Fertility & birth rates in Kazakhstan and Zambia

Fertility rate in Kazakhstan vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	4.5	6.95
1961	4.42	6.98
1962	4.36	7.01
1963	4.26	7.06
1964	4.07	7.09
1965	3.88	7.12
1966	3.82	7.14
1967	3.77	7.15
1968	3.63	7.18
1969	3.51	7.18
1970	3.51	7.22
1971	3.53	7.26
1972	3.55	7.3
1973	3.51	7.34
1974	3.45	7.36
1975	3.4	7.42
1976	3.33	7.39
1977	3.26	7.35
1978	3.16	7.29
1979	3.14	7.22
1980	3.09	7.14
1981	3.05	7.07
1982	3.02	7.04
1983	3.07	7.01
1984	3.15	6.97
1985	3.21	6.93
1986	3.19	6.87
1987	3.12	6.8
1988	3	6.7
1989	2.87	6.64
1990	2.75	6.57
1991	2.68	6.46
1992	2.58	6.35
1993	2.48	6.3
1994	2.38	6.26
1995	2.25	6.23
1996	2.08	6.18
1997	1.97	6.12
1998	1.94	6.07
1999	1.9	6
2000	1.9	5.92
2001	1.91	5.85
2002	1.96	5.77
2003	2.08	5.71
2004	2.2	5.7
2005	2.27	5.7
2006	2.38	5.68
2007	2.49	5.61
2008	2.62	5.53
2009	2.58	5.45
2010	2.61	5.36
2011	2.61	5.26
2012	2.64	5.14
2013	2.67	5.01
2014	2.76	4.89
2015	2.76	4.78
2016	2.8	4.67
2017	2.75	4.57
2018	2.85	4.49
2019	2.89	4.42
2020	3.13	4.32
2021	3.32	4.25
2022	3.05	4.18
2023	3.01	4.1
2024	2.98	4.04
2025	2.95	3.97
2026	2.92	3.91
2027	2.9	3.85
2028	2.87	3.77
2029	2.84	3.72
2030	2.81	3.67
2031	2.78	3.61
2032	2.76	3.56
2033	2.74	3.5
2034	2.71	3.45
2035	2.69	3.4
2036	2.66	3.35
2037	2.64	3.3
2038	2.62	3.25
2039	2.6	3.19
2040	2.58	3.15
2041	2.56	3.11
2042	2.54	3.07
2043	2.52	3.03
2044	2.5	3
2045	2.48	2.96
2046	2.47	2.93
2047	2.44	2.9
2048	2.43	2.87
2049	2.41	2.84
2050	2.39	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kazakhstan	Zambia
1960	37.2%	46%
1961	38%	46.2%
1962	38.4%	46.3%
1963	38.5%	46.5%
1964	38.4%	46.7%
1965	38.1%	46.9%
1966	37.8%	46.9%
1967	37.4%	47%
1968	37%	47.1%
1969	36.5%	47.2%
1970	36.1%	47.4%
1971	35.6%	47.7%
1972	35.2%	48%
1973	34.7%	48.3%
1974	34.1%	48.6%
1975	33.6%	48.8%
1976	33.3%	49.1%
1977	33.1%	49.2%
1978	32.8%	49.4%
1979	32.9%	49.5%
1980	33%	49.5%
1981	32.8%	49.4%
1982	32.7%	49.3%
1983	32.6%	49.1%
1984	32.6%	49%
1985	32.6%	48.9%
1986	32.6%	48.8%
1987	32.4%	48.7%
1988	32.1%	48.6%
1989	31.9%	48.5%
1990	31.7%	48.4%
1991	31.6%	48.3%
1992	31.4%	48.2%
1993	31.1%	48.2%
1994	30.8%	48.2%
1995	30.5%	48.2%
1996	30.1%	48.2%
1997	29.6%	48.2%
1998	29%	48.2%
1999	28.3%	48.1%
2000	27.6%	48%
2001	26.9%	47.8%
2002	26.2%	47.6%
2003	25.6%	47.4%
2004	25.1%	47.3%
2005	24.8%	47.1%
2006	24.7%	47%
2007	24.7%	46.8%
2008	24.9%	46.6%
2009	25.1%	46.4%
2010	25.4%	46.3%
2011	25.7%	46.1%
2012	26.2%	45.9%
2013	26.7%	45.7%
2014	27.2%	45.5%
2015	27.7%	45.2%
2016	28.1%	44.9%
2017	28.5%	44.5%
2018	28.8%	44.1%
2019	29%	43.8%
2020	29.2%	43.3%
2021	29.5%	42.9%
2022	29.6%	42.4%
2023	29.5%	42%
2024	29.4%	41.5%
2025	29.1%	41%
2026	28.9%	40.5%
2027	28.5%	40%
2028	28.2%	39.6%
2029	27.9%	39.2%
2030	27.5%	38.8%
2031	27.1%	38.5%
2032	26.8%	38.1%
2033	26.5%	37.8%
2034	26.1%	37.5%
2035	25.8%	37.1%
2036	25.4%	36.8%
2037	25%	36.5%
2038	24.8%	36.1%
2039	24.7%	35.8%
2040	24.6%	35.4%
2041	24.5%	35.1%
2042	24.5%	34.7%
2043	24.6%	34.4%
2044	24.6%	34%
2045	24.6%	33.7%
2046	24.7%	33.3%
2047	24.7%	33%
2048	24.7%	32.6%
2049	24.7%	32.3%
2050	24.7%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.4% of the population in Kazakhstan and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 31.7% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kazakhstan and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Kazakhstan vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.44% in Kazakhstan and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	226,027	102,335
