Fertility & birth rates in Kenya and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Kenya vs Uzbekistan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Kenya was 3.21 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kenya vs Uzbekistan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kenya	Uzbekistan
1960	7.65	6.61
1961	7.72	6.75
1962	7.77	6.88
1963	7.82	6.81
1964	7.87	6.82
1965	7.92	6.81
1966	7.96	6.66
1967	7.95	6.57
1968	7.95	6.39
1969	7.95	6.34
1970	7.94	6.31
1971	7.92	6.28
1972	7.89	6.25
1973	7.86	6.16
1974	7.82	6.05
1975	7.8	5.92
1976	7.77	5.75
1977	7.73	5.54
1978	7.67	5.28
1979	7.6	5.16
1980	7.53	5.04
1981	7.45	4.91
1982	7.35	4.82
1983	7.22	4.71
1984	7.08	4.73
1985	6.96	4.69
1986	6.84	4.68
1987	6.69	4.53
1988	6.52	4.26
1989	6.33	4.1
1990	6.14	4.12
1991	5.94	4.19
1992	5.74	4.06
1993	5.57	3.86
1994	5.44	3.66
1995	5.37	3.57
1996	5.31	3.39
1997	5.27	3.19
1998	5.24	2.99
1999	5.18	2.83
2000	5.14	2.7
2001	5.09	2.61
2002	5.03	2.58
2003	4.94	2.5
2004	4.86	2.5
2005	4.8	2.44
2006	4.75	2.46
2007	4.72	2.57
2008	4.66	2.64
2009	4.57	2.56
2010	4.45	2.44
2011	4.28	2.35
2012	4.12	2.34
2013	3.96	2.44
2014	3.84	2.55
2015	3.77	2.58
2016	3.69	2.56
2017	3.61	2.57
2018	3.54	2.71
2019	3.43	2.87
2020	3.36	3.06
2021	3.31	3.27
2022	3.26	3.4
2023	3.21	3.5
2024	3.17	3.49
2025	3.12	3.45
2026	3.07	3.4
2027	3.03	3.36
2028	2.99	3.31
2029	2.95	3.27
2030	2.92	3.22
2031	2.89	3.18
2032	2.85	3.13
2033	2.82	3.09
2034	2.78	3.05
2035	2.75	3.01
2036	2.72	2.98
2037	2.69	2.94
2038	2.66	2.91
2039	2.63	2.87
2040	2.61	2.84
2041	2.58	2.81
2042	2.55	2.78
2043	2.53	2.75
2044	2.5	2.72
2045	2.47	2.69
2046	2.44	2.66
2047	2.42	2.63
2048	2.4	2.6
2049	2.38	2.58
2050	2.36	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kenya	Uzbekistan
1960	48.7%	39.8%
1961	49.1%	41.2%
1962	49.4%	42.4%
1963	49.7%	43.4%
1964	49.8%	44.2%
1965	50.2%	44.7%
1966	50.6%	44.8%
1967	50.9%	44.9%
1968	51.2%	44.8%
1969	51.4%	44.7%
1970	51.6%	44.6%
1971	51.7%	44.4%
1972	51.9%	44.3%
1973	52%	44%
1974	52%	43.7%
1975	52%	43.3%
1976	52.1%	42.8%
1977	52%	42.3%
1978	51.9%	41.7%
1979	51.7%	41.2%
1980	51.5%	40.8%
1981	51.3%	40.5%
1982	51.1%	40.3%
1983	50.8%	40.1%
1984	50.6%	40.1%
1985	50.3%	40.1%
1986	50.1%	40.1%
1987	49.9%	40.1%
1988	49.7%	40%
1989	49.5%	39.9%
1990	49.2%	39.9%
1991	48.9%	39.9%
1992	48.7%	39.8%
1993	48.4%	39.8%
1994	48%	39.7%
1995	47.7%	39.4%
1996	47.4%	39.2%
1997	47.1%	38.8%
1998	46.8%	38.2%
1999	46.5%	37.5%
2000	46.1%	36.7%
2001	45.7%	35.8%
2002	45.3%	34.9%
2003	45%	34%
2004	44.6%	33.1%
2005	44.4%	32.3%
2006	44.2%	31.4%
2007	44%	30.6%
2008	43.9%	29.9%
2009	43.8%	29.4%
2010	43.6%	28.9%
2011	43.4%	28.5%
2012	43.2%	28.2%
2013	42.8%	28.1%
2014	42.4%	28.1%
2015	42%	28.3%
2016	41.5%	28.5%
2017	41%	28.8%
2018	40.5%	29%
2019	39.9%	29.3%
2020	39.3%	29.7%
2021	38.7%	30.2%
2022	38.1%	30.6%
2023	37.4%	30.9%
2024	36.8%	31.1%
2025	36.3%	31.3%
2026	35.7%	31.5%
2027	35.3%	31.6%
2028	34.9%	31.6%
2029	34.5%	31.6%
2030	34.2%	31.4%
2031	33.9%	31.3%
2032	33.6%	31.1%
2033	33.4%	30.9%
2034	33.2%	30.6%
2035	32.9%	30.3%
2036	32.7%	29.8%
2037	32.5%	29.3%
2038	32.2%	28.8%
2039	32%	28.3%
2040	31.7%	28%
2041	31.4%	27.6%
2042	31%	27.4%
2043	30.7%	27.2%
2044	30.4%	27%
2045	30%	26.9%
2046	29.7%	26.8%
2047	29.3%	26.8%
2048	28.9%	26.7%
2049	28.5%	26.7%
2050	28.2%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.8% of the population in Kenya and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 49.2% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kenya and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Kenya vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.16% in Kenya and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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
