Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Maldives vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	6.71	6.38
1961	6.79	6.3
1962	6.89	6.23
1963	6.94	6.16
1964	7	6.07
1965	7.07	5.98
1966	7.15	5.87
1967	7.23	5.75
1968	7.28	5.61
1969	7.33	5.47
1970	7.39	5.32
1971	7.38	5.17
1972	7.37	5.04
1973	7.4	4.91
1974	7.38	4.79
1975	7.32	4.69
1976	7.29	4.59
1977	7.27	4.49
1978	7.23	4.4
1979	7.23	4.3
1980	7.23	4.2
1981	7.19	4.1
1982	7.15	4.01
1983	7.09	3.93
1984	7.03	3.86
1985	6.94	3.79
1986	6.85	3.73
1987	6.73	3.67
1988	6.58	3.6
1989	6.39	3.52
1990	6.13	3.45
1991	5.8	3.37
1992	5.44	3.29
1993	5.06	3.22
1994	4.69	3.15
1995	4.29	3.08
1996	3.86	3.02
1997	3.48	2.97
1998	3.17	2.91
1999	2.9	2.86
2000	2.69	2.79
2001	2.53	2.78
2002	2.42	2.74
2003	2.34	2.7
2004	2.26	2.64
2005	2.2	2.63
2006	2.2	2.6
2007	2.29	2.52
2008	2.37	2.48
2009	2.39	2.42
2010	2.35	2.4
2011	2.31	2.4
2012	2.25	2.38
2013	2.17	2.33
2014	2.09	2.3
2015	2	2.25
2016	1.9	2.22
2017	1.8	2.18
2018	1.71	2.15
2019	1.64	2.13
2020	1.61	2.12
2021	1.6	2.11
2022	1.58	2.09
2023	1.58	2.08
2024	1.56	2.08
2025	1.55	2.06
2026	1.53	2.04
2027	1.53	2.03
2028	1.52	2.01
2029	1.52	2
2030	1.52	1.99
2031	1.51	1.98
2032	1.51	1.97
2033	1.51	1.96
2034	1.51	1.95
2035	1.51	1.94
2036	1.52	1.93
2037	1.52	1.92
2038	1.52	1.91
2039	1.52	1.91
2040	1.52	1.9
2041	1.52	1.89
2042	1.52	1.88
2043	1.52	1.87
2044	1.52	1.86
2045	1.53	1.86
2046	1.53	1.85
2047	1.53	1.84
2048	1.54	1.84
2049	1.54	1.83
2050	1.54	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Venezuela
1960	37.9%	46.8%
1961	38.2%	46.9%
1962	38.7%	47%
1963	39.4%	47%
1964	40.3%	47%
1965	41.8%	46.9%
1966	43.5%	46.8%
1967	44.7%	46.6%
1968	45.2%	46.3%
1969	45.4%	46%
1970	45.6%	45.6%
1971	45.8%	45.2%
1972	45.8%	44.7%
1973	45.7%	44.3%
1974	45.6%	43.8%
1975	45.6%	43.3%
1976	45.8%	42.9%
1977	45.7%	42.5%
1978	45.8%	42.1%
1979	45.9%	41.7%
1980	45.9%	41.3%
1981	45.9%	41%
1982	45.8%	40.6%
1983	45.6%	40.3%
1984	45.4%	39.9%
1985	45.5%	39.6%
1986	45.9%	39.3%
1987	46.3%	39%
1988	46.6%	38.7%
1989	46.8%	38.4%
1990	47%	38.1%
1991	47.1%	37.8%
1992	47%	37.4%
1993	46.8%	37%
1994	46.5%	36.6%
1995	45.8%	36.2%
1996	45%	35.8%
1997	44.1%	35.3%
1998	42.9%	34.9%
1999	41.6%	34.5%
2000	40.2%	34%
2001	38.7%	33.6%
2002	37.1%	33.1%
2003	35.6%	32.7%
2004	34.2%	32.2%
2005	32.7%	31.8%
2006	31.2%	31.4%
2007	29.5%	31%
2008	28%	30.6%
2009	26.7%	30.3%
2010	25.7%	29.9%
2011	24.9%	29.5%
2012	24.3%	29.2%
2013	23.9%	28.9%
2014	23.5%	28.5%
2015	23.2%	28.2%
2016	22.8%	27.9%
2017	22.5%	27.8%
2018	22.1%	27.9%
2019	21.7%	28%
2020	21.2%	27.8%
2021	20.8%	27.4%
2022	20.4%	26.8%
2023	20%	26.2%
2024	19.6%	25.5%
2025	19%	24.9%
2026	18.4%	24.3%
2027	17.8%	23.8%
2028	17.2%	23.2%
2029	16.6%	22.8%
2030	16%	22.4%
2031	15.5%	22%
2032	15.1%	21.7%
2033	14.6%	21.5%
2034	14.2%	21.4%
2035	13.9%	21.4%
2036	13.6%	21.4%
2037	13.4%	21.5%
2038	13.2%	21.5%
2039	13%	21.4%
2040	12.9%	21.4%
2041	12.8%	21.3%
2042	12.8%	21.2%
2043	12.8%	21.1%
2044	12.8%	20.9%
2045	12.8%	20.7%
2046	12.9%	20.5%
2047	12.9%	20.3%
2048	13%	20%
