Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Niger

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Niger 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 6.06 in Niger in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Niger 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	Niger
1960	6.41	7.53
1961	6.37	7.51
1962	6.3	7.5
1963	6.19	7.49
1964	6.03	7.48
1965	5.84	7.47
1966	5.64	7.48
1967	5.43	7.49
1968	5.29	7.5
1969	5.16	7.51
1970	5.04	7.51
1971	4.92	7.52
1972	4.82	7.52
1973	4.73	7.53
1974	4.62	7.54
1975	4.5	7.54
1976	4.4	7.56
1977	4.28	7.6
1978	4.18	7.66
1979	4.09	7.72
1980	4.04	7.78
1981	4	7.82
1982	3.97	7.86
1983	3.93	7.9
1984	3.89	7.92
1985	3.8	7.93
1986	3.7	7.9
1987	3.57	7.87
1988	3.5	7.84
1989	3.31	7.82
1990	3.3	7.81
1991	3.34	7.8
1992	3.37	7.8
1993	3.36	7.79
1994	3.35	7.79
1995	3.32	7.78
1996	3.3	7.78
1997	3.23	7.8
1998	3.12	7.84
1999	3.07	7.84
2000	2.94	7.83
2001	2.81	7.81
2002	2.66	7.8
2003	2.6	7.79
2004	2.49	7.78
2005	2.39	7.77
2006	2.31	7.74
2007	2.25	7.73
2008	2.26	7.7
2009	2.22	7.68
2010	2.14	7.64
2011	2.15	7.59
2012	2.12	7.53
2013	2.07	7.45
2014	2.06	7.34
2015	2.01	7.22
2016	1.94	7.04
2017	1.89	6.87
2018	1.84	6.71
2019	1.78	6.54
2020	1.68	6.37
2021	1.56	6.2
2022	1.55	6.14
2023	1.55	6.06
2024	1.54	5.93
2025	1.53	5.79
2026	1.52	5.64
2027	1.51	5.49
2028	1.51	5.35
2029	1.51	5.22
2030	1.51	5.08
2031	1.5	4.93
2032	1.5	4.8
2033	1.5	4.69
2034	1.5	4.55
2035	1.5	4.44
2036	1.51	4.32
2037	1.51	4.21
2038	1.51	4.1
2039	1.51	4
2040	1.51	3.91
2041	1.51	3.82
2042	1.51	3.74
2043	1.52	3.66
2044	1.52	3.59
2045	1.52	3.53
2046	1.52	3.46
2047	1.52	3.39
2048	1.53	3.34
2049	1.53	3.28
2050	1.53	3.22

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Niger
1960	45.4%	49%
1961	45.9%	48.9%
1962	46.3%	48.8%
1963	46.5%	48.8%
1964	46.6%	48.8%
1965	46.5%	48.7%
1966	46.2%	48.6%
1967	45.9%	48.5%
1968	45.5%	48.4%
1969	45%	48.3%
1970	44.5%	48.1%
1971	44%	48%
1972	43.4%	47.9%
1973	42.8%	47.7%
1974	42.2%	47.6%
1975	41.7%	47.4%
1976	41.1%	47.3%
1977	40.6%	47.1%
1978	40.1%	47%
1979	39.6%	47%
1980	39.2%	47%
1981	38.8%	47%
1982	38.6%	47%
1983	38.4%	47%
1984	38.2%	47%
1985	38.1%	47%
1986	38%	47%
1987	37.9%	47%
1988	37.7%	47%
1989	37.5%	46.9%
1990	37.2%	46.8%
1991	36.9%	46.8%
1992	36.6%	46.7%
1993	36.3%	46.7%
1994	36%	46.7%
1995	35.7%	46.7%
1996	35.5%	46.7%
1997	35.3%	46.8%
1998	35%	46.9%
1999	34.6%	47.1%
2000	34.2%	47.3%
2001	33.7%	47.5%
2002	33.2%	47.8%
2003	32.6%	48%
2004	32%	48.2%
2005	31.4%	48.5%
2006	30.7%	48.7%
2007	30%	48.9%
2008	29.4%	49.1%
2009	28.6%	49.3%
2010	27.9%	49.4%
2011	27.4%	49.5%
2012	27%	49.5%
2013	26.6%	49.4%
2014	26.2%	49.3%
2015	25.8%	49.2%
2016	25.5%	49%
2017	25.2%	48.8%
2018	24.9%	48.6%
2019	24.5%	48.3%
2020	24%	48%
2021	23.4%	47.7%
2022	22.8%	47.3%
2023	22.3%	47%
2024	21.8%	46.6%
2025	21.3%	46.2%
2026	20.8%	45.8%
2027	20.4%	45.5%
2028	19.9%	45%
2029	19.4%	44.6%
2030	19%	44.2%
2031	18.5%	43.8%
2032	18.1%	43.4%
2033	17.8%	43%
2034	17.6%	42.6%
2035	17.4%	42.2%
2036	17.3%	41.8%
2037	17.3%	41.3%
2038	17.2%	40.9%
2039	17.1%	40.4%
2040	17%	39.9%
2041	17%	39.4%
2042	16.9%	38.9%
2043	16.8%	38.4%
2044	16.7%	37.9%
2045	16.7%	37.4%
2046	16.6%	36.9%
2047	16.5%	36.4%
2048	16.4%	35.9%
2049	16.3%	35.5%
2050	16.2%	35%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 46.6% in Niger in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Niger compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Niger by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +3.43% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	251,090	105,081
1961	257,270	107,693
1962	262,140	110,280
1963	265,815	113,072
1964	266,406	115,386
1965	264,836	116,963
1966	262,162	119,314
1967	258,764	121,358
1968	260,705	123,301
1969	264,327	125,389
1970	269,341	128,184
1971	272,323	128,223
1972	276,263	133,813
1973	284,611	137,695
1974	289,880	142,606
1975	294,541	147,962
1976	300,615	154,489
1977	305,515	161,792
1978	311,027	171,614
1979	317,439	180,632
1980	326,947	189,251
1981	339,991	195,938
1982	353,138	202,012
1983	365,290	207,962
1984	376,797	213,111
1985	383,243	219,206
1986	385,799	224,365
1987	381,999	231,371
1988	386,507	237,296
1989	373,277	245,278
1990	384,518	256,594
1991	401,938	266,527
1992	418,900	278,690
1993	429,910	292,135
1994	437,873	306,026
1995	443,349	323,630
1996	450,174	341,223
1997	447,768	358,745
1998	436,316	377,120
1999	432,355	394,212
2000	417,371	410,779
2001	400,939	428,417
2002	381,084	446,767
2003	377,425	467,295
2004	365,138	488,328
2005	355,324	511,167
2006	349,509	533,374
2007	348,711	556,808
2008	362,380	579,727
2009	366,157	602,671
2010	360,260	624,685
2011	372,836	645,175
2012	371,497	664,009
2013	366,738	686,070
2014	367,587	704,609
2015	358,302	721,630
2016	345,681	738,999
2017	336,434	752,384
2018	324,568	763,536
2019	309,426	775,474
2020	283,282	784,437
2021	212,002	793,428
2022	237,560	829,651
2023	254,806	864,139

