Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and United States

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs the United States 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	United States
1960	6.41	3.65
1961	6.37	3.62
1962	6.3	3.46
1963	6.19	3.32
1964	6.03	3.19
1965	5.84	2.91
1966	5.64	2.72
1967	5.43	2.56
1968	5.29	2.46
1969	5.16	2.46
1970	5.04	2.48
1971	4.92	2.27
1972	4.82	2.01
1973	4.73	1.88
1974	4.62	1.84
1975	4.5	1.77
1976	4.4	1.74
1977	4.28	1.79
1978	4.18	1.76
1979	4.09	1.81
1980	4.04	1.84
1981	4	1.81
1982	3.97	1.83
1983	3.93	1.8
1984	3.89	1.81
1985	3.8	1.84
1986	3.7	1.84
1987	3.57	1.87
1988	3.5	1.93
1989	3.31	2.01
1990	3.3	2.08
1991	3.34	2.06
1992	3.37	2.05
1993	3.36	2.02
1994	3.35	2
1995	3.32	1.98
1996	3.3	1.98
1997	3.23	1.97
1998	3.12	2
1999	3.07	2.01
2000	2.94	2.06
2001	2.81	2.03
2002	2.66	2.02
2003	2.6	2.05
2004	2.49	2.05
2005	2.39	2.06
2006	2.31	2.11
2007	2.25	2.12
2008	2.26	2.07
2009	2.22	2
2010	2.14	1.93
2011	2.15	1.89
2012	2.12	1.88
2013	2.07	1.86
2014	2.06	1.86
2015	2.01	1.84
2016	1.94	1.82
2017	1.89	1.77
2018	1.84	1.73
2019	1.78	1.71
2020	1.68	1.64
2021	1.56	1.66
2022	1.55	1.66
2023	1.55	1.62
2024	1.54	1.62
2025	1.53	1.62
2026	1.52	1.62
2027	1.51	1.62
2028	1.51	1.62
2029	1.51	1.62
2030	1.51	1.62
2031	1.5	1.62
2032	1.5	1.62
2033	1.5	1.63
2034	1.5	1.62
2035	1.5	1.63
2036	1.51	1.63
2037	1.51	1.63
2038	1.51	1.63
2039	1.51	1.63
2040	1.51	1.63
2041	1.51	1.63
2042	1.51	1.63
2043	1.52	1.63
2044	1.52	1.63
2045	1.52	1.64
2046	1.52	1.64
2047	1.52	1.63
2048	1.53	1.64
2049	1.53	1.63
2050	1.53	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	United States
1960	45.4%	31.3%
1961	45.9%	31.4%
1962	46.3%	31.3%
1963	46.5%	31.1%
1964	46.6%	30.9%
1965	46.5%	30.7%
1966	46.2%	30.4%
1967	45.9%	30%
1968	45.5%	29.5%
1969	45%	29%
1970	44.5%	28.6%
1971	44%	28%
1972	43.4%	27.4%
1973	42.8%	26.6%
1974	42.2%	25.9%
1975	41.7%	25.2%
1976	41.1%	24.4%
1977	40.6%	23.8%
1978	40.1%	23.2%
1979	39.6%	22.8%
1980	39.2%	22.4%
1981	38.8%	22.1%
1982	38.6%	22%
1983	38.4%	21.8%
1984	38.2%	21.7%
1985	38.1%	21.5%
1986	38%	21.3%
1987	37.9%	21.3%
1988	37.7%	21.3%
1989	37.5%	21.5%
1990	37.2%	21.6%
1991	36.9%	21.7%
1992	36.6%	21.8%
1993	36.3%	21.9%
1994	36%	21.9%
1995	35.7%	21.8%
1996	35.5%	21.7%
1997	35.3%	21.5%
1998	35%	21.4%
1999	34.6%	21.3%
2000	34.2%	21.2%
2001	33.7%	21%
2002	33.2%	20.9%
2003	32.6%	20.7%
2004	32%	20.5%
2005	31.4%	20.3%
2006	30.7%	20.2%
2007	30%	20%
2008	29.4%	19.9%
2009	28.6%	19.8%
2010	27.9%	19.7%
2011	27.4%	19.6%
2012	27%	19.5%
2013	26.6%	19.4%
2014	26.2%	19.3%
2015	25.8%	19.2%
2016	25.5%	19.1%
2017	25.2%	18.9%
2018	24.9%	18.8%
2019	24.5%	18.6%
2020	24%	18.4%
2021	23.4%	18.1%
2022	22.8%	17.9%
2023	22.3%	17.6%
2024	21.8%	17.3%
2025	21.3%	17.1%
2026	20.8%	16.9%
2027	20.4%	16.7%
2028	19.9%	16.6%
2029	19.4%	16.4%
2030	19%	16.3%
2031	18.5%	16.1%
2032	18.1%	16%
2033	17.8%	16%
2034	17.6%	15.9%
2035	17.4%	15.9%
2036	17.3%	15.9%
2037	17.3%	15.9%
2038	17.2%	15.9%
2039	17.1%	15.9%
2040	17%	15.9%
2041	17%	16%
2042	16.9%	16%
2043	16.8%	16%
2044	16.7%	16%
2045	16.7%	16%
2046	16.6%	16%
2047	16.5%	16%
2048	16.4%	16%
2049	16.3%	15.9%
