Fertility & birth rates in Malaysia and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Malaysia vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malaysia vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	6.41	7.2
1961	6.37	7.21
1962	6.3	7.23
1963	6.19	7.23
1964	6.03	7.23
1965	5.84	7.23
1966	5.64	7.2
1967	5.43	7.16
1968	5.29	7.11
1969	5.16	7.04
1970	5.04	6.98
1971	4.92	6.94
1972	4.82	6.94
1973	4.73	6.94
1974	4.62	6.88
1975	4.5	6.83
1976	4.4	6.77
1977	4.28	6.71
1978	4.18	6.66
1979	4.09	6.59
1980	4.04	6.52
1981	4	6.45
1982	3.97	6.33
1983	3.93	6.2
1984	3.89	6.04
1985	3.8	5.87
1986	3.7	5.69
1987	3.57	5.5
1988	3.5	5.28
1989	3.31	5.07
1990	3.3	4.88
1991	3.34	4.72
1992	3.37	4.57
1993	3.36	4.39
1994	3.35	4.28
1995	3.32	4.15
1996	3.3	4.11
1997	3.23	4.08
1998	3.12	4.07
1999	3.07	4.06
2000	2.94	4.01
2001	2.81	3.98
2002	2.66	3.93
2003	2.6	3.86
2004	2.49	3.78
2005	2.39	3.69
2006	2.31	3.64
2007	2.25	3.68
2008	2.26	3.78
2009	2.22	3.95
2010	2.14	4.04
2011	2.15	4.13
2012	2.12	4.13
2013	2.07	4.11
2014	2.06	4.01
2015	2.01	3.91
2016	1.94	3.83
2017	1.89	3.77
2018	1.84	3.74
2019	1.78	3.75
2020	1.68	3.75
2021	1.56	3.77
2022	1.55	3.77
2023	1.55	3.72
2024	1.54	3.67
2025	1.53	3.62
2026	1.52	3.57
2027	1.51	3.52
2028	1.51	3.47
2029	1.51	3.43
2030	1.51	3.38
2031	1.5	3.33
2032	1.5	3.29
2033	1.5	3.25
2034	1.5	3.21
2035	1.5	3.17
2036	1.51	3.13
2037	1.51	3.09
2038	1.51	3.06
2039	1.51	3.02
2040	1.51	2.99
2041	1.51	2.96
2042	1.51	2.93
2043	1.52	2.9
2044	1.52	2.87
2045	1.52	2.84
2046	1.52	2.81
2047	1.52	2.78
2048	1.53	2.75
2049	1.53	2.72
2050	1.53	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malaysia	Zimbabwe
1960	45.4%	47.3%
1961	45.9%	47.7%
1962	46.3%	48.1%
1963	46.5%	48.5%
1964	46.6%	48.8%
1965	46.5%	48.7%
1966	46.2%	48.6%
1967	45.9%	48.5%
1968	45.5%	48.5%
1969	45%	48.4%
1970	44.5%	48.3%
1971	44%	48.2%
1972	43.4%	48.2%
1973	42.8%	48.1%
1974	42.2%	48.1%
1975	41.7%	48.1%
1976	41.1%	48.2%
1977	40.6%	48.3%
1978	40.1%	48.5%
1979	39.6%	48.8%
1980	39.2%	48.7%
1981	38.8%	48.4%
1982	38.6%	48.3%
1983	38.4%	48.2%
1984	38.2%	48.1%
1985	38.1%	48%
1986	38%	47.9%
1987	37.9%	47.9%
1988	37.7%	47.9%
1989	37.5%	47.6%
1990	37.2%	47.1%
1991	36.9%	46.6%
1992	36.6%	46.8%
1993	36.3%	47.1%
1994	36%	46.6%
1995	35.7%	45.9%
1996	35.5%	45%
1997	35.3%	44%
1998	35%	43.1%
1999	34.6%	42.4%
2000	34.2%	41.9%
2001	33.7%	41.5%
2002	33.2%	41.4%
2003	32.6%	41.5%
2004	32%	41.7%
2005	31.4%	41.9%
2006	30.7%	42%
2007	30%	42.1%
2008	29.4%	42.4%
2009	28.6%	42.7%
2010	27.9%	43%
2011	27.4%	43.4%
2012	27%	43.7%
2013	26.6%	43.9%
2014	26.2%	43.9%
2015	25.8%	43.8%
2016	25.5%	43.6%
2017	25.2%	43.3%
2018	24.9%	42.9%
2019	24.5%	42.5%
2020	24%	42.2%
2021	23.4%	41.9%
2022	22.8%	41.6%
2023	22.3%	41.3%
2024	21.8%	40.9%
2025	21.3%	40.3%
2026	20.8%	39.6%
2027	20.4%	39%
2028	19.9%	38.4%
2029	19.4%	37.8%
2030	19%	37.4%
2031	18.5%	37%
2032	18.1%	36.8%
2033	17.8%	36.5%
2034	17.6%	36.3%
2035	17.4%	36.1%
2036	17.3%	35.8%
2037	17.3%	35.6%
2038	17.2%	35.3%
2039	17.1%	35.1%
2040	17%	34.8%
2041	17%	34.6%
2042	16.9%	34.3%
2043	16.8%	34.1%
2044	16.7%	33.8%
2045	16.7%	33.5%
2046	16.6%	33.2%
2047	16.5%	32.9%
2048	16.4%	32.6%
2049	16.3%	32.2%