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Niger

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 350 deaths in Niger.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Niger
1985	63	1,137
1986	59	1,107
1987	56	1,074
1988	55	1,040
1989	52	1,010
1990	51	983
1991	49	957
1992	48	926
1993	46	903
1994	44	883
1995	43	865
1996	42	854
1997	40	841
1998	39	839
1999	38	841
2000	37	845
2001	36	843
2002	34	835
2003	34	813
2004	33	790
2005	31	764
2006	30	737
2007	30	704
2008	29	669
2009	29	647
2010	29	621
2011	29	585
2012	29	554
2013	29	526
2014	30	497
2015	30	473
2016	30	450
2017	29	433
2018	29	420
2019	28	406
2020	29	388
2021	52	396
2022	38	361
2023	26	350

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 11.5% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	9.46%	-
1961	8.83%	-
1962	8.25%	-
1963	7.74%	-
1964	7.28%	-
1965	6.89%	-
1966	6.56%	-
1967	6.27%	31.9%
1968	6.02%	32.3%
1969	5.79%	32.7%
1970	5.56%	33.2%
1971	5.32%	33.6%
1972	5.06%	34%
1973	4.79%	34.2%
1974	4.5%	34.3%
1975	4.23%	34.2%
1976	3.97%	33.9%
1977	3.71%	33.5%
1978	3.48%	33%
1979	3.25%	32.6%
1980	3.04%	32.3%
1981	2.84%	32.3%
1982	2.65%	32.5%
1983	2.47%	32.9%
1984	2.32%	33.3%
1985	2.18%	33.7%
1986	2.05%	34%
1987	1.93%	34.1%
1988	1.83%	34%
1989	1.74%	33.7%
1990	1.66%	33.2%
1991	1.58%	32.5%
1992	1.51%	31.7%
1993	1.45%	30.6%
1994	1.39%	29.4%
1995	1.34%	28.1%
1996	1.29%	26.9%
1997	1.23%	25.7%
1998	1.15%	24.7%
1999	1.07%	23.7%
2000	1%	22.8%
2001	0.93%	21.8%
2002	0.88%	20.6%
2003	0.85%	19.4%
2004	0.84%	18.3%
2005	0.83%	17.2%
2006	0.83%	16.2%
2007	0.82%	15.4%
2008	0.82%	14.7%
2009	0.82%	14.1%
2010	0.81%	13.7%
2011	0.81%	13.3%
2012	0.8%	13.1%
2013	0.81%	12.9%
2014	0.81%	12.7%
2015	0.81%	12.6%
2016	0.82%	12.5%
2017	0.82%	12.4%
2018	0.82%	12.3%
2019	0.82%	12.2%
2020	0.81%	12.1%
2021	0.81%	11.9%
2022	0.81%	11.7%
2023	0.81%	11.5%