Fertility & birth rates in Kazakhstan and Uruguay

Fertility rate in Kazakhstan vs Uruguay 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 1.41 in Uruguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kazakhstan	Uruguay
1960	4.5	2.83
1961	4.42	2.85
1962	4.36	2.87
1963	4.26	2.88
1964	4.07	2.86
1965	3.88	2.84
1966	3.82	2.82
1967	3.77	2.78
1968	3.63	2.77
1969	3.51	2.77
1970	3.51	2.77
1971	3.53	2.77
1972	3.55	2.78
1973	3.51	2.86
1974	3.45	2.96
1975	3.4	3.02
1976	3.33	3.01
1977	3.26	2.9
1978	3.16	2.83
1979	3.14	2.71
1980	3.09	2.59
1981	3.05	2.53
1982	3.02	2.51
1983	3.07	2.49
1984	3.15	2.47
1985	3.21	2.47
1986	3.19	2.47
1987	3.12	2.49
1988	3	2.5
1989	2.87	2.5
1990	2.75	2.48
1991	2.68	2.45
1992	2.58	2.43
1993	2.48	2.41
1994	2.38	2.42
1995	2.25	2.4
1996	2.08	2.36
1997	1.97	2.33
1998	1.94	2.27
1999	1.9	2.25
2000	1.9	2.2
2001	1.91	2.16
2002	1.96	2.16
2003	2.08	2.12
2004	2.2	2.09
2005	2.27	2.1
2006	2.38	2.07
2007	2.49	2.05
2008	2.62	2.03
2009	2.58	2.02
2010	2.61	2.01
2011	2.61	1.99
2012	2.64	2.01
2013	2.67	2.03
2014	2.76	2.03
2015	2.76	2.04
2016	2.8	1.97
2017	2.75	1.82
2018	2.85	1.68
2019	2.89	1.57
2020	3.13	1.5
2021	3.32	1.45
2022	3.05	1.43
2023	3.01	1.41
2024	2.98	1.4
2025	2.95	1.39
2026	2.92	1.38
2027	2.9	1.38
2028	2.87	1.38
2029	2.84	1.38
2030	2.81	1.38
2031	2.78	1.39
2032	2.76	1.39
2033	2.74	1.39
2034	2.71	1.39
2035	2.69	1.4
2036	2.66	1.4
2037	2.64	1.4
2038	2.62	1.4
2039	2.6	1.41
2040	2.58	1.41
2041	2.56	1.41
2042	2.54	1.42
2043	2.52	1.42
2044	2.5	1.42
2045	2.48	1.42
2046	2.47	1.42
2047	2.44	1.43
2048	2.43	1.43
2049	2.41	1.43
2050	2.39	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kazakhstan	Uruguay
1960	37.2%	27.6%
1961	38%	27.6%
1962	38.4%	27.7%
1963	38.5%	27.8%
1964	38.4%	27.9%
1965	38.1%	27.9%
1966	37.8%	28%
1967	37.4%	28%
1968	37%	27.9%
1969	36.5%	27.8%
1970	36.1%	27.8%
1971	35.6%	27.7%
1972	35.2%	27.5%
1973	34.7%	27.4%
1974	34.1%	27.4%
1975	33.6%	27.4%
1976	33.3%	27.4%
1977	33.1%	27.3%
1978	32.8%	27.3%
1979	32.9%	27.2%
1980	33%	27%
1981	32.8%	26.9%
1982	32.7%	26.7%
1983	32.6%	26.6%
1984	32.6%	26.5%
1985	32.6%	26.4%
1986	32.6%	26.2%
1987	32.4%	26.1%
1988	32.1%	26%
1989	31.9%	25.8%
1990	31.7%	25.6%
1991	31.6%	25.3%
1992	31.4%	25.1%
1993	31.1%	24.9%
1994	30.8%	24.7%
1995	30.5%	24.7%
1996	30.1%	24.6%
1997	29.6%	24.6%
1998	29%	24.5%
1999	28.3%	24.5%
2000	27.6%	24.4%
2001	26.9%	24.2%
2002	26.2%	24.1%
2003	25.6%	23.9%
2004	25.1%	23.7%
2005	24.8%	23.5%
2006	24.7%	23.3%
2007	24.7%	23.1%
2008	24.9%	22.8%
2009	25.1%	22.6%
2010	25.4%	22.3%
2011	25.7%	22%
2012	26.2%	21.7%
2013	26.7%	21.5%
2014	27.2%	21.3%
2015	27.7%	21.1%
2016	28.1%	21%
2017	28.5%	20.8%
2018	28.8%	20.5%
2019	29%	20.2%
2020	29.2%	19.8%
2021	29.5%	19.4%
2022	29.6%	19.1%
2023	29.5%	18.7%
2024	29.4%	18.3%
2025	29.1%	17.9%
2026	28.9%	17.5%
2027	28.5%	17.1%
2028	28.2%	16.7%
2029	27.9%	16.3%
2030	27.5%	15.8%
2031	27.1%	15.4%
2032	26.8%	15.1%
2033	26.5%	14.8%
2034	26.1%	14.7%
2035	25.8%	14.6%
2036	25.4%	14.5%
2037	25%	14.5%
2038	24.8%	14.4%
2039	24.7%	14.4%
2040	24.6%	14.3%
2041	24.5%	14.3%
2042	24.5%	14.3%
2043	24.6%	14.2%
2044	24.6%	14.1%
2045	24.6%	14.1%
2046	24.7%	14%
2047	24.7%	13.9%
2048	24.7%	13.8%
2049	24.7%	13.7%
2050	24.7%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.4% of the population in Kazakhstan and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 31.7% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kazakhstan and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in Kazakhstan vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.44% in Kazakhstan and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	226,027	30,438
1961	228,686	30,975
1962	228,177	31,441
1963	223,105	31,824
1964	208,899	31,340
1965	194,470	30,807
1966	191,506	30,293
1967	191,536	29,514
1968	186,254	29,103
1969	184,118	28,805
1970	191,775	28,737
1971	202,450	28,584
1972	212,319	28,896
1973	215,940	30,213
1974	217,668	32,221
1975	219,748	33,393
1976	221,992	33,199
1977	224,284	31,321
1978	225,895	30,076
1979	237,442	27,456
1980	238,977	25,451
1981	243,652	24,968
1982	246,983	25,224
1983	260,471	24,146
1984	278,485	23,684
1985	293,834	23,988
1986	295,818	24,505
1987	290,227	24,469
1988	275,278	25,071
1989	254,394	25,322
1990	235,113	25,699
1991	221,581	25,422
1992	204,785	24,847
1993	185,649	24,212
1994	165,631	24,637
1995	140,721	24,872
1996	112,384	24,635
1997	92,778	23,737
1998	85,735	22,114
1999	79,536	21,844
2000	80,699	21,060
2001	84,279	20,729
2002	93,564	20,073
2003	112,137	18,628
2004	132,286	18,067
2005	146,619	18,926
2006	166,480	17,783
2007	188,486	17,422
2008	214,169	16,838
2009	218,036	16,947
2010	230,479	16,231
2011	237,883	14,934
2012	249,987	15,520
2013	259,239	16,318
2014	274,406	16,238
2015	273,523	16,194
2016	277,878	14,008
2017	268,066	10,907
2018	278,917	7,322
2019	278,788	3,873
2020	272,458	4,048
2021	269,026	-5,621
2022	277,019	-2,964
2023	273,013	298

