Fertility & birth rates in Kazakhstan and Zimbabwe

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

Check Kazakhstan 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
	Kazakhstan	Zimbabwe
1960	4.5	7.2
1961	4.42	7.21
1962	4.36	7.23
1963	4.26	7.23
1964	4.07	7.23
1965	3.88	7.23
1966	3.82	7.2
1967	3.77	7.16
1968	3.63	7.11
1969	3.51	7.04
1970	3.51	6.98
1971	3.53	6.94
1972	3.55	6.94
1973	3.51	6.94
1974	3.45	6.88
1975	3.4	6.83
1976	3.33	6.77
1977	3.26	6.71
1978	3.16	6.66
1979	3.14	6.59
1980	3.09	6.52
1981	3.05	6.45
1982	3.02	6.33
1983	3.07	6.2
1984	3.15	6.04
1985	3.21	5.87
1986	3.19	5.69
1987	3.12	5.5
1988	3	5.28
1989	2.87	5.07
1990	2.75	4.88
1991	2.68	4.72
1992	2.58	4.57
1993	2.48	4.39
1994	2.38	4.28
1995	2.25	4.15
1996	2.08	4.11
1997	1.97	4.08
1998	1.94	4.07
1999	1.9	4.06
2000	1.9	4.01
2001	1.91	3.98
2002	1.96	3.93
2003	2.08	3.86
2004	2.2	3.78
2005	2.27	3.69
2006	2.38	3.64
2007	2.49	3.68
2008	2.62	3.78
2009	2.58	3.95
2010	2.61	4.04
2011	2.61	4.13
2012	2.64	4.13
2013	2.67	4.11
2014	2.76	4.01
2015	2.76	3.91
2016	2.8	3.83
2017	2.75	3.77
2018	2.85	3.74
2019	2.89	3.75
2020	3.13	3.75
2021	3.32	3.77
2022	3.05	3.77
2023	3.01	3.72
2024	2.98	3.67
2025	2.95	3.62
2026	2.92	3.57
2027	2.9	3.52
2028	2.87	3.47
2029	2.84	3.43
2030	2.81	3.38
2031	2.78	3.33
2032	2.76	3.29
2033	2.74	3.25
2034	2.71	3.21
2035	2.69	3.17
2036	2.66	3.13
2037	2.64	3.09
2038	2.62	3.06
2039	2.6	3.02
2040	2.58	2.99
2041	2.56	2.96
2042	2.54	2.93
2043	2.52	2.9
2044	2.5	2.87
2045	2.48	2.84
2046	2.47	2.81
2047	2.44	2.78
2048	2.43	2.75
2049	2.41	2.72
2050	2.39	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kazakhstan	Zimbabwe
1960	37.2%	47.3%
1961	38%	47.7%
1962	38.4%	48.1%
1963	38.5%	48.5%
1964	38.4%	48.8%
1965	38.1%	48.7%
1966	37.8%	48.6%
1967	37.4%	48.5%
1968	37%	48.5%
1969	36.5%	48.4%
1970	36.1%	48.3%
1971	35.6%	48.2%
1972	35.2%	48.2%
1973	34.7%	48.1%
1974	34.1%	48.1%
1975	33.6%	48.1%
1976	33.3%	48.2%
1977	33.1%	48.3%
1978	32.8%	48.5%
1979	32.9%	48.8%
1980	33%	48.7%
1981	32.8%	48.4%
1982	32.7%	48.3%
1983	32.6%	48.2%
1984	32.6%	48.1%
1985	32.6%	48%
1986	32.6%	47.9%
1987	32.4%	47.9%
1988	32.1%	47.9%
1989	31.9%	47.6%
1990	31.7%	47.1%
1991	31.6%	46.6%
1992	31.4%	46.8%
1993	31.1%	47.1%
1994	30.8%	46.6%
1995	30.5%	45.9%
1996	30.1%	45%
1997	29.6%	44%
1998	29%	43.1%
1999	28.3%	42.4%
2000	27.6%	41.9%
2001	26.9%	41.5%
2002	26.2%	41.4%
2003	25.6%	41.5%
2004	25.1%	41.7%
2005	24.8%	41.9%
2006	24.7%	42%
2007	24.7%	42.1%
2008	24.9%	42.4%
2009	25.1%	42.7%
2010	25.4%	43%
2011	25.7%	43.4%
2012	26.2%	43.7%
2013	26.7%	43.9%
2014	27.2%	43.9%
2015	27.7%	43.8%
2016	28.1%	43.6%
2017	28.5%	43.3%
2018	28.8%	42.9%
2019	29%	42.5%
2020	29.2%	42.2%
2021	29.5%	41.9%
2022	29.6%	41.6%
2023	29.5%	41.3%
2024	29.4%	40.9%
2025	29.1%	40.3%
2026	28.9%	39.6%
2027	28.5%	39%
2028	28.2%	38.4%
2029	27.9%	37.8%
2030	27.5%	37.4%
2031	27.1%	37%
2032	26.8%	36.8%
2033	26.5%	36.5%
2034	26.1%	36.3%
2035	25.8%	36.1%
2036	25.4%	35.8%
2037	25%	35.6%
2038	24.8%	35.3%
2039	24.7%	35.1%
2040	24.6%	34.8%
2041	24.5%	34.6%
2042	24.5%	34.3%
2043	24.6%	34.1%
2044	24.6%	33.8%
2045	24.6%	33.5%
2046	24.7%	33.2%
2047	24.7%	32.9%
2048	24.7%	32.6%
2049	24.7%	32.2%
