Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Niger

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Niger 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 6.06 in Niger in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Maldives vs Niger 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	Niger
1960	6.71	7.53
1961	6.79	7.51
1962	6.89	7.5
1963	6.94	7.49
1964	7	7.48
1965	7.07	7.47
1966	7.15	7.48
1967	7.23	7.49
1968	7.28	7.5
1969	7.33	7.51
1970	7.39	7.51
1971	7.38	7.52
1972	7.37	7.52
1973	7.4	7.53
1974	7.38	7.54
1975	7.32	7.54
1976	7.29	7.56
1977	7.27	7.6
1978	7.23	7.66
1979	7.23	7.72
1980	7.23	7.78
1981	7.19	7.82
1982	7.15	7.86
1983	7.09	7.9
1984	7.03	7.92
1985	6.94	7.93
1986	6.85	7.9
1987	6.73	7.87
1988	6.58	7.84
1989	6.39	7.82
1990	6.13	7.81
1991	5.8	7.8
1992	5.44	7.8
1993	5.06	7.79
1994	4.69	7.79
1995	4.29	7.78
1996	3.86	7.78
1997	3.48	7.8
1998	3.17	7.84
1999	2.9	7.84
2000	2.69	7.83
2001	2.53	7.81
2002	2.42	7.8
2003	2.34	7.79
2004	2.26	7.78
2005	2.2	7.77
2006	2.2	7.74
2007	2.29	7.73
2008	2.37	7.7
2009	2.39	7.68
2010	2.35	7.64
2011	2.31	7.59
2012	2.25	7.53
2013	2.17	7.45
2014	2.09	7.34
2015	2	7.22
2016	1.9	7.04
2017	1.8	6.87
2018	1.71	6.71
2019	1.64	6.54
2020	1.61	6.37
2021	1.6	6.2
2022	1.58	6.14
2023	1.58	6.06
2024	1.56	5.93
2025	1.55	5.79
2026	1.53	5.64
2027	1.53	5.49
2028	1.52	5.35
2029	1.52	5.22
2030	1.52	5.08
2031	1.51	4.93
2032	1.51	4.8
2033	1.51	4.69
2034	1.51	4.55
2035	1.51	4.44
2036	1.52	4.32
2037	1.52	4.21
2038	1.52	4.1
2039	1.52	4
2040	1.52	3.91
2041	1.52	3.82
2042	1.52	3.74
2043	1.52	3.66
2044	1.52	3.59
2045	1.53	3.53
2046	1.53	3.46
2047	1.53	3.39
2048	1.54	3.34
2049	1.54	3.28
2050	1.54	3.22

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Niger
1960	37.9%	49%
1961	38.2%	48.9%
1962	38.7%	48.8%
1963	39.4%	48.8%
1964	40.3%	48.8%
1965	41.8%	48.7%
1966	43.5%	48.6%
1967	44.7%	48.5%
1968	45.2%	48.4%
1969	45.4%	48.3%
1970	45.6%	48.1%
1971	45.8%	48%
1972	45.8%	47.9%
1973	45.7%	47.7%
1974	45.6%	47.6%
1975	45.6%	47.4%
1976	45.8%	47.3%
1977	45.7%	47.1%
1978	45.8%	47%
1979	45.9%	47%
1980	45.9%	47%
1981	45.9%	47%
1982	45.8%	47%
1983	45.6%	47%
1984	45.4%	47%
1985	45.5%	47%
1986	45.9%	47%
1987	46.3%	47%
1988	46.6%	47%
1989	46.8%	46.9%
1990	47%	46.8%
1991	47.1%	46.8%
1992	47%	46.7%
1993	46.8%	46.7%
1994	46.5%	46.7%
1995	45.8%	46.7%
1996	45%	46.7%
1997	44.1%	46.8%
1998	42.9%	46.9%
1999	41.6%	47.1%
2000	40.2%	47.3%
2001	38.7%	47.5%
2002	37.1%	47.8%
2003	35.6%	48%
2004	34.2%	48.2%
2005	32.7%	48.5%
2006	31.2%	48.7%
2007	29.5%	48.9%
2008	28%	49.1%
2009	26.7%	49.3%
2010	25.7%	49.4%
2011	24.9%	49.5%
2012	24.3%	49.5%
2013	23.9%	49.4%
2014	23.5%	49.3%
2015	23.2%	49.2%
2016	22.8%	49%
2017	22.5%	48.8%
2018	22.1%	48.6%
2019	21.7%	48.3%
2020	21.2%	48%
2021	20.8%	47.7%
2022	20.4%	47.3%
2023	20%	47%
2024	19.6%	46.6%
2025	19%	46.2%
2026	18.4%	45.8%
2027	17.8%	45.5%
2028	17.2%	45%
2029	16.6%	44.6%
2030	16%	44.2%
2031	15.5%	43.8%
2032	15.1%	43.4%
2033	14.6%	43%
2034	14.2%	42.6%
2035	13.9%	42.2%
2036	13.6%	41.8%
2037	13.4%	41.3%
2038	13.2%	40.9%
2039	13%	40.4%
2040	12.9%	39.9%
2041	12.8%	39.4%
2042	12.8%	38.9%
2043	12.8%	38.4%
2044	12.8%	37.9%
2045	12.8%	37.4%
2046	12.9%	36.9%
2047	12.9%	36.4%
2048	13%	35.9%
2049	13.1%	35.5%
2050	13.1%	35%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 46.6% in Niger in 2024, compared to 47% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Niger compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Niger by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives and +3.43% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	2,241	105,081
1961	2,354	107,693
1962	2,475	110,280
1963	2,567	113,072
1964	2,660	115,386
1965	2,747	116,963
1966	2,845	119,314
1967	3,010	121,358
1968	3,150	123,301
1969	3,260	125,389
1970	3,415	128,184
1971	3,549	128,223
1972	3,707	133,813
1973	3,924	137,695
1974	4,136	142,606
1975	4,325	147,962
1976	4,538	154,489
1977	4,779	161,792
1978	4,812	171,614
1979	5,275	180,632
1980	5,526	189,251
1981	5,778	195,938
1982	6,058	202,012
1983	6,361	207,962
1984	6,680	213,111
1985	6,944	219,206
1986	7,153	224,365
1987	7,300	231,371
1988	7,414	237,296
1989	7,472	245,278
1990	7,444	256,594
1991	7,295	266,527
1992	7,096	278,690
1993	6,842	292,135
1994	6,550	306,026
1995	6,177	323,630
1996	5,705	341,223
1997	5,267	358,745
1998	4,919	377,120
1999	4,601	394,212
2000	4,372	410,779
2001	4,271	428,417
2002	4,257	446,767
2003	4,316	467,295
2004	4,287	488,328
2005	4,493	511,167
2006	4,766	533,374
2007	5,324	556,808
2008	5,856	579,727
2009	6,227	602,671
2010	6,350	624,685
2011	6,429	645,175
2012	6,445	664,009
2013	6,307	686,070
2014	6,122	704,609
2015	5,914	721,630
2016	5,652	738,999
2017	5,342	752,384
2018	5,088	763,536
2019	4,886	775,474
2020	4,594	784,437
2021	4,426	793,428
2022	4,752	829,651
2023	4,566	864,139

