Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Moldova vs Mozambique chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Moldova was 1.73 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Moldova vs Mozambique population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Moldova	Mozambique
1960	3.32	6.31
1961	3.23	6.37
1962	3.04	6.42
1963	2.89	6.47
1964	2.71	6.51
1965	2.69	6.54
1966	2.65	6.58
1967	2.62	6.61
1968	2.59	6.65
1969	2.57	6.67
1970	2.57	6.7
1971	2.56	6.7
1972	2.56	6.7
1973	2.57	6.7
1974	2.56	6.67
1975	2.52	6.66
1976	2.47	6.64
1977	2.42	6.62
1978	2.39	6.59
1979	2.38	6.56
1980	2.38	6.53
1981	2.4	6.48
1982	2.45	6.43
1983	2.58	6.43
1984	2.67	6.44
1985	2.67	6.43
1986	2.74	6.41
1987	2.78	6.39
1988	2.63	6.37
1989	2.46	6.35
1990	2.39	6.32
1991	2.28	6.28
1992	2.22	6.22
1993	2.11	6.15
1994	1.99	6.08
1995	1.83	6.02
1996	1.71	5.97
1997	1.79	5.93
1998	1.65	5.91
1999	1.56	5.88
2000	1.5	5.83
2001	1.47	5.76
2002	1.45	5.67
2003	1.48	5.6
2004	1.54	5.55
2005	1.53	5.5
2006	1.54	5.45
2007	1.58	5.47
2008	1.64	5.6
2009	1.72	5.68
2010	1.7	5.66
2011	1.65	5.6
2012	1.66	5.52
2013	1.62	5.43
2014	1.82	5.3
2015	1.87	5.25
2016	1.89	5.19
2017	1.81	5.13
2018	1.81	5.07
2019	1.78	5.02
2020	1.77	4.96
2021	1.75	4.91
2022	1.69	4.84
2023	1.73	4.76
2024	1.73	4.69
2025	1.72	4.62
2026	1.72	4.54
2027	1.72	4.46
2028	1.72	4.39
2029	1.72	4.3
2030	1.72	4.23
2031	1.72	4.14
2032	1.72	4.06
2033	1.71	3.97
2034	1.71	3.89
2035	1.71	3.82
2036	1.71	3.75
2037	1.71	3.67
2038	1.71	3.6
2039	1.71	3.53
2040	1.71	3.47
2041	1.71	3.4
2042	1.71	3.34
2043	1.7	3.28
2044	1.7	3.22
2045	1.7	3.16
2046	1.7	3.11
2047	1.7	3.06
2048	1.7	3.01
2049	1.7	2.97
2050	1.7	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	Mozambique
1960	34.5%	41%
1961	34.9%	41.2%
1962	35.1%	41.4%
1963	35.1%	41.6%
1964	34.7%	41.9%
1965	34.2%	42.2%
1966	33.5%	42.5%
1967	32.8%	42.7%
1968	32.1%	42.9%
1969	31.3%	43.1%
1970	30.7%	43.3%
1971	30.1%	43.4%
1972	29.5%	43.6%
1973	28.9%	43.7%
1974	28.3%	43.8%
1975	27.7%	44%
1976	27.2%	44.1%
1977	26.8%	44.3%
1978	26.5%	44.6%
1979	26.7%	44.9%
1980	26.9%	45.3%
1981	26.9%	45.6%
1982	27%	45.7%
1983	27.1%	45.8%
1984	27.3%	45.9%
1985	27.5%	45.9%
1986	27.7%	45.9%
1987	27.8%	45.9%
1988	27.9%	45.8%
1989	27.8%	45.7%
1990	27.7%	45.7%
1991	27.6%	45.6%
1992	27.4%	45.5%
1993	27.2%	45.4%
1994	27%	45.2%
1995	26.7%	45%
1996	26.3%	44.9%
1997	25.8%	44.8%
1998	25.1%	44.9%
1999	24.4%	45%
2000	23.5%	45.1%
2001	22.5%	45.1%
2002	21.6%	45.2%
2003	20.7%	45.3%
2004	19.9%	45.3%
2005	19.3%	45.3%
2006	18.8%	45.4%
2007	18.4%	45.4%
2008	18%	45.5%
2009	17.7%	45.6%
2010	17.5%	45.8%
2011	17.4%	45.8%
2012	17.3%	45.9%
2013	17.4%	45.8%
2014	17.8%	45.8%
2015	18.2%	45.7%
2016	18.7%	45.6%
2017	19.1%	45.5%
2018	19.5%	45.4%
2019	19.8%	45.3%
2020	20%	45.2%
2021	20.1%	45.1%
2022	20.1%	45%
2023	20%	44.8%
2024	19.8%	44.5%
2025	19.5%	44.2%
2026	19.2%	43.9%
2027	18.9%	43.5%
2028	18.4%	43.2%
2029	17.9%	42.9%
2030	17.3%	42.5%
2031	16.8%	42.2%
2032	16.3%	41.9%
2033	15.9%	41.5%
2034	15.6%	41.1%
2035	15.4%	40.7%
2036	15.2%	40.3%
2037	15.1%	39.9%
2038	15.1%	39.5%
2039	15.1%	39%
2040	15.2%	38.6%
2041	15.3%	38.2%
2042	15.4%	37.7%
2043	15.6%	37.3%
2044	15.7%	36.9%
2045	15.9%	36.4%
2046	16.1%	36%
2047	16.3%	35.6%
2048	16.5%	35.2%
2049	16.6%	34.8%
