Fertility & birth rates in Japan and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Japan vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Japan vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	2	7.2
1961	1.96	7.21
1962	1.98	7.23
1963	2	7.23
1964	2.05	7.23
1965	2.14	7.23
1966	1.58	7.2
1967	2.23	7.16
1968	2.13	7.11
1969	2.13	7.04
1970	2.13	6.98
1971	2.16	6.94
1972	2.14	6.94
1973	2.14	6.94
1974	2.05	6.88
1975	1.91	6.83
1976	1.85	6.77
1977	1.8	6.71
1978	1.79	6.66
1979	1.77	6.59
1980	1.75	6.52
1981	1.74	6.45
1982	1.77	6.33
1983	1.8	6.2
1984	1.81	6.04
1985	1.76	5.87
1986	1.72	5.69
1987	1.69	5.5
1988	1.66	5.28
1989	1.57	5.07
1990	1.54	4.88
1991	1.53	4.72
1992	1.5	4.57
1993	1.46	4.39
1994	1.5	4.28
1995	1.42	4.15
1996	1.43	4.11
1997	1.39	4.08
1998	1.38	4.07
1999	1.34	4.06
2000	1.36	4.01
2001	1.33	3.98
2002	1.32	3.93
2003	1.29	3.86
2004	1.29	3.78
2005	1.26	3.69
2006	1.32	3.64
2007	1.34	3.68
2008	1.37	3.78
2009	1.37	3.95
2010	1.39	4.04
2011	1.39	4.13
2012	1.41	4.13
2013	1.43	4.11
2014	1.42	4.01
2015	1.45	3.91
2016	1.44	3.83
2017	1.43	3.77
2018	1.42	3.74
2019	1.36	3.75
2020	1.33	3.75
2021	1.3	3.77
2022	1.26	3.77
2023	1.2	3.72
2024	1.21	3.67
2025	1.22	3.62
2026	1.22	3.57
2027	1.23	3.52
2028	1.24	3.47
2029	1.25	3.43
2030	1.25	3.38
2031	1.26	3.33
2032	1.26	3.29
2033	1.27	3.25
2034	1.28	3.21
2035	1.28	3.17
2036	1.29	3.13
2037	1.29	3.09
2038	1.3	3.06
2039	1.3	3.02
2040	1.3	2.99
2041	1.31	2.96
2042	1.31	2.93
2043	1.31	2.9
2044	1.32	2.87
2045	1.32	2.84
2046	1.33	2.81
2047	1.33	2.78
2048	1.33	2.75
2049	1.34	2.72
2050	1.34	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Japan	Zimbabwe
1960	29.8%	47.3%
1961	29.1%	47.7%
1962	28%	48.1%
1963	26.8%	48.5%
1964	25.8%	48.8%
1965	25.1%	48.7%
1966	24.4%	48.6%
1967	23.8%	48.5%
1968	23.5%	48.5%
1969	23.4%	48.4%
1970	23.3%	48.3%
1971	23.3%	48.2%
1972	23.4%	48.2%
1973	23.6%	48.1%
1974	23.8%	48.1%
1975	23.8%	48.1%
1976	23.9%	48.2%
1977	23.9%	48.3%
1978	23.8%	48.5%
1979	23.7%	48.8%
1980	23.4%	48.7%
1981	23.3%	48.4%
1982	23.1%	48.3%
1983	22.6%	48.2%
1984	22.2%	48.1%
1985	21.7%	48%
1986	21%	47.9%
1987	20.3%	47.9%
1988	19.5%	47.9%
1989	18.8%	47.6%
1990	18%	47.1%
1991	17.4%	46.6%
1992	16.9%	46.8%
1993	16.4%	47.1%
1994	16%	46.6%
1995	15.6%	45.9%
1996	15.3%	45%
1997	15.1%	44%
1998	14.8%	43.1%
1999	14.6%	42.4%
2000	14.4%	41.9%
2001	14.2%	41.5%
2002	14.1%	41.4%
2003	13.9%	41.5%
2004	13.8%	41.7%
2005	13.8%	41.9%
2006	13.7%	42%
2007	13.6%	42.1%
2008	13.5%	42.4%
2009	13.5%	42.7%
2010	13.4%	43%
2011	13.3%	43.4%
2012	13.2%	43.7%
2013	13.1%	43.9%
2014	13%	43.9%
2015	12.8%	43.8%
2016	12.7%	43.6%
2017	12.6%	43.3%
2018	12.5%	42.9%
2019	12.4%	42.5%
2020	12.2%	42.2%
2021	12%	41.9%
2022	11.9%	41.6%
2023	11.6%	41.3%
2024	11.4%	40.9%
2025	11.2%	40.3%
2026	11%	39.6%
2027	10.9%	39%
2028	10.7%	38.4%
2029	10.5%	37.8%
2030	10.4%	37.4%
2031	10.3%	37%
2032	10.2%	36.8%
2033	10.1%	36.5%
2034	10.1%	36.3%
2035	10.1%	36.1%
2036	10.1%	35.8%
2037	10.1%	35.6%
2038	10.2%	35.3%
2039	10.3%	35.1%
2040	10.4%	34.8%
2041	10.5%	34.6%
2042	10.6%	34.3%
2043	10.7%	34.1%
2044	10.8%	33.8%
2045	10.9%	33.5%
2046	11%	33.2%
2047	11.1%	32.9%
2048	11.2%	32.6%
2049	11.2%	32.2%