2050	16.2%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	251,090	2,565,530
1961	257,270	2,571,681
1962	262,140	2,406,337
1963	265,815	2,289,826
1964	266,406	2,245,099
1965	264,836	1,943,030
1966	262,162	1,749,387
1967	258,764	1,669,181
1968	260,705	1,565,507
1969	264,327	1,702,487
1970	269,341	1,824,965
1971	272,323	1,640,519
1972	276,263	1,301,355
1973	284,611	1,165,499
1974	289,880	1,218,968
1975	294,541	1,252,644
1976	300,615	1,264,604
1977	305,515	1,431,556
1978	311,027	1,402,283
1979	317,439	1,597,894
1980	326,947	1,608,450
1981	339,991	1,652,153
1982	353,138	1,714,317
1983	365,290	1,636,544
1984	376,797	1,627,192
1985	383,243	1,689,258
1986	385,799	1,656,917
1987	381,999	1,720,252
1988	386,507	1,735,943
1989	373,277	1,875,826
1990	384,518	2,026,068
1991	401,938	1,926,543
1992	418,900	1,875,328
1993	429,910	1,717,685
1994	437,873	1,633,302
1995	443,349	1,546,031
1996	450,174	1,510,137
1997	447,768	1,501,014
1998	436,316	1,573,857
1999	432,355	1,564,050
2000	417,371	1,664,758
2001	400,939	1,595,826
2002	381,084	1,581,938
2003	377,425	1,653,615
2004	365,138	1,698,271
2005	355,324	1,684,445
2006	349,509	1,849,955
2007	348,711	1,897,757
2008	362,380	1,794,154
2009	366,157	1,717,920
2010	360,260	1,548,182
2011	372,836	1,441,697
2012	371,497	1,411,822
2013	366,738	1,322,711
2014	367,587	1,357,281
2015	358,302	1,270,126
2016	345,681	1,197,627
2017	336,434	1,028,037
2018	324,568	955,022
2019	309,426	887,476
2020	283,282	208,862
2021	212,002	199,137
2022	237,560	399,926
2023	254,806	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	United States
1985	63	11
1986	59	11
1987	56	11
1988	55	12
1989	52	12
1990	51	12
1991	49	12
1992	48	11
1993	46	12
1994	44	11
1995	43	12
1996	42	11
1997	40	11
1998	39	11
1999	38	12
2000	37	12
2001	36	13
2002	34	13
2003	34	13
2004	33	13
2005	31	13
2006	30	13
2007	30	13
2008	29	14
2009	29	15
2010	29	15
2011	29	15
2012	29	16
2013	29	16
2014	30	17
2015	30	17
2016	30	18
2017	29	18
2018	29	18
2019	28	18
2020	29	22
2021	52	31
2022	38	20
2023	26	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	9.46%	3.01%
1961	8.83%	2.95%
1962	8.25%	2.89%
1963	7.74%	2.83%
1964	7.28%	2.77%
1965	6.89%	2.71%
1966	6.56%	2.64%
1967	6.27%	2.57%
1968	6.02%	2.49%
1969	5.79%	2.41%
1970	5.56%	2.32%
1971	5.32%	2.24%
1972	5.06%	2.15%
1973	4.79%	2.06%
1974	4.5%	1.97%
1975	4.23%	1.88%
1976	3.97%	1.79%
1977	3.71%	1.71%
1978	3.48%	1.63%
1979	3.25%	1.56%
1980	3.04%	1.5%
1981	2.84%	1.44%
1982	2.65%	1.39%
1983	2.47%	1.34%
1984	2.32%	1.3%
1985	2.18%	1.27%
1986	2.05%	1.24%
1987	1.93%	1.21%
1988	1.83%	1.19%
1989	1.74%	1.16%
1990	1.66%	1.12%
1991	1.58%	1.09%
1992	1.51%	1.05%
1993	1.45%	1.01%
1994	1.39%	0.98%
1995	1.34%	0.95%
1996	1.29%	0.92%
1997	1.23%	0.89%
1998	1.15%	0.87%
1999	1.07%	0.86%
2000	1%	0.84%
2001	0.93%	0.83%
2002	0.88%	0.82%
2003	0.85%	0.81%
2004	0.84%	0.81%
2005	0.83%	0.8%
2006	0.83%	0.79%
2007	0.82%	0.77%
2008	0.82%	0.76%
2009	0.82%	0.75%
2010	0.81%	0.73%
2011	0.81%	0.72%
2012	0.8%	0.7%
2013	0.81%	0.69%
2014	0.81%	0.68%
2015	0.81%	0.68%
2016	0.82%	0.67%
2017	0.82%	0.66%
2018	0.82%	0.65%
2019	0.82%	0.65%
2020	0.81%	0.65%
2021	0.81%	0.65%
2022	0.81%	0.65%
2023	0.81%	0.65%