Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Morocco

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Morocco 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 2.23 in Morocco in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Morocco 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	Morocco
1960	6.41	6.89
1961	6.37	6.97
1962	6.3	7.05
1963	6.19	7.01
1964	6.03	6.97
1965	5.84	6.93
1966	5.64	6.89
1967	5.43	6.85
1968	5.29	6.79
1969	5.16	6.73
1970	5.04	6.68
1971	4.92	6.62
1972	4.82	6.55
1973	4.73	6.48
1974	4.62	6.4
1975	4.5	6.3
1976	4.4	6.18
1977	4.28	6.04
1978	4.18	5.91
1979	4.09	5.85
1980	4.04	5.78
1981	4	5.71
1982	3.97	5.6
1983	3.93	5.41
1984	3.89	5.2
1985	3.8	4.99
1986	3.7	4.77
1987	3.57	4.58
1988	3.5	4.39
1989	3.31	4.22
1990	3.3	4.06
1991	3.34	3.95
1992	3.37	3.76
1993	3.36	3.55
1994	3.35	3.41
1995	3.32	3.3
1996	3.3	3.23
1997	3.23	3.15
1998	3.12	3.04
1999	3.07	2.88
2000	2.94	2.77
2001	2.81	2.69
2002	2.66	2.62
2003	2.6	2.61
2004	2.49	2.61
2005	2.39	2.61
2006	2.31	2.61
2007	2.25	2.62
2008	2.26	2.61
2009	2.22	2.62
2010	2.14	2.63
2011	2.15	2.6
2012	2.12	2.54
2013	2.07	2.48
2014	2.06	2.42
2015	2.01	2.41
2016	1.94	2.4
2017	1.89	2.38
2018	1.84	2.35
2019	1.78	2.34
2020	1.68	2.32
2021	1.56	2.29
2022	1.55	2.26
2023	1.55	2.23
2024	1.54	2.21
2025	1.53	2.18
2026	1.52	2.16
2027	1.51	2.14
2028	1.51	2.12
2029	1.51	2.1
2030	1.51	2.08
2031	1.5	2.06
2032	1.5	2.05
2033	1.5	2.03
2034	1.5	2.02
2035	1.5	2
2036	1.51	1.99
2037	1.51	1.98
2038	1.51	1.96
2039	1.51	1.95
2040	1.51	1.94
2041	1.51	1.93
2042	1.51	1.92
2043	1.52	1.91
2044	1.52	1.9
2045	1.52	1.89
2046	1.52	1.89
2047	1.52	1.88
2048	1.53	1.88
2049	1.53	1.87
2050	1.53	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Morocco
1960	45.4%	44.9%
1961	45.9%	45.4%
1962	46.3%	45.9%
1963	46.5%	46.3%
1964	46.6%	46.5%
1965	46.5%	46.6%
1966	46.2%	46.8%
1967	45.9%	46.8%
1968	45.5%	46.9%
1969	45%	46.8%
1970	44.5%	46.7%
1971	44%	46.6%
1972	43.4%	46.4%
1973	42.8%	46.3%
1974	42.2%	46.1%
1975	41.7%	45.8%
1976	41.1%	45.6%
1977	40.6%	45.3%
1978	40.1%	44.9%
1979	39.6%	44.6%
1980	39.2%	44.3%
1981	38.8%	44%
1982	38.6%	43.7%
1983	38.4%	43.4%
1984	38.2%	43.1%
1985	38.1%	42.7%
1986	38%	42.3%
1987	37.9%	41.8%
1988	37.7%	41.3%
1989	37.5%	40.8%
1990	37.2%	40.2%
1991	36.9%	39.6%
1992	36.6%	39%
1993	36.3%	38.4%
1994	36%	37.7%
1995	35.7%	37%
1996	35.5%	36.4%
1997	35.3%	35.8%
1998	35%	35.2%
1999	34.6%	34.6%
2000	34.2%	34%
2001	33.7%	33.5%
2002	33.2%	32.9%
2003	32.6%	32.4%
2004	32%	31.8%
2005	31.4%	31.2%
2006	30.7%	30.7%
2007	30%	30.2%
2008	29.4%	29.8%
2009	28.6%	29.5%
2010	27.9%	29.2%
2011	27.4%	29%
2012	27%	28.7%
2013	26.6%	28.5%
2014	26.2%	28.3%
2015	25.8%	28.1%
2016	25.5%	27.8%
2017	25.2%	27.6%
2018	24.9%	27.4%
2019	24.5%	27.2%
2020	24%	27%
2021	23.4%	26.7%
2022	22.8%	26.4%
2023	22.3%	26%
2024	21.8%	25.6%
2025	21.3%	25.2%
2026	20.8%	24.8%
2027	20.4%	24.3%
2028	19.9%	23.9%
2029	19.4%	23.6%
2030	19%	23.2%
2031	18.5%	22.9%
2032	18.1%	22.5%
2033	17.8%	22.2%
2034	17.6%	21.9%
2035	17.4%	21.6%
2036	17.3%	21.3%
2037	17.3%	21.1%
2038	17.2%	20.8%
2039	17.1%	20.6%
2040	17%	20.4%
2041	17%	20.2%
2042	16.9%	20.1%
2043	16.8%	19.9%
2044	16.7%	19.7%
2045	16.7%	19.6%
2046	16.6%	19.4%
2047	16.5%	19.3%
2048	16.4%	19.1%
2049	16.3%	19%
2050	16.2%	18.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 25.6% in Morocco in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Morocco compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Morocco by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +1.25% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	251,090	323,499
1961	257,270	348,650
1962	262,140	363,843
1963	265,815	369,250
1964	266,406	375,835
1965	264,836	383,989
1966	262,162	391,881
1967	258,764	400,594
1968	260,705	407,437
1969	264,327	414,931
1970	269,341	426,015
1971	272,323	435,104
1972	276,263	446,449
1973	284,611	455,699
1974	289,880	464,147
1975	294,541	474,631
1976	300,615	482,130
1977	305,515	489,173
1978	311,027	498,834
1979	317,439	515,554
1980	326,947	534,448
1981	339,991	552,936
1982	353,138	564,904
1983	365,290	566,301
1984	376,797	564,159
1985	383,243	560,810
1986	385,799	558,105
1987	381,999	553,005
1988	386,507	545,800
1989	373,277	538,996
1990	384,518	535,506
1991	401,938	539,850
1992	418,900	525,680
1993	429,910	507,707
1994	437,873	501,426
1995	443,349	496,573
1996	450,174	501,499
1997	447,768	500,807
1998	436,316	492,604
1999	432,355	473,071
2000	417,371	461,341
2001	400,939	452,621
2002	381,084	446,147
2003	377,425	452,650
2004	365,138	461,756
2005	355,324	474,285
2006	349,509	483,200
2007	348,711	493,526
2008	362,380	499,766
2009	366,157	509,386
2010	360,260	515,804
2011	372,836	513,305
2012	371,497	504,698
2013	366,738	492,284
2014	367,587	481,295
2015	358,302	477,654
2016	345,681	474,637
2017	336,434	471,011
2018	324,568	464,375
2019	309,426	457,307
2020	283,282	415,999
2021	212,002	407,829
2022	237,560	427,903
2023	254,806	417,213

