Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Moldova vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Moldova vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	3.32	6.38
1961	3.23	6.3
1962	3.04	6.23
1963	2.89	6.16
1964	2.71	6.07
1965	2.69	5.98
1966	2.65	5.87
1967	2.62	5.75
1968	2.59	5.61
1969	2.57	5.47
1970	2.57	5.32
1971	2.56	5.17
1972	2.56	5.04
1973	2.57	4.91
1974	2.56	4.79
1975	2.52	4.69
1976	2.47	4.59
1977	2.42	4.49
1978	2.39	4.4
1979	2.38	4.3
1980	2.38	4.2
1981	2.4	4.1
1982	2.45	4.01
1983	2.58	3.93
1984	2.67	3.86
1985	2.67	3.79
1986	2.74	3.73
1987	2.78	3.67
1988	2.63	3.6
1989	2.46	3.52
1990	2.39	3.45
1991	2.28	3.37
1992	2.22	3.29
1993	2.11	3.22
1994	1.99	3.15
1995	1.83	3.08
1996	1.71	3.02
1997	1.79	2.97
1998	1.65	2.91
1999	1.56	2.86
2000	1.5	2.79
2001	1.47	2.78
2002	1.45	2.74
2003	1.48	2.7
2004	1.54	2.64
2005	1.53	2.63
2006	1.54	2.6
2007	1.58	2.52
2008	1.64	2.48
2009	1.72	2.42
2010	1.7	2.4
2011	1.65	2.4
2012	1.66	2.38
2013	1.62	2.33
2014	1.82	2.3
2015	1.87	2.25
2016	1.89	2.22
2017	1.81	2.18
2018	1.81	2.15
2019	1.78	2.13
2020	1.77	2.12
2021	1.75	2.11
2022	1.69	2.09
2023	1.73	2.08
2024	1.73	2.08
2025	1.72	2.06
2026	1.72	2.04
2027	1.72	2.03
2028	1.72	2.01
2029	1.72	2
2030	1.72	1.99
2031	1.72	1.98
2032	1.72	1.97
2033	1.71	1.96
2034	1.71	1.95
2035	1.71	1.94
2036	1.71	1.93
2037	1.71	1.92
2038	1.71	1.91
2039	1.71	1.91
2040	1.71	1.9
2041	1.71	1.89
2042	1.71	1.88
2043	1.7	1.87
2044	1.7	1.86
2045	1.7	1.86
2046	1.7	1.85
2047	1.7	1.84
2048	1.7	1.84
2049	1.7	1.83
2050	1.7	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	Venezuela
1960	34.5%	46.8%
1961	34.9%	46.9%
1962	35.1%	47%
1963	35.1%	47%
1964	34.7%	47%
1965	34.2%	46.9%
1966	33.5%	46.8%
1967	32.8%	46.6%
1968	32.1%	46.3%
1969	31.3%	46%
1970	30.7%	45.6%
1971	30.1%	45.2%
1972	29.5%	44.7%
1973	28.9%	44.3%
1974	28.3%	43.8%
1975	27.7%	43.3%
1976	27.2%	42.9%
1977	26.8%	42.5%
1978	26.5%	42.1%
1979	26.7%	41.7%
1980	26.9%	41.3%
1981	26.9%	41%
1982	27%	40.6%
1983	27.1%	40.3%
1984	27.3%	39.9%
1985	27.5%	39.6%
1986	27.7%	39.3%
1987	27.8%	39%
1988	27.9%	38.7%
1989	27.8%	38.4%
1990	27.7%	38.1%
1991	27.6%	37.8%
1992	27.4%	37.4%
1993	27.2%	37%
1994	27%	36.6%
1995	26.7%	36.2%
1996	26.3%	35.8%
1997	25.8%	35.3%
1998	25.1%	34.9%
1999	24.4%	34.5%
2000	23.5%	34%
2001	22.5%	33.6%
2002	21.6%	33.1%
2003	20.7%	32.7%
2004	19.9%	32.2%
2005	19.3%	31.8%
2006	18.8%	31.4%
2007	18.4%	31%
2008	18%	30.6%
2009	17.7%	30.3%
2010	17.5%	29.9%
2011	17.4%	29.5%
2012	17.3%	29.2%
2013	17.4%	28.9%
2014	17.8%	28.5%
2015	18.2%	28.2%
2016	18.7%	27.9%
2017	19.1%	27.8%
2018	19.5%	27.9%
2019	19.8%	28%
2020	20%	27.8%
2021	20.1%	27.4%
2022	20.1%	26.8%
2023	20%	26.2%
2024	19.8%	25.5%
2025	19.5%	24.9%
2026	19.2%	24.3%
2027	18.9%	23.8%
2028	18.4%	23.2%
2029	17.9%	22.8%
2030	17.3%	22.4%
2031	16.8%	22%
2032	16.3%	21.7%
2033	15.9%	21.5%
2034	15.6%	21.4%
2035	15.4%	21.4%
2036	15.2%	21.4%
2037	15.1%	21.5%
2038	15.1%	21.5%
2039	15.1%	21.4%
2040	15.2%	21.4%
2041	15.3%	21.3%
2042	15.4%	21.2%
2043	15.6%	21.1%
