Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Tuvalu

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Tuvalu 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 3.21 in Tuvalu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
1960	6.41	5.15
1961	6.37	5.09
1962	6.3	5
1963	6.19	4.91
1964	6.03	4.83
1965	5.84	4.73
1966	5.64	4.64
1967	5.43	4.49
1968	5.29	4.36
1969	5.16	4.23
1970	5.04	4.08
1971	4.92	3.94
1972	4.82	3.81
1973	4.73	3.71
1974	4.62	3.63
1975	4.5	3.58
1976	4.4	3.55
1977	4.28	3.56
1978	4.18	3.59
1979	4.09	3.65
1980	4.04	3.73
1981	4	3.8
1982	3.97	3.88
1983	3.93	3.91
1984	3.89	3.95
1985	3.8	3.97
1986	3.7	3.97
1987	3.57	3.94
1988	3.5	3.88
1989	3.31	3.8
1990	3.3	3.75
1991	3.34	3.79
1992	3.37	3.86
1993	3.36	3.92
1994	3.35	3.92
1995	3.32	3.96
1996	3.3	3.95
1997	3.23	3.95
1998	3.12	3.95
1999	3.07	3.92
2000	2.94	3.84
2001	2.81	3.75
2002	2.66	3.64
2003	2.6	3.58
2004	2.49	3.55
2005	2.39	3.55
2006	2.31	3.53
2007	2.25	3.45
2008	2.26	3.42
2009	2.22	3.43
2010	2.14	3.44
2011	2.15	3.46
2012	2.12	3.47
2013	2.07	3.39
2014	2.06	3.33
2015	2.01	3.31
2016	1.94	3.3
2017	1.89	3.3
2018	1.84	3.33
2019	1.78	3.33
2020	1.68	3.31
2021	1.56	3.28
2022	1.55	3.24
2023	1.55	3.21
2024	1.54	3.17
2025	1.53	3.14
2026	1.52	3.1
2027	1.51	3.06
2028	1.51	3.03
2029	1.51	3
2030	1.51	2.97
2031	1.5	2.94
2032	1.5	2.91
2033	1.5	2.88
2034	1.5	2.84
2035	1.5	2.82
2036	1.51	2.79
2037	1.51	2.77
2038	1.51	2.74
2039	1.51	2.72
2040	1.51	2.69
2041	1.51	2.67
2042	1.51	2.65
2043	1.52	2.63
2044	1.52	2.61
2045	1.52	2.58
2046	1.52	2.57
2047	1.52	2.54
2048	1.53	2.52
2049	1.53	2.5
2050	1.53	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Tuvalu
1960	45.4%	41%
1961	45.9%	42.1%
1962	46.3%	43.1%
1963	46.5%	43.9%
1964	46.6%	44.1%
1965	46.5%	43.9%
1966	46.2%	43.9%
1967	45.9%	44.1%
1968	45.5%	44.3%
1969	45%	43.9%
1970	44.5%	43.2%
1971	44%	42.3%
1972	43.4%	41.3%
1973	42.8%	40.2%
1974	42.2%	39.4%
1975	41.7%	38.9%
1976	41.1%	38.1%
1977	40.6%	37%
1978	40.1%	35.5%
1979	39.6%	34.5%
1980	39.2%	34%
1981	38.8%	33.4%
1982	38.6%	32.8%
1983	38.4%	32.1%
1984	38.2%	31.6%
1985	38.1%	31.7%
1986	38%	32.3%
1987	37.9%	32.9%
1988	37.7%	33.5%
1989	37.5%	34.1%
1990	37.2%	34.5%
1991	36.9%	35%
1992	36.6%	35.4%
1993	36.3%	35.9%
1994	36%	36.1%
1995	35.7%	36.2%
1996	35.5%	36.3%
1997	35.3%	36.3%
1998	35%	36.3%
1999	34.6%	36.2%
2000	34.2%	36.3%
2001	33.7%	36.3%
2002	33.2%	36.3%
2003	32.6%	36%
2004	32%	35.5%
2005	31.4%	35%
2006	30.7%	34.5%
2007	30%	34%
2008	29.4%	33.5%
2009	28.6%	33.1%
2010	27.9%	32.8%
2011	27.4%	32.6%
2012	27%	32.5%
2013	26.6%	32.4%
2014	26.2%	32.1%
2015	25.8%	31.9%
2016	25.5%	31.8%
2017	25.2%	31.6%
2018	24.9%	31.6%
2019	24.5%	31.7%
2020	24%	31.7%
2021	23.4%	31.6%
2022	22.8%	32%
2023	22.3%	32.6%
2024	21.8%	32.9%
2025	21.3%	33%
2026	20.8%	32.9%
2027	20.4%	32.7%
2028	19.9%	32.3%
2029	19.4%	31.8%
2030	19%	31.2%
2031	18.5%	30.6%
2032	18.1%	29.9%
2033	17.8%	29.3%
2034	17.6%	28.7%
2035	17.4%	28.2%
2036	17.3%	27.8%
2037	17.3%	27.5%
2038	17.2%	27.1%
2039	17.1%	26.9%
2040	17%	26.9%
2041	17%	26.9%
2042	16.9%	26.9%
2043	16.8%	27%
2044	16.7%	27.1%
2045	16.7%	27.3%
2046	16.6%	27.4%
2047	16.5%	27.6%
2048	16.4%	27.7%
2049	16.3%	27.8%
2050	16.2%	27.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 32.9% in Tuvalu in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 34.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Tuvalu compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Tuvalu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +1.48% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	251,090	126
1961	257,270	120
1962	262,140	113
1963	265,815	106
1964	266,406	98
1965	264,836	93
1966	262,162	91
1967	258,764	92
1968	260,705	97
1969	264,327	102
1970	269,341	102
1971	272,323	101
1972	276,263	94
1973	284,611	101
1974	289,880	102
1975	294,541	108
1976	300,615	117
1977	305,515	128
1978	311,027	141
1979	317,439	158
1980	326,947	173
1981	339,991	186
1982	353,138	198
1983	365,290	206
1984	376,797	212
1985	383,243	215
1986	385,799	219
1987	381,999	219
1988	386,507	215
1989	373,277	208
1990	384,518	204
1991	401,938	203
1992	418,900	196
1993	429,910	202
1994	437,873	195
1995	443,349	191
1996	450,174	182
1997	447,768	177
1998	436,316	172
1999	432,355	166
2000	417,371	159
2001	400,939	151
2002	381,084	141
2003	377,425	136
2004	365,138	132
2005	355,324	131
2006	349,509	129
2007	348,711	125
2008	362,380	125
2009	366,157	130
2010	360,260	136
2011	372,836	142
2012	371,497	148
2013	366,738	148
2014	367,587	149
2015	358,302	153
2016	345,681	157
2017	336,434	163
2018	324,568	169
2019	309,426	166
2020	283,282	161
2021	212,002	151
2022	237,560	150
2023	254,806	137

