Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Maldives vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	6.71	6.78
1961	6.79	6.73
1962	6.89	6.67
1963	6.94	6.62
1964	7	6.57
1965	7.07	6.52
1966	7.15	6.51
1967	7.23	6.51
1968	7.28	6.46
1969	7.33	6.41
1970	7.39	6.35
1971	7.38	6.29
1972	7.37	6.23
1973	7.4	6.15
1974	7.38	6.06
1975	7.32	5.98
1976	7.29	5.89
1977	7.27	5.81
1978	7.23	5.77
1979	7.23	5.73
1980	7.23	5.69
1981	7.19	5.65
1982	7.15	5.6
1983	7.09	5.55
1984	7.03	5.49
1985	6.94	5.43
1986	6.85	5.38
1987	6.73	5.33
1988	6.58	5.27
1989	6.39	5.21
1990	6.13	5.17
1991	5.8	5.13
1992	5.44	5.09
1993	5.06	5.02
1994	4.69	4.94
1995	4.29	4.85
1996	3.86	4.75
1997	3.48	4.66
1998	3.17	4.6
1999	2.9	4.56
2000	2.69	4.54
2001	2.53	4.5
2002	2.42	4.38
2003	2.34	4.29
2004	2.26	4.21
2005	2.2	4.13
2006	2.2	4.1
2007	2.29	4.12
2008	2.37	4.16
2009	2.39	4.16
2010	2.35	4.13
2011	2.31	4.09
2012	2.25	4.06
2013	2.17	4.04
2014	2.09	4
2015	2	3.95
2016	1.9	3.92
2017	1.8	3.88
2018	1.71	3.83
2019	1.64	3.79
2020	1.61	3.74
2021	1.6	3.7
2022	1.58	3.65
2023	1.58	3.6
2024	1.56	3.57
2025	1.55	3.53
2026	1.53	3.5
2027	1.53	3.46
2028	1.52	3.42
2029	1.52	3.39
2030	1.52	3.35
2031	1.51	3.32
2032	1.51	3.28
2033	1.51	3.25
2034	1.51	3.21
2035	1.51	3.18
2036	1.52	3.15
2037	1.52	3.13
2038	1.52	3.1
2039	1.52	3.08
2040	1.52	3.05
2041	1.52	3.03
2042	1.52	3
2043	1.52	2.97
2044	1.52	2.94
2045	1.53	2.92
2046	1.53	2.9
2047	1.53	2.88
2048	1.54	2.85
2049	1.54	2.83
2050	1.54	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Vanuatu
1960	37.9%	44.6%
1961	38.2%	44.8%
1962	38.7%	45.1%
1963	39.4%	45.2%
1964	40.3%	45.4%
1965	41.8%	45.5%
1966	43.5%	45.7%
1967	44.7%	45.8%
1968	45.2%	45.8%
1969	45.4%	45.8%
1970	45.6%	45.7%
1971	45.8%	45.7%
1972	45.8%	45.6%
1973	45.7%	45.5%
1974	45.6%	45.5%
1975	45.6%	45.4%
1976	45.8%	45.2%
1977	45.7%	45.1%
1978	45.8%	45%
1979	45.9%	44.5%
1980	45.9%	44%
1981	45.9%	43.9%
1982	45.8%	44%
1983	45.6%	44%
1984	45.4%	44.1%
1985	45.5%	44.2%
1986	45.9%	44.2%
1987	46.3%	44.1%
1988	46.6%	44.1%
1989	46.8%	44%
1990	47%	43.9%
1991	47.1%	43.9%
1992	47%	44.1%
1993	46.8%	44.8%
1994	46.5%	45.2%
1995	45.8%	45%
1996	45%	44.8%
1997	44.1%	44.4%
1998	42.9%	44%
1999	41.6%	43.5%
2000	40.2%	42.9%
2001	38.7%	42.4%
2002	37.1%	41.8%
2003	35.6%	41.3%
2004	34.2%	40.7%
2005	32.7%	40.2%
2006	31.2%	39.6%
2007	29.5%	39.2%
2008	28%	38.8%
2009	26.7%	38.5%
2010	25.7%	38.2%
2011	24.9%	38.1%
2012	24.3%	38.2%
2013	23.9%	38.2%
2014	23.5%	38.4%
2015	23.2%	38.5%
2016	22.8%	38.7%
2017	22.5%	38.8%
2018	22.1%	38.9%
2019	21.7%	39%
2020	21.2%	39%
2021	20.8%	39%
2022	20.4%	38.8%
2023	20%	38.6%
2024	19.6%	38.3%
2025	19%	38%
2026	18.4%	37.6%
2027	17.8%	37.1%
2028	17.2%	36.7%
2029	16.6%	36.2%
2030	16%	35.8%
2031	15.5%	35.3%
2032	15.1%	34.9%
2033	14.6%	34.5%
2034	14.2%	34.1%
2035	13.9%	33.7%
2036	13.6%	33.4%
2037	13.4%	33.2%
2038	13.2%	32.9%
2039	13%	32.7%
2040	12.9%	32.5%
2041	12.8%	32.3%
2042	12.8%	32.2%
2043	12.8%	32%
2044	12.8%	31.8%
