Fertility & birth rates in Kazakhstan and Syria

Fertility rate in Kazakhstan vs Syria chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Kazakhstan was 3.01 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kazakhstan vs Syria population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kazakhstan	Syria
1960	4.5	7.51
1961	4.42	7.5
1962	4.36	7.51
1963	4.26	7.51
1964	4.07	7.53
1965	3.88	7.53
1966	3.82	7.55
1967	3.77	7.56
1968	3.63	7.57
1969	3.51	7.59
1970	3.51	7.62
1971	3.53	7.6
1972	3.55	7.57
1973	3.51	7.55
1974	3.45	7.52
1975	3.4	7.49
1976	3.33	7.45
1977	3.26	7.42
1978	3.16	7.35
1979	3.14	7.25
1980	3.09	7.12
1981	3.05	6.97
1982	3.02	6.81
1983	3.07	6.69
1984	3.15	6.59
1985	3.21	6.48
1986	3.19	6.37
1987	3.12	6.2
1988	3	6
1989	2.87	5.78
1990	2.75	5.56
1991	2.68	5.34
1992	2.58	5.14
1993	2.48	4.99
1994	2.38	4.86
1995	2.25	4.7
1996	2.08	4.54
1997	1.97	4.37
1998	1.94	4.25
1999	1.9	4.14
2000	1.9	4.07
2001	1.91	3.98
2002	1.96	3.87
2003	2.08	3.76
2004	2.2	3.68
2005	2.27	3.61
2006	2.38	3.56
2007	2.49	3.54
2008	2.62	3.48
2009	2.58	3.42
2010	2.61	3.36
2011	2.61	3.29
2012	2.64	3.22
2013	2.67	3.17
2014	2.76	3.12
2015	2.76	3.07
2016	2.8	3.01
2017	2.75	2.97
2018	2.85	2.93
2019	2.89	2.88
2020	3.13	2.84
2021	3.32	2.8
2022	3.05	2.75
2023	3.01	2.71
2024	2.98	2.7
2025	2.95	2.66
2026	2.92	2.62
2027	2.9	2.58
2028	2.87	2.54
2029	2.84	2.51
2030	2.81	2.48
2031	2.78	2.45
2032	2.76	2.42
2033	2.74	2.39
2034	2.71	2.36
2035	2.69	2.33
2036	2.66	2.31
2037	2.64	2.29
2038	2.62	2.26
2039	2.6	2.24
2040	2.58	2.22
2041	2.56	2.2
2042	2.54	2.18
2043	2.52	2.16
2044	2.5	2.14
2045	2.48	2.13
2046	2.47	2.11
2047	2.44	2.1
2048	2.43	2.08
2049	2.41	2.07
2050	2.39	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kazakhstan	Syria
1960	37.2%	45.3%
1961	38%	45.7%
1962	38.4%	46.1%
1963	38.5%	46.3%
1964	38.4%	46.6%
1965	38.1%	46.9%
1966	37.8%	47.3%
1967	37.4%	47.5%
1968	37%	47.8%
1969	36.5%	48%
1970	36.1%	48.2%
1971	35.6%	48.3%
1972	35.2%	48.4%
1973	34.7%	48.5%
1974	34.1%	48.5%
1975	33.6%	48.6%
1976	33.3%	48.6%
1977	33.1%	48.7%
1978	32.8%	48.7%
1979	32.9%	48.7%
1980	33%	48.7%
1981	32.8%	48.7%
1982	32.7%	48.5%
1983	32.6%	48.4%
1984	32.6%	48.2%
1985	32.6%	48%
1986	32.6%	47.7%
1987	32.4%	47.5%
1988	32.1%	47.2%
1989	31.9%	46.9%
1990	31.7%	46.6%
1991	31.6%	46.1%
1992	31.4%	45.7%
1993	31.1%	45.2%
1994	30.8%	44.7%
1995	30.5%	44.2%
1996	30.1%	43.8%
1997	29.6%	43.3%
1998	29%	42.9%
1999	28.3%	42.4%
2000	27.6%	41.9%
2001	26.9%	41.3%
2002	26.2%	40.8%
2003	25.6%	40.2%
2004	25.1%	39.6%
2005	24.8%	39.1%
2006	24.7%	38.1%
2007	24.7%	36.7%
2008	24.9%	36.3%
2009	25.1%	36.3%
2010	25.4%	36.1%
2011	25.7%	36.1%
2012	26.2%	36.5%
2013	26.7%	38%
2014	27.2%	39.8%
2015	27.7%	40.6%
2016	28.1%	40.2%
2017	28.5%	39.3%
2018	28.8%	37.9%
2019	29%	36.1%
2020	29.2%	34.6%
2021	29.5%	33.4%
2022	29.6%	31.9%
2023	29.5%	30.3%
2024	29.4%	29.2%
2025	29.1%	28.4%
2026	28.9%	27.9%
2027	28.5%	27.5%
2028	28.2%	27.3%
2029	27.9%	27.3%
2030	27.5%	27.6%
2031	27.1%	27.9%
2032	26.8%	28.3%
2033	26.5%	28.6%
2034	26.1%	28.8%
2035	25.8%	29%
2036	25.4%	29%
2037	25%	28.9%
2038	24.8%	28.7%
2039	24.7%	28.4%
2040	24.6%	28%
2041	24.5%	27.5%
2042	24.5%	27%
2043	24.6%	26.4%
2044	24.6%	25.8%
2045	24.6%	25.1%
2046	24.7%	24.5%
2047	24.7%	23.9%
2048	24.7%	23.3%
2049	24.7%	22.8%
2050	24.7%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.4% of the population in Kazakhstan and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 31.7% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kazakhstan and Syria compared.

