Fertility & birth rates in Malta and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Malta vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malta vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	3.62	6.61
1961	3.27	6.75
1962	3.24	6.88
1963	2.9	6.81
1964	2.79	6.82
1965	2.52	6.81
1966	2.33	6.66
1967	2.24	6.57
1968	2.12	6.39
1969	2.02	6.34
1970	2.03	6.31
1971	2.06	6.28
1972	2.01	6.25
1973	1.65	6.16
1974	1.64	6.05
1975	2.27	5.92
1976	2.21	5.75
1977	2.14	5.54
1978	2.05	5.28
1979	2.1	5.16
1980	1.99	5.04
1981	1.87	4.91
1982	1.9	4.82
1983	1.92	4.71
1984	1.95	4.73
1985	1.95	4.69
1986	1.93	4.68
1987	1.97	4.53
1988	2.06	4.26
1989	2.1	4.1
1990	2.02	4.12
1991	1.99	4.19
1992	2.07	4.06
1993	1.96	3.86
1994	1.84	3.66
1995	1.77	3.57
1996	1.99	3.39
1997	1.93	3.19
1998	1.84	2.99
1999	1.73	2.83
2000	1.68	2.7
2001	1.48	2.61
2002	1.45	2.58
2003	1.48	2.5
2004	1.4	2.5
2005	1.38	2.44
2006	1.36	2.46
2007	1.35	2.57
2008	1.43	2.64
2009	1.42	2.56
2010	1.36	2.44
2011	1.45	2.35
2012	1.42	2.34
2013	1.36	2.44
2014	1.38	2.55
2015	1.37	2.58
2016	1.37	2.56
2017	1.26	2.57
2018	1.23	2.71
2019	1.14	2.87
2020	1.13	3.06
2021	1.13	3.27
2022	1.08	3.4
2023	1.06	3.5
2024	1.07	3.49
2025	1.08	3.45
2026	1.08	3.4
2027	1.09	3.36
2028	1.1	3.31
2029	1.11	3.27
2030	1.11	3.22
2031	1.12	3.18
2032	1.12	3.13
2033	1.13	3.09
2034	1.13	3.05
2035	1.14	3.01
2036	1.15	2.98
2037	1.15	2.94
2038	1.16	2.91
2039	1.16	2.87
2040	1.17	2.84
2041	1.17	2.81
2042	1.18	2.78
2043	1.18	2.75
2044	1.19	2.72
2045	1.19	2.69
2046	1.2	2.66
2047	1.2	2.63
2048	1.21	2.6
2049	1.21	2.58
2050	1.21	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malta	Uzbekistan
1960	35.8%	39.8%
1961	35%	41.2%
1962	34.2%	42.4%
1963	33.4%	43.4%
1964	32.6%	44.2%
1965	31.7%	44.7%
1966	30.9%	44.8%
1967	30.1%	44.9%
1968	29.3%	44.8%
1969	28.5%	44.7%
1970	27.7%	44.6%
1971	26.9%	44.4%
1972	26.3%	44.3%
1973	25.6%	44%
1974	25%	43.7%
1975	24.5%	43.3%
1976	24.1%	42.8%
1977	23.8%	42.3%
1978	23.6%	41.7%
1979	23.5%	41.2%
1980	23.4%	40.8%
1981	23.5%	40.5%
1982	23.6%	40.3%
1983	23.8%	40.1%
1984	24%	40.1%
1985	24.1%	40.1%
1986	24.1%	40.1%
1987	24%	40.1%
1988	23.8%	40%
1989	23.6%	39.9%
1990	23.4%	39.9%
1991	23.1%	39.9%
1992	22.9%	39.8%
1993	22.6%	39.8%
1994	22.3%	39.7%
1995	22%	39.4%
1996	21.6%	39.2%
1997	21.2%	38.8%
1998	20.7%	38.2%
1999	20.2%	37.5%
2000	19.8%	36.7%
2001	19.4%	35.8%
2002	18.9%	34.9%
2003	18.4%	34%
2004	17.9%	33.1%
2005	17.4%	32.3%
2006	16.9%	31.4%
2007	16.4%	30.6%
2008	15.9%	29.9%
2009	15.5%	29.4%
2010	15.2%	28.9%
2011	14.9%	28.5%
2012	14.7%	28.2%
2013	14.5%	28.1%
2014	14.3%	28.1%
2015	14.2%	28.3%
2016	14.2%	28.5%
2017	14%	28.8%
2018	13.8%	29%
2019	13.6%	29.3%
2020	13.3%	29.7%
2021	13.2%	30.2%
2022	13.2%	30.6%
2023	13.2%	30.9%
2024	13%	31.1%
2025	12.9%	31.3%
2026	12.8%	31.5%
2027	12.6%	31.6%
2028	12.5%	31.6%
2029	12.3%	31.6%
2030	12.2%	31.4%
2031	12%	31.3%
2032	11.7%	31.1%
2033	11.5%	30.9%
2034	11.3%	30.6%
2035	11.1%	30.3%
2036	10.9%	29.8%
2037	10.8%	29.3%
2038	10.6%	28.8%
2039	10.4%	28.3%
2040	10.3%	28%
2041	10.1%	27.6%
2042	9.98%	27.4%
2043	9.86%	27.2%
2044	9.75%	27%
2045	9.66%	26.9%
2046	9.59%	26.8%
2047	9.55%	26.8%
2048	9.52%	26.7%
2049	9.51%	26.7%
