Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Peru

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Peru 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 1.98 in Peru in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Peru 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	Peru
1960	6.41	6.94
1961	6.37	6.92
1962	6.3	6.9
1963	6.19	6.86
1964	6.03	6.81
1965	5.84	6.75
1966	5.64	6.68
1967	5.43	6.6
1968	5.29	6.51
1969	5.16	6.42
1970	5.04	6.32
1971	4.92	6.21
1972	4.82	6.09
1973	4.73	5.97
1974	4.62	5.84
1975	4.5	5.71
1976	4.4	5.58
1977	4.28	5.44
1978	4.18	5.31
1979	4.09	5.17
1980	4.04	5.04
1981	4	4.92
1982	3.97	4.8
1983	3.93	4.68
1984	3.89	4.57
1985	3.8	4.46
1986	3.7	4.35
1987	3.57	4.25
1988	3.5	4.14
1989	3.31	4.03
1990	3.3	3.91
1991	3.34	3.79
1992	3.37	3.67
1993	3.36	3.55
1994	3.35	3.43
1995	3.32	3.32
1996	3.3	3.2
1997	3.23	3.1
1998	3.12	3
1999	3.07	2.92
2000	2.94	2.85
2001	2.81	2.74
2002	2.66	2.69
2003	2.6	2.66
2004	2.49	2.67
2005	2.39	2.64
2006	2.31	2.62
2007	2.25	2.58
2008	2.26	2.53
2009	2.22	2.48
2010	2.14	2.42
2011	2.15	2.41
2012	2.12	2.36
2013	2.07	2.32
2014	2.06	2.27
2015	2.01	2.23
2016	1.94	2.19
2017	1.89	2.15
2018	1.84	2.12
2019	1.78	2.09
2020	1.68	2.06
2021	1.56	2.03
2022	1.55	2
2023	1.55	1.98
2024	1.54	1.96
2025	1.53	1.94
2026	1.52	1.92
2027	1.51	1.91
2028	1.51	1.9
2029	1.51	1.88
2030	1.51	1.87
2031	1.5	1.86
2032	1.5	1.85
2033	1.5	1.84
2034	1.5	1.83
2035	1.5	1.83
2036	1.51	1.82
2037	1.51	1.81
2038	1.51	1.81
2039	1.51	1.8
2040	1.51	1.79
2041	1.51	1.79
2042	1.51	1.78
2043	1.52	1.78
2044	1.52	1.77
2045	1.52	1.77
2046	1.52	1.76
2047	1.52	1.75
2048	1.53	1.75
2049	1.53	1.75
2050	1.53	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Peru
1960	45.4%	44%
1961	45.9%	44.2%
1962	46.3%	44.3%
1963	46.5%	44.3%
1964	46.6%	44.3%
1965	46.5%	44.3%
1966	46.2%	44.2%
1967	45.9%	44.2%
1968	45.5%	44.2%
1969	45%	44.1%
1970	44.5%	44%
1971	44%	43.9%
1972	43.4%	43.8%
1973	42.8%	43.7%
1974	42.2%	43.6%
1975	41.7%	43.5%
1976	41.1%	43.4%
1977	40.6%	43.2%
1978	40.1%	43%
1979	39.6%	42.8%
1980	39.2%	42.6%
1981	38.8%	42.4%
1982	38.6%	42.1%
1983	38.4%	41.8%
1984	38.2%	41.5%
1985	38.1%	41.2%
1986	38%	40.8%
1987	37.9%	40.5%
1988	37.7%	40.2%
1989	37.5%	39.8%
1990	37.2%	39.4%
1991	36.9%	39.1%
1992	36.6%	38.7%
1993	36.3%	38.3%
1994	36%	37.9%
1995	35.7%	37.4%
1996	35.5%	36.9%
1997	35.3%	36.4%
1998	35%	35.8%
1999	34.6%	35.3%
2000	34.2%	34.7%
2001	33.7%	34.1%
2002	33.2%	33.5%
2003	32.6%	32.9%
2004	32%	32.3%
2005	31.4%	31.7%
2006	30.7%	31.2%
2007	30%	30.7%
2008	29.4%	30.2%
2009	28.6%	29.7%
2010	27.9%	29.3%
2011	27.4%	28.9%
2012	27%	28.5%
2013	26.6%	28.2%
2014	26.2%	27.8%
2015	25.8%	27.5%
2016	25.5%	27.2%
2017	25.2%	26.8%
2018	24.9%	26.4%
2019	24.5%	25.9%
2020	24%	25.5%
2021	23.4%	25.1%
2022	22.8%	24.8%
2023	22.3%	24.4%
2024	21.8%	24%
2025	21.3%	23.6%
2026	20.8%	23.3%
2027	20.4%	22.9%
2028	19.9%	22.6%
2029	19.4%	22.3%
2030	19%	22.1%
2031	18.5%	21.8%
2032	18.1%	21.6%
2033	17.8%	21.3%
2034	17.6%	21%
2035	17.4%	20.8%
2036	17.3%	20.5%
2037	17.3%	20.3%
2038	17.2%	20.1%
2039	17.1%	19.8%
2040	17%	19.6%
2041	17%	19.4%
2042	16.9%	19.1%
2043	16.8%	18.9%
2044	16.7%	18.7%
2045	16.7%	18.5%
2046	16.6%	18.3%
2047	16.5%	18.1%
2048	16.4%	17.9%
2049	16.3%	17.8%
2050	16.2%	17.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 24% in Peru in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 39.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Peru compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Peru by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +1.05% in Peru. 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	Peru
1960	251,090	302,924
1961	257,270	313,385
1962	262,140	321,716
1963	265,815	332,352
1964	266,406	341,570
1965	264,836	349,245
1966	262,162	356,819
1967	258,764	365,224
1968	260,705	372,379
1969	264,327	379,347
1970	269,341	318,022
1971	272,323	391,506
1972	276,263	396,960
1973	284,611	400,752
1974	289,880	408,299
1975	294,541	414,400
1976	300,615	420,284
1977	305,515	425,428
1978	311,027	432,127
1979	317,439	439,110
1980	326,947	445,100
1981	339,991	453,158
1982	353,138	461,107
1983	365,290	469,781
1984	376,797	477,968
1985	383,243	488,887
1986	385,799	496,712
1987	381,999	502,229
1988	386,507	508,429
1989	373,277	512,152
1990	384,518	515,233
1991	401,938	513,867
1992	418,900	514,618
1993	429,910	513,769
1994	437,873	512,735
1995	443,349	507,894
1996	450,174	501,855
1997	447,768	495,348
1998	436,316	489,436
1999	432,355	487,095
2000	417,371	484,222
2001	400,939	470,154
2002	381,084	463,709
2003	377,425	459,243
2004	365,138	459,617
2005	355,324	454,199
2006	349,509	445,884
2007	348,711	435,122
2008	362,380	413,640
2009	366,157	396,522
2010	360,260	382,510
2011	372,836	383,268
2012	371,497	376,501
2013	366,738	372,694
2014	367,587	368,708
2015	358,302	362,781
2016	345,681	355,859
2017	336,434	349,333
2018	324,568	343,123
2019	309,426	346,981
2020	283,282	301,950
2021	212,002	235,440
2022	237,560	327,859
2023	254,806	353,788

