Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Ukraine

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Ukraine 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 0.98 in Ukraine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Maldives	Ukraine
1960	6.71	2.29
1961	6.79	2.2
1962	6.89	2.15
1963	6.94	2.11
1964	7	2.01
1965	7.07	1.94
1966	7.15	2.04
1967	7.23	2.04
1968	7.28	2.03
1969	7.33	2.01
1970	7.39	2.08
1971	7.38	2.11
1972	7.37	2.13
1973	7.4	2.04
1974	7.38	2.06
1975	7.32	2.05
1976	7.29	2.04
1977	7.27	1.98
1978	7.23	1.97
1979	7.23	1.96
1980	7.23	1.95
1981	7.19	1.92
1982	7.15	1.95
1983	7.09	2.1
1984	7.03	2.08
1985	6.94	2.03
1986	6.85	2.12
1987	6.73	2.07
1988	6.58	2.04
1989	6.39	1.93
1990	6.13	1.85
1991	5.8	1.77
1992	5.44	1.67
1993	5.06	1.56
1994	4.69	1.47
1995	4.29	1.4
1996	3.86	1.33
1997	3.48	1.27
1998	3.17	1.21
1999	2.9	1.13
2000	2.69	1.11
2001	2.53	1.09
2002	2.42	1.13
2003	2.34	1.17
2004	2.26	1.22
2005	2.2	1.22
2006	2.2	1.3
2007	2.29	1.34
2008	2.37	1.44
2009	2.39	1.47
2010	2.35	1.44
2011	2.31	1.46
2012	2.25	1.53
2013	2.17	1.52
2014	2.09	1.47
2015	2	1.39
2016	1.9	1.39
2017	1.8	1.3
2018	1.71	1.23
2019	1.64	1.22
2020	1.61	1.21
2021	1.6	1.15
2022	1.58	0.9
2023	1.58	0.98
2024	1.56	0.99
2025	1.55	1
2026	1.53	1
2027	1.53	1.01
2028	1.52	1.02
2029	1.52	1.02
2030	1.52	1.03
2031	1.51	1.04
2032	1.51	1.04
2033	1.51	1.05
2034	1.51	1.05
2035	1.51	1.06
2036	1.52	1.06
2037	1.52	1.07
2038	1.52	1.07
2039	1.52	1.08
2040	1.52	1.09
2041	1.52	1.09
2042	1.52	1.1
2043	1.52	1.1
2044	1.52	1.11
2045	1.53	1.11
2046	1.53	1.12
2047	1.53	1.13
2048	1.54	1.13
2049	1.54	1.14
2050	1.54	1.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Ukraine
1960	37.9%	26.7%
1961	38.2%	27%
1962	38.7%	27.1%
1963	39.4%	27.1%
1964	40.3%	26.8%
1965	41.8%	26.4%
1966	43.5%	26.1%
1967	44.7%	25.8%
1968	45.2%	25.5%
1969	45.4%	25.1%
1970	45.6%	24.8%
1971	45.8%	24.4%
1972	45.8%	24%
1973	45.7%	23.6%
1974	45.6%	23.2%
1975	45.6%	22.8%
1976	45.8%	22.4%
1977	45.7%	22.1%
1978	45.8%	21.7%
1979	45.9%	21.5%
1980	45.9%	21.4%
1981	45.9%	21.4%
1982	45.8%	21.4%
1983	45.6%	21.5%
1984	45.4%	21.6%
1985	45.5%	21.7%
1986	45.9%	21.7%
1987	46.3%	21.7%
1988	46.6%	21.7%
1989	46.8%	21.7%
1990	47%	21.6%
1991	47.1%	21.5%
1992	47%	21.4%
1993	46.8%	21.2%
1994	46.5%	21%
1995	45.8%	20.6%
1996	45%	20.2%
1997	44.1%	19.7%
1998	42.9%	19.2%
1999	41.6%	18.5%
2000	40.2%	17.9%
2001	38.7%	17.1%
2002	37.1%	16.3%
2003	35.6%	15.7%
2004	34.2%	15.1%
2005	32.7%	14.7%
2006	31.2%	14.3%
2007	29.5%	14.1%
2008	28%	14%
2009	26.7%	14%
2010	25.7%	14.1%
2011	24.9%	14.2%
2012	24.3%	14.4%
2013	23.9%	14.6%
2014	23.5%	14.9%
2015	23.2%	15.1%
2016	22.8%	15.3%
2017	22.5%	15.4%
2018	22.1%	15.4%
2019	21.7%	15.4%
2020	21.2%	15.3%
2021	20.8%	15.1%
2022	20.4%	14.8%
2023	20%	14.3%
2024	19.6%	13.9%
2025	19%	13.7%
2026	18.4%	13.4%
2027	17.8%	12.9%
2028	17.2%	12.4%
2029	16.6%	12%
2030	16%	11.6%
2031	15.5%	11.2%
2032	15.1%	10.9%
2033	14.6%	10.6%
2034	14.2%	10.4%
2035	13.9%	10.2%
2036	13.6%	10%
2037	13.4%	9.95%
2038	13.2%	9.95%
2039	13%	9.92%
2040	12.9%	9.9%
2041	12.8%	9.92%
2042	12.8%	9.97%
2043	12.8%	10%
2044	12.8%	10.1%
2045	12.8%	10.1%
2046	12.9%	10.2%
2047	12.9%	10.2%
2048	13%	10.2%
2049	13.1%	10.2%
2050	13.1%	10.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 13.9% in Ukraine in 2024, compared to 47% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Ukraine compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Ukraine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives and -0.56% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1960	2,241	538,812
1961	2,354	508,602
1962	2,475	481,887
1963	2,567	449,648
1964	2,660	391,120
1965	2,747	334,365
1966	2,845	337,794
1967	3,010	313,899
1968	3,150	295,162
1969	3,260	274,858
1970	3,415	291,839
1971	3,549	305,849
1972	3,707	309,785
1973	3,924	274,938
1974	4,136	273,486
1975	4,325	256,787
1976	4,538	247,323
1977	4,779	216,932
1978	4,812	206,554
1979	5,275	197,294
1980	5,526	197,223
1981	5,778	182,839
1982	6,058	194,101
1983	6,361	241,741
1984	6,680	222,430
1985	6,944	201,011
1986	7,153	225,751
1987	7,300	198,850
1988	7,414	162,002
1989	7,472	106,431
1990	7,444	48,463
1991	7,295	-16,486
1992	7,096	-95,857
1993	6,842	-169,405
1994	6,550	-238,820
1995	6,177	-281,629
1996	5,705	-305,154
1997	5,267	-306,549
1998	4,919	-318,299
1999	4,601	-348,286
2000	4,372	-364,143
2001	4,271	-374,734
2002	4,257	-364,544
2003	4,316	-351,299
2004	4,287	-344,157
2005	4,493	-337,857
2006	4,766	-300,787
2007	5,324	-282,659
2008	5,856	-229,086
2009	6,227	-197,918
2010	6,350	-180,388
2011	6,429	-158,372
2012	6,445	-130,451
2013	6,307	-129,662
2014	6,122	-140,216
2015	5,914	-147,107
2016	5,652	-135,710
2017	5,342	-158,390
2018	5,088	-227,491
2019	4,886	-236,296
2020	4,594	-307,533
2021	4,426	-449,941
2022	4,752	-349,284
2023	4,566	-283,185

