Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Panama

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Panama 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 2.12 in Panama in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Maldives vs Panama 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	Panama
1960	6.71	5.83
1961	6.79	5.87
1962	6.89	5.87
1963	6.94	5.87
1964	7	5.81
1965	7.07	5.73
1966	7.15	5.65
1967	7.23	5.53
1968	7.28	5.41
1969	7.33	5.29
1970	7.39	5.18
1971	7.38	5.05
1972	7.37	4.91
1973	7.4	4.74
1974	7.38	4.58
1975	7.32	4.41
1976	7.29	4.26
1977	7.27	4.12
1978	7.23	3.98
1979	7.23	3.88
1980	7.23	3.8
1981	7.19	3.72
1982	7.15	3.66
1983	7.09	3.6
1984	7.03	3.52
1985	6.94	3.43
1986	6.85	3.34
1987	6.73	3.25
1988	6.58	3.17
1989	6.39	3.12
1990	6.13	3.07
1991	5.8	3
1992	5.44	2.95
1993	5.06	2.91
1994	4.69	2.88
1995	4.29	2.85
1996	3.86	2.83
1997	3.48	2.81
1998	3.17	2.79
1999	2.9	2.77
2000	2.69	2.74
2001	2.53	2.72
2002	2.42	2.7
2003	2.34	2.68
2004	2.26	2.68
2005	2.2	2.64
2006	2.2	2.62
2007	2.29	2.61
2008	2.37	2.61
2009	2.39	2.59
2010	2.35	2.59
2011	2.31	2.6
2012	2.25	2.59
2013	2.17	2.57
2014	2.09	2.55
2015	2	2.53
2016	1.9	2.5
2017	1.8	2.46
2018	1.71	2.4
2019	1.64	2.29
2020	1.61	2.18
2021	1.6	2.15
2022	1.58	2.14
2023	1.58	2.12
2024	1.56	2.11
2025	1.55	2.09
2026	1.53	2.07
2027	1.53	2.06
2028	1.52	2.04
2029	1.52	2.02
2030	1.52	2.01
2031	1.51	2
2032	1.51	1.99
2033	1.51	1.97
2034	1.51	1.96
2035	1.51	1.95
2036	1.52	1.95
2037	1.52	1.94
2038	1.52	1.93
2039	1.52	1.92
2040	1.52	1.91
2041	1.52	1.91
2042	1.52	1.9
2043	1.52	1.89
2044	1.52	1.89
2045	1.53	1.88
2046	1.53	1.88
2047	1.53	1.87
2048	1.54	1.87
2049	1.54	1.86
2050	1.54	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Panama
1960	37.9%	44.2%
1961	38.2%	44.3%
1962	38.7%	44.5%
1963	39.4%	44.6%
1964	40.3%	44.7%
1965	41.8%	44.8%
1966	43.5%	44.8%
1967	44.7%	44.8%
1968	45.2%	44.7%
1969	45.4%	44.6%
1970	45.6%	44.5%
1971	45.8%	44.3%
1972	45.8%	44.1%
1973	45.7%	43.9%
1974	45.6%	43.6%
1975	45.6%	43.3%
1976	45.8%	42.9%
1977	45.7%	42.4%
1978	45.8%	41.9%
1979	45.9%	41.4%
1980	45.9%	40.8%
1981	45.9%	40.3%
1982	45.8%	39.8%
1983	45.6%	39.3%
1984	45.4%	38.8%
1985	45.5%	38.3%
1986	45.9%	37.8%
1987	46.3%	37.4%
1988	46.6%	36.9%
1989	46.8%	36.5%
1990	47%	36.1%
1991	47.1%	35.7%
1992	47%	35.3%
1993	46.8%	34.9%
1994	46.5%	34.6%
1995	45.8%	34.2%
1996	45%	33.9%
1997	44.1%	33.5%
1998	42.9%	33.1%
1999	41.6%	32.8%
2000	40.2%	32.4%
2001	38.7%	32%
2002	37.1%	31.6%
2003	35.6%	31.3%
2004	34.2%	31%
2005	32.7%	30.6%
2006	31.2%	30.3%
2007	29.5%	30%
2008	28%	29.7%
2009	26.7%	29.5%
2010	25.7%	29.2%
2011	24.9%	28.9%
2012	24.3%	28.7%
2013	23.9%	28.4%
2014	23.5%	28.2%
2015	23.2%	27.9%
2016	22.8%	27.6%
2017	22.5%	27.4%
2018	22.1%	27.1%
2019	21.7%	26.7%
2020	21.2%	26.4%
2021	20.8%	26%
2022	20.4%	25.7%
2023	20%	25.3%
2024	19.6%	24.9%
2025	19%	24.5%
2026	18.4%	24.1%
2027	17.8%	23.8%
2028	17.2%	23.4%
2029	16.6%	23%
2030	16%	22.6%
2031	15.5%	22.2%
2032	15.1%	21.9%
2033	14.6%	21.6%
2034	14.2%	21.3%
2035	13.9%	21%
2036	13.6%	20.9%
2037	13.4%	20.7%
2038	13.2%	20.5%
2039	13%	20.3%
2040	12.9%	20.1%
2041	12.8%	20%
2042	12.8%	19.8%
2043	12.8%	19.6%
2044	12.8%	19.4%
2045	12.8%	19.3%
2046	12.9%	19.1%
2047	12.9%	18.9%
2048	13%	18.8%
2049	13.1%	18.6%
2050	13.1%	18.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 24.9% in Panama in 2024, compared to 47% and 36.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Panama compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Panama by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives and +1.31% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	2,241	35,431
1961	2,354	37,100
1962	2,475	38,537
1963	2,567	39,872
1964	2,660	40,806
1965	2,747	41,604
1966	2,845	42,457
1967	3,010	43,054
1968	3,150	43,641
1969	3,260	44,278
1970	3,415	45,075
1971	3,549	45,867
1972	3,707	46,311
1973	3,924	46,540
1974	4,136	46,932
1975	4,325	47,149
1976	4,538	47,307
1977	4,779	47,438
1978	4,812	47,694
1979	5,275	48,362
1980	5,526	49,077
1981	5,778	50,018
1982	6,058	50,858
1983	6,361	51,880
1984	6,680	52,436
1985	6,944	52,573
1986	7,153	52,681
1987	7,300	52,690
1988	7,414	52,767
1989	7,472	52,295
1990	7,444	53,451
1991	7,295	53,079
1992	7,096	53,186
1993	6,842	53,591
1994	6,550	53,845
1995	6,177	54,069
1996	5,705	54,512
1997	5,267	55,060
1998	4,919	55,482
1999	4,601	55,911
2000	4,372	56,236
2001	4,271	56,654
2002	4,257	57,011
2003	4,316	57,458
2004	4,287	58,281
2005	4,493	58,014
2006	4,766	58,067
2007	5,324	58,454
2008	5,856	58,961
2009	6,227	59,168
2010	6,350	59,418
2011	6,429	60,411
2012	6,445	60,471
2013	6,307	60,295
2014	6,122	60,227
2015	5,914	59,896
2016	5,652	59,454
2017	5,342	58,607
2018	5,088	57,508
2019	4,886	54,420
2020	4,594	46,599
2021	4,426	46,747
2022	4,752	50,556
2023	4,566	50,197

