Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Palestine

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	6.41	-
1961	6.37	-
1962	6.3	-
1963	6.19	-
1964	6.03	-
1965	5.84	-
1966	5.64	-
1967	5.43	-
1968	5.29	-
1969	5.16	-
1970	5.04	-
1971	4.92	-
1972	4.82	-
1973	4.73	-
1974	4.62	-
1975	4.5	-
1976	4.4	-
1977	4.28	-
1978	4.18	-
1979	4.09	-
1980	4.04	-
1981	4	-
1982	3.97	-
1983	3.93	-
1984	3.89	-
1985	3.8	-
1986	3.7	-
1987	3.57	-
1988	3.5	-
1989	3.31	-
1990	3.3	6.81
1991	3.34	6.75
1992	3.37	6.65
1993	3.36	6.5
1994	3.35	6.33
1995	3.32	6.16
1996	3.3	5.99
1997	3.23	5.82
1998	3.12	5.69
1999	3.07	5.58
2000	2.94	5.46
2001	2.81	5.34
2002	2.66	5.22
2003	2.6	5.06
2004	2.49	4.97
2005	2.39	4.87
2006	2.31	4.74
2007	2.25	4.63
2008	2.26	4.51
2009	2.22	4.44
2010	2.14	4.43
2011	2.15	4.31
2012	2.12	4.15
2013	2.07	4.05
2014	2.06	4
2015	2.01	3.98
2016	1.94	3.89
2017	1.89	3.77
2018	1.84	3.67
2019	1.78	3.59
2020	1.68	3.51
2021	1.56	3.44
2022	1.55	3.38
2023	1.55	3.31
2024	1.54	3.25
2025	1.53	3.19
2026	1.52	3.13
2027	1.51	3.07
2028	1.51	3.02
2029	1.51	2.97
2030	1.51	2.93
2031	1.5	2.89
2032	1.5	2.85
2033	1.5	2.81
2034	1.5	2.78
2035	1.5	2.75
2036	1.51	2.71
2037	1.51	2.68
2038	1.51	2.65
2039	1.51	2.62
2040	1.51	2.59
2041	1.51	2.56
2042	1.51	2.53
2043	1.52	2.51
2044	1.52	2.48
2045	1.52	2.45
2046	1.52	2.43
2047	1.52	2.41
2048	1.53	2.38
2049	1.53	2.36
2050	1.53	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Palestine
1960	45.4%	-
1961	45.9%	-
1962	46.3%	-
1963	46.5%	-
1964	46.6%	-
1965	46.5%	-
1966	46.2%	-
1967	45.9%	-
1968	45.5%	-
1969	45%	-
1970	44.5%	-
1971	44%	-
1972	43.4%	-
1973	42.8%	-
1974	42.2%	-
1975	41.7%	-
1976	41.1%	-
1977	40.6%	-
1978	40.1%	-
1979	39.6%	-
1980	39.2%	-
1981	38.8%	-
1982	38.6%	-
1983	38.4%	-
1984	38.2%	-
1985	38.1%	-
1986	38%	-
1987	37.9%	-
1988	37.7%	-
1989	37.5%	-
1990	37.2%	49.1%
1991	36.9%	49.1%
1992	36.6%	49%
1993	36.3%	49%
1994	36%	48.9%
1995	35.7%	48.8%
1996	35.5%	48.6%
1997	35.3%	48.4%
1998	35%	48.1%
1999	34.6%	47.8%
2000	34.2%	47.4%
2001	33.7%	47.1%
2002	33.2%	46.6%
2003	32.6%	46.1%
2004	32%	45.6%
2005	31.4%	45%
2006	30.7%	44.3%
2007	30%	43.7%
2008	29.4%	43%
2009	28.6%	42.4%
2010	27.9%	41.9%
2011	27.4%	41.5%
2012	27%	41.1%
2013	26.6%	40.7%
2014	26.2%	40.4%
2015	25.8%	40.1%
2016	25.5%	39.9%
2017	25.2%	39.7%
2018	24.9%	39.6%
2019	24.5%	39.5%
2020	24%	39.3%
2021	23.4%	39%
2022	22.8%	38.7%
2023	22.3%	38.4%
2024	21.8%	38%
2025	21.3%	37.6%
2026	20.8%	37%
2027	20.4%	36.5%
2028	19.9%	35.9%
2029	19.4%	35.3%
2030	19%	34.7%
2031	18.5%	34%
2032	18.1%	33.4%
2033	17.8%	32.8%
2034	17.6%	32.3%
2035	17.4%	31.8%
2036	17.3%	31.4%
2037	17.3%	31%
2038	17.2%	30.6%
2039	17.1%	30.3%
2040	17%	30%
2041	17%	29.7%
2042	16.9%	29.4%
2043	16.8%	29.2%
2044	16.7%	28.9%
2045	16.7%	28.6%
