Fertility & birth rates in Niger and Uzbekistan

Fertility rate in Niger vs Uzbekistan 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 3.5 in Uzbekistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Niger vs Uzbekistan 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	Uzbekistan
1960	7.53	6.61
1961	7.51	6.75
1962	7.5	6.88
1963	7.49	6.81
1964	7.48	6.82
1965	7.47	6.81
1966	7.48	6.66
1967	7.49	6.57
1968	7.5	6.39
1969	7.51	6.34
1970	7.51	6.31
1971	7.52	6.28
1972	7.52	6.25
1973	7.53	6.16
1974	7.54	6.05
1975	7.54	5.92
1976	7.56	5.75
1977	7.6	5.54
1978	7.66	5.28
1979	7.72	5.16
1980	7.78	5.04
1981	7.82	4.91
1982	7.86	4.82
1983	7.9	4.71
1984	7.92	4.73
1985	7.93	4.69
1986	7.9	4.68
1987	7.87	4.53
1988	7.84	4.26
1989	7.82	4.1
1990	7.81	4.12
1991	7.8	4.19
1992	7.8	4.06
1993	7.79	3.86
1994	7.79	3.66
1995	7.78	3.57
1996	7.78	3.39
1997	7.8	3.19
1998	7.84	2.99
1999	7.84	2.83
2000	7.83	2.7
2001	7.81	2.61
2002	7.8	2.58
2003	7.79	2.5
2004	7.78	2.5
2005	7.77	2.44
2006	7.74	2.46
2007	7.73	2.57
2008	7.7	2.64
2009	7.68	2.56
2010	7.64	2.44
2011	7.59	2.35
2012	7.53	2.34
2013	7.45	2.44
2014	7.34	2.55
2015	7.22	2.58
2016	7.04	2.56
2017	6.87	2.57
2018	6.71	2.71
2019	6.54	2.87
2020	6.37	3.06
2021	6.2	3.27
2022	6.14	3.4
2023	6.06	3.5
2024	5.93	3.49
2025	5.79	3.45
2026	5.64	3.4
2027	5.49	3.36
2028	5.35	3.31
2029	5.22	3.27
2030	5.08	3.22
2031	4.93	3.18
2032	4.8	3.13
2033	4.69	3.09
2034	4.55	3.05
2035	4.44	3.01
2036	4.32	2.98
2037	4.21	2.94
2038	4.1	2.91
2039	4	2.87
2040	3.91	2.84
2041	3.82	2.81
2042	3.74	2.78
2043	3.66	2.75
2044	3.59	2.72
2045	3.53	2.69
2046	3.46	2.66
2047	3.39	2.63
2048	3.34	2.6
2049	3.28	2.58
2050	3.22	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Niger	Uzbekistan
1960	49%	39.8%
1961	48.9%	41.2%
1962	48.8%	42.4%
1963	48.8%	43.4%
1964	48.8%	44.2%
1965	48.7%	44.7%
1966	48.6%	44.8%
1967	48.5%	44.9%
1968	48.4%	44.8%
1969	48.3%	44.7%
1970	48.1%	44.6%
1971	48%	44.4%
1972	47.9%	44.3%
1973	47.7%	44%
1974	47.6%	43.7%
1975	47.4%	43.3%
1976	47.3%	42.8%
1977	47.1%	42.3%
1978	47%	41.7%
1979	47%	41.2%
1980	47%	40.8%
1981	47%	40.5%
1982	47%	40.3%
1983	47%	40.1%
1984	47%	40.1%
1985	47%	40.1%
1986	47%	40.1%
1987	47%	40.1%
1988	47%	40%
1989	46.9%	39.9%
1990	46.8%	39.9%
1991	46.8%	39.9%
1992	46.7%	39.8%
1993	46.7%	39.8%
1994	46.7%	39.7%
1995	46.7%	39.4%
1996	46.7%	39.2%
1997	46.8%	38.8%
1998	46.9%	38.2%
1999	47.1%	37.5%
2000	47.3%	36.7%
2001	47.5%	35.8%
2002	47.8%	34.9%
2003	48%	34%
2004	48.2%	33.1%
2005	48.5%	32.3%
2006	48.7%	31.4%
2007	48.9%	30.6%
2008	49.1%	29.9%
2009	49.3%	29.4%
2010	49.4%	28.9%
2011	49.5%	28.5%
2012	49.5%	28.2%
2013	49.4%	28.1%
2014	49.3%	28.1%
2015	49.2%	28.3%
2016	49%	28.5%
2017	48.8%	28.8%
2018	48.6%	29%
2019	48.3%	29.3%
2020	48%	29.7%
2021	47.7%	30.2%
2022	47.3%	30.6%
2023	47%	30.9%
2024	46.6%	31.1%
2025	46.2%	31.3%
2026	45.8%	31.5%
2027	45.5%	31.6%
2028	45%	31.6%
2029	44.6%	31.6%
2030	44.2%	31.4%
2031	43.8%	31.3%
2032	43.4%	31.1%
2033	43%	30.9%
2034	42.6%	30.6%
2035	42.2%	30.3%
2036	41.8%	29.8%
2037	41.3%	29.3%
2038	40.9%	28.8%
2039	40.4%	28.3%
2040	39.9%	28%
2041	39.4%	27.6%
2042	38.9%	27.4%
2043	38.4%	27.2%
2044	37.9%	27%
2045	37.4%	26.9%
2046	36.9%	26.8%
2047	36.4%	26.8%
2048	35.9%	26.7%
2049	35.5%	26.7%
2050	35%	26.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.6% of the population in Niger and 31.1% in Uzbekistan in 2024, compared to 46.8% and 39.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Niger and Uzbekistan compared.

