Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Maldives

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Maldives chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malaysia was 1.55 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.58 in Maldives in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Maldives population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malaysia	Maldives
1960	6.41	6.71
1961	6.37	6.79
1962	6.3	6.89
1963	6.19	6.94
1964	6.03	7
1965	5.84	7.07
1966	5.64	7.15
1967	5.43	7.23
1968	5.29	7.28
1969	5.16	7.33
1970	5.04	7.39
1971	4.92	7.38
1972	4.82	7.37
1973	4.73	7.4
1974	4.62	7.38
1975	4.5	7.32
1976	4.4	7.29
1977	4.28	7.27
1978	4.18	7.23
1979	4.09	7.23
1980	4.04	7.23
1981	4	7.19
1982	3.97	7.15
1983	3.93	7.09
1984	3.89	7.03
1985	3.8	6.94
1986	3.7	6.85
1987	3.57	6.73
1988	3.5	6.58
1989	3.31	6.39
1990	3.3	6.13
1991	3.34	5.8
1992	3.37	5.44
1993	3.36	5.06
1994	3.35	4.69
1995	3.32	4.29
1996	3.3	3.86
1997	3.23	3.48
1998	3.12	3.17
1999	3.07	2.9
2000	2.94	2.69
2001	2.81	2.53
2002	2.66	2.42
2003	2.6	2.34
2004	2.49	2.26
2005	2.39	2.2
2006	2.31	2.2
2007	2.25	2.29
2008	2.26	2.37
2009	2.22	2.39
2010	2.14	2.35
2011	2.15	2.31
2012	2.12	2.25
2013	2.07	2.17
2014	2.06	2.09
2015	2.01	2
2016	1.94	1.9
2017	1.89	1.8
2018	1.84	1.71
2019	1.78	1.64
2020	1.68	1.61
2021	1.56	1.6
2022	1.55	1.58
2023	1.55	1.58
2024	1.54	1.56
2025	1.53	1.55
2026	1.52	1.53
2027	1.51	1.53
2028	1.51	1.52
2029	1.51	1.52
2030	1.51	1.52
2031	1.5	1.51
2032	1.5	1.51
2033	1.5	1.51
2034	1.5	1.51
2035	1.5	1.51
2036	1.51	1.52
2037	1.51	1.52
2038	1.51	1.52
2039	1.51	1.52
2040	1.51	1.52
2041	1.51	1.52
2042	1.51	1.52
2043	1.52	1.52
2044	1.52	1.52
2045	1.52	1.53
2046	1.52	1.53
2047	1.52	1.53
2048	1.53	1.54
2049	1.53	1.54
2050	1.53	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Maldives
1960	45.4%	37.9%
1961	45.9%	38.2%
1962	46.3%	38.7%
1963	46.5%	39.4%
1964	46.6%	40.3%
1965	46.5%	41.8%
1966	46.2%	43.5%
1967	45.9%	44.7%
1968	45.5%	45.2%
1969	45%	45.4%
1970	44.5%	45.6%
1971	44%	45.8%
1972	43.4%	45.8%
1973	42.8%	45.7%
1974	42.2%	45.6%
1975	41.7%	45.6%
1976	41.1%	45.8%
1977	40.6%	45.7%
1978	40.1%	45.8%
1979	39.6%	45.9%
1980	39.2%	45.9%
1981	38.8%	45.9%
1982	38.6%	45.8%
1983	38.4%	45.6%
1984	38.2%	45.4%
1985	38.1%	45.5%
1986	38%	45.9%
1987	37.9%	46.3%
1988	37.7%	46.6%
1989	37.5%	46.8%
1990	37.2%	47%
1991	36.9%	47.1%
1992	36.6%	47%
1993	36.3%	46.8%
1994	36%	46.5%
1995	35.7%	45.8%
1996	35.5%	45%
1997	35.3%	44.1%
1998	35%	42.9%
1999	34.6%	41.6%
2000	34.2%	40.2%
2001	33.7%	38.7%
2002	33.2%	37.1%
2003	32.6%	35.6%
2004	32%	34.2%
2005	31.4%	32.7%
2006	30.7%	31.2%
2007	30%	29.5%
2008	29.4%	28%
2009	28.6%	26.7%
2010	27.9%	25.7%
2011	27.4%	24.9%
2012	27%	24.3%
2013	26.6%	23.9%
2014	26.2%	23.5%
2015	25.8%	23.2%
2016	25.5%	22.8%
2017	25.2%	22.5%
2018	24.9%	22.1%
2019	24.5%	21.7%
2020	24%	21.2%
2021	23.4%	20.8%
2022	22.8%	20.4%
2023	22.3%	20%
2024	21.8%	19.6%
2025	21.3%	19%
2026	20.8%	18.4%
2027	20.4%	17.8%
2028	19.9%	17.2%
2029	19.4%	16.6%
2030	19%	16%
2031	18.5%	15.5%
2032	18.1%	15.1%
2033	17.8%	14.6%
2034	17.6%	14.2%
2035	17.4%	13.9%
2036	17.3%	13.6%
2037	17.3%	13.4%
2038	17.2%	13.2%
2039	17.1%	13%
2040	17%	12.9%
2041	17%	12.8%
2042	16.9%	12.8%
2043	16.8%	12.8%
2044	16.7%	12.8%
2045	16.7%	12.8%
2046	16.6%	12.9%
2047	16.5%	12.9%
2048	16.4%	13%
2049	16.3%	13.1%
2050	16.2%	13.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 19.6% in Maldives in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Maldives compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Maldives by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +1.09% in Maldives. 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
	Malaysia	Maldives
1960	251,090	2,241
1961	257,270	2,354
1962	262,140	2,475
1963	265,815	2,567
1964	266,406	2,660
1965	264,836	2,747
1966	262,162	2,845
1967	258,764	3,010
1968	260,705	3,150
1969	264,327	3,260
1970	269,341	3,415
1971	272,323	3,549
1972	276,263	3,707
1973	284,611	3,924
1974	289,880	4,136
1975	294,541	4,325
1976	300,615	4,538
1977	305,515	4,779
1978	311,027	4,812
1979	317,439	5,275
1980	326,947	5,526
1981	339,991	5,778
1982	353,138	6,058
1983	365,290	6,361
1984	376,797	6,680
1985	383,243	6,944
1986	385,799	7,153
1987	381,999	7,300
1988	386,507	7,414
1989	373,277	7,472
1990	384,518	7,444
1991	401,938	7,295
1992	418,900	7,096
1993	429,910	6,842
1994	437,873	6,550
1995	443,349	6,177
1996	450,174	5,705
1997	447,768	5,267
1998	436,316	4,919
1999	432,355	4,601
2000	417,371	4,372
2001	400,939	4,271
2002	381,084	4,257
2003	377,425	4,316
2004	365,138	4,287
2005	355,324	4,493
2006	349,509	4,766
2007	348,711	5,324
2008	362,380	5,856
2009	366,157	6,227
2010	360,260	6,350
2011	372,836	6,429
2012	371,497	6,445
2013	366,738	6,307
2014	367,587	6,122
2015	358,302	5,914
2016	345,681	5,652
2017	336,434	5,342
2018	324,568	5,088
2019	309,426	4,886
2020	283,282	4,594
2021	212,002	4,426
2022	237,560	4,752
2023	254,806	4,566

