Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Marshall Islands vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	8.08	7.2
1961	8.12	7.21
1962	8.12	7.23
1963	8.12	7.23
1964	8.14	7.23
1965	8.16	7.23
1966	8.2	7.2
1967	8.17	7.16
1968	8.14	7.11
1969	8.11	7.04
1970	8.07	6.98
1971	8.04	6.94
1972	8	6.94
1973	7.95	6.94
1974	7.9	6.88
1975	7.83	6.83
1976	7.76	6.77
1977	7.67	6.71
1978	7.58	6.66
1979	7.47	6.59
1980	7.37	6.52
1981	7.27	6.45
1982	7.18	6.33
1983	7.08	6.2
1984	6.99	6.04
1985	6.87	5.87
1986	6.73	5.69
1987	6.57	5.5
1988	6.38	5.28
1989	6.18	5.07
1990	5.97	4.88
1991	5.76	4.72
1992	5.55	4.57
1993	5.38	4.39
1994	5.23	4.28
1995	5.09	4.15
1996	5.02	4.11
1997	4.96	4.08
1998	4.87	4.07
1999	4.78	4.06
2000	4.7	4.01
2001	4.58	3.98
2002	4.49	3.93
2003	4.42	3.86
2004	4.34	3.78
2005	4.28	3.69
2006	4.2	3.64
2007	4.09	3.68
2008	3.97	3.78
2009	3.83	3.95
2010	3.67	4.04
2011	3.53	4.13
2012	3.38	4.13
2013	3.25	4.11
2014	3.18	4.01
2015	3.13	3.91
2016	3.09	3.83
2017	3.06	3.77
2018	3.04	3.74
2019	3.01	3.75
2020	2.99	3.75
2021	2.96	3.77
2022	2.94	3.77
2023	2.92	3.72
2024	2.86	3.67
2025	2.82	3.62
2026	2.77	3.57
2027	2.73	3.52
2028	2.69	3.47
2029	2.65	3.43
2030	2.6	3.38
2031	2.57	3.33
2032	2.53	3.29
2033	2.5	3.25
2034	2.47	3.21
2035	2.44	3.17
2036	2.41	3.13
2037	2.38	3.09
2038	2.36	3.06
2039	2.34	3.02
2040	2.31	2.99
2041	2.29	2.96
2042	2.26	2.93
2043	2.24	2.9
2044	2.23	2.87
2045	2.21	2.84
2046	2.19	2.81
2047	2.17	2.78
2048	2.15	2.75
2049	2.13	2.72
2050	2.11	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Zimbabwe
1960	46.1%	47.3%
1961	46.7%	47.7%
1962	47.1%	48.1%
1963	47.4%	48.5%
1964	47.5%	48.8%
1965	47.5%	48.7%
1966	47.2%	48.6%
1967	46.7%	48.5%
1968	46.1%	48.5%
1969	45.3%	48.4%
1970	45%	48.3%
1971	45.6%	48.2%
1972	46.6%	48.2%
1973	47.3%	48.1%
1974	47.8%	48.1%
1975	48.2%	48.1%
1976	48.5%	48.2%
1977	49%	48.3%
1978	49.4%	48.5%
1979	49.8%	48.8%
1980	50.1%	48.7%
1981	50.3%	48.4%
1982	50.3%	48.3%
1983	50.4%	48.2%
1984	50.4%	48.1%
1985	50.6%	48%
1986	50.7%	47.9%
1987	50.8%	47.9%
1988	50.8%	47.9%
1989	50.6%	47.6%
1990	50.2%	47.1%
1991	49.7%	46.6%
1992	49.1%	46.8%
1993	48.4%	47.1%
1994	47.5%	46.6%
1995	46.6%	45.9%
1996	45.6%	45%
1997	44.7%	44%
1998	43.7%	43.1%
1999	42.8%	42.4%
2000	42%	41.9%
2001	41.3%	41.5%
2002	40.6%	41.4%
2003	39.9%	41.5%
2004	39.4%	41.7%
2005	39.1%	41.9%
2006	38.9%	42%
2007	39%	42.1%
2008	39.2%	42.4%
2009	39.4%	42.7%
2010	39.7%	43%
2011	39.7%	43.4%
2012	39.4%	43.7%
2013	38.8%	43.9%
2014	38.2%	43.9%
2015	37.5%	43.8%
2016	36.8%	43.6%
2017	36.2%	43.3%
2018	35.7%	42.9%
2019	35.1%	42.5%
2020	34.5%	42.2%
2021	34.4%	41.9%
2022	34.6%	41.6%
2023	34.7%	41.3%
2024	34.5%	40.9%
2025	33.9%	40.3%
2026	33.2%	39.6%
2027	32.6%	39%
2028	32%	38.4%
2029	31.4%	37.8%
2030	30.9%	37.4%
2031	30.3%	37%
2032	29.7%	36.8%
2033	29.2%	36.5%
2034	28.6%	36.3%
2035	28.1%	36.1%
2036	27.6%	35.8%
2037	27.3%	35.6%
2038	27.3%	35.3%
2039	27.4%	35.1%
2040	27.7%	34.8%
2041	28%	34.6%
2042	28.3%	34.3%
2043	28.6%	34.1%
2044	28.8%	33.8%
2045	29%	33.5%
