Fertility & birth rates in Malta and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Malta vs Marshall Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malta was 1.06 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malta vs the Marshall Islands population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malta	Marshall Islands
1960	3.62	8.08
1961	3.27	8.12
1962	3.24	8.12
1963	2.9	8.12
1964	2.79	8.14
1965	2.52	8.16
1966	2.33	8.2
1967	2.24	8.17
1968	2.12	8.14
1969	2.02	8.11
1970	2.03	8.07
1971	2.06	8.04
1972	2.01	8
1973	1.65	7.95
1974	1.64	7.9
1975	2.27	7.83
1976	2.21	7.76
1977	2.14	7.67
1978	2.05	7.58
1979	2.1	7.47
1980	1.99	7.37
1981	1.87	7.27
1982	1.9	7.18
1983	1.92	7.08
1984	1.95	6.99
1985	1.95	6.87
1986	1.93	6.73
1987	1.97	6.57
1988	2.06	6.38
1989	2.1	6.18
1990	2.02	5.97
1991	1.99	5.76
1992	2.07	5.55
1993	1.96	5.38
1994	1.84	5.23
1995	1.77	5.09
1996	1.99	5.02
1997	1.93	4.96
1998	1.84	4.87
1999	1.73	4.78
2000	1.68	4.7
2001	1.48	4.58
2002	1.45	4.49
2003	1.48	4.42
2004	1.4	4.34
2005	1.38	4.28
2006	1.36	4.2
2007	1.35	4.09
2008	1.43	3.97
2009	1.42	3.83
2010	1.36	3.67
2011	1.45	3.53
2012	1.42	3.38
2013	1.36	3.25
2014	1.38	3.18
2015	1.37	3.13
2016	1.37	3.09
2017	1.26	3.06
2018	1.23	3.04
2019	1.14	3.01
2020	1.13	2.99
2021	1.13	2.96
2022	1.08	2.94
2023	1.06	2.92
2024	1.07	2.86
2025	1.08	2.82
2026	1.08	2.77
2027	1.09	2.73
2028	1.1	2.69
2029	1.11	2.65
2030	1.11	2.6
2031	1.12	2.57
2032	1.12	2.53
2033	1.13	2.5
2034	1.13	2.47
2035	1.14	2.44
2036	1.15	2.41
2037	1.15	2.38
2038	1.16	2.36
2039	1.16	2.34
2040	1.17	2.31
2041	1.17	2.29
2042	1.18	2.26
2043	1.18	2.24
2044	1.19	2.23
2045	1.19	2.21
2046	1.2	2.19
2047	1.2	2.17
2048	1.21	2.15
2049	1.21	2.13
2050	1.21	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malta	Marshall Islands
1960	35.8%	46.1%
1961	35%	46.7%
1962	34.2%	47.1%
1963	33.4%	47.4%
1964	32.6%	47.5%
1965	31.7%	47.5%
1966	30.9%	47.2%
1967	30.1%	46.7%
1968	29.3%	46.1%
1969	28.5%	45.3%
1970	27.7%	45%
1971	26.9%	45.6%
1972	26.3%	46.6%
1973	25.6%	47.3%
1974	25%	47.8%
1975	24.5%	48.2%
1976	24.1%	48.5%
1977	23.8%	49%
1978	23.6%	49.4%
1979	23.5%	49.8%
1980	23.4%	50.1%
1981	23.5%	50.3%
1982	23.6%	50.3%
1983	23.8%	50.4%
1984	24%	50.4%
1985	24.1%	50.6%
1986	24.1%	50.7%
1987	24%	50.8%
1988	23.8%	50.8%
1989	23.6%	50.6%
1990	23.4%	50.2%
1991	23.1%	49.7%
1992	22.9%	49.1%
1993	22.6%	48.4%
1994	22.3%	47.5%
1995	22%	46.6%
1996	21.6%	45.6%
1997	21.2%	44.7%
1998	20.7%	43.7%
1999	20.2%	42.8%
2000	19.8%	42%
2001	19.4%	41.3%
2002	18.9%	40.6%
2003	18.4%	39.9%
2004	17.9%	39.4%
2005	17.4%	39.1%
2006	16.9%	38.9%
2007	16.4%	39%
2008	15.9%	39.2%
2009	15.5%	39.4%
2010	15.2%	39.7%
2011	14.9%	39.7%
2012	14.7%	39.4%
2013	14.5%	38.8%
2014	14.3%	38.2%
2015	14.2%	37.5%
2016	14.2%	36.8%
2017	14%	36.2%
2018	13.8%	35.7%
2019	13.6%	35.1%
2020	13.3%	34.5%
2021	13.2%	34.4%
2022	13.2%	34.6%
2023	13.2%	34.7%
2024	13%	34.5%
2025	12.9%	33.9%
2026	12.8%	33.2%
2027	12.6%	32.6%
2028	12.5%	32%
2029	12.3%	31.4%
2030	12.2%	30.9%
2031	12%	30.3%
2032	11.7%	29.7%
2033	11.5%	29.2%
2034	11.3%	28.6%
2035	11.1%	28.1%
2036	10.9%	27.6%
2037	10.8%	27.3%
2038	10.6%	27.3%
2039	10.4%	27.4%
2040	10.3%	27.7%
2041	10.1%	28%
2042	9.98%	28.3%
2043	9.86%	28.6%
2044	9.75%	28.8%
2045	9.66%	29%
2046	9.59%	29.1%
2047	9.55%	29.1%
2048	9.52%	29%
2049	9.51%	28.8%
