Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Yemen

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Marshall Islands vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	8.08	7.99
1961	8.12	8
1962	8.12	8.01
1963	8.12	8.03
1964	8.14	8.07
1965	8.16	8.1
1966	8.2	8.14
1967	8.17	8.17
1968	8.14	8.19
1969	8.11	8.22
1970	8.07	8.23
1971	8.04	8.26
1972	8	8.27
1973	7.95	8.29
1974	7.9	8.33
1975	7.83	8.37
1976	7.76	8.42
1977	7.67	8.47
1978	7.58	8.5
1979	7.47	8.67
1980	7.37	8.71
1981	7.27	8.75
1982	7.18	8.79
1983	7.08	8.83
1984	6.99	8.85
1985	6.87	8.86
1986	6.73	8.86
1987	6.57	8.83
1988	6.38	8.79
1989	6.18	8.71
1990	5.97	8.61
1991	5.76	8.46
1992	5.55	8.27
1993	5.38	8.05
1994	5.23	7.8
1995	5.09	7.53
1996	5.02	7
1997	4.96	6.82
1998	4.87	6.64
1999	4.78	6.49
2000	4.7	6.32
2001	4.58	6.14
2002	4.49	5.97
2003	4.42	5.84
2004	4.34	5.71
2005	4.28	5.56
2006	4.2	5.41
2007	4.09	5.26
2008	3.97	5.11
2009	3.83	5
2010	3.67	4.81
2011	3.53	4.63
2012	3.38	4.63
2013	3.25	4.62
2014	3.18	4.62
2015	3.13	4.62
2016	3.09	4.61
2017	3.06	4.61
2018	3.04	4.61
2019	3.01	4.6
2020	2.99	4.6
2021	2.96	4.6
2022	2.94	4.59
2023	2.92	4.59
2024	2.86	4.5
2025	2.82	4.41
2026	2.77	4.33
2027	2.73	4.23
2028	2.69	4.14
2029	2.65	4.06
2030	2.6	3.97
2031	2.57	3.87
2032	2.53	3.8
2033	2.5	3.73
2034	2.47	3.66
2035	2.44	3.59
2036	2.41	3.51
2037	2.38	3.44
2038	2.36	3.38
2039	2.34	3.32
2040	2.31	3.26
2041	2.29	3.21
2042	2.26	3.16
2043	2.24	3.12
2044	2.23	3.07
2045	2.21	3.02
2046	2.19	2.97
2047	2.17	2.93
2048	2.15	2.89
2049	2.13	2.85
2050	2.11	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Yemen
1960	46.1%	40.3%
1961	46.7%	40.4%
1962	47.1%	40.4%
1963	47.4%	40.6%
1964	47.5%	40.9%
1965	47.5%	41.3%
1966	47.2%	41.8%
1967	46.7%	42.3%
1968	46.1%	42.8%
1969	45.3%	43.3%
1970	45%	43.8%
1971	45.6%	44.3%
1972	46.6%	44.8%
1973	47.3%	45.3%
1974	47.8%	45.7%
1975	48.2%	46.2%
1976	48.5%	46.6%
1977	49%	47%
1978	49.4%	47.5%
1979	49.8%	47.9%
1980	50.1%	48.3%
1981	50.3%	48.7%
1982	50.3%	49.1%
1983	50.4%	49.4%
1984	50.4%	49.7%
1985	50.6%	50%
1986	50.7%	50.3%
1987	50.8%	50.5%
1988	50.8%	50.7%
1989	50.6%	50.9%
1990	50.2%	51.1%
1991	49.7%	51.2%
1992	49.1%	51.2%
1993	48.4%	51.2%
1994	47.5%	51.1%
1995	46.6%	50.9%
1996	45.6%	50.6%
1997	44.7%	50.3%
1998	43.7%	49.9%
1999	42.8%	49.5%
2000	42%	49%
2001	41.3%	48.6%
2002	40.6%	48.1%
2003	39.9%	47.6%
2004	39.4%	47.1%
2005	39.1%	46.5%
2006	38.9%	45.9%
2007	39%	45.3%
2008	39.2%	44.7%
2009	39.4%	44.1%
2010	39.7%	43.5%
2011	39.7%	43%
2012	39.4%	42.7%
2013	38.8%	42.3%
2014	38.2%	42.1%
2015	37.5%	41.8%
2016	36.8%	41.7%
2017	36.2%	41.6%
2018	35.7%	41.5%
2019	35.1%	41.4%
2020	34.5%	41.4%
2021	34.4%	41.4%
2022	34.6%	41.3%
2023	34.7%	41.2%
2024	34.5%	41.1%
2025	33.9%	41%
2026	33.2%	40.9%
2027	32.6%	40.8%
2028	32%	40.6%
2029	31.4%	40.3%
2030	30.9%	40%
2031	30.3%	39.6%
2032	29.7%	39.2%
2033	29.2%	38.7%
2034	28.6%	38.2%
2035	28.1%	37.7%
2036	27.6%	37.1%
2037	27.3%	36.5%
2038	27.3%	36%
2039	27.4%	35.4%
2040	27.7%	34.8%
2041	28%	34.3%
2042	28.3%	33.8%
2043	28.6%	33.4%
2044	28.8%	33%
