Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Uganda

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Uganda 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 4.28 in Uganda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Marshall Islands vs Uganda 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	Uganda
1960	8.08	6.91
1961	8.12	6.93
1962	8.12	6.96
1963	8.12	6.98
1964	8.14	7.01
1965	8.16	7.04
1966	8.2	7.07
1967	8.17	7.1
1968	8.14	7.13
1969	8.11	7.12
1970	8.07	7.15
1971	8.04	7.18
1972	8	7.19
1973	7.95	7.19
1974	7.9	7.19
1975	7.83	7.2
1976	7.76	7.19
1977	7.67	7.18
1978	7.58	7.16
1979	7.47	7.14
1980	7.37	7.11
1981	7.27	7.12
1982	7.18	7.11
1983	7.08	7.07
1984	6.99	7.02
1985	6.87	7.04
1986	6.73	7.08
1987	6.57	7.12
1988	6.38	7.1
1989	6.18	7.05
1990	5.97	7.01
1991	5.76	6.94
1992	5.55	6.91
1993	5.38	6.89
1994	5.23	6.9
1995	5.09	6.87
1996	5.02	6.84
1997	4.96	6.86
1998	4.87	6.84
1999	4.78	6.83
2000	4.7	6.79
2001	4.58	6.76
2002	4.49	6.74
2003	4.42	6.67
2004	4.34	6.61
2005	4.28	6.53
2006	4.2	6.43
2007	4.09	6.33
2008	3.97	6.2
2009	3.83	6.12
2010	3.67	6.02
2011	3.53	5.89
2012	3.38	5.73
2013	3.25	5.56
2014	3.18	5.41
2015	3.13	5.25
2016	3.09	5.11
2017	3.06	4.99
2018	3.04	4.87
2019	3.01	4.74
2020	2.99	4.62
2021	2.96	4.51
2022	2.94	4.39
2023	2.92	4.28
2024	2.86	4.16
2025	2.82	4.06
2026	2.77	3.97
2027	2.73	3.87
2028	2.69	3.79
2029	2.65	3.69
2030	2.6	3.61
2031	2.57	3.53
2032	2.53	3.45
2033	2.5	3.38
2034	2.47	3.31
2035	2.44	3.25
2036	2.41	3.19
2037	2.38	3.14
2038	2.36	3.09
2039	2.34	3.04
2040	2.31	2.99
2041	2.29	2.94
2042	2.26	2.9
2043	2.24	2.86
2044	2.23	2.82
2045	2.21	2.78
2046	2.19	2.74
2047	2.17	2.71
2048	2.15	2.67
2049	2.13	2.64
2050	2.11	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Uganda
1960	46.1%	46.3%
1961	46.7%	46.6%
1962	47.1%	46.8%
1963	47.4%	46.9%
1964	47.5%	46.8%
1965	47.5%	46.7%
1966	47.2%	46.6%
1967	46.7%	46.6%
1968	46.1%	46.5%
1969	45.3%	46.5%
1970	45%	46.5%
1971	45.6%	46.7%
1972	46.6%	46.9%
1973	47.3%	47.1%
1974	47.8%	47.3%
1975	48.2%	47.4%
1976	48.5%	47.5%
1977	49%	47.5%
1978	49.4%	47.6%
1979	49.8%	47.7%
1980	50.1%	47.9%
1981	50.3%	48%
1982	50.3%	48%
1983	50.4%	48.1%
1984	50.4%	48%
1985	50.6%	48%
1986	50.7%	48%
1987	50.8%	48%
1988	50.8%	48.1%
1989	50.6%	48.1%
1990	50.2%	48.2%
1991	49.7%	48.3%
1992	49.1%	48.4%
1993	48.4%	48.5%
1994	47.5%	48.6%
1995	46.6%	49.1%
1996	45.6%	49.4%
1997	44.7%	49.7%
1998	43.7%	49.9%
1999	42.8%	50%
2000	42%	50.1%
2001	41.3%	50.1%
2002	40.6%	50.1%
2003	39.9%	50.1%
2004	39.4%	50.1%
2005	39.1%	50.1%
2006	38.9%	50%
2007	39%	50%
2008	39.2%	49.8%
2009	39.4%	49.7%
2010	39.7%	49.5%
2011	39.7%	49.3%
2012	39.4%	49.1%
2013	38.8%	48.8%
2014	38.2%	48.5%
2015	37.5%	48.1%
2016	36.8%	47.5%
2017	36.2%	46.9%
2018	35.7%	46.3%
2019	35.1%	45.8%
2020	34.5%	45.2%
2021	34.4%	44.7%
2022	34.6%	44.3%
2023	34.7%	43.9%
2024	34.5%	43.5%
2025	33.9%	43.1%
2026	33.2%	42.7%
2027	32.6%	42.2%
2028	32%	41.8%
2029	31.4%	41.3%
2030	30.9%	40.9%
2031	30.3%	40.5%
2032	29.7%	40%
2033	29.2%	39.5%
2034	28.6%	39%
2035	28.1%	38.4%
2036	27.6%	37.8%
2037	27.3%	37.3%
2038	27.3%	36.7%
2039	27.4%	36.1%
2040	27.7%	35.6%
2041	28%	35.1%
2042	28.3%	34.6%
2043	28.6%	34.1%
2044	28.8%	33.6%
2045	29%	33.1%
2046	29.1%	32.7%
2047	29.1%	32.3%
2048	29%	31.8%
2049	28.8%	31.5%
2050	28.5%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 43.5% in Uganda in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 48.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Uganda compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Uganda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands and +3.17% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	452	225,080
1961	469	232,894
1962	488	241,513
1963	509	250,885
1964	536	260,733
1965	566	271,830
1966	603	282,225
1967	636	296,692
1968	685	309,725
1969	747	320,486
1970	819	333,202
1971	877	328,294
1972	913	335,935
1973	954	340,780
1974	1,000	345,773
1975	1,055	354,278
1976	1,109	359,458
1977	1,160	365,216
1978	1,207	371,930
1979	1,250	381,626
1980	1,287	370,287
1981	1,328	380,028
1982	1,375	390,820
1983	1,422	404,940
1984	1,470	421,241
1985	1,511	462,534
1986	1,544	487,693
1987	1,566	527,397
1988	1,575	547,759
1989	1,574	565,367
1990	1,556	587,291
1991	1,540	602,740
1992	1,525	627,139
1993	1,524	650,032
1994	1,524	675,092
1995	1,522	697,218
1996	1,542	699,707
1997	1,564	727,523
1998	1,576	741,175
1999	1,590	775,166
2000	1,592	803,069
2001	1,596	836,751
2002	1,594	868,756
2003	1,600	901,374
2004	1,595	938,623
2005	1,586	969,096
2006	1,556	999,958
2007	1,507	1,029,893
2008	1,443	1,055,935
2009	1,365	1,090,600
2010	1,273	1,121,564
2011	1,185	1,147,263
2012	1,097	1,167,473
2013	1,014	1,184,250
2014	959	1,201,599
2015	912	1,224,839
2016	866	1,249,565
2017	826	1,290,658
2018	785	1,332,600
2019	746	1,367,044
2020	689	1,397,288
2021	653	1,423,377
2022	606	1,455,576
2023	550	1,477,166

