Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Mauritania

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Mauritania 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 4.7 in Mauritania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Mauritania 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	Mauritania
1960	6.41	6.15
1961	6.37	6.2
1962	6.3	6.24
1963	6.19	6.31
1964	6.03	6.37
1965	5.84	6.44
1966	5.64	6.52
1967	5.43	6.57
1968	5.29	6.6
1969	5.16	6.64
1970	5.04	6.68
1971	4.92	6.7
1972	4.82	6.71
1973	4.73	6.72
1974	4.62	6.73
1975	4.5	6.71
1976	4.4	6.73
1977	4.28	6.74
1978	4.18	6.73
1979	4.09	6.7
1980	4.04	6.67
1981	4	6.64
1982	3.97	6.59
1983	3.93	6.54
1984	3.89	6.48
1985	3.8	6.42
1986	3.7	6.34
1987	3.57	6.27
1988	3.5	6.21
1989	3.31	6.2
1990	3.3	6.18
1991	3.34	6.16
1992	3.37	6.13
1993	3.36	6.09
1994	3.35	6.06
1995	3.32	5.96
1996	3.3	5.86
1997	3.23	5.74
1998	3.12	5.62
1999	3.07	5.52
2000	2.94	5.46
2001	2.81	5.41
2002	2.66	5.37
2003	2.6	5.36
2004	2.49	5.37
2005	2.39	5.38
2006	2.31	5.4
2007	2.25	5.43
2008	2.26	5.44
2009	2.22	5.41
2010	2.14	5.38
2011	2.15	5.38
2012	2.12	5.35
2013	2.07	5.32
2014	2.06	5.26
2015	2.01	5.21
2016	1.94	5.16
2017	1.89	5.11
2018	1.84	5.04
2019	1.78	4.98
2020	1.68	4.91
2021	1.56	4.85
2022	1.55	4.77
2023	1.55	4.7
2024	1.54	4.63
2025	1.53	4.56
2026	1.52	4.48
2027	1.51	4.42
2028	1.51	4.36
2029	1.51	4.29
2030	1.51	4.24
2031	1.5	4.18
2032	1.5	4.11
2033	1.5	4.02
2034	1.5	3.97
2035	1.5	3.9
2036	1.51	3.83
2037	1.51	3.78
2038	1.51	3.71
2039	1.51	3.66
2040	1.51	3.6
2041	1.51	3.55
2042	1.51	3.5
2043	1.52	3.45
2044	1.52	3.39
2045	1.52	3.35
2046	1.52	3.3
2047	1.52	3.26
2048	1.53	3.21
2049	1.53	3.17
2050	1.53	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Mauritania
1960	45.4%	41.8%
1961	45.9%	41.8%
1962	46.3%	41.8%
1963	46.5%	41.8%
1964	46.6%	42%
1965	46.5%	42.4%
1966	46.2%	42.8%
1967	45.9%	43.2%
1968	45.5%	43.6%
1969	45%	44%
1970	44.5%	44.4%
1971	44%	44.7%
1972	43.4%	44.9%
1973	42.8%	45.2%
1974	42.2%	45.4%
1975	41.7%	45.5%
1976	41.1%	45.6%
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%	45.8%
1984	38.2%	45.7%
1985	38.1%	45.6%
1986	38%	45.5%
1987	37.9%	45.4%
1988	37.7%	45.3%
1989	37.5%	45.4%
1990	37.2%	45.4%
1991	36.9%	45.3%
1992	36.6%	44.9%
1993	36.3%	44.4%
1994	36%	44.3%
1995	35.7%	44.4%
1996	35.5%	44.6%
1997	35.3%	44.7%
1998	35%	44.6%
1999	34.6%	44.4%
2000	34.2%	44.2%
2001	33.7%	44.1%
2002	33.2%	44.2%
2003	32.6%	44.2%
2004	32%	44.2%
2005	31.4%	44.2%
2006	30.7%	44.2%
2007	30%	44.3%
2008	29.4%	44.1%
2009	28.6%	43.9%
2010	27.9%	43.9%
2011	27.4%	43.9%
2012	27%	44.1%
2013	26.6%	44.2%
2014	26.2%	44.2%
2015	25.8%	44.3%
2016	25.5%	44.2%
2017	25.2%	44.2%
2018	24.9%	44.1%
2019	24.5%	44%
2020	24%	43.8%
2021	23.4%	43.6%
2022	22.8%	43.4%
2023	22.3%	43%
2024	21.8%	42.7%
2025	21.3%	42.4%
2026	20.8%	42%
2027	20.4%	41.7%
2028	19.9%	41.3%
2029	19.4%	41%
2030	19%	40.7%
2031	18.5%	40.4%
2032	18.1%	40%
2033	17.8%	39.7%
2034	17.6%	39.3%
2035	17.4%	39%
2036	17.3%	38.6%
2037	17.3%	38.3%
2038	17.2%	37.9%
2039	17.1%	37.6%
2040	17%	37.3%
2041	17%	36.9%
2042	16.9%	36.6%
2043	16.8%	36.2%
2044	16.7%	35.9%
2045	16.7%	35.5%
2046	16.6%	35.2%
2047	16.5%	34.8%
2048	16.4%	34.5%
2049	16.3%	34.1%
