Fertility & birth rates in Moldova and Zimbabwe

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

Check Moldova 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
	Moldova	Zimbabwe
1960	3.32	7.2
1961	3.23	7.21
1962	3.04	7.23
1963	2.89	7.23
1964	2.71	7.23
1965	2.69	7.23
1966	2.65	7.2
1967	2.62	7.16
1968	2.59	7.11
1969	2.57	7.04
1970	2.57	6.98
1971	2.56	6.94
1972	2.56	6.94
1973	2.57	6.94
1974	2.56	6.88
1975	2.52	6.83
1976	2.47	6.77
1977	2.42	6.71
1978	2.39	6.66
1979	2.38	6.59
1980	2.38	6.52
1981	2.4	6.45
1982	2.45	6.33
1983	2.58	6.2
1984	2.67	6.04
1985	2.67	5.87
1986	2.74	5.69
1987	2.78	5.5
1988	2.63	5.28
1989	2.46	5.07
1990	2.39	4.88
1991	2.28	4.72
1992	2.22	4.57
1993	2.11	4.39
1994	1.99	4.28
1995	1.83	4.15
1996	1.71	4.11
1997	1.79	4.08
1998	1.65	4.07
1999	1.56	4.06
2000	1.5	4.01
2001	1.47	3.98
2002	1.45	3.93
2003	1.48	3.86
2004	1.54	3.78
2005	1.53	3.69
2006	1.54	3.64
2007	1.58	3.68
2008	1.64	3.78
2009	1.72	3.95
2010	1.7	4.04
2011	1.65	4.13
2012	1.66	4.13
2013	1.62	4.11
2014	1.82	4.01
2015	1.87	3.91
2016	1.89	3.83
2017	1.81	3.77
2018	1.81	3.74
2019	1.78	3.75
2020	1.77	3.75
2021	1.75	3.77
2022	1.69	3.77
2023	1.73	3.72
2024	1.73	3.67
2025	1.72	3.62
2026	1.72	3.57
2027	1.72	3.52
2028	1.72	3.47
2029	1.72	3.43
2030	1.72	3.38
2031	1.72	3.33
2032	1.72	3.29
2033	1.71	3.25
2034	1.71	3.21
2035	1.71	3.17
2036	1.71	3.13
2037	1.71	3.09
2038	1.71	3.06
2039	1.71	3.02
2040	1.71	2.99
2041	1.71	2.96
2042	1.71	2.93
2043	1.7	2.9
2044	1.7	2.87
2045	1.7	2.84
2046	1.7	2.81
2047	1.7	2.78
2048	1.7	2.75
2049	1.7	2.72
2050	1.7	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Moldova	Zimbabwe
1960	34.5%	47.3%
1961	34.9%	47.7%
1962	35.1%	48.1%
1963	35.1%	48.5%
1964	34.7%	48.8%
1965	34.2%	48.7%
1966	33.5%	48.6%
1967	32.8%	48.5%
1968	32.1%	48.5%
1969	31.3%	48.4%
1970	30.7%	48.3%
1971	30.1%	48.2%
1972	29.5%	48.2%
1973	28.9%	48.1%
1974	28.3%	48.1%
1975	27.7%	48.1%
1976	27.2%	48.2%
1977	26.8%	48.3%
1978	26.5%	48.5%
1979	26.7%	48.8%
1980	26.9%	48.7%
1981	26.9%	48.4%
1982	27%	48.3%
1983	27.1%	48.2%
1984	27.3%	48.1%
1985	27.5%	48%
1986	27.7%	47.9%
1987	27.8%	47.9%
1988	27.9%	47.9%
1989	27.8%	47.6%
1990	27.7%	47.1%
1991	27.6%	46.6%
1992	27.4%	46.8%
1993	27.2%	47.1%
1994	27%	46.6%
1995	26.7%	45.9%
1996	26.3%	45%
1997	25.8%	44%
1998	25.1%	43.1%
1999	24.4%	42.4%
2000	23.5%	41.9%
2001	22.5%	41.5%
2002	21.6%	41.4%
2003	20.7%	41.5%
2004	19.9%	41.7%
2005	19.3%	41.9%
2006	18.8%	42%
2007	18.4%	42.1%
2008	18%	42.4%
2009	17.7%	42.7%
2010	17.5%	43%
2011	17.4%	43.4%
2012	17.3%	43.7%
2013	17.4%	43.9%
2014	17.8%	43.9%
2015	18.2%	43.8%
2016	18.7%	43.6%
2017	19.1%	43.3%
2018	19.5%	42.9%
2019	19.8%	42.5%
2020	20%	42.2%
2021	20.1%	41.9%
2022	20.1%	41.6%
2023	20%	41.3%
2024	19.8%	40.9%
2025	19.5%	40.3%
2026	19.2%	39.6%
2027	18.9%	39%
2028	18.4%	38.4%
2029	17.9%	37.8%
2030	17.3%	37.4%
2031	16.8%	37%
2032	16.3%	36.8%
2033	15.9%	36.5%
2034	15.6%	36.3%
2035	15.4%	36.1%
2036	15.2%	35.8%
2037	15.1%	35.6%
2038	15.1%	35.3%
2039	15.1%	35.1%
2040	15.2%	34.8%
2041	15.3%	34.6%
2042	15.4%	34.3%
2043	15.6%	34.1%
2044	15.7%	33.8%
2045	15.9%	33.5%
2046	16.1%	33.2%
2047	16.3%	32.9%
2048	16.5%	32.6%
2049	16.6%	32.2%
