Fertility & birth rates in Maldives and Zambia

Fertility rate in Maldives vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Maldives vs Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	6.71	6.95
1961	6.79	6.98
1962	6.89	7.01
1963	6.94	7.06
1964	7	7.09
1965	7.07	7.12
1966	7.15	7.14
1967	7.23	7.15
1968	7.28	7.18
1969	7.33	7.18
1970	7.39	7.22
1971	7.38	7.26
1972	7.37	7.3
1973	7.4	7.34
1974	7.38	7.36
1975	7.32	7.42
1976	7.29	7.39
1977	7.27	7.35
1978	7.23	7.29
1979	7.23	7.22
1980	7.23	7.14
1981	7.19	7.07
1982	7.15	7.04
1983	7.09	7.01
1984	7.03	6.97
1985	6.94	6.93
1986	6.85	6.87
1987	6.73	6.8
1988	6.58	6.7
1989	6.39	6.64
1990	6.13	6.57
1991	5.8	6.46
1992	5.44	6.35
1993	5.06	6.3
1994	4.69	6.26
1995	4.29	6.23
1996	3.86	6.18
1997	3.48	6.12
1998	3.17	6.07
1999	2.9	6
2000	2.69	5.92
2001	2.53	5.85
2002	2.42	5.77
2003	2.34	5.71
2004	2.26	5.7
2005	2.2	5.7
2006	2.2	5.68
2007	2.29	5.61
2008	2.37	5.53
2009	2.39	5.45
2010	2.35	5.36
2011	2.31	5.26
2012	2.25	5.14
2013	2.17	5.01
2014	2.09	4.89
2015	2	4.78
2016	1.9	4.67
2017	1.8	4.57
2018	1.71	4.49
2019	1.64	4.42
2020	1.61	4.32
2021	1.6	4.25
2022	1.58	4.18
2023	1.58	4.1
2024	1.56	4.04
2025	1.55	3.97
2026	1.53	3.91
2027	1.53	3.85
2028	1.52	3.77
2029	1.52	3.72
2030	1.52	3.67
2031	1.51	3.61
2032	1.51	3.56
2033	1.51	3.5
2034	1.51	3.45
2035	1.51	3.4
2036	1.52	3.35
2037	1.52	3.3
2038	1.52	3.25
2039	1.52	3.19
2040	1.52	3.15
2041	1.52	3.11
2042	1.52	3.07
2043	1.52	3.03
2044	1.52	3
2045	1.53	2.96
2046	1.53	2.93
2047	1.53	2.9
2048	1.54	2.87
2049	1.54	2.84
2050	1.54	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Maldives	Zambia
1960	37.9%	46%
1961	38.2%	46.2%
1962	38.7%	46.3%
1963	39.4%	46.5%
1964	40.3%	46.7%
1965	41.8%	46.9%
1966	43.5%	46.9%
1967	44.7%	47%
1968	45.2%	47.1%
1969	45.4%	47.2%
1970	45.6%	47.4%
1971	45.8%	47.7%
1972	45.8%	48%
1973	45.7%	48.3%
1974	45.6%	48.6%
1975	45.6%	48.8%
1976	45.8%	49.1%
1977	45.7%	49.2%
1978	45.8%	49.4%
1979	45.9%	49.5%
1980	45.9%	49.5%
1981	45.9%	49.4%
1982	45.8%	49.3%
1983	45.6%	49.1%
1984	45.4%	49%
1985	45.5%	48.9%
1986	45.9%	48.8%
1987	46.3%	48.7%
1988	46.6%	48.6%
1989	46.8%	48.5%
1990	47%	48.4%
1991	47.1%	48.3%
1992	47%	48.2%
1993	46.8%	48.2%
1994	46.5%	48.2%
1995	45.8%	48.2%
1996	45%	48.2%
1997	44.1%	48.2%
1998	42.9%	48.2%
1999	41.6%	48.1%
2000	40.2%	48%
2001	38.7%	47.8%
2002	37.1%	47.6%
2003	35.6%	47.4%
2004	34.2%	47.3%
2005	32.7%	47.1%
2006	31.2%	47%
2007	29.5%	46.8%
2008	28%	46.6%
2009	26.7%	46.4%
2010	25.7%	46.3%
2011	24.9%	46.1%
2012	24.3%	45.9%
2013	23.9%	45.7%
2014	23.5%	45.5%
2015	23.2%	45.2%
2016	22.8%	44.9%
2017	22.5%	44.5%
2018	22.1%	44.1%
2019	21.7%	43.8%
2020	21.2%	43.3%
2021	20.8%	42.9%
2022	20.4%	42.4%
2023	20%	42%
2024	19.6%	41.5%
2025	19%	41%
2026	18.4%	40.5%
2027	17.8%	40%
2028	17.2%	39.6%
2029	16.6%	39.2%
2030	16%	38.8%
2031	15.5%	38.5%
2032	15.1%	38.1%
2033	14.6%	37.8%
2034	14.2%	37.5%
2035	13.9%	37.1%
2036	13.6%	36.8%
2037	13.4%	36.5%
2038	13.2%	36.1%
2039	13%	35.8%
2040	12.9%	35.4%
2041	12.8%	35.1%
2042	12.8%	34.7%
2043	12.8%	34.4%
2044	12.8%	34%
2045	12.8%	33.7%
2046	12.9%	33.3%
2047	12.9%	33%
2048	13%	32.6%
2049	13.1%	32.3%
