Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Morocco

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Morocco chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Maldives was 1.58 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.23 in Morocco in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Maldives vs Morocco population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Maldives	Morocco
1960	6.71	6.89
1961	6.79	6.97
1962	6.89	7.05
1963	6.94	7.01
1964	7	6.97
1965	7.07	6.93
1966	7.15	6.89
1967	7.23	6.85
1968	7.28	6.79
1969	7.33	6.73
1970	7.39	6.68
1971	7.38	6.62
1972	7.37	6.55
1973	7.4	6.48
1974	7.38	6.4
1975	7.32	6.3
1976	7.29	6.18
1977	7.27	6.04
1978	7.23	5.91
1979	7.23	5.85
1980	7.23	5.78
1981	7.19	5.71
1982	7.15	5.6
1983	7.09	5.41
1984	7.03	5.2
1985	6.94	4.99
1986	6.85	4.77
1987	6.73	4.58
1988	6.58	4.39
1989	6.39	4.22
1990	6.13	4.06
1991	5.8	3.95
1992	5.44	3.76
1993	5.06	3.55
1994	4.69	3.41
1995	4.29	3.3
1996	3.86	3.23
1997	3.48	3.15
1998	3.17	3.04
1999	2.9	2.88
2000	2.69	2.77
2001	2.53	2.69
2002	2.42	2.62
2003	2.34	2.61
2004	2.26	2.61
2005	2.2	2.61
2006	2.2	2.61
2007	2.29	2.62
2008	2.37	2.61
2009	2.39	2.62
2010	2.35	2.63
2011	2.31	2.6
2012	2.25	2.54
2013	2.17	2.48
2014	2.09	2.42
2015	2	2.41
2016	1.9	2.4
2017	1.8	2.38
2018	1.71	2.35
2019	1.64	2.34
2020	1.61	2.32
2021	1.6	2.29
2022	1.58	2.26
2023	1.58	2.23
2024	1.56	2.21
2025	1.55	2.18
2026	1.53	2.16
2027	1.53	2.14
2028	1.52	2.12
2029	1.52	2.1
2030	1.52	2.08
2031	1.51	2.06
2032	1.51	2.05
2033	1.51	2.03
2034	1.51	2.02
2035	1.51	2
2036	1.52	1.99
2037	1.52	1.98
2038	1.52	1.96
2039	1.52	1.95
2040	1.52	1.94
2041	1.52	1.93
2042	1.52	1.92
2043	1.52	1.91
2044	1.52	1.9
2045	1.53	1.89
2046	1.53	1.89
2047	1.53	1.88
2048	1.54	1.88
2049	1.54	1.87
2050	1.54	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Morocco
1960	37.9%	44.9%
1961	38.2%	45.4%
1962	38.7%	45.9%
1963	39.4%	46.3%
1964	40.3%	46.5%
1965	41.8%	46.6%
1966	43.5%	46.8%
1967	44.7%	46.8%
1968	45.2%	46.9%
1969	45.4%	46.8%
1970	45.6%	46.7%
1971	45.8%	46.6%
1972	45.8%	46.4%
1973	45.7%	46.3%
1974	45.6%	46.1%
1975	45.6%	45.8%
1976	45.8%	45.6%
1977	45.7%	45.3%
1978	45.8%	44.9%
1979	45.9%	44.6%
1980	45.9%	44.3%
1981	45.9%	44%
1982	45.8%	43.7%
1983	45.6%	43.4%
1984	45.4%	43.1%
1985	45.5%	42.7%
1986	45.9%	42.3%
1987	46.3%	41.8%
1988	46.6%	41.3%
1989	46.8%	40.8%
1990	47%	40.2%
1991	47.1%	39.6%
1992	47%	39%
1993	46.8%	38.4%
1994	46.5%	37.7%
1995	45.8%	37%
1996	45%	36.4%
1997	44.1%	35.8%
1998	42.9%	35.2%
1999	41.6%	34.6%
2000	40.2%	34%
2001	38.7%	33.5%
2002	37.1%	32.9%
2003	35.6%	32.4%
2004	34.2%	31.8%
2005	32.7%	31.2%
2006	31.2%	30.7%
2007	29.5%	30.2%
2008	28%	29.8%
2009	26.7%	29.5%
2010	25.7%	29.2%
2011	24.9%	29%
2012	24.3%	28.7%
2013	23.9%	28.5%
2014	23.5%	28.3%
2015	23.2%	28.1%
2016	22.8%	27.8%
2017	22.5%	27.6%
2018	22.1%	27.4%
2019	21.7%	27.2%
2020	21.2%	27%
2021	20.8%	26.7%
2022	20.4%	26.4%
2023	20%	26%
2024	19.6%	25.6%
2025	19%	25.2%
2026	18.4%	24.8%
2027	17.8%	24.3%
2028	17.2%	23.9%
2029	16.6%	23.6%
2030	16%	23.2%
2031	15.5%	22.9%
2032	15.1%	22.5%
2033	14.6%	22.2%
2034	14.2%	21.9%
2035	13.9%	21.6%
2036	13.6%	21.3%
2037	13.4%	21.1%
2038	13.2%	20.8%
2039	13%	20.6%
2040	12.9%	20.4%
2041	12.8%	20.2%
2042	12.8%	20.1%
2043	12.8%	19.9%
2044	12.8%	19.7%
2045	12.8%	19.6%
2046	12.9%	19.4%
2047	12.9%	19.3%
2048	13%	19.1%
2049	13.1%	19%
2050	13.1%	18.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 25.6% in Morocco in 2024, compared to 47% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Morocco compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Morocco by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives and +1.25% in Morocco. 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
	Maldives	Morocco
1960	2,241	323,499
1961	2,354	348,650
1962	2,475	363,843
1963	2,567	369,250
1964	2,660	375,835
1965	2,747	383,989
1966	2,845	391,881
1967	3,010	400,594
1968	3,150	407,437
1969	3,260	414,931
1970	3,415	426,015
1971	3,549	435,104
1972	3,707	446,449
1973	3,924	455,699
1974	4,136	464,147
1975	4,325	474,631
1976	4,538	482,130
1977	4,779	489,173
1978	4,812	498,834
1979	5,275	515,554
1980	5,526	534,448
1981	5,778	552,936
1982	6,058	564,904
1983	6,361	566,301
1984	6,680	564,159
1985	6,944	560,810
1986	7,153	558,105
1987	7,300	553,005
1988	7,414	545,800
1989	7,472	538,996
1990	7,444	535,506
1991	7,295	539,850
1992	7,096	525,680
1993	6,842	507,707
1994	6,550	501,426
1995	6,177	496,573
1996	5,705	501,499
1997	5,267	500,807
1998	4,919	492,604
1999	4,601	473,071
2000	4,372	461,341
2001	4,271	452,621
2002	4,257	446,147
2003	4,316	452,650
2004	4,287	461,756
2005	4,493	474,285
2006	4,766	483,200
2007	5,324	493,526
2008	5,856	499,766
2009	6,227	509,386
2010	6,350	515,804
2011	6,429	513,305
2012	6,445	504,698
2013	6,307	492,284
2014	6,122	481,295
2015	5,914	477,654
2016	5,652	474,637
2017	5,342	471,011
2018	5,088	464,375
2019	4,886	457,307
2020	4,594	415,999
2021	4,426	407,829
2022	4,752	427,903
2023	4,566	417,213