2050	24.7%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.4% of the population in Kazakhstan and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 31.7% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kazakhstan and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Kazakhstan vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.44% in Kazakhstan 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
	Kazakhstan	Zimbabwe
1960	226,027	126,959
1961	228,686	131,531
1962	228,177	136,317
1963	223,105	140,984
1964	208,899	145,848
1965	194,470	151,164
1966	191,506	156,014
1967	191,536	161,205
1968	186,254	166,865
1969	184,118	172,626
1970	191,775	178,979
1971	202,450	185,427
1972	212,319	193,725
1973	215,940	201,885
1974	217,668	208,806
1975	219,748	216,947
1976	221,992	221,419
1977	224,284	225,139
1978	225,895	222,979
1979	237,442	223,657
1980	238,977	241,179
1981	243,652	271,361
1982	246,983	279,934
1983	260,471	286,545
1984	278,485	290,052
1985	293,834	290,756
1986	295,818	289,894
1987	290,227	286,766
1988	275,278	277,498
1989	254,394	270,838
1990	235,113	265,444
1991	221,581	260,943
1992	204,785	255,291
1993	185,649	228,045
1994	165,631	216,343
1995	140,721	206,695
1996	112,384	205,269
1997	92,778	216,288
1998	85,735	225,614
1999	79,536	232,393
2000	80,699	236,343
2001	84,279	227,909
2002	93,564	244,170
2003	112,137	243,057
2004	132,286	248,307
2005	146,619	248,545
2006	166,480	248,963
2007	188,486	261,805
2008	214,169	280,527
2009	218,036	309,316
2010	230,479	335,570
2011	237,883	359,572
2012	249,987	371,135
2013	259,239	374,757
2014	274,406	366,350
2015	273,523	356,203
2016	277,878	348,772
2017	268,066	344,035
2018	278,917	345,883
2019	278,788	348,798
2020	272,458	354,790
2021	269,026	349,908
2022	277,019	371,243
2023	273,013	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Kazakhstan vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kazakhstan	Zimbabwe
1985	68	573
1986	67	525
1987	66	480
1988	65	431
1989	64	382
1990	64	353
1991	64	332
1992	65	333
1993	67	331
1994	70	332
1995	72	332
1996	72	352
1997	71	357
1998	68	368
1999	63	399
2000	58	405
2001	53	467
2002	48	418
2003	45	455
2004	41	451
2005	38	454
2006	35	480
2007	32	519
2008	28	526
2009	25	540
2010	22	567
2011	19	564
2012	17	558
2013	15	525
2014	14	468
2015	13	428
2016	12	411
2017	12	389
2018	11	386
2019	11	388
2020	18	380
2021	23	446
2022	14	368
2023	10	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.96% in Kazakhstan 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
	Kazakhstan	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12.4%
1968	-	12.1%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.7%
1971	8.54%	11.5%
1972	8.33%	11.5%
1973	8.14%	11.4%
1974	7.96%	11.4%
1975	7.8%	11.4%
1976	7.66%	11.5%
1977	7.53%	11.5%
1978	7.39%	11.5%
1979	7.24%	11.3%
1980	7.05%	11.1%
1981	6.83%	10.7%
1982	6.6%	10.1%
1983	6.38%	9.5%
1984	6.16%	8.87%
1985	5.94%	8.31%
1986	5.73%	7.86%
1987	5.54%	7.61%
1988	5.37%	7.55%
1989	5.23%	7.69%
1990	5.16%	7.97%
1991	5.13%	8.33%
1992	5.16%	8.73%
1993	5.23%	9.16%
1994	5.28%	9.52%
1995	5.26%	9.83%
1996	5.16%	10%
1997	4.99%	10.1%
1998	4.76%	10%
1999	4.51%	9.92%
2000	4.25%	9.83%
2001	3.99%	9.79%
2002	3.76%	8.48%
2003	3.54%	8.85%
2004	3.33%	9.17%
2005	3.12%	9.23%
2006	2.9%	9.4%
2007	2.69%	9.47%
2008	2.47%	9.34%
2009	2.25%	9.03%
2010	2.04%	8.5%
2011	1.83%	7.88%
2012	1.63%	7.14%
2013	1.46%	6.55%
2014	1.3%	6.18%
2015	1.19%	5.98%
2016	1.1%	5.69%
2017	1.05%	5.5%
2018	1.03%	5.23%
2019	1.02%	5.11%
2020	1.01%	5.01%
2021	1%	4.76%
2022	0.98%	4.6%
2023	0.96%	4.42%