Fertility & birth rates in Mongolia and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Mongolia vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mongolia vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	6.82	6.78
1961	6.96	6.73
1962	7.1	6.67
1963	7.24	6.62
1964	7.33	6.57
1965	7.38	6.52
1966	7.41	6.51
1967	7.39	6.51
1968	7.37	6.46
1969	7.34	6.41
1970	7.31	6.35
1971	7.3	6.29
1972	7.28	6.23
1973	7.24	6.15
1974	7.17	6.06
1975	7.07	5.98
1976	6.93	5.89
1977	6.79	5.81
1978	6.62	5.77
1979	6.42	5.73
1980	6.21	5.69
1981	5.98	5.65
1982	5.8	5.6
1983	5.63	5.55
1984	5.45	5.49
1985	5.26	5.43
1986	5.03	5.38
1987	4.83	5.33
1988	4.65	5.27
1989	4.42	5.21
1990	4.5	5.17
1991	4	5.13
1992	3.5	5.09
1993	2.5	5.02
1994	2.7	4.94
1995	2.77	4.85
1996	2.5	4.75
1997	2.4	4.66
1998	2.3	4.6
1999	2.3	4.56
2000	2.2	4.54
2001	2.2	4.5
2002	2.1	4.38
2003	2	4.29
2004	2	4.21
2005	2	4.13
2006	2.1	4.1
2007	2.3	4.12
2008	2.6	4.16
2009	2.8	4.16
2010	2.4	4.13
2011	2.6	4.09
2012	2.7	4.06
2013	3	4.04
2014	3.1	4
2015	3	3.95
2016	3	3.92
2017	2.8	3.88
2018	2.9	3.83
2019	3	3.79
2020	2.9	3.74
2021	2.8	3.7
2022	2.7	3.65
2023	2.7	3.6
2024	2.65	3.57
2025	2.6	3.53
2026	2.55	3.5
2027	2.51	3.46
2028	2.47	3.42
2029	2.44	3.39
2030	2.4	3.35
2031	2.37	3.32
2032	2.34	3.28
2033	2.31	3.25
2034	2.29	3.21
2035	2.26	3.18
2036	2.23	3.15
2037	2.21	3.13
2038	2.19	3.1
2039	2.17	3.08
2040	2.15	3.05
2041	2.13	3.03
2042	2.11	3
2043	2.09	2.97
2044	2.08	2.94
2045	2.06	2.92
2046	2.05	2.9
2047	2.04	2.88
2048	2.02	2.85
2049	2.01	2.83
2050	2	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mongolia	Vanuatu
1960	38.1%	44.6%
1961	38.8%	44.8%
1962	39.6%	45.1%
1963	40.4%	45.2%
1964	41.4%	45.4%
1965	42.4%	45.5%
1966	43.3%	45.7%
1967	44.2%	45.8%
1968	44.9%	45.8%
1969	45.4%	45.8%
1970	45.6%	45.7%
1971	45.8%	45.7%
1972	45.8%	45.6%
1973	45.8%	45.5%
1974	45.6%	45.5%
1975	45.4%	45.4%
1976	45.2%	45.2%
1977	44.8%	45.1%
1978	44.5%	45%
1979	44.1%	44.5%
1980	43.7%	44%
1981	43.3%	43.9%
1982	43%	44%
1983	42.7%	44%
1984	42.5%	44.1%
1985	42.3%	44.2%
1986	42.1%	44.2%
1987	42%	44.1%
1988	41.8%	44.1%
1989	41.7%	44%
1990	41.4%	43.9%
1991	41%	43.9%
1992	40.5%	44.1%
1993	40%	44.8%
1994	39.5%	45.2%
1995	39%	45%
1996	38.4%	44.8%
1997	37.8%	44.4%
1998	37%	44%
1999	36.2%	43.5%
2000	35.2%	42.9%
2001	34.1%	42.4%
2002	32.9%	41.8%
2003	31.8%	41.3%
2004	30.8%	40.7%
2005	29.9%	40.2%
2006	29.1%	39.6%
2007	28.5%	39.2%
2008	28.1%	38.8%
2009	27.9%	38.5%
2010	27.9%	38.2%
2011	28%	38.1%
2012	28.1%	38.2%
2013	28.5%	38.2%
2014	28.9%	38.4%
2015	29.5%	38.5%
2016	30.2%	38.7%
2017	30.9%	38.8%
2018	31.6%	38.9%
2019	32.3%	39%
2020	32.8%	39%
2021	32.9%	39%
2022	32.9%	38.8%
2023	32.6%	38.6%
2024	32.2%	38.3%
2025	31.6%	38%
2026	30.9%	37.6%
2027	30.1%	37.1%
2028	29.2%	36.7%
2029	28.2%	36.2%
2030	27.3%	35.8%
2031	26.3%	35.3%
2032	25.6%	34.9%
2033	24.9%	34.5%
2034	24.3%	34.1%
2035	23.8%	33.7%
2036	23.4%	33.4%
2037	23.1%	33.2%
2038	23%	32.9%
2039	22.9%	32.7%
2040	22.8%	32.5%
2041	22.9%	32.3%
2042	22.9%	32.2%
2043	23%	32%
2044	23.1%	31.8%
2045	23.2%	31.6%
2046	23.3%	31.5%
2047	23.4%	31.3%
2048	23.4%	31.1%
2049	23.4%	30.9%
