Fertility & birth rates in Kuwait and South Africa

Fertility rate in Kuwait vs South Africa 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 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kuwait vs South Africa 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	South Africa
1960	7.22	6.11
1961	7.25	6.08
1962	7.25	6.05
1963	7.28	6.01
1964	7.29	5.96
1965	7.31	5.89
1966	7.34	5.91
1967	7.33	5.85
1968	7.28	5.78
1969	7.18	5.72
1970	7.03	5.63
1971	6.84	5.57
1972	6.64	5.49
1973	6.43	5.41
1974	6.23	5.3
1975	6.06	5.19
1976	5.9	5.07
1977	5.71	4.94
1978	5.52	4.85
1979	5.33	4.82
1980	5.18	4.78
1981	5.02	4.71
1982	4.85	4.7
1983	4.66	4.63
1984	4.45	4.57
1985	4.22	4.5
1986	4	4.41
1987	3.83	4.35
1988	3.7	4.18
1989	3.59	3.98
1990	3.49	3.72
1991	3.4	3.62
1992	3.35	3.48
1993	3.31	3.37
1994	3.27	3.26
1995	3.25	3.17
1996	3.22	2.99
1997	3.14	2.73
1998	3.04	2.63
1999	2.95	2.56
2000	2.89	2.41
2001	2.84	2.37
2002	2.8	2.32
2003	2.77	2.36
2004	2.76	2.44
2005	2.73	2.51
2006	2.59	2.55
2007	2.41	2.55
2008	2.27	2.68
2009	2.15	2.5
2010	2.04	2.44
2011	1.96	2.44
2012	1.99	2.45
2013	1.97	2.43
2014	2.06	2.42
2015	2.03	2.36
2016	2.06	2.26
2017	2.16	2.28
2018	2.12	2.27
2019	2.08	2.26
2020	2.03	2.26
2021	2.15	2.25
2022	1.55	2.23
2023	1.52	2.22
2024	1.51	2.21
2025	1.5	2.19
2026	1.49	2.17
2027	1.48	2.15
2028	1.48	2.13
2029	1.48	2.12
2030	1.48	2.1
2031	1.48	2.09
2032	1.48	2.07
2033	1.48	2.06
2034	1.48	2.05
2035	1.48	2.04
2036	1.48	2.03
2037	1.48	2.02
2038	1.48	2
2039	1.48	1.99
2040	1.48	1.98
2041	1.49	1.98
2042	1.49	1.97
2043	1.49	1.96
2044	1.5	1.95
2045	1.5	1.94
2046	1.5	1.93
2047	1.5	1.92
2048	1.5	1.91
2049	1.5	1.9
2050	1.5	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kuwait	South Africa
1960	37.4%	42.1%
1961	37.8%	42.1%
1962	38.3%	42.1%
1963	39%	42.1%
1964	39.5%	42.1%
1965	40%	42.1%
1966	40.7%	42.1%
1967	41.5%	42.2%
1968	42.3%	42.2%
1969	43%	42.2%
1970	43.6%	42.3%
1971	43.9%	42.2%
1972	43.8%	42.2%
1973	43.6%	42.1%
1974	43.3%	42%
1975	43%	41.9%
1976	42.3%	41.8%
1977	41.4%	41.7%
1978	40.6%	41.5%
1979	39.9%	41.3%
1980	39.3%	40.9%
1981	38.8%	40.5%
1982	38.1%	40.1%
1983	37.5%	39.8%
1984	37.1%	39.5%
1985	36.8%	39.2%
1986	36.6%	38.9%
1987	36.7%	38.7%
1988	36.6%	38.4%
1989	36.5%	38.1%
1990	36%	37.7%
1991	35.1%	37.5%
1992	34.6%	37.6%
1993	33.8%	37.3%
1994	33.4%	37.2%
1995	33.4%	37.5%
1996	33%	37.5%
1997	32.3%	37.2%
1998	31.4%	36.5%
1999	30.4%	35.7%
2000	29.4%	34.9%
2001	28.3%	34%
2002	27.4%	33.2%
2003	26.4%	32.3%
2004	25.6%	31.6%
2005	24.9%	31.1%
2006	24.5%	30.6%
2007	24.1%	30.2%
2008	23.7%	29.9%
2009	23.3%	29.7%
2010	23%	29.4%
2011	22.5%	29.1%
2012	22.1%	28.9%
2013	22%	28.7%
2014	21.9%	28.5%
2015	21.8%	28.3%
2016	21.6%	28.3%
2017	21.4%	28.3%
2018	21.1%	27.9%
2019	20.8%	27.4%
2020	20.6%	27%
2021	20.1%	26.6%
2022	19.2%	26.3%
2023	18.6%	26.1%
2024	18.2%	25.9%
2025	18%	25.7%
2026	17.8%	25.6%
2027	17.6%	25.4%
2028	17.4%	25.3%
2029	17.3%	25.2%
2030	17.2%	25.2%
2031	17.1%	25.1%
2032	17.1%	25%
2033	17.1%	24.8%
2034	17.1%	24.5%
2035	17.2%	24.3%
2036	17.3%	23.9%
2037	17.3%	23.6%
2038	17.4%	23.4%
2039	17.4%	23.1%
2040	17.5%	22.9%
2041	17.5%	22.7%
2042	17.6%	22.5%
2043	17.6%	22.4%
2044	17.7%	22.2%
2045	17.7%	22.1%
2046	17.7%	21.9%
2047	17.7%	21.8%
2048	17.7%	21.7%
2049	17.7%	21.6%