2044	15.7%	20.9%
2045	15.9%	20.7%
2046	16.1%	20.5%
2047	16.3%	20.3%
2048	16.5%	20%
2049	16.6%	19.8%
2050	16.7%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	36,352	285,105
1961	35,180	292,109
1962	32,082	299,345
1963	29,382	307,279
1964	25,860	314,397
1965	24,916	321,695
1966	23,720	329,697
1967	22,654	335,813
1968	22,005	340,973
1969	21,768	343,596
1970	22,314	350,709
1971	23,359	355,212
1972	24,626	360,749
1973	25,967	367,612
1974	27,219	375,678
1975	27,677	385,045
1976	27,801	395,344
1977	27,707	405,315
1978	27,622	414,032
1979	28,322	421,256
1980	30,053	425,613
1981	31,360	432,059
1982	32,814	436,564
1983	36,076	443,569
1984	38,108	449,186
1985	38,060	455,517
1986	39,463	468,252
1987	40,122	474,204
1988	35,608	477,569
1989	29,638	478,053
1990	25,824	478,168
1991	21,127	477,917
1992	17,373	474,824
1993	13,886	473,189
1994	9,921	469,178
1995	5,534	469,267
1996	2,655	468,653
1997	4,669	472,002
1998	2,140	469,123
1999	642	463,787
2000	-324	459,802
2001	-718	451,487
2002	-1,249	466,821
2003	-322	456,902
2004	1,714	455,881
2005	2,005	463,260
2006	2,406	460,152
2007	3,490	452,482
2008	5,210	435,870
2009	7,492	427,257
2010	7,456	425,397
2011	5,948	425,958
2012	5,581	420,758
2013	3,537	408,930
2014	7,248	395,088
2015	6,049	384,560
2016	4,580	359,651
2017	1,402	340,222
2018	-961	317,302
2019	-3,416	274,826
2020	-7,067	237,223
2021	-13,444	207,746
2022	-6,385	216,619
2023	-7,007	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	Venezuela
1985	62	83
1986	60	81
1987	56	81
1988	53	80
1989	52	80
1990	53	83
1991	53	80
1992	55	82
1993	55	82
1994	56	84
1995	54	84
1996	53	86
1997	52	82
1998	48	82
1999	43	88
2000	38	86
2001	35	101
2002	31	87
2003	29	97
2004	28	94
2005	26	93
2006	25	96
2007	24	92
2008	23	103
2009	22	109
2010	20	110
2011	19	104
2012	19	113
2013	19	123
2014	20	133
2015	20	136
2016	21	162
2017	20	195
2018	20	205
2019	21	202
2020	29	207
2021	24	251
2022	19	219
2023	19	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	-	7.97%
1961	-	7.72%
1962	-	7.49%
1963	-	7.3%
1964	-	7.14%
1965	-	7%
1966	-	6.87%
1967	-	6.75%
1968	-	6.61%
1969	-	6.47%
1970	-	6.3%
1971	6.39%	6.12%
1972	6.2%	5.94%
1973	6.03%	5.75%
1974	5.86%	5.57%
1975	5.68%	5.38%
1976	5.53%	5.2%
1977	5.38%	5.01%
1978	5.23%	4.82%
1979	5.08%	4.62%
1980	4.93%	4.42%
1981	4.78%	4.24%
1982	4.61%	4.07%
1983	4.41%	3.91%
1984	4.2%	3.77%
1985	4%	3.64%
1986	3.8%	3.5%
1987	3.62%	3.37%
1988	3.48%	3.23%
1989	3.38%	3.09%
1990	3.35%	2.96%
1991	3.39%	2.86%
1992	3.48%	2.78%
1993	3.62%	2.73%
1994	3.75%	2.68%
1995	3.84%	2.63%
1996	3.85%	2.55%
1997	3.78%	2.45%
1998	3.62%	2.34%
1999	3.4%	2.24%
2000	3.13%	2.15%
2001	2.85%	2.09%
2002	2.58%	2.03%
2003	2.34%	1.98%
2004	2.16%	1.91%
2005	2.01%	1.85%
2006	1.91%	1.79%
2007	1.83%	1.74%
2008	1.77%	1.72%
2009	1.73%	1.71%
2010	1.69%	1.72%
2011	1.66%	1.73%
2012	1.63%	1.76%
2013	1.6%	1.79%
2014	1.58%	1.83%
2015	1.55%	1.92%
2016	1.53%	2.43%
2017	1.52%	2.43%
2018	1.51%	2.43%
2019	1.5%	2.43%
2020	1.49%	2.43%
2021	1.48%	2.43%
2022	1.48%	2.43%
2023	1.47%	2.43%