Fertility & birth rates in Nicaragua and Qatar

Fertility rate in Nicaragua vs Qatar chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Nicaragua was 2.22 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.73 in Qatar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Nicaragua vs Qatar population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Nicaragua	Qatar
1960	7.16	6.53
1961	7.11	6.53
1962	7.1	6.53
1963	7.08	6.53
1964	7.06	6.53
1965	7.03	6.53
1966	6.99	6.52
1967	6.94	6.46
1968	6.89	6.39
1969	6.83	6.31
1970	6.77	6.23
1971	6.71	6.15
1972	6.65	6.07
1973	6.59	6.01
1974	6.52	5.94
1975	6.45	5.86
1976	6.37	5.78
1977	6.28	5.69
1978	6.16	5.58
1979	6.07	5.46
1980	5.96	5.33
1981	5.84	5.2
1982	5.74	5.04
1983	5.61	4.9
1984	5.49	4.76
1985	5.36	4.64
1986	5.22	4.57
1987	5.07	4.54
1988	4.93	4.51
1989	4.76	4.41
1990	4.6	4.23
1991	4.43	3.99
1992	4.27	3.85
1993	4.1	3.77
1994	3.94	3.67
1995	3.78	3.56
1996	3.62	3.44
1997	3.47	3.33
1998	3.34	3.21
1999	3.22	3.12
2000	3.12	3.07
2001	3	3.08
2002	2.89	3.01
2003	2.83	2.93
2004	2.78	2.79
2005	2.77	2.64
2006	2.73	2.51
2007	2.7	2.44
2008	2.66	2.37
2009	2.63	2.25
2010	2.6	2.14
2011	2.56	2.07
2012	2.53	2.04
2013	2.49	2.03
2014	2.46	2.03
2015	2.43	1.98
2016	2.41	1.86
2017	2.38	1.83
2018	2.35	1.76
2019	2.32	1.73
2020	2.3	1.68
2021	2.27	1.61
2022	2.24	1.74
2023	2.22	1.73
2024	2.21	1.72
2025	2.18	1.7
2026	2.16	1.69
2027	2.14	1.68
2028	2.11	1.67
2029	2.09	1.66
2030	2.07	1.66
2031	2.05	1.65
2032	2.04	1.64
2033	2.02	1.64
2034	2.01	1.64
2035	2	1.63
2036	1.98	1.63
2037	1.97	1.63
2038	1.96	1.63
2039	1.95	1.63
2040	1.94	1.63
2041	1.93	1.63
2042	1.92	1.63
2043	1.91	1.63
2044	1.9	1.63
2045	1.89	1.63
2046	1.89	1.63
2047	1.88	1.63
2048	1.87	1.63
2049	1.87	1.62
2050	1.86	1.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Nicaragua	Qatar
1960	47.6%	44.2%
1961	47.8%	42.5%
1962	48%	40.5%
1963	48.2%	38.7%
1964	48.2%	37.2%
1965	48.1%	36.2%
1966	47.9%	35.3%
1967	47.8%	34.7%
1968	47.7%	34.2%
1969	47.6%	33.9%
1970	47.5%	35.1%
1971	47.5%	36.9%
1972	47.4%	37.5%
1973	47.4%	37.4%
1974	47.3%	36.7%
1975	47.3%	35.7%
1976	47.3%	34.6%
1977	47.2%	33.3%
1978	47.3%	32.1%
1979	47.3%	31%
1980	47.3%	30%
1981	47.3%	29.2%
1982	47.3%	28.6%
1983	47.2%	28.1%
1984	47.2%	27.6%
1985	47.1%	27.2%
1986	47%	27%
1987	46.9%	27.2%
1988	46.7%	27.2%
1989	46.4%	27.1%
1990	46.1%	27%
1991	45.7%	26.8%
1992	45.2%	26.6%
1993	44.8%	26.4%
1994	44.3%	26.2%
1995	43.7%	26.1%
1996	43.1%	25.9%
1997	42.4%	25.5%
1998	41.7%	24.8%
1999	41%	24.1%
2000	40.3%	23.5%
2001	39.6%	23%
2002	38.9%	22.5%
2003	38.2%	22.2%
2004	37.5%	22.2%
2005	36.8%	22.5%
2006	36.2%	20.2%
2007	35.7%	16.4%
2008	35.2%	14.6%
2009	34.7%	14%
2010	34.2%	13.9%
2011	33.8%	14.2%
2012	33.3%	14.5%
2013	32.9%	14.6%
2014	32.6%	14.4%
2015	32.2%	13.9%
2016	31.8%	13.7%
2017	31.5%	13.7%
2018	31.1%	14%
2019	30.8%	14.6%
2020	30.4%	15.4%
2021	30.1%	15.5%
2022	29.6%	15.2%
2023	29.2%	15.2%
2024	28.8%	15.1%
2025	28.3%	15%
2026	27.9%	15%
2027	27.4%	15%
2028	27%	15.1%
2029	26.6%	15.2%
2030	26.2%	15.3%
2031	25.8%	15.4%
2032	25.4%	15.5%
2033	25%	15.6%
2034	24.7%	15.7%
2035	24.4%	15.9%
2036	24%	16.1%
2037	23.7%	16.2%
2038	23.4%	16.4%
2039	23.1%	16.5%
2040	22.8%	16.7%
2041	22.5%	16.8%
2042	22.2%	17%
2043	22%	17.1%
2044	21.7%	17.3%
2045	21.4%	17.4%
2046	21.2%	17.5%
2047	20.9%	17.6%
2048	20.7%	17.7%
2049	20.5%	17.7%
2050	20.2%	17.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.8% of the population in Nicaragua and 15.1% in Qatar in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 27% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nicaragua and Qatar compared.