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Peru

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 51 deaths in Peru.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Peru
1985	63	198
1986	59	193
1987	56	192
1988	55	190
1989	52	190
1990	51	191
1991	49	201
1992	48	195
1993	46	192
1994	44	188
1995	43	179
1996	42	166
1997	40	152
1998	39	139
1999	38	124
2000	37	115
2001	36	109
2002	34	106
2003	34	104
2004	33	107
2005	31	103
2006	30	99
2007	30	94
2008	29	91
2009	29	89
2010	29	86
2011	29	83
2012	29	79
2013	29	75
2014	30	73
2015	30	71
2016	30	69
2017	29	67
2018	29	66
2019	28	60
2020	29	75
2021	52	141
2022	38	81
2023	26	51

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 1.58% in Peru. 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	Peru
1960	9.46%	22.9%
1961	8.83%	22.2%
1962	8.25%	21.6%
1963	7.74%	20.9%
1964	7.28%	20.2%
1965	6.89%	19.4%
1966	6.56%	18.7%
1967	6.27%	18.1%
1968	6.02%	17.5%
1969	5.79%	17%
1970	5.56%	19.7%
1971	5.32%	16.1%
1972	5.06%	15.6%
1973	4.79%	15.1%
1974	4.5%	14.7%
1975	4.23%	14.2%
1976	3.97%	13.8%
1977	3.71%	13.5%
1978	3.48%	13.2%
1979	3.25%	12.9%
1980	3.04%	12.7%
1981	2.84%	12.4%
1982	2.65%	12%
1983	2.47%	11.6%
1984	2.32%	11.1%
1985	2.18%	10.5%
1986	2.05%	9.97%
1987	1.93%	9.43%
1988	1.83%	8.92%
1989	1.74%	8.46%
1990	1.66%	8.04%
1991	1.58%	7.63%
1992	1.51%	7.2%
1993	1.45%	6.75%
1994	1.39%	6.29%
1995	1.34%	5.82%
1996	1.29%	5.36%
1997	1.23%	4.92%
1998	1.15%	4.51%
1999	1.07%	4.13%
2000	1%	3.79%
2001	0.93%	3.49%
2002	0.88%	3.24%
2003	0.85%	3.01%
2004	0.84%	2.82%
2005	0.83%	2.65%
2006	0.83%	2.5%
2007	0.82%	2.37%
2008	0.82%	2.25%
2009	0.82%	2.14%
2010	0.81%	2.04%
2011	0.81%	1.96%
2012	0.8%	1.89%
2013	0.81%	1.84%
2014	0.81%	1.79%
2015	0.81%	1.76%
2016	0.82%	1.73%
2017	0.82%	1.71%
2018	0.82%	1.69%
2019	0.82%	1.68%
2020	0.81%	1.66%
2021	0.81%	1.64%
2022	0.81%	1.61%
2023	0.81%	1.58%