1961	228,686	106,318
1962	228,177	110,173
1963	223,105	114,555
1964	208,899	117,197
1965	194,470	122,814
1966	191,506	127,164
1967	191,536	131,938
1968	186,254	137,315
1969	184,118	142,660
1970	191,775	149,380
1971	202,450	155,249
1972	212,319	161,648
1973	215,940	168,258
1974	217,668	174,484
1975	219,748	182,258
1976	221,992	186,762
1977	224,284	191,557
1978	225,895	194,933
1979	237,442	197,578
1980	238,977	198,817
1981	243,652	202,822
1982	246,983	207,621
1983	260,471	212,712
1984	278,485	216,695
1985	293,834	221,351
1986	295,818	224,768
1987	290,227	227,813
1988	275,278	230,118
1989	254,394	233,429
1990	235,113	235,835
1991	221,581	237,957
1992	204,785	239,953
1993	185,649	245,917
1994	165,631	252,023
1995	140,721	257,897
1996	112,384	262,468
1997	92,778	268,198
1998	85,735	275,568
1999	79,536	283,297
2000	80,699	293,186
2001	84,279	302,682
2002	93,564	316,041
2003	112,137	331,189
2004	132,286	349,352
2005	146,619	368,756
2006	166,480	387,891
2007	188,486	403,729
2008	214,169	419,560
2009	218,036	434,458
2010	230,479	448,337
2011	237,883	459,743
2012	249,987	469,406
2013	259,239	476,846
2014	274,406	483,663
2015	273,523	491,021
2016	277,878	497,521
2017	268,066	504,630
2018	278,917	515,644
2019	278,788	528,089
2020	272,458	536,484
2021	269,026	535,629
2022	277,019	563,456
2023	273,013	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Kazakhstan vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kazakhstan	Zambia
1985	68	596
1986	67	619
1987	66	630
1988	65	635
1989	64	635
1990	64	625
1991	64	611
1992	65	581
1993	67	532
1994	70	507
1995	72	466
1996	72	433
1997	71	403
1998	68	392
1999	63	378
2000	58	340
2001	53	306
2002	48	274
2003	45	250
2004	41	260
2005	38	264
2006	35	262
2007	32	324
2008	28	394
2009	25	406
2010	22	332
2011	19	291
2012	17	256
2013	15	213
2014	14	174
2015	13	154
2016	12	158
2017	12	141
2018	11	117
2019	11	103
2020	18	99
2021	23	140
2022	14	89
2023	10	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Kazakhstan and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	-	20.5%
1961	-	20.1%
1962	-	19.8%
1963	-	19.5%
1964	-	19.2%
1965	-	19%
1966	-	18.9%
1967	-	18.7%
1968	-	18.5%
1969	-	18.3%
1970	-	17.9%
1971	8.54%	17.4%
1972	8.33%	16.9%
1973	8.14%	16.3%
1974	7.96%	15.9%
1975	7.8%	15.5%
1976	7.66%	15.4%
1977	7.53%	15.3%
1978	7.39%	15.3%
1979	7.24%	15.4%
1980	7.05%	15.5%
1981	6.83%	15.6%
1982	6.6%	15.7%
1983	6.38%	15.9%
1984	6.16%	16.2%
1985	5.94%	16.6%
1986	5.73%	17%
1987	5.54%	17.3%
1988	5.37%	17.7%
1989	5.23%	17.9%
1990	5.16%	18.1%
1991	5.13%	18.1%
1992	5.16%	18.1%
1993	5.23%	17.9%
1994	5.28%	17.7%
1995	5.26%	17.3%
1996	5.16%	17%
1997	4.99%	16.7%
1998	4.76%	16.3%
1999	4.51%	15.9%
2000	4.25%	15.3%
2001	3.99%	14.4%
2002	3.76%	13.4%
2003	3.54%	12.4%
2004	3.33%	11.4%
2005	3.12%	10.5%
2006	2.9%	9.71%
2007	2.69%	9.14%
2008	2.47%	8.62%
2009	2.25%	8%
2010	2.04%	7.57%
2011	1.83%	7.31%
2012	1.63%	7.04%
2013	1.46%	6.72%
2014	1.3%	6.38%
2015	1.19%	6.15%
2016	1.1%	5.9%
2017	1.05%	5.61%
2018	1.03%	5.52%
2019	1.02%	5.41%
2020	1.01%	5.24%
2021	1%	4.92%
2022	0.98%	4.67%
2023	0.96%	4.47%