Fertility & birth rates in Japan and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Japan vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Japan 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
	Japan	Venezuela
1960	2	6.38
1961	1.96	6.3
1962	1.98	6.23
1963	2	6.16
1964	2.05	6.07
1965	2.14	5.98
1966	1.58	5.87
1967	2.23	5.75
1968	2.13	5.61
1969	2.13	5.47
1970	2.13	5.32
1971	2.16	5.17
1972	2.14	5.04
1973	2.14	4.91
1974	2.05	4.79
1975	1.91	4.69
1976	1.85	4.59
1977	1.8	4.49
1978	1.79	4.4
1979	1.77	4.3
1980	1.75	4.2
1981	1.74	4.1
1982	1.77	4.01
1983	1.8	3.93
1984	1.81	3.86
1985	1.76	3.79
1986	1.72	3.73
1987	1.69	3.67
1988	1.66	3.6
1989	1.57	3.52
1990	1.54	3.45
1991	1.53	3.37
1992	1.5	3.29
1993	1.46	3.22
1994	1.5	3.15
1995	1.42	3.08
1996	1.43	3.02
1997	1.39	2.97
1998	1.38	2.91
1999	1.34	2.86
2000	1.36	2.79
2001	1.33	2.78
2002	1.32	2.74
2003	1.29	2.7
2004	1.29	2.64
2005	1.26	2.63
2006	1.32	2.6
2007	1.34	2.52
2008	1.37	2.48
2009	1.37	2.42
2010	1.39	2.4
2011	1.39	2.4
2012	1.41	2.38
2013	1.43	2.33
2014	1.42	2.3
2015	1.45	2.25
2016	1.44	2.22
2017	1.43	2.18
2018	1.42	2.15
2019	1.36	2.13
2020	1.33	2.12
2021	1.3	2.11
2022	1.26	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	1.25	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	1.3	1.9
2041	1.31	1.89
2042	1.31	1.88
2043	1.31	1.87
2044	1.32	1.86
2045	1.32	1.86
2046	1.33	1.85
2047	1.33	1.84
2048	1.33	1.84
2049	1.34	1.83
2050	1.34	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Japan	Venezuela
1960	29.8%	46.8%
1961	29.1%	46.9%
1962	28%	47%
1963	26.8%	47%
1964	25.8%	47%
1965	25.1%	46.9%
1966	24.4%	46.8%
1967	23.8%	46.6%
1968	23.5%	46.3%
1969	23.4%	46%
1970	23.3%	45.6%
1971	23.3%	45.2%
1972	23.4%	44.7%
1973	23.6%	44.3%
1974	23.8%	43.8%
1975	23.8%	43.3%
1976	23.9%	42.9%
1977	23.9%	42.5%
1978	23.8%	42.1%
1979	23.7%	41.7%
1980	23.4%	41.3%
1981	23.3%	41%
1982	23.1%	40.6%
1983	22.6%	40.3%
1984	22.2%	39.9%
1985	21.7%	39.6%
1986	21%	39.3%
1987	20.3%	39%
1988	19.5%	38.7%
1989	18.8%	38.4%
1990	18%	38.1%
1991	17.4%	37.8%
1992	16.9%	37.4%
1993	16.4%	37%
1994	16%	36.6%
1995	15.6%	36.2%
1996	15.3%	35.8%
1997	15.1%	35.3%
1998	14.8%	34.9%
1999	14.6%	34.5%
2000	14.4%	34%
2001	14.2%	33.6%
2002	14.1%	33.1%
2003	13.9%	32.7%
2004	13.8%	32.2%
2005	13.8%	31.8%
2006	13.7%	31.4%
2007	13.6%	31%
2008	13.5%	30.6%
2009	13.5%	30.3%
2010	13.4%	29.9%
2011	13.3%	29.5%
2012	13.2%	29.2%
2013	13.1%	28.9%
2014	13%	28.5%
2015	12.8%	28.2%
2016	12.7%	27.9%
2017	12.6%	27.8%
2018	12.5%	27.9%
2019	12.4%	28%
2020	12.2%	27.8%
2021	12%	27.4%
2022	11.9%	26.8%
2023	11.6%	26.2%
2024	11.4%	25.5%
2025	11.2%	24.9%
2026	11%	24.3%
2027	10.9%	23.8%
2028	10.7%	23.2%
2029	10.5%	22.8%
2030	10.4%	22.4%
2031	10.3%	22%
2032	10.2%	21.7%
2033	10.1%	21.5%
2034	10.1%	21.4%
2035	10.1%	21.4%
2036	10.1%	21.4%
2037	10.1%	21.5%
2038	10.2%	21.5%
2039	10.3%	21.4%
2040	10.4%	21.4%
2041	10.5%	21.3%
2042	10.6%	21.2%
2043	10.7%	21.1%
2044	10.8%	20.9%
2045	10.9%	20.7%
2046	11%	20.5%
2047	11.1%	20.3%
2048	11.2%	20%
2049	11.2%	19.8%
2050	11.2%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.4% of the population in Japan and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 18% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Japan and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Japan vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.41% in Japan 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
