27%
1991	0.62%	1.16%
1992	0.61%	1.06%
1993	0.6%	0.97%
1994	0.59%	0.89%
1995	0.57%	0.81%
1996	0.55%	0.75%
1997	0.52%	0.69%
1998	0.5%	0.63%
1999	0.47%	0.58%
2000	0.45%	0.54%
2001	0.43%	0.5%
2002	0.41%	0.46%
2003	0.4%	0.42%
2004	0.39%	0.39%
2005	0.37%	0.37%
2006	0.36%	0.34%
2007	0.35%	0.32%
2008	0.34%	0.3%
2009	0.34%	0.28%
2010	0.33%	0.27%
2011	0.33%	0.25%
2012	0.31%	0.24%
2013	0.3%	0.23%
2014	0.29%	0.21%
2015	0.28%	0.2%
2016	0.27%	0.19%
2017	0.26%	0.18%
2018	0.25%	0.17%
2019	0.25%	0.17%
2020	0.24%	0.16%
2021	0.24%	0.15%
2022	0.24%	0.15%
2023	0.24%	0.14%