Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Romania

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Romania 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 1.71 in Romania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Romania 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	Romania
1960	6.41	2.34
1961	6.37	2.17
1962	6.3	2.04
1963	6.19	2.01
1964	6.03	1.96
1965	5.84	1.91
1966	5.64	1.9
1967	5.43	3.66
1968	5.29	3.63
1969	5.16	3.19
1970	5.04	2.89
1971	4.92	2.67
1972	4.82	2.55
1973	4.73	2.44
1974	4.62	2.71
1975	4.5	2.59
1976	4.4	2.54
1977	4.28	2.57
1978	4.18	2.52
1979	4.09	2.49
1980	4.04	2.43
1981	4	2.36
1982	3.97	2.17
1983	3.93	2.06
1984	3.89	2.26
1985	3.8	2.31
1986	3.7	2.39
1987	3.57	2.38
1988	3.5	2.3
1989	3.31	2.22
1990	3.3	1.83
1991	3.34	1.59
1992	3.37	1.51
1993	3.36	1.43
1994	3.35	1.4
1995	3.32	1.33
1996	3.3	1.3
1997	3.23	1.32
1998	3.12	1.32
1999	3.07	1.3
2000	2.94	1.31
2001	2.81	1.27
2002	2.66	1.27
2003	2.6	1.3
2004	2.49	1.33
2005	2.39	1.4
2006	2.31	1.42
2007	2.25	1.45
2008	2.26	1.6
2009	2.22	1.66
2010	2.14	1.59
2011	2.15	1.47
2012	2.12	1.52
2013	2.07	1.46
2014	2.06	1.56
2015	2.01	1.62
2016	1.94	1.69
2017	1.89	1.78
2018	1.84	1.76
2019	1.78	1.77
2020	1.68	1.8
2021	1.56	1.81
2022	1.55	1.71
2023	1.55	1.71
2024	1.54	1.71
2025	1.53	1.71
2026	1.52	1.7
2027	1.51	1.7
2028	1.51	1.7
2029	1.51	1.7
2030	1.51	1.7
2031	1.5	1.7
2032	1.5	1.7
2033	1.5	1.69
2034	1.5	1.69
2035	1.5	1.69
2036	1.51	1.69
2037	1.51	1.69
2038	1.51	1.69
2039	1.51	1.69
2040	1.51	1.69
2041	1.51	1.68
2042	1.51	1.68
2043	1.52	1.68
2044	1.52	1.68
2045	1.52	1.68
2046	1.52	1.68
2047	1.52	1.68
2048	1.53	1.68
2049	1.53	1.68
2050	1.53	1.68

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Romania
1960	45.4%	28.1%
1961	45.9%	28%
1962	46.3%	27.7%
1963	46.5%	27.3%
1964	46.6%	26.7%
1965	46.5%	26%
1966	46.2%	25.2%
1967	45.9%	25%
1968	45.5%	25.1%
1969	45%	25.1%
1970	44.5%	25.1%
1971	44%	24.9%
1972	43.4%	24.9%
1973	42.8%	24.9%
1974	42.2%	25.1%
1975	41.7%	25.3%
1976	41.1%	25.7%
1977	40.6%	26%
1978	40.1%	26.3%
1979	39.6%	26.5%
1980	39.2%	26.8%
1981	38.8%	27.1%
1982	38.6%	26.8%
1983	38.4%	25.9%
1984	38.2%	25.1%
1985	38.1%	24.6%
1986	38%	24.3%
1987	37.9%	24%
1988	37.7%	23.9%
1989	37.5%	23.7%
1990	37.2%	23.3%
1991	36.9%	22.8%
1992	36.6%	22.2%
1993	36.3%	21.6%
1994	36%	21%
1995	35.7%	20.5%
1996	35.5%	20%
1997	35.3%	19.6%
1998	35%	19.3%
1999	34.6%	19.1%
2000	34.2%	18.6%
2001	33.7%	18.1%
2002	33.2%	17.5%
2003	32.6%	16.9%
2004	32%	16.4%
2005	31.4%	16%
2006	30.7%	15.8%
2007	30%	15.7%
2008	29.4%	15.7%
2009	28.6%	15.7%
2010	27.9%	15.7%
2011	27.4%	15.8%
2012	27%	15.7%
2013	26.6%	15.7%
2014	26.2%	15.7%
2015	25.8%	15.7%
2016	25.5%	15.7%
2017	25.2%	15.8%
2018	24.9%	15.9%
2019	24.5%	16%
2020	24%	16.1%
2021	23.4%	16.1%
2022	22.8%	16%
2023	22.3%	15.9%
2024	21.8%	15.7%
2025	21.3%	15.6%
2026	20.8%	15.4%
2027	20.4%	15.3%
2028	19.9%	15.2%
2029	19.4%	15.1%
2030	19%	15%
2031	18.5%	14.9%
2032	18.1%	14.7%
2033	17.8%	14.6%
2034	17.6%	14.4%
2035	17.4%	14.4%
2036	17.3%	14.3%
2037	17.3%	14.3%
2038	17.2%	14.3%
2039	17.1%	14.2%
2040	17%	14.2%
2041	17%	14.3%
2042	16.9%	14.3%
2043	16.8%	14.3%
2044	16.7%	14.3%
2045	16.7%	14.4%
2046	16.6%	14.4%
2047	16.5%	14.4%
2048	16.4%	14.4%
2049	16.3%	14.4%
2050	16.2%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 15.7% in Romania in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Romania compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Romania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and -0.4% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	251,090	191,431
1961	257,270	163,286
1962	262,140	130,736
1963	265,815	139,104
1964	266,406	134,326
1965	264,836	114,190
1966	262,162	115,293
1967	258,764	347,709
1968	260,705	338,577
1969	264,327	264,120
1970	269,341	234,905
1971	272,323	206,662
1972	276,263	198,316
1973	284,611	175,020
1974	289,880	235,530
1975	294,541	219,324
1976	300,615	213,361
1977	305,515	215,385
1978	311,027	204,148
1979	317,439	194,397
1980	326,947	168,776
1981	339,991	156,472
1982	353,138	119,121
1983	365,290	87,986
1984	376,797	117,731
1985	383,243	111,392
1986	385,799	134,737
1987	381,999	128,517
1988	386,507	126,817
1989	373,277	122,756
1990	384,518	69,605
1991	401,938	25,301
1992	418,900	-4,559
1993	429,910	-13,658
1994	437,873	-18,184
1995	443,349	-36,295
1996	450,174	-56,548
1997	447,768	-42,853
1998	436,316	-33,761
1999	432,355	-31,461
2000	417,371	-22,443
2001	400,939	-37,625
2002	381,084	-58,673
2003	377,425	-56,093
2004	365,138	-42,904
2005	355,324	-40,508
2006	349,509	-38,148
2007	348,711	-37,590
2008	362,380	-30,806
2009	366,157	-34,625
2010	360,260	-46,567
2011	372,836	-56,413
2012	371,497	-54,157
2013	366,738	-59,951
2014	367,587	-55,745
2015	358,302	-59,447
2016	345,681	-53,196
2017	336,434	-50,930
2018	324,568	-62,316
2019	309,426	-60,053
2020	283,282	-100,179
2021	212,002	-141,504
2022	237,560	-93,338
2023	254,806	-89,580