2050	13.1%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.6% of the population in Maldives and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 47% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Maldives and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Maldives vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.09% in Maldives and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	2,241	102,335
1961	2,354	106,318
1962	2,475	110,173
1963	2,567	114,555
1964	2,660	117,197
1965	2,747	122,814
1966	2,845	127,164
1967	3,010	131,938
1968	3,150	137,315
1969	3,260	142,660
1970	3,415	149,380
1971	3,549	155,249
1972	3,707	161,648
1973	3,924	168,258
1974	4,136	174,484
1975	4,325	182,258
1976	4,538	186,762
1977	4,779	191,557
1978	4,812	194,933
1979	5,275	197,578
1980	5,526	198,817
1981	5,778	202,822
1982	6,058	207,621
1983	6,361	212,712
1984	6,680	216,695
1985	6,944	221,351
1986	7,153	224,768
1987	7,300	227,813
1988	7,414	230,118
1989	7,472	233,429
1990	7,444	235,835
1991	7,295	237,957
1992	7,096	239,953
1993	6,842	245,917
1994	6,550	252,023
1995	6,177	257,897
1996	5,705	262,468
1997	5,267	268,198
1998	4,919	275,568
1999	4,601	283,297
2000	4,372	293,186
2001	4,271	302,682
2002	4,257	316,041
2003	4,316	331,189
2004	4,287	349,352
2005	4,493	368,756
2006	4,766	387,891
2007	5,324	403,729
2008	5,856	419,560
2009	6,227	434,458
2010	6,350	448,337
2011	6,429	459,743
2012	6,445	469,406
2013	6,307	476,846
2014	6,122	483,663
2015	5,914	491,021
2016	5,652	497,521
2017	5,342	504,630
2018	5,088	515,644
2019	4,886	528,089
2020	4,594	536,484
2021	4,426	535,629
2022	4,752	563,456
2023	4,566	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Maldives vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Maldives	Zambia
1985	552	596
1986	508	619
1987	471	630
1988	424	635
1989	381	635
1990	346	625
1991	310	611
1992	281	581
1993	251	532
1994	222	507
1995	191	466
1996	167	433
1997	149	403
1998	136	392
1999	111	378
2000	94	340
2001	81	306
2002	76	274
2003	70	250
2004	65	260
2005	54	264
2006	52	262
2007	51	324
2008	53	394
2009	52	406
2010	49	332
2011	48	291
2012	47	256
2013	47	213
2014	43	174
2015	41	154
2016	41	158
2017	41	141
2018	40	117
2019	39	103
2020	48	99
2021	60	140
2022	34	89
2023	32	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.57% in Maldives and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	-	20.5%
1961	-	20.1%
1962	33.4%	19.8%
1963	32.5%	19.5%
1964	31.5%	19.2%
1965	30.6%	19%
1966	29.7%	18.9%
1967	28.7%	18.7%
1968	27.7%	18.5%
1969	26.8%	18.3%
1970	25.8%	17.9%
1971	24.7%	17.4%
1972	23.6%	16.9%
1973	22.4%	16.3%
1974	21.2%	15.9%
1975	20.1%	15.5%
1976	18.9%	15.4%
1977	17.9%	15.3%
1978	16.9%	15.3%
1979	15.9%	15.4%
1980	15%	15.5%
1981	14.2%	15.6%
1982	13.4%	15.7%
1983	12.7%	15.9%
1984	12%	16.2%
1985	11.3%	16.6%
1986	10.7%	17%
1987	10.1%	17.3%
1988	9.59%	17.7%
1989	9.06%	17.9%
1990	8.57%	18.1%
1991	8.08%	18.1%
1992	7.61%	18.1%
1993	7.15%	17.9%
1994	6.68%	17.7%
1995	6.22%	17.3%
1996	5.74%	17%
1997	5.28%	16.7%
1998	4.81%	16.3%
1999	4.36%	15.9%
2000	3.9%	15.3%
2001	3.47%	14.4%
2002	3.08%	13.4%
2003	2.72%	12.4%
2004	2.7%	11.4%
2005	2.16%	10.5%
2006	1.94%	9.71%
2007	1.76%	9.14%
2008	1.61%	8.62%
2009	1.49%	8%
2010	1.38%	7.57%
2011	1.29%	7.31%
2012	1.21%	7.04%
2013	1.13%	6.72%
2014	1.05%	6.38%
2015	0.99%	6.15%
2016	0.92%	5.9%
2017	0.86%	5.61%
2018	0.8%	5.52%
2019	0.74%	5.41%
2020	0.69%	5.24%
2021	0.64%	4.92%
2022	0.6%	4.67%
2023	0.57%	4.47%