Natural population change in Nicaragua vs Qatar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.58% in Nicaragua and +0.92% in Qatar. 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
	Nicaragua	Qatar
1960	55,664	1,220
1961	57,499	1,357
1962	59,547	1,589
1963	61,738	1,854
1964	64,227	2,150
1965	67,056	2,472
1966	69,883	2,811
1967	72,722	3,167
1968	75,458	3,547
1969	78,237	3,941
1970	81,127	4,346
1971	84,139	4,433
1972	76,906	4,581
1973	89,662	4,780
1974	92,505	5,015
1975	95,230	5,289
1976	98,100	5,598
1977	100,498	5,925
1978	98,419	6,246
1979	96,429	6,579
1980	108,604	6,894
1981	110,421	7,202
1982	112,468	7,489
1983	110,618	7,765
1984	110,133	7,997
1985	110,949	8,212
1986	113,054	8,439
1987	112,885	8,806
1988	117,299	9,198
1989	120,128	9,407
1990	120,677	9,388
1991	121,787	9,182
1992	121,204	9,189
1993	120,469	9,250
1994	119,565	9,257
1995	118,325	9,186
1996	116,849	9,049
1997	114,415	8,846
1998	108,862	9,055
1999	110,217	9,431
2000	109,192	9,974
2001	107,109	10,683
2002	105,805	11,062
2003	106,142	11,291
2004	106,904	11,242
2005	108,984	11,392
2006	110,073	10,225
2007	110,341	11,351
2008	110,395	14,062
2009	110,213	15,595
2010	110,475	16,225
2011	110,026	16,543
2012	110,065	17,681
2013	109,032	19,669
2014	108,420	21,699
2015	107,344	22,568
2016	106,585	22,416
2017	105,468	23,244
2018	104,814	23,340
2019	102,817	24,112
2020	90,515	25,128
2021	89,213	21,297
2022	100,987	24,360
2023	100,921	23,845

Maternal mortality chart: Nicaragua vs Qatar

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 60 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nicaragua, compared to 4 deaths in Qatar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nicaragua	Qatar
1985	319	17
1986	313	16
1987	316	15
1988	301	15
1989	286	14
1990	281	13
1991	273	13
1992	272	13
1993	265	13
1994	256	13
1995	251	13
1996	244	13
1997	236	13
1998	239	12
1999	228	12
2000	213	11
2001	194	12
2002	170	11
2003	154	11
2004	140	11
2005	124	11
2006	113	10
2007	106	9
2008	101	9
2009	99	8
2010	96	8
2011	93	7
2012	88	7
2013	86	6
2014	83	6
2015	81	6
2016	77	5
2017	72	5
2018	67	5
2019	69	5
2020	87	6
2021	124	7
2022	61	8
2023	60	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.34% in Nicaragua and 0.6% in Qatar. 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
	Nicaragua	Qatar
1960	19.8%	-
1961	19.6%	-
1962	19.4%	-
1963	19.2%	-
1964	19%	-
1965	18.7%	-
1966	18.4%	-
1967	18.1%	-
1968	17.8%	-
1969	17.4%	7.07%
1970	17.1%	6.6%
1971	16.6%	6.16%
1972	18.7%	5.77%
1973	15.6%	5.4%
1974	15%	5.06%
1975	14.4%	4.75%
1976	13.7%	4.48%
1977	12.9%	4.24%
1978	12.2%	4.02%
1979	11.5%	3.81%
1980	10.8%	3.62%
1981	10.2%	3.45%
1982	9.58%	3.29%
1983	9.07%	3.13%
1984	8.62%	2.98%
1985	8.21%	2.82%
1986	7.85%	2.68%
1987	7.53%	2.52%
1988	7.22%	2.37%
1989	6.92%	2.23%
1990	6.62%	2.08%
1991	6.31%	1.94%
1992	6%	1.82%
1993	5.69%	1.71%
1994	5.39%	1.61%
1995	5.09%	1.53%
1996	4.81%	1.46%
1997	4.54%	1.4%
1998	5.01%	1.34%
1999	4.04%	1.29%
2000	3.82%	1.25%
2001	3.62%	1.2%
2002	3.43%	1.16%
2003	3.26%	1.12%
2004	3.1%	1.08%
2005	2.95%	1.04%
2006	2.81%	1.01%
2007	2.68%	0.98%
2008	2.55%	0.96%
2009	2.44%	0.93%
2010	2.33%	0.91%
2011	2.22%	0.89%
2012	2.13%	0.87%
2013	2.03%	0.84%
2014	1.94%	0.82%
2015	1.86%	0.79%
2016	1.78%	0.75%
2017	1.71%	0.72%
2018	1.64%	0.69%
2019	1.57%	0.67%
2020	1.51%	0.64%
2021	1.45%	0.63%
2022	1.39%	0.61%
2023	1.34%	0.6%