Fertility & birth rates in Malta and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Malta vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malta vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	3.62	7.2
1961	3.27	7.21
1962	3.24	7.23
1963	2.9	7.23
1964	2.79	7.23
1965	2.52	7.23
1966	2.33	7.2
1967	2.24	7.16
1968	2.12	7.11
1969	2.02	7.04
1970	2.03	6.98
1971	2.06	6.94
1972	2.01	6.94
1973	1.65	6.94
1974	1.64	6.88
1975	2.27	6.83
1976	2.21	6.77
1977	2.14	6.71
1978	2.05	6.66
1979	2.1	6.59
1980	1.99	6.52
1981	1.87	6.45
1982	1.9	6.33
1983	1.92	6.2
1984	1.95	6.04
1985	1.95	5.87
1986	1.93	5.69
1987	1.97	5.5
1988	2.06	5.28
1989	2.1	5.07
1990	2.02	4.88
1991	1.99	4.72
1992	2.07	4.57
1993	1.96	4.39
1994	1.84	4.28
1995	1.77	4.15
1996	1.99	4.11
1997	1.93	4.08
1998	1.84	4.07
1999	1.73	4.06
2000	1.68	4.01
2001	1.48	3.98
2002	1.45	3.93
2003	1.48	3.86
2004	1.4	3.78
2005	1.38	3.69
2006	1.36	3.64
2007	1.35	3.68
2008	1.43	3.78
2009	1.42	3.95
2010	1.36	4.04
2011	1.45	4.13
2012	1.42	4.13
2013	1.36	4.11
2014	1.38	4.01
2015	1.37	3.91
2016	1.37	3.83
2017	1.26	3.77
2018	1.23	3.74
2019	1.14	3.75
2020	1.13	3.75
2021	1.13	3.77
2022	1.08	3.77
2023	1.06	3.72
2024	1.07	3.67
2025	1.08	3.62
2026	1.08	3.57
2027	1.09	3.52
2028	1.1	3.47
2029	1.11	3.43
2030	1.11	3.38
2031	1.12	3.33
2032	1.12	3.29
2033	1.13	3.25
2034	1.13	3.21
2035	1.14	3.17
2036	1.15	3.13
2037	1.15	3.09
2038	1.16	3.06
2039	1.16	3.02
2040	1.17	2.99
2041	1.17	2.96
2042	1.18	2.93
2043	1.18	2.9
2044	1.19	2.87
2045	1.19	2.84
2046	1.2	2.81
2047	1.2	2.78
2048	1.21	2.75
2049	1.21	2.72
2050	1.21	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malta	Zimbabwe
1960	35.8%	47.3%
1961	35%	47.7%
1962	34.2%	48.1%
1963	33.4%	48.5%
1964	32.6%	48.8%
1965	31.7%	48.7%
1966	30.9%	48.6%
1967	30.1%	48.5%
1968	29.3%	48.5%
1969	28.5%	48.4%
1970	27.7%	48.3%
1971	26.9%	48.2%
1972	26.3%	48.2%
1973	25.6%	48.1%
1974	25%	48.1%
1975	24.5%	48.1%
1976	24.1%	48.2%
1977	23.8%	48.3%
1978	23.6%	48.5%
1979	23.5%	48.8%
1980	23.4%	48.7%
1981	23.5%	48.4%
1982	23.6%	48.3%
1983	23.8%	48.2%
1984	24%	48.1%
1985	24.1%	48%
1986	24.1%	47.9%
1987	24%	47.9%
1988	23.8%	47.9%
1989	23.6%	47.6%
1990	23.4%	47.1%
1991	23.1%	46.6%
1992	22.9%	46.8%
1993	22.6%	47.1%
1994	22.3%	46.6%
1995	22%	45.9%
1996	21.6%	45%
1997	21.2%	44%
1998	20.7%	43.1%
1999	20.2%	42.4%
2000	19.8%	41.9%
2001	19.4%	41.5%
2002	18.9%	41.4%
2003	18.4%	41.5%
2004	17.9%	41.7%
2005	17.4%	41.9%
2006	16.9%	42%
2007	16.4%	42.1%
2008	15.9%	42.4%
2009	15.5%	42.7%
2010	15.2%	43%
2011	14.9%	43.4%
2012	14.7%	43.7%
2013	14.5%	43.9%
2014	14.3%	43.9%
2015	14.2%	43.8%
2016	14.2%	43.6%
2017	14%	43.3%
2018	13.8%	42.9%
2019	13.6%	42.5%
2020	13.3%	42.2%
2021	13.2%	41.9%
2022	13.2%	41.6%
2023	13.2%	41.3%
2024	13%	40.9%
2025	12.9%	40.3%
2026	12.8%	39.6%
2027	12.6%	39%
2028	12.5%	38.4%
2029	12.3%	37.8%
2030	12.2%	37.4%
2031	12%	37%
2032	11.7%	36.8%
2033	11.5%	36.5%
2034	11.3%	36.3%
2035	11.1%	36.1%
2036	10.9%	35.8%
2037	10.8%	35.6%
2038	10.6%	35.3%
2039	10.4%	35.1%
2040	10.3%	34.8%
2041	10.1%	34.6%
2042	9.98%	34.3%
2043	9.86%	34.1%
2044	9.75%	33.8%
2045	9.66%	33.5%
2046	9.59%	33.2%
2047	9.55%	32.9%
2048	9.52%	32.6%
2049	9.51%	32.2%
