Fertility & birth rates in Kuwait and Mongolia

Fertility rate in Kuwait vs Mongolia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Kuwait was 1.52 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.7 in Mongolia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kuwait vs Mongolia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kuwait	Mongolia
1960	7.22	6.82
1961	7.25	6.96
1962	7.25	7.1
1963	7.28	7.24
1964	7.29	7.33
1965	7.31	7.38
1966	7.34	7.41
1967	7.33	7.39
1968	7.28	7.37
1969	7.18	7.34
1970	7.03	7.31
1971	6.84	7.3
1972	6.64	7.28
1973	6.43	7.24
1974	6.23	7.17
1975	6.06	7.07
1976	5.9	6.93
1977	5.71	6.79
1978	5.52	6.62
1979	5.33	6.42
1980	5.18	6.21
1981	5.02	5.98
1982	4.85	5.8
1983	4.66	5.63
1984	4.45	5.45
1985	4.22	5.26
1986	4	5.03
1987	3.83	4.83
1988	3.7	4.65
1989	3.59	4.42
1990	3.49	4.5
1991	3.4	4
1992	3.35	3.5
1993	3.31	2.5
1994	3.27	2.7
1995	3.25	2.77
1996	3.22	2.5
1997	3.14	2.4
1998	3.04	2.3
1999	2.95	2.3
2000	2.89	2.2
2001	2.84	2.2
2002	2.8	2.1
2003	2.77	2
2004	2.76	2
2005	2.73	2
2006	2.59	2.1
2007	2.41	2.3
2008	2.27	2.6
2009	2.15	2.8
2010	2.04	2.4
2011	1.96	2.6
2012	1.99	2.7
2013	1.97	3
2014	2.06	3.1
2015	2.03	3
2016	2.06	3
2017	2.16	2.8
2018	2.12	2.9
2019	2.08	3
2020	2.03	2.9
2021	2.15	2.8
2022	1.55	2.7
2023	1.52	2.7
2024	1.51	2.65
2025	1.5	2.6
2026	1.49	2.55
2027	1.48	2.51
2028	1.48	2.47
2029	1.48	2.44
2030	1.48	2.4
2031	1.48	2.37
2032	1.48	2.34
2033	1.48	2.31
2034	1.48	2.29
2035	1.48	2.26
2036	1.48	2.23
2037	1.48	2.21
2038	1.48	2.19
2039	1.48	2.17
2040	1.48	2.15
2041	1.49	2.13
2042	1.49	2.11
2043	1.49	2.09
2044	1.5	2.08
2045	1.5	2.06
2046	1.5	2.05
2047	1.5	2.04
2048	1.5	2.02
2049	1.5	2.01
2050	1.5	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kuwait	Mongolia
1960	37.4%	38.1%
1961	37.8%	38.8%
1962	38.3%	39.6%
1963	39%	40.4%
1964	39.5%	41.4%
1965	40%	42.4%
1966	40.7%	43.3%
1967	41.5%	44.2%
1968	42.3%	44.9%
1969	43%	45.4%
1970	43.6%	45.6%
1971	43.9%	45.8%
1972	43.8%	45.8%
1973	43.6%	45.8%
1974	43.3%	45.6%
1975	43%	45.4%
1976	42.3%	45.2%
1977	41.4%	44.8%
1978	40.6%	44.5%
1979	39.9%	44.1%
1980	39.3%	43.7%
1981	38.8%	43.3%
1982	38.1%	43%
1983	37.5%	42.7%
1984	37.1%	42.5%
1985	36.8%	42.3%
1986	36.6%	42.1%
1987	36.7%	42%
1988	36.6%	41.8%
1989	36.5%	41.7%
1990	36%	41.4%
1991	35.1%	41%
1992	34.6%	40.5%
1993	33.8%	40%
1994	33.4%	39.5%
1995	33.4%	39%
1996	33%	38.4%
1997	32.3%	37.8%
1998	31.4%	37%
1999	30.4%	36.2%
2000	29.4%	35.2%
2001	28.3%	34.1%
2002	27.4%	32.9%
2003	26.4%	31.8%
2004	25.6%	30.8%
2005	24.9%	29.9%
2006	24.5%	29.1%
2007	24.1%	28.5%
2008	23.7%	28.1%
2009	23.3%	27.9%
2010	23%	27.9%
2011	22.5%	28%
2012	22.1%	28.1%
2013	22%	28.5%
2014	21.9%	28.9%
2015	21.8%	29.5%
2016	21.6%	30.2%
2017	21.4%	30.9%
2018	21.1%	31.6%
2019	20.8%	32.3%
2020	20.6%	32.8%
2021	20.1%	32.9%
2022	19.2%	32.9%
2023	18.6%	32.6%
2024	18.2%	32.2%
2025	18%	31.6%
2026	17.8%	30.9%
2027	17.6%	30.1%
2028	17.4%	29.2%
2029	17.3%	28.2%
2030	17.2%	27.3%
2031	17.1%	26.3%
2032	17.1%	25.6%
2033	17.1%	24.9%
2034	17.1%	24.3%
2035	17.2%	23.8%
2036	17.3%	23.4%
2037	17.3%	23.1%
2038	17.4%	23%
2039	17.4%	22.9%
2040	17.5%	22.8%
2041	17.5%	22.9%
2042	17.6%	22.9%
2043	17.6%	23%
2044	17.7%	23.1%
2045	17.7%	23.2%
2046	17.7%	23.3%
2047	17.7%	23.4%
2048	17.7%	23.4%
2049	17.7%	23.4%
2050	17.7%	23.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Kuwait and 32.2% in Mongolia in 2024, compared to 36% and 41.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kuwait and Mongolia compared.