2050	23.3%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.2% of the population in Mongolia and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 41.4% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mongolia and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Mongolia vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.81% in Mongolia and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	20,726	1,796
1961	21,873	1,872
1962	22,960	1,947
1963	24,142	2,025
1964	25,317	2,098
1965	26,364	2,180
1966	27,338	2,278
1967	28,178	2,384
1968	29,017	2,470
1969	29,781	2,529
1970	30,558	2,597
1971	31,536	2,685
1972	32,727	2,775
1973	33,993	2,876
1974	35,297	2,968
1975	36,490	3,074
1976	37,670	3,174
1977	38,995	3,285
1978	40,276	3,428
1979	41,568	3,590
1980	42,343	3,383
1981	43,588	3,592
1982	45,179	3,778
1983	46,919	3,944
1984	48,562	4,088
1985	49,944	4,219
1986	50,329	4,360
1987	51,140	4,427
1988	51,588	4,577
1989	51,420	4,656
1990	49,443	4,762
1991	47,884	4,859
1992	42,437	4,941
1993	36,924	4,973
1994	34,711	4,973
1995	34,473	4,945
1996	33,741	4,897
1997	32,403	4,854
1998	31,757	4,866
1999	32,283	4,871
2000	32,753	5,026
2001	32,052	5,144
2002	30,439	5,181
2003	28,827	5,258
2004	28,418	5,353
2005	29,290	5,454
2006	33,609	5,606
2007	39,636	5,842
2008	45,843	6,138
2009	48,876	6,362
2010	44,914	6,548
2011	50,711	6,715
2012	55,942	6,877
2013	62,618	7,036
2014	66,078	7,143
2015	64,473	7,220
2016	62,086	7,315
2017	57,940	7,371
2018	60,635	7,379
2019	61,433	7,364
2020	60,888	7,233
2021	52,109	7,199
2022	47,730	7,358
2023	46,995	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Mongolia vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mongolia	Vanuatu
1985	352	211
1986	346	194
1987	341	200
1988	335	172
1989	311	162
1990	276	151
1991	227	140
1992	199	140
1993	181	133
1994	178	131
1995	176	131
1996	178	129
1997	180	131
1998	174	134
1999	162	146
2000	144	133
2001	130	132
2002	120	128
2003	114	131
2004	108	131
2005	99	127
2006	90	123
2007	81	120
2008	77	117
2009	75	114
2010	71	114
2011	67	112
2012	63	109
2013	59	110
2014	56	110
2015	52	109
2016	48	107
2017	45	107
2018	45	108
2019	45	105
2020	47	107
2021	63	124
2022	41	105
2023	41	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.36% in Mongolia and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.7%
1962	-	14.3%
1963	-	13.8%
1964	-	13.4%
1965	-	12.9%
1966	-	12.4%
1967	-	12%
1968	-	11.5%
1969	-	11%
1970	-	10.6%
1971	-	10.2%
1972	-	9.73%
1973	-	9.34%
1974	-	8.95%
1975	-	8.58%
1976	-	8.21%
1977	-	7.84%
1978	17.3%	7.45%
1979	16.7%	7.07%
1980	16.1%	6.67%
1981	15.5%	6.27%
1982	15%	5.87%
1983	14.4%	5.48%
1984	13.9%	5.12%
1985	13.4%	4.78%
1986	12.8%	4.47%
1987	12.2%	4.2%
1988	11.7%	3.96%
1989	11.1%	3.76%
1990	10.7%	3.58%
1991	10.2%	3.43%
1992	9.78%	3.29%
1993	9.39%	3.18%
1994	9%	3.08%
1995	8.6%	3%
1996	8.19%	2.92%
1997	7.74%	2.86%
1998	7.27%	2.79%
1999	6.78%	2.74%
2000	6.29%	2.68%
2001	5.8%	2.63%
2002	5.32%	2.58%
2003	4.87%	2.54%
2004	4.45%	2.5%
2005	4.07%	2.45%
2006	3.71%	2.4%
2007	3.39%	2.34%
2008	3.11%	2.27%
2009	2.85%	2.2%
2010	2.63%	2.12%
2011	2.44%	2.05%
2012	2.28%	1.99%
2013	2.15%	1.94%
2014	2.04%	1.9%
2015	1.94%	1.87%
2016	1.84%	1.84%
2017	1.74%	1.82%
2018	1.64%	1.8%
2019	1.56%	1.78%
2020	1.48%	1.77%
2021	1.43%	1.74%
2022	1.39%	1.71%
2023	1.36%	1.68%