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Romania

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 12 deaths in Romania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Romania
1985	63	184
1986	59	180
1987	56	173
1988	55	159
1989	52	143
1990	51	118
1991	49	104
1992	48	95
1993	46	87
1994	44	80
1995	43	75
1996	42	72
1997	40	66
1998	39	58
1999	38	51
2000	37	45
2001	36	41
2002	34	38
2003	34	35
2004	33	32
2005	31	30
2006	30	27
2007	30	25
2008	29	25
2009	29	25
2010	29	23
2011	29	20
2012	29	19
2013	29	18
2014	30	18
2015	30	18
2016	30	17
2017	29	17
2018	29	15
2019	28	14
2020	29	16
2021	52	20
2022	38	13
2023	26	12

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 0.66% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	9.46%	8.82%
1961	8.83%	7.98%
1962	8.25%	6.98%
1963	7.74%	6.03%
1964	7.28%	5.45%
1965	6.89%	5.44%
1966	6.56%	5.83%
1967	6.27%	6.27%
1968	6.02%	6.44%
1969	5.79%	6.23%
1970	5.56%	5.69%
1971	5.32%	5.06%
1972	5.06%	4.64%
1973	4.79%	4.49%
1974	4.5%	4.43%
1975	4.23%	4.27%
1976	3.97%	4.05%
1977	3.71%	3.86%
1978	3.48%	3.76%
1979	3.25%	3.68%
1980	3.04%	3.57%
1981	2.84%	3.44%
1982	2.65%	3.28%
1983	2.47%	3.14%
1984	2.32%	3.08%
1985	2.18%	3.16%
1986	2.05%	3.33%
1987	1.93%	3.45%
1988	1.83%	3.43%
1989	1.74%	3.31%
1990	1.66%	3.14%
1991	1.58%	2.97%
1992	1.51%	2.84%
1993	1.45%	2.79%
1994	1.39%	2.76%
1995	1.34%	2.73%
1996	1.29%	2.68%
1997	1.23%	2.58%
1998	1.15%	2.44%
1999	1.07%	2.29%
2000	1%	2.16%
2001	0.93%	2.06%
2002	0.88%	2.01%
2003	0.85%	1.99%
2004	0.84%	1.94%
2005	0.83%	1.82%
2006	0.83%	1.66%
2007	0.82%	1.51%
2008	0.82%	1.4%
2009	0.82%	1.31%
2010	0.81%	1.24%
2011	0.81%	1.18%
2012	0.8%	1.12%
2013	0.81%	1.05%
2014	0.81%	0.99%
2015	0.81%	0.92%
2016	0.82%	0.85%
2017	0.82%	0.79%
2018	0.82%	0.73%
2019	0.82%	0.68%
2020	0.81%	0.66%
2021	0.81%	0.65%
2022	0.81%	0.66%
2023	0.81%	0.66%