	Kenya	Uzbekistan
1960	280,032	267,165
1961	298,463	279,841
1962	315,797	292,788
1963	332,763	293,432
1964	349,322	298,790
1965	366,444	302,264
1966	382,891	297,844
1967	396,920	298,350
1968	411,948	295,651
1969	427,819	302,833
1970	443,065	313,216
1971	459,897	323,171
1972	472,557	333,230
1973	485,556	341,807
1974	500,008	350,422
1975	517,579	357,382
1976	536,740	363,110
1977	554,124	369,572
1978	574,695	372,068
1979	595,390	387,754
1980	616,390	401,557
1981	642,379	413,897
1982	663,109	431,389
1983	684,587	454,464
1984	709,639	485,617
1985	732,739	508,893
1986	755,606	533,234
1987	775,124	537,292
1988	785,652	525,126
1989	795,622	522,323
1990	789,087	540,581
1991	790,030	557,886
1992	785,018	548,793
1993	788,579	527,557
1994	792,702	502,279
1995	812,391	493,966
1996	827,326	471,010
1997	847,493	441,631
1998	875,511	408,532
1999	898,484	385,448
2000	928,357	365,138
2001	963,721	356,483
2002	992,044	359,231
2003	1,018,182	355,098
2004	1,048,590	363,994
2005	1,080,446	363,462
2006	1,113,357	383,265
2007	1,147,063	426,880
2008	1,174,818	461,665
2009	1,193,598	471,839
2010	1,199,786	461,293
2011	1,185,863	454,858
2012	1,161,548	463,333
2013	1,136,006	501,742
2014	1,123,333	536,881
2015	1,119,200	552,781
2016	1,108,801	549,045
2017	1,105,769	548,372
2018	1,097,075	585,119
2019	1,071,777	618,154
2020	1,036,253	643,750
2021	1,037,082	689,325
2022	1,092,102	715,410
2023	1,100,970	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Kenya vs Uzbekistan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 149 deaths per 100,000 live births in Kenya, compared to 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kenya	Uzbekistan
1985	1,375	72
1986	1,059	69
1987	960	63
1988	756	58
1989	663	53
1990	586	50
1991	493	47
1992	419	46
1993	363	47
1994	342	49
1995	308	46
1996	275	44
1997	253	42
1998	250	42
1999	217	43
2000	206	42
2001	188	42
2002	182	41
2003	177	40
2004	177	39
2005	178	39
2006	188	38
2007	198	37
2008	197	35
2009	208	34
2010	210	34
2011	209	33
2012	214	33
2013	206	32
2014	203	32
2015	203	31
2016	196	31
2017	186	30
2018	183	29
2019	176	29
2020	184	29
2021	183	28
2022	155	27
2023	149	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.99% in Kenya and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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
	Kenya	Uzbekistan
1960	19.6%	-
1961	18.8%	-
1962	18.1%	-
1963	17.5%	-
1964	17%	-
1965	16.6%	-
1966	16.3%	-
1967	16%	-
1968	15.7%	-
1969	15.4%	-
1970	15%	-
1971	14.7%	-
1972	14.3%	-
1973	14%	-
1974	13.5%	-
1975	13.1%	-
1976	12.7%	-
1977	12.2%	-
1978	11.8%	-
1979	11.4%	12.5%
1980	11%	11.7%
1981	10.6%	10.9%
1982	10.3%	10.2%
1983	9.98%	9.5%
1984	9.74%	8.91%
1985	9.57%	8.4%
1986	9.49%	7.96%
1987	9.51%	7.59%
1988	9.63%	7.31%
1989	9.85%	7.13%
1990	10.1%	7.04%
1991	10.5%	7.01%
1992	10.7%	7.01%
1993	10.9%	6.99%
1994	11%	6.95%
1995	11%	6.91%
1996	10.9%	6.83%
1997	10.7%	6.72%
1998	10.4%	6.57%
1999	10.1%	6.38%
2000	9.63%	6.15%
2001	9.16%	5.88%
2002	8.66%	5.57%
2003	8.16%	5.25%
2004	7.66%	4.92%
2005	7.15%	4.57%
2006	6.71%	4.24%
2007	6.32%	3.9%
2008	5.82%	3.59%
2009	5.54%	3.29%
2010	5.35%	3.01%
2011	5.22%	2.75%
2012	5.12%	2.52%
2013	5%	2.32%
2014	4.88%	2.14%
2015	4.74%	1.98%
2016	4.6%	1.85%
2017	4.53%	1.73%
2018	4.43%	1.64%
2019	4.33%	1.56%
2020	4.28%	1.5%
2021	4.19%	1.44%
2022	4.11%	1.38%
2023	3.99%	1.33%