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Tuvalu

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 170 deaths in Tuvalu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Tuvalu
1985	63	230
1986	59	226
1987	56	252
1988	55	300
1989	52	296
1990	51	291
1991	49	289
1992	48	312
1993	46	286
1994	44	284
1995	43	281
1996	42	277
1997	40	249
1998	39	245
1999	38	242
2000	37	237
2001	36	235
2002	34	234
2003	34	210
2004	33	209
2005	31	230
2006	30	226
2007	30	222
2008	29	219
2009	29	215
2010	29	213
2011	29	169
2012	29	168
2013	29	168
2014	30	168
2015	30	169
2016	30	170
2017	29	171
2018	29	153
2019	28	155
2020	29	206
2021	52	157
2022	38	220
2023	26	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 1.99% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	9.46%	17.7%
1961	8.83%	17%
1962	8.25%	16.3%
1963	7.74%	15.6%
1964	7.28%	14.9%
1965	6.89%	14.2%
1966	6.56%	13.6%
1967	6.27%	12.9%
1968	6.02%	12.3%
1969	5.79%	11.7%
1970	5.56%	11.1%
1971	5.32%	10.5%
1972	5.06%	9.93%
1973	4.79%	9.37%
1974	4.5%	8.81%
1975	4.23%	8.31%
1976	3.97%	7.84%
1977	3.71%	7.43%
1978	3.48%	7.08%
1979	3.25%	6.76%
1980	3.04%	6.49%
1981	2.84%	6.26%
1982	2.65%	6.06%
1983	2.47%	5.9%
1984	2.32%	5.76%
1985	2.18%	5.66%
1986	2.05%	5.59%
1987	1.93%	5.53%
1988	1.83%	5.47%
1989	1.74%	5.42%
1990	1.66%	5.37%
1991	1.58%	5.31%
1992	1.51%	5.24%
1993	1.45%	5.15%
1994	1.39%	5.05%
1995	1.34%	4.94%
1996	1.29%	4.81%
1997	1.23%	4.67%
1998	1.15%	4.52%
1999	1.07%	4.39%
2000	1%	4.26%
2001	0.93%	4.16%
2002	0.88%	4.07%
2003	0.85%	3.98%
2004	0.84%	3.89%
2005	0.83%	3.8%
2006	0.83%	3.68%
2007	0.82%	3.56%
2008	0.82%	3.42%
2009	0.82%	3.28%
2010	0.81%	3.14%
2011	0.81%	3.02%
2012	0.8%	2.91%
2013	0.81%	2.8%
2014	0.81%	2.71%
2015	0.81%	2.61%
2016	0.82%	2.52%
2017	0.82%	2.43%
2018	0.82%	2.35%
2019	0.82%	2.27%
2020	0.81%	2.19%
2021	0.81%	2.12%
2022	0.81%	2.05%
2023	0.81%	1.99%