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Morocco

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 32 deaths per 100,000 live births in Maldives, compared to 70 deaths in Morocco.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Morocco
1985	552	752
1986	508	697
1987	471	650
1988	424	602
1989	381	559
1990	346	522
1991	310	490
1992	281	458
1993	251	428
1994	222	401
1995	191	378
1996	167	354
1997	149	333
1998	136	313
1999	111	291
2000	94	271
2001	81	254
2002	76	238
2003	70	224
2004	65	213
2005	54	196
2006	52	182
2007	51	169
2008	53	158
2009	52	148
2010	49	140
2011	48	130
2012	47	121
2013	47	113
2014	43	106
2015	41	100
2016	41	94
2017	41	88
2018	40	83
2019	39	79
2020	48	81
2021	60	92
2022	34	71
2023	32	70

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives and 1.66% in Morocco. 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
	Maldives	Morocco
1960	-	24.4%
1961	-	23.9%
1962	33.4%	23.4%
1963	32.5%	22.9%
1964	31.5%	22.3%
1965	30.6%	21.8%
1966	29.7%	21.2%
1967	28.7%	20.6%
1968	27.7%	20.1%
1969	26.8%	19.6%
1970	25.8%	19.1%
1971	24.7%	18.7%
1972	23.6%	18.3%
1973	22.4%	17.8%
1974	21.2%	17.4%
1975	20.1%	16.8%
1976	18.9%	16.2%
1977	17.9%	15.6%
1978	16.9%	14.9%
1979	15.9%	14.2%
1980	15%	13.5%
1981	14.2%	12.8%
1982	13.4%	12.1%
1983	12.7%	11.5%
1984	12%	10.9%
1985	11.3%	10.3%
1986	10.7%	9.79%
1987	10.1%	9.3%
1988	9.59%	8.86%
1989	9.06%	8.45%
1990	8.57%	8.08%
1991	8.08%	7.73%
1992	7.61%	7.4%
1993	7.15%	7.09%
1994	6.68%	6.78%
1995	6.22%	6.49%
1996	5.74%	6.21%
1997	5.28%	5.94%
1998	4.81%	5.69%
1999	4.36%	5.45%
2000	3.9%	5.22%
2001	3.47%	5.01%
2002	3.08%	4.79%
2003	2.72%	4.57%
2004	2.7%	4.36%
2005	2.16%	4.13%
2006	1.94%	3.91%
2007	1.76%	3.7%
2008	1.61%	3.49%
2009	1.49%	3.29%
2010	1.38%	3.11%
2011	1.29%	2.93%
2012	1.21%	2.77%
2013	1.13%	2.62%
2014	1.05%	2.47%
2015	0.99%	2.34%
2016	0.92%	2.22%
2017	0.86%	2.11%
2018	0.8%	2.02%
2019	0.74%	1.94%
2020	0.69%	1.86%
2021	0.64%	1.79%
2022	0.6%	1.72%
2023	0.57%	1.66%