2046	29.1%	33.2%
2047	29.1%	32.9%
2048	29%	32.6%
2049	28.8%	32.2%
2050	28.5%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	452	126,959
1961	469	131,531
1962	488	136,317
1963	509	140,984
1964	536	145,848
1965	566	151,164
1966	603	156,014
1967	636	161,205
1968	685	166,865
1969	747	172,626
1970	819	178,979
1971	877	185,427
1972	913	193,725
1973	954	201,885
1974	1,000	208,806
1975	1,055	216,947
1976	1,109	221,419
1977	1,160	225,139
1978	1,207	222,979
1979	1,250	223,657
1980	1,287	241,179
1981	1,328	271,361
1982	1,375	279,934
1983	1,422	286,545
1984	1,470	290,052
1985	1,511	290,756
1986	1,544	289,894
1987	1,566	286,766
1988	1,575	277,498
1989	1,574	270,838
1990	1,556	265,444
1991	1,540	260,943
1992	1,525	255,291
1993	1,524	228,045
1994	1,524	216,343
1995	1,522	206,695
1996	1,542	205,269
1997	1,564	216,288
1998	1,576	225,614
1999	1,590	232,393
2000	1,592	236,343
2001	1,596	227,909
2002	1,594	244,170
2003	1,600	243,057
2004	1,595	248,307
2005	1,586	248,545
2006	1,556	248,963
2007	1,507	261,805
2008	1,443	280,527
2009	1,365	309,316
2010	1,273	335,570
2011	1,185	359,572
2012	1,097	371,135
2013	1,014	374,757
2014	959	366,350
2015	912	356,203
2016	866	348,772
2017	826	344,035
2018	785	345,883
2019	746	348,798
2020	689	354,790
2021	653	349,908
2022	606	371,243
2023	550	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Zimbabwe
1985	254	573
1986	274	525
1987	282	480
1988	276	431
1989	299	382
1990	311	353
1991	297	332
1992	322	333
1993	320	331
1994	303	332
1995	303	332
1996	292	352
1997	274	357
1998	259	368
1999	250	399
2000	251	405
2001	231	467
2002	223	418
2003	221	455
2004	238	451
2005	234	454
2006	233	480
2007	229	519
2008	226	526
2009	224	540
2010	212	567
2011	209	564
2012	207	558
2013	201	525
2014	199	468
2015	184	428
2016	183	411
2017	179	389
2018	167	386
2019	168	388
2020	178	380
2021	206	446
2022	174	368
2023	155	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	12.2%	15.2%
1961	11.6%	14.8%
1962	11%	14.4%
1963	10.5%	14%
1964	10.1%	13.5%
1965	9.64%	13.1%
1966	9.25%	12.7%
1967	8.88%	12.4%
1968	8.53%	12.1%
1969	8.19%	11.8%
1970	7.87%	11.7%
1971	7.58%	11.5%
1972	7.33%	11.5%
1973	7.13%	11.4%
1974	6.97%	11.4%
1975	6.86%	11.4%
1976	6.77%	11.5%
1977	6.69%	11.5%
1978	6.61%	11.5%
1979	6.52%	11.3%
1980	6.42%	11.1%
1981	6.29%	10.7%
1982	6.15%	10.1%
1983	6%	9.5%
1984	5.83%	8.87%
1985	5.66%	8.31%
1986	5.49%	7.86%
1987	5.31%	7.61%
1988	5.13%	7.55%
1989	4.95%	7.69%
1990	4.76%	7.97%
1991	4.59%	8.33%
1992	4.43%	8.73%
1993	4.29%	9.16%
1994	4.2%	9.52%
1995	4.15%	9.83%
1996	4.14%	10%
1997	4.15%	10.1%
1998	4.19%	10%
1999	4.23%	9.92%
2000	4.25%	9.83%
2001	4.25%	9.79%
2002	4.24%	8.48%
2003	4.21%	8.85%
2004	4.18%	9.17%
2005	4.14%	9.23%
2006	4.1%	9.4%
2007	4.06%	9.47%
2008	4.02%	9.34%
2009	3.97%	9.03%
2010	3.94%	8.5%
2011	3.89%	7.88%
2012	3.82%	7.14%
2013	3.75%	6.55%
2014	3.66%	6.18%
2015	3.57%	5.98%
2016	3.48%	5.69%
2017	3.38%	5.5%
2018	3.29%	5.23%
2019	3.19%	5.11%
2020	3.1%	5.01%
2021	3%	4.76%
2022	2.91%	4.6%
2023	2.82%	4.42%