Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Namibia

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

Check Maldives vs Namibia 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	Namibia
1960	6.71	6.24
1961	6.79	6.29
1962	6.89	6.35
1963	6.94	6.41
1964	7	6.43
1965	7.07	6.45
1966	7.15	6.47
1967	7.23	6.49
1968	7.28	6.5
1969	7.33	6.51
1970	7.39	6.52
1971	7.38	6.52
1972	7.37	6.53
1973	7.4	6.54
1974	7.38	6.55
1975	7.32	6.53
1976	7.29	6.49
1977	7.27	6.44
1978	7.23	6.38
1979	7.23	6.31
1980	7.23	6.24
1981	7.19	6.16
1982	7.15	6.08
1983	7.09	6
1984	7.03	5.94
1985	6.94	5.88
1986	6.85	5.79
1987	6.73	5.7
1988	6.58	5.61
1989	6.39	5.52
1990	6.13	5.4
1991	5.8	5.29
1992	5.44	5.11
1993	5.06	4.91
1994	4.69	4.68
1995	4.29	4.42
1996	3.86	4.2
1997	3.48	4.17
1998	3.17	4.18
1999	2.9	4.14
2000	2.69	3.99
2001	2.53	3.83
2002	2.42	3.69
2003	2.34	3.58
2004	2.26	3.55
2005	2.2	3.57
2006	2.2	3.6
2007	2.29	3.61
2008	2.37	3.62
2009	2.39	3.63
2010	2.35	3.66
2011	2.31	3.66
2012	2.25	3.68
2013	2.17	3.65
2014	2.09	3.64
2015	2	3.6
2016	1.9	3.57
2017	1.8	3.51
2018	1.71	3.46
2019	1.64	3.4
2020	1.61	3.35
2021	1.6	3.3
2022	1.58	3.25
2023	1.58	3.21
2024	1.56	3.21
2025	1.55	3.17
2026	1.53	3.13
2027	1.53	3.09
2028	1.52	3.06
2029	1.52	3.02
2030	1.52	2.98
2031	1.51	2.94
2032	1.51	2.91
2033	1.51	2.88
2034	1.51	2.84
2035	1.51	2.81
2036	1.52	2.78
2037	1.52	2.75
2038	1.52	2.72
2039	1.52	2.68
2040	1.52	2.66
2041	1.52	2.63
2042	1.52	2.6
2043	1.52	2.58
2044	1.52	2.56
2045	1.53	2.53
2046	1.53	2.51
2047	1.53	2.49
2048	1.54	2.47
2049	1.54	2.45
2050	1.54	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Namibia
1960	37.9%	42.2%
1961	38.2%	42.4%
1962	38.7%	42.6%
1963	39.4%	42.7%
1964	40.3%	42.9%
1965	41.8%	43%
1966	43.5%	43.2%
1967	44.7%	43.3%
1968	45.2%	43.5%
1969	45.4%	43.6%
1970	45.6%	43.8%
1971	45.8%	43.9%
1972	45.8%	44.1%
1973	45.7%	44.3%
1974	45.6%	44.6%
1975	45.6%	44.8%
1976	45.8%	45%
1977	45.7%	45.3%
1978	45.8%	45.9%
1979	45.9%	46.3%
1980	45.9%	46.6%
1981	45.9%	47.1%
1982	45.8%	47.2%
1983	45.6%	46.9%
1984	45.4%	46.6%
1985	45.5%	46.2%
1986	45.9%	45.8%
1987	46.3%	45.3%
1988	46.6%	44.8%
1989	46.8%	43.4%
1990	47%	42.3%
1991	47.1%	42.2%
1992	47%	42.2%
1993	46.8%	42.2%
1994	46.5%	42.2%
1995	45.8%	42.1%
1996	45%	42%
1997	44.1%	41.9%
1998	42.9%	41.8%
1999	41.6%	41.7%
2000	40.2%	41.5%
2001	38.7%	41.3%
2002	37.1%	41%
2003	35.6%	40.5%
2004	34.2%	40%
2005	32.7%	39.4%
2006	31.2%	38.7%
2007	29.5%	38.1%
2008	28%	37.5%
2009	26.7%	37.1%
2010	25.7%	36.8%
2011	24.9%	36.7%
2012	24.3%	36.6%
2013	23.9%	36.6%
2014	23.5%	36.5%
2015	23.2%	36.5%
2016	22.8%	36.5%
2017	22.5%	36.7%
2018	22.1%	36.8%
2019	21.7%	37%
2020	21.2%	37.1%
2021	20.8%	37.4%
2022	20.4%	37.5%
2023	20%	37.3%
2024	19.6%	37%
2025	19%	36.7%
2026	18.4%	36.3%
2027	17.8%	35.9%
2028	17.2%	35.5%
2029	16.6%	35.1%
2030	16%	34.6%
2031	15.5%	34%
2032	15.1%	33.5%
2033	14.6%	32.9%
2034	14.2%	32.4%
2035	13.9%	31.8%
2036	13.6%	31.1%
2037	13.4%	30.6%
2038	13.2%	30.3%
2039	13%	30%
2040	12.9%	29.7%
2041	12.8%	29.5%
2042	12.8%	29.2%
2043	12.8%	29%
2044	12.8%	28.8%
2045	12.8%	28.5%
2046	12.9%	28.3%
2047	12.9%	28.1%
2048	13%	27.9%
2049	13.1%	27.7%
2050	13.1%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 47% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives and +2.04% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	2,241	14,307
1961	2,354	14,936
1962	2,475	15,656
1963	2,567	16,430
1964	2,660	17,134
1965	2,747	17,902
1966	2,845	18,635
1967	3,010	19,498
1968	3,150	20,470
1969	3,260	21,387
1970	3,415	22,414
1971	3,549	23,467
1972	3,707	24,606
1973	3,924	25,754
1974	4,136	26,844
1975	4,325	27,882
1976	4,538	28,785
1977	4,779	29,241
1978	4,812	29,821
1979	5,275	28,930
1980	5,526	28,142
1981	5,778	27,938
1982	6,058	27,474
1983	6,361	28,307
1984	6,680	29,395
1985	6,944	30,575
1986	7,153	31,764
1987	7,300	33,340
1988	7,414	34,798
1989	7,472	37,715
1990	7,444	43,956
1991	7,295	44,523
1992	7,096	43,945
1993	6,842	42,861
1994	6,550	41,316
1995	6,177	39,119
1996	5,705	37,177
1997	5,267	37,256
1998	4,919	37,500
1999	4,601	37,233
2000	4,372	35,280
2001	4,271	32,942
2002	4,257	31,947
2003	4,316	31,115
2004	4,287	31,478
2005	4,493	32,909
2006	4,766	34,690
2007	5,324	36,430
2008	5,856	38,147
2009	6,227	39,942
2010	6,350	42,046
2011	6,429	43,557
2012	6,445	46,204
2013	6,307	47,801
2014	6,122	49,581
2015	5,914	50,846
2016	5,652	52,228
2017	5,342	52,975
2018	5,088	53,970
2019	4,886	54,769
2020	4,594	55,034
2021	4,426	50,160
2022	4,752	54,534
2023	4,566	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Namibia

