Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Trinidad and Tobago 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 1.53 in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Trinidad and Tobago 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	Trinidad
1960	6.41	5.41
1961	6.37	5.41
1962	6.3	5.36
1963	6.19	5.24
1964	6.03	5.08
1965	5.84	4.88
1966	5.64	4.62
1967	5.43	4.35
1968	5.29	4.11
1969	5.16	3.86
1970	5.04	3.71
1971	4.92	3.61
1972	4.82	3.55
1973	4.73	3.47
1974	4.62	3.32
1975	4.5	3.21
1976	4.4	3.14
1977	4.28	3.12
1978	4.18	3.13
1979	4.09	3.13
1980	4.04	3.15
1981	4	3.13
1982	3.97	3.11
1983	3.93	3.07
1984	3.89	3.02
1985	3.8	2.99
1986	3.7	2.9
1987	3.57	2.78
1988	3.5	2.65
1989	3.31	2.53
1990	3.3	2.39
1991	3.34	2.29
1992	3.37	2.21
1993	3.36	2.13
1994	3.35	2.06
1995	3.32	1.97
1996	3.3	1.89
1997	3.23	1.83
1998	3.12	1.78
1999	3.07	1.76
2000	2.94	1.73
2001	2.81	1.71
2002	2.66	1.67
2003	2.6	1.65
2004	2.49	1.63
2005	2.39	1.63
2006	2.31	1.62
2007	2.25	1.62
2008	2.26	1.62
2009	2.22	1.62
2010	2.14	1.61
2011	2.15	1.61
2012	2.12	1.61
2013	2.07	1.6
2014	2.06	1.6
2015	2.01	1.6
2016	1.94	1.6
2017	1.89	1.59
2018	1.84	1.59
2019	1.78	1.58
2020	1.68	1.57
2021	1.56	1.56
2022	1.55	1.54
2023	1.55	1.53
2024	1.54	1.54
2025	1.53	1.52
2026	1.52	1.52
2027	1.51	1.51
2028	1.51	1.51
2029	1.51	1.51
2030	1.51	1.51
2031	1.5	1.51
2032	1.5	1.51
2033	1.5	1.51
2034	1.5	1.51
2035	1.5	1.51
2036	1.51	1.51
2037	1.51	1.51
2038	1.51	1.51
2039	1.51	1.51
2040	1.51	1.51
2041	1.51	1.51
2042	1.51	1.51
2043	1.52	1.51
2044	1.52	1.51
2045	1.52	1.51
2046	1.52	1.51
2047	1.52	1.51
2048	1.53	1.52
2049	1.53	1.52
2050	1.53	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Trinidad
1960	45.4%	43.1%
1961	45.9%	43.2%
1962	46.3%	43.2%
1963	46.5%	43.3%
1964	46.6%	43.2%
1965	46.5%	43.1%
1966	46.2%	42.9%
1967	45.9%	42.7%
1968	45.5%	42.3%
1969	45%	41.9%
1970	44.5%	41.2%
1971	44%	40.4%
1972	43.4%	39.7%
1973	42.8%	39.1%
1974	42.2%	38.4%
1975	41.7%	37.6%
1976	41.1%	36.8%
1977	40.6%	36%
1978	40.1%	35.3%
1979	39.6%	34.8%
1980	39.2%	34.4%
1981	38.8%	34.2%
1982	38.6%	34.2%
1983	38.4%	34.2%
1984	38.2%	34.3%
1985	38.1%	34.4%
1986	38%	34.4%
1987	37.9%	34.4%
1988	37.7%	34.2%
1989	37.5%	34%
1990	37.2%	33.7%
1991	36.9%	33.3%
1992	36.6%	32.8%
1993	36.3%	32.2%
1994	36%	31.6%
1995	35.7%	30.8%
1996	35.5%	29.9%
1997	35.3%	28.9%
1998	35%	27.9%
1999	34.6%	27%
2000	34.2%	26%
2001	33.7%	25%
2002	33.2%	24.2%
2003	32.6%	23.4%
2004	32%	22.7%
2005	31.4%	22.1%
2006	30.7%	21.6%
2007	30%	21.2%
2008	29.4%	20.8%
2009	28.6%	20.5%
2010	27.9%	20.3%
2011	27.4%	20.1%
2012	27%	20%
2013	26.6%	19.9%
2014	26.2%	19.7%
2015	25.8%	19.6%
2016	25.5%	19.5%
2017	25.2%	19.3%
2018	24.9%	19%
2019	24.5%	18.8%
2020	24%	18.7%
2021	23.4%	18.5%
2022	22.8%	18.3%
2023	22.3%	18%
2024	21.8%	17.8%
2025	21.3%	17.5%
2026	20.8%	17.2%
2027	20.4%	16.9%
2028	19.9%	16.6%
2029	19.4%	16.4%
2030	19%	16.1%
2031	18.5%	15.8%
2032	18.1%	15.5%
2033	17.8%	15.3%
2034	17.6%	15.1%
2035	17.4%	14.9%
2036	17.3%	14.7%
2037	17.3%	14.5%
2038	17.2%	14.4%
2039	17.1%	14.2%
2040	17%	14.1%
2041	17%	14.1%
2042	16.9%	14%
2043	16.8%	13.9%
2044	16.7%	13.9%
2045	16.7%	13.8%
2046	16.6%	13.8%
2047	16.5%	13.7%
2048	16.4%	13.7%