Natural population change in Kazakhstan vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.44% in Kazakhstan and +1.46% in Syria. 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
	Kazakhstan	Syria
1960	226,027	143,687
1961	228,686	151,485
1962	228,177	159,155
1963	223,105	166,555
1964	208,899	174,549
1965	194,470	182,560
1966	191,506	191,122
1967	191,536	199,223
1968	186,254	209,454
1969	184,118	219,114
1970	191,775	230,117
1971	202,450	239,610
1972	212,319	249,027
1973	215,940	254,687
1974	217,668	270,735
1975	219,748	282,299
1976	221,992	294,267
1977	224,284	306,630
1978	225,895	316,724
1979	237,442	324,943
1980	238,977	332,464
1981	243,652	330,237
1982	246,983	319,664
1983	260,471	355,375
1984	278,485	366,768
1985	293,834	379,231
1986	295,818	390,821
1987	290,227	399,159
1988	275,278	404,285
1989	254,394	406,111
1990	235,113	409,177
1991	221,581	410,830
1992	204,785	412,878
1993	185,649	420,244
1994	165,631	426,996
1995	140,721	430,172
1996	112,384	430,765
1997	92,778	429,887
1998	85,735	433,447
1999	79,536	439,261
2000	80,699	446,211
2001	84,279	451,503
2002	93,564	453,967
2003	112,137	457,000
2004	132,286	461,209
2005	146,619	468,960
2006	166,480	480,616
2007	188,486	529,162
2008	214,169	576,593
2009	218,036	559,314
2010	230,479	558,666
2011	237,883	543,950
2012	249,987	475,520
2013	259,239	419,341
2014	274,406	333,116
2015	273,523	253,977
2016	277,878	236,007
2017	268,066	237,214
2018	278,917	242,530
2019	278,788	293,762
2020	272,458	327,992
2021	269,026	350,560
2022	277,019	369,750
2023	273,013	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: Kazakhstan vs Syria

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Kazakhstan, compared to 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kazakhstan	Syria
1985	68	55
1986	67	52
1987	66	48
1988	65	44
1989	64	41
1990	64	37
1991	64	35
1992	65	33
1993	67	32
1994	70	32
1995	72	33
1996	72	34
1997	71	34
1998	68	34
1999	63	32
2000	58	31
2001	53	29
2002	48	26
2003	45	24
2004	41	22
2005	38	21
2006	35	20
2007	32	19
2008	28	20
2009	25	19
2010	22	19
2011	19	21
2012	17	22
2013	15	25
2014	14	25
2015	13	24
2016	12	23
2017	12	23
2018	11	21
2019	11	24
2020	18	23
2021	23	30
2022	14	21
2023	10	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Kazakhstan and 2.06% in Syria. 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
	Kazakhstan	Syria
1960	-	16.9%
1961	-	16.1%
1962	-	15.3%
1963	-	14.7%
1964	-	14.1%
1965	-	13.5%
1966	-	12.9%
1967	-	12.3%
1968	-	11.7%
1969	-	11.1%
1970	-	10.5%
1971	8.54%	9.91%
1972	8.33%	9.4%
1973	8.14%	8.92%
1974	7.96%	8.47%
1975	7.8%	8.03%
1976	7.66%	7.61%
1977	7.53%	7.19%
1978	7.39%	6.79%
1979	7.24%	6.4%
1980	7.05%	6.03%
1981	6.83%	6.33%
1982	6.6%	7.06%
1983	6.38%	5.1%
1984	6.16%	4.84%
1985	5.94%	4.6%
1986	5.73%	4.39%
1987	5.54%	4.19%
1988	5.37%	4.02%
1989	5.23%	3.85%
1990	5.16%	3.7%
1991	5.13%	3.55%
1992	5.16%	3.4%
1993	5.23%	3.24%
1994	5.28%	3.09%
1995	5.26%	2.94%
1996	5.16%	2.8%
1997	4.99%	2.66%
1998	4.76%	2.53%
1999	4.51%	2.42%
2000	4.25%	2.32%
2001	3.99%	2.23%
2002	3.76%	2.15%
2003	3.54%	2.09%
2004	3.33%	2.03%
2005	3.12%	1.98%
2006	2.9%	1.95%
2007	2.69%	1.92%
2008	2.47%	1.9%
2009	2.25%	1.9%
2010	2.04%	1.9%
2011	1.83%	2.17%
2012	1.63%	3.39%
2013	1.46%	3.65%
2014	1.3%	3.53%
2015	1.19%	3.7%
2016	1.1%	3.22%
2017	1.05%	3.3%
2018	1.03%	3.26%
2019	1.02%	2.5%
2020	1.01%	2.24%
2021	1%	2.1%
2022	0.98%	2.11%
2023	0.96%	2.06%