Fertility & birth rates in Pakistan and Poland

Fertility rate in Pakistan vs Poland chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Pakistan was 3.61 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.16 in Poland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Pakistan vs Poland population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Pakistan	Poland
1960	6.8	2.98
1961	6.8	2.83
1962	6.8	2.72
1963	6.8	2.7
1964	6.8	2.57
1965	6.8	2.52
1966	6.8	2.34
1967	6.8	2.33
1968	6.8	2.24
1969	6.8	2.2
1970	6.8	2.2
1971	6.8	2.25
1972	6.81	2.24
1973	6.81	2.26
1974	6.81	2.26
1975	6.81	2.27
1976	6.81	2.3
1977	6.8	2.23
1978	6.78	2.21
1979	6.76	2.28
1980	6.73	2.28
1981	6.7	2.24
1982	6.67	2.34
1983	6.64	2.42
1984	6.62	2.37
1985	6.59	2.33
1986	6.55	2.22
1987	6.52	2.15
1988	6.48	2.13
1989	6.43	2.08
1990	6.36	2.06
1991	6.29	2.07
1992	6.21	1.95
1993	6.11	1.87
1994	6.01	1.81
1995	5.89	1.62
1996	5.77	1.59
1997	5.64	1.51
1998	5.51	1.44
1999	5.46	1.37
2000	5.35	1.37
2001	5.18	1.31
2002	5.01	1.25
2003	4.89	1.22
2004	4.68	1.23
2005	4.6	1.24
2006	4.59	1.27
2007	4.55	1.31
2008	4.51	1.39
2009	4.47	1.4
2010	4.4	1.41
2011	4.31	1.33
2012	4.2	1.33
2013	4.13	1.29
2014	4.06	1.32
2015	3.99	1.32
2016	3.9	1.39
2017	3.9	1.48
2018	3.86	1.46
2019	3.81	1.44
2020	3.77	1.39
2021	3.72	1.33
2022	3.66	1.29
2023	3.61	1.16
2024	3.55	1.16
2025	3.5	1.17
2026	3.44	1.17
2027	3.39	1.17
2028	3.34	1.18
2029	3.3	1.18
2030	3.25	1.19
2031	3.21	1.19
2032	3.16	1.19
2033	3.12	1.2
2034	3.08	1.2
2035	3.04	1.21
2036	3.01	1.21
2037	2.97	1.21
2038	2.94	1.21
2039	2.9	1.22
2040	2.87	1.22
2041	2.83	1.22
2042	2.8	1.22
2043	2.77	1.23
2044	2.74	1.23
2045	2.71	1.24
2046	2.69	1.24
2047	2.66	1.24
2048	2.63	1.24
2049	2.61	1.24
2050	2.58	1.25

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Pakistan	Poland
1960	41.3%	33.4%
1961	41.4%	33.4%
1962	41.6%	33%
1963	41.8%	32.5%
1964	42.2%	31.9%
1965	42.7%	31.1%
1966	43%	30.3%
1967	43.3%	29.5%
1968	43.5%	28.6%
1969	43.7%	27.8%
1970	43.9%	26.9%
1971	44%	26.1%
1972	44.1%	25.4%
1973	44.1%	24.8%
1974	44.1%	24.3%
1975	44.1%	24%
1976	44%	24%
1977	43.9%	24%
1978	43.8%	24%
1979	43.7%	24.1%
1980	43.3%	24.3%
1981	43.1%	24.5%
1982	43%	24.7%
1983	43.1%	25%
1984	43.3%	25.3%
1985	43.5%	25.5%
1986	43.6%	25.6%
1987	43.7%	25.6%
1988	43.8%	25.5%
1989	44%	25.3%
1990	44.1%	25%
1991	44.1%	24.6%
1992	44.3%	24.3%
1993	44.5%	23.9%
1994	44.5%	23.4%
1995	44.5%	22.8%
1996	44.3%	22.2%
1997	44.1%	21.6%
1998	43.9%	20.9%
1999	43.6%	20.2%
2000	43.3%	19.4%
2001	42.9%	18.7%
2002	42.6%	18.1%
2003	42.3%	17.5%
2004	41.8%	17%
2005	41.3%	16.5%
2006	40.9%	16%
2007	40.4%	15.7%
2008	40%	15.4%
2009	39.6%	15.2%
2010	39.3%	15.1%
2011	39.1%	15.2%
2012	39%	15.1%
2013	38.9%	15.1%
2014	38.9%	15.1%
2015	38.8%	15.1%
2016	38.6%	15.1%
2017	38.5%	15.2%
2018	38.3%	15.3%
2019	38.1%	15.4%
2020	37.9%	15.5%
2021	37.6%	15.5%
2022	37.3%	15.3%
2023	37%	15.1%
2024	36.7%	14.8%
2025	36.2%	14.5%
2026	35.8%	14.1%
2027	35.3%	13.8%
2028	34.9%	13.5%
2029	34.5%	13.2%
2030	34.2%	13%
2031	33.8%	12.7%
2032	33.5%	12.4%
2033	33.3%	12.1%
2034	33%	11.8%
2035	32.7%	11.5%
2036	32.5%	11.3%
2037	32.2%	11.2%
2038	32%	11.1%
2039	31.7%	11.1%
2040	31.5%	11.1%
2041	31.3%	11%
2042	31%	11.1%
2043	30.8%	11.1%
2044	30.5%	11.1%
2045	30.3%	11.2%
2046	30%	11.3%
2047	29.7%	11.3%
2048	29.5%	11.4%
2049	29.2%	11.5%
2050	28.9%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.7% of the population in Pakistan and 14.8% in Poland in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 25% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Pakistan and Poland compared.

