Fertility & birth rates in Kuwait and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Kuwait vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kuwait vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	7.22	6.38
1961	7.25	6.3
1962	7.25	6.23
1963	7.28	6.16
1964	7.29	6.07
1965	7.31	5.98
1966	7.34	5.87
1967	7.33	5.75
1968	7.28	5.61
1969	7.18	5.47
1970	7.03	5.32
1971	6.84	5.17
1972	6.64	5.04
1973	6.43	4.91
1974	6.23	4.79
1975	6.06	4.69
1976	5.9	4.59
1977	5.71	4.49
1978	5.52	4.4
1979	5.33	4.3
1980	5.18	4.2
1981	5.02	4.1
1982	4.85	4.01
1983	4.66	3.93
1984	4.45	3.86
1985	4.22	3.79
1986	4	3.73
1987	3.83	3.67
1988	3.7	3.6
1989	3.59	3.52
1990	3.49	3.45
1991	3.4	3.37
1992	3.35	3.29
1993	3.31	3.22
1994	3.27	3.15
1995	3.25	3.08
1996	3.22	3.02
1997	3.14	2.97
1998	3.04	2.91
1999	2.95	2.86
2000	2.89	2.79
2001	2.84	2.78
2002	2.8	2.74
2003	2.77	2.7
2004	2.76	2.64
2005	2.73	2.63
2006	2.59	2.6
2007	2.41	2.52
2008	2.27	2.48
2009	2.15	2.42
2010	2.04	2.4
2011	1.96	2.4
2012	1.99	2.38
2013	1.97	2.33
2014	2.06	2.3
2015	2.03	2.25
2016	2.06	2.22
2017	2.16	2.18
2018	2.12	2.15
2019	2.08	2.13
2020	2.03	2.12
2021	2.15	2.11
2022	1.55	2.09
2023	1.52	2.08
2024	1.51	2.08
2025	1.5	2.06
2026	1.49	2.04
2027	1.48	2.03
2028	1.48	2.01
2029	1.48	2
2030	1.48	1.99
2031	1.48	1.98
2032	1.48	1.97
2033	1.48	1.96
2034	1.48	1.95
2035	1.48	1.94
2036	1.48	1.93
2037	1.48	1.92
2038	1.48	1.91
2039	1.48	1.91
2040	1.48	1.9
2041	1.49	1.89
2042	1.49	1.88
2043	1.49	1.87
2044	1.5	1.86
2045	1.5	1.86
2046	1.5	1.85
2047	1.5	1.84
2048	1.5	1.84
2049	1.5	1.83
2050	1.5	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kuwait	Venezuela
1960	37.4%	46.8%
1961	37.8%	46.9%
1962	38.3%	47%
1963	39%	47%
1964	39.5%	47%
1965	40%	46.9%
1966	40.7%	46.8%
1967	41.5%	46.6%
1968	42.3%	46.3%
1969	43%	46%
1970	43.6%	45.6%
1971	43.9%	45.2%
1972	43.8%	44.7%
1973	43.6%	44.3%
1974	43.3%	43.8%
1975	43%	43.3%
1976	42.3%	42.9%
1977	41.4%	42.5%
1978	40.6%	42.1%
1979	39.9%	41.7%
1980	39.3%	41.3%
1981	38.8%	41%
1982	38.1%	40.6%
1983	37.5%	40.3%
1984	37.1%	39.9%
1985	36.8%	39.6%
1986	36.6%	39.3%
1987	36.7%	39%
1988	36.6%	38.7%
1989	36.5%	38.4%
1990	36%	38.1%
1991	35.1%	37.8%
1992	34.6%	37.4%
1993	33.8%	37%
1994	33.4%	36.6%
1995	33.4%	36.2%
1996	33%	35.8%
1997	32.3%	35.3%
1998	31.4%	34.9%
1999	30.4%	34.5%
2000	29.4%	34%
2001	28.3%	33.6%
2002	27.4%	33.1%
2003	26.4%	32.7%
2004	25.6%	32.2%
2005	24.9%	31.8%
2006	24.5%	31.4%
2007	24.1%	31%
2008	23.7%	30.6%
2009	23.3%	30.3%
2010	23%	29.9%
2011	22.5%	29.5%
2012	22.1%	29.2%
2013	22%	28.9%
2014	21.9%	28.5%
2015	21.8%	28.2%
2016	21.6%	27.9%
2017	21.4%	27.8%
2018	21.1%	27.9%
2019	20.8%	28%
2020	20.6%	27.8%
2021	20.1%	27.4%
2022	19.2%	26.8%
2023	18.6%	26.2%
2024	18.2%	25.5%
2025	18%	24.9%
2026	17.8%	24.3%
2027	17.6%	23.8%
2028	17.4%	23.2%
2029	17.3%	22.8%
2030	17.2%	22.4%
2031	17.1%	22%
2032	17.1%	21.7%
2033	17.1%	21.5%
2034	17.1%	21.4%
2035	17.2%	21.4%
2036	17.3%	21.4%
2037	17.3%	21.5%
2038	17.4%	21.5%
2039	17.4%	21.4%
2040	17.5%	21.4%
2041	17.5%	21.3%
2042	17.6%	21.2%
2043	17.6%	21.1%
2044	17.7%	20.9%
2045	17.7%	20.7%
2046	17.7%	20.5%
2047	17.7%	20.3%
2048	17.7%	20%
2049	17.7%	19.8%
