Fertility & birth rates in Myanmar and Palestine

Fertility rate in Myanmar vs Palestine chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Myanmar was 2.12 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Myanmar vs Palestine population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Myanmar	Palestine
1960	5.9	-
1961	5.9	-
1962	5.9	-
1963	5.91	-
1964	5.91	-
1965	5.91	-
1966	5.88	-
1967	5.84	-
1968	5.8	-
1969	5.75	-
1970	5.68	-
1971	5.62	-
1972	5.53	-
1973	5.44	-
1974	5.34	-
1975	5.25	-
1976	5.16	-
1977	5.07	-
1978	4.99	-
1979	4.9	-
1980	4.79	-
1981	4.69	-
1982	4.66	-
1983	4.63	-
1984	4.52	-
1985	4.32	-
1986	4.08	-
1987	3.86	-
1988	3.67	-
1989	3.59	-
1990	3.5	6.81
1991	3.43	6.75
1992	3.35	6.65
1993	3.28	6.5
1994	3.2	6.33
1995	3.13	6.16
1996	3.06	5.99
1997	2.99	5.82
1998	2.91	5.69
1999	2.85	5.58
2000	2.81	5.46
2001	2.79	5.34
2002	2.77	5.22
2003	2.68	5.06
2004	2.59	4.97
2005	2.52	4.87
2006	2.47	4.74
2007	2.45	4.63
2008	2.4	4.51
2009	2.37	4.44
2010	2.34	4.43
2011	2.31	4.31
2012	2.28	4.15
2013	2.26	4.05
2014	2.25	4
2015	2.27	3.98
2016	2.27	3.89
2017	2.25	3.77
2018	2.23	3.67
2019	2.21	3.59
2020	2.18	3.51
2021	2.16	3.44
2022	2.13	3.38
2023	2.12	3.31
2024	2.1	3.25
2025	2.08	3.19
2026	2.06	3.13
2027	2.04	3.07
2028	2.02	3.02
2029	2.01	2.97
2030	2	2.93
2031	1.98	2.89
2032	1.97	2.85
2033	1.96	2.81
2034	1.94	2.78
2035	1.93	2.75
2036	1.92	2.71
2037	1.92	2.68
2038	1.91	2.65
2039	1.9	2.62
2040	1.89	2.59
2041	1.89	2.56
2042	1.88	2.53
2043	1.87	2.51
2044	1.86	2.48
2045	1.86	2.45
2046	1.85	2.43
2047	1.85	2.41
2048	1.84	2.38
2049	1.83	2.36
2050	1.83	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Myanmar	Palestine
1960	39.9%	-
1961	40.2%	-
1962	40.6%	-
1963	40.9%	-
1964	41%	-
1965	41.1%	-
1966	41.1%	-
1967	41%	-
1968	40.9%	-
1969	40.8%	-
1970	40.7%	-
1971	40.6%	-
1972	40.5%	-
1973	40.3%	-
1974	40.2%	-
1975	40.1%	-
1976	40%	-
1977	39.8%	-
1978	39.6%	-
1979	39.4%	-
1980	39.2%	-
1981	39%	-
1982	38.8%	-
1983	38.6%	-
1984	38.3%	-
1985	38.1%	-
1986	37.8%	-
1987	37.4%	-
1988	37%	-
1989	36.6%	-
1990	36.2%	49.1%
1991	35.8%	49.1%
1992	35.4%	49%
1993	35.1%	49%
1994	34.7%	48.9%
1995	34.2%	48.8%
1996	33.8%	48.6%
1997	33.3%	48.4%
1998	32.8%	48.1%
1999	32.3%	47.8%
2000	31.8%	47.4%
2001	31.4%	47.1%
2002	31%	46.6%
2003	30.7%	46.1%
2004	30.4%	45.6%
2005	30.1%	45%
2006	29.7%	44.3%
2007	29.4%	43.7%
2008	29%	43%
2009	28.6%	42.4%
2010	28.2%	41.9%
2011	27.9%	41.5%
2012	27.5%	41.1%
2013	27.1%	40.7%
2014	26.8%	40.4%
2015	26.5%	40.1%
2016	26.2%	39.9%
2017	25.9%	39.7%
2018	25.6%	39.6%
2019	25.4%	39.5%
2020	25.1%	39.3%
2021	24.9%	39%
2022	24.7%	38.7%
2023	24.5%	38.4%
2024	24.3%	38%
2025	24.1%	37.6%
2026	23.9%	37%
2027	23.6%	36.5%
2028	23.4%	35.9%
2029	23.2%	35.3%
2030	23%	34.7%
2031	22.7%	34%
2032	22.4%	33.4%
2033	22.2%	32.8%
2034	21.9%	32.3%
2035	21.7%	31.8%
2036	21.4%	31.4%
2037	21.2%	31%
2038	21%	30.6%
2039	20.8%	30.3%
2040	20.6%	30%
2041	20.4%	29.7%
2042	20.2%	29.4%
2043	20.1%	29.2%
2044	19.9%	28.9%
2045	19.8%	28.6%
2046	19.6%	28.4%
2047	19.5%	28.1%
2048	19.4%	27.8%
2049	19.2%	27.5%
