Fertility & birth rates in Malta and Portugal

Fertility rate in Malta vs Portugal 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 1.44 in Portugal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malta vs Portugal 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	Portugal
1960	3.62	3.16
1961	3.27	3.21
1962	3.24	3.23
1963	2.9	3.12
1964	2.79	3.21
1965	2.52	3.15
1966	2.33	3.16
1967	2.24	3.16
1968	2.12	3.12
1969	2.02	3.12
1970	2.03	3.01
1971	2.06	3
1972	2.01	2.86
1973	1.65	2.77
1974	1.64	2.7
1975	2.27	2.75
1976	2.21	2.82
1977	2.14	2.69
1978	2.05	2.45
1979	2.1	2.31
1980	1.99	2.25
1981	1.87	2.13
1982	1.9	2.07
1983	1.92	1.95
1984	1.95	1.9
1985	1.95	1.72
1986	1.93	1.66
1987	1.97	1.62
1988	2.06	1.61
1989	2.1	1.57
1990	2.02	1.56
1991	1.99	1.56
1992	2.07	1.54
1993	1.96	1.52
1994	1.84	1.45
1995	1.77	1.41
1996	1.99	1.44
1997	1.93	1.47
1998	1.84	1.47
1999	1.73	1.5
2000	1.68	1.55
2001	1.48	1.45
2002	1.45	1.46
2003	1.48	1.44
2004	1.4	1.4
2005	1.38	1.41
2006	1.36	1.37
2007	1.35	1.35
2008	1.43	1.39
2009	1.42	1.34
2010	1.36	1.39
2011	1.45	1.35
2012	1.42	1.28
2013	1.36	1.21
2014	1.38	1.24
2015	1.37	1.31
2016	1.37	1.37
2017	1.26	1.38
2018	1.23	1.42
2019	1.14	1.44
2020	1.13	1.42
2021	1.13	1.35
2022	1.08	1.43
2023	1.06	1.44
2024	1.07	1.45
2025	1.08	1.45
2026	1.08	1.45
2027	1.09	1.46
2028	1.1	1.46
2029	1.11	1.46
2030	1.11	1.46
2031	1.12	1.47
2032	1.12	1.47
2033	1.13	1.47
2034	1.13	1.48
2035	1.14	1.48
2036	1.15	1.48
2037	1.15	1.48
2038	1.16	1.49
2039	1.16	1.49
2040	1.17	1.49
2041	1.17	1.49
2042	1.18	1.49
2043	1.18	1.49
2044	1.19	1.5
2045	1.19	1.5
2046	1.2	1.5
2047	1.2	1.5
2048	1.21	1.5
2049	1.21	1.5
2050	1.21	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malta	Portugal
1960	35.8%	29.3%
1961	35%	29.1%
1962	34.2%	29.1%
1963	33.4%	29.1%
1964	32.6%	29.1%
1965	31.7%	29.1%
1966	30.9%	29.2%
1967	30.1%	29.2%
1968	29.3%	29.2%
1969	28.5%	29.1%
1970	27.7%	28.7%
1971	26.9%	28.4%
1972	26.3%	28.2%
1973	25.6%	27.9%
1974	25%	27.7%
1975	24.5%	27.4%
1976	24.1%	27.2%
1977	23.8%	27.1%
1978	23.6%	26.8%
1979	23.5%	26.4%
1980	23.4%	25.9%
1981	23.5%	25.4%
1982	23.6%	25%
1983	23.8%	24.5%
1984	24%	24.1%
1985	24.1%	23.7%
1986	24.1%	23.1%
1987	24%	22.5%
1988	23.8%	21.9%
1989	23.6%	21.2%
1990	23.4%	20.5%
1991	23.1%	19.7%
1992	22.9%	19.1%
1993	22.6%	18.6%
1994	22.3%	18.2%
1995	22%	17.8%
1996	21.6%	17.4%
1997	21.2%	17.1%
1998	20.7%	16.8%
1999	20.2%	16.6%
2000	19.8%	16.4%
2001	19.4%	16.2%
2002	18.9%	16.1%
2003	18.4%	16.1%
2004	17.9%	16%
2005	17.4%	15.9%
2006	16.9%	15.8%
2007	16.4%	15.6%
2008	15.9%	15.5%
2009	15.5%	15.4%
2010	15.2%	15.2%
2011	14.9%	15%
2012	14.7%	14.9%
2013	14.5%	14.8%
2014	14.3%	14.6%
2015	14.2%	14.3%
2016	14.2%	14.1%
2017	14%	13.9%
2018	13.8%	13.7%
2019	13.6%	13.5%
2020	13.3%	13.3%
2021	13.2%	13.1%
2022	13.2%	13%
2023	13.2%	12.9%
2024	13%	12.8%
2025	12.9%	12.7%
2026	12.8%	12.6%
2027	12.6%	12.6%
2028	12.5%	12.6%
2029	12.3%	12.6%
2030	12.2%	12.7%
2031	12%	12.7%
2032	11.7%	12.7%
2033	11.5%	12.7%
2034	11.3%	12.7%
2035	11.1%	12.8%
2036	10.9%	12.9%
2037	10.8%	12.9%
2038	10.6%	13%
2039	10.4%	13%
2040	10.3%	13.1%
2041	10.1%	13.1%
2042	9.98%	13.2%
2043	9.86%	13.2%
2044	9.75%	13.3%
2045	9.66%	13.3%
2046	9.59%	13.4%
2047	9.55%	13.4%
2048	9.52%	13.4%
2049	9.51%	13.5%
2050	9.52%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Malta and 12.8% in Portugal in 2024, compared to 23.4% and 20.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malta and Portugal compared.

