Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	6.41	6.38
1961	6.37	6.3
1962	6.3	6.23
1963	6.19	6.16
1964	6.03	6.07
1965	5.84	5.98
1966	5.64	5.87
1967	5.43	5.75
1968	5.29	5.61
1969	5.16	5.47
1970	5.04	5.32
1971	4.92	5.17
1972	4.82	5.04
1973	4.73	4.91
1974	4.62	4.79
1975	4.5	4.69
1976	4.4	4.59
1977	4.28	4.49
1978	4.18	4.4
1979	4.09	4.3
1980	4.04	4.2
1981	4	4.1
1982	3.97	4.01
1983	3.93	3.93
1984	3.89	3.86
1985	3.8	3.79
1986	3.7	3.73
1987	3.57	3.67
1988	3.5	3.6
1989	3.31	3.52
1990	3.3	3.45
1991	3.34	3.37
1992	3.37	3.29
1993	3.36	3.22
1994	3.35	3.15
1995	3.32	3.08
1996	3.3	3.02
1997	3.23	2.97
1998	3.12	2.91
1999	3.07	2.86
2000	2.94	2.79
2001	2.81	2.78
2002	2.66	2.74
2003	2.6	2.7
2004	2.49	2.64
2005	2.39	2.63
2006	2.31	2.6
2007	2.25	2.52
2008	2.26	2.48
2009	2.22	2.42
2010	2.14	2.4
2011	2.15	2.4
2012	2.12	2.38
2013	2.07	2.33
2014	2.06	2.3
2015	2.01	2.25
2016	1.94	2.22
2017	1.89	2.18
2018	1.84	2.15
2019	1.78	2.13
2020	1.68	2.12
2021	1.56	2.11
2022	1.55	2.09
2023	1.55	2.08
2024	1.54	2.08
2025	1.53	2.06
2026	1.52	2.04
2027	1.51	2.03
2028	1.51	2.01
2029	1.51	2
2030	1.51	1.99
2031	1.5	1.98
2032	1.5	1.97
2033	1.5	1.96
2034	1.5	1.95
2035	1.5	1.94
2036	1.51	1.93
2037	1.51	1.92
2038	1.51	1.91
2039	1.51	1.91
2040	1.51	1.9
2041	1.51	1.89
2042	1.51	1.88
2043	1.52	1.87
2044	1.52	1.86
2045	1.52	1.86
2046	1.52	1.85
2047	1.52	1.84
2048	1.53	1.84
2049	1.53	1.83
2050	1.53	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Venezuela
1960	45.4%	46.8%
1961	45.9%	46.9%
1962	46.3%	47%
1963	46.5%	47%
1964	46.6%	47%
1965	46.5%	46.9%
1966	46.2%	46.8%
1967	45.9%	46.6%
1968	45.5%	46.3%
1969	45%	46%
1970	44.5%	45.6%
1971	44%	45.2%
1972	43.4%	44.7%
1973	42.8%	44.3%
1974	42.2%	43.8%
1975	41.7%	43.3%
1976	41.1%	42.9%
1977	40.6%	42.5%
1978	40.1%	42.1%
1979	39.6%	41.7%
1980	39.2%	41.3%
1981	38.8%	41%
1982	38.6%	40.6%
1983	38.4%	40.3%
1984	38.2%	39.9%
1985	38.1%	39.6%
1986	38%	39.3%
1987	37.9%	39%
1988	37.7%	38.7%
1989	37.5%	38.4%
1990	37.2%	38.1%
1991	36.9%	37.8%
1992	36.6%	37.4%
1993	36.3%	37%
1994	36%	36.6%
1995	35.7%	36.2%
1996	35.5%	35.8%
1997	35.3%	35.3%
1998	35%	34.9%
1999	34.6%	34.5%
2000	34.2%	34%
2001	33.7%	33.6%
2002	33.2%	33.1%
2003	32.6%	32.7%
2004	32%	32.2%
2005	31.4%	31.8%
2006	30.7%	31.4%
2007	30%	31%
2008	29.4%	30.6%
2009	28.6%	30.3%
2010	27.9%	29.9%
2011	27.4%	29.5%
2012	27%	29.2%
2013	26.6%	28.9%
2014	26.2%	28.5%
2015	25.8%	28.2%
2016	25.5%	27.9%
2017	25.2%	27.8%
2018	24.9%	27.9%
2019	24.5%	28%
2020	24%	27.8%
2021	23.4%	27.4%
2022	22.8%	26.8%
2023	22.3%	26.2%
2024	21.8%	25.5%
2025	21.3%	24.9%
2026	20.8%	24.3%
2027	20.4%	23.8%
2028	19.9%	23.2%
2029	19.4%	22.8%
2030	19%	22.4%
2031	18.5%	22%
2032	18.1%	21.7%
2033	17.8%	21.5%
2034	17.6%	21.4%
2035	17.4%	21.4%
2036	17.3%	21.4%
2037	17.3%	21.5%
2038	17.2%	21.5%
2039	17.1%	21.4%
2040	17%	21.4%
2041	17%	21.3%
2042	16.9%	21.2%
2043	16.8%	21.1%
2044	16.7%	20.9%
2045	16.7%	20.7%
2046	16.6%	20.5%
2047	16.5%	20.3%
2048	16.4%	20%
2049	16.3%	19.8%
2050	16.2%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	251,090	285,105