2046	16.6%	28.4%
2047	16.5%	28.1%
2048	16.4%	27.8%
2049	16.3%	27.5%
2050	16.2%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	251,090	-
1961	257,270	-
1962	262,140	-
1963	265,815	-
1964	266,406	-
1965	264,836	-
1966	262,162	-
1967	258,764	-
1968	260,705	-
1969	264,327	-
1970	269,341	-
1971	272,323	-
1972	276,263	-
1973	284,611	-
1974	289,880	-
1975	294,541	-
1976	300,615	-
1977	305,515	-
1978	311,027	-
1979	317,439	-
1980	326,947	-
1981	339,991	-
1982	353,138	-
1983	365,290	-
1984	376,797	-
1985	383,243	-
1986	385,799	-
1987	381,999	-
1988	386,507	-
1989	373,277	-
1990	384,518	76,163
1991	401,938	79,444
1992	418,900	82,865
1993	429,910	86,434
1994	437,873	90,156
1995	443,349	94,037
1996	450,174	98,085
1997	447,768	102,307
1998	436,316	103,566
1999	432,355	104,823
2000	417,371	106,367
2001	400,939	107,320
2002	381,084	108,560
2003	377,425	109,162
2004	365,138	110,045
2005	355,324	110,569
2006	349,509	111,728
2007	348,711	112,453
2008	362,380	108,395
2009	366,157	111,724
2010	360,260	117,674
2011	372,836	119,021
2012	371,497	119,185
2013	366,738	120,503
2014	367,587	120,724
2015	358,302	126,189
2016	345,681	126,698
2017	336,434	125,688
2018	324,568	124,791
2019	309,426	124,508
2020	283,282	122,416
2021	212,002	120,396
2022	237,560	123,987
2023	254,806	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Palestine
1985	63	102
1986	59	96
1987	56	87
1988	55	85
1989	52	82
1990	51	78
1991	49	75
1992	48	73
1993	46	69
1994	44	66
1995	43	64
1996	42	61
1997	40	60
1998	39	59
1999	38	58
2000	37	59
2001	36	60
2002	34	58
2003	34	56
2004	33	55
2005	31	52
2006	30	51
2007	30	49
2008	29	49
2009	29	48
2010	29	42
2011	29	39
2012	29	36
2013	29	32
2014	30	29
2015	30	26
2016	30	23
2017	29	21
2018	29	19
2019	28	18
2020	29	20
2021	52	29
2022	38	17
2023	26	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
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%	-
1972	5.06%	-
1973	4.79%	-
1974	4.5%	-
1975	4.23%	10.8%
1976	3.97%	10.2%
1977	3.71%	9.55%
1978	3.48%	8.98%
1979	3.25%	8.45%
1980	3.04%	7.95%
1981	2.84%	7.48%
1982	2.65%	7.04%
1983	2.47%	6.63%
1984	2.32%	6.25%
1985	2.18%	5.89%
1986	2.05%	5.56%
1987	1.93%	5.25%
1988	1.83%	4.97%
1989	1.74%	4.72%
1990	1.66%	4.49%
1991	1.58%	4.28%
1992	1.51%	4.09%
1993	1.45%	3.92%
1994	1.39%	3.77%
1995	1.34%	3.62%
1996	1.29%	3.49%
1997	1.23%	3.36%
1998	1.15%	3.24%
1999	1.07%	3.13%
2000	1%	3.03%
2001	0.93%	2.94%
2002	0.88%	2.85%
2003	0.85%	2.77%
2004	0.84%	2.68%
2005	0.83%	2.6%
2006	0.83%	2.52%
2007	0.82%	2.43%
2008	0.82%	2.35%
2009	0.82%	2.28%
2010	0.81%	2.2%
2011	0.81%	2.12%
2012	0.8%	2.04%
2013	0.81%	1.97%
2014	0.81%	2.2%
2015	0.81%	1.83%
2016	0.82%	1.76%
2017	0.82%	1.69%
2018	0.82%	1.63%
2019	0.82%	1.57%
2020	0.81%	1.52%
2021	0.81%	1.47%
2022	0.81%	1.42%
2023	0.81%	2.63%