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Uganda

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 170 deaths in Uganda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Uganda
1985	254	842
1986	274	781
1987	282	709
1988	276	655
1989	299	609
1990	311	575
1991	297	549
1992	322	530
1993	320	515
1994	303	507
1995	303	514
1996	292	513
1997	274	522
1998	259	523
1999	250	504
2000	251	475
2001	231	440
2002	223	416
2003	221	395
2004	238	384
2005	234	417
2006	233	409
2007	229	345
2008	226	324
2009	224	322
2010	212	304
2011	209	295
2012	207	285
2013	201	308
2014	199	311
2015	184	299
2016	183	272
2017	179	246
2018	167	232
2019	168	219
2020	178	209
2021	206	216
2022	174	184
2023	155	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands and 3.88% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	12.2%	22.3%
1961	11.6%	21.9%
1962	11%	21.6%
1963	10.5%	21.3%
1964	10.1%	20.9%
1965	9.64%	20.6%
1966	9.25%	20.3%
1967	8.88%	19.9%
1968	8.53%	19.7%
1969	8.19%	19.4%
1970	7.87%	19.3%
1971	7.58%	19.3%
1972	7.33%	19.4%
1973	7.13%	19.6%
1974	6.97%	19.9%
1975	6.86%	20.3%
1976	6.77%	20.7%
1977	6.69%	21.2%
1978	6.61%	21.6%
1979	6.52%	21.8%
1980	6.42%	22%
1981	6.29%	21.9%
1982	6.15%	21.4%
1983	6%	20.9%
1984	5.83%	20.3%
1985	5.66%	19.9%
1986	5.49%	19.5%
1987	5.31%	19.2%
1988	5.13%	18.9%
1989	4.95%	18.7%
1990	4.76%	18.3%
1991	4.59%	17.9%
1992	4.43%	17.4%
1993	4.29%	17%
1994	4.2%	16.7%
1995	4.15%	16.5%
1996	4.14%	16.2%
1997	4.15%	16%
1998	4.19%	15.6%
1999	4.23%	15.2%
2000	4.25%	14.6%
2001	4.25%	13.9%
2002	4.24%	13.1%
2003	4.21%	12.3%
2004	4.18%	11.5%
2005	4.14%	10.7%
2006	4.1%	9.97%
2007	4.06%	9.3%
2008	4.02%	8.69%
2009	3.97%	8.14%
2010	3.94%	7.61%
2011	3.89%	7.1%
2012	3.82%	6.67%
2013	3.75%	6.24%
2014	3.66%	5.91%
2015	3.57%	5.58%
2016	3.48%	5.25%
2017	3.38%	4.98%
2018	3.29%	4.74%
2019	3.19%	4.53%
2020	3.1%	4.35%
2021	3%	4.18%
2022	2.91%	4.05%
2023	2.82%	3.88%