Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Spain

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Spain 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 1.12 in Spain in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Maldives vs Spain 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	Spain
1960	6.71	2.86
1961	6.79	2.77
1962	6.89	2.8
1963	6.94	2.88
1964	7	3.01
1965	7.07	2.94
1966	7.15	2.91
1967	7.23	2.94
1968	7.28	2.87
1969	7.33	2.86
1970	7.39	2.84
1971	7.38	2.9
1972	7.37	2.87
1973	7.4	2.84
1974	7.38	2.88
1975	7.32	2.77
1976	7.29	2.77
1977	7.27	2.65
1978	7.23	2.54
1979	7.23	2.37
1980	7.23	2.22
1981	7.19	2.04
1982	7.15	1.94
1983	7.09	1.8
1984	7.03	1.73
1985	6.94	1.64
1986	6.85	1.56
1987	6.73	1.49
1988	6.58	1.45
1989	6.39	1.4
1990	6.13	1.36
1991	5.8	1.33
1992	5.44	1.31
1993	5.06	1.26
1994	4.69	1.19
1995	4.29	1.16
1996	3.86	1.14
1997	3.48	1.15
1998	3.17	1.13
1999	2.9	1.17
2000	2.69	1.22
2001	2.53	1.23
2002	2.42	1.25
2003	2.34	1.3
2004	2.26	1.31
2005	2.2	1.33
2006	2.2	1.36
2007	2.29	1.38
2008	2.37	1.45
2009	2.39	1.38
2010	2.35	1.37
2011	2.31	1.34
2012	2.25	1.32
2013	2.17	1.27
2014	2.09	1.32
2015	2	1.33
2016	1.9	1.33
2017	1.8	1.31
2018	1.71	1.26
2019	1.64	1.23
2020	1.61	1.18
2021	1.6	1.18
2022	1.58	1.16
2023	1.58	1.12
2024	1.56	1.13
2025	1.55	1.14
2026	1.53	1.14
2027	1.53	1.15
2028	1.52	1.16
2029	1.52	1.16
2030	1.52	1.17
2031	1.51	1.17
2032	1.51	1.18
2033	1.51	1.18
2034	1.51	1.19
2035	1.51	1.19
2036	1.52	1.2
2037	1.52	1.2
2038	1.52	1.2
2039	1.52	1.21
2040	1.52	1.21
2041	1.52	1.22
2042	1.52	1.23
2043	1.52	1.23
2044	1.52	1.24
2045	1.53	1.24
2046	1.53	1.24
2047	1.53	1.25
2048	1.54	1.25
2049	1.54	1.25
2050	1.54	1.26

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Spain
1960	37.9%	27.4%
1961	38.2%	27.4%
1962	38.7%	27.4%
1963	39.4%	27.4%
1964	40.3%	27.4%
1965	41.8%	27.5%
1966	43.5%	27.6%
1967	44.7%	27.7%
1968	45.2%	27.8%
1969	45.4%	27.8%
1970	45.6%	27.9%
1971	45.8%	27.8%
1972	45.8%	27.8%
1973	45.7%	27.7%
1974	45.6%	27.5%
1975	45.6%	27.3%
1976	45.8%	27.2%
1977	45.7%	27%
1978	45.8%	26.8%
1979	45.9%	26.4%
1980	45.9%	26%
1981	45.9%	25.5%
1982	45.8%	24.9%
1983	45.6%	24.4%
1984	45.4%	23.8%
1985	45.5%	23.2%
1986	45.9%	22.5%
1987	46.3%	21.9%
1988	46.6%	21.2%
1989	46.8%	20.5%
1990	47%	19.8%
1991	47.1%	19.1%
1992	47%	18.4%
1993	46.8%	17.8%
1994	46.5%	17.2%
1995	45.8%	16.6%
1996	45%	16.1%
1997	44.1%	15.7%
1998	42.9%	15.3%
1999	41.6%	15%
2000	40.2%	14.8%
2001	38.7%	14.7%
2002	37.1%	14.6%
2003	35.6%	14.5%
2004	34.2%	14.5%
2005	32.7%	14.5%
2006	31.2%	14.5%
2007	29.5%	14.6%
2008	28%	14.7%
2009	26.7%	14.8%
2010	25.7%	14.9%
2011	24.9%	15%
2012	24.3%	15.1%
2013	23.9%	15.1%
2014	23.5%	15.1%
2015	23.2%	15%
2016	22.8%	14.9%
2017	22.5%	14.8%
2018	22.1%	14.7%
2019	21.7%	14.4%
2020	21.2%	14.2%
2021	20.8%	13.9%
2022	20.4%	13.6%
2023	20%	13.3%
2024	19.6%	12.9%
2025	19%	12.6%
2026	18.4%	12.3%
2027	17.8%	12.1%
2028	17.2%	11.8%
2029	16.6%	11.6%
2030	16%	11.4%
2031	15.5%	11.2%
2032	15.1%	11%
2033	14.6%	10.9%
2034	14.2%	10.8%
2035	13.9%	10.7%
2036	13.6%	10.7%
2037	13.4%	10.7%
2038	13.2%	10.8%
2039	13%	10.8%
2040	12.9%	10.8%
2041	12.8%	10.9%
2042	12.8%	11%
2043	12.8%	11%
2044	12.8%	11.1%
2045	12.8%	11.2%
2046	12.9%	11.3%
2047	12.9%	11.3%
2048	13%	11.4%
2049	13.1%	11.5%
2050	13.1%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 12.9% in Spain in 2024, compared to 47% and 19.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Spain compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Spain by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives and -0.13% in Spain. 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	Spain
1960	2,241	398,960
1961	2,354	396,537
1962	2,475	384,690
1963	2,567	394,338
1964	2,660	429,885
1965	2,747	405,819
1966	2,845	397,084
1967	3,010	402,001
1968	3,150	387,423
1969	3,260	367,851
1970	3,415	378,723
1971	3,549	369,625
1972	3,707	391,030
1973	3,924	374,381
1974	4,136	396,182
1975	4,325	371,882
1976	4,538	375,834
1977	4,779	361,465
1978	4,812	339,157
1979	5,275	312,407
1980	5,526	281,184
1981	5,778	237,879
1982	6,058	231,714
1983	6,361	183,223
1984	6,680	172,487
1985	6,944	146,184
1986	7,153	131,188
1987	7,300	116,054
1988	7,414	100,794
1989	7,472	81,538
1990	7,444	66,075
1991	7,295	58,450
1992	7,096	62,652
1993	6,842	47,234
1994	6,550	31,639
1995	6,177	15,889
1996	5,705	11,967
1997	5,267	20,028
1998	4,919	4,022
1999	4,601	8,077
2000	4,372	36,512
2001	4,271	44,936
2002	4,257	53,861
2003	4,316	54,844
2004	4,287	85,844
2005	4,493	78,576
2006	4,766	110,994
2007	5,324	108,545
2008	5,856	133,267
2009	6,227	106,635
2010	6,350	102,469
2011	6,429	84,137
2012	6,445	51,450
2013	6,307	37,284
2014	6,122	32,522
2015	5,914	-4,642
2016	5,652	0
2017	5,342	-32,600
2018	5,088	-56,139
2019	4,886	-56,542
2020	4,594	-151,551
2021	4,426	-113,865
2022	4,752	-133,801
2023	4,566	-111,201