2050	9.52%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Malta and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 23.4% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malta and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Malta vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Malta and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	5,747	267,165
1961	4,748	279,841
1962	4,664	292,788
1963	3,709	293,432
1964	3,630	298,790
1965	2,646	302,264
1966	2,458	297,844
1967	2,306	298,350
1968	2,247	295,651
1969	2,069	302,833
1970	2,270	313,216
1971	2,482	323,171
1972	2,480	333,230
1973	2,327	341,807
1974	2,687	350,422
1975	2,829	357,382
1976	2,721	363,110
1977	2,916	369,572
1978	2,389	372,068
1979	2,852	387,754
1980	2,375	401,557
1981	2,233	413,897
1982	2,835	431,389
1983	2,512	454,464
1984	2,678	485,617
1985	2,590	508,893
1986	2,395	533,234
1987	2,412	537,292
1988	2,813	525,126
1989	2,981	522,323
1990	2,621	540,581
1991	2,438	557,886
1992	2,573	548,793
1993	2,451	527,557
1994	2,136	502,279
1995	1,887	493,966
1996	2,279	471,010
1997	1,991	441,631
1998	1,656	408,532
1999	1,357	385,448
2000	1,482	365,138
2001	1,061	356,483
2002	911	359,231
2003	917	355,098
2004	883	363,994
2005	727	363,462
2006	568	383,265
2007	691	426,880
2008	777	461,665
2009	825	471,839
2010	871	461,293
2011	916	454,858
2012	714	463,333
2013	807	501,742
2014	910	536,881
2015	888	552,781
2016	1,091	549,045
2017	747	548,372
2018	774	585,119
2019	655	618,154
2020	361	643,750
2021	259	689,325
2022	54	715,410
2023	442	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Malta vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malta	Uzbekistan
1985	21	72
1986	19	69
1987	19	63
1988	17	58
1989	17	53
1990	17	50
1991	17	47
1992	17	46
1993	16	47
1994	16	49
1995	15	46
1996	16	44
1997	15	42
1998	14	42
1999	15	43
2000	13	42
2001	12	42
2002	13	41
2003	13	40
2004	11	39
2005	11	39
2006	12	38
2007	10	37
2008	10	35
2009	11	34
2010	9	34
2011	11	33
2012	9	33
2013	7	32
2014	8	32
2015	7	31
2016	10	31
2017	7	30
2018	9	29
2019	8	29
2020	10	29
2021	10	28
2022	10	27
2023	8	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.55% in Malta and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	4%	-
1961	3.85%	-
1962	3.73%	-
1963	3.63%	-
1964	3.53%	-
1965	3.43%	-
1966	3.31%	-
1967	3.19%	-
1968	3.06%	-
1969	2.93%	-
1970	2.79%	-
1971	2.66%	-
1972	2.52%	-
1973	2.39%	-
1974	2.26%	-
1975	2.14%	-
1976	2.03%	-
1977	1.93%	-
1978	1.84%	-
1979	1.76%	12.5%
1980	1.69%	11.7%
1981	1.62%	10.9%
1982	1.57%	10.2%
1983	1.51%	9.5%
1984	1.45%	8.91%
1985	1.39%	8.4%
1986	1.33%	7.96%
1987	1.28%	7.59%
1988	1.23%	7.31%
1989	1.18%	7.13%
1990	1.13%	7.04%
1991	1.1%	7.01%
1992	1.06%	7.01%
1993	1.02%	6.99%
1994	0.98%	6.95%
1995	0.94%	6.91%
1996	0.9%	6.83%
1997	0.86%	6.72%
1998	0.82%	6.57%
1999	0.79%	6.38%
2000	0.76%	6.15%
2001	0.74%	5.88%
2002	0.72%	5.57%
2003	0.71%	5.25%
2004	0.7%	4.92%
2005	0.69%	4.57%
2006	0.69%	4.24%
2007	0.69%	3.9%
2008	0.69%	3.59%
2009	0.69%	3.29%
2010	0.69%	3.01%
2011	0.68%	2.75%
2012	0.68%	2.52%
2013	0.67%	2.32%
2014	0.67%	2.14%
2015	0.66%	1.98%
2016	0.65%	1.85%
2017	0.64%	1.73%
2018	0.63%	1.64%
2019	0.61%	1.56%
2020	0.6%	1.5%
2021	0.58%	1.44%
2022	0.57%	1.38%
2023	0.55%	1.33%