Maternal mortality chart: Kazakhstan vs Uruguay

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 15 deaths in Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kazakhstan	Uruguay
1985	68	41
1986	67	41
1987	66	41
1988	65	39
1989	64	36
1990	64	35
1991	64	33
1992	65	33
1993	67	31
1994	70	30
1995	72	29
1996	72	28
1997	71	27
1998	68	25
1999	63	24
2000	58	23
2001	53	24
2002	48	23
2003	45	23
2004	41	21
2005	38	20
2006	35	20
2007	32	19
2008	28	19
2009	25	18
2010	22	17
2011	19	17
2012	17	16
2013	15	16
2014	14	16
2015	13	16
2016	12	16
2017	12	16
2018	11	16
2019	11	16
2020	18	20
2021	23	49
2022	14	20
2023	10	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Kazakhstan and 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	-	6.33%
1961	-	6.21%
1962	-	6.06%
1963	-	5.93%
1964	-	5.83%
1965	-	5.77%
1966	-	5.74%
1967	-	5.7%
1968	-	5.64%
1969	-	5.53%
1970	-	5.4%
1971	8.54%	5.33%
1972	8.33%	5.34%
1973	8.14%	5.39%
1974	7.96%	5.46%
1975	7.8%	5.49%
1976	7.66%	5.41%
1977	7.53%	5.18%
1978	7.39%	4.83%
1979	7.24%	4.41%
1980	7.05%	3.98%
1981	6.83%	3.6%
1982	6.6%	3.31%
1983	6.38%	3.1%
1984	6.16%	2.95%
1985	5.94%	2.84%
1986	5.73%	2.74%
1987	5.54%	2.62%
1988	5.37%	2.51%
1989	5.23%	2.42%
1990	5.16%	2.37%
1991	5.13%	2.32%
1992	5.16%	2.29%
1993	5.23%	2.25%
1994	5.28%	2.19%
1995	5.26%	2.12%
1996	5.16%	2.03%
1997	4.99%	1.93%
1998	4.76%	1.84%
1999	4.51%	1.76%
2000	4.25%	1.7%
2001	3.99%	1.66%
2002	3.76%	1.62%
2003	3.54%	1.58%
2004	3.33%	1.52%
2005	3.12%	1.44%
2006	2.9%	1.35%
2007	2.69%	1.27%
2008	2.47%	1.19%
2009	2.25%	1.13%
2010	2.04%	1.08%
2011	1.83%	1.04%
2012	1.63%	1%
2013	1.46%	0.97%
2014	1.3%	0.93%
2015	1.19%	0.89%
2016	1.1%	0.85%
2017	1.05%	0.81%
2018	1.03%	0.77%
2019	1.02%	0.74%
2020	1.01%	0.71%
2021	1%	0.7%
2022	0.98%	0.68%
2023	0.96%	0.67%