Fertility & birth rates in Pakistan and Rwanda

Fertility rate in Pakistan vs Rwanda 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 3.7 in Rwanda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Pakistan vs Rwanda 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	Rwanda
1960	6.8	8.28
1961	6.8	8.28
1962	6.8	8.27
1963	6.8	8.27
1964	6.8	8.27
1965	6.8	8.25
1966	6.8	8.23
1967	6.8	8.21
1968	6.8	8.19
1969	6.8	8.18
1970	6.8	8.15
1971	6.8	8.09
1972	6.81	8.09
1973	6.81	8.09
1974	6.81	8.1
1975	6.81	8.1
1976	6.81	8.12
1977	6.8	8.14
1978	6.78	8.16
1979	6.76	8.13
1980	6.73	8.12
1981	6.7	8.1
1982	6.67	8.06
1983	6.64	8
1984	6.62	7.91
1985	6.59	7.79
1986	6.55	7.61
1987	6.52	7.43
1988	6.48	7.23
1989	6.43	7.03
1990	6.36	6.8
1991	6.29	6.62
1992	6.21	6.54
1993	6.11	6.48
1994	6.01	6.42
1995	5.89	6.35
1996	5.77	6.29
1997	5.64	6.24
1998	5.51	6.17
1999	5.46	6.06
2000	5.35	5.97
2001	5.18	5.89
2002	5.01	5.82
2003	4.89	5.74
2004	4.68	5.64
2005	4.6	5.5
2006	4.59	5.34
2007	4.55	5.14
2008	4.51	4.92
2009	4.47	4.71
2010	4.4	4.52
2011	4.31	4.33
2012	4.2	4.2
2013	4.13	4.14
2014	4.06	4.12
2015	3.99	4.11
2016	3.9	4.11
2017	3.9	4.08
2018	3.86	4.05
2019	3.81	3.99
2020	3.77	3.91
2021	3.72	3.84
2022	3.66	3.78
2023	3.61	3.7
2024	3.55	3.64
2025	3.5	3.59
2026	3.44	3.54
2027	3.39	3.49
2028	3.34	3.43
2029	3.3	3.38
2030	3.25	3.33
2031	3.21	3.28
2032	3.16	3.24
2033	3.12	3.19
2034	3.08	3.15
2035	3.04	3.11
2036	3.01	3.07
2037	2.97	3.03
2038	2.94	2.99
2039	2.9	2.95
2040	2.87	2.92
2041	2.83	2.89
2042	2.8	2.85
2043	2.77	2.81
2044	2.74	2.78
2045	2.71	2.75
2046	2.69	2.72
2047	2.66	2.69
2048	2.63	2.67
2049	2.61	2.64
2050	2.58	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Pakistan	Rwanda
1960	41.3%	49.2%
1961	41.4%	49.7%
1962	41.6%	50.2%
1963	41.8%	50.6%
1964	42.2%	50.8%
1965	42.7%	50.6%
1966	43%	50.2%
1967	43.3%	49.7%
1968	43.5%	49.2%
1969	43.7%	48.7%
1970	43.9%	48.2%
1971	44%	47.9%
1972	44.1%	47.5%
1973	44.1%	47.2%
1974	44.1%	46.9%
1975	44.1%	46.6%
1976	44%	46.4%
1977	43.9%	46.4%
1978	43.8%	46.4%
1979	43.7%	46.5%
1980	43.3%	46.8%
1981	43.1%	47.1%
1982	43%	47.4%
1983	43.1%	47.7%
1984	43.3%	48.1%
1985	43.5%	48.3%
1986	43.6%	48.6%
1987	43.7%	48.8%
1988	43.8%	48.9%
1989	44%	48.9%
1990	44.1%	49%
1991	44.1%	48.9%
1992	44.3%	48.7%
1993	44.5%	48.4%
1994	44.5%	50.1%
1995	44.5%	52.4%
1996	44.3%	51.4%
1997	44.1%	50.5%
1998	43.9%	49.2%
1999	43.6%	47.8%
2000	43.3%	46.4%
2001	42.9%	45.2%
2002	42.6%	44.3%
2003	42.3%	43.7%
2004	41.8%	43.3%
2005	41.3%	43.1%
2006	40.9%	42.9%
2007	40.4%	42.9%
2008	40%	42.8%
2009	39.6%	42.6%
2010	39.3%	42.4%
2011	39.1%	42.2%
2012	39%	41.9%
2013	38.9%	41.7%
2014	38.9%	41.4%
2015	38.8%	41.1%
2016	38.6%	40.9%
2017	38.5%	40.5%
2018	38.3%	40.1%
2019	38.1%	39.7%
2020	37.9%	39.2%
2021	37.6%	38.6%
2022	37.3%	38.2%
2023	37%	37.7%
2024	36.7%	37.4%
2025	36.2%	37%
2026	35.8%	36.7%
2027	35.3%	36.4%
2028	34.9%	36%
2029	34.5%	35.7%
2030	34.2%	35.4%
2031	33.8%	35%
2032	33.5%	34.7%
2033	33.3%	34.4%
2034	33%	34.1%
2035	32.7%	33.7%
2036	32.5%	33.4%
2037	32.2%	33.1%
2038	32%	32.9%
2039	31.7%	32.6%
2040	31.5%	32.3%
2041	31.3%	32%
2042	31%	31.7%
2043	30.8%	31.4%
2044	30.5%	31.1%
2045	30.3%	30.8%
2046	30%	30.5%
2047	29.7%	30.2%
2048	29.5%	29.9%
2049	29.2%	29.7%
2050	28.9%	29.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.7% of the population in Pakistan and 37.4% in Rwanda in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 49% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Pakistan and Rwanda compared.