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Morocco

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 70 deaths in Morocco.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Morocco
1985	63	752
1986	59	697
1987	56	650
1988	55	602
1989	52	559
1990	51	522
1991	49	490
1992	48	458
1993	46	428
1994	44	401
1995	43	378
1996	42	354
1997	40	333
1998	39	313
1999	38	291
2000	37	271
2001	36	254
2002	34	238
2003	34	224
2004	33	213
2005	31	196
2006	30	182
2007	30	169
2008	29	158
2009	29	148
2010	29	140
2011	29	130
2012	29	121
2013	29	113
2014	30	106
2015	30	100
2016	30	94
2017	29	88
2018	29	83
2019	28	79
2020	29	81
2021	52	92
2022	38	71
2023	26	70

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 1.66% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	9.46%	24.4%
1961	8.83%	23.9%
1962	8.25%	23.4%
1963	7.74%	22.9%
1964	7.28%	22.3%
1965	6.89%	21.8%
1966	6.56%	21.2%
1967	6.27%	20.6%
1968	6.02%	20.1%
1969	5.79%	19.6%
1970	5.56%	19.1%
1971	5.32%	18.7%
1972	5.06%	18.3%
1973	4.79%	17.8%
1974	4.5%	17.4%
1975	4.23%	16.8%
1976	3.97%	16.2%
1977	3.71%	15.6%
1978	3.48%	14.9%
1979	3.25%	14.2%
1980	3.04%	13.5%
1981	2.84%	12.8%
1982	2.65%	12.1%
1983	2.47%	11.5%
1984	2.32%	10.9%
1985	2.18%	10.3%
1986	2.05%	9.79%
1987	1.93%	9.3%
1988	1.83%	8.86%
1989	1.74%	8.45%
1990	1.66%	8.08%
1991	1.58%	7.73%
1992	1.51%	7.4%
1993	1.45%	7.09%
1994	1.39%	6.78%
1995	1.34%	6.49%
1996	1.29%	6.21%
1997	1.23%	5.94%
1998	1.15%	5.69%
1999	1.07%	5.45%
2000	1%	5.22%
2001	0.93%	5.01%
2002	0.88%	4.79%
2003	0.85%	4.57%
2004	0.84%	4.36%
2005	0.83%	4.13%
2006	0.83%	3.91%
2007	0.82%	3.7%
2008	0.82%	3.49%
2009	0.82%	3.29%
2010	0.81%	3.11%
2011	0.81%	2.93%
2012	0.8%	2.77%
2013	0.81%	2.62%
2014	0.81%	2.47%
2015	0.81%	2.34%
2016	0.82%	2.22%
2017	0.82%	2.11%
2018	0.82%	2.02%
2019	0.82%	1.94%
2020	0.81%	1.86%
2021	0.81%	1.79%
2022	0.81%	1.72%
2023	0.81%	1.66%