2050	19.1%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.3% of the population in Myanmar and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 36.2% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Myanmar and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Myanmar vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.88% in Myanmar and +2.64% in Palestine. 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
	Myanmar	Palestine
1960	465,049	-
1961	474,818	-
1962	487,925	-
1963	501,548	-
1964	516,334	-
1965	533,443	-
1966	546,378	-
1967	559,577	-
1968	571,123	-
1969	584,979	-
1970	595,337	-
1971	608,784	-
1972	616,411	-
1973	624,619	-
1974	628,458	-
1975	635,005	-
1976	642,829	-
1977	649,915	-
1978	658,068	-
1979	669,338	-
1980	673,815	-
1981	679,851	-
1982	701,212	-
1983	719,710	-
1984	723,623	-
1985	705,905	-
1986	679,467	-
1987	652,960	-
1988	630,392	-
1989	636,610	-
1990	636,081	76,163
1991	637,622	79,444
1992	634,484	82,865
1993	633,576	86,434
1994	626,411	90,156
1995	620,376	94,037
1996	619,488	98,085
1997	613,103	102,307
1998	606,110	103,566
1999	597,916	104,823
2000	596,979	106,367
2001	601,524	107,320
2002	602,873	108,560
2003	582,173	109,162
2004	556,494	110,045
2005	537,429	110,569
2006	527,165	111,728
2007	523,745	112,453
2008	373,287	108,395
2009	505,144	111,724
2010	497,745	117,674
2011	492,271	119,021
2012	487,210	119,185
2013	487,648	120,503
2014	488,114	120,724
2015	495,769	126,189
2016	499,508	126,698
2017	492,276	125,688
2018	482,316	124,791
2019	469,924	124,508
2020	448,626	122,416
2021	394,104	120,396
2022	415,647	123,987
2023	408,331	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Myanmar vs Palestine

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 185 deaths per 100,000 live births in Myanmar, compared to 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Myanmar	Palestine
1985	674	102
1986	652	96
1987	631	87
1988	616	85
1989	603	82
1990	586	78
1991	566	75
1992	542	73
1993	522	69
1994	498	66
1995	472	64
1996	442	61
1997	416	60
1998	398	59
1999	388	58
2000	375	59
2001	361	60
2002	347	58
2003	335	56
2004	324	55
2005	312	52
2006	301	51
2007	290	49
2008	286	49
2009	268	48
2010	259	42
2011	249	39
2012	243	36
2013	237	32
2014	228	29
2015	222	26
2016	215	23
2017	209	21
2018	201	19
2019	195	18
2020	198	20
2021	231	29
2022	193	17
2023	185	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.87% in Myanmar and 2.63% in Palestine. 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
	Myanmar	Palestine
1968	18%	-
1969	17.7%	-
1970	17.4%	-
1971	17%	-
1972	16.7%	-
1973	16.3%	-
1974	16%	-
1975	15.6%	10.8%
1976	15.3%	10.2%
1977	14.9%	9.55%
1978	14.6%	8.98%
1979	14.3%	8.45%
1980	14%	7.95%
1981	13.7%	7.48%
1982	13.4%	7.04%
1983	13.1%	6.63%
1984	12.9%	6.25%
1985	12.7%	5.89%
1986	12.5%	5.56%
1987	12.2%	5.25%
1988	12%	4.97%
1989	11.8%	4.72%
1990	11.5%	4.49%
1991	11.3%	4.28%
1992	11%	4.09%
1993	10.7%	3.92%
1994	10.5%	3.77%
1995	10.2%	3.62%
1996	9.94%	3.49%
1997	9.68%	3.36%
1998	9.43%	3.24%
1999	9.19%	3.13%
2000	8.95%	3.03%
2001	8.71%	2.94%
2002	8.47%	2.85%
2003	8.22%	2.77%
2004	7.97%	2.68%
2005	7.71%	2.6%
2006	7.44%	2.52%
2007	7.16%	2.43%
2008	10.1%	2.35%
2009	6.6%	2.28%
2010	6.32%	2.2%
2011	6.05%	2.12%
2012	5.8%	2.04%
2013	5.56%	1.97%
2014	5.34%	2.2%
2015	5.13%	1.83%
2016	4.95%	1.76%
2017	4.77%	1.69%
2018	4.6%	1.63%
2019	4.44%	1.57%
2020	4.29%	1.52%
2021	4.14%	1.47%
2022	4%	1.42%
2023	3.87%	2.63%