Fertility & birth rates in Malta and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Malta vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malta vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	3.62	2.69
1961	3.27	2.78
1962	3.24	2.86
1963	2.9	2.88
1964	2.79	2.93
1965	2.52	2.86
1966	2.33	2.78
1967	2.24	2.68
1968	2.12	2.6
1969	2.02	2.51
1970	2.03	2.44
1971	2.06	2.41
1972	2.01	2.2
1973	1.65	2.04
1974	1.64	1.92
1975	2.27	1.81
1976	2.21	1.74
1977	2.14	1.69
1978	2.05	1.75
1979	2.1	1.86
1980	1.99	1.9
1981	1.87	1.82
1982	1.9	1.78
1983	1.92	1.77
1984	1.95	1.77
1985	1.95	1.79
1986	1.93	1.78
1987	1.97	1.81
1988	2.06	1.82
1989	2.1	1.79
1990	2.02	1.83
1991	1.99	1.82
1992	2.07	1.79
1993	1.96	1.76
1994	1.84	1.74
1995	1.77	1.71
1996	1.99	1.73
1997	1.93	1.72
1998	1.84	1.71
1999	1.73	1.68
2000	1.68	1.64
2001	1.48	1.63
2002	1.45	1.63
2003	1.48	1.7
2004	1.4	1.75
2005	1.38	1.76
2006	1.36	1.82
2007	1.35	1.86
2008	1.43	1.91
2009	1.42	1.89
2010	1.36	1.92
2011	1.45	1.91
2012	1.42	1.92
2013	1.36	1.83
2014	1.38	1.81
2015	1.37	1.8
2016	1.37	1.79
2017	1.26	1.74
2018	1.23	1.68
2019	1.14	1.63
2020	1.13	1.57
2021	1.13	1.58
2022	1.08	1.56
2023	1.06	1.56
2024	1.07	1.55
2025	1.08	1.54
2026	1.08	1.53
2027	1.09	1.53
2028	1.1	1.53
2029	1.11	1.52
2030	1.11	1.52
2031	1.12	1.52
2032	1.12	1.53
2033	1.13	1.53
2034	1.13	1.53
2035	1.14	1.53
2036	1.15	1.53
2037	1.15	1.53
2038	1.16	1.53
2039	1.16	1.53
2040	1.17	1.53
2041	1.17	1.54
2042	1.18	1.54
2043	1.18	1.54
2044	1.19	1.54
2045	1.19	1.54
2046	1.2	1.54
2047	1.2	1.54
2048	1.21	1.54
2049	1.21	1.55
2050	1.21	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malta	United Kingdom
1960	35.8%	23.3%
1961	35%	23.3%
1962	34.2%	23.2%
1963	33.4%	23.2%
1964	32.6%	23.3%
1965	31.7%	23.4%
1966	30.9%	23.5%
1967	30.1%	23.7%
1968	29.3%	23.9%
1969	28.5%	24%
1970	27.7%	24.1%
1971	26.9%	24.1%
1972	26.3%	24%
1973	25.6%	23.9%
1974	25%	23.6%
1975	24.5%	23.3%
1976	24.1%	22.9%
1977	23.8%	22.4%
1978	23.6%	21.9%
1979	23.5%	21.4%
1980	23.4%	21%
1981	23.5%	20.6%
1982	23.6%	20.2%
1983	23.8%	19.8%
1984	24%	19.5%
1985	24.1%	19.3%
1986	24.1%	19.1%
1987	24%	18.9%
1988	23.8%	18.9%
1989	23.6%	19.1%
1990	23.4%	19.1%
1991	23.1%	19.3%
1992	22.9%	19.4%
1993	22.6%	19.5%
1994	22.3%	19.6%
1995	22%	19.5%
1996	21.6%	19.4%
1997	21.2%	19.3%
1998	20.7%	19.3%
1999	20.2%	19.2%
2000	19.8%	18.9%
2001	19.4%	18.7%
2002	18.9%	18.5%
2003	18.4%	18.4%
2004	17.9%	18.3%
2005	17.4%	18.2%
2006	16.9%	18%
2007	16.4%	17.9%
2008	15.9%	17.8%
2009	15.5%	17.8%
2010	15.2%	17.8%
2011	14.9%	17.7%
2012	14.7%	17.8%
2013	14.5%	17.8%
2014	14.3%	17.8%
2015	14.2%	17.9%
2016	14.2%	18%
2017	14%	18%
2018	13.8%	18.1%
2019	13.6%	18%
2020	13.3%	18%
2021	13.2%	17.8%
2022	13.2%	17.6%
2023	13.2%	17.4%
2024	13%	17.2%
2025	12.9%	17%
2026	12.8%	16.7%
2027	12.6%	16.5%
2028	12.5%	16.2%
2029	12.3%	16%
2030	12.2%	15.7%
2031	12%	15.5%
2032	11.7%	15.3%
2033	11.5%	15.2%
2034	11.3%	15.1%
2035	11.1%	15%
2036	10.9%	14.9%
2037	10.8%	14.9%
2038	10.6%	14.8%
2039	10.4%	14.8%
2040	10.3%	14.8%
2041	10.1%	14.8%
2042	9.98%	14.8%
2043	9.86%	14.9%
2044	9.75%	14.9%
2045	9.66%	14.9%
2046	9.59%	15%
2047	9.55%	15%
2048	9.52%	15%
2049	9.51%	15%