2050	16.7%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.8% of the population in Moldova and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 27.7% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Moldova and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Moldova vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.08% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Zimbabwe
1960	36,352	126,959
1961	35,180	131,531
1962	32,082	136,317
1963	29,382	140,984
1964	25,860	145,848
1965	24,916	151,164
1966	23,720	156,014
1967	22,654	161,205
1968	22,005	166,865
1969	21,768	172,626
1970	22,314	178,979
1971	23,359	185,427
1972	24,626	193,725
1973	25,967	201,885
1974	27,219	208,806
1975	27,677	216,947
1976	27,801	221,419
1977	27,707	225,139
1978	27,622	222,979
1979	28,322	223,657
1980	30,053	241,179
1981	31,360	271,361
1982	32,814	279,934
1983	36,076	286,545
1984	38,108	290,052
1985	38,060	290,756
1986	39,463	289,894
1987	40,122	286,766
1988	35,608	277,498
1989	29,638	270,838
1990	25,824	265,444
1991	21,127	260,943
1992	17,373	255,291
1993	13,886	228,045
1994	9,921	216,343
1995	5,534	206,695
1996	2,655	205,269
1997	4,669	216,288
1998	2,140	225,614
1999	642	232,393
2000	-324	236,343
2001	-718	227,909
2002	-1,249	244,170
2003	-322	243,057
2004	1,714	248,307
2005	2,005	248,545
2006	2,406	248,963
2007	3,490	261,805
2008	5,210	280,527
2009	7,492	309,316
2010	7,456	335,570
2011	5,948	359,572
2012	5,581	371,135
2013	3,537	374,757
2014	7,248	366,350
2015	6,049	356,203
2016	4,580	348,772
2017	1,402	344,035
2018	-961	345,883
2019	-3,416	348,798
2020	-7,067	354,790
2021	-13,444	349,908
2022	-6,385	371,243
2023	-7,007	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Moldova vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Moldova	Zimbabwe
1985	62	573
1986	60	525
1987	56	480
1988	53	431
1989	52	382
1990	53	353
1991	53	332
1992	55	333
1993	55	331
1994	56	332
1995	54	332
1996	53	352
1997	52	357
1998	48	368
1999	43	399
2000	38	405
2001	35	467
2002	31	418
2003	29	455
2004	28	451
2005	26	454
2006	25	480
2007	24	519
2008	23	526
2009	22	540
2010	20	567
2011	19	564
2012	19	558
2013	19	525
2014	20	468
2015	20	428
2016	21	411
2017	20	389
2018	20	386
2019	21	388
2020	29	380
2021	24	446
2022	19	368
2023	19	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.47% in Moldova 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
	Moldova	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12.4%
1968	-	12.1%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.7%
1971	6.39%	11.5%
1972	6.2%	11.5%
1973	6.03%	11.4%
1974	5.86%	11.4%
1975	5.68%	11.4%
1976	5.53%	11.5%
1977	5.38%	11.5%
1978	5.23%	11.5%
1979	5.08%	11.3%
1980	4.93%	11.1%
1981	4.78%	10.7%
1982	4.61%	10.1%
1983	4.41%	9.5%
1984	4.2%	8.87%
1985	4%	8.31%
1986	3.8%	7.86%
1987	3.62%	7.61%
1988	3.48%	7.55%
1989	3.38%	7.69%
1990	3.35%	7.97%
1991	3.39%	8.33%
1992	3.48%	8.73%
1993	3.62%	9.16%
1994	3.75%	9.52%
1995	3.84%	9.83%
1996	3.85%	10%
1997	3.78%	10.1%
1998	3.62%	10%
1999	3.4%	9.92%
2000	3.13%	9.83%
2001	2.85%	9.79%
2002	2.58%	8.48%
2003	2.34%	8.85%
2004	2.16%	9.17%
2005	2.01%	9.23%
2006	1.91%	9.4%
2007	1.83%	9.47%
2008	1.77%	9.34%
2009	1.73%	9.03%
2010	1.69%	8.5%
2011	1.66%	7.88%
2012	1.63%	7.14%
2013	1.6%	6.55%
2014	1.58%	6.18%
2015	1.55%	5.98%
2016	1.53%	5.69%
2017	1.52%	5.5%
2018	1.51%	5.23%
2019	1.5%	5.11%
2020	1.49%	5.01%
2021	1.48%	4.76%
2022	1.48%	4.6%
2023	1.47%	4.42%