	Japan	Venezuela
1960	894,874	285,105
1961	893,522	292,109
1962	901,864	299,345
1963	987,770	307,279
1964	1,046,553	314,397
1965	1,126,448	321,695
1966	682,072	329,697
1967	1,258,475	335,813
1968	1,191,930	340,973
1969	1,195,962	343,596
1970	1,230,496	350,709
1971	1,331,782	355,212
1972	1,372,006	360,749
1973	1,391,449	367,612
1974	1,332,960	375,678
1975	1,204,989	385,045
1976	1,127,750	395,344
1977	1,070,397	405,315
1978	1,011,234	414,032
1979	950,298	421,256
1980	864,372	425,613
1981	811,861	432,059
1982	805,664	436,564
1983	775,495	443,569
1984	756,523	449,186
1985	676,687	455,517
1986	631,706	468,252
1987	598,138	474,204
1988	527,085	477,569
1989	467,662	478,053
1990	407,478	478,168
1991	396,685	477,917
1992	360,833	474,824
1993	312,073	473,189
1994	363,017	469,178
1995	276,039	469,267
1996	314,392	468,653
1997	277,325	472,002
1998	265,440	469,123
1999	202,610	463,787
2000	228,317	459,802
2001	203,438	451,487
2002	178,423	466,821
2003	114,946	456,902
2004	76,656	455,881
2005	-25,554	463,260
2006	12,785	460,152
2007	-25,600	452,482
2008	-51,225	435,870
2009	-76,828	427,257
2010	-128,070	425,397
2011	-204,533	425,958
2012	-229,733	420,758
2013	-242,146	408,930
2014	-267,279	395,088
2015	-292,424	384,560
2016	-343,106	359,651
2017	-406,310	340,222
2018	-456,520	317,302
2019	-531,858	274,826
2020	-542,923	237,223
2021	-640,976	207,746
2022	-825,825	216,619
2023	-871,617	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Japan vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Japan	Venezuela
1985	19	83
1986	18	81
1987	17	81
1988	16	80
1989	15	80
1990	14	83
1991	13	80
1992	13	82
1993	12	82
1994	11	84
1995	11	84
1996	11	86
1997	10	82
1998	10	82
1999	9	88
2000	9	86
2001	8	101
2002	8	87
2003	8	97
2004	7	94
2005	7	93
2006	7	96
2007	6	92
2008	6	103
2009	6	109
2010	6	110
2011	6	104
2012	6	113
2013	5	123
2014	5	133
2015	5	136
2016	5	162
2017	5	195
2018	5	205
2019	5	202
2020	4	207
2021	4	251
2022	5	219
2023	3	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Japan 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
	Japan	Venezuela
1960	3.97%	7.97%
1961	3.62%	7.72%
1962	3.29%	7.49%
1963	2.98%	7.3%
1964	2.7%	7.14%
1965	2.46%	7%
1966	2.26%	6.87%
1967	2.1%	6.75%
1968	1.96%	6.61%
1969	1.85%	6.47%
1970	1.75%	6.3%
1971	1.65%	6.12%
1972	1.57%	5.94%
1973	1.49%	5.75%
1974	1.41%	5.57%
1975	1.33%	5.38%
1976	1.25%	5.2%
1977	1.18%	5.01%
1978	1.11%	4.82%
1979	1.05%	4.62%
1980	0.99%	4.42%
1981	0.93%	4.24%
1982	0.88%	4.07%
1983	0.83%	3.91%
1984	0.79%	3.77%
1985	0.75%	3.64%
1986	0.71%	3.5%
1987	0.68%	3.37%
1988	0.66%	3.23%
1989	0.64%	3.09%
1990	0.63%	2.96%
1991	0.62%	2.86%
1992	0.61%	2.78%
1993	0.6%	2.73%
1994	0.59%	2.68%
1995	0.57%	2.63%
1996	0.55%	2.55%
1997	0.52%	2.45%
1998	0.5%	2.34%
1999	0.47%	2.24%
2000	0.45%	2.15%
2001	0.43%	2.09%
2002	0.41%	2.03%
2003	0.4%	1.98%
2004	0.39%	1.91%
2005	0.37%	1.85%
2006	0.36%	1.79%
2007	0.35%	1.74%
2008	0.34%	1.72%
2009	0.34%	1.71%
2010	0.33%	1.72%
2011	0.33%	1.73%
2012	0.31%	1.76%
2013	0.3%	1.79%
2014	0.29%	1.83%
2015	0.28%	1.92%
2016	0.27%	2.43%
2017	0.26%	2.43%
2018	0.25%	2.43%
2019	0.25%	2.43%
2020	0.24%	2.43%
2021	0.24%	2.43%
2022	0.24%	2.43%
2023	0.24%	2.43%