Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Mexico

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Mexico 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 1.91 in Mexico in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Mexico 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	Mexico
1960	6.41	6.76
1961	6.37	6.78
1962	6.3	6.8
1963	6.19	6.82
1964	6.03	6.83
1965	5.84	6.82
1966	5.64	6.79
1967	5.43	6.75
1968	5.29	6.71
1969	5.16	6.63
1970	5.04	6.53
1971	4.92	6.42
1972	4.82	6.28
1973	4.73	6.12
1974	4.62	5.95
1975	4.5	5.74
1976	4.4	5.54
1977	4.28	5.36
1978	4.18	5.2
1979	4.09	4.96
1980	4.04	4.74
1981	4	4.57
1982	3.97	4.43
1983	3.93	4.3
1984	3.89	4.18
1985	3.8	4.09
1986	3.7	3.97
1987	3.57	3.8
1988	3.5	3.64
1989	3.31	3.53
1990	3.3	3.44
1991	3.34	3.36
1992	3.37	3.29
1993	3.36	3.21
1994	3.35	3.13
1995	3.32	3.04
1996	3.3	2.96
1997	3.23	2.89
1998	3.12	2.82
1999	3.07	2.76
2000	2.94	2.71
2001	2.81	2.67
2002	2.66	2.63
2003	2.6	2.58
2004	2.49	2.54
2005	2.39	2.5
2006	2.31	2.46
2007	2.25	2.42
2008	2.26	2.39
2009	2.22	2.36
2010	2.14	2.34
2011	2.15	2.32
2012	2.12	2.29
2013	2.07	2.27
2014	2.06	2.21
2015	2.01	2.14
2016	1.94	2.09
2017	1.89	2.04
2018	1.84	2.03
2019	1.78	2.02
2020	1.68	1.99
2021	1.56	1.97
2022	1.55	1.94
2023	1.55	1.91
2024	1.54	1.89
2025	1.53	1.87
2026	1.52	1.85
2027	1.51	1.83
2028	1.51	1.82
2029	1.51	1.81
2030	1.51	1.79
2031	1.5	1.78
2032	1.5	1.77
2033	1.5	1.77
2034	1.5	1.76
2035	1.5	1.76
2036	1.51	1.75
2037	1.51	1.75
2038	1.51	1.74
2039	1.51	1.74
2040	1.51	1.73
2041	1.51	1.73
2042	1.51	1.72
2043	1.52	1.72
2044	1.52	1.72
2045	1.52	1.71
2046	1.52	1.71
2047	1.52	1.71
2048	1.53	1.7
2049	1.53	1.7
2050	1.53	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Mexico
1960	45.4%	46.8%
1961	45.9%	47%
1962	46.3%	47.1%
1963	46.5%	47.2%
1964	46.6%	47.3%
1965	46.5%	47.4%
1966	46.2%	47.5%
1967	45.9%	47.6%
1968	45.5%	47.6%
1969	45%	47.7%
1970	44.5%	47.7%
1971	44%	47.8%
1972	43.4%	47.7%
1973	42.8%	47.7%
1974	42.2%	47.6%
1975	41.7%	47.5%
1976	41.1%	47.2%
1977	40.6%	47%
1978	40.1%	46.7%
1979	39.6%	46.3%
1980	39.2%	45.8%
1981	38.8%	45.2%
1982	38.6%	44.4%
1983	38.4%	43.7%
1984	38.2%	43%
1985	38.1%	42.3%
1986	38%	41.6%
1987	37.9%	41%
1988	37.7%	40.3%
1989	37.5%	39.7%
1990	37.2%	39%
1991	36.9%	38.4%
1992	36.6%	37.8%
1993	36.3%	37.3%
1994	36%	36.9%
1995	35.7%	36.5%
1996	35.5%	36%
1997	35.3%	35.6%
1998	35%	35.2%
1999	34.6%	34.8%
2000	34.2%	34.3%
2001	33.7%	33.9%
2002	33.2%	33.4%
2003	32.6%	33%
2004	32%	32.5%
2005	31.4%	32.1%
2006	30.7%	31.6%
2007	30%	31.1%
2008	29.4%	30.6%
2009	28.6%	30.2%
2010	27.9%	29.8%
2011	27.4%	29.4%
2012	27%	29%
2013	26.6%	28.7%
2014	26.2%	28.3%
2015	25.8%	28%
2016	25.5%	27.6%
2017	25.2%	27.2%
2018	24.9%	26.7%
2019	24.5%	26.3%
2020	24%	26%
2021	23.4%	25.7%
2022	22.8%	25.3%
2023	22.3%	24.9%
2024	21.8%	24.5%
2025	21.3%	24.1%
2026	20.8%	23.7%
2027	20.4%	23.2%
2028	19.9%	22.8%
2029	19.4%	22.4%
2030	19%	22.1%
2031	18.5%	21.7%
2032	18.1%	21.4%
2033	17.8%	21.2%
2034	17.6%	20.9%
2035	17.4%	20.6%
2036	17.3%	20.3%
2037	17.3%	20.1%
2038	17.2%	19.9%
2039	17.1%	19.6%
2040	17%	19.4%
2041	17%	19.2%
2042	16.9%	19%
2043	16.8%	18.8%
2044	16.7%	18.6%
2045	16.7%	18.4%
2046	16.6%	18.2%
2047	16.5%	18%
2048	16.4%	17.8%
2049	16.3%	17.7%
2050	16.2%	17.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 24.5% in Mexico in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 39% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Mexico compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Mexico by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +1.05% in Mexico. 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	Mexico
1960	251,090	1,206,955
1961	257,270	1,265,833
1962	262,140	1,328,319
1963	265,815	1,387,678
1964	266,406	1,447,360
1965	264,836	1,508,344
1966	262,162	1,566,170
1967	258,764	1,620,534
1968	260,705	1,671,918
1969	264,327	1,711,297
1970	269,341	1,753,370
1971	272,323	1,790,990
1972	276,263	1,823,302
1973	284,611	1,845,593
1974	289,880	1,868,809
1975	294,541	1,880,241
1976	300,615	1,891,958
1977	305,515	1,902,964
1978	311,027	1,921,419
1979	317,439	1,908,018
1980	326,947	1,893,158
1981	339,991	1,904,384
1982	353,138	1,921,772
1983	365,290	1,939,193
1984	376,797	1,960,428
1985	383,243	1,983,622
1986	385,799	1,998,043
1987	381,999	1,971,231
1988	386,507	1,936,601
1989	373,277	1,927,752
1990	384,518	1,926,480
1991	401,938	1,942,832
1992	418,900	1,956,659
1993	429,910	1,963,708
1994	437,873	1,959,775
1995	443,349	1,941,458
1996	450,174	1,922,554
1997	447,768	1,898,383
1998	436,316	1,871,650
1999	432,355	1,859,475
2000	417,371	1,845,383
2001	400,939	1,836,418
2002	381,084	1,820,665
2003	377,425	1,788,016
2004	365,138	1,759,250
2005	355,324	1,732,663
2006	349,509	1,706,084
2007	348,711	1,684,915
2008	362,380	1,670,846
2009	366,157	1,661,180
2010	360,260	1,658,682
2011	372,836	1,659,161
2012	371,497	1,656,599
2013	366,738	1,642,609
2014	367,587	1,587,620
2015	358,302	1,508,439
2016	345,681	1,445,256
2017	336,434	1,384,178
2018	324,568	1,366,076
2019	309,426	1,357,485
2020	283,282	1,031,637
2021	212,002	936,682
2022	237,560	1,224,397
2023	254,806	1,238,366