2050	9.52%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Malta and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 23.4% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malta and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Malta vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Malta and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	5,747	126,959
1961	4,748	131,531
1962	4,664	136,317
1963	3,709	140,984
1964	3,630	145,848
1965	2,646	151,164
1966	2,458	156,014
1967	2,306	161,205
1968	2,247	166,865
1969	2,069	172,626
1970	2,270	178,979
1971	2,482	185,427
1972	2,480	193,725
1973	2,327	201,885
1974	2,687	208,806
1975	2,829	216,947
1976	2,721	221,419
1977	2,916	225,139
1978	2,389	222,979
1979	2,852	223,657
1980	2,375	241,179
1981	2,233	271,361
1982	2,835	279,934
1983	2,512	286,545
1984	2,678	290,052
1985	2,590	290,756
1986	2,395	289,894
1987	2,412	286,766
1988	2,813	277,498
1989	2,981	270,838
1990	2,621	265,444
1991	2,438	260,943
1992	2,573	255,291
1993	2,451	228,045
1994	2,136	216,343
1995	1,887	206,695
1996	2,279	205,269
1997	1,991	216,288
1998	1,656	225,614
1999	1,357	232,393
2000	1,482	236,343
2001	1,061	227,909
2002	911	244,170
2003	917	243,057
2004	883	248,307
2005	727	248,545
2006	568	248,963
2007	691	261,805
2008	777	280,527
2009	825	309,316
2010	871	335,570
2011	916	359,572
2012	714	371,135
2013	807	374,757
2014	910	366,350
2015	888	356,203
2016	1,091	348,772
2017	747	344,035
2018	774	345,883
2019	655	348,798
2020	361	354,790
2021	259	349,908
2022	54	371,243
2023	442	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Malta vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malta	Zimbabwe
1985	21	573
1986	19	525
1987	19	480
1988	17	431
1989	17	382
1990	17	353
1991	17	332
1992	17	333
1993	16	331
1994	16	332
1995	15	332
1996	16	352
1997	15	357
1998	14	368
1999	15	399
2000	13	405
2001	12	467
2002	13	418
2003	13	455
2004	11	451
2005	11	454
2006	12	480
2007	10	519
2008	10	526
2009	11	540
2010	9	567
2011	11	564
2012	9	558
2013	7	525
2014	8	468
2015	7	428
2016	10	411
2017	7	389
2018	9	386
2019	8	388
2020	10	380
2021	10	446
2022	10	368
2023	8	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.55% in Malta and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	4%	15.2%
1961	3.85%	14.8%
1962	3.73%	14.4%
1963	3.63%	14%
1964	3.53%	13.5%
1965	3.43%	13.1%
1966	3.31%	12.7%
1967	3.19%	12.4%
1968	3.06%	12.1%
1969	2.93%	11.8%
1970	2.79%	11.7%
1971	2.66%	11.5%
1972	2.52%	11.5%
1973	2.39%	11.4%
1974	2.26%	11.4%
1975	2.14%	11.4%
1976	2.03%	11.5%
1977	1.93%	11.5%
1978	1.84%	11.5%
1979	1.76%	11.3%
1980	1.69%	11.1%
1981	1.62%	10.7%
1982	1.57%	10.1%
1983	1.51%	9.5%
1984	1.45%	8.87%
1985	1.39%	8.31%
1986	1.33%	7.86%
1987	1.28%	7.61%
1988	1.23%	7.55%
1989	1.18%	7.69%
1990	1.13%	7.97%
1991	1.1%	8.33%
1992	1.06%	8.73%
1993	1.02%	9.16%
1994	0.98%	9.52%
1995	0.94%	9.83%
1996	0.9%	10%
1997	0.86%	10.1%
1998	0.82%	10%
1999	0.79%	9.92%
2000	0.76%	9.83%
2001	0.74%	9.79%
2002	0.72%	8.48%
2003	0.71%	8.85%
2004	0.7%	9.17%
2005	0.69%	9.23%
2006	0.69%	9.4%
2007	0.69%	9.47%
2008	0.69%	9.34%
2009	0.69%	9.03%
2010	0.69%	8.5%
2011	0.68%	7.88%
2012	0.68%	7.14%
2013	0.67%	6.55%
2014	0.67%	6.18%
2015	0.66%	5.98%
2016	0.65%	5.69%
2017	0.64%	5.5%
2018	0.63%	5.23%
2019	0.61%	5.11%
2020	0.6%	5.01%
2021	0.58%	4.76%
2022	0.57%	4.6%
2023	0.55%	4.42%