Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Namibia

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Namibia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Marshall Islands was 2.92 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.21 in Namibia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Marshall Islands vs Namibia population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Marshall Islands	Namibia
1960	8.08	6.24
1961	8.12	6.29
1962	8.12	6.35
1963	8.12	6.41
1964	8.14	6.43
1965	8.16	6.45
1966	8.2	6.47
1967	8.17	6.49
1968	8.14	6.5
1969	8.11	6.51
1970	8.07	6.52
1971	8.04	6.52
1972	8	6.53
1973	7.95	6.54
1974	7.9	6.55
1975	7.83	6.53
1976	7.76	6.49
1977	7.67	6.44
1978	7.58	6.38
1979	7.47	6.31
1980	7.37	6.24
1981	7.27	6.16
1982	7.18	6.08
1983	7.08	6
1984	6.99	5.94
1985	6.87	5.88
1986	6.73	5.79
1987	6.57	5.7
1988	6.38	5.61
1989	6.18	5.52
1990	5.97	5.4
1991	5.76	5.29
1992	5.55	5.11
1993	5.38	4.91
1994	5.23	4.68
1995	5.09	4.42
1996	5.02	4.2
1997	4.96	4.17
1998	4.87	4.18
1999	4.78	4.14
2000	4.7	3.99
2001	4.58	3.83
2002	4.49	3.69
2003	4.42	3.58
2004	4.34	3.55
2005	4.28	3.57
2006	4.2	3.6
2007	4.09	3.61
2008	3.97	3.62
2009	3.83	3.63
2010	3.67	3.66
2011	3.53	3.66
2012	3.38	3.68
2013	3.25	3.65
2014	3.18	3.64
2015	3.13	3.6
2016	3.09	3.57
2017	3.06	3.51
2018	3.04	3.46
2019	3.01	3.4
2020	2.99	3.35
2021	2.96	3.3
2022	2.94	3.25
2023	2.92	3.21
2024	2.86	3.21
2025	2.82	3.17
2026	2.77	3.13
2027	2.73	3.09
2028	2.69	3.06
2029	2.65	3.02
2030	2.6	2.98
2031	2.57	2.94
2032	2.53	2.91
2033	2.5	2.88
2034	2.47	2.84
2035	2.44	2.81
2036	2.41	2.78
2037	2.38	2.75
2038	2.36	2.72
2039	2.34	2.68
2040	2.31	2.66
2041	2.29	2.63
2042	2.26	2.6
2043	2.24	2.58
2044	2.23	2.56
2045	2.21	2.53
2046	2.19	2.51
2047	2.17	2.49
2048	2.15	2.47
2049	2.13	2.45
2050	2.11	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Namibia
1960	46.1%	42.2%
1961	46.7%	42.4%
1962	47.1%	42.6%
1963	47.4%	42.7%
1964	47.5%	42.9%
1965	47.5%	43%
1966	47.2%	43.2%
1967	46.7%	43.3%
1968	46.1%	43.5%
1969	45.3%	43.6%
1970	45%	43.8%
1971	45.6%	43.9%
1972	46.6%	44.1%
1973	47.3%	44.3%
1974	47.8%	44.6%
1975	48.2%	44.8%
1976	48.5%	45%
1977	49%	45.3%
1978	49.4%	45.9%
1979	49.8%	46.3%
1980	50.1%	46.6%
1981	50.3%	47.1%
1982	50.3%	47.2%
1983	50.4%	46.9%
1984	50.4%	46.6%
1985	50.6%	46.2%
1986	50.7%	45.8%
1987	50.8%	45.3%
1988	50.8%	44.8%
1989	50.6%	43.4%
1990	50.2%	42.3%
1991	49.7%	42.2%
1992	49.1%	42.2%
1993	48.4%	42.2%
1994	47.5%	42.2%
1995	46.6%	42.1%
1996	45.6%	42%
1997	44.7%	41.9%
1998	43.7%	41.8%
1999	42.8%	41.7%
2000	42%	41.5%
2001	41.3%	41.3%
2002	40.6%	41%
2003	39.9%	40.5%
2004	39.4%	40%
2005	39.1%	39.4%
2006	38.9%	38.7%
2007	39%	38.1%
2008	39.2%	37.5%
2009	39.4%	37.1%
2010	39.7%	36.8%
2011	39.7%	36.7%
2012	39.4%	36.6%
2013	38.8%	36.6%
2014	38.2%	36.5%
2015	37.5%	36.5%
2016	36.8%	36.5%
2017	36.2%	36.7%
2018	35.7%	36.8%
2019	35.1%	37%
2020	34.5%	37.1%
2021	34.4%	37.4%
2022	34.6%	37.5%
2023	34.7%	37.3%
2024	34.5%	37%
2025	33.9%	36.7%
2026	33.2%	36.3%
2027	32.6%	35.9%
2028	32%	35.5%
2029	31.4%	35.1%
2030	30.9%	34.6%
2031	30.3%	34%
2032	29.7%	33.5%
2033	29.2%	32.9%
2034	28.6%	32.4%
2035	28.1%	31.8%
2036	27.6%	31.1%
2037	27.3%	30.6%
2038	27.3%	30.3%
2039	27.4%	30%
2040	27.7%	29.7%
2041	28%	29.5%
2042	28.3%	29.2%
2043	28.6%	29%
2044	28.8%	28.8%
