Fertility & birth rates in Mongolia and South Africa

Fertility rate in Mongolia vs South Africa chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mongolia was 2.7 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mongolia vs South Africa population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mongolia	South Africa
1960	6.82	6.11
1961	6.96	6.08
1962	7.1	6.05
1963	7.24	6.01
1964	7.33	5.96
1965	7.38	5.89
1966	7.41	5.91
1967	7.39	5.85
1968	7.37	5.78
1969	7.34	5.72
1970	7.31	5.63
1971	7.3	5.57
1972	7.28	5.49
1973	7.24	5.41
1974	7.17	5.3
1975	7.07	5.19
1976	6.93	5.07
1977	6.79	4.94
1978	6.62	4.85
1979	6.42	4.82
1980	6.21	4.78
1981	5.98	4.71
1982	5.8	4.7
1983	5.63	4.63
1984	5.45	4.57
1985	5.26	4.5
1986	5.03	4.41
1987	4.83	4.35
1988	4.65	4.18
1989	4.42	3.98
1990	4.5	3.72
1991	4	3.62
1992	3.5	3.48
1993	2.5	3.37
1994	2.7	3.26
1995	2.77	3.17
1996	2.5	2.99
1997	2.4	2.73
1998	2.3	2.63
1999	2.3	2.56
2000	2.2	2.41
2001	2.2	2.37
2002	2.1	2.32
2003	2	2.36
2004	2	2.44
2005	2	2.51
2006	2.1	2.55
2007	2.3	2.55
2008	2.6	2.68
2009	2.8	2.5
2010	2.4	2.44
2011	2.6	2.44
2012	2.7	2.45
2013	3	2.43
2014	3.1	2.42
2015	3	2.36
2016	3	2.26
2017	2.8	2.28
2018	2.9	2.27
2019	3	2.26
2020	2.9	2.26
2021	2.8	2.25
2022	2.7	2.23
2023	2.7	2.22
2024	2.65	2.21
2025	2.6	2.19
2026	2.55	2.17
2027	2.51	2.15
2028	2.47	2.13
2029	2.44	2.12
2030	2.4	2.1
2031	2.37	2.09
2032	2.34	2.07
2033	2.31	2.06
2034	2.29	2.05
2035	2.26	2.04
2036	2.23	2.03
2037	2.21	2.02
2038	2.19	2
2039	2.17	1.99
2040	2.15	1.98
2041	2.13	1.98
2042	2.11	1.97
2043	2.09	1.96
2044	2.08	1.95
2045	2.06	1.94
2046	2.05	1.93
2047	2.04	1.92
2048	2.02	1.91
2049	2.01	1.9
2050	2	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mongolia	South Africa
1960	38.1%	42.1%
1961	38.8%	42.1%
1962	39.6%	42.1%
1963	40.4%	42.1%
1964	41.4%	42.1%
1965	42.4%	42.1%
1966	43.3%	42.1%
1967	44.2%	42.2%
1968	44.9%	42.2%
1969	45.4%	42.2%
1970	45.6%	42.3%
1971	45.8%	42.2%
1972	45.8%	42.2%
1973	45.8%	42.1%
1974	45.6%	42%
1975	45.4%	41.9%
1976	45.2%	41.8%
1977	44.8%	41.7%
1978	44.5%	41.5%
1979	44.1%	41.3%
1980	43.7%	40.9%
1981	43.3%	40.5%
1982	43%	40.1%
1983	42.7%	39.8%
1984	42.5%	39.5%
1985	42.3%	39.2%
1986	42.1%	38.9%
1987	42%	38.7%
1988	41.8%	38.4%
1989	41.7%	38.1%
1990	41.4%	37.7%
1991	41%	37.5%
1992	40.5%	37.6%
1993	40%	37.3%
1994	39.5%	37.2%
1995	39%	37.5%
1996	38.4%	37.5%
1997	37.8%	37.2%
1998	37%	36.5%
1999	36.2%	35.7%
2000	35.2%	34.9%
2001	34.1%	34%
2002	32.9%	33.2%
2003	31.8%	32.3%
2004	30.8%	31.6%
2005	29.9%	31.1%
2006	29.1%	30.6%
2007	28.5%	30.2%
2008	28.1%	29.9%
2009	27.9%	29.7%
2010	27.9%	29.4%
2011	28%	29.1%
2012	28.1%	28.9%
2013	28.5%	28.7%
2014	28.9%	28.5%
2015	29.5%	28.3%
2016	30.2%	28.3%
2017	30.9%	28.3%
2018	31.6%	27.9%
2019	32.3%	27.4%
2020	32.8%	27%
2021	32.9%	26.6%
2022	32.9%	26.3%
2023	32.6%	26.1%
2024	32.2%	25.9%
2025	31.6%	25.7%
2026	30.9%	25.6%
2027	30.1%	25.4%
2028	29.2%	25.3%
2029	28.2%	25.2%
2030	27.3%	25.2%
2031	26.3%	25.1%
2032	25.6%	25%
2033	24.9%	24.8%
2034	24.3%	24.5%
2035	23.8%	24.3%
2036	23.4%	23.9%
2037	23.1%	23.6%
2038	23%	23.4%
2039	22.9%	23.1%
2040	22.8%	22.9%
2041	22.9%	22.7%
2042	22.9%	22.5%
2043	23%	22.4%
2044	23.1%	22.2%
2045	23.2%	22.1%
2046	23.3%	21.9%
2047	23.4%	21.8%
2048	23.4%	21.7%
2049	23.4%	21.6%