2049	16.3%	13.6%
2050	16.2%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	251,090	24,766
1961	257,270	25,518
1962	262,140	25,763
1963	265,815	25,507
1964	266,406	25,065
1965	264,836	24,349
1966	262,162	23,228
1967	258,764	21,992
1968	260,705	20,849
1969	264,327	19,652
1970	269,341	19,074
1971	272,323	19,400
1972	276,263	20,116
1973	284,611	20,617
1974	289,880	20,412
1975	294,541	20,468
1976	300,615	20,875
1977	305,515	21,660
1978	311,027	22,538
1979	317,439	23,475
1980	326,947	24,557
1981	339,991	25,015
1982	353,138	25,181
1983	365,290	25,118
1984	376,797	24,738
1985	383,243	24,487
1986	385,799	23,705
1987	381,999	22,398
1988	386,507	21,028
1989	373,277	19,636
1990	384,518	18,052
1991	401,938	16,903
1992	418,900	15,910
1993	429,910	14,878
1994	437,873	14,032
1995	443,349	12,971
1996	450,174	12,101
1997	447,768	11,405
1998	436,316	10,964
1999	432,355	10,821
2000	417,371	10,588
2001	400,939	10,438
2002	381,084	10,316
2003	377,425	10,169
2004	365,138	10,149
2005	355,324	9,822
2006	349,509	9,889
2007	348,711	9,939
2008	362,380	9,872
2009	366,157	9,769
2010	360,260	9,698
2011	372,836	9,601
2012	371,497	9,376
2013	366,738	9,020
2014	367,587	8,571
2015	358,302	7,963
2016	345,681	7,436
2017	336,434	6,779
2018	324,568	5,869
2019	309,426	5,647
2020	283,282	4,558
2021	212,002	2,091
2022	237,560	3,773
2023	254,806	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Trinidad and Tobago

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 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Trinidad
1985	63	87
1986	59	89
1987	56	86
1988	55	87
1989	52	86
1990	51	84
1991	49	82
1992	48	85
1993	46	85
1994	44	84
1995	43	85
1996	42	84
1997	40	82
1998	39	79
1999	38	78
2000	37	76
2001	36	72
2002	34	69
2003	34	67
2004	33	63
2005	31	60
2006	30	58
2007	30	57
2008	29	55
2009	29	54
2010	29	54
2011	29	53
2012	29	51
2013	29	50
2014	30	50
2015	30	50
2016	30	51
2017	29	51
2018	29	53
2019	28	53
2020	29	35
2021	52	54
2022	38	30
2023	26	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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	Trinidad
1960	9.46%	6.74%
1961	8.83%	6.53%
1962	8.25%	6.33%
1963	7.74%	6.14%
1964	7.28%	5.96%
1965	6.89%	5.8%
1966	6.56%	5.66%
1967	6.27%	5.53%
1968	6.02%	5.4%
1969	5.79%	5.28%
1970	5.56%	5.17%
1971	5.32%	5.06%
1972	5.06%	4.95%
1973	4.79%	4.84%
1974	4.5%	4.72%
1975	4.23%	4.6%
1976	3.97%	4.48%
1977	3.71%	4.37%
1978	3.48%	4.25%
1979	3.25%	4.14%
1980	3.04%	4.03%
1981	2.84%	3.92%
1982	2.65%	3.83%
1983	2.47%	3.73%
1984	2.32%	3.64%
1985	2.18%	3.56%
1986	2.05%	3.49%
1987	1.93%	3.42%
1988	1.83%	3.36%
1989	1.74%	3.3%
1990	1.66%	3.25%
1991	1.58%	3.21%
1992	1.51%	3.16%
1993	1.45%	3.13%
1994	1.39%	3.09%
1995	1.34%	3.06%
1996	1.29%	3.02%
1997	1.23%	2.99%
1998	1.15%	2.96%
1999	1.07%	2.92%
2000	1%	2.88%
2001	0.93%	2.84%
2002	0.88%	2.81%
2003	0.85%	2.76%
2004	0.84%	2.72%
2005	0.83%	2.68%
2006	0.83%	2.64%
2007	0.82%	2.59%
2008	0.82%	2.55%
2009	0.82%	2.51%
2010	0.81%	2.47%
2011	0.81%	2.43%
2012	0.8%	2.38%
2013	0.81%	2.35%
2014	0.81%	2.3%
2015	0.81%	2.26%
2016	0.82%	2.22%
2017	0.82%	2.18%
2018	0.82%	2.14%
2019	0.82%	2.1%
2020	0.81%	2.06%
2021	0.81%	2.01%
2022	0.81%	1.96%
2023	0.81%	1.91%