Natural population change in Pakistan vs Poland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.23% in Pakistan and -0.18% in Poland. 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
	Pakistan	Poland
1960	1,217,147	444,562
1961	1,273,772	398,521
1962	1,328,675	360,671
1963	1,384,934	359,330
1964	1,447,394	326,965
1965	1,496,050	314,450
1966	1,566,343	297,801
1967	1,626,737	275,089
1968	1,683,296	280,963
1969	1,733,601	270,151
1970	1,793,570	280,913
1971	1,695,374	278,660
1972	1,912,774	314,028
1973	1,971,909	320,229
1974	2,028,061	346,893
1975	2,099,811	350,356
1976	2,171,812	367,612
1977	2,257,849	353,828
1978	2,356,601	339,166
1979	2,461,311	366,571
1980	2,598,421	348,627
1981	2,790,454	351,806
1982	2,934,689	369,551
1983	3,052,738	373,032
1984	3,145,772	332,137
1985	3,233,315	297,615
1986	3,341,643	258,448
1987	3,448,813	226,008
1988	3,554,755	215,599
1989	3,648,132	182,215
1990	3,731,730	160,066
1991	3,822,363	141,511
1992	3,888,637	118,928
1993	3,915,776	103,846
1994	3,956,699	96,357
1995	3,977,175	46,314
1996	4,021,758	42,487
1997	4,043,912	34,785
1998	4,104,824	19,332
1999	4,228,026	0
2000	4,281,169	11,478
2001	4,304,297	3,825
2002	4,307,607	-3,823
2003	4,340,688	-15,281
2004	4,294,654	-7,637
2005	4,294,393	-3,817
2006	4,538,426	3,814
2007	4,690,187	11,436
2008	4,885,855	34,313
2009	5,028,132	30,521
2010	5,147,142	38,043
2011	5,189,412	11,419
2012	5,191,263	0
2013	5,176,590	-19,020
2014	5,148,994	0
2015	5,113,507	-26,590
2016	5,044,922	-3,797
2017	5,090,200	0
2018	5,103,858	-26,582
2019	5,127,011	-34,169
2020	5,011,177	-120,050
2021	5,065,913	-184,907
2022	5,268,077	-143,605
2023	5,281,745	-135,743

Maternal mortality chart: Pakistan vs Poland

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Pakistan, compared to 2 deaths in Poland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Pakistan	Poland
1985	432	19
1986	436	19
1987	442	18
1988	441	18
1989	439	18
1990	434	18
1991	443	18
1992	459	16
1993	473	15
1994	479	14
1995	485	12
1996	482	11
1997	476	10
1998	456	9
1999	438	8
2000	419	7
2001	400	6
2002	380	5
2003	358	5
2004	333	4
2005	316	4
2006	284	4
2007	265	3
2008	254	3
2009	246	3
2010	240	3
2011	234	2
2012	227	2
2013	220	2
2014	211	2
2015	202	2
2016	193	2
2017	184	2
2018	178	2
2019	173	2
2020	178	3
2021	193	2
2022	160	2
2023	155	2

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.85% in Pakistan and 0.44% in Poland. 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
	Pakistan	Poland
1960	25%	6.51%
1961	24.1%	6.02%
1962	23.3%	5.6%
1963	22.5%	5.23%
1964	21.8%	4.89%
1965	21.2%	4.57%
1966	20.6%	4.29%
1967	20.2%	4.06%
1968	19.7%	3.89%
1969	19.4%	3.75%
1970	19%	3.59%
1971	18.7%	3.42%
1972	18.4%	3.24%
1973	18.1%	3.06%
1974	17.8%	2.9%
1975	17.6%	2.79%
1976	17.4%	2.7%
1977	17.1%	2.62%
1978	16.9%	2.54%
1979	16.7%	2.47%
1980	16.5%	2.4%
1981	16.3%	2.33%
1982	16.1%	2.26%
1983	15.8%	2.19%
1984	15.6%	2.11%
1985	15.3%	2.03%
1986	15%	1.96%
1987	14.8%	1.89%
1988	14.5%	1.84%
1989	14.2%	1.79%
1990	14%	1.74%
1991	13.7%	1.69%
1992	13.4%	1.65%
1993	13.1%	1.6%
1994	12.8%	1.53%
1995	12.5%	1.43%
1996	12.1%	1.32%
1997	11.8%	1.2%
1998	11.5%	1.09%
1999	11.1%	1%
2000	10.8%	0.93%
2001	10.5%	0.88%
2002	10.3%	0.84%
2003	10.1%	0.81%
2004	9.85%	0.78%
2005	9.65%	0.76%
2006	9.47%	0.73%
2007	9.29%	0.7%
2008	9.1%	0.67%
2009	8.91%	0.63%
2010	8.71%	0.6%
2011	8.49%	0.57%
2012	8.27%	0.54%
2013	8.04%	0.52%
2014	7.8%	0.5%
2015	7.56%	0.49%
2016	7.33%	0.48%
2017	7.1%	0.46%
2018	6.88%	0.45%
2019	6.67%	0.44%
2020	6.46%	0.44%
2021	6.25%	0.44%
2022	6.05%	0.44%
2023	5.85%	0.44%