Fertility & birth rates in Myanmar and Zimbabwe

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

Check Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Zimbabwe
1960	5.9	7.2
1961	5.9	7.21
1962	5.9	7.23
1963	5.91	7.23
1964	5.91	7.23
1965	5.91	7.23
1966	5.88	7.2
1967	5.84	7.16
1968	5.8	7.11
1969	5.75	7.04
1970	5.68	6.98
1971	5.62	6.94
1972	5.53	6.94
1973	5.44	6.94
1974	5.34	6.88
1975	5.25	6.83
1976	5.16	6.77
1977	5.07	6.71
1978	4.99	6.66
1979	4.9	6.59
1980	4.79	6.52
1981	4.69	6.45
1982	4.66	6.33
1983	4.63	6.2
1984	4.52	6.04
1985	4.32	5.87
1986	4.08	5.69
1987	3.86	5.5
1988	3.67	5.28
1989	3.59	5.07
1990	3.5	4.88
1991	3.43	4.72
1992	3.35	4.57
1993	3.28	4.39
1994	3.2	4.28
1995	3.13	4.15
1996	3.06	4.11
1997	2.99	4.08
1998	2.91	4.07
1999	2.85	4.06
2000	2.81	4.01
2001	2.79	3.98
2002	2.77	3.93
2003	2.68	3.86
2004	2.59	3.78
2005	2.52	3.69
2006	2.47	3.64
2007	2.45	3.68
2008	2.4	3.78
2009	2.37	3.95
2010	2.34	4.04
2011	2.31	4.13
2012	2.28	4.13
2013	2.26	4.11
2014	2.25	4.01
2015	2.27	3.91
2016	2.27	3.83
2017	2.25	3.77
2018	2.23	3.74
2019	2.21	3.75
2020	2.18	3.75
2021	2.16	3.77
2022	2.13	3.77
2023	2.12	3.72
2024	2.1	3.67
2025	2.08	3.62
2026	2.06	3.57
2027	2.04	3.52
2028	2.02	3.47
2029	2.01	3.43
2030	2	3.38
2031	1.98	3.33
2032	1.97	3.29
2033	1.96	3.25
2034	1.94	3.21
2035	1.93	3.17
2036	1.92	3.13
2037	1.92	3.09
2038	1.91	3.06
2039	1.9	3.02
2040	1.89	2.99
2041	1.89	2.96
2042	1.88	2.93
2043	1.87	2.9
2044	1.86	2.87
2045	1.86	2.84
2046	1.85	2.81
2047	1.85	2.78
2048	1.84	2.75
2049	1.83	2.72
2050	1.83	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Myanmar	Zimbabwe
1960	39.9%	47.3%
1961	40.2%	47.7%
1962	40.6%	48.1%
1963	40.9%	48.5%
1964	41%	48.8%
1965	41.1%	48.7%
1966	41.1%	48.6%
1967	41%	48.5%
1968	40.9%	48.5%
1969	40.8%	48.4%
1970	40.7%	48.3%
1971	40.6%	48.2%
1972	40.5%	48.2%
1973	40.3%	48.1%
1974	40.2%	48.1%
1975	40.1%	48.1%
1976	40%	48.2%
1977	39.8%	48.3%
1978	39.6%	48.5%
1979	39.4%	48.8%
1980	39.2%	48.7%
1981	39%	48.4%
1982	38.8%	48.3%
1983	38.6%	48.2%
1984	38.3%	48.1%
1985	38.1%	48%
1986	37.8%	47.9%
1987	37.4%	47.9%
1988	37%	47.9%
1989	36.6%	47.6%
1990	36.2%	47.1%
1991	35.8%	46.6%
1992	35.4%	46.8%
1993	35.1%	47.1%
1994	34.7%	46.6%
1995	34.2%	45.9%
1996	33.8%	45%
1997	33.3%	44%
1998	32.8%	43.1%
1999	32.3%	42.4%
2000	31.8%	41.9%
2001	31.4%	41.5%
2002	31%	41.4%
2003	30.7%	41.5%
2004	30.4%	41.7%
2005	30.1%	41.9%
2006	29.7%	42%
2007	29.4%	42.1%
2008	29%	42.4%
2009	28.6%	42.7%
2010	28.2%	43%
2011	27.9%	43.4%
2012	27.5%	43.7%
2013	27.1%	43.9%
2014	26.8%	43.9%
2015	26.5%	43.8%
2016	26.2%	43.6%
2017	25.9%	43.3%
2018	25.6%	42.9%
2019	25.4%	42.5%
2020	25.1%	42.2%
2021	24.9%	41.9%
2022	24.7%	41.6%
2023	24.5%	41.3%
2024	24.3%	40.9%
2025	24.1%	40.3%
2026	23.9%	39.6%
2027	23.6%	39%
2028	23.4%	38.4%
2029	23.2%	37.8%
2030	23%	37.4%
2031	22.7%	37%
2032	22.4%	36.8%
2033	22.2%	36.5%
2034	21.9%	36.3%
2035	21.7%	36.1%
2036	21.4%	35.8%
2037	21.2%	35.6%
2038	21%	35.3%
2039	20.8%	35.1%
2040	20.6%	34.8%
2041	20.4%	34.6%
2042	20.2%	34.3%
2043	20.1%	34.1%
2044	19.9%	33.8%
2045	19.8%	33.5%
2046	19.6%	33.2%
2047	19.5%	32.9%
2048	19.4%	32.6%
2049	19.2%	32.2%
