Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Yemen

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Maldives vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	6.71	7.99
1961	6.79	8
1962	6.89	8.01
1963	6.94	8.03
1964	7	8.07
1965	7.07	8.1
1966	7.15	8.14
1967	7.23	8.17
1968	7.28	8.19
1969	7.33	8.22
1970	7.39	8.23
1971	7.38	8.26
1972	7.37	8.27
1973	7.4	8.29
1974	7.38	8.33
1975	7.32	8.37
1976	7.29	8.42
1977	7.27	8.47
1978	7.23	8.5
1979	7.23	8.67
1980	7.23	8.71
1981	7.19	8.75
1982	7.15	8.79
1983	7.09	8.83
1984	7.03	8.85
1985	6.94	8.86
1986	6.85	8.86
1987	6.73	8.83
1988	6.58	8.79
1989	6.39	8.71
1990	6.13	8.61
1991	5.8	8.46
1992	5.44	8.27
1993	5.06	8.05
1994	4.69	7.8
1995	4.29	7.53
1996	3.86	7
1997	3.48	6.82
1998	3.17	6.64
1999	2.9	6.49
2000	2.69	6.32
2001	2.53	6.14
2002	2.42	5.97
2003	2.34	5.84
2004	2.26	5.71
2005	2.2	5.56
2006	2.2	5.41
2007	2.29	5.26
2008	2.37	5.11
2009	2.39	5
2010	2.35	4.81
2011	2.31	4.63
2012	2.25	4.63
2013	2.17	4.62
2014	2.09	4.62
2015	2	4.62
2016	1.9	4.61
2017	1.8	4.61
2018	1.71	4.61
2019	1.64	4.6
2020	1.61	4.6
2021	1.6	4.6
2022	1.58	4.59
2023	1.58	4.59
2024	1.56	4.5
2025	1.55	4.41
2026	1.53	4.33
2027	1.53	4.23
2028	1.52	4.14
2029	1.52	4.06
2030	1.52	3.97
2031	1.51	3.87
2032	1.51	3.8
2033	1.51	3.73
2034	1.51	3.66
2035	1.51	3.59
2036	1.52	3.51
2037	1.52	3.44
2038	1.52	3.38
2039	1.52	3.32
2040	1.52	3.26
2041	1.52	3.21
2042	1.52	3.16
2043	1.52	3.12
2044	1.52	3.07
2045	1.53	3.02
2046	1.53	2.97
2047	1.53	2.93
2048	1.54	2.89
2049	1.54	2.85
2050	1.54	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Yemen
1960	37.9%	40.3%
1961	38.2%	40.4%
1962	38.7%	40.4%
1963	39.4%	40.6%
1964	40.3%	40.9%
1965	41.8%	41.3%
1966	43.5%	41.8%
1967	44.7%	42.3%
1968	45.2%	42.8%
1969	45.4%	43.3%
1970	45.6%	43.8%
1971	45.8%	44.3%
1972	45.8%	44.8%
1973	45.7%	45.3%
1974	45.6%	45.7%
1975	45.6%	46.2%
1976	45.8%	46.6%
1977	45.7%	47%
1978	45.8%	47.5%
1979	45.9%	47.9%
1980	45.9%	48.3%
1981	45.9%	48.7%
1982	45.8%	49.1%
1983	45.6%	49.4%
1984	45.4%	49.7%
1985	45.5%	50%
1986	45.9%	50.3%
1987	46.3%	50.5%
1988	46.6%	50.7%
1989	46.8%	50.9%
1990	47%	51.1%
1991	47.1%	51.2%
1992	47%	51.2%
1993	46.8%	51.2%
1994	46.5%	51.1%
1995	45.8%	50.9%
1996	45%	50.6%
1997	44.1%	50.3%
1998	42.9%	49.9%
1999	41.6%	49.5%
2000	40.2%	49%
2001	38.7%	48.6%
2002	37.1%	48.1%
2003	35.6%	47.6%
2004	34.2%	47.1%
2005	32.7%	46.5%
2006	31.2%	45.9%
2007	29.5%	45.3%
2008	28%	44.7%
2009	26.7%	44.1%
2010	25.7%	43.5%
2011	24.9%	43%
2012	24.3%	42.7%
2013	23.9%	42.3%
2014	23.5%	42.1%
2015	23.2%	41.8%
2016	22.8%	41.7%
2017	22.5%	41.6%
2018	22.1%	41.5%
2019	21.7%	41.4%
2020	21.2%	41.4%
2021	20.8%	41.4%
2022	20.4%	41.3%
2023	20%	41.2%
2024	19.6%	41.1%
2025	19%	41%
2026	18.4%	40.9%
2027	17.8%	40.8%
2028	17.2%	40.6%
2029	16.6%	40.3%
2030	16%	40%
2031	15.5%	39.6%
2032	15.1%	39.2%
2033	14.6%	38.7%
2034	14.2%	38.2%
2035	13.9%	37.7%
2036	13.6%	37.1%
2037	13.4%	36.5%
2038	13.2%	36%
2039	13%	35.4%
2040	12.9%	34.8%
2041	12.8%	34.3%
2042	12.8%	33.8%
2043	12.8%	33.4%
2044	12.8%	33%
2045	12.8%	32.6%
2046	12.9%	32.3%
2047	12.9%	32%
