Fertility & birth rates in Mozambique and Uganda

Fertility rate in Mozambique vs Uganda chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mozambique was 4.76 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.28 in Uganda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mozambique	Uganda
1960	6.31	6.91
1961	6.37	6.93
1962	6.42	6.96
1963	6.47	6.98
1964	6.51	7.01
1965	6.54	7.04
1966	6.58	7.07
1967	6.61	7.1
1968	6.65	7.13
1969	6.67	7.12
1970	6.7	7.15
1971	6.7	7.18
1972	6.7	7.19
1973	6.7	7.19
1974	6.67	7.19
1975	6.66	7.2
1976	6.64	7.19
1977	6.62	7.18
1978	6.59	7.16
1979	6.56	7.14
1980	6.53	7.11
1981	6.48	7.12
1982	6.43	7.11
1983	6.43	7.07
1984	6.44	7.02
1985	6.43	7.04
1986	6.41	7.08
1987	6.39	7.12
1988	6.37	7.1
1989	6.35	7.05
1990	6.32	7.01
1991	6.28	6.94
1992	6.22	6.91
1993	6.15	6.89
1994	6.08	6.9
1995	6.02	6.87
1996	5.97	6.84
1997	5.93	6.86
1998	5.91	6.84
1999	5.88	6.83
2000	5.83	6.79
2001	5.76	6.76
2002	5.67	6.74
2003	5.6	6.67
2004	5.55	6.61
2005	5.5	6.53
2006	5.45	6.43
2007	5.47	6.33
2008	5.6	6.2
2009	5.68	6.12
2010	5.66	6.02
2011	5.6	5.89
2012	5.52	5.73
2013	5.43	5.56
2014	5.3	5.41
2015	5.25	5.25
2016	5.19	5.11
2017	5.13	4.99
2018	5.07	4.87
2019	5.02	4.74
2020	4.96	4.62
2021	4.91	4.51
2022	4.84	4.39
2023	4.76	4.28
2024	4.69	4.16
2025	4.62	4.06
2026	4.54	3.97
2027	4.46	3.87
2028	4.39	3.79
2029	4.3	3.69
2030	4.23	3.61
2031	4.14	3.53
2032	4.06	3.45
2033	3.97	3.38
2034	3.89	3.31
2035	3.82	3.25
2036	3.75	3.19
2037	3.67	3.14
2038	3.6	3.09
2039	3.53	3.04
2040	3.47	2.99
2041	3.4	2.94
2042	3.34	2.9
2043	3.28	2.86
2044	3.22	2.82
2045	3.16	2.78
2046	3.11	2.74
2047	3.06	2.71
2048	3.01	2.67
2049	2.97	2.64
2050	2.92	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mozambique	Uganda
1960	41%	46.3%
1961	41.2%	46.6%
1962	41.4%	46.8%
1963	41.6%	46.9%
1964	41.9%	46.8%
1965	42.2%	46.7%
1966	42.5%	46.6%
1967	42.7%	46.6%
1968	42.9%	46.5%
1969	43.1%	46.5%
1970	43.3%	46.5%
1971	43.4%	46.7%
1972	43.6%	46.9%
1973	43.7%	47.1%
1974	43.8%	47.3%
1975	44%	47.4%
1976	44.1%	47.5%
1977	44.3%	47.5%
1978	44.6%	47.6%
1979	44.9%	47.7%
1980	45.3%	47.9%
1981	45.6%	48%
1982	45.7%	48%
1983	45.8%	48.1%
1984	45.9%	48%
1985	45.9%	48%
1986	45.9%	48%
1987	45.9%	48%
1988	45.8%	48.1%
1989	45.7%	48.1%
1990	45.7%	48.2%
1991	45.6%	48.3%
1992	45.5%	48.4%
1993	45.4%	48.5%
1994	45.2%	48.6%
1995	45%	49.1%
1996	44.9%	49.4%
1997	44.8%	49.7%
1998	44.9%	49.9%
1999	45%	50%
2000	45.1%	50.1%
2001	45.1%	50.1%
2002	45.2%	50.1%
2003	45.3%	50.1%
2004	45.3%	50.1%
2005	45.3%	50.1%
2006	45.4%	50%
2007	45.4%	50%
2008	45.5%	49.8%
2009	45.6%	49.7%
2010	45.8%	49.5%
2011	45.8%	49.3%
2012	45.9%	49.1%
2013	45.8%	48.8%
2014	45.8%	48.5%
2015	45.7%	48.1%
2016	45.6%	47.5%
2017	45.5%	46.9%
2018	45.4%	46.3%
2019	45.3%	45.8%
2020	45.2%	45.2%
2021	45.1%	44.7%
2022	45%	44.3%
2023	44.8%	43.9%
2024	44.5%	43.5%
2025	44.2%	43.1%
2026	43.9%	42.7%
2027	43.5%	42.2%
2028	43.2%	41.8%
2029	42.9%	41.3%
2030	42.5%	40.9%
2031	42.2%	40.5%
2032	41.9%	40%
2033	41.5%	39.5%
2034	41.1%	39%
2035	40.7%	38.4%
2036	40.3%	37.8%
2037	39.9%	37.3%
2038	39.5%	36.7%
2039	39%	36.1%
2040	38.6%	35.6%
2041	38.2%	35.1%
2042	37.7%	34.6%
2043	37.3%	34.1%
2044	36.9%	33.6%
2045	36.4%	33.1%
2046	36%	32.7%
2047	35.6%	32.3%
2048	35.2%	31.8%
2049	34.8%	31.5%
2050	34.4%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.5% of the population in Mozambique and 43.5% in Uganda in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 48.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mozambique and Uganda compared.

