Fertility & birth rates in Nicaragua and Zimbabwe

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

Check Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Zimbabwe
1960	7.16	7.2
1961	7.11	7.21
1962	7.1	7.23
1963	7.08	7.23
1964	7.06	7.23
1965	7.03	7.23
1966	6.99	7.2
1967	6.94	7.16
1968	6.89	7.11
1969	6.83	7.04
1970	6.77	6.98
1971	6.71	6.94
1972	6.65	6.94
1973	6.59	6.94
1974	6.52	6.88
1975	6.45	6.83
1976	6.37	6.77
1977	6.28	6.71
1978	6.16	6.66
1979	6.07	6.59
1980	5.96	6.52
1981	5.84	6.45
1982	5.74	6.33
1983	5.61	6.2
1984	5.49	6.04
1985	5.36	5.87
1986	5.22	5.69
1987	5.07	5.5
1988	4.93	5.28
1989	4.76	5.07
1990	4.6	4.88
1991	4.43	4.72
1992	4.27	4.57
1993	4.1	4.39
1994	3.94	4.28
1995	3.78	4.15
1996	3.62	4.11
1997	3.47	4.08
1998	3.34	4.07
1999	3.22	4.06
2000	3.12	4.01
2001	3	3.98
2002	2.89	3.93
2003	2.83	3.86
2004	2.78	3.78
2005	2.77	3.69
2006	2.73	3.64
2007	2.7	3.68
2008	2.66	3.78
2009	2.63	3.95
2010	2.6	4.04
2011	2.56	4.13
2012	2.53	4.13
2013	2.49	4.11
2014	2.46	4.01
2015	2.43	3.91
2016	2.41	3.83
2017	2.38	3.77
2018	2.35	3.74
2019	2.32	3.75
2020	2.3	3.75
2021	2.27	3.77
2022	2.24	3.77
2023	2.22	3.72
2024	2.21	3.67
2025	2.18	3.62
2026	2.16	3.57
2027	2.14	3.52
2028	2.11	3.47
2029	2.09	3.43
2030	2.07	3.38
2031	2.05	3.33
2032	2.04	3.29
2033	2.02	3.25
2034	2.01	3.21
2035	2	3.17
2036	1.98	3.13
2037	1.97	3.09
2038	1.96	3.06
2039	1.95	3.02
2040	1.94	2.99
2041	1.93	2.96
2042	1.92	2.93
2043	1.91	2.9
2044	1.9	2.87
2045	1.89	2.84
2046	1.89	2.81
2047	1.88	2.78
2048	1.87	2.75
2049	1.87	2.72
2050	1.86	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Nicaragua	Zimbabwe
1960	47.6%	47.3%
1961	47.8%	47.7%
1962	48%	48.1%
1963	48.2%	48.5%
1964	48.2%	48.8%
1965	48.1%	48.7%
1966	47.9%	48.6%
1967	47.8%	48.5%
1968	47.7%	48.5%
1969	47.6%	48.4%
1970	47.5%	48.3%
1971	47.5%	48.2%
1972	47.4%	48.2%
1973	47.4%	48.1%
1974	47.3%	48.1%
1975	47.3%	48.1%
1976	47.3%	48.2%
1977	47.2%	48.3%
1978	47.3%	48.5%
1979	47.3%	48.8%
1980	47.3%	48.7%
1981	47.3%	48.4%
1982	47.3%	48.3%
1983	47.2%	48.2%
1984	47.2%	48.1%
1985	47.1%	48%
1986	47%	47.9%
1987	46.9%	47.9%
1988	46.7%	47.9%
1989	46.4%	47.6%
1990	46.1%	47.1%
1991	45.7%	46.6%
1992	45.2%	46.8%
1993	44.8%	47.1%
1994	44.3%	46.6%
1995	43.7%	45.9%
1996	43.1%	45%
1997	42.4%	44%
1998	41.7%	43.1%
1999	41%	42.4%
2000	40.3%	41.9%
2001	39.6%	41.5%
2002	38.9%	41.4%
2003	38.2%	41.5%
2004	37.5%	41.7%
2005	36.8%	41.9%
2006	36.2%	42%
2007	35.7%	42.1%
2008	35.2%	42.4%
2009	34.7%	42.7%
2010	34.2%	43%
2011	33.8%	43.4%
2012	33.3%	43.7%
2013	32.9%	43.9%
2014	32.6%	43.9%
2015	32.2%	43.8%
2016	31.8%	43.6%
2017	31.5%	43.3%
2018	31.1%	42.9%
2019	30.8%	42.5%
2020	30.4%	42.2%
2021	30.1%	41.9%
2022	29.6%	41.6%
2023	29.2%	41.3%
2024	28.8%	40.9%
2025	28.3%	40.3%
2026	27.9%	39.6%
2027	27.4%	39%
2028	27%	38.4%
2029	26.6%	37.8%
2030	26.2%	37.4%
2031	25.8%	37%
2032	25.4%	36.8%
2033	25%	36.5%
2034	24.7%	36.3%
2035	24.4%	36.1%
2036	24%	35.8%
2037	23.7%	35.6%
2038	23.4%	35.3%
2039	23.1%	35.1%
2040	22.8%	34.8%
2041	22.5%	34.6%
2042	22.2%	34.3%
2043	22%	34.1%
2044	21.7%	33.8%
2045	21.4%	33.5%
2046	21.2%	33.2%
2047	20.9%	32.9%
2048	20.7%	32.6%
2049	20.5%	32.2%
2050	20.2%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.8% of the population in Nicaragua and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nicaragua and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Nicaragua vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.58% in Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Zimbabwe