2050	16.2%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 21.8% of the population in Malaysia and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 37.2% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malaysia and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Malaysia vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Malaysia and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	251,090	126,959
1961	257,270	131,531
1962	262,140	136,317
1963	265,815	140,984
1964	266,406	145,848
1965	264,836	151,164
1966	262,162	156,014
1967	258,764	161,205
1968	260,705	166,865
1969	264,327	172,626
1970	269,341	178,979
1971	272,323	185,427
1972	276,263	193,725
1973	284,611	201,885
1974	289,880	208,806
1975	294,541	216,947
1976	300,615	221,419
1977	305,515	225,139
1978	311,027	222,979
1979	317,439	223,657
1980	326,947	241,179
1981	339,991	271,361
1982	353,138	279,934
1983	365,290	286,545
1984	376,797	290,052
1985	383,243	290,756
1986	385,799	289,894
1987	381,999	286,766
1988	386,507	277,498
1989	373,277	270,838
1990	384,518	265,444
1991	401,938	260,943
1992	418,900	255,291
1993	429,910	228,045
1994	437,873	216,343
1995	443,349	206,695
1996	450,174	205,269
1997	447,768	216,288
1998	436,316	225,614
1999	432,355	232,393
2000	417,371	236,343
2001	400,939	227,909
2002	381,084	244,170
2003	377,425	243,057
2004	365,138	248,307
2005	355,324	248,545
2006	349,509	248,963
2007	348,711	261,805
2008	362,380	280,527
2009	366,157	309,316
2010	360,260	335,570
2011	372,836	359,572
2012	371,497	371,135
2013	366,738	374,757
2014	367,587	366,350
2015	358,302	356,203
2016	345,681	348,772
2017	336,434	344,035
2018	324,568	345,883
2019	309,426	348,798
2020	283,282	354,790
2021	212,002	349,908
2022	237,560	371,243
2023	254,806	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Malaysia vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malaysia	Zimbabwe
1985	63	573
1986	59	525
1987	56	480
1988	55	431
1989	52	382
1990	51	353
1991	49	332
1992	48	333
1993	46	331
1994	44	332
1995	43	332
1996	42	352
1997	40	357
1998	39	368
1999	38	399
2000	37	405
2001	36	467
2002	34	418
2003	34	455
2004	33	451
2005	31	454
2006	30	480
2007	30	519
2008	29	526
2009	29	540
2010	29	567
2011	29	564
2012	29	558
2013	29	525
2014	30	468
2015	30	428
2016	30	411
2017	29	389
2018	29	386
2019	28	388
2020	29	380
2021	52	446
2022	38	368
2023	26	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.81% in Malaysia and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	9.46%	15.2%
1961	8.83%	14.8%
1962	8.25%	14.4%
1963	7.74%	14%
1964	7.28%	13.5%
1965	6.89%	13.1%
1966	6.56%	12.7%
1967	6.27%	12.4%
1968	6.02%	12.1%
1969	5.79%	11.8%
1970	5.56%	11.7%
1971	5.32%	11.5%
1972	5.06%	11.5%
1973	4.79%	11.4%
1974	4.5%	11.4%
1975	4.23%	11.4%
1976	3.97%	11.5%
1977	3.71%	11.5%
1978	3.48%	11.5%
1979	3.25%	11.3%
1980	3.04%	11.1%
1981	2.84%	10.7%
1982	2.65%	10.1%
1983	2.47%	9.5%
1984	2.32%	8.87%
1985	2.18%	8.31%
1986	2.05%	7.86%
1987	1.93%	7.61%
1988	1.83%	7.55%
1989	1.74%	7.69%
1990	1.66%	7.97%
1991	1.58%	8.33%
1992	1.51%	8.73%
1993	1.45%	9.16%
1994	1.39%	9.52%
1995	1.34%	9.83%
1996	1.29%	10%
1997	1.23%	10.1%
1998	1.15%	10%
1999	1.07%	9.92%
2000	1%	9.83%
2001	0.93%	9.79%
2002	0.88%	8.48%
2003	0.85%	8.85%
2004	0.84%	9.17%
2005	0.83%	9.23%
2006	0.83%	9.4%
2007	0.82%	9.47%
2008	0.82%	9.34%
2009	0.82%	9.03%
2010	0.81%	8.5%
2011	0.81%	7.88%
2012	0.8%	7.14%
2013	0.81%	6.55%
2014	0.81%	6.18%
2015	0.81%	5.98%
2016	0.82%	5.69%
2017	0.82%	5.5%
2018	0.82%	5.23%
2019	0.82%	5.11%
2020	0.81%	5.01%
2021	0.81%	4.76%
2022	0.81%	4.6%
2023	0.81%	4.42%