2050	9.52%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Malta and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 23.4% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malta and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Malta vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Malta and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	5,747	314,400
1961	4,748	311,519
1962	4,664	340,800
1963	3,709	337,995
1964	3,630	405,000
1965	2,646	364,132
1966	2,458	333,356
1967	2,306	346,145
1968	2,247	292,622
1969	2,069	260,577
1970	2,270	244,918
1971	2,482	257,123
1972	2,480	162,650
1973	2,327	112,389
1974	2,687	67,476
1975	2,829	33,735
1976	2,721	-5,621
1977	2,916	0
1978	2,389	16,859
1979	2,852	61,872
1980	2,375	95,734
1981	2,233	73,234
1982	2,835	56,314
1983	2,512	61,966
1984	2,678	84,633
1985	2,590	79,170
1986	2,395	90,690
1987	2,412	136,325
1988	2,813	136,628
1989	2,981	119,861
1990	2,621	154,569
1991	2,438	143,562
1992	2,573	149,709
1993	2,451	103,893
1994	2,136	127,304
1995	1,887	87,028
1996	2,279	98,884
1997	1,991	99,138
1998	1,656	87,730
1999	1,357	64,551
2000	1,482	70,671
2001	1,061	65,032
2002	911	65,308
2003	917	89,471
2004	883	131,974
2005	727	144,963
2006	568	176,455
2007	691	196,232
2008	777	216,325
2009	825	230,422
2010	871	251,066
2011	916	259,361
2012	714	248,473
2013	807	198,830
2014	910	206,784
2015	888	175,738
2016	1,091	177,139
2017	747	145,125
2018	774	119,321
2019	655	108,342
2020	361	-4,272
2021	259	30,612
2022	54	39,751
2023	442	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Malta vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malta	United Kingdom
1985	21	2
1986	19	2
1987	19	3
1988	17	4
1989	17	5
1990	17	6
1991	17	7
1992	17	7
1993	16	8
1994	16	9
1995	15	9
1996	16	8
1997	15	9
1998	14	10
1999	15	11
2000	13	12
2001	12	13
2002	13	13
2003	13	14
2004	11	13
2005	11	12
2006	12	12
2007	10	11
2008	10	11
2009	11	11
2010	9	10
2011	11	10
2012	9	9
2013	7	9
2014	8	9
2015	7	9
2016	10	9
2017	7	9
2018	9	9
2019	8	9
2020	10	14
2021	10	13
2022	10	15
2023	8	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.55% in Malta and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	4%	2.66%
1961	3.85%	2.61%
1962	3.73%	2.56%
1963	3.63%	2.49%
1964	3.53%	2.42%
1965	3.43%	2.34%
1966	3.31%	2.28%
1967	3.19%	2.22%
1968	3.06%	2.18%
1969	2.93%	2.14%
1970	2.79%	2.1%
1971	2.66%	2.06%
1972	2.52%	2%
1973	2.39%	1.94%
1974	2.26%	1.87%
1975	2.14%	1.8%
1976	2.03%	1.72%
1977	1.93%	1.64%
1978	1.84%	1.57%
1979	1.76%	1.49%
1980	1.69%	1.41%
1981	1.62%	1.34%
1982	1.57%	1.27%
1983	1.51%	1.22%
1984	1.45%	1.17%
1985	1.39%	1.14%
1986	1.33%	1.11%
1987	1.28%	1.08%
1988	1.23%	1.04%
1989	1.18%	0.99%
1990	1.13%	0.93%
1991	1.1%	0.87%
1992	1.06%	0.82%
1993	1.02%	0.77%
1994	0.98%	0.74%
1995	0.94%	0.72%
1996	0.9%	0.7%
1997	0.86%	0.69%
1998	0.82%	0.68%
1999	0.79%	0.67%
2000	0.76%	0.65%
2001	0.74%	0.64%
2002	0.72%	0.63%
2003	0.71%	0.63%
2004	0.7%	0.61%
2005	0.69%	0.6%
2006	0.69%	0.59%
2007	0.69%	0.58%
2008	0.69%	0.56%
2009	0.69%	0.54%
2010	0.69%	0.52%
2011	0.68%	0.5%
2012	0.68%	0.48%
2013	0.67%	0.46%
2014	0.67%	0.45%
2015	0.66%	0.45%
2016	0.65%	0.44%
2017	0.64%	0.44%
2018	0.63%	0.44%
2019	0.61%	0.44%
2020	0.6%	0.44%
2021	0.58%	0.44%
2022	0.57%	0.45%
2023	0.55%	0.45%