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Panama

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 37 deaths in Panama.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Panama
1985	552	95
1986	508	94
1987	471	93
1988	424	93
1989	381	96
1990	346	89
1991	310	87
1992	281	85
1993	251	81
1994	222	78
1995	191	77
1996	167	73
1997	149	70
1998	136	68
1999	111	65
2000	94	64
2001	81	62
2002	76	59
2003	70	58
2004	65	57
2005	54	57
2006	52	56
2007	51	55
2008	53	55
2009	52	55
2010	49	56
2011	48	55
2012	47	53
2013	47	52
2014	43	49
2015	41	48
2016	41	47
2017	41	47
2018	40	43
2019	39	41
2020	48	74
2021	60	59
2022	34	40
2023	32	37

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives and 1.33% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	-	9.31%
1961	-	9.04%
1962	33.4%	8.78%
1963	32.5%	8.52%
1964	31.5%	8.28%
1965	30.6%	8.05%
1966	29.7%	7.83%
1967	28.7%	7.62%
1968	27.7%	7.38%
1969	26.8%	7.1%
1970	25.8%	6.78%
1971	24.7%	6.43%
1972	23.6%	6.07%
1973	22.4%	5.72%
1974	21.2%	5.41%
1975	20.1%	5.15%
1976	18.9%	4.93%
1977	17.9%	4.76%
1978	16.9%	4.61%
1979	15.9%	4.47%
1980	15%	4.34%
1981	14.2%	4.19%
1982	13.4%	4.05%
1983	12.7%	3.9%
1984	12%	3.75%
1985	11.3%	3.61%
1986	10.7%	3.47%
1987	10.1%	3.35%
1988	9.59%	3.24%
1989	9.06%	3.14%
1990	8.57%	3.05%
1991	8.08%	2.97%
1992	7.61%	2.91%
1993	7.15%	2.87%
1994	6.68%	2.83%
1995	6.22%	2.8%
1996	5.74%	2.77%
1997	5.28%	2.73%
1998	4.81%	2.68%
1999	4.36%	2.63%
2000	3.9%	2.56%
2001	3.47%	2.49%
2002	3.08%	2.41%
2003	2.72%	2.33%
2004	2.7%	2.25%
2005	2.16%	2.17%
2006	1.94%	2.1%
2007	1.76%	2.03%
2008	1.61%	1.97%
2009	1.49%	1.91%
2010	1.38%	1.86%
2011	1.29%	1.81%
2012	1.21%	1.77%
2013	1.13%	1.75%
2014	1.05%	1.73%
2015	0.99%	1.72%
2016	0.92%	1.7%
2017	0.86%	1.68%
2018	0.8%	1.65%
2019	0.74%	1.59%
2020	0.69%	1.52%
2021	0.64%	1.45%
2022	0.6%	1.39%
2023	0.57%	1.33%