Fertility & birth rates in Jordan and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Jordan vs Venezuela chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Jordan was 2.64 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 Jordan 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
	Jordan	Venezuela
1960	7.6	6.38
1961	7.7	6.3
1962	7.79	6.23
1963	7.85	6.16
1964	7.91	6.07
1965	7.93	5.98
1966	7.99	5.87
1967	8.06	5.75
1968	8.14	5.61
1969	8.19	5.47
1970	8.18	5.32
1971	8.15	5.17
1972	8.12	5.04
1973	8.06	4.91
1974	8	4.79
1975	7.93	4.69
1976	7.83	4.59
1977	7.72	4.49
1978	7.59	4.4
1979	7.45	4.3
1980	7.29	4.2
1981	7.12	4.1
1982	6.96	4.01
1983	6.81	3.93
1984	6.67	3.86
1985	6.53	3.79
1986	6.39	3.73
1987	6.2	3.67
1988	6.01	3.6
1989	5.8	3.52
1990	5.54	3.45
1991	5.33	3.37
1992	5.14	3.29
1993	4.97	3.22
1994	4.82	3.15
1995	4.68	3.08
1996	4.51	3.02
1997	4.32	2.97
1998	4.11	2.91
1999	3.97	2.86
2000	3.86	2.79
2001	3.8	2.78
2002	3.81	2.74
2003	3.82	2.7
2004	3.73	2.64
2005	3.65	2.63
2006	3.71	2.6
2007	3.8	2.52
2008	3.88	2.48
2009	3.84	2.42
2010	3.78	2.4
2011	3.69	2.4
2012	3.57	2.38
2013	3.45	2.33
2014	3.3	2.3
2015	3.14	2.25
2016	3.07	2.22
2017	2.99	2.18
2018	2.92	2.15
2019	2.86	2.13
2020	2.79	2.12
2021	2.74	2.11
2022	2.68	2.09
2023	2.64	2.08
2024	2.6	2.08
2025	2.57	2.06
2026	2.54	2.04
2027	2.51	2.03
2028	2.48	2.01
2029	2.44	2
2030	2.42	1.99
2031	2.39	1.98
2032	2.36	1.97
2033	2.33	1.96
2034	2.3	1.95
2035	2.27	1.94
2036	2.25	1.93
2037	2.23	1.92
2038	2.21	1.91
2039	2.19	1.91
2040	2.16	1.9
2041	2.14	1.89
2042	2.12	1.88
2043	2.1	1.87
2044	2.08	1.86
2045	2.07	1.86
2046	2.05	1.85
2047	2.04	1.84
2048	2.02	1.84
2049	2.01	1.83
2050	1.99	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jordan	Venezuela
1960	46.1%	46.8%
1961	46.6%	46.9%
1962	47.2%	47%
1963	47.7%	47%
1964	48.2%	47%
1965	48.7%	46.9%
1966	49.1%	46.8%
1967	49.4%	46.6%
1968	49.8%	46.3%
1969	50%	46%
1970	50.3%	45.6%
1971	50.4%	45.2%
1972	50.6%	44.7%
1973	50.6%	44.3%
1974	50.6%	43.8%
1975	50.6%	43.3%
1976	50.5%	42.9%
1977	50.4%	42.5%
1978	50.2%	42.1%
1979	50%	41.7%
1980	49.7%	41.3%
1981	49.5%	41%
1982	49.2%	40.6%
1983	48.9%	40.3%
1984	48.6%	39.9%
1985	48.2%	39.6%
1986	47.9%	39.3%
1987	47.6%	39%
1988	47.2%	38.7%
1989	46.8%	38.4%
1990	45%	38.1%
1991	43.1%	37.8%
1992	42.2%	37.4%
1993	41.5%	37%
1994	40.9%	36.6%
1995	40.5%	36.2%
1996	40.4%	35.8%
1997	40.4%	35.3%
1998	40.3%	34.9%
1999	40.2%	34.5%
2000	40.1%	34%
2001	39.8%	33.6%
2002	39.5%	33.1%
2003	39.2%	32.7%
2004	38.8%	32.2%
2005	38.4%	31.8%
2006	38%	31.4%
2007	37.5%	31%
2008	37%	30.6%
2009	36.5%	30.3%
2010	36%	29.9%
2011	35.5%	29.5%
2012	35.1%	29.2%
2013	34.9%	28.9%
2014	34.9%	28.5%
2015	34.8%	28.2%
2016	34.5%	27.9%
2017	34.1%	27.8%
2018	33.7%	27.9%
2019	33.3%	28%
2020	32.8%	27.8%
2021	32.4%	27.4%
2022	31.9%	26.8%
2023	31.2%	26.2%
2024	30.7%	25.5%
2025	30.2%	24.9%
2026	29.6%	24.3%
2027	29%	23.8%
2028	28.4%	23.2%
2029	27.8%	22.8%
2030	27.3%	22.4%
2031	26.9%	22%
2032	26.6%	21.7%
2033	26.2%	21.5%
2034	25.9%	21.4%
2035	25.7%	21.4%
2036	25.4%	21.4%
2037	25.2%	21.5%
2038	25%	21.5%
2039	24.9%	21.4%
2040	24.7%	21.4%
2041	24.6%	21.3%
2042	24.4%	21.2%
2043	24.3%	21.1%
2044	24.1%	20.9%
2045	23.9%	20.7%
2046	23.7%	20.5%
2047	23.5%	20.3%
2048	23.3%	20%
2049	23.1%	19.8%