2050	23.3%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.2% of the population in Mongolia and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 41.4% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mongolia and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Mongolia vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.81% in Mongolia and +1.05% in South Africa. 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
	Mongolia	South Africa
1960	20,726	421,263
1961	21,873	437,851
1962	22,960	455,634
1963	24,142	473,821
1964	25,317	490,606
1965	26,364	506,632
1966	27,338	534,862
1967	28,178	553,741
1968	29,017	571,841
1969	29,781	590,794
1970	30,558	605,102
1971	31,536	624,761
1972	32,727	638,754
1973	33,993	651,596
1974	35,297	658,438
1975	36,490	667,862
1976	37,670	675,011
1977	38,995	680,929
1978	40,276	694,341
1979	41,568	716,541
1980	42,343	738,415
1981	43,588	767,833
1982	45,179	807,550
1983	46,919	837,013
1984	48,562	869,011
1985	49,944	893,889
1986	50,329	903,644
1987	51,140	922,330
1988	51,588	909,221
1989	51,420	884,629
1990	49,443	835,421
1991	47,884	827,296
1992	42,437	794,415
1993	36,924	789,220
1994	34,711	698,609
1995	34,473	743,488
1996	33,741	710,868
1997	32,403	667,969
1998	31,757	627,027
1999	32,283	594,643
2000	32,753	526,963
2001	32,052	484,801
2002	30,439	430,926
2003	28,827	415,018
2004	28,418	442,540
2005	29,290	464,464
2006	33,609	487,584
2007	39,636	503,567
2008	45,843	595,332
2009	48,876	554,115
2010	44,914	566,834
2011	50,711	601,708
2012	55,942	643,723
2013	62,618	652,427
2014	66,078	674,754
2015	64,473	668,771
2016	62,086	641,365
2017	57,940	645,975
2018	60,635	648,319
2019	61,433	652,130
2020	60,888	595,873
2021	52,109	456,411
2022	47,730	603,636
2023	46,995	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Mongolia vs South Africa

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 41 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mongolia, compared to 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mongolia	South Africa
1985	352	208
1986	346	200
1987	341	192
1988	335	184
1989	311	177
1990	276	170
1991	227	162
1992	199	152
1993	181	145
1994	178	133
1995	176	125
1996	178	150
1997	180	152
1998	174	152
1999	162	151
2000	144	175
2001	130	192
2002	120	225
2003	114	245
2004	108	259
2005	99	279
2006	90	283
2007	81	272
2008	77	272
2009	75	241
2010	71	226
2011	67	202
2012	63	194
2013	59	180
2014	56	162
2015	52	150
2016	48	141
2017	45	134
2018	45	128
2019	45	119
2020	47	118
2021	63	191
2022	41	129
2023	41	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.36% in Mongolia and 3.47% in South Africa. 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
	Mongolia	South Africa
1974	-	13.2%
1975	-	12.5%
1976	-	11.8%
1977	-	11.1%
1978	17.3%	10.5%
1979	16.7%	9.88%
1980	16.1%	9.35%
1981	15.5%	8.84%
1982	15%	8.39%
1983	14.4%	7.98%
1984	13.9%	7.6%
1985	13.4%	7.24%
1986	12.8%	6.89%
1987	12.2%	6.56%
1988	11.7%	6.26%
1989	11.1%	6.01%
1990	10.7%	5.82%
1991	10.2%	5.7%
1992	9.78%	5.66%
1993	9.39%	5.7%
1994	9%	5.82%
1995	8.6%	5.95%
1996	8.19%	6.11%
1997	7.74%	6.29%
1998	7.27%	6.56%
1999	6.78%	6.85%
2000	6.29%	7.11%
2001	5.8%	7.43%
2002	5.32%	7.69%
2003	4.87%	7.93%
2004	4.45%	8.1%
2005	4.07%	8.03%
2006	3.71%	7.75%
2007	3.39%	7.19%
2008	3.11%	6.42%
2009	2.85%	5.7%
2010	2.63%	5%
2011	2.44%	4.5%
2012	2.28%	4.25%
2013	2.15%	4.1%
2014	2.04%	3.96%
2015	1.94%	3.82%
2016	1.84%	3.68%
2017	1.74%	3.58%
2018	1.64%	3.49%
2019	1.56%	3.45%
2020	1.48%	3.41%
2021	1.43%	3.41%
2022	1.39%	3.44%
2023	1.36%	3.47%