Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Zambia

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Marshall Islands vs Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	8.08	6.95
1961	8.12	6.98
1962	8.12	7.01
1963	8.12	7.06
1964	8.14	7.09
1965	8.16	7.12
1966	8.2	7.14
1967	8.17	7.15
1968	8.14	7.18
1969	8.11	7.18
1970	8.07	7.22
1971	8.04	7.26
1972	8	7.3
1973	7.95	7.34
1974	7.9	7.36
1975	7.83	7.42
1976	7.76	7.39
1977	7.67	7.35
1978	7.58	7.29
1979	7.47	7.22
1980	7.37	7.14
1981	7.27	7.07
1982	7.18	7.04
1983	7.08	7.01
1984	6.99	6.97
1985	6.87	6.93
1986	6.73	6.87
1987	6.57	6.8
1988	6.38	6.7
1989	6.18	6.64
1990	5.97	6.57
1991	5.76	6.46
1992	5.55	6.35
1993	5.38	6.3
1994	5.23	6.26
1995	5.09	6.23
1996	5.02	6.18
1997	4.96	6.12
1998	4.87	6.07
1999	4.78	6
2000	4.7	5.92
2001	4.58	5.85
2002	4.49	5.77
2003	4.42	5.71
2004	4.34	5.7
2005	4.28	5.7
2006	4.2	5.68
2007	4.09	5.61
2008	3.97	5.53
2009	3.83	5.45
2010	3.67	5.36
2011	3.53	5.26
2012	3.38	5.14
2013	3.25	5.01
2014	3.18	4.89
2015	3.13	4.78
2016	3.09	4.67
2017	3.06	4.57
2018	3.04	4.49
2019	3.01	4.42
2020	2.99	4.32
2021	2.96	4.25
2022	2.94	4.18
2023	2.92	4.1
2024	2.86	4.04
2025	2.82	3.97
2026	2.77	3.91
2027	2.73	3.85
2028	2.69	3.77
2029	2.65	3.72
2030	2.6	3.67
2031	2.57	3.61
2032	2.53	3.56
2033	2.5	3.5
2034	2.47	3.45
2035	2.44	3.4
2036	2.41	3.35
2037	2.38	3.3
2038	2.36	3.25
2039	2.34	3.19
2040	2.31	3.15
2041	2.29	3.11
2042	2.26	3.07
2043	2.24	3.03
2044	2.23	3
2045	2.21	2.96
2046	2.19	2.93
2047	2.17	2.9
2048	2.15	2.87
2049	2.13	2.84
2050	2.11	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Zambia
1960	46.1%	46%
1961	46.7%	46.2%
1962	47.1%	46.3%
1963	47.4%	46.5%
1964	47.5%	46.7%
1965	47.5%	46.9%
1966	47.2%	46.9%
1967	46.7%	47%
1968	46.1%	47.1%
1969	45.3%	47.2%
1970	45%	47.4%
1971	45.6%	47.7%
1972	46.6%	48%
1973	47.3%	48.3%
1974	47.8%	48.6%
1975	48.2%	48.8%
1976	48.5%	49.1%
1977	49%	49.2%
1978	49.4%	49.4%
1979	49.8%	49.5%
1980	50.1%	49.5%
1981	50.3%	49.4%
1982	50.3%	49.3%
1983	50.4%	49.1%
1984	50.4%	49%
1985	50.6%	48.9%
1986	50.7%	48.8%
1987	50.8%	48.7%
1988	50.8%	48.6%
1989	50.6%	48.5%
1990	50.2%	48.4%
1991	49.7%	48.3%
1992	49.1%	48.2%
1993	48.4%	48.2%
1994	47.5%	48.2%
1995	46.6%	48.2%
1996	45.6%	48.2%
1997	44.7%	48.2%
1998	43.7%	48.2%
1999	42.8%	48.1%
2000	42%	48%
2001	41.3%	47.8%
2002	40.6%	47.6%
2003	39.9%	47.4%
2004	39.4%	47.3%
2005	39.1%	47.1%
2006	38.9%	47%
2007	39%	46.8%
2008	39.2%	46.6%
2009	39.4%	46.4%
2010	39.7%	46.3%
2011	39.7%	46.1%
2012	39.4%	45.9%
2013	38.8%	45.7%
2014	38.2%	45.5%
2015	37.5%	45.2%
2016	36.8%	44.9%
2017	36.2%	44.5%
2018	35.7%	44.1%
2019	35.1%	43.8%
2020	34.5%	43.3%
2021	34.4%	42.9%
2022	34.6%	42.4%
2023	34.7%	42%
2024	34.5%	41.5%
2025	33.9%	41%
2026	33.2%	40.5%
2027	32.6%	40%
2028	32%	39.6%
2029	31.4%	39.2%
2030	30.9%	38.8%
2031	30.3%	38.5%
2032	29.7%	38.1%
2033	29.2%	37.8%
2034	28.6%	37.5%
2035	28.1%	37.1%
2036	27.6%	36.8%
2037	27.3%	36.5%
2038	27.3%	36.1%
2039	27.4%	35.8%
2040	27.7%	35.4%
2041	28%	35.1%
2042	28.3%	34.7%
2043	28.6%	34.4%
