Fertility & birth rates in Malta and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Malta vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malta vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	3.62	6.38
1961	3.27	6.3
1962	3.24	6.23
1963	2.9	6.16
1964	2.79	6.07
1965	2.52	5.98
1966	2.33	5.87
1967	2.24	5.75
1968	2.12	5.61
1969	2.02	5.47
1970	2.03	5.32
1971	2.06	5.17
1972	2.01	5.04
1973	1.65	4.91
1974	1.64	4.79
1975	2.27	4.69
1976	2.21	4.59
1977	2.14	4.49
1978	2.05	4.4
1979	2.1	4.3
1980	1.99	4.2
1981	1.87	4.1
1982	1.9	4.01
1983	1.92	3.93
1984	1.95	3.86
1985	1.95	3.79
1986	1.93	3.73
1987	1.97	3.67
1988	2.06	3.6
1989	2.1	3.52
1990	2.02	3.45
1991	1.99	3.37
1992	2.07	3.29
1993	1.96	3.22
1994	1.84	3.15
1995	1.77	3.08
1996	1.99	3.02
1997	1.93	2.97
1998	1.84	2.91
1999	1.73	2.86
2000	1.68	2.79
2001	1.48	2.78
2002	1.45	2.74
2003	1.48	2.7
2004	1.4	2.64
2005	1.38	2.63
2006	1.36	2.6
2007	1.35	2.52
2008	1.43	2.48
2009	1.42	2.42
2010	1.36	2.4
2011	1.45	2.4
2012	1.42	2.38
2013	1.36	2.33
2014	1.38	2.3
2015	1.37	2.25
2016	1.37	2.22
2017	1.26	2.18
2018	1.23	2.15
2019	1.14	2.13
2020	1.13	2.12
2021	1.13	2.11
2022	1.08	2.09
2023	1.06	2.08
2024	1.07	2.08
2025	1.08	2.06
2026	1.08	2.04
2027	1.09	2.03
2028	1.1	2.01
2029	1.11	2
2030	1.11	1.99
2031	1.12	1.98
2032	1.12	1.97
2033	1.13	1.96
2034	1.13	1.95
2035	1.14	1.94
2036	1.15	1.93
2037	1.15	1.92
2038	1.16	1.91
2039	1.16	1.91
2040	1.17	1.9
2041	1.17	1.89
2042	1.18	1.88
2043	1.18	1.87
2044	1.19	1.86
2045	1.19	1.86
2046	1.2	1.85
2047	1.2	1.84
2048	1.21	1.84
2049	1.21	1.83
2050	1.21	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malta	Venezuela
1960	35.8%	46.8%
1961	35%	46.9%
1962	34.2%	47%
1963	33.4%	47%
1964	32.6%	47%
1965	31.7%	46.9%
1966	30.9%	46.8%
1967	30.1%	46.6%
1968	29.3%	46.3%
1969	28.5%	46%
1970	27.7%	45.6%
1971	26.9%	45.2%
1972	26.3%	44.7%
1973	25.6%	44.3%
1974	25%	43.8%
1975	24.5%	43.3%
1976	24.1%	42.9%
1977	23.8%	42.5%
1978	23.6%	42.1%
1979	23.5%	41.7%
1980	23.4%	41.3%
1981	23.5%	41%
1982	23.6%	40.6%
1983	23.8%	40.3%
1984	24%	39.9%
1985	24.1%	39.6%
1986	24.1%	39.3%
1987	24%	39%
1988	23.8%	38.7%
1989	23.6%	38.4%
1990	23.4%	38.1%
1991	23.1%	37.8%
1992	22.9%	37.4%
1993	22.6%	37%
1994	22.3%	36.6%
1995	22%	36.2%
1996	21.6%	35.8%
1997	21.2%	35.3%
1998	20.7%	34.9%
1999	20.2%	34.5%
2000	19.8%	34%
2001	19.4%	33.6%
2002	18.9%	33.1%
2003	18.4%	32.7%
2004	17.9%	32.2%
2005	17.4%	31.8%
2006	16.9%	31.4%
2007	16.4%	31%
2008	15.9%	30.6%
2009	15.5%	30.3%
2010	15.2%	29.9%
2011	14.9%	29.5%
2012	14.7%	29.2%
2013	14.5%	28.9%
2014	14.3%	28.5%
2015	14.2%	28.2%
2016	14.2%	27.9%
2017	14%	27.8%
2018	13.8%	27.9%
2019	13.6%	28%
2020	13.3%	27.8%
2021	13.2%	27.4%
2022	13.2%	26.8%
2023	13.2%	26.2%
2024	13%	25.5%
2025	12.9%	24.9%
2026	12.8%	24.3%
2027	12.6%	23.8%
2028	12.5%	23.2%
2029	12.3%	22.8%
2030	12.2%	22.4%
2031	12%	22%
2032	11.7%	21.7%
2033	11.5%	21.5%
2034	11.3%	21.4%
2035	11.1%	21.4%
2036	10.9%	21.4%
2037	10.8%	21.5%
2038	10.6%	21.5%
2039	10.4%	21.4%
2040	10.3%	21.4%
2041	10.1%	21.3%
2042	9.98%	21.2%
2043	9.86%	21.1%
2044	9.75%	20.9%
2045	9.66%	20.7%
2046	9.59%	20.5%
2047	9.55%	20.3%
2048	9.52%	20%
2049	9.51%	19.8%