Natural population change in Kuwait vs Mongolia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.12% in Kuwait and +1.81% in Mongolia. 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
	Kuwait	Mongolia
1960	11,054	20,726
1961	12,327	21,873
1962	13,730	22,960
1963	15,357	24,142
1964	17,064	25,317
1965	18,952	26,364
1966	20,914	27,338
1967	23,520	28,178
1968	26,161	29,017
1969	28,774	29,781
1970	30,789	30,558
1971	32,339	31,536
1972	34,045	32,727
1973	35,741	33,993
1974	37,425	35,297
1975	39,295	36,490
1976	41,439	37,670
1977	42,922	38,995
1978	44,277	40,276
1979	45,569	41,568
1980	47,096	42,343
1981	48,098	43,588
1982	49,981	45,179
1983	51,460	46,919
1984	52,539	48,562
1985	51,772	49,944
1986	51,824	50,329
1987	50,690	51,140
1988	50,037	51,588
1989	49,390	51,420
1990	46,720	49,443
1991	21,867	47,884
1992	32,016	42,437
1993	33,239	36,924
1994	36,533	34,711
1995	39,198	34,473
1996	39,920	33,741
1997	39,581	32,403
1998	39,324	31,757
1999	39,342	32,283
2000	39,811	32,753
2001	40,662	32,052
2002	41,651	30,439
2003	42,934	28,827
2004	44,341	28,418
2005	45,243	29,290
2006	45,911	33,609
2007	46,539	39,636
2008	47,505	45,843
2009	48,879	48,876
2010	49,838	44,914
2011	50,733	50,711
2012	53,181	55,942
2013	52,666	62,618
2014	54,673	66,078
2015	52,127	64,473
2016	51,397	62,086
2017	51,498	57,940
2018	47,222	60,635
2019	46,268	61,433
2020	41,083	60,888
2021	42,057	52,109
2022	41,752	47,730
2023	42,568	46,995

Maternal mortality chart: Kuwait vs Mongolia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Kuwait, compared to 41 deaths in Mongolia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kuwait	Mongolia
1985	11	352
1986	11	346
1987	10	341
1988	10	335
1989	10	311
1990	16	276
1991	8	227
1992	10	199
1993	10	181
1994	10	178
1995	10	176
1996	11	178
1997	11	180
1998	11	174
1999	11	162
2000	11	144
2001	11	130
2002	11	120
2003	11	114
2004	11	108
2005	10	99
2006	10	90
2007	10	81
2008	9	77
2009	9	75
2010	9	71
2011	8	67
2012	8	63
2013	8	59
2014	8	56
2015	8	52
2016	8	48
2017	8	45
2018	8	45
2019	7	45
2020	33	47
2021	75	63
2022	8	41
2023	8	41

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.88% in Kuwait and 1.36% in Mongolia. 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
	Kuwait	Mongolia
1960	14.2%	-
1961	13.2%	-
1962	12.3%	-
1963	11.4%	-
1964	10.6%	-
1965	9.86%	-
1966	9.17%	-
1967	8.55%	-
1968	7.98%	-
1969	7.47%	-
1970	7%	-
1971	6.57%	-
1972	6.17%	-
1973	5.8%	-
1974	5.45%	-
1975	5.12%	-
1976	4.8%	-
1977	4.49%	-
1978	4.19%	17.3%
1979	3.89%	16.7%
1980	3.59%	16.1%
1981	3.29%	15.5%
1982	3%	15%
1983	2.72%	14.4%
1984	2.48%	13.9%
1985	2.3%	13.4%
1986	2.16%	12.8%
1987	2.04%	12.2%
1988	1.93%	11.7%
1989	1.83%	11.1%
1990	1.73%	10.7%
1991	1.64%	10.2%
1992	1.57%	9.78%
1993	1.52%	9.39%
1994	1.49%	9%
1995	1.46%	8.6%
1996	1.42%	8.19%
1997	1.38%	7.74%
1998	1.34%	7.27%
1999	1.3%	6.78%
2000	1.27%	6.29%
2001	1.25%	5.8%
2002	1.23%	5.32%
2003	1.21%	4.87%
2004	1.19%	4.45%
2005	1.17%	4.07%
2006	1.16%	3.71%
2007	1.14%	3.39%
2008	1.12%	3.11%
2009	1.1%	2.85%
2010	1.07%	2.63%
2011	1.03%	2.44%
2012	0.99%	2.28%
2013	0.96%	2.15%
2014	0.93%	2.04%
2015	0.91%	1.94%
2016	0.9%	1.84%
2017	0.89%	1.74%
2018	0.89%	1.64%
2019	0.89%	1.56%
2020	0.89%	1.48%
2021	0.89%	1.43%
2022	0.88%	1.39%
2023	0.88%	1.36%