2050	19.1%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.3% of the population in Myanmar and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 36.2% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Myanmar and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Myanmar vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.88% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Zimbabwe
1960	465,049	126,959
1961	474,818	131,531
1962	487,925	136,317
1963	501,548	140,984
1964	516,334	145,848
1965	533,443	151,164
1966	546,378	156,014
1967	559,577	161,205
1968	571,123	166,865
1969	584,979	172,626
1970	595,337	178,979
1971	608,784	185,427
1972	616,411	193,725
1973	624,619	201,885
1974	628,458	208,806
1975	635,005	216,947
1976	642,829	221,419
1977	649,915	225,139
1978	658,068	222,979
1979	669,338	223,657
1980	673,815	241,179
1981	679,851	271,361
1982	701,212	279,934
1983	719,710	286,545
1984	723,623	290,052
1985	705,905	290,756
1986	679,467	289,894
1987	652,960	286,766
1988	630,392	277,498
1989	636,610	270,838
1990	636,081	265,444
1991	637,622	260,943
1992	634,484	255,291
1993	633,576	228,045
1994	626,411	216,343
1995	620,376	206,695
1996	619,488	205,269
1997	613,103	216,288
1998	606,110	225,614
1999	597,916	232,393
2000	596,979	236,343
2001	601,524	227,909
2002	602,873	244,170
2003	582,173	243,057
2004	556,494	248,307
2005	537,429	248,545
2006	527,165	248,963
2007	523,745	261,805
2008	373,287	280,527
2009	505,144	309,316
2010	497,745	335,570
2011	492,271	359,572
2012	487,210	371,135
2013	487,648	374,757
2014	488,114	366,350
2015	495,769	356,203
2016	499,508	348,772
2017	492,276	344,035
2018	482,316	345,883
2019	469,924	348,798
2020	448,626	354,790
2021	394,104	349,908
2022	415,647	371,243
2023	408,331	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Myanmar vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Myanmar	Zimbabwe
1985	674	573
1986	652	525
1987	631	480
1988	616	431
1989	603	382
1990	586	353
1991	566	332
1992	542	333
1993	522	331
1994	498	332
1995	472	332
1996	442	352
1997	416	357
1998	398	368
1999	388	399
2000	375	405
2001	361	467
2002	347	418
2003	335	455
2004	324	451
2005	312	454
2006	301	480
2007	290	519
2008	286	526
2009	268	540
2010	259	567
2011	249	564
2012	243	558
2013	237	525
2014	228	468
2015	222	428
2016	215	411
2017	209	389
2018	201	386
2019	195	388
2020	198	380
2021	231	446
2022	193	368
2023	185	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.87% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	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	18%	12.1%
1969	17.7%	11.8%
1970	17.4%	11.7%
1971	17%	11.5%
1972	16.7%	11.5%
1973	16.3%	11.4%
1974	16%	11.4%
1975	15.6%	11.4%
1976	15.3%	11.5%
1977	14.9%	11.5%
1978	14.6%	11.5%
1979	14.3%	11.3%
1980	14%	11.1%
1981	13.7%	10.7%
1982	13.4%	10.1%
1983	13.1%	9.5%
1984	12.9%	8.87%
1985	12.7%	8.31%
1986	12.5%	7.86%
1987	12.2%	7.61%
1988	12%	7.55%
1989	11.8%	7.69%
1990	11.5%	7.97%
1991	11.3%	8.33%
1992	11%	8.73%
1993	10.7%	9.16%
1994	10.5%	9.52%
1995	10.2%	9.83%
1996	9.94%	10%
1997	9.68%	10.1%
1998	9.43%	10%
1999	9.19%	9.92%
2000	8.95%	9.83%
2001	8.71%	9.79%
2002	8.47%	8.48%
2003	8.22%	8.85%
2004	7.97%	9.17%
2005	7.71%	9.23%
2006	7.44%	9.4%
2007	7.16%	9.47%
2008	10.1%	9.34%
2009	6.6%	9.03%
2010	6.32%	8.5%
2011	6.05%	7.88%
2012	5.8%	7.14%
2013	5.56%	6.55%
2014	5.34%	6.18%
2015	5.13%	5.98%
2016	4.95%	5.69%
2017	4.77%	5.5%
2018	4.6%	5.23%
2019	4.44%	5.11%
2020	4.29%	5.01%
2021	4.14%	4.76%
2022	4%	4.6%
2023	3.87%	4.42%