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Spain

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 3 deaths in Spain.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Spain
1985	552	6
1986	508	7
1987	471	7
1988	424	7
1989	381	7
1990	346	6
1991	310	6
1992	281	6
1993	251	6
1994	222	6
1995	191	6
1996	167	6
1997	149	5
1998	136	5
1999	111	5
2000	94	5
2001	81	5
2002	76	5
2003	70	4
2004	65	5
2005	54	5
2006	52	4
2007	51	4
2008	53	4
2009	52	4
2010	49	4
2011	48	4
2012	47	4
2013	47	4
2014	43	4
2015	41	4
2016	41	3
2017	41	3
2018	40	3
2019	39	3
2020	48	4
2021	60	4
2022	34	4
2023	32	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives and 0.31% in Spain. 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	Spain
1960	-	5.47%
1961	-	5.2%
1962	33.4%	4.94%
1963	32.5%	4.68%
1964	31.5%	4.45%
1965	30.6%	4.23%
1966	29.7%	4.03%
1967	28.7%	3.83%
1968	27.7%	3.61%
1969	26.8%	3.39%
1970	25.8%	3.16%
1971	24.7%	2.94%
1972	23.6%	2.72%
1973	22.4%	2.52%
1974	21.2%	2.33%
1975	20.1%	2.17%
1976	18.9%	2.02%
1977	17.9%	1.87%
1978	16.9%	1.74%
1979	15.9%	1.61%
1980	15%	1.49%
1981	14.2%	1.38%
1982	13.4%	1.3%
1983	12.7%	1.23%
1984	12%	1.17%
1985	11.3%	1.11%
1986	10.7%	1.07%
1987	10.1%	1.03%
1988	9.59%	0.99%
1989	9.06%	0.95%
1990	8.57%	0.92%
1991	8.08%	0.88%
1992	7.61%	0.83%
1993	7.15%	0.79%
1994	6.68%	0.74%
1995	6.22%	0.69%
1996	5.74%	0.65%
1997	5.28%	0.61%
1998	4.81%	0.58%
1999	4.36%	0.56%
2000	3.9%	0.54%
2001	3.47%	0.53%
2002	3.08%	0.51%
2003	2.72%	0.5%
2004	2.7%	0.49%
2005	2.16%	0.47%
2006	1.94%	0.45%
2007	1.76%	0.44%
2008	1.61%	0.42%
2009	1.49%	0.4%
2010	1.38%	0.38%
2011	1.29%	0.37%
2012	1.21%	0.36%
2013	1.13%	0.35%
2014	1.05%	0.34%
2015	0.99%	0.33%
2016	0.92%	0.33%
2017	0.86%	0.32%
2018	0.8%	0.32%
2019	0.74%	0.32%
2020	0.69%	0.32%
2021	0.64%	0.31%
2022	0.6%	0.31%
2023	0.57%	0.31%