2050	17.7%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Kuwait and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 36% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kuwait and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Kuwait vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.12% in Kuwait and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	11,054	285,105
1961	12,327	292,109
1962	13,730	299,345
1963	15,357	307,279
1964	17,064	314,397
1965	18,952	321,695
1966	20,914	329,697
1967	23,520	335,813
1968	26,161	340,973
1969	28,774	343,596
1970	30,789	350,709
1971	32,339	355,212
1972	34,045	360,749
1973	35,741	367,612
1974	37,425	375,678
1975	39,295	385,045
1976	41,439	395,344
1977	42,922	405,315
1978	44,277	414,032
1979	45,569	421,256
1980	47,096	425,613
1981	48,098	432,059
1982	49,981	436,564
1983	51,460	443,569
1984	52,539	449,186
1985	51,772	455,517
1986	51,824	468,252
1987	50,690	474,204
1988	50,037	477,569
1989	49,390	478,053
1990	46,720	478,168
1991	21,867	477,917
1992	32,016	474,824
1993	33,239	473,189
1994	36,533	469,178
1995	39,198	469,267
1996	39,920	468,653
1997	39,581	472,002
1998	39,324	469,123
1999	39,342	463,787
2000	39,811	459,802
2001	40,662	451,487
2002	41,651	466,821
2003	42,934	456,902
2004	44,341	455,881
2005	45,243	463,260
2006	45,911	460,152
2007	46,539	452,482
2008	47,505	435,870
2009	48,879	427,257
2010	49,838	425,397
2011	50,733	425,958
2012	53,181	420,758
2013	52,666	408,930
2014	54,673	395,088
2015	52,127	384,560
2016	51,397	359,651
2017	51,498	340,222
2018	47,222	317,302
2019	46,268	274,826
2020	41,083	237,223
2021	42,057	207,746
2022	41,752	216,619
2023	42,568	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Kuwait vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kuwait	Venezuela
1985	11	83
1986	11	81
1987	10	81
1988	10	80
1989	10	80
1990	16	83
1991	8	80
1992	10	82
1993	10	82
1994	10	84
1995	10	84
1996	11	86
1997	11	82
1998	11	82
1999	11	88
2000	11	86
2001	11	101
2002	11	87
2003	11	97
2004	11	94
2005	10	93
2006	10	96
2007	10	92
2008	9	103
2009	9	109
2010	9	110
2011	8	104
2012	8	113
2013	8	123
2014	8	133
2015	8	136
2016	8	162
2017	8	195
2018	8	205
2019	7	202
2020	33	207
2021	75	251
2022	8	219
2023	8	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.88% in Kuwait and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	14.2%	7.97%
1961	13.2%	7.72%
1962	12.3%	7.49%
1963	11.4%	7.3%
1964	10.6%	7.14%
1965	9.86%	7%
1966	9.17%	6.87%
1967	8.55%	6.75%
1968	7.98%	6.61%
1969	7.47%	6.47%
1970	7%	6.3%
1971	6.57%	6.12%
1972	6.17%	5.94%
1973	5.8%	5.75%
1974	5.45%	5.57%
1975	5.12%	5.38%
1976	4.8%	5.2%
1977	4.49%	5.01%
1978	4.19%	4.82%
1979	3.89%	4.62%
1980	3.59%	4.42%
1981	3.29%	4.24%
1982	3%	4.07%
1983	2.72%	3.91%
1984	2.48%	3.77%
1985	2.3%	3.64%
1986	2.16%	3.5%
1987	2.04%	3.37%
1988	1.93%	3.23%
1989	1.83%	3.09%
1990	1.73%	2.96%
1991	1.64%	2.86%
1992	1.57%	2.78%
1993	1.52%	2.73%
1994	1.49%	2.68%
1995	1.46%	2.63%
1996	1.42%	2.55%
1997	1.38%	2.45%
1998	1.34%	2.34%
1999	1.3%	2.24%
2000	1.27%	2.15%
2001	1.25%	2.09%
2002	1.23%	2.03%
2003	1.21%	1.98%
2004	1.19%	1.91%
2005	1.17%	1.85%
2006	1.16%	1.79%
2007	1.14%	1.74%
2008	1.12%	1.72%
2009	1.1%	1.71%
2010	1.07%	1.72%
2011	1.03%	1.73%
2012	0.99%	1.76%
2013	0.96%	1.79%
2014	0.93%	1.83%
2015	0.91%	1.92%
2016	0.9%	2.43%
2017	0.89%	2.43%
2018	0.89%	2.43%
2019	0.89%	2.43%
2020	0.89%	2.43%
2021	0.89%	2.43%
2022	0.88%	2.43%
2023	0.88%	2.43%