Natural population change in Malta vs Portugal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Malta and -0.29% in Portugal. 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	Portugal
1960	5,747	118,693
1961	4,748	117,867
1962	4,664	123,217
1963	3,709	113,783
1964	3,630	120,170
1965	2,646	115,182
1966	2,458	107,171
1967	2,306	106,495
1968	2,247	100,737
1969	2,069	89,329
1970	2,270	87,672
1971	2,482	82,980
1972	2,480	83,715
1973	2,327	76,835
1974	2,687	74,412
1975	2,829	81,841
1976	2,721	85,138
1977	2,916	84,156
1978	2,389	70,731
1979	2,852	67,628
1980	2,375	63,481
1981	2,233	56,152
1982	2,835	58,479
1983	2,512	47,798
1984	2,678	45,983
1985	2,590	33,077
1986	2,395	31,102
1987	2,412	28,084
1988	2,813	24,047
1989	2,981	22,011
1990	2,621	13,976
1991	2,438	12,948
1992	2,573	13,933
1993	2,451	7,972
1994	2,136	9,991
1995	1,887	4,011
1996	2,279	4,026
1997	1,991	8,087
1998	1,656	7,112
1999	1,357	8,175
2000	1,482	15,435
2001	1,061	8,290
2002	911	8,335
2003	917	4,184
2004	883	7,339
2005	727	2,101
2006	568	3,156
2007	691	-1,055
2008	777	0
2009	825	-5,284
2010	871	-4,230
2011	916	-5,279
2012	714	-17,875
2013	807	-24,052
2014	910	-22,882
2015	888	-23,823
2016	1,091	-23,749
2017	747	-23,691
2018	774	-25,709
2019	655	-24,687
2020	361	-39,129
2021	259	-45,592
2022	54	-40,694
2023	442	-32,792

Maternal mortality chart: Malta vs Portugal

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 15 deaths in Portugal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malta	Portugal
1985	21	20
1986	19	19
1987	19	19
1988	17	18
1989	17	18
1990	17	17
1991	17	17
1992	17	16
1993	16	15
1994	16	13
1995	15	12
1996	16	12
1997	15	12
1998	14	11
1999	15	10
2000	13	9
2001	12	9
2002	13	9
2003	13	8
2004	11	8
2005	11	8
2006	12	8
2007	10	8
2008	10	9
2009	11	9
2010	9	10
2011	11	10
2012	9	10
2013	7	10
2014	8	11
2015	7	11
2016	10	12
2017	7	13
2018	9	14
2019	8	15
2020	10	14
2021	10	19
2022	10	16
2023	8	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.55% in Malta and 0.32% in Portugal. 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	Portugal
1960	4%	11.4%
1961	3.85%	11%
1962	3.73%	10.4%
1963	3.63%	9.76%
1964	3.53%	9.1%
1965	3.43%	8.53%
1966	3.31%	8.09%
1967	3.19%	7.76%
1968	3.06%	7.51%
1969	2.93%	7.22%
1970	2.79%	6.81%
1971	2.66%	6.3%
1972	2.52%	5.78%
1973	2.39%	5.27%
1974	2.26%	4.79%
1975	2.14%	4.35%
1976	2.03%	3.94%
1977	1.93%	3.57%
1978	1.84%	3.24%
1979	1.76%	2.97%
1980	1.69%	2.75%
1981	1.62%	2.58%
1982	1.57%	2.43%
1983	1.51%	2.29%
1984	1.45%	2.16%
1985	1.39%	2.04%
1986	1.33%	1.93%
1987	1.28%	1.82%
1988	1.23%	1.7%
1989	1.18%	1.59%
1990	1.13%	1.47%
1991	1.1%	1.36%
1992	1.06%	1.25%
1993	1.02%	1.14%
1994	0.98%	1.05%
1995	0.94%	0.98%
1996	0.9%	0.92%
1997	0.86%	0.86%
1998	0.82%	0.82%
1999	0.79%	0.77%
2000	0.76%	0.72%
2001	0.74%	0.66%
2002	0.72%	0.61%
2003	0.71%	0.55%
2004	0.7%	0.5%
2005	0.69%	0.47%
2006	0.69%	0.44%
2007	0.69%	0.42%
2008	0.69%	0.4%
2009	0.69%	0.39%
2010	0.69%	0.38%
2011	0.68%	0.37%
2012	0.68%	0.37%
2013	0.67%	0.36%
2014	0.67%	0.36%
2015	0.66%	0.36%
2016	0.65%	0.36%
2017	0.64%	0.36%
2018	0.63%	0.35%
2019	0.61%	0.35%
2020	0.6%	0.34%
2021	0.58%	0.33%
2022	0.57%	0.32%
2023	0.55%	0.32%