2045	29%	28.5%
2046	29.1%	28.3%
2047	29.1%	28.1%
2048	29%	27.9%
2049	28.8%	27.7%
2050	28.5%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands and +2.04% in Namibia. 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
	Marshall Islands	Namibia
1960	452	14,307
1961	469	14,936
1962	488	15,656
1963	509	16,430
1964	536	17,134
1965	566	17,902
1966	603	18,635
1967	636	19,498
1968	685	20,470
1969	747	21,387
1970	819	22,414
1971	877	23,467
1972	913	24,606
1973	954	25,754
1974	1,000	26,844
1975	1,055	27,882
1976	1,109	28,785
1977	1,160	29,241
1978	1,207	29,821
1979	1,250	28,930
1980	1,287	28,142
1981	1,328	27,938
1982	1,375	27,474
1983	1,422	28,307
1984	1,470	29,395
1985	1,511	30,575
1986	1,544	31,764
1987	1,566	33,340
1988	1,575	34,798
1989	1,574	37,715
1990	1,556	43,956
1991	1,540	44,523
1992	1,525	43,945
1993	1,524	42,861
1994	1,524	41,316
1995	1,522	39,119
1996	1,542	37,177
1997	1,564	37,256
1998	1,576	37,500
1999	1,590	37,233
2000	1,592	35,280
2001	1,596	32,942
2002	1,594	31,947
2003	1,600	31,115
2004	1,595	31,478
2005	1,586	32,909
2006	1,556	34,690
2007	1,507	36,430
2008	1,443	38,147
2009	1,365	39,942
2010	1,273	42,046
2011	1,185	43,557
2012	1,097	46,204
2013	1,014	47,801
2014	959	49,581
2015	912	50,846
2016	866	52,228
2017	826	52,975
2018	785	53,970
2019	746	54,769
2020	689	55,034
2021	653	50,160
2022	606	54,534
2023	550	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Namibia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Marshall Islands, compared to 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Namibia
1985	254	354
1986	274	348
1987	282	336
1988	276	342
1989	299	306
1990	311	325
1991	297	337
1992	322	346
1993	320	354
1994	303	367
1995	303	369
1996	292	387
1997	274	383
1998	259	396
1999	250	371
2000	251	384
2001	231	376
2002	223	313
2003	221	290
2004	238	282
2005	234	344
2006	233	408
2007	229	489
2008	226	537
2009	224	547
2010	212	531
2011	209	498
2012	207	439
2013	201	402
2014	199	369
2015	184	307
2016	183	250
2017	179	213
2018	167	198
2019	168	175
2020	178	143
2021	206	254
2022	174	127
2023	155	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands and 4.07% in Namibia. 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
	Marshall Islands	Namibia
1960	12.2%	-
1961	11.6%	-
1962	11%	-
1963	10.5%	-
1964	10.1%	-
1965	9.64%	-
1966	9.25%	-
1967	8.88%	9.66%
1968	8.53%	9.64%
1969	8.19%	9.65%
1970	7.87%	9.65%
1971	7.58%	9.67%
1972	7.33%	9.68%
1973	7.13%	9.73%
1974	6.97%	9.79%
1975	6.86%	9.89%
1976	6.77%	10%
1977	6.69%	10.2%
1978	6.61%	10.3%
1979	6.52%	10.3%
1980	6.42%	10.3%
1981	6.29%	10.2%
1982	6.15%	9.93%
1983	6%	9.61%
1984	5.83%	9.22%
1985	5.66%	8.81%
1986	5.49%	8.43%
1987	5.31%	8.09%
1988	5.13%	7.81%
1989	4.95%	7.57%
1990	4.76%	7.39%
1991	4.59%	7.24%
1992	4.43%	7.14%
1993	4.29%	7.1%
1994	4.2%	7.13%
1995	4.15%	7.24%
1996	4.14%	7.39%
1997	4.15%	7.56%
1998	4.19%	7.7%
1999	4.23%	7.79%
2000	4.25%	7.79%
2001	4.25%	7.71%
2002	4.24%	7.61%
2003	4.21%	7.51%
2004	4.18%	7.41%
2005	4.14%	7.05%
2006	4.1%	6.49%
2007	4.06%	6.06%
2008	4.02%	5.64%
2009	3.97%	5.29%
2010	3.94%	5.08%
2011	3.89%	5.16%
2012	3.82%	5.51%
2013	3.75%	5.4%
2014	3.66%	5.31%
2015	3.57%	5.5%
2016	3.48%	5.42%
2017	3.38%	5.19%
2018	3.29%	5.01%
2019	3.19%	4.78%
2020	3.1%	4.57%
2021	3%	4.38%
2022	2.91%	4.2%
2023	2.82%	4.07%