Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Samoa

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Samoa 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 3.83 in Samoa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Samoa 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	Samoa
1960	6.41	7.78
1961	6.37	7.77
1962	6.3	7.76
1963	6.19	7.73
1964	6.03	7.7
1965	5.84	7.65
1966	5.64	7.6
1967	5.43	7.55
1968	5.29	7.5
1969	5.16	7.43
1970	5.04	7.34
1971	4.92	7.22
1972	4.82	7.07
1973	4.73	6.91
1974	4.62	6.75
1975	4.5	6.61
1976	4.4	6.47
1977	4.28	6.31
1978	4.18	6.15
1979	4.09	5.99
1980	4.04	5.86
1981	4	5.75
1982	3.97	5.68
1983	3.93	5.62
1984	3.89	5.55
1985	3.8	5.49
1986	3.7	5.42
1987	3.57	5.32
1988	3.5	5.21
1989	3.31	5.11
1990	3.3	5.01
1991	3.34	4.91
1992	3.37	4.87
1993	3.36	4.83
1994	3.35	4.79
1995	3.32	4.77
1996	3.3	4.74
1997	3.23	4.7
1998	3.12	4.64
1999	3.07	4.57
2000	2.94	4.52
2001	2.81	4.48
2002	2.66	4.44
2003	2.6	4.39
2004	2.49	4.34
2005	2.39	4.32
2006	2.31	4.32
2007	2.25	4.36
2008	2.26	4.42
2009	2.22	4.47
2010	2.14	4.52
2011	2.15	4.56
2012	2.12	4.55
2013	2.07	4.49
2014	2.06	4.42
2015	2.01	4.34
2016	1.94	4.26
2017	1.89	4.2
2018	1.84	4.14
2019	1.78	4.06
2020	1.68	4
2021	1.56	3.94
2022	1.55	3.88
2023	1.55	3.83
2024	1.54	3.8
2025	1.53	3.75
2026	1.52	3.7
2027	1.51	3.66
2028	1.51	3.62
2029	1.51	3.58
2030	1.51	3.54
2031	1.5	3.5
2032	1.5	3.46
2033	1.5	3.42
2034	1.5	3.39
2035	1.5	3.35
2036	1.51	3.31
2037	1.51	3.27
2038	1.51	3.24
2039	1.51	3.21
2040	1.51	3.17
2041	1.51	3.13
2042	1.51	3.1
2043	1.52	3.06
2044	1.52	3.04
2045	1.52	3.01
2046	1.52	2.98
2047	1.52	2.95
2048	1.53	2.92
2049	1.53	2.89
2050	1.53	2.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Samoa
1960	45.4%	50.1%
1961	45.9%	50.2%
1962	46.3%	50.6%
1963	46.5%	50.9%
1964	46.6%	51.2%
1965	46.5%	51.3%
1966	46.2%	51.3%
1967	45.9%	51.4%
1968	45.5%	51.4%
1969	45%	51.4%
1970	44.5%	51.2%
1971	44%	51%
1972	43.4%	50.8%
1973	42.8%	50.4%
1974	42.2%	49.9%
1975	41.7%	49.3%
1976	41.1%	48.6%
1977	40.6%	48%
1978	40.1%	47.4%
1979	39.6%	46.9%
1980	39.2%	46.4%
1981	38.8%	45.9%
1982	38.6%	45.2%
1983	38.4%	44.4%
1984	38.2%	43.7%
1985	38.1%	43.1%
1986	38%	42.6%
1987	37.9%	42.2%
1988	37.7%	42%
1989	37.5%	41.8%
1990	37.2%	41.5%
1991	36.9%	41.2%
1992	36.6%	40.8%
1993	36.3%	40.3%
1994	36%	40%
1995	35.7%	39.9%
1996	35.5%	39.9%
1997	35.3%	40.1%
1998	35%	40.2%
1999	34.6%	40.3%
2000	34.2%	40.5%
2001	33.7%	40.7%
2002	33.2%	40.5%
2003	32.6%	40.2%
2004	32%	39.9%
2005	31.4%	39.6%
2006	30.7%	39.4%
2007	30%	39%
2008	29.4%	38.7%
2009	28.6%	38.5%
2010	27.9%	38.4%
2011	27.4%	38.4%
2012	27%	38.3%
2013	26.6%	38.1%
2014	26.2%	38.1%
2015	25.8%	38.1%
2016	25.5%	38.1%
2017	25.2%	38.2%
2018	24.9%	38.3%
2019	24.5%	38.5%
2020	24%	38.6%
2021	23.4%	38.7%
2022	22.8%	38.8%
2023	22.3%	38.7%
2024	21.8%	38.5%
2025	21.3%	38.1%
2026	20.8%	37.5%
2027	20.4%	36.9%
2028	19.9%	36.3%
2029	19.4%	35.8%
2030	19%	35.2%
2031	18.5%	34.7%
2032	18.1%	34.2%
2033	17.8%	33.7%
2034	17.6%	33.3%
2035	17.4%	33%
2036	17.3%	32.7%
2037	17.3%	32.6%
2038	17.2%	32.6%
2039	17.1%	32.7%
2040	17%	32.7%
2041	17%	32.8%
2042	16.9%	32.9%
2043	16.8%	33%
2044	16.7%	33.1%
2045	16.7%	33.1%
2046	16.6%	33.1%
2047	16.5%	33%
2048	16.4%	32.9%
2049	16.3%	32.7%
2050	16.2%	32.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 38.5% in Samoa in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Samoa compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Samoa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +2.18% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	251,090	4,298
1961	257,270	4,399
1962	262,140	4,498
1963	265,815	4,544
1964	266,406	4,326
1965	264,836	4,605
1966	262,162	4,593
1967	258,764	4,621
1968	260,705	4,605
1969	264,327	4,592
1970	269,341	4,567
1971	272,323	4,534
1972	276,263	4,487
1973	284,611	4,446
1974	289,880	4,411
1975	294,541	4,465
1976	300,615	4,519
1977	305,515	4,555
1978	311,027	4,587
1979	317,439	4,624
1980	326,947	4,672
1981	339,991	4,720
1982	353,138	4,808
1983	365,290	4,914
1984	376,797	4,979
1985	383,243	4,998
1986	385,799	4,983
1987	381,999	4,909
1988	386,507	4,889
1989	373,277	4,845
1990	384,518	4,759
1991	401,938	4,655
1992	418,900	4,652
1993	429,910	4,769
1994	437,873	4,880
1995	443,349	4,976
1996	450,174	5,038
1997	447,768	5,053
1998	436,316	5,022
1999	432,355	4,937
2000	417,371	4,855
2001	400,939	4,759
2002	381,084	4,672
2003	377,425	4,622
2004	365,138	4,554
2005	355,324	4,503
2006	349,509	4,473
2007	348,711	4,480
2008	362,380	4,581
2009	366,157	4,525
2010	360,260	4,779
2011	372,836	4,860
2012	371,497	4,863
2013	366,738	4,875
2014	367,587	4,849
2015	358,302	4,795
2016	345,681	4,720
2017	336,434	4,661
2018	324,568	4,637
2019	309,426	4,495
2020	283,282	4,442
2021	212,002	4,379
2022	237,560	4,288
2023	254,806	4,170