2049	13.1%	19.8%
2050	13.1%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 47% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	2,241	285,105
1961	2,354	292,109
1962	2,475	299,345
1963	2,567	307,279
1964	2,660	314,397
1965	2,747	321,695
1966	2,845	329,697
1967	3,010	335,813
1968	3,150	340,973
1969	3,260	343,596
1970	3,415	350,709
1971	3,549	355,212
1972	3,707	360,749
1973	3,924	367,612
1974	4,136	375,678
1975	4,325	385,045
1976	4,538	395,344
1977	4,779	405,315
1978	4,812	414,032
1979	5,275	421,256
1980	5,526	425,613
1981	5,778	432,059
1982	6,058	436,564
1983	6,361	443,569
1984	6,680	449,186
1985	6,944	455,517
1986	7,153	468,252
1987	7,300	474,204
1988	7,414	477,569
1989	7,472	478,053
1990	7,444	478,168
1991	7,295	477,917
1992	7,096	474,824
1993	6,842	473,189
1994	6,550	469,178
1995	6,177	469,267
1996	5,705	468,653
1997	5,267	472,002
1998	4,919	469,123
1999	4,601	463,787
2000	4,372	459,802
2001	4,271	451,487
2002	4,257	466,821
2003	4,316	456,902
2004	4,287	455,881
2005	4,493	463,260
2006	4,766	460,152
2007	5,324	452,482
2008	5,856	435,870
2009	6,227	427,257
2010	6,350	425,397
2011	6,429	425,958
2012	6,445	420,758
2013	6,307	408,930
2014	6,122	395,088
2015	5,914	384,560
2016	5,652	359,651
2017	5,342	340,222
2018	5,088	317,302
2019	4,886	274,826
2020	4,594	237,223
2021	4,426	207,746
2022	4,752	216,619
2023	4,566	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Venezuela
1985	552	83
1986	508	81
1987	471	81
1988	424	80
1989	381	80
1990	346	83
1991	310	80
1992	281	82
1993	251	82
1994	222	84
1995	191	84
1996	167	86
1997	149	82
1998	136	82
1999	111	88
2000	94	86
2001	81	101
2002	76	87
2003	70	97
2004	65	94
2005	54	93
2006	52	96
2007	51	92
2008	53	103
2009	52	109
2010	49	110
2011	48	104
2012	47	113
2013	47	123
2014	43	133
2015	41	136
2016	41	162
2017	41	195
2018	40	205
2019	39	202
2020	48	207
2021	60	251
2022	34	219
2023	32	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	-	7.97%
1961	-	7.72%
1962	33.4%	7.49%
1963	32.5%	7.3%
1964	31.5%	7.14%
1965	30.6%	7%
1966	29.7%	6.87%
1967	28.7%	6.75%
1968	27.7%	6.61%
1969	26.8%	6.47%
1970	25.8%	6.3%
1971	24.7%	6.12%
1972	23.6%	5.94%
1973	22.4%	5.75%
1974	21.2%	5.57%
1975	20.1%	5.38%
1976	18.9%	5.2%
1977	17.9%	5.01%
1978	16.9%	4.82%
1979	15.9%	4.62%
1980	15%	4.42%
1981	14.2%	4.24%
1982	13.4%	4.07%
1983	12.7%	3.91%
1984	12%	3.77%
1985	11.3%	3.64%
1986	10.7%	3.5%
1987	10.1%	3.37%
1988	9.59%	3.23%
1989	9.06%	3.09%
1990	8.57%	2.96%
1991	8.08%	2.86%
1992	7.61%	2.78%
1993	7.15%	2.73%
1994	6.68%	2.68%
1995	6.22%	2.63%
1996	5.74%	2.55%
1997	5.28%	2.45%
1998	4.81%	2.34%
1999	4.36%	2.24%
2000	3.9%	2.15%
2001	3.47%	2.09%
2002	3.08%	2.03%
2003	2.72%	1.98%
2004	2.7%	1.91%
2005	2.16%	1.85%
2006	1.94%	1.79%
2007	1.76%	1.74%
2008	1.61%	1.72%
2009	1.49%	1.71%
2010	1.38%	1.72%
2011	1.29%	1.73%
2012	1.21%	1.76%
2013	1.13%	1.79%
2014	1.05%	1.83%
2015	0.99%	1.92%
2016	0.92%	2.43%
2017	0.86%	2.43%
2018	0.8%	2.43%
2019	0.74%	2.43%
2020	0.69%	2.43%
2021	0.64%	2.43%
2022	0.6%	2.43%
2023	0.57%	2.43%