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Niger

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 350 deaths in Niger.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Niger
1985	552	1,137
1986	508	1,107
1987	471	1,074
1988	424	1,040
1989	381	1,010
1990	346	983
1991	310	957
1992	281	926
1993	251	903
1994	222	883
1995	191	865
1996	167	854
1997	149	841
1998	136	839
1999	111	841
2000	94	845
2001	81	843
2002	76	835
2003	70	813
2004	65	790
2005	54	764
2006	52	737
2007	51	704
2008	53	669
2009	52	647
2010	49	621
2011	48	585
2012	47	554
2013	47	526
2014	43	497
2015	41	473
2016	41	450
2017	41	433
2018	40	420
2019	39	406
2020	48	388
2021	60	396
2022	34	361
2023	32	350

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives and 11.5% in Niger. 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	Niger
1962	33.4%	-
1963	32.5%	-
1964	31.5%	-
1965	30.6%	-
1966	29.7%	-
1967	28.7%	31.9%
1968	27.7%	32.3%
1969	26.8%	32.7%
1970	25.8%	33.2%
1971	24.7%	33.6%
1972	23.6%	34%
1973	22.4%	34.2%
1974	21.2%	34.3%
1975	20.1%	34.2%
1976	18.9%	33.9%
1977	17.9%	33.5%
1978	16.9%	33%
1979	15.9%	32.6%
1980	15%	32.3%
1981	14.2%	32.3%
1982	13.4%	32.5%
1983	12.7%	32.9%
1984	12%	33.3%
1985	11.3%	33.7%
1986	10.7%	34%
1987	10.1%	34.1%
1988	9.59%	34%
1989	9.06%	33.7%
1990	8.57%	33.2%
1991	8.08%	32.5%
1992	7.61%	31.7%
1993	7.15%	30.6%
1994	6.68%	29.4%
1995	6.22%	28.1%
1996	5.74%	26.9%
1997	5.28%	25.7%
1998	4.81%	24.7%
1999	4.36%	23.7%
2000	3.9%	22.8%
2001	3.47%	21.8%
2002	3.08%	20.6%
2003	2.72%	19.4%
2004	2.7%	18.3%
2005	2.16%	17.2%
2006	1.94%	16.2%
2007	1.76%	15.4%
2008	1.61%	14.7%
2009	1.49%	14.1%
2010	1.38%	13.7%
2011	1.29%	13.3%
2012	1.21%	13.1%
2013	1.13%	12.9%
2014	1.05%	12.7%
2015	0.99%	12.6%
2016	0.92%	12.5%
2017	0.86%	12.4%
2018	0.8%	12.3%
2019	0.74%	12.2%
2020	0.69%	12.1%
2021	0.64%	11.9%
2022	0.6%	11.7%
2023	0.57%	11.5%