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Mexico

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 42 deaths in Mexico.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Mexico
1985	63	107
1986	59	100
1987	56	93
1988	55	88
1989	52	85
1990	51	81
1991	49	77
1992	48	73
1993	46	71
1994	44	69
1995	43	66
1996	42	64
1997	40	62
1998	39	60
1999	38	58
2000	37	56
2001	36	55
2002	34	55
2003	34	54
2004	33	53
2005	31	52
2006	30	51
2007	30	50
2008	29	51
2009	29	51
2010	29	50
2011	29	47
2012	29	46
2013	29	45
2014	30	44
2015	30	43
2016	30	43
2017	29	44
2018	29	44
2019	28	43
2020	29	61
2021	52	104
2022	38	45
2023	26	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 1.25% in Mexico. 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	Mexico
1960	9.46%	15.5%
1961	8.83%	14.8%
1962	8.25%	14.3%
1963	7.74%	13.7%
1964	7.28%	13.2%
1965	6.89%	12.7%
1966	6.56%	12.3%
1967	6.27%	11.9%
1968	6.02%	11.5%
1969	5.79%	11.1%
1970	5.56%	10.7%
1971	5.32%	10.3%
1972	5.06%	9.93%
1973	4.79%	9.56%
1974	4.5%	9.21%
1975	4.23%	8.86%
1976	3.97%	8.52%
1977	3.71%	8.18%
1978	3.48%	7.85%
1979	3.25%	7.51%
1980	3.04%	7.18%
1981	2.84%	6.86%
1982	2.65%	6.55%
1983	2.47%	6.26%
1984	2.32%	5.98%
1985	2.18%	5.71%
1986	2.05%	5.46%
1987	1.93%	5.21%
1988	1.83%	4.98%
1989	1.74%	4.75%
1990	1.66%	4.53%
1991	1.58%	4.32%
1992	1.51%	4.12%
1993	1.45%	3.92%
1994	1.39%	3.74%
1995	1.34%	3.57%
1996	1.29%	3.4%
1997	1.23%	3.24%
1998	1.15%	3.09%
1999	1.07%	2.94%
2000	1%	2.81%
2001	0.93%	2.68%
2002	0.88%	2.57%
2003	0.85%	2.46%
2004	0.84%	2.36%
2005	0.83%	2.27%
2006	0.83%	2.19%
2007	0.82%	2.11%
2008	0.82%	2.04%
2009	0.82%	1.98%
2010	0.81%	1.91%
2011	0.81%	1.85%
2012	0.8%	1.79%
2013	0.81%	1.73%
2014	0.81%	1.68%
2015	0.81%	1.62%
2016	0.82%	1.57%
2017	0.82%	1.52%
2018	0.82%	1.47%
2019	0.82%	1.42%
2020	0.81%	1.38%
2021	0.81%	1.33%
2022	0.81%	1.29%
2023	0.81%	1.25%