2044	28.8%	34%
2045	29%	33.7%
2046	29.1%	33.3%
2047	29.1%	33%
2048	29%	32.6%
2049	28.8%	32.3%
2050	28.5%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	452	102,335
1961	469	106,318
1962	488	110,173
1963	509	114,555
1964	536	117,197
1965	566	122,814
1966	603	127,164
1967	636	131,938
1968	685	137,315
1969	747	142,660
1970	819	149,380
1971	877	155,249
1972	913	161,648
1973	954	168,258
1974	1,000	174,484
1975	1,055	182,258
1976	1,109	186,762
1977	1,160	191,557
1978	1,207	194,933
1979	1,250	197,578
1980	1,287	198,817
1981	1,328	202,822
1982	1,375	207,621
1983	1,422	212,712
1984	1,470	216,695
1985	1,511	221,351
1986	1,544	224,768
1987	1,566	227,813
1988	1,575	230,118
1989	1,574	233,429
1990	1,556	235,835
1991	1,540	237,957
1992	1,525	239,953
1993	1,524	245,917
1994	1,524	252,023
1995	1,522	257,897
1996	1,542	262,468
1997	1,564	268,198
1998	1,576	275,568
1999	1,590	283,297
2000	1,592	293,186
2001	1,596	302,682
2002	1,594	316,041
2003	1,600	331,189
2004	1,595	349,352
2005	1,586	368,756
2006	1,556	387,891
2007	1,507	403,729
2008	1,443	419,560
2009	1,365	434,458
2010	1,273	448,337
2011	1,185	459,743
2012	1,097	469,406
2013	1,014	476,846
2014	959	483,663
2015	912	491,021
2016	866	497,521
2017	826	504,630
2018	785	515,644
2019	746	528,089
2020	689	536,484
2021	653	535,629
2022	606	563,456
2023	550	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Zambia
1985	254	596
1986	274	619
1987	282	630
1988	276	635
1989	299	635
1990	311	625
1991	297	611
1992	322	581
1993	320	532
1994	303	507
1995	303	466
1996	292	433
1997	274	403
1998	259	392
1999	250	378
2000	251	340
2001	231	306
2002	223	274
2003	221	250
2004	238	260
2005	234	264
2006	233	262
2007	229	324
2008	226	394
2009	224	406
2010	212	332
2011	209	291
2012	207	256
2013	201	213
2014	199	174
2015	184	154
2016	183	158
2017	179	141
2018	167	117
2019	168	103
2020	178	99
2021	206	140
2022	174	89
2023	155	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	12.2%	20.5%
1961	11.6%	20.1%
1962	11%	19.8%
1963	10.5%	19.5%
1964	10.1%	19.2%
1965	9.64%	19%
1966	9.25%	18.9%
1967	8.88%	18.7%
1968	8.53%	18.5%
1969	8.19%	18.3%
1970	7.87%	17.9%
1971	7.58%	17.4%
1972	7.33%	16.9%
1973	7.13%	16.3%
1974	6.97%	15.9%
1975	6.86%	15.5%
1976	6.77%	15.4%
1977	6.69%	15.3%
1978	6.61%	15.3%
1979	6.52%	15.4%
1980	6.42%	15.5%
1981	6.29%	15.6%
1982	6.15%	15.7%
1983	6%	15.9%
1984	5.83%	16.2%
1985	5.66%	16.6%
1986	5.49%	17%
1987	5.31%	17.3%
1988	5.13%	17.7%
1989	4.95%	17.9%
1990	4.76%	18.1%
1991	4.59%	18.1%
1992	4.43%	18.1%
1993	4.29%	17.9%
1994	4.2%	17.7%
1995	4.15%	17.3%
1996	4.14%	17%
1997	4.15%	16.7%
1998	4.19%	16.3%
1999	4.23%	15.9%
2000	4.25%	15.3%
2001	4.25%	14.4%
2002	4.24%	13.4%
2003	4.21%	12.4%
2004	4.18%	11.4%
2005	4.14%	10.5%
2006	4.1%	9.71%
2007	4.06%	9.14%
2008	4.02%	8.62%
2009	3.97%	8%
2010	3.94%	7.57%
2011	3.89%	7.31%
2012	3.82%	7.04%
2013	3.75%	6.72%
2014	3.66%	6.38%
2015	3.57%	6.15%
2016	3.48%	5.9%
2017	3.38%	5.61%
2018	3.29%	5.52%
2019	3.19%	5.41%
2020	3.1%	5.24%
2021	3%	4.92%
2022	2.91%	4.67%
2023	2.82%	4.47%