2050	9.52%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Malta and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 23.4% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malta and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Malta vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Malta and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	5,747	285,105
1961	4,748	292,109
1962	4,664	299,345
1963	3,709	307,279
1964	3,630	314,397
1965	2,646	321,695
1966	2,458	329,697
1967	2,306	335,813
1968	2,247	340,973
1969	2,069	343,596
1970	2,270	350,709
1971	2,482	355,212
1972	2,480	360,749
1973	2,327	367,612
1974	2,687	375,678
1975	2,829	385,045
1976	2,721	395,344
1977	2,916	405,315
1978	2,389	414,032
1979	2,852	421,256
1980	2,375	425,613
1981	2,233	432,059
1982	2,835	436,564
1983	2,512	443,569
1984	2,678	449,186
1985	2,590	455,517
1986	2,395	468,252
1987	2,412	474,204
1988	2,813	477,569
1989	2,981	478,053
1990	2,621	478,168
1991	2,438	477,917
1992	2,573	474,824
1993	2,451	473,189
1994	2,136	469,178
1995	1,887	469,267
1996	2,279	468,653
1997	1,991	472,002
1998	1,656	469,123
1999	1,357	463,787
2000	1,482	459,802
2001	1,061	451,487
2002	911	466,821
2003	917	456,902
2004	883	455,881
2005	727	463,260
2006	568	460,152
2007	691	452,482
2008	777	435,870
2009	825	427,257
2010	871	425,397
2011	916	425,958
2012	714	420,758
2013	807	408,930
2014	910	395,088
2015	888	384,560
2016	1,091	359,651
2017	747	340,222
2018	774	317,302
2019	655	274,826
2020	361	237,223
2021	259	207,746
2022	54	216,619
2023	442	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Malta vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malta	Venezuela
1985	21	83
1986	19	81
1987	19	81
1988	17	80
1989	17	80
1990	17	83
1991	17	80
1992	17	82
1993	16	82
1994	16	84
1995	15	84
1996	16	86
1997	15	82
1998	14	82
1999	15	88
2000	13	86
2001	12	101
2002	13	87
2003	13	97
2004	11	94
2005	11	93
2006	12	96
2007	10	92
2008	10	103
2009	11	109
2010	9	110
2011	11	104
2012	9	113
2013	7	123
2014	8	133
2015	7	136
2016	10	162
2017	7	195
2018	9	205
2019	8	202
2020	10	207
2021	10	251
2022	10	219
2023	8	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.55% in Malta and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	4%	7.97%
1961	3.85%	7.72%
1962	3.73%	7.49%
1963	3.63%	7.3%
1964	3.53%	7.14%
1965	3.43%	7%
1966	3.31%	6.87%
1967	3.19%	6.75%
1968	3.06%	6.61%
1969	2.93%	6.47%
1970	2.79%	6.3%
1971	2.66%	6.12%
1972	2.52%	5.94%
1973	2.39%	5.75%
1974	2.26%	5.57%
1975	2.14%	5.38%
1976	2.03%	5.2%
1977	1.93%	5.01%
1978	1.84%	4.82%
1979	1.76%	4.62%
1980	1.69%	4.42%
1981	1.62%	4.24%
1982	1.57%	4.07%
1983	1.51%	3.91%
1984	1.45%	3.77%
1985	1.39%	3.64%
1986	1.33%	3.5%
1987	1.28%	3.37%
1988	1.23%	3.23%
1989	1.18%	3.09%
1990	1.13%	2.96%
1991	1.1%	2.86%
1992	1.06%	2.78%
1993	1.02%	2.73%
1994	0.98%	2.68%
1995	0.94%	2.63%
1996	0.9%	2.55%
1997	0.86%	2.45%
1998	0.82%	2.34%
1999	0.79%	2.24%
2000	0.76%	2.15%
2001	0.74%	2.09%
2002	0.72%	2.03%
2003	0.71%	1.98%
2004	0.7%	1.91%
2005	0.69%	1.85%
2006	0.69%	1.79%
2007	0.69%	1.74%
2008	0.69%	1.72%
2009	0.69%	1.71%
2010	0.69%	1.72%
2011	0.68%	1.73%
2012	0.68%	1.76%
2013	0.67%	1.79%
2014	0.67%	1.83%
2015	0.66%	1.92%
2016	0.65%	2.43%
2017	0.64%	2.43%
2018	0.63%	2.43%
2019	0.61%	2.43%
2020	0.6%	2.43%
2021	0.58%	2.43%
2022	0.57%	2.43%
2023	0.55%	2.43%