Natural population change in Niger vs Uzbekistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.43% in Niger and +1.87% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1960	105,081	267,165
1961	107,693	279,841
1962	110,280	292,788
1963	113,072	293,432
1964	115,386	298,790
1965	116,963	302,264
1966	119,314	297,844
1967	121,358	298,350
1968	123,301	295,651
1969	125,389	302,833
1970	128,184	313,216
1971	128,223	323,171
1972	133,813	333,230
1973	137,695	341,807
1974	142,606	350,422
1975	147,962	357,382
1976	154,489	363,110
1977	161,792	369,572
1978	171,614	372,068
1979	180,632	387,754
1980	189,251	401,557
1981	195,938	413,897
1982	202,012	431,389
1983	207,962	454,464
1984	213,111	485,617
1985	219,206	508,893
1986	224,365	533,234
1987	231,371	537,292
1988	237,296	525,126
1989	245,278	522,323
1990	256,594	540,581
1991	266,527	557,886
1992	278,690	548,793
1993	292,135	527,557
1994	306,026	502,279
1995	323,630	493,966
1996	341,223	471,010
1997	358,745	441,631
1998	377,120	408,532
1999	394,212	385,448
2000	410,779	365,138
2001	428,417	356,483
2002	446,767	359,231
2003	467,295	355,098
2004	488,328	363,994
2005	511,167	363,462
2006	533,374	383,265
2007	556,808	426,880
2008	579,727	461,665
2009	602,671	471,839
2010	624,685	461,293
2011	645,175	454,858
2012	664,009	463,333
2013	686,070	501,742
2014	704,609	536,881
2015	721,630	552,781
2016	738,999	549,045
2017	752,384	548,372
2018	763,536	585,119
2019	775,474	618,154
2020	784,437	643,750
2021	793,428	689,325
2022	829,651	715,410
2023	864,139	722,280

Maternal mortality chart: Niger vs Uzbekistan

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 26 deaths in Uzbekistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Niger	Uzbekistan
1985	1,137	72
1986	1,107	69
1987	1,074	63
1988	1,040	58
1989	1,010	53
1990	983	50
1991	957	47
1992	926	46
1993	903	47
1994	883	49
1995	865	46
1996	854	44
1997	841	42
1998	839	42
1999	841	43
2000	845	42
2001	843	42
2002	835	41
2003	813	40
2004	790	39
2005	764	39
2006	737	38
2007	704	37
2008	669	35
2009	647	34
2010	621	34
2011	585	33
2012	554	33
2013	526	32
2014	497	32
2015	473	31
2016	450	31
2017	433	30
2018	420	29
2019	406	29
2020	388	29
2021	396	28
2022	361	27
2023	350	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 11.5% in Niger and 1.33% in Uzbekistan. 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	Uzbekistan
1967	31.9%	-
1968	32.3%	-
1969	32.7%	-
1970	33.2%	-
1971	33.6%	-
1972	34%	-
1973	34.2%	-
1974	34.3%	-
1975	34.2%	-
1976	33.9%	-
1977	33.5%	-
1978	33%	-
1979	32.6%	12.5%
1980	32.3%	11.7%
1981	32.3%	10.9%
1982	32.5%	10.2%
1983	32.9%	9.5%
1984	33.3%	8.91%
1985	33.7%	8.4%
1986	34%	7.96%
1987	34.1%	7.59%
1988	34%	7.31%
1989	33.7%	7.13%
1990	33.2%	7.04%
1991	32.5%	7.01%
1992	31.7%	7.01%
1993	30.6%	6.99%
1994	29.4%	6.95%
1995	28.1%	6.91%
1996	26.9%	6.83%
1997	25.7%	6.72%
1998	24.7%	6.57%
1999	23.7%	6.38%
2000	22.8%	6.15%
2001	21.8%	5.88%
2002	20.6%	5.57%
2003	19.4%	5.25%
2004	18.3%	4.92%
2005	17.2%	4.57%
2006	16.2%	4.24%
2007	15.4%	3.9%
2008	14.7%	3.59%
2009	14.1%	3.29%
2010	13.7%	3.01%
2011	13.3%	2.75%
2012	13.1%	2.52%
2013	12.9%	2.32%
2014	12.7%	2.14%
2015	12.6%	1.98%
2016	12.5%	1.85%
2017	12.4%	1.73%
2018	12.3%	1.64%
2019	12.2%	1.56%
2020	12.1%	1.5%
2021	11.9%	1.44%
2022	11.7%	1.38%
2023	11.5%	1.33%