2050	11.2%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.4% of the population in Japan and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 18% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Japan and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Japan vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.41% in Japan and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	894,874	126,959
1961	893,522	131,531
1962	901,864	136,317
1963	987,770	140,984
1964	1,046,553	145,848
1965	1,126,448	151,164
1966	682,072	156,014
1967	1,258,475	161,205
1968	1,191,930	166,865
1969	1,195,962	172,626
1970	1,230,496	178,979
1971	1,331,782	185,427
1972	1,372,006	193,725
1973	1,391,449	201,885
1974	1,332,960	208,806
1975	1,204,989	216,947
1976	1,127,750	221,419
1977	1,070,397	225,139
1978	1,011,234	222,979
1979	950,298	223,657
1980	864,372	241,179
1981	811,861	271,361
1982	805,664	279,934
1983	775,495	286,545
1984	756,523	290,052
1985	676,687	290,756
1986	631,706	289,894
1987	598,138	286,766
1988	527,085	277,498
1989	467,662	270,838
1990	407,478	265,444
1991	396,685	260,943
1992	360,833	255,291
1993	312,073	228,045
1994	363,017	216,343
1995	276,039	206,695
1996	314,392	205,269
1997	277,325	216,288
1998	265,440	225,614
1999	202,610	232,393
2000	228,317	236,343
2001	203,438	227,909
2002	178,423	244,170
2003	114,946	243,057
2004	76,656	248,307
2005	-25,554	248,545
2006	12,785	248,963
2007	-25,600	261,805
2008	-51,225	280,527
2009	-76,828	309,316
2010	-128,070	335,570
2011	-204,533	359,572
2012	-229,733	371,135
2013	-242,146	374,757
2014	-267,279	366,350
2015	-292,424	356,203
2016	-343,106	348,772
2017	-406,310	344,035
2018	-456,520	345,883
2019	-531,858	348,798
2020	-542,923	354,790
2021	-640,976	349,908
2022	-825,825	371,243
2023	-871,617	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Japan vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Japan	Zimbabwe
1985	19	573
1986	18	525
1987	17	480
1988	16	431
1989	15	382
1990	14	353
1991	13	332
1992	13	333
1993	12	331
1994	11	332
1995	11	332
1996	11	352
1997	10	357
1998	10	368
1999	9	399
2000	9	405
2001	8	467
2002	8	418
2003	8	455
2004	7	451
2005	7	454
2006	7	480
2007	6	519
2008	6	526
2009	6	540
2010	6	567
2011	6	564
2012	6	558
2013	5	525
2014	5	468
2015	5	428
2016	5	411
2017	5	389
2018	5	386
2019	5	388
2020	4	380
2021	4	446
2022	5	368
2023	3	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Japan and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	3.97%	15.2%
1961	3.62%	14.8%
1962	3.29%	14.4%
1963	2.98%	14%
1964	2.7%	13.5%
1965	2.46%	13.1%
1966	2.26%	12.7%
1967	2.1%	12.4%
1968	1.96%	12.1%
1969	1.85%	11.8%
1970	1.75%	11.7%
1971	1.65%	11.5%
1972	1.57%	11.5%
1973	1.49%	11.4%
1974	1.41%	11.4%
1975	1.33%	11.4%
1976	1.25%	11.5%
1977	1.18%	11.5%
1978	1.11%	11.5%
1979	1.05%	11.3%
1980	0.99%	11.1%
1981	0.93%	10.7%
1982	0.88%	10.1%
1983	0.83%	9.5%
1984	0.79%	8.87%
1985	0.75%	8.31%
1986	0.71%	7.86%
1987	0.68%	7.61%
1988	0.66%	7.55%
1989	0.64%	7.69%
1990	0.63%	7.97%
1991	0.62%	8.33%
1992	0.61%	8.73%
1993	0.6%	9.16%
1994	0.59%	9.52%
1995	0.57%	9.83%
1996	0.55%	10%
1997	0.52%	10.1%
1998	0.5%	10%
1999	0.47%	9.92%
2000	0.45%	9.83%
2001	0.43%	9.79%
2002	0.41%	8.48%
2003	0.4%	8.85%
2004	0.39%	9.17%
2005	0.37%	9.23%
2006	0.36%	9.4%
2007	0.35%	9.47%
2008	0.34%	9.34%
2009	0.34%	9.03%
2010	0.33%	8.5%
2011	0.33%	7.88%
2012	0.31%	7.14%
2013	0.3%	6.55%
2014	0.29%	6.18%
2015	0.28%	5.98%
2016	0.27%	5.69%
2017	0.26%	5.5%
2018	0.25%	5.23%
2019	0.25%	5.11%
2020	0.24%	5.01%
2021	0.24%	4.76%
2022	0.24%	4.6%
2023	0.24%	4.42%