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Samoa

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 101 deaths in Samoa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Samoa
1985	63	160
1986	59	153
1987	56	147
1988	55	143
1989	52	136
1990	51	135
1991	49	131
1992	48	124
1993	46	117
1994	44	112
1995	43	105
1996	42	103
1997	40	98
1998	39	96
1999	38	94
2000	37	93
2001	36	93
2002	34	89
2003	34	87
2004	33	86
2005	31	87
2006	30	86
2007	30	85
2008	29	87
2009	29	94
2010	29	92
2011	29	93
2012	29	101
2013	29	100
2014	30	106
2015	30	108
2016	30	108
2017	29	111
2018	29	110
2019	28	111
2020	29	114
2021	52	115
2022	38	110
2023	26	101

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 1.57% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	9.46%	10.7%
1961	8.83%	10.3%
1962	8.25%	9.93%
1963	7.74%	9.56%
1964	7.28%	11.1%
1965	6.89%	8.9%
1966	6.56%	8.57%
1967	6.27%	8.23%
1968	6.02%	7.89%
1969	5.79%	7.53%
1970	5.56%	7.19%
1971	5.32%	6.85%
1972	5.06%	6.52%
1973	4.79%	6.2%
1974	4.5%	5.9%
1975	4.23%	5.62%
1976	3.97%	5.34%
1977	3.71%	5.07%
1978	3.48%	4.82%
1979	3.25%	4.59%
1980	3.04%	4.38%
1981	2.84%	4.19%
1982	2.65%	4.01%
1983	2.47%	3.85%
1984	2.32%	3.7%
1985	2.18%	3.56%
1986	2.05%	3.42%
1987	1.93%	3.3%
1988	1.83%	3.18%
1989	1.74%	3.08%
1990	1.66%	2.98%
1991	1.58%	2.89%
1992	1.51%	2.8%
1993	1.45%	2.7%
1994	1.39%	2.61%
1995	1.34%	2.52%
1996	1.29%	2.44%
1997	1.23%	2.35%
1998	1.15%	2.27%
1999	1.07%	2.19%
2000	1%	2.12%
2001	0.93%	2.06%
2002	0.88%	2%
2003	0.85%	1.97%
2004	0.84%	1.94%
2005	0.83%	1.93%
2006	0.83%	1.93%
2007	0.82%	1.93%
2008	0.82%	1.93%
2009	0.82%	2.54%
2010	0.81%	1.93%
2011	0.81%	1.92%
2012	0.8%	1.91%
2013	0.81%	1.89%
2014	0.81%	1.87%
2015	0.81%	1.85%
2016	0.82%	1.83%
2017	0.82%	1.81%
2018	0.82%	1.78%
2019	0.82%	2.02%
2020	0.81%	1.7%
2021	0.81%	1.66%
2022	0.81%	1.62%
2023	0.81%	1.57%