Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Qatar

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Qatar 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 1.73 in Qatar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Marshall Islands vs Qatar 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	Qatar
1960	8.08	6.53
1961	8.12	6.53
1962	8.12	6.53
1963	8.12	6.53
1964	8.14	6.53
1965	8.16	6.53
1966	8.2	6.52
1967	8.17	6.46
1968	8.14	6.39
1969	8.11	6.31
1970	8.07	6.23
1971	8.04	6.15
1972	8	6.07
1973	7.95	6.01
1974	7.9	5.94
1975	7.83	5.86
1976	7.76	5.78
1977	7.67	5.69
1978	7.58	5.58
1979	7.47	5.46
1980	7.37	5.33
1981	7.27	5.2
1982	7.18	5.04
1983	7.08	4.9
1984	6.99	4.76
1985	6.87	4.64
1986	6.73	4.57
1987	6.57	4.54
1988	6.38	4.51
1989	6.18	4.41
1990	5.97	4.23
1991	5.76	3.99
1992	5.55	3.85
1993	5.38	3.77
1994	5.23	3.67
1995	5.09	3.56
1996	5.02	3.44
1997	4.96	3.33
1998	4.87	3.21
1999	4.78	3.12
2000	4.7	3.07
2001	4.58	3.08
2002	4.49	3.01
2003	4.42	2.93
2004	4.34	2.79
2005	4.28	2.64
2006	4.2	2.51
2007	4.09	2.44
2008	3.97	2.37
2009	3.83	2.25
2010	3.67	2.14
2011	3.53	2.07
2012	3.38	2.04
2013	3.25	2.03
2014	3.18	2.03
2015	3.13	1.98
2016	3.09	1.86
2017	3.06	1.83
2018	3.04	1.76
2019	3.01	1.73
2020	2.99	1.68
2021	2.96	1.61
2022	2.94	1.74
2023	2.92	1.73
2024	2.86	1.72
2025	2.82	1.7
2026	2.77	1.69
2027	2.73	1.68
2028	2.69	1.67
2029	2.65	1.66
2030	2.6	1.66
2031	2.57	1.65
2032	2.53	1.64
2033	2.5	1.64
2034	2.47	1.64
2035	2.44	1.63
2036	2.41	1.63
2037	2.38	1.63
2038	2.36	1.63
2039	2.34	1.63
2040	2.31	1.63
2041	2.29	1.63
2042	2.26	1.63
2043	2.24	1.63
2044	2.23	1.63
2045	2.21	1.63
2046	2.19	1.63
2047	2.17	1.63
2048	2.15	1.63
2049	2.13	1.62
2050	2.11	1.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Qatar
1960	46.1%	44.2%
1961	46.7%	42.5%
1962	47.1%	40.5%
1963	47.4%	38.7%
1964	47.5%	37.2%
1965	47.5%	36.2%
1966	47.2%	35.3%
1967	46.7%	34.7%
1968	46.1%	34.2%
1969	45.3%	33.9%
1970	45%	35.1%
1971	45.6%	36.9%
1972	46.6%	37.5%
1973	47.3%	37.4%
1974	47.8%	36.7%
1975	48.2%	35.7%
1976	48.5%	34.6%
1977	49%	33.3%
1978	49.4%	32.1%
1979	49.8%	31%
1980	50.1%	30%
1981	50.3%	29.2%
1982	50.3%	28.6%
1983	50.4%	28.1%
1984	50.4%	27.6%
1985	50.6%	27.2%
1986	50.7%	27%
1987	50.8%	27.2%
1988	50.8%	27.2%
1989	50.6%	27.1%
1990	50.2%	27%
1991	49.7%	26.8%
1992	49.1%	26.6%
1993	48.4%	26.4%
1994	47.5%	26.2%
1995	46.6%	26.1%
1996	45.6%	25.9%
1997	44.7%	25.5%
1998	43.7%	24.8%
1999	42.8%	24.1%
2000	42%	23.5%
2001	41.3%	23%
2002	40.6%	22.5%
2003	39.9%	22.2%
2004	39.4%	22.2%
2005	39.1%	22.5%
2006	38.9%	20.2%
2007	39%	16.4%
2008	39.2%	14.6%
2009	39.4%	14%
2010	39.7%	13.9%
2011	39.7%	14.2%
2012	39.4%	14.5%
2013	38.8%	14.6%
2014	38.2%	14.4%
2015	37.5%	13.9%
2016	36.8%	13.7%
2017	36.2%	13.7%
2018	35.7%	14%
2019	35.1%	14.6%
2020	34.5%	15.4%
2021	34.4%	15.5%
2022	34.6%	15.2%
2023	34.7%	15.2%
2024	34.5%	15.1%
2025	33.9%	15%
2026	33.2%	15%
2027	32.6%	15%
2028	32%	15.1%
2029	31.4%	15.2%
2030	30.9%	15.3%
2031	30.3%	15.4%
2032	29.7%	15.5%
2033	29.2%	15.6%
2034	28.6%	15.7%
2035	28.1%	15.9%
2036	27.6%	16.1%
2037	27.3%	16.2%
2038	27.3%	16.4%
2039	27.4%	16.5%
2040	27.7%	16.7%
2041	28%	16.8%
2042	28.3%	17%
2043	28.6%	17.1%
2044	28.8%	17.3%
2045	29%	17.4%
2046	29.1%	17.5%
2047	29.1%	17.6%
2048	29%	17.7%
2049	28.8%	17.7%
2050	28.5%	17.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 15.1% in Qatar in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 27% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Qatar compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Qatar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands and +0.92% in Qatar. 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	Qatar
1960	452	1,220
1961	469	1,357
1962	488	1,589
1963	509	1,854
1964	536	2,150
1965	566	2,472
1966	603	2,811
1967	636	3,167
1968	685	3,547
1969	747	3,941
1970	819	4,346
1971	877	4,433
1972	913	4,581
1973	954	4,780
1974	1,000	5,015
1975	1,055	5,289
1976	1,109	5,598
1977	1,160	5,925
1978	1,207	6,246
1979	1,250	6,579
1980	1,287	6,894
1981	1,328	7,202
1982	1,375	7,489
1983	1,422	7,765
1984	1,470	7,997
1985	1,511	8,212
1986	1,544	8,439
1987	1,566	8,806
1988	1,575	9,198
1989	1,574	9,407
1990	1,556	9,388
1991	1,540	9,182
1992	1,525	9,189
1993	1,524	9,250
1994	1,524	9,257
1995	1,522	9,186
1996	1,542	9,049
1997	1,564	8,846
1998	1,576	9,055
1999	1,590	9,431
2000	1,592	9,974
2001	1,596	10,683
2002	1,594	11,062
2003	1,600	11,291
2004	1,595	11,242
2005	1,586	11,392
2006	1,556	10,225
2007	1,507	11,351
2008	1,443	14,062
2009	1,365	15,595
2010	1,273	16,225
2011	1,185	16,543
2012	1,097	17,681
2013	1,014	19,669
2014	959	21,699
2015	912	22,568
2016	866	22,416
2017	826	23,244
2018	785	23,340
2019	746	24,112
2020	689	25,128
2021	653	21,297
2022	606	24,360
2023	550	23,845

