Fertility & birth rates in Nepal and Palestine

Fertility rate in Nepal vs Palestine chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Nepal was 1.98 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 Nepal 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
	Nepal	Palestine
1960	6.07	-
1961	6.09	-
1962	6.08	-
1963	6.06	-
1964	6.04	-
1965	6.01	-
1966	5.98	-
1967	5.95	-
1968	5.94	-
1969	5.89	-
1970	5.87	-
1971	5.85	-
1972	5.8	-
1973	5.7	-
1974	5.75	-
1975	5.73	-
1976	5.72	-
1977	5.69	-
1978	5.68	-
1979	5.64	-
1980	5.6	-
1981	5.58	-
1982	5.55	-
1983	5.54	-
1984	5.51	-
1985	5.46	-
1986	5.4	-
1987	5.35	-
1988	5.31	-
1989	5.26	-
1990	5.21	6.81
1991	5.15	6.75
1992	5.07	6.65
1993	5.04	6.5
1994	4.96	6.33
1995	4.87	6.16
1996	4.67	5.99
1997	4.44	5.82
1998	4.28	5.69
1999	4.13	5.58
2000	3.98	5.46
2001	3.79	5.34
2002	3.6	5.22
2003	3.44	5.06
2004	3.28	4.97
2005	3.12	4.87
2006	2.97	4.74
2007	2.86	4.63
2008	2.74	4.51
2009	2.63	4.44
2010	2.54	4.43
2011	2.46	4.31
2012	2.42	4.15
2013	2.36	4.05
2014	2.32	4
2015	2.27	3.98
2016	2.23	3.89
2017	2.17	3.77
2018	2.12	3.67
2019	2.08	3.59
2020	2.05	3.51
2021	2.03	3.44
2022	2	3.38
2023	1.98	3.31
2024	1.96	3.25
2025	1.94	3.19
2026	1.92	3.13
2027	1.9	3.07
2028	1.89	3.02
2029	1.88	2.97
2030	1.86	2.93
2031	1.85	2.89
2032	1.84	2.85
2033	1.83	2.81
2034	1.82	2.78
2035	1.81	2.75
2036	1.8	2.71
2037	1.79	2.68
2038	1.79	2.65
2039	1.78	2.62
2040	1.78	2.59
2041	1.77	2.56
2042	1.77	2.53
2043	1.76	2.51
2044	1.76	2.48
2045	1.75	2.45
2046	1.75	2.43
2047	1.74	2.41
2048	1.74	2.38
2049	1.74	2.36
2050	1.73	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Nepal	Palestine
1960	40.7%	-
1961	40.7%	-
1962	40.6%	-
1963	40.5%	-
1964	40.4%	-
1965	40.4%	-
1966	40.4%	-
1967	40.3%	-
1968	40.3%	-
1969	40.3%	-
1970	40.3%	-
1971	40.4%	-
1972	40.4%	-
1973	40.5%	-
1974	40.5%	-
1975	40.6%	-
1976	40.7%	-
1977	40.7%	-
1978	40.8%	-
1979	40.8%	-
1980	40.9%	-
1981	40.9%	-
1982	40.9%	-
1983	41%	-
1984	41%	-
1985	41.1%	-
1986	41.2%	-
1987	41.3%	-
1988	41.4%	-
1989	41.5%	-
1990	41.5%	49.1%
1991	41.5%	49.1%
1992	41.4%	49%
1993	41.3%	49%
1994	41.4%	48.9%
1995	41.4%	48.8%
1996	41.5%	48.6%
1997	41.4%	48.4%
1998	41.3%	48.1%
1999	41.1%	47.8%
2000	40.9%	47.4%
2001	40.7%	47.1%
2002	40.4%	46.6%
2003	40%	46.1%
2004	39.6%	45.6%
2005	39.2%	45%
2006	38.7%	44.3%
2007	38.1%	43.7%
2008	37.5%	43%
2009	36.7%	42.4%
2010	36%	41.9%
2011	35.3%	41.5%
2012	34.7%	41.1%
2013	34.2%	40.7%
2014	33.6%	40.4%
2015	33%	40.1%
2016	32.5%	39.9%
2017	32.1%	39.7%
2018	31.6%	39.6%
2019	30.9%	39.5%
2020	30.1%	39.3%
2021	29.4%	39%
2022	28.9%	38.7%
2023	28.7%	38.4%
2024	28.4%	38%
2025	28.1%	37.6%
2026	27.7%	37%
2027	27.3%	36.5%
2028	26.8%	35.9%
2029	26.4%	35.3%
2030	26%	34.7%
2031	25.6%	34%
2032	25.2%	33.4%
2033	24.8%	32.8%
2034	24.5%	32.3%
2035	24.1%	31.8%
2036	23.8%	31.4%
2037	23.4%	31%
2038	23%	30.6%
2039	22.7%	30.3%
2040	22.4%	30%
2041	22.1%	29.7%
2042	21.7%	29.4%
2043	21.4%	29.2%
2044	21.1%	28.9%
2045	20.8%	28.6%
2046	20.5%	28.4%
2047	20.3%	28.1%
2048	20%	27.8%
2049	19.7%	27.5%
2050	19.5%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.4% of the population in Nepal and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nepal and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Nepal vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.37% in Nepal 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