2050	16.2%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +3% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	251,090	21,604
1961	257,270	22,781
1962	262,140	23,927
1963	265,815	25,250
1964	266,406	26,565
1965	264,836	28,028
1966	262,162	29,502
1967	258,764	30,853
1968	260,705	32,029
1969	264,327	33,252
1970	269,341	34,382
1971	272,323	35,279
1972	276,263	36,184
1973	284,611	37,122
1974	289,880	38,106
1975	294,541	38,975
1976	300,615	40,149
1977	305,515	41,352
1978	311,027	42,539
1979	317,439	43,537
1980	326,947	45,026
1981	339,991	46,641
1982	353,138	47,947
1983	365,290	49,187
1984	376,797	50,705
1985	383,243	52,125
1986	385,799	53,313
1987	381,999	55,037
1988	386,507	56,654
1989	373,277	58,666
1990	384,518	59,934
1991	401,938	61,782
1992	418,900	63,501
1993	429,910	68,167
1994	437,873	70,570
1995	443,349	72,244
1996	450,174	71,939
1997	447,768	71,327
1998	436,316	72,045
1999	432,355	73,554
2000	417,371	75,929
2001	400,939	78,769
2002	381,084	80,993
2003	377,425	83,804
2004	365,138	87,578
2005	355,324	90,940
2006	349,509	94,991
2007	348,711	98,895
2008	362,380	102,432
2009	366,157	105,273
2010	360,260	108,121
2011	372,836	111,165
2012	371,497	113,489
2013	366,738	115,558
2014	367,587	118,792
2015	358,302	122,092
2016	345,681	125,342
2017	336,434	128,562
2018	324,568	131,584
2019	309,426	134,460
2020	283,282	134,899
2021	212,002	137,557
2022	237,560	142,451
2023	254,806	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Mauritania

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 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Mauritania
1985	63	998
1986	59	961
1987	56	914
1988	55	887
1989	52	883
1990	51	858
1991	49	845
1992	48	811
1993	46	813
1994	44	809
1995	43	815
1996	42	813
1997	40	752
1998	39	698
1999	38	669
2000	37	644
2001	36	616
2002	34	590
2003	34	571
2004	33	557
2005	31	536
2006	30	521
2007	30	516
2008	29	506
2009	29	500
2010	29	499
2011	29	494
2012	29	496
2013	29	496
2014	30	484
2015	30	469
2016	30	456
2017	29	450
2018	29	437
2019	28	424
2020	29	413
2021	52	425
2022	38	385
2023	26	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 3.78% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	9.46%	25.3%
1961	8.83%	24.7%
1962	8.25%	24%
1963	7.74%	23.4%
1964	7.28%	22.7%
1965	6.89%	22%
1966	6.56%	21.3%
1967	6.27%	20.6%
1968	6.02%	19.9%
1969	5.79%	19.4%
1970	5.56%	19%
1971	5.32%	18.9%
1972	5.06%	18.9%
1973	4.79%	19%
1974	4.5%	19%
1975	4.23%	18.9%
1976	3.97%	18.6%
1977	3.71%	18.2%
1978	3.48%	17.6%
1979	3.25%	17.1%
1980	3.04%	16.6%
1981	2.84%	16.1%
1982	2.65%	15.6%
1983	2.47%	15.1%
1984	2.32%	14.5%
1985	2.18%	13.8%
1986	2.05%	13.2%
1987	1.93%	12.6%
1988	1.83%	12.1%
1989	1.74%	11.8%
1990	1.66%	11.5%
1991	1.58%	11.4%
1992	1.51%	11.3%
1993	1.45%	11.2%
1994	1.39%	11.2%
1995	1.34%	11.1%
1996	1.29%	11%
1997	1.23%	10.8%
1998	1.15%	10.6%
1999	1.07%	10.2%
2000	1%	9.82%
2001	0.93%	9.35%
2002	0.88%	8.81%
2003	0.85%	8.25%
2004	0.84%	7.7%
2005	0.83%	7.18%
2006	0.83%	6.73%
2007	0.82%	6.35%
2008	0.82%	6.04%
2009	0.82%	5.79%
2010	0.81%	5.61%
2011	0.81%	5.45%
2012	0.8%	5.31%
2013	0.81%	5.17%
2014	0.81%	5.04%
2015	0.81%	4.89%
2016	0.82%	4.74%
2017	0.82%	4.59%
2018	0.82%	4.45%
2019	0.82%	4.3%
2020	0.81%	4.17%
2021	0.81%	4.03%
2022	0.81%	3.91%
2023	0.81%	3.78%