2045	29%	32.6%
2046	29.1%	32.3%
2047	29.1%	32%
2048	29%	31.7%
2049	28.8%	31.4%
2050	28.5%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	452	122,994
1961	469	129,787
1962	488	131,262
1963	509	133,781
1964	536	147,299
1965	566	155,398
1966	603	164,091
1967	636	173,637
1968	685	182,518
1969	747	196,305
1970	819	207,613
1971	877	219,095
1972	913	229,322
1973	954	240,235
1974	1,000	252,737
1975	1,055	266,815
1976	1,109	281,078
1977	1,160	296,115
1978	1,207	312,439
1979	1,250	336,378
1980	1,287	355,767
1981	1,328	374,482
1982	1,375	392,302
1983	1,422	414,823
1984	1,470	434,674
1985	1,511	455,576
1986	1,544	464,665
1987	1,566	493,337
1988	1,575	513,296
1989	1,574	530,464
1990	1,556	549,654
1991	1,540	565,837
1992	1,525	582,072
1993	1,524	595,459
1994	1,524	602,363
1995	1,522	607,966
1996	1,542	588,786
1997	1,564	604,443
1998	1,576	615,488
1999	1,590	633,166
2000	1,592	646,694
2001	1,596	658,704
2002	1,594	672,494
2003	1,600	694,457
2004	1,595	710,493
2005	1,586	726,708
2006	1,556	750,082
2007	1,507	764,780
2008	1,443	779,123
2009	1,365	798,911
2010	1,273	803,246
2011	1,185	806,359
2012	1,097	845,645
2013	1,014	884,929
2014	959	920,330
2015	912	939,922
2016	866	975,697
2017	826	1,006,725
2018	785	1,020,238
2019	746	1,056,432
2020	689	1,086,322
2021	653	1,103,622
2022	606	1,153,375
2023	550	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Yemen
1985	254	430
1986	274	430
1987	282	400
1988	276	388
1989	299	371
1990	311	359
1991	297	341
1992	322	330
1993	320	319
1994	303	311
1995	303	296
1996	292	282
1997	274	271
1998	259	260
1999	250	250
2000	251	241
2001	231	231
2002	223	218
2003	221	205
2004	238	194
2005	234	181
2006	233	171
2007	229	161
2008	226	153
2009	224	149
2010	212	144
2011	209	140
2012	207	137
2013	201	135
2014	199	134
2015	184	135
2016	183	134
2017	179	142
2018	167	134
2019	168	131
2020	178	135
2021	206	156
2022	174	125
2023	155	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	12.2%	42.9%
1961	11.6%	42.2%
1962	11%	41.5%
1963	10.5%	40.8%
1964	10.1%	40%
1965	9.64%	39%
1966	9.25%	38%
1967	8.88%	36.8%
1968	8.53%	35.6%
1969	8.19%	34.3%
1970	7.87%	33%
1971	7.58%	31.8%
1972	7.33%	30.6%
1973	7.13%	29.5%
1974	6.97%	28.4%
1975	6.86%	27.2%
1976	6.77%	26%
1977	6.69%	24.7%
1978	6.61%	23.4%
1979	6.52%	22.1%
1980	6.42%	20.8%
1981	6.29%	19.6%
1982	6.15%	18.4%
1983	6%	17.2%
1984	5.83%	16.2%
1985	5.66%	15.3%
1986	5.49%	14.6%
1987	5.31%	14%
1988	5.13%	13.4%
1989	4.95%	12.9%
1990	4.76%	12.5%
1991	4.59%	12.1%
1992	4.43%	11.8%
1993	4.29%	11.6%
1994	4.2%	11.3%
1995	4.15%	11.1%
1996	4.14%	10.8%
1997	4.15%	10.5%
1998	4.19%	10.2%
1999	4.23%	9.77%
2000	4.25%	9.32%
2001	4.25%	8.84%
2002	4.24%	8.36%
2003	4.21%	7.9%
2004	4.18%	7.47%
2005	4.14%	7.06%
2006	4.1%	6.68%
2007	4.06%	6.33%
2008	4.02%	6.02%
2009	3.97%	5.74%
2010	3.94%	5.49%
2011	3.89%	5.3%
2012	3.82%	5.14%
2013	3.75%	4.95%
2014	3.66%	4.84%
2015	3.57%	4.9%
2016	3.48%	4.77%
2017	3.38%	4.66%
2018	3.29%	4.7%
2019	3.19%	4.59%
2020	3.1%	4.32%
2021	3%	4.24%
2022	2.91%	4.08%
2023	2.82%	3.93%