2050	16.7%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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
	Moldova	Mozambique
1960	36,352	165,774
1961	35,180	171,236
1962	32,082	176,297
1963	29,382	180,867
1964	25,860	182,334
1965	24,916	185,931
1966	23,720	189,218
1967	22,654	193,044
1968	22,005	197,623
1969	21,768	202,174
1970	22,314	207,385
1971	23,359	211,137
1972	24,626	215,793
1973	25,967	226,847
1974	27,219	240,665
1975	27,677	257,984
1976	27,801	273,924
1977	27,707	289,193
1978	27,622	310,403
1979	28,322	331,162
1980	30,053	349,586
1981	31,360	322,207
1982	32,814	321,493
1983	36,076	324,158
1984	38,108	304,524
1985	38,060	307,625
1986	39,463	332,609
1987	40,122	334,438
1988	35,608	349,480
1989	29,638	348,833
1990	25,824	353,290
1991	21,127	357,676
1992	17,373	362,373
1993	13,886	369,518
1994	9,921	384,821
1995	5,534	421,630
1996	2,655	442,559
1997	4,669	461,209
1998	2,140	474,453
1999	642	491,814
2000	-324	506,162
2001	-718	519,594
2002	-1,249	529,867
2003	-322	540,992
2004	1,714	554,973
2005	2,005	570,132
2006	2,406	586,009
2007	3,490	610,913
2008	5,210	654,920
2009	7,492	693,673
2010	7,456	719,025
2011	5,948	741,303
2012	5,581	763,088
2013	3,537	784,641
2014	7,248	799,778
2015	6,049	824,435
2016	4,580	850,430
2017	1,402	876,594
2018	-961	903,176
2019	-3,416	927,581
2020	-7,067	945,952
2021	-13,444	951,234
2022	-6,385	1,003,689
2023	-7,007	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs Mozambique

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 19 deaths per 100,000 live births in Moldova, compared to 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	Mozambique
1985	62	1,452
1986	60	1,355
1987	56	1,348
1988	53	1,259
1989	52	1,209
1990	53	1,150
1991	53	1,094
1992	55	1,046
1993	55	968
1994	56	902
1995	54	883
1996	53	819
1997	52	738
1998	48	694
1999	43	624
2000	38	547
2001	35	473
2002	31	398
2003	29	360
2004	28	321
2005	26	301
2006	25	298
2007	24	327
2008	23	365
2009	22	352
2010	20	305
2011	19	268
2012	19	218
2013	19	196
2014	20	210
2015	20	216
2016	21	202
2017	20	187
2018	20	159
2019	21	134
2020	29	123
2021	24	180
2022	19	104
2023	19	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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
	Moldova	Mozambique
1963	-	26.5%
1964	-	26.7%
1965	-	26.8%
1966	-	26.8%
1967	-	26.9%
1968	-	26.9%
1969	-	26.9%
1970	-	26.8%
1971	6.39%	26.7%
1972	6.2%	26.6%
1973	6.03%	26.4%
1974	5.86%	26.3%
1975	5.68%	26.1%
1976	5.53%	26%
1977	5.38%	25.8%
1978	5.23%	25.7%
1979	5.08%	25.7%
1980	4.93%	25.6%
1981	4.78%	25.6%
1982	4.61%	25.5%
1983	4.41%	25.3%
1984	4.2%	25.1%
1985	4%	24.8%
1986	3.8%	24.5%
1987	3.62%	24.2%
1988	3.48%	23.9%
1989	3.38%	23.6%
1990	3.35%	23.3%
1991	3.39%	23%
1992	3.48%	22.6%
1993	3.62%	22.1%
1994	3.75%	21.6%
1995	3.84%	20.9%
1996	3.85%	20.1%
1997	3.78%	19.2%
1998	3.62%	18.2%
1999	3.4%	17.2%
2000	3.13%	16.3%
2001	2.85%	15.4%
2002	2.58%	14.6%
2003	2.34%	13.9%
2004	2.16%	13.2%
2005	2.01%	12.5%
2006	1.91%	11.8%
2007	1.83%	11%
2008	1.77%	10.4%
2009	1.73%	9.75%
2010	1.69%	9.5%
2011	1.66%	9.05%
2012	1.63%	8.63%
2013	1.6%	8.26%
2014	1.58%	7.92%
2015	1.55%	7.51%
2016	1.53%	7.23%
2017	1.52%	7.09%
2018	1.51%	6.95%
2019	1.5%	6.83%
2020	1.49%	6.73%
2021	1.48%	6.58%
2022	1.48%	6.43%
2023	1.47%	6.17%