2050	17.7%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Kuwait and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 36% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kuwait and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Kuwait vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.12% in Kuwait and +1.05% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1960	11,054	421,263
1961	12,327	437,851
1962	13,730	455,634
1963	15,357	473,821
1964	17,064	490,606
1965	18,952	506,632
1966	20,914	534,862
1967	23,520	553,741
1968	26,161	571,841
1969	28,774	590,794
1970	30,789	605,102
1971	32,339	624,761
1972	34,045	638,754
1973	35,741	651,596
1974	37,425	658,438
1975	39,295	667,862
1976	41,439	675,011
1977	42,922	680,929
1978	44,277	694,341
1979	45,569	716,541
1980	47,096	738,415
1981	48,098	767,833
1982	49,981	807,550
1983	51,460	837,013
1984	52,539	869,011
1985	51,772	893,889
1986	51,824	903,644
1987	50,690	922,330
1988	50,037	909,221
1989	49,390	884,629
1990	46,720	835,421
1991	21,867	827,296
1992	32,016	794,415
1993	33,239	789,220
1994	36,533	698,609
1995	39,198	743,488
1996	39,920	710,868
1997	39,581	667,969
1998	39,324	627,027
1999	39,342	594,643
2000	39,811	526,963
2001	40,662	484,801
2002	41,651	430,926
2003	42,934	415,018
2004	44,341	442,540
2005	45,243	464,464
2006	45,911	487,584
2007	46,539	503,567
2008	47,505	595,332
2009	48,879	554,115
2010	49,838	566,834
2011	50,733	601,708
2012	53,181	643,723
2013	52,666	652,427
2014	54,673	674,754
2015	52,127	668,771
2016	51,397	641,365
2017	51,498	645,975
2018	47,222	648,319
2019	46,268	652,130
2020	41,083	595,873
2021	42,057	456,411
2022	41,752	603,636
2023	42,568	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Kuwait vs South Africa

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 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kuwait	South Africa
1985	11	208
1986	11	200
1987	10	192
1988	10	184
1989	10	177
1990	16	170
1991	8	162
1992	10	152
1993	10	145
1994	10	133
1995	10	125
1996	11	150
1997	11	152
1998	11	152
1999	11	151
2000	11	175
2001	11	192
2002	11	225
2003	11	245
2004	11	259
2005	10	279
2006	10	283
2007	10	272
2008	9	272
2009	9	241
2010	9	226
2011	8	202
2012	8	194
2013	8	180
2014	8	162
2015	8	150
2016	8	141
2017	8	134
2018	8	128
2019	7	119
2020	33	118
2021	75	191
2022	8	129
2023	8	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.88% in Kuwait and 3.47% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
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%	13.2%
1975	5.12%	12.5%
1976	4.8%	11.8%
1977	4.49%	11.1%
1978	4.19%	10.5%
1979	3.89%	9.88%
1980	3.59%	9.35%
1981	3.29%	8.84%
1982	3%	8.39%
1983	2.72%	7.98%
1984	2.48%	7.6%
1985	2.3%	7.24%
1986	2.16%	6.89%
1987	2.04%	6.56%
1988	1.93%	6.26%
1989	1.83%	6.01%
1990	1.73%	5.82%
1991	1.64%	5.7%
1992	1.57%	5.66%
1993	1.52%	5.7%
1994	1.49%	5.82%
1995	1.46%	5.95%
1996	1.42%	6.11%
1997	1.38%	6.29%
1998	1.34%	6.56%
1999	1.3%	6.85%
2000	1.27%	7.11%
2001	1.25%	7.43%
2002	1.23%	7.69%
2003	1.21%	7.93%
2004	1.19%	8.1%
2005	1.17%	8.03%
2006	1.16%	7.75%
2007	1.14%	7.19%
2008	1.12%	6.42%
2009	1.1%	5.7%
2010	1.07%	5%
2011	1.03%	4.5%
2012	0.99%	4.25%
2013	0.96%	4.1%
2014	0.93%	3.96%
2015	0.91%	3.82%
2016	0.9%	3.68%
2017	0.89%	3.58%
2018	0.89%	3.49%
2019	0.89%	3.45%
2020	0.89%	3.41%
2021	0.89%	3.41%
2022	0.88%	3.44%
2023	0.88%	3.47%