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Ukraine

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 15 deaths in Ukraine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Ukraine
1985	552	53
1986	508	50
1987	471	46
1988	424	44
1989	381	42
1990	346	40
1991	310	40
1992	281	40
1993	251	42
1994	222	45
1995	191	46
1996	167	45
1997	149	41
1998	136	37
1999	111	34
2000	94	32
2001	81	30
2002	76	28
2003	70	28
2004	65	27
2005	54	27
2006	52	27
2007	51	27
2008	53	26
2009	52	24
2010	49	21
2011	48	20
2012	47	20
2013	47	20
2014	43	19
2015	41	17
2016	41	17
2017	41	16
2018	40	16
2019	39	16
2020	48	18
2021	60	26
2022	34	16
2023	32	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives and 0.81% in Ukraine. 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	Ukraine
1962	33.4%	-
1963	32.5%	-
1964	31.5%	-
1965	30.6%	-
1966	29.7%	-
1967	28.7%	-
1968	27.7%	-
1969	26.8%	-
1970	25.8%	-
1971	24.7%	3.23%
1972	23.6%	3.13%
1973	22.4%	3.04%
1974	21.2%	2.96%
1975	20.1%	2.89%
1976	18.9%	2.84%
1977	17.9%	2.78%
1978	16.9%	2.74%
1979	15.9%	2.69%
1980	15%	2.62%
1981	14.2%	2.55%
1982	13.4%	2.47%
1983	12.7%	2.39%
1984	12%	2.29%
1985	11.3%	2.21%
1986	10.7%	2.13%
1987	10.1%	2.05%
1988	9.59%	1.99%
1989	9.06%	1.95%
1990	8.57%	1.92%
1991	8.08%	1.92%
1992	7.61%	1.94%
1993	7.15%	1.97%
1994	6.68%	2%
1995	6.22%	2.02%
1996	5.74%	2.03%
1997	5.28%	2.01%
1998	4.81%	1.97%
1999	4.36%	1.9%
2000	3.9%	1.83%
2001	3.47%	1.75%
2002	3.08%	1.66%
2003	2.72%	1.58%
2004	2.7%	1.51%
2005	2.16%	1.45%
2006	1.94%	1.4%
2007	1.76%	1.34%
2008	1.61%	1.29%
2009	1.49%	1.23%
2010	1.38%	1.17%
2011	1.29%	1.12%
2012	1.21%	1.07%
2013	1.13%	1.02%
2014	1.05%	0.98%
2015	0.99%	0.94%
2016	0.92%	0.91%
2017	0.86%	0.89%
2018	0.8%	0.87%
2019	0.74%	0.85%
2020	0.69%	0.84%
2021	0.64%	0.82%
2022	0.6%	0.85%
2023	0.57%	0.81%