	Nepal	Palestine
1960	203,374	-
1961	209,917	-
1962	215,368	-
1963	219,586	-
1964	227,948	-
1965	233,726	-
1966	241,716	-
1967	249,240	-
1968	258,259	-
1969	264,560	-
1970	272,439	-
1971	280,752	-
1972	286,708	-
1973	288,750	-
1974	303,078	-
1975	312,479	-
1976	323,222	-
1977	332,843	-
1978	345,765	-
1979	355,597	-
1980	364,254	-
1981	374,145	-
1982	385,741	-
1983	399,103	-
1984	411,122	-
1985	423,240	-
1986	434,802	-
1987	449,400	-
1988	463,581	-
1989	478,771	-
1990	495,202	76,163
1991	512,233	79,444
1992	533,029	82,865
1993	561,549	86,434
1994	578,293	90,156
1995	591,283	94,037
1996	580,099	98,085
1997	565,882	102,307
1998	562,787	103,566
1999	557,847	104,823
2000	554,506	106,367
2001	542,118	107,320
2002	525,045	108,560
2003	516,575	109,162
2004	504,853	110,045
2005	489,093	110,569
2006	475,335	111,728
2007	464,780	112,453
2008	452,353	108,395
2009	441,290	111,724
2010	432,631	117,674
2011	429,957	119,021
2012	430,151	119,185
2013	424,804	120,503
2014	423,166	120,724
2015	410,565	126,189
2016	415,921	126,698
2017	406,219	125,688
2018	394,576	124,791
2019	387,113	124,508
2020	373,553	122,416
2021	351,165	120,396
2022	379,021	123,987
2023	368,450	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Nepal vs Palestine

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 142 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nepal, compared to 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nepal	Palestine
1985	1,186	102
1986	1,143	96
1987	1,088	87
1988	1,038	85
1989	973	82
1990	920	78
1991	850	75
1992	768	73
1993	703	69
1994	657	66
1995	625	64
1996	584	61
1997	550	60
1998	522	59
1999	512	58
2000	480	59
2001	443	60
2002	414	58
2003	387	56
2004	364	55
2005	344	52
2006	318	51
2007	309	49
2008	302	49
2009	299	48
2010	297	42
2011	286	39
2012	272	36
2013	258	32
2014	245	29
2015	236	26
2016	214	23
2017	197	21
2018	183	19
2019	170	18
2020	153	20
2021	173	29
2022	139	17
2023	142	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.65% in Nepal 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
	Nepal	Palestine
1960	32.8%	-
1961	32.4%	-
1962	31.9%	-
1963	31.3%	-
1964	30.7%	-
1965	30%	-
1966	29.4%	-
1967	28.7%	-
1968	28%	-
1969	27.3%	-
1970	26.7%	-
1971	26.2%	-
1972	25.6%	-
1973	25%	-
1974	24.5%	-
1975	23.9%	10.8%
1976	23.3%	10.2%
1977	22.7%	9.55%
1978	22.1%	8.98%
1979	21.5%	8.45%
1980	20.8%	7.95%
1981	20.2%	7.48%
1982	19.5%	7.04%
1983	18.8%	6.63%
1984	18.2%	6.25%
1985	17.5%	5.89%
1986	16.8%	5.56%
1987	16.1%	5.25%
1988	15.3%	4.97%
1989	14.6%	4.72%
1990	13.9%	4.49%
1991	13.2%	4.28%
1992	12.5%	4.09%
1993	11.8%	3.92%
1994	11.2%	3.77%
1995	10.6%	3.62%
1996	10%	3.49%
1997	9.44%	3.36%
1998	8.91%	3.24%
1999	8.4%	3.13%
2000	7.92%	3.03%
2001	7.48%	2.94%
2002	7.06%	2.85%
2003	6.69%	2.77%
2004	6.35%	2.68%
2005	6.04%	2.6%
2006	5.76%	2.52%
2007	5.51%	2.43%
2008	5.27%	2.35%
2009	5.05%	2.28%
2010	4.83%	2.2%
2011	4.62%	2.12%
2012	4.41%	2.04%
2013	4.21%	1.97%
2014	4.01%	2.2%
2015	3.82%	1.83%
2016	3.64%	1.76%
2017	3.46%	1.69%
2018	3.3%	1.63%
2019	3.14%	1.57%
2020	2.99%	1.52%
2021	2.86%	1.47%
2022	2.75%	1.42%
2023	2.65%	2.63%