Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Senegal

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Senegal 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 3.82 in Senegal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Maldives vs Senegal 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	Senegal
1960	6.71	7
1961	6.79	7.04
1962	6.89	7.08
1963	6.94	7.12
1964	7	7.16
1965	7.07	7.19
1966	7.15	7.22
1967	7.23	7.24
1968	7.28	7.25
1969	7.33	7.26
1970	7.39	7.26
1971	7.38	7.26
1972	7.37	7.26
1973	7.4	7.26
1974	7.38	7.25
1975	7.32	7.25
1976	7.29	7.26
1977	7.27	7.27
1978	7.23	7.28
1979	7.23	7.29
1980	7.23	7.29
1981	7.19	7.28
1982	7.15	7.25
1983	7.09	7.19
1984	7.03	7.11
1985	6.94	7.01
1986	6.85	6.9
1987	6.73	6.79
1988	6.58	6.58
1989	6.39	6.48
1990	6.13	6.4
1991	5.8	6.27
1992	5.44	6.15
1993	5.06	6.05
1994	4.69	5.92
1995	4.29	5.82
1996	3.86	5.72
1997	3.48	5.64
1998	3.17	5.58
1999	2.9	5.57
2000	2.69	5.5
2001	2.53	5.4
2002	2.42	5.3
2003	2.34	5.25
2004	2.26	5.19
2005	2.2	5.13
2006	2.2	5.06
2007	2.29	5.02
2008	2.37	5.02
2009	2.39	5.03
2010	2.35	5.06
2011	2.31	5.1
2012	2.25	5.13
2013	2.17	5.05
2014	2.09	4.88
2015	2	4.75
2016	1.9	4.65
2017	1.8	4.49
2018	1.71	4.29
2019	1.64	4.1
2020	1.61	4
2021	1.6	3.94
2022	1.58	3.86
2023	1.58	3.82
2024	1.56	3.76
2025	1.55	3.71
2026	1.53	3.66
2027	1.53	3.61
2028	1.52	3.57
2029	1.52	3.53
2030	1.52	3.49
2031	1.51	3.44
2032	1.51	3.4
2033	1.51	3.35
2034	1.51	3.32
2035	1.51	3.28
2036	1.52	3.24
2037	1.52	3.22
2038	1.52	3.17
2039	1.52	3.15
2040	1.52	3.11
2041	1.52	3.08
2042	1.52	3.05
2043	1.52	3.02
2044	1.52	2.99
2045	1.53	2.96
2046	1.53	2.93
2047	1.53	2.9
2048	1.54	2.87
2049	1.54	2.85
2050	1.54	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Senegal
1960	37.9%	44.2%
1961	38.2%	44.3%
1962	38.7%	44.3%
1963	39.4%	44.3%
1964	40.3%	44.3%
1965	41.8%	44.3%
1966	43.5%	44.3%
1967	44.7%	44.3%
1968	45.2%	44.2%
1969	45.4%	44.2%
1970	45.6%	44.2%
1971	45.8%	44.2%
1972	45.8%	44.2%
1973	45.7%	44.3%
1974	45.6%	44.4%
1975	45.6%	44.6%
1976	45.8%	44.8%
1977	45.7%	45.2%
1978	45.8%	45.6%
1979	45.9%	46%
1980	45.9%	46.4%
1981	45.9%	46.7%
1982	45.8%	46.9%
1983	45.6%	47.1%
1984	45.4%	47.2%
1985	45.5%	47.3%
1986	45.9%	47.3%
1987	46.3%	47.2%
1988	46.6%	47%
1989	46.8%	46.9%
1990	47%	46.6%
1991	47.1%	46.4%
1992	47%	46.1%
1993	46.8%	45.8%
1994	46.5%	45.4%
1995	45.8%	45.1%
1996	45%	44.9%
1997	44.1%	44.6%
1998	42.9%	44.4%
1999	41.6%	44.2%
2000	40.2%	43.9%
2001	38.7%	43.7%
2002	37.1%	43.5%
2003	35.6%	43.2%
2004	34.2%	43.1%
2005	32.7%	42.9%
2006	31.2%	42.8%
2007	29.5%	42.7%
2008	28%	42.7%
2009	26.7%	42.7%
2010	25.7%	42.7%
2011	24.9%	42.7%
2012	24.3%	42.7%
2013	23.9%	42.7%
2014	23.5%	42.6%
2015	23.2%	42.4%
2016	22.8%	42.1%
2017	22.5%	41.8%
2018	22.1%	41.3%
2019	21.7%	40.9%
2020	21.2%	40.3%
2021	20.8%	39.8%
2022	20.4%	39.2%
2023	20%	38.6%
2024	19.6%	38.2%
2025	19%	37.7%
2026	18.4%	37.3%
2027	17.8%	36.9%
2028	17.2%	36.6%
2029	16.6%	36.2%
2030	16%	35.9%
2031	15.5%	35.6%
2032	15.1%	35.4%
2033	14.6%	35.1%
2034	14.2%	34.9%
2035	13.9%	34.6%
2036	13.6%	34.4%
2037	13.4%	34.1%
2038	13.2%	33.9%
2039	13%	33.5%
2040	12.9%	33.2%
2041	12.8%	32.9%
2042	12.8%	32.6%
2043	12.8%	32.2%
2044	12.8%	31.9%
2045	12.8%	31.5%
2046	12.9%	31.2%
2047	12.9%	30.8%
2048	13%	30.5%
2049	13.1%	30.2%
2050	13.1%	29.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 38.2% in Senegal in 2024, compared to 47% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Senegal compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Senegal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives and +2.55% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	2,241	84,735
1961	2,354	87,322
1962	2,475	89,937
1963	2,567	92,264
1964	2,660	94,797
1965	2,747	97,912
1966	2,845	101,359
1967	3,010	104,824
1968	3,150	108,240
1969	3,260	112,393
1970	3,415	117,264
1971	3,549	122,511
1972	3,707	128,024
1973	3,924	133,834
1974	4,136	139,974
1975	4,325	147,311
1976	4,538	154,776
1977	4,779	161,636
1978	4,812	167,744
1979	5,275	173,425
1980	5,526	179,707
1981	5,778	185,917
1982	6,058	191,309
1983	6,361	197,673
1984	6,680	203,125
1985	6,944	208,218
1986	7,153	212,887
1987	7,300	218,522
1988	7,414	221,772
1989	7,472	227,797
1990	7,444	234,155
1991	7,295	237,713
1992	7,096	241,482
1993	6,842	245,742
1994	6,550	249,115
1995	6,177	252,552
1996	5,705	255,418
1997	5,267	261,200
1998	4,919	267,404
1999	4,601	277,944
2000	4,372	283,946
2001	4,271	289,690
2002	4,257	298,842
2003	4,316	308,856
2004	4,287	317,286
2005	4,493	323,908
2006	4,766	331,364
2007	5,324	339,963
2008	5,856	351,661
2009	6,227	362,238
2010	6,350	372,934
2011	6,429	387,290
2012	6,445	402,243
2013	6,307	406,582
2014	6,122	405,019
2015	5,914	407,008
2016	5,652	411,480
2017	5,342	410,366
2018	5,088	405,454
2019	4,886	399,436
2020	4,594	400,910
2021	4,426	403,019
2022	4,752	415,507
2023	4,566	431,006