Natural population change in Pakistan vs Rwanda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.23% in Pakistan and +2.45% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	1,217,147	100,627
1961	1,273,772	102,051
1962	1,328,675	102,548
1963	1,384,934	94,296
1964	1,447,394	102,562
1965	1,496,050	103,422
1966	1,566,343	105,128
1967	1,626,737	108,053
1968	1,683,296	111,422
1969	1,733,601	115,394
1970	1,793,570	119,273
1971	1,695,374	122,567
1972	1,912,774	126,403
1973	1,971,909	131,021
1974	2,028,061	135,743
1975	2,099,811	140,596
1976	2,171,812	147,665
1977	2,257,849	155,011
1978	2,356,601	163,779
1979	2,461,311	174,477
1980	2,598,421	184,988
1981	2,790,454	195,769
1982	2,934,689	205,147
1983	3,052,738	212,750
1984	3,145,772	219,337
1985	3,233,315	223,794
1986	3,341,643	225,526
1987	3,448,813	225,744
1988	3,554,755	223,759
1989	3,648,132	217,632
1990	3,731,730	207,895
1991	3,822,363	196,431
1992	3,888,637	188,025
1993	3,915,776	183,926
1994	3,956,699	-719,479
1995	3,977,175	121,137
1996	4,021,758	140,455
1997	4,043,912	174,687
1998	4,104,824	197,185
1999	4,228,026	210,518
2000	4,281,169	221,276
2001	4,304,297	230,845
2002	4,307,607	239,036
2003	4,340,688	251,243
2004	4,294,654	265,273
2005	4,294,393	275,121
2006	4,538,426	282,149
2007	4,690,187	285,791
2008	4,885,855	287,334
2009	5,028,132	287,034
2010	5,147,142	286,848
2011	5,189,412	282,922
2012	5,191,263	282,584
2013	5,176,590	286,331
2014	5,148,994	292,779
2015	5,113,507	299,114
2016	5,044,922	305,549
2017	5,090,200	310,323
2018	5,103,858	312,512
2019	5,127,011	313,525
2020	5,011,177	312,692
2021	5,065,913	309,895
2022	5,268,077	312,145
2023	5,281,745	312,762

Maternal mortality chart: Pakistan vs Rwanda

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 229 deaths in Rwanda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Pakistan	Rwanda
1985	432	1,116
1986	436	1,126
1987	442	1,145
1988	441	1,188
1989	439	1,238
1990	434	1,309
1991	443	1,386
1992	459	1,530
1993	473	1,619
1994	479	5,721
1995	485	1,505
1996	482	1,295
1997	476	1,318
1998	456	1,268
1999	438	1,073
2000	419	885
2001	400	769
2002	380	677
2003	358	551
2004	333	460
2005	316	465
2006	284	494
2007	265	494
2008	254	454
2009	246	418
2010	240	393
2011	234	358
2012	227	331
2013	220	317
2014	211	301
2015	202	292
2016	193	278
2017	184	275
2018	178	269
2019	173	261
2020	178	252
2021	193	254
2022	160	234
2023	155	229

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.85% in Pakistan and 4% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	25%	22.4%
1961	24.1%	21.9%
1962	23.3%	21.5%
1963	22.5%	21.3%
1964	21.8%	21.1%
1965	21.2%	21.1%
1966	20.6%	21.2%
1967	20.2%	21.4%
1968	19.7%	21.7%
1969	19.4%	22%
1970	19%	22.3%
1971	18.7%	22.6%
1972	18.4%	23%
1973	18.1%	23.4%
1974	17.8%	24%
1975	17.6%	24.6%
1976	17.4%	25.1%
1977	17.1%	25.1%
1978	16.9%	24.6%
1979	16.7%	23.4%
1980	16.5%	21.8%
1981	16.3%	20.1%
1982	16.1%	18.6%
1983	15.8%	17.4%
1984	15.6%	16.6%
1985	15.3%	16.1%
1986	15%	15.6%
1987	14.8%	15.2%
1988	14.5%	14.8%
1989	14.2%	14.8%
1990	14%	15.1%
1991	13.7%	16%
1992	13.4%	17.5%
1993	13.1%	19.3%
1994	12.8%	38.9%
1995	12.5%	21.8%
1996	12.1%	22.2%
1997	11.8%	22.2%
1998	11.5%	21.5%
1999	11.1%	20.2%
2000	10.8%	18.5%
2001	10.5%	16.7%
2002	10.3%	14.9%
2003	10.1%	13.3%
2004	9.85%	11.8%
2005	9.65%	10.5%
2006	9.47%	9.37%
2007	9.29%	8.45%
2008	9.1%	7.62%
2009	8.91%	6.92%
2010	8.71%	6.33%
2011	8.49%	5.81%
2012	8.27%	5.45%
2013	8.04%	5.17%
2014	7.8%	4.96%
2015	7.56%	4.78%
2016	7.33%	4.63%
2017	7.1%	4.52%
2018	6.88%	4.43%
2019	6.67%	4.34%
2020	6.46%	4.25%
2021	6.25%	4.16%
2022	6.05%	4.08%
2023	5.85%	4%