2050	22.8%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.7% of the population in Jordan and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 45% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jordan and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Jordan vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.92% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Venezuela
1960	29,491	285,105
1961	32,143	292,109
1962	34,598	299,345
1963	36,858	307,279
1964	39,205	314,397
1965	41,635	321,695
1966	44,580	329,697
1967	48,791	335,813
1968	53,336	340,973
1969	57,431	343,596
1970	60,321	350,709
1971	64,763	355,212
1972	67,707	360,749
1973	70,058	367,612
1974	72,212	375,678
1975	74,392	385,045
1976	75,981	395,344
1977	78,101	405,315
1978	79,908	414,032
1979	82,076	421,256
1980	84,508	425,613
1981	86,751	432,059
1982	89,473	436,564
1983	92,863	443,569
1984	96,092	449,186
1985	99,801	455,517
1986	103,551	468,252
1987	106,536	474,204
1988	109,754	477,569
1989	112,608	478,053
1990	114,912	478,168
1991	129,642	477,917
1992	134,241	474,824
1993	139,467	473,189
1994	144,199	469,178
1995	147,652	469,267
1996	147,852	468,653
1997	145,358	472,002
1998	140,696	469,123
1999	138,201	463,787
2000	136,414	459,802
2001	136,450	451,487
2002	139,250	466,821
2003	142,443	456,902
2004	141,752	455,881
2005	141,816	463,260
2006	147,643	460,152
2007	167,574	452,482
2008	175,048	435,870
2009	177,651	427,257
2010	177,748	425,397
2011	177,076	425,958
2012	175,437	420,758
2013	170,473	408,930
2014	184,169	395,088
2015	195,495	384,560
2016	205,891	359,651
2017	205,903	340,222
2018	205,333	317,302
2019	204,933	274,826
2020	198,138	237,223
2021	190,795	207,746
2022	199,900	216,619
2023	200,895	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Jordan vs Venezuela

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jordan, compared to 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jordan	Venezuela
1985	100	83
1986	93	81
1987	87	81
1988	82	80
1989	79	80
1990	72	83
1991	74	80
1992	72	82
1993	71	82
1994	70	84
1995	70	84
1996	69	86
1997	67	82
1998	65	82
1999	63	88
2000	61	86
2001	60	101
2002	58	87
2003	56	97
2004	54	94
2005	53	93
2006	49	96
2007	50	92
2008	50	103
2009	49	109
2010	48	110
2011	47	104
2012	47	113
2013	44	123
2014	43	133
2015	41	136
2016	40	162
2017	38	195
2018	36	205
2019	35	202
2020	41	207
2021	79	251
2022	35	219
2023	31	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.32% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Venezuela
1960	15.5%	7.97%
1961	14.6%	7.72%
1962	13.8%	7.49%
1963	13%	7.3%
1964	12.3%	7.14%
1965	11.6%	7%
1966	11%	6.87%
1967	10.4%	6.75%
1968	9.87%	6.61%
1969	9.38%	6.47%
1970	8.91%	6.3%
1971	8.48%	6.12%
1972	8.06%	5.94%
1973	7.67%	5.75%
1974	7.31%	5.57%
1975	6.96%	5.38%
1976	6.63%	5.2%
1977	6.31%	5.01%
1978	6.02%	4.82%
1979	5.74%	4.62%
1980	5.48%	4.42%
1981	5.22%	4.24%
1982	4.99%	4.07%
1983	4.76%	3.91%
1984	4.55%	3.77%
1985	4.34%	3.64%
1986	4.16%	3.5%
1987	3.98%	3.37%
1988	3.82%	3.23%
1989	3.68%	3.09%
1990	3.54%	2.96%
1991	3.42%	2.86%
1992	3.31%	2.78%
1993	3.2%	2.73%
1994	3.1%	2.68%
1995	3.01%	2.63%
1996	2.91%	2.55%
1997	2.83%	2.45%
1998	2.74%	2.34%
1999	2.66%	2.24%
2000	2.58%	2.15%
2001	2.5%	2.09%
2002	2.42%	2.03%
2003	2.35%	1.98%
2004	2.27%	1.91%
2005	2.2%	1.85%
2006	2.13%	1.79%
2007	2.07%	1.74%
2008	2%	1.72%
2009	1.94%	1.71%
2010	1.89%	1.72%
2011	1.83%	1.73%
2012	1.78%	1.76%
2013	1.74%	1.79%
2014	1.69%	1.83%
2015	1.65%	1.92%
2016	1.6%	2.43%
2017	1.56%	2.43%
2018	1.52%	2.43%
2019	1.48%	2.43%
2020	1.44%	2.43%
2021	1.4%	2.43%
2022	1.36%	2.43%
2023	1.32%	2.43%