Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Namibia

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Namibia 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 3.21 in Namibia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Namibia 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	Namibia
1960	6.41	6.24
1961	6.37	6.29
1962	6.3	6.35
1963	6.19	6.41
1964	6.03	6.43
1965	5.84	6.45
1966	5.64	6.47
1967	5.43	6.49
1968	5.29	6.5
1969	5.16	6.51
1970	5.04	6.52
1971	4.92	6.52
1972	4.82	6.53
1973	4.73	6.54
1974	4.62	6.55
1975	4.5	6.53
1976	4.4	6.49
1977	4.28	6.44
1978	4.18	6.38
1979	4.09	6.31
1980	4.04	6.24
1981	4	6.16
1982	3.97	6.08
1983	3.93	6
1984	3.89	5.94
1985	3.8	5.88
1986	3.7	5.79
1987	3.57	5.7
1988	3.5	5.61
1989	3.31	5.52
1990	3.3	5.4
1991	3.34	5.29
1992	3.37	5.11
1993	3.36	4.91
1994	3.35	4.68
1995	3.32	4.42
1996	3.3	4.2
1997	3.23	4.17
1998	3.12	4.18
1999	3.07	4.14
2000	2.94	3.99
2001	2.81	3.83
2002	2.66	3.69
2003	2.6	3.58
2004	2.49	3.55
2005	2.39	3.57
2006	2.31	3.6
2007	2.25	3.61
2008	2.26	3.62
2009	2.22	3.63
2010	2.14	3.66
2011	2.15	3.66
2012	2.12	3.68
2013	2.07	3.65
2014	2.06	3.64
2015	2.01	3.6
2016	1.94	3.57
2017	1.89	3.51
2018	1.84	3.46
2019	1.78	3.4
2020	1.68	3.35
2021	1.56	3.3
2022	1.55	3.25
2023	1.55	3.21
2024	1.54	3.21
2025	1.53	3.17
2026	1.52	3.13
2027	1.51	3.09
2028	1.51	3.06
2029	1.51	3.02
2030	1.51	2.98
2031	1.5	2.94
2032	1.5	2.91
2033	1.5	2.88
2034	1.5	2.84
2035	1.5	2.81
2036	1.51	2.78
2037	1.51	2.75
2038	1.51	2.72
2039	1.51	2.68
2040	1.51	2.66
2041	1.51	2.63
2042	1.51	2.6
2043	1.52	2.58
2044	1.52	2.56
2045	1.52	2.53
2046	1.52	2.51
2047	1.52	2.49
2048	1.53	2.47
2049	1.53	2.45
2050	1.53	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Namibia
1960	45.4%	42.2%
1961	45.9%	42.4%
1962	46.3%	42.6%
1963	46.5%	42.7%
1964	46.6%	42.9%
1965	46.5%	43%
1966	46.2%	43.2%
1967	45.9%	43.3%
1968	45.5%	43.5%
1969	45%	43.6%
1970	44.5%	43.8%
1971	44%	43.9%
1972	43.4%	44.1%
1973	42.8%	44.3%
1974	42.2%	44.6%
1975	41.7%	44.8%
1976	41.1%	45%
1977	40.6%	45.3%
1978	40.1%	45.9%
1979	39.6%	46.3%
1980	39.2%	46.6%
1981	38.8%	47.1%
1982	38.6%	47.2%
1983	38.4%	46.9%
1984	38.2%	46.6%
1985	38.1%	46.2%
1986	38%	45.8%
1987	37.9%	45.3%
1988	37.7%	44.8%
1989	37.5%	43.4%
1990	37.2%	42.3%
1991	36.9%	42.2%
1992	36.6%	42.2%
1993	36.3%	42.2%
1994	36%	42.2%
1995	35.7%	42.1%
1996	35.5%	42%
1997	35.3%	41.9%
1998	35%	41.8%
1999	34.6%	41.7%
2000	34.2%	41.5%
2001	33.7%	41.3%
2002	33.2%	41%
2003	32.6%	40.5%
2004	32%	40%
2005	31.4%	39.4%
2006	30.7%	38.7%
2007	30%	38.1%
2008	29.4%	37.5%
2009	28.6%	37.1%
2010	27.9%	36.8%
2011	27.4%	36.7%
2012	27%	36.6%
2013	26.6%	36.6%
2014	26.2%	36.5%
2015	25.8%	36.5%
2016	25.5%	36.5%
2017	25.2%	36.7%
2018	24.9%	36.8%
2019	24.5%	37%
2020	24%	37.1%
2021	23.4%	37.4%
2022	22.8%	37.5%
2023	22.3%	37.3%
2024	21.8%	37%
2025	21.3%	36.7%
2026	20.8%	36.3%
2027	20.4%	35.9%
2028	19.9%	35.5%
2029	19.4%	35.1%
2030	19%	34.6%
2031	18.5%	34%
2032	18.1%	33.5%
2033	17.8%	32.9%
2034	17.6%	32.4%
2035	17.4%	31.8%
2036	17.3%	31.1%
2037	17.3%	30.6%
2038	17.2%	30.3%
2039	17.1%	30%
2040	17%	29.7%
2041	17%	29.5%
2042	16.9%	29.2%
2043	16.8%	29%
2044	16.7%	28.8%
2045	16.7%	28.5%
2046	16.6%	28.3%
2047	16.5%	28.1%
2048	16.4%	27.9%
2049	16.3%	27.7%