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Qatar

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 4 deaths in Qatar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Qatar
1985	254	17
1986	274	16
1987	282	15
1988	276	15
1989	299	14
1990	311	13
1991	297	13
1992	322	13
1993	320	13
1994	303	13
1995	303	13
1996	292	13
1997	274	13
1998	259	12
1999	250	12
2000	251	11
2001	231	12
2002	223	11
2003	221	11
2004	238	11
2005	234	11
2006	233	10
2007	229	9
2008	226	9
2009	224	8
2010	212	8
2011	209	7
2012	207	7
2013	201	6
2014	199	6
2015	184	6
2016	183	5
2017	179	5
2018	167	5
2019	168	5
2020	178	6
2021	206	7
2022	174	8
2023	155	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands and 0.6% in Qatar. 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	Qatar
1960	12.2%	-
1961	11.6%	-
1962	11%	-
1963	10.5%	-
1964	10.1%	-
1965	9.64%	-
1966	9.25%	-
1967	8.88%	-
1968	8.53%	-
1969	8.19%	7.07%
1970	7.87%	6.6%
1971	7.58%	6.16%
1972	7.33%	5.77%
1973	7.13%	5.4%
1974	6.97%	5.06%
1975	6.86%	4.75%
1976	6.77%	4.48%
1977	6.69%	4.24%
1978	6.61%	4.02%
1979	6.52%	3.81%
1980	6.42%	3.62%
1981	6.29%	3.45%
1982	6.15%	3.29%
1983	6%	3.13%
1984	5.83%	2.98%
1985	5.66%	2.82%
1986	5.49%	2.68%
1987	5.31%	2.52%
1988	5.13%	2.37%
1989	4.95%	2.23%
1990	4.76%	2.08%
1991	4.59%	1.94%
1992	4.43%	1.82%
1993	4.29%	1.71%
1994	4.2%	1.61%
1995	4.15%	1.53%
1996	4.14%	1.46%
1997	4.15%	1.4%
1998	4.19%	1.34%
1999	4.23%	1.29%
2000	4.25%	1.25%
2001	4.25%	1.2%
2002	4.24%	1.16%
2003	4.21%	1.12%
2004	4.18%	1.08%
2005	4.14%	1.04%
2006	4.1%	1.01%
2007	4.06%	0.98%
2008	4.02%	0.96%
2009	3.97%	0.93%
2010	3.94%	0.91%
2011	3.89%	0.89%
2012	3.82%	0.87%
2013	3.75%	0.84%
2014	3.66%	0.82%
2015	3.57%	0.79%
2016	3.48%	0.75%
2017	3.38%	0.72%
2018	3.29%	0.69%
2019	3.19%	0.67%
2020	3.1%	0.64%
2021	3%	0.63%
2022	2.91%	0.61%
2023	2.82%	0.6%