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 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Namibia
1985	552	354
1986	508	348
1987	471	336
1988	424	342
1989	381	306
1990	346	325
1991	310	337
1992	281	346
1993	251	354
1994	222	367
1995	191	369
1996	167	387
1997	149	383
1998	136	396
1999	111	371
2000	94	384
2001	81	376
2002	76	313
2003	70	290
2004	65	282
2005	54	344
2006	52	408
2007	51	489
2008	53	537
2009	52	547
2010	49	531
2011	48	498
2012	47	439
2013	47	402
2014	43	369
2015	41	307
2016	41	250
2017	41	213
2018	40	198
2019	39	175
2020	48	143
2021	60	254
2022	34	127
2023	32	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives and 4.07% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1962	33.4%	-
1963	32.5%	-
1964	31.5%	-
1965	30.6%	-
1966	29.7%	-
1967	28.7%	9.66%
1968	27.7%	9.64%
1969	26.8%	9.65%
1970	25.8%	9.65%
1971	24.7%	9.67%
1972	23.6%	9.68%
1973	22.4%	9.73%
1974	21.2%	9.79%
1975	20.1%	9.89%
1976	18.9%	10%
1977	17.9%	10.2%
1978	16.9%	10.3%
1979	15.9%	10.3%
1980	15%	10.3%
1981	14.2%	10.2%
1982	13.4%	9.93%
1983	12.7%	9.61%
1984	12%	9.22%
1985	11.3%	8.81%
1986	10.7%	8.43%
1987	10.1%	8.09%
1988	9.59%	7.81%
1989	9.06%	7.57%
1990	8.57%	7.39%
1991	8.08%	7.24%
1992	7.61%	7.14%
1993	7.15%	7.1%
1994	6.68%	7.13%
1995	6.22%	7.24%
1996	5.74%	7.39%
1997	5.28%	7.56%
1998	4.81%	7.7%
1999	4.36%	7.79%
2000	3.9%	7.79%
2001	3.47%	7.71%
2002	3.08%	7.61%
2003	2.72%	7.51%
2004	2.7%	7.41%
2005	2.16%	7.05%
2006	1.94%	6.49%
2007	1.76%	6.06%
2008	1.61%	5.64%
2009	1.49%	5.29%
2010	1.38%	5.08%
2011	1.29%	5.16%
2012	1.21%	5.51%
2013	1.13%	5.4%
2014	1.05%	5.31%
2015	0.99%	5.5%
2016	0.92%	5.42%
2017	0.86%	5.19%
2018	0.8%	5.01%
2019	0.74%	4.78%
2020	0.69%	4.57%
2021	0.64%	4.38%
2022	0.6%	4.2%
2023	0.57%	4.07%