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Maldives

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 26 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malaysia, compared to 32 deaths in Maldives.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Maldives
1985	63	552
1986	59	508
1987	56	471
1988	55	424
1989	52	381
1990	51	346
1991	49	310
1992	48	281
1993	46	251
1994	44	222
1995	43	191
1996	42	167
1997	40	149
1998	39	136
1999	38	111
2000	37	94
2001	36	81
2002	34	76
2003	34	70
2004	33	65
2005	31	54
2006	30	52
2007	30	51
2008	29	53
2009	29	52
2010	29	49
2011	29	48
2012	29	47
2013	29	47
2014	30	43
2015	30	41
2016	30	41
2017	29	41
2018	29	40
2019	28	39
2020	29	48
2021	52	60
2022	38	34
2023	26	32

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 0.57% in Maldives. 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
	Malaysia	Maldives
1960	9.46%	-
1961	8.83%	-
1962	8.25%	33.4%
1963	7.74%	32.5%
1964	7.28%	31.5%
1965	6.89%	30.6%
1966	6.56%	29.7%
1967	6.27%	28.7%
1968	6.02%	27.7%
1969	5.79%	26.8%
1970	5.56%	25.8%
1971	5.32%	24.7%
1972	5.06%	23.6%
1973	4.79%	22.4%
1974	4.5%	21.2%
1975	4.23%	20.1%
1976	3.97%	18.9%
1977	3.71%	17.9%
1978	3.48%	16.9%
1979	3.25%	15.9%
1980	3.04%	15%
1981	2.84%	14.2%
1982	2.65%	13.4%
1983	2.47%	12.7%
1984	2.32%	12%
1985	2.18%	11.3%
1986	2.05%	10.7%
1987	1.93%	10.1%
1988	1.83%	9.59%
1989	1.74%	9.06%
1990	1.66%	8.57%
1991	1.58%	8.08%
1992	1.51%	7.61%
1993	1.45%	7.15%
1994	1.39%	6.68%
1995	1.34%	6.22%
1996	1.29%	5.74%
1997	1.23%	5.28%
1998	1.15%	4.81%
1999	1.07%	4.36%
2000	1%	3.9%
2001	0.93%	3.47%
2002	0.88%	3.08%
2003	0.85%	2.72%
2004	0.84%	2.7%
2005	0.83%	2.16%
2006	0.83%	1.94%
2007	0.82%	1.76%
2008	0.82%	1.61%
2009	0.82%	1.49%
2010	0.81%	1.38%
2011	0.81%	1.29%
2012	0.8%	1.21%
2013	0.81%	1.13%
2014	0.81%	1.05%
2015	0.81%	0.99%
2016	0.82%	0.92%
2017	0.82%	0.86%
2018	0.82%	0.8%
2019	0.82%	0.74%
2020	0.81%	0.69%
2021	0.81%	0.64%
2022	0.81%	0.6%
2023	0.81%	0.57%