2050	16.2%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +2.04% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	251,090	14,307
1961	257,270	14,936
1962	262,140	15,656
1963	265,815	16,430
1964	266,406	17,134
1965	264,836	17,902
1966	262,162	18,635
1967	258,764	19,498
1968	260,705	20,470
1969	264,327	21,387
1970	269,341	22,414
1971	272,323	23,467
1972	276,263	24,606
1973	284,611	25,754
1974	289,880	26,844
1975	294,541	27,882
1976	300,615	28,785
1977	305,515	29,241
1978	311,027	29,821
1979	317,439	28,930
1980	326,947	28,142
1981	339,991	27,938
1982	353,138	27,474
1983	365,290	28,307
1984	376,797	29,395
1985	383,243	30,575
1986	385,799	31,764
1987	381,999	33,340
1988	386,507	34,798
1989	373,277	37,715
1990	384,518	43,956
1991	401,938	44,523
1992	418,900	43,945
1993	429,910	42,861
1994	437,873	41,316
1995	443,349	39,119
1996	450,174	37,177
1997	447,768	37,256
1998	436,316	37,500
1999	432,355	37,233
2000	417,371	35,280
2001	400,939	32,942
2002	381,084	31,947
2003	377,425	31,115
2004	365,138	31,478
2005	355,324	32,909
2006	349,509	34,690
2007	348,711	36,430
2008	362,380	38,147
2009	366,157	39,942
2010	360,260	42,046
2011	372,836	43,557
2012	371,497	46,204
2013	366,738	47,801
2014	367,587	49,581
2015	358,302	50,846
2016	345,681	52,228
2017	336,434	52,975
2018	324,568	53,970
2019	309,426	54,769
2020	283,282	55,034
2021	212,002	50,160
2022	237,560	54,534
2023	254,806	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Namibia

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 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Namibia
1985	63	354
1986	59	348
1987	56	336
1988	55	342
1989	52	306
1990	51	325
1991	49	337
1992	48	346
1993	46	354
1994	44	367
1995	43	369
1996	42	387
1997	40	383
1998	39	396
1999	38	371
2000	37	384
2001	36	376
2002	34	313
2003	34	290
2004	33	282
2005	31	344
2006	30	408
2007	30	489
2008	29	537
2009	29	547
2010	29	531
2011	29	498
2012	29	439
2013	29	402
2014	30	369
2015	30	307
2016	30	250
2017	29	213
2018	29	198
2019	28	175
2020	29	143
2021	52	254
2022	38	127
2023	26	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 4.07% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	9.46%	-
1961	8.83%	-
1962	8.25%	-
1963	7.74%	-
1964	7.28%	-
1965	6.89%	-
1966	6.56%	-
1967	6.27%	9.66%
1968	6.02%	9.64%
1969	5.79%	9.65%
1970	5.56%	9.65%
1971	5.32%	9.67%
1972	5.06%	9.68%
1973	4.79%	9.73%
1974	4.5%	9.79%
1975	4.23%	9.89%
1976	3.97%	10%
1977	3.71%	10.2%
1978	3.48%	10.3%
1979	3.25%	10.3%
1980	3.04%	10.3%
1981	2.84%	10.2%
1982	2.65%	9.93%
1983	2.47%	9.61%
1984	2.32%	9.22%
1985	2.18%	8.81%
1986	2.05%	8.43%
1987	1.93%	8.09%
1988	1.83%	7.81%
1989	1.74%	7.57%
1990	1.66%	7.39%
1991	1.58%	7.24%
1992	1.51%	7.14%
1993	1.45%	7.1%
1994	1.39%	7.13%
1995	1.34%	7.24%
1996	1.29%	7.39%
1997	1.23%	7.56%
1998	1.15%	7.7%
1999	1.07%	7.79%
2000	1%	7.79%
2001	0.93%	7.71%
2002	0.88%	7.61%
2003	0.85%	7.51%
2004	0.84%	7.41%
2005	0.83%	7.05%
2006	0.83%	6.49%
2007	0.82%	6.06%
2008	0.82%	5.64%
2009	0.82%	5.29%
2010	0.81%	5.08%
2011	0.81%	5.16%
2012	0.8%	5.51%
2013	0.81%	5.4%
2014	0.81%	5.31%
2015	0.81%	5.5%
2016	0.82%	5.42%
2017	0.82%	5.19%
2018	0.82%	5.01%
2019	0.82%	4.78%
2020	0.81%	4.57%
2021	0.81%	4.38%
2022	0.81%	4.2%
2023	0.81%	4.07%