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Senegal

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 237 deaths in Senegal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Senegal
1985	552	899
1986	508	820
1987	471	760
1988	424	709
1989	381	662
1990	346	640
1991	310	616
1992	281	598
1993	251	589
1994	222	579
1995	191	586
1996	167	601
1997	149	599
1998	136	605
1999	111	602
2000	94	581
2001	81	560
2002	76	531
2003	70	520
2004	65	501
2005	54	488
2006	52	462
2007	51	457
2008	53	463
2009	52	441
2010	49	436
2011	48	415
2012	47	405
2013	47	385
2014	43	373
2015	41	357
2016	41	345
2017	41	325
2018	40	305
2019	39	286
2020	48	252
2021	60	263
2022	34	228
2023	32	237

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives and 3.85% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	-	29.3%
1961	-	29.4%
1962	33.4%	29.5%
1963	32.5%	29.6%
1964	31.5%	29.7%
1965	30.6%	29.7%
1966	29.7%	29.7%
1967	28.7%	29.6%
1968	27.7%	29.4%
1969	26.8%	29.2%
1970	25.8%	28.8%
1971	24.7%	28.4%
1972	23.6%	27.8%
1973	22.4%	27%
1974	21.2%	26.2%
1975	20.1%	25.3%
1976	18.9%	24.2%
1977	17.9%	23.1%
1978	16.9%	22.1%
1979	15.9%	21.2%
1980	15%	20.4%
1981	14.2%	19.7%
1982	13.4%	19.1%
1983	12.7%	18.5%
1984	12%	17.9%
1985	11.3%	17.1%
1986	10.7%	16.3%
1987	10.1%	15.4%
1988	9.59%	14.7%
1989	9.06%	14.1%
1990	8.57%	13.7%
1991	8.08%	13.6%
1992	7.61%	13.5%
1993	7.15%	13.6%
1994	6.68%	13.7%
1995	6.22%	13.8%
1996	5.74%	13.8%
1997	5.28%	13.9%
1998	4.81%	13.7%
1999	4.36%	13.4%
2000	3.9%	12.9%
2001	3.47%	12.2%
2002	3.08%	11.4%
2003	2.72%	10.5%
2004	2.7%	9.59%
2005	2.16%	8.8%
2006	1.94%	8.11%
2007	1.76%	7.52%
2008	1.61%	7.03%
2009	1.49%	6.63%
2010	1.38%	6.3%
2011	1.29%	6.01%
2012	1.21%	5.77%
2013	1.13%	5.57%
2014	1.05%	5.39%
2015	0.99%	5.24%
2016	0.92%	5.11%
2017	0.86%	4.97%
2018	0.8%	4.82%
2019	0.74%	4.65%
2020	0.69%	4.46%
2021	0.64%	4.25%
2022	0.6%	4.04%
2023	0.57%	3.85%