2050	9.52%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Malta and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 23.4% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malta and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Malta vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Malta and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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
	Malta	Marshall Islands
1960	5,747	452
1961	4,748	469
1962	4,664	488
1963	3,709	509
1964	3,630	536
1965	2,646	566
1966	2,458	603
1967	2,306	636
1968	2,247	685
1969	2,069	747
1970	2,270	819
1971	2,482	877
1972	2,480	913
1973	2,327	954
1974	2,687	1,000
1975	2,829	1,055
1976	2,721	1,109
1977	2,916	1,160
1978	2,389	1,207
1979	2,852	1,250
1980	2,375	1,287
1981	2,233	1,328
1982	2,835	1,375
1983	2,512	1,422
1984	2,678	1,470
1985	2,590	1,511
1986	2,395	1,544
1987	2,412	1,566
1988	2,813	1,575
1989	2,981	1,574
1990	2,621	1,556
1991	2,438	1,540
1992	2,573	1,525
1993	2,451	1,524
1994	2,136	1,524
1995	1,887	1,522
1996	2,279	1,542
1997	1,991	1,564
1998	1,656	1,576
1999	1,357	1,590
2000	1,482	1,592
2001	1,061	1,596
2002	911	1,594
2003	917	1,600
2004	883	1,595
2005	727	1,586
2006	568	1,556
2007	691	1,507
2008	777	1,443
2009	825	1,365
2010	871	1,273
2011	916	1,185
2012	714	1,097
2013	807	1,014
2014	910	959
2015	888	912
2016	1,091	866
2017	747	826
2018	774	785
2019	655	746
2020	361	689
2021	259	653
2022	54	606
2023	442	550

Maternal mortality chart: Malta vs Marshall Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malta, compared to 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malta	Marshall Islands
1985	21	254
1986	19	274
1987	19	282
1988	17	276
1989	17	299
1990	17	311
1991	17	297
1992	17	322
1993	16	320
1994	16	303
1995	15	303
1996	16	292
1997	15	274
1998	14	259
1999	15	250
2000	13	251
2001	12	231
2002	13	223
2003	13	221
2004	11	238
2005	11	234
2006	12	233
2007	10	229
2008	10	226
2009	11	224
2010	9	212
2011	11	209
2012	9	207
2013	7	201
2014	8	199
2015	7	184
2016	10	183
2017	7	179
2018	9	167
2019	8	168
2020	10	178
2021	10	206
2022	10	174
2023	8	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.55% in Malta and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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
	Malta	Marshall Islands
1960	4%	12.2%
1961	3.85%	11.6%
1962	3.73%	11%
1963	3.63%	10.5%
1964	3.53%	10.1%
1965	3.43%	9.64%
1966	3.31%	9.25%
1967	3.19%	8.88%
1968	3.06%	8.53%
1969	2.93%	8.19%
1970	2.79%	7.87%
1971	2.66%	7.58%
1972	2.52%	7.33%
1973	2.39%	7.13%
1974	2.26%	6.97%
1975	2.14%	6.86%
1976	2.03%	6.77%
1977	1.93%	6.69%
1978	1.84%	6.61%
1979	1.76%	6.52%
1980	1.69%	6.42%
1981	1.62%	6.29%
1982	1.57%	6.15%
1983	1.51%	6%
1984	1.45%	5.83%
1985	1.39%	5.66%
1986	1.33%	5.49%
1987	1.28%	5.31%
1988	1.23%	5.13%
1989	1.18%	4.95%
1990	1.13%	4.76%
1991	1.1%	4.59%
1992	1.06%	4.43%
1993	1.02%	4.29%
1994	0.98%	4.2%
1995	0.94%	4.15%
1996	0.9%	4.14%
1997	0.86%	4.15%
1998	0.82%	4.19%
1999	0.79%	4.23%
2000	0.76%	4.25%
2001	0.74%	4.25%
2002	0.72%	4.24%
2003	0.71%	4.21%
2004	0.7%	4.18%
2005	0.69%	4.14%
2006	0.69%	4.1%
2007	0.69%	4.06%
2008	0.69%	4.02%
2009	0.69%	3.97%
2010	0.69%	3.94%
2011	0.68%	3.89%
2012	0.68%	3.82%
2013	0.67%	3.75%
2014	0.67%	3.66%
2015	0.66%	3.57%
2016	0.65%	3.48%
2017	0.64%	3.38%
2018	0.63%	3.29%
2019	0.61%	3.19%
2020	0.6%	3.1%
2021	0.58%	3%
2022	0.57%	2.91%
2023	0.55%	2.82%