Fertility & birth rates in Niger and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Niger vs United Kingdom chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Niger was 6.06 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Niger vs the United Kingdom population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Niger	United Kingdom
1960	7.53	2.69
1961	7.51	2.78
1962	7.5	2.86
1963	7.49	2.88
1964	7.48	2.93
1965	7.47	2.86
1966	7.48	2.78
1967	7.49	2.68
1968	7.5	2.6
1969	7.51	2.51
1970	7.51	2.44
1971	7.52	2.41
1972	7.52	2.2
1973	7.53	2.04
1974	7.54	1.92
1975	7.54	1.81
1976	7.56	1.74
1977	7.6	1.69
1978	7.66	1.75
1979	7.72	1.86
1980	7.78	1.9
1981	7.82	1.82
1982	7.86	1.78
1983	7.9	1.77
1984	7.92	1.77
1985	7.93	1.79
1986	7.9	1.78
1987	7.87	1.81
1988	7.84	1.82
1989	7.82	1.79
1990	7.81	1.83
1991	7.8	1.82
1992	7.8	1.79
1993	7.79	1.76
1994	7.79	1.74
1995	7.78	1.71
1996	7.78	1.73
1997	7.8	1.72
1998	7.84	1.71
1999	7.84	1.68
2000	7.83	1.64
2001	7.81	1.63
2002	7.8	1.63
2003	7.79	1.7
2004	7.78	1.75
2005	7.77	1.76
2006	7.74	1.82
2007	7.73	1.86
2008	7.7	1.91
2009	7.68	1.89
2010	7.64	1.92
2011	7.59	1.91
2012	7.53	1.92
2013	7.45	1.83
2014	7.34	1.81
2015	7.22	1.8
2016	7.04	1.79
2017	6.87	1.74
2018	6.71	1.68
2019	6.54	1.63
2020	6.37	1.57
2021	6.2	1.58
2022	6.14	1.56
2023	6.06	1.56
2024	5.93	1.55
2025	5.79	1.54
2026	5.64	1.53
2027	5.49	1.53
2028	5.35	1.53
2029	5.22	1.52
2030	5.08	1.52
2031	4.93	1.52
2032	4.8	1.53
2033	4.69	1.53
2034	4.55	1.53
2035	4.44	1.53
2036	4.32	1.53
2037	4.21	1.53
2038	4.1	1.53
2039	4	1.53
2040	3.91	1.53
2041	3.82	1.54
2042	3.74	1.54
2043	3.66	1.54
2044	3.59	1.54
2045	3.53	1.54
2046	3.46	1.54
2047	3.39	1.54
2048	3.34	1.54
2049	3.28	1.55
2050	3.22	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Niger	United Kingdom
1960	49%	23.3%
1961	48.9%	23.3%
1962	48.8%	23.2%
1963	48.8%	23.2%
1964	48.8%	23.3%
1965	48.7%	23.4%
1966	48.6%	23.5%
1967	48.5%	23.7%
1968	48.4%	23.9%
1969	48.3%	24%
1970	48.1%	24.1%
1971	48%	24.1%
1972	47.9%	24%
1973	47.7%	23.9%
1974	47.6%	23.6%
1975	47.4%	23.3%
1976	47.3%	22.9%
1977	47.1%	22.4%
1978	47%	21.9%
1979	47%	21.4%
1980	47%	21%
1981	47%	20.6%
1982	47%	20.2%
1983	47%	19.8%
1984	47%	19.5%
1985	47%	19.3%
1986	47%	19.1%
1987	47%	18.9%
1988	47%	18.9%
1989	46.9%	19.1%
1990	46.8%	19.1%
1991	46.8%	19.3%
1992	46.7%	19.4%
1993	46.7%	19.5%
1994	46.7%	19.6%
1995	46.7%	19.5%
1996	46.7%	19.4%
1997	46.8%	19.3%
1998	46.9%	19.3%
1999	47.1%	19.2%
2000	47.3%	18.9%
2001	47.5%	18.7%
2002	47.8%	18.5%
2003	48%	18.4%
2004	48.2%	18.3%
2005	48.5%	18.2%
2006	48.7%	18%
2007	48.9%	17.9%
2008	49.1%	17.8%
2009	49.3%	17.8%
2010	49.4%	17.8%
2011	49.5%	17.7%
2012	49.5%	17.8%
2013	49.4%	17.8%
2014	49.3%	17.8%
2015	49.2%	17.9%
2016	49%	18%
2017	48.8%	18%
2018	48.6%	18.1%
2019	48.3%	18%
2020	48%	18%
2021	47.7%	17.8%
2022	47.3%	17.6%
2023	47%	17.4%
2024	46.6%	17.2%
2025	46.2%	17%
2026	45.8%	16.7%
2027	45.5%	16.5%
2028	45%	16.2%
2029	44.6%	16%
2030	44.2%	15.7%
2031	43.8%	15.5%
2032	43.4%	15.3%
2033	43%	15.2%
2034	42.6%	15.1%
2035	42.2%	15%
2036	41.8%	14.9%
2037	41.3%	14.9%
2038	40.9%	14.8%
2039	40.4%	14.8%
2040	39.9%	14.8%
2041	39.4%	14.8%
2042	38.9%	14.8%
2043	38.4%	14.9%
2044	37.9%	14.9%
2045	37.4%	14.9%
2046	36.9%	15%
2047	36.4%	15%
2048	35.9%	15%
2049	35.5%	15%
2050	35%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.6% of the population in Niger and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 46.8% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Niger and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Niger vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.43% in Niger and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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