Natural population change in Mozambique vs Uganda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.08% in Mozambique and +3.17% in Uganda. 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
	Mozambique	Uganda
1960	165,774	225,080
1961	171,236	232,894
1962	176,297	241,513
1963	180,867	250,885
1964	182,334	260,733
1965	185,931	271,830
1966	189,218	282,225
1967	193,044	296,692
1968	197,623	309,725
1969	202,174	320,486
1970	207,385	333,202
1971	211,137	328,294
1972	215,793	335,935
1973	226,847	340,780
1974	240,665	345,773
1975	257,984	354,278
1976	273,924	359,458
1977	289,193	365,216
1978	310,403	371,930
1979	331,162	381,626
1980	349,586	370,287
1981	322,207	380,028
1982	321,493	390,820
1983	324,158	404,940
1984	304,524	421,241
1985	307,625	462,534
1986	332,609	487,693
1987	334,438	527,397
1988	349,480	547,759
1989	348,833	565,367
1990	353,290	587,291
1991	357,676	602,740
1992	362,373	627,139
1993	369,518	650,032
1994	384,821	675,092
1995	421,630	697,218
1996	442,559	699,707
1997	461,209	727,523
1998	474,453	741,175
1999	491,814	775,166
2000	506,162	803,069
2001	519,594	836,751
2002	529,867	868,756
2003	540,992	901,374
2004	554,973	938,623
2005	570,132	969,096
2006	586,009	999,958
2007	610,913	1,029,893
2008	654,920	1,055,935
2009	693,673	1,090,600
2010	719,025	1,121,564
2011	741,303	1,147,263
2012	763,088	1,167,473
2013	784,641	1,184,250
2014	799,778	1,201,599
2015	824,435	1,224,839
2016	850,430	1,249,565
2017	876,594	1,290,658
2018	903,176	1,332,600
2019	927,581	1,367,044
2020	945,952	1,397,288
2021	951,234	1,423,377
2022	1,003,689	1,455,576
2023	1,025,334	1,477,166

Maternal mortality chart: Mozambique vs Uganda

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 99 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mozambique, compared to 170 deaths in Uganda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mozambique	Uganda
1985	1,452	842
1986	1,355	781
1987	1,348	709
1988	1,259	655
1989	1,209	609
1990	1,150	575
1991	1,094	549
1992	1,046	530
1993	968	515
1994	902	507
1995	883	514
1996	819	513
1997	738	522
1998	694	523
1999	624	504
2000	547	475
2001	473	440
2002	398	416
2003	360	395
2004	321	384
2005	301	417
2006	298	409
2007	327	345
2008	365	324
2009	352	322
2010	305	304
2011	268	295
2012	218	285
2013	196	308
2014	210	311
2015	216	299
2016	202	272
2017	187	246
2018	159	232
2019	134	219
2020	123	209
2021	180	216
2022	104	184
2023	99	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.17% in Mozambique and 3.88% in Uganda. 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
	Mozambique	Uganda
1960	-	22.3%
1961	-	21.9%
1962	-	21.6%
1963	26.5%	21.3%
1964	26.7%	20.9%
1965	26.8%	20.6%
1966	26.8%	20.3%
1967	26.9%	19.9%
1968	26.9%	19.7%
1969	26.9%	19.4%
1970	26.8%	19.3%
1971	26.7%	19.3%
1972	26.6%	19.4%
1973	26.4%	19.6%
1974	26.3%	19.9%
1975	26.1%	20.3%
1976	26%	20.7%
1977	25.8%	21.2%
1978	25.7%	21.6%
1979	25.7%	21.8%
1980	25.6%	22%
1981	25.6%	21.9%
1982	25.5%	21.4%
1983	25.3%	20.9%
1984	25.1%	20.3%
1985	24.8%	19.9%
1986	24.5%	19.5%
1987	24.2%	19.2%
1988	23.9%	18.9%
1989	23.6%	18.7%
1990	23.3%	18.3%
1991	23%	17.9%
1992	22.6%	17.4%
1993	22.1%	17%
1994	21.6%	16.7%
1995	20.9%	16.5%
1996	20.1%	16.2%
1997	19.2%	16%
1998	18.2%	15.6%
1999	17.2%	15.2%
2000	16.3%	14.6%
2001	15.4%	13.9%
2002	14.6%	13.1%
2003	13.9%	12.3%
2004	13.2%	11.5%
2005	12.5%	10.7%
2006	11.8%	9.97%
2007	11%	9.3%
2008	10.4%	8.69%
2009	9.75%	8.14%
2010	9.5%	7.61%
2011	9.05%	7.1%
2012	8.63%	6.67%
2013	8.26%	6.24%
2014	7.92%	5.91%
2015	7.51%	5.58%
2016	7.23%	5.25%
2017	7.09%	4.98%
2018	6.95%	4.74%
2019	6.83%	4.53%
2020	6.73%	4.35%
2021	6.58%	4.18%
2022	6.43%	4.05%
2023	6.17%	3.88%