Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Moldova

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Moldova 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 1.73 in Moldova in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Moldova 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	Moldova
1960	6.41	3.32
1961	6.37	3.23
1962	6.3	3.04
1963	6.19	2.89
1964	6.03	2.71
1965	5.84	2.69
1966	5.64	2.65
1967	5.43	2.62
1968	5.29	2.59
1969	5.16	2.57
1970	5.04	2.57
1971	4.92	2.56
1972	4.82	2.56
1973	4.73	2.57
1974	4.62	2.56
1975	4.5	2.52
1976	4.4	2.47
1977	4.28	2.42
1978	4.18	2.39
1979	4.09	2.38
1980	4.04	2.38
1981	4	2.4
1982	3.97	2.45
1983	3.93	2.58
1984	3.89	2.67
1985	3.8	2.67
1986	3.7	2.74
1987	3.57	2.78
1988	3.5	2.63
1989	3.31	2.46
1990	3.3	2.39
1991	3.34	2.28
1992	3.37	2.22
1993	3.36	2.11
1994	3.35	1.99
1995	3.32	1.83
1996	3.3	1.71
1997	3.23	1.79
1998	3.12	1.65
1999	3.07	1.56
2000	2.94	1.5
2001	2.81	1.47
2002	2.66	1.45
2003	2.6	1.48
2004	2.49	1.54
2005	2.39	1.53
2006	2.31	1.54
2007	2.25	1.58
2008	2.26	1.64
2009	2.22	1.72
2010	2.14	1.7
2011	2.15	1.65
2012	2.12	1.66
2013	2.07	1.62
2014	2.06	1.82
2015	2.01	1.87
2016	1.94	1.89
2017	1.89	1.81
2018	1.84	1.81
2019	1.78	1.78
2020	1.68	1.77
2021	1.56	1.75
2022	1.55	1.69
2023	1.55	1.73
2024	1.54	1.73
2025	1.53	1.72
2026	1.52	1.72
2027	1.51	1.72
2028	1.51	1.72
2029	1.51	1.72
2030	1.51	1.72
2031	1.5	1.72
2032	1.5	1.72
2033	1.5	1.71
2034	1.5	1.71
2035	1.5	1.71
2036	1.51	1.71
2037	1.51	1.71
2038	1.51	1.71
2039	1.51	1.71
2040	1.51	1.71
2041	1.51	1.71
2042	1.51	1.71
2043	1.52	1.7
2044	1.52	1.7
2045	1.52	1.7
2046	1.52	1.7
2047	1.52	1.7
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	Moldova
1960	45.4%	34.5%
1961	45.9%	34.9%
1962	46.3%	35.1%
1963	46.5%	35.1%
1964	46.6%	34.7%
1965	46.5%	34.2%
1966	46.2%	33.5%
1967	45.9%	32.8%
1968	45.5%	32.1%
1969	45%	31.3%
1970	44.5%	30.7%
1971	44%	30.1%
1972	43.4%	29.5%
1973	42.8%	28.9%
1974	42.2%	28.3%
1975	41.7%	27.7%
1976	41.1%	27.2%
1977	40.6%	26.8%
1978	40.1%	26.5%
1979	39.6%	26.7%
1980	39.2%	26.9%
1981	38.8%	26.9%
1982	38.6%	27%
1983	38.4%	27.1%
1984	38.2%	27.3%
1985	38.1%	27.5%
1986	38%	27.7%
1987	37.9%	27.8%
1988	37.7%	27.9%
1989	37.5%	27.8%
1990	37.2%	27.7%
1991	36.9%	27.6%
1992	36.6%	27.4%
1993	36.3%	27.2%
1994	36%	27%
1995	35.7%	26.7%
1996	35.5%	26.3%
1997	35.3%	25.8%
1998	35%	25.1%
1999	34.6%	24.4%
2000	34.2%	23.5%
2001	33.7%	22.5%
2002	33.2%	21.6%
2003	32.6%	20.7%
2004	32%	19.9%
2005	31.4%	19.3%
2006	30.7%	18.8%
2007	30%	18.4%
2008	29.4%	18%
2009	28.6%	17.7%
2010	27.9%	17.5%
2011	27.4%	17.4%
2012	27%	17.3%
2013	26.6%	17.4%
2014	26.2%	17.8%
2015	25.8%	18.2%
2016	25.5%	18.7%
2017	25.2%	19.1%
2018	24.9%	19.5%
2019	24.5%	19.8%
2020	24%	20%
2021	23.4%	20.1%
2022	22.8%	20.1%
2023	22.3%	20%
2024	21.8%	19.8%
2025	21.3%	19.5%
2026	20.8%	19.2%
2027	20.4%	18.9%
2028	19.9%	18.4%
2029	19.4%	17.9%
2030	19%	17.3%
2031	18.5%	16.8%
2032	18.1%	16.3%
2033	17.8%	15.9%
2034	17.6%	15.6%
2035	17.4%	15.4%
2036	17.3%	15.2%
2037	17.3%	15.1%
2038	17.2%	15.1%
2039	17.1%	15.1%
2040	17%	15.2%
2041	17%	15.3%
2042	16.9%	15.4%
2043	16.8%	15.6%
2044	16.7%	15.7%
2045	16.7%	15.9%
2046	16.6%	16.1%
2047	16.5%	16.3%
2048	16.4%	16.5%
2049	16.3%	16.6%
2050	16.2%	16.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 19.8% in Moldova in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 27.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Moldova compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Moldova by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and -0.08% in Moldova. 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	Moldova
1960	251,090	36,352
1961	257,270	35,180
1962	262,140	32,082
1963	265,815	29,382
1964	266,406	25,860
1965	264,836	24,916
1966	262,162	23,720
1967	258,764	22,654
1968	260,705	22,005
1969	264,327	21,768
1970	269,341	22,314
1971	272,323	23,359
1972	276,263	24,626
1973	284,611	25,967
1974	289,880	27,219
1975	294,541	27,677
1976	300,615	27,801
1977	305,515	27,707
1978	311,027	27,622
1979	317,439	28,322
1980	326,947	30,053
1981	339,991	31,360
1982	353,138	32,814
1983	365,290	36,076
1984	376,797	38,108
1985	383,243	38,060
1986	385,799	39,463
1987	381,999	40,122
1988	386,507	35,608
1989	373,277	29,638
1990	384,518	25,824
1991	401,938	21,127
1992	418,900	17,373
1993	429,910	13,886
1994	437,873	9,921
1995	443,349	5,534
1996	450,174	2,655
1997	447,768	4,669
1998	436,316	2,140
1999	432,355	642
2000	417,371	-324
2001	400,939	-718
2002	381,084	-1,249
2003	377,425	-322
2004	365,138	1,714
2005	355,324	2,005
2006	349,509	2,406
2007	348,711	3,490
2008	362,380	5,210
2009	366,157	7,492
2010	360,260	7,456
2011	372,836	5,948
2012	371,497	5,581
2013	366,738	3,537
2014	367,587	7,248
2015	358,302	6,049
2016	345,681	4,580
2017	336,434	1,402
2018	324,568	-961
2019	309,426	-3,416
2020	283,282	-7,067
2021	212,002	-13,444
2022	237,560	-6,385
2023	254,806	-7,007