	Niger	United Kingdom
1960	105,081	314,400
1961	107,693	311,519
1962	110,280	340,800
1963	113,072	337,995
1964	115,386	405,000
1965	116,963	364,132
1966	119,314	333,356
1967	121,358	346,145
1968	123,301	292,622
1969	125,389	260,577
1970	128,184	244,918
1971	128,223	257,123
1972	133,813	162,650
1973	137,695	112,389
1974	142,606	67,476
1975	147,962	33,735
1976	154,489	-5,621
1977	161,792	0
1978	171,614	16,859
1979	180,632	61,872
1980	189,251	95,734
1981	195,938	73,234
1982	202,012	56,314
1983	207,962	61,966
1984	213,111	84,633
1985	219,206	79,170
1986	224,365	90,690
1987	231,371	136,325
1988	237,296	136,628
1989	245,278	119,861
1990	256,594	154,569
1991	266,527	143,562
1992	278,690	149,709
1993	292,135	103,893
1994	306,026	127,304
1995	323,630	87,028
1996	341,223	98,884
1997	358,745	99,138
1998	377,120	87,730
1999	394,212	64,551
2000	410,779	70,671
2001	428,417	65,032
2002	446,767	65,308
2003	467,295	89,471
2004	488,328	131,974
2005	511,167	144,963
2006	533,374	176,455
2007	556,808	196,232
2008	579,727	216,325
2009	602,671	230,422
2010	624,685	251,066
2011	645,175	259,361
2012	664,009	248,473
2013	686,070	198,830
2014	704,609	206,784
2015	721,630	175,738
2016	738,999	177,139
2017	752,384	145,125
2018	763,536	119,321
2019	775,474	108,342
2020	784,437	-4,272
2021	793,428	30,612
2022	829,651	39,751
2023	864,139	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Niger vs United Kingdom

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 350 deaths per 100,000 live births in Niger, compared to 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Niger	United Kingdom
1985	1,137	2
1986	1,107	2
1987	1,074	3
1988	1,040	4
1989	1,010	5
1990	983	6
1991	957	7
1992	926	7
1993	903	8
1994	883	9
1995	865	9
1996	854	8
1997	841	9
1998	839	10
1999	841	11
2000	845	12
2001	843	13
2002	835	13
2003	813	14
2004	790	13
2005	764	12
2006	737	12
2007	704	11
2008	669	11
2009	647	11
2010	621	10
2011	585	10
2012	554	9
2013	526	9
2014	497	9
2015	473	9
2016	450	9
2017	433	9
2018	420	9
2019	406	9
2020	388	14
2021	396	13
2022	361	15
2023	350	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 11.5% in Niger and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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
	Niger	United Kingdom
1960	-	2.66%
1961	-	2.61%
1962	-	2.56%
1963	-	2.49%
1964	-	2.42%
1965	-	2.34%
1966	-	2.28%
1967	31.9%	2.22%
1968	32.3%	2.18%
1969	32.7%	2.14%
1970	33.2%	2.1%
1971	33.6%	2.06%
1972	34%	2%
1973	34.2%	1.94%
1974	34.3%	1.87%
1975	34.2%	1.8%
1976	33.9%	1.72%
1977	33.5%	1.64%
1978	33%	1.57%
1979	32.6%	1.49%
1980	32.3%	1.41%
1981	32.3%	1.34%
1982	32.5%	1.27%
1983	32.9%	1.22%
1984	33.3%	1.17%
1985	33.7%	1.14%
1986	34%	1.11%
1987	34.1%	1.08%
1988	34%	1.04%
1989	33.7%	0.99%
1990	33.2%	0.93%
1991	32.5%	0.87%
1992	31.7%	0.82%
1993	30.6%	0.77%
1994	29.4%	0.74%
1995	28.1%	0.72%
1996	26.9%	0.7%
1997	25.7%	0.69%
1998	24.7%	0.68%
1999	23.7%	0.67%
2000	22.8%	0.65%
2001	21.8%	0.64%
2002	20.6%	0.63%
2003	19.4%	0.63%
2004	18.3%	0.61%
2005	17.2%	0.6%
2006	16.2%	0.59%
2007	15.4%	0.58%
2008	14.7%	0.56%
2009	14.1%	0.54%
2010	13.7%	0.52%
2011	13.3%	0.5%
2012	13.1%	0.48%
2013	12.9%	0.46%
2014	12.7%	0.45%
2015	12.6%	0.45%
2016	12.5%	0.44%
2017	12.4%	0.44%
2018	12.3%	0.44%
2019	12.2%	0.44%
2020	12.1%	0.44%
2021	11.9%	0.44%
2022	11.7%	0.45%
2023	11.5%	0.45%