1961	257,270	292,109
1962	262,140	299,345
1963	265,815	307,279
1964	266,406	314,397
1965	264,836	321,695
1966	262,162	329,697
1967	258,764	335,813
1968	260,705	340,973
1969	264,327	343,596
1970	269,341	350,709
1971	272,323	355,212
1972	276,263	360,749
1973	284,611	367,612
1974	289,880	375,678
1975	294,541	385,045
1976	300,615	395,344
1977	305,515	405,315
1978	311,027	414,032
1979	317,439	421,256
1980	326,947	425,613
1981	339,991	432,059
1982	353,138	436,564
1983	365,290	443,569
1984	376,797	449,186
1985	383,243	455,517
1986	385,799	468,252
1987	381,999	474,204
1988	386,507	477,569
1989	373,277	478,053
1990	384,518	478,168
1991	401,938	477,917
1992	418,900	474,824
1993	429,910	473,189
1994	437,873	469,178
1995	443,349	469,267
1996	450,174	468,653
1997	447,768	472,002
1998	436,316	469,123
1999	432,355	463,787
2000	417,371	459,802
2001	400,939	451,487
2002	381,084	466,821
2003	377,425	456,902
2004	365,138	455,881
2005	355,324	463,260
2006	349,509	460,152
2007	348,711	452,482
2008	362,380	435,870
2009	366,157	427,257
2010	360,260	425,397
2011	372,836	425,958
2012	371,497	420,758
2013	366,738	408,930
2014	367,587	395,088
2015	358,302	384,560
2016	345,681	359,651
2017	336,434	340,222
2018	324,568	317,302
2019	309,426	274,826
2020	283,282	237,223
2021	212,002	207,746
2022	237,560	216,619
2023	254,806	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Venezuela
1985	63	83
1986	59	81
1987	56	81
1988	55	80
1989	52	80
1990	51	83
1991	49	80
1992	48	82
1993	46	82
1994	44	84
1995	43	84
1996	42	86
1997	40	82
1998	39	82
1999	38	88
2000	37	86
2001	36	101
2002	34	87
2003	34	97
2004	33	94
2005	31	93
2006	30	96
2007	30	92
2008	29	103
2009	29	109
2010	29	110
2011	29	104
2012	29	113
2013	29	123
2014	30	133
2015	30	136
2016	30	162
2017	29	195
2018	29	205
2019	28	202
2020	29	207
2021	52	251
2022	38	219
2023	26	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	9.46%	7.97%
1961	8.83%	7.72%
1962	8.25%	7.49%
1963	7.74%	7.3%
1964	7.28%	7.14%
1965	6.89%	7%
1966	6.56%	6.87%
1967	6.27%	6.75%
1968	6.02%	6.61%
1969	5.79%	6.47%
1970	5.56%	6.3%
1971	5.32%	6.12%
1972	5.06%	5.94%
1973	4.79%	5.75%
1974	4.5%	5.57%
1975	4.23%	5.38%
1976	3.97%	5.2%
1977	3.71%	5.01%
1978	3.48%	4.82%
1979	3.25%	4.62%
1980	3.04%	4.42%
1981	2.84%	4.24%
1982	2.65%	4.07%
1983	2.47%	3.91%
1984	2.32%	3.77%
1985	2.18%	3.64%
1986	2.05%	3.5%
1987	1.93%	3.37%
1988	1.83%	3.23%
1989	1.74%	3.09%
1990	1.66%	2.96%
1991	1.58%	2.86%
1992	1.51%	2.78%
1993	1.45%	2.73%
1994	1.39%	2.68%
1995	1.34%	2.63%
1996	1.29%	2.55%
1997	1.23%	2.45%
1998	1.15%	2.34%
1999	1.07%	2.24%
2000	1%	2.15%
2001	0.93%	2.09%
2002	0.88%	2.03%
2003	0.85%	1.98%
2004	0.84%	1.91%
2005	0.83%	1.85%
2006	0.83%	1.79%
2007	0.82%	1.74%
2008	0.82%	1.72%
2009	0.82%	1.71%
2010	0.81%	1.72%
2011	0.81%	1.73%
2012	0.8%	1.76%
2013	0.81%	1.79%
2014	0.81%	1.83%
2015	0.81%	1.92%
2016	0.82%	2.43%
2017	0.82%	2.43%
2018	0.82%	2.43%
2019	0.82%	2.43%
2020	0.81%	2.43%
2021	0.81%	2.43%
2022	0.81%	2.43%
2023	0.81%	2.43%