2048	13%	31.7%
2049	13.1%	31.4%
2050	13.1%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 47% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	2,241	122,994
1961	2,354	129,787
1962	2,475	131,262
1963	2,567	133,781
1964	2,660	147,299
1965	2,747	155,398
1966	2,845	164,091
1967	3,010	173,637
1968	3,150	182,518
1969	3,260	196,305
1970	3,415	207,613
1971	3,549	219,095
1972	3,707	229,322
1973	3,924	240,235
1974	4,136	252,737
1975	4,325	266,815
1976	4,538	281,078
1977	4,779	296,115
1978	4,812	312,439
1979	5,275	336,378
1980	5,526	355,767
1981	5,778	374,482
1982	6,058	392,302
1983	6,361	414,823
1984	6,680	434,674
1985	6,944	455,576
1986	7,153	464,665
1987	7,300	493,337
1988	7,414	513,296
1989	7,472	530,464
1990	7,444	549,654
1991	7,295	565,837
1992	7,096	582,072
1993	6,842	595,459
1994	6,550	602,363
1995	6,177	607,966
1996	5,705	588,786
1997	5,267	604,443
1998	4,919	615,488
1999	4,601	633,166
2000	4,372	646,694
2001	4,271	658,704
2002	4,257	672,494
2003	4,316	694,457
2004	4,287	710,493
2005	4,493	726,708
2006	4,766	750,082
2007	5,324	764,780
2008	5,856	779,123
2009	6,227	798,911
2010	6,350	803,246
2011	6,429	806,359
2012	6,445	845,645
2013	6,307	884,929
2014	6,122	920,330
2015	5,914	939,922
2016	5,652	975,697
2017	5,342	1,006,725
2018	5,088	1,020,238
2019	4,886	1,056,432
2020	4,594	1,086,322
2021	4,426	1,103,622
2022	4,752	1,153,375
2023	4,566	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Yemen
1985	552	430
1986	508	430
1987	471	400
1988	424	388
1989	381	371
1990	346	359
1991	310	341
1992	281	330
1993	251	319
1994	222	311
1995	191	296
1996	167	282
1997	149	271
1998	136	260
1999	111	250
2000	94	241
2001	81	231
2002	76	218
2003	70	205
2004	65	194
2005	54	181
2006	52	171
2007	51	161
2008	53	153
2009	52	149
2010	49	144
2011	48	140
2012	47	137
2013	47	135
2014	43	134
2015	41	135
2016	41	134
2017	41	142
2018	40	134
2019	39	131
2020	48	135
2021	60	156
2022	34	125
2023	32	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	-	42.9%
1961	-	42.2%
1962	33.4%	41.5%
1963	32.5%	40.8%
1964	31.5%	40%
1965	30.6%	39%
1966	29.7%	38%
1967	28.7%	36.8%
1968	27.7%	35.6%
1969	26.8%	34.3%
1970	25.8%	33%
1971	24.7%	31.8%
1972	23.6%	30.6%
1973	22.4%	29.5%
1974	21.2%	28.4%
1975	20.1%	27.2%
1976	18.9%	26%
1977	17.9%	24.7%
1978	16.9%	23.4%
1979	15.9%	22.1%
1980	15%	20.8%
1981	14.2%	19.6%
1982	13.4%	18.4%
1983	12.7%	17.2%
1984	12%	16.2%
1985	11.3%	15.3%
1986	10.7%	14.6%
1987	10.1%	14%
1988	9.59%	13.4%
1989	9.06%	12.9%
1990	8.57%	12.5%
1991	8.08%	12.1%
1992	7.61%	11.8%
1993	7.15%	11.6%
1994	6.68%	11.3%
1995	6.22%	11.1%
1996	5.74%	10.8%
1997	5.28%	10.5%
1998	4.81%	10.2%
1999	4.36%	9.77%
2000	3.9%	9.32%
2001	3.47%	8.84%
2002	3.08%	8.36%
2003	2.72%	7.9%
2004	2.7%	7.47%
2005	2.16%	7.06%
2006	1.94%	6.68%
2007	1.76%	6.33%
2008	1.61%	6.02%
2009	1.49%	5.74%
2010	1.38%	5.49%
2011	1.29%	5.3%
2012	1.21%	5.14%
2013	1.13%	4.95%
2014	1.05%	4.84%
2015	0.99%	4.9%
2016	0.92%	4.77%
2017	0.86%	4.66%
2018	0.8%	4.7%
2019	0.74%	4.59%
2020	0.69%	4.32%
2021	0.64%	4.24%
2022	0.6%	4.08%
2023	0.57%	3.93%