1960	55,664	126,959
1961	57,499	131,531
1962	59,547	136,317
1963	61,738	140,984
1964	64,227	145,848
1965	67,056	151,164
1966	69,883	156,014
1967	72,722	161,205
1968	75,458	166,865
1969	78,237	172,626
1970	81,127	178,979
1971	84,139	185,427
1972	76,906	193,725
1973	89,662	201,885
1974	92,505	208,806
1975	95,230	216,947
1976	98,100	221,419
1977	100,498	225,139
1978	98,419	222,979
1979	96,429	223,657
1980	108,604	241,179
1981	110,421	271,361
1982	112,468	279,934
1983	110,618	286,545
1984	110,133	290,052
1985	110,949	290,756
1986	113,054	289,894
1987	112,885	286,766
1988	117,299	277,498
1989	120,128	270,838
1990	120,677	265,444
1991	121,787	260,943
1992	121,204	255,291
1993	120,469	228,045
1994	119,565	216,343
1995	118,325	206,695
1996	116,849	205,269
1997	114,415	216,288
1998	108,862	225,614
1999	110,217	232,393
2000	109,192	236,343
2001	107,109	227,909
2002	105,805	244,170
2003	106,142	243,057
2004	106,904	248,307
2005	108,984	248,545
2006	110,073	248,963
2007	110,341	261,805
2008	110,395	280,527
2009	110,213	309,316
2010	110,475	335,570
2011	110,026	359,572
2012	110,065	371,135
2013	109,032	374,757
2014	108,420	366,350
2015	107,344	356,203
2016	106,585	348,772
2017	105,468	344,035
2018	104,814	345,883
2019	102,817	348,798
2020	90,515	354,790
2021	89,213	349,908
2022	100,987	371,243
2023	100,921	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Nicaragua vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nicaragua	Zimbabwe
1985	319	573
1986	313	525
1987	316	480
1988	301	431
1989	286	382
1990	281	353
1991	273	332
1992	272	333
1993	265	331
1994	256	332
1995	251	332
1996	244	352
1997	236	357
1998	239	368
1999	228	399
2000	213	405
2001	194	467
2002	170	418
2003	154	455
2004	140	451
2005	124	454
2006	113	480
2007	106	519
2008	101	526
2009	99	540
2010	96	567
2011	93	564
2012	88	558
2013	86	525
2014	83	468
2015	81	428
2016	77	411
2017	72	389
2018	67	386
2019	69	388
2020	87	380
2021	124	446
2022	61	368
2023	60	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.34% in Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Zimbabwe
1960	19.8%	15.2%
1961	19.6%	14.8%
1962	19.4%	14.4%
1963	19.2%	14%
1964	19%	13.5%
1965	18.7%	13.1%
1966	18.4%	12.7%
1967	18.1%	12.4%
1968	17.8%	12.1%
1969	17.4%	11.8%
1970	17.1%	11.7%
1971	16.6%	11.5%
1972	18.7%	11.5%
1973	15.6%	11.4%
1974	15%	11.4%
1975	14.4%	11.4%
1976	13.7%	11.5%
1977	12.9%	11.5%
1978	12.2%	11.5%
1979	11.5%	11.3%
1980	10.8%	11.1%
1981	10.2%	10.7%
1982	9.58%	10.1%
1983	9.07%	9.5%
1984	8.62%	8.87%
1985	8.21%	8.31%
1986	7.85%	7.86%
1987	7.53%	7.61%
1988	7.22%	7.55%
1989	6.92%	7.69%
1990	6.62%	7.97%
1991	6.31%	8.33%
1992	6%	8.73%
1993	5.69%	9.16%
1994	5.39%	9.52%
1995	5.09%	9.83%
1996	4.81%	10%
1997	4.54%	10.1%
1998	5.01%	10%
1999	4.04%	9.92%
2000	3.82%	9.83%
2001	3.62%	9.79%
2002	3.43%	8.48%
2003	3.26%	8.85%
2004	3.1%	9.17%
2005	2.95%	9.23%
2006	2.81%	9.4%
2007	2.68%	9.47%
2008	2.55%	9.34%
2009	2.44%	9.03%
2010	2.33%	8.5%
2011	2.22%	7.88%
2012	2.13%	7.14%
2013	2.03%	6.55%
2014	1.94%	6.18%
2015	1.86%	5.98%
2016	1.78%	5.69%
2017	1.71%	5.5%
2018	1.64%	5.23%
2019	1.57%	5.11%
2020	1.51%	5.01%
2021	1.45%	4.76%
2022	1.39%	4.6%
2023	1.34%	4.42%