2045	12.8%	31.6%
2046	12.9%	31.5%
2047	12.9%	31.3%
2048	13%	31.1%
2049	13.1%	30.9%
2050	13.1%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 47% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	2,241	1,796
1961	2,354	1,872
1962	2,475	1,947
1963	2,567	2,025
1964	2,660	2,098
1965	2,747	2,180
1966	2,845	2,278
1967	3,010	2,384
1968	3,150	2,470
1969	3,260	2,529
1970	3,415	2,597
1971	3,549	2,685
1972	3,707	2,775
1973	3,924	2,876
1974	4,136	2,968
1975	4,325	3,074
1976	4,538	3,174
1977	4,779	3,285
1978	4,812	3,428
1979	5,275	3,590
1980	5,526	3,383
1981	5,778	3,592
1982	6,058	3,778
1983	6,361	3,944
1984	6,680	4,088
1985	6,944	4,219
1986	7,153	4,360
1987	7,300	4,427
1988	7,414	4,577
1989	7,472	4,656
1990	7,444	4,762
1991	7,295	4,859
1992	7,096	4,941
1993	6,842	4,973
1994	6,550	4,973
1995	6,177	4,945
1996	5,705	4,897
1997	5,267	4,854
1998	4,919	4,866
1999	4,601	4,871
2000	4,372	5,026
2001	4,271	5,144
2002	4,257	5,181
2003	4,316	5,258
2004	4,287	5,353
2005	4,493	5,454
2006	4,766	5,606
2007	5,324	5,842
2008	5,856	6,138
2009	6,227	6,362
2010	6,350	6,548
2011	6,429	6,715
2012	6,445	6,877
2013	6,307	7,036
2014	6,122	7,143
2015	5,914	7,220
2016	5,652	7,315
2017	5,342	7,371
2018	5,088	7,379
2019	4,886	7,364
2020	4,594	7,233
2021	4,426	7,199
2022	4,752	7,358
2023	4,566	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Vanuatu
1985	552	211
1986	508	194
1987	471	200
1988	424	172
1989	381	162
1990	346	151
1991	310	140
1992	281	140
1993	251	133
1994	222	131
1995	191	131
1996	167	129
1997	149	131
1998	136	134
1999	111	146
2000	94	133
2001	81	132
2002	76	128
2003	70	131
2004	65	131
2005	54	127
2006	52	123
2007	51	120
2008	53	117
2009	52	114
2010	49	114
2011	48	112
2012	47	109
2013	47	110
2014	43	110
2015	41	109
2016	41	107
2017	41	107
2018	40	108
2019	39	105
2020	48	107
2021	60	124
2022	34	105
2023	32	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.7%
1962	33.4%	14.3%
1963	32.5%	13.8%
1964	31.5%	13.4%
1965	30.6%	12.9%
1966	29.7%	12.4%
1967	28.7%	12%
1968	27.7%	11.5%
1969	26.8%	11%
1970	25.8%	10.6%
1971	24.7%	10.2%
1972	23.6%	9.73%
1973	22.4%	9.34%
1974	21.2%	8.95%
1975	20.1%	8.58%
1976	18.9%	8.21%
1977	17.9%	7.84%
1978	16.9%	7.45%
1979	15.9%	7.07%
1980	15%	6.67%
1981	14.2%	6.27%
1982	13.4%	5.87%
1983	12.7%	5.48%
1984	12%	5.12%
1985	11.3%	4.78%
1986	10.7%	4.47%
1987	10.1%	4.2%
1988	9.59%	3.96%
1989	9.06%	3.76%
1990	8.57%	3.58%
1991	8.08%	3.43%
1992	7.61%	3.29%
1993	7.15%	3.18%
1994	6.68%	3.08%
1995	6.22%	3%
1996	5.74%	2.92%
1997	5.28%	2.86%
1998	4.81%	2.79%
1999	4.36%	2.74%
2000	3.9%	2.68%
2001	3.47%	2.63%
2002	3.08%	2.58%
2003	2.72%	2.54%
2004	2.7%	2.5%
2005	2.16%	2.45%
2006	1.94%	2.4%
2007	1.76%	2.34%
2008	1.61%	2.27%
2009	1.49%	2.2%
2010	1.38%	2.12%
2011	1.29%	2.05%
2012	1.21%	1.99%
2013	1.13%	1.94%
2014	1.05%	1.9%
2015	0.99%	1.87%
2016	0.92%	1.84%
2017	0.86%	1.82%
2018	0.8%	1.8%
2019	0.74%	1.78%
2020	0.69%	1.77%
2021	0.64%	1.74%
2022	0.6%	1.71%
2023	0.57%	1.68%