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Moldova

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 19 deaths in Moldova.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Moldova
1985	63	62
1986	59	60
1987	56	56
1988	55	53
1989	52	52
1990	51	53
1991	49	53
1992	48	55
1993	46	55
1994	44	56
1995	43	54
1996	42	53
1997	40	52
1998	39	48
1999	38	43
2000	37	38
2001	36	35
2002	34	31
2003	34	29
2004	33	28
2005	31	26
2006	30	25
2007	30	24
2008	29	23
2009	29	22
2010	29	20
2011	29	19
2012	29	19
2013	29	19
2014	30	20
2015	30	20
2016	30	21
2017	29	20
2018	29	20
2019	28	21
2020	29	29
2021	52	24
2022	38	19
2023	26	19

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 1.47% in Moldova. 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	Moldova
1960	9.46%	-
1961	8.83%	-
1962	8.25%	-
1963	7.74%	-
1964	7.28%	-
1965	6.89%	-
1966	6.56%	-
1967	6.27%	-
1968	6.02%	-
1969	5.79%	-
1970	5.56%	-
1971	5.32%	6.39%
1972	5.06%	6.2%
1973	4.79%	6.03%
1974	4.5%	5.86%
1975	4.23%	5.68%
1976	3.97%	5.53%
1977	3.71%	5.38%
1978	3.48%	5.23%
1979	3.25%	5.08%
1980	3.04%	4.93%
1981	2.84%	4.78%
1982	2.65%	4.61%
1983	2.47%	4.41%
1984	2.32%	4.2%
1985	2.18%	4%
1986	2.05%	3.8%
1987	1.93%	3.62%
1988	1.83%	3.48%
1989	1.74%	3.38%
1990	1.66%	3.35%
1991	1.58%	3.39%
1992	1.51%	3.48%
1993	1.45%	3.62%
1994	1.39%	3.75%
1995	1.34%	3.84%
1996	1.29%	3.85%
1997	1.23%	3.78%
1998	1.15%	3.62%
1999	1.07%	3.4%
2000	1%	3.13%
2001	0.93%	2.85%
2002	0.88%	2.58%
2003	0.85%	2.34%
2004	0.84%	2.16%
2005	0.83%	2.01%
2006	0.83%	1.91%
2007	0.82%	1.83%
2008	0.82%	1.77%
2009	0.82%	1.73%
2010	0.81%	1.69%
2011	0.81%	1.66%
2012	0.8%	1.63%
2013	0.81%	1.6%
2014	0.81%	1.58%
2015	0.81%	1.55%
2016	0.82%	1.53%
2017	0.82%	1.52%
2018	0.82%	1.51%
2019	0.82%	1.5%
2020	0.81%	1.49%
2021	0.81%	1.48%
2022	0.81%	1.48%
2023	0.81%	1.47%