Fertility & birth rates in Pakistan and Yemen

Fertility rate in Pakistan vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Pakistan vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	6.8	7.99
1961	6.8	8
1962	6.8	8.01
1963	6.8	8.03
1964	6.8	8.07
1965	6.8	8.1
1966	6.8	8.14
1967	6.8	8.17
1968	6.8	8.19
1969	6.8	8.22
1970	6.8	8.23
1971	6.8	8.26
1972	6.81	8.27
1973	6.81	8.29
1974	6.81	8.33
1975	6.81	8.37
1976	6.81	8.42
1977	6.8	8.47
1978	6.78	8.5
1979	6.76	8.67
1980	6.73	8.71
1981	6.7	8.75
1982	6.67	8.79
1983	6.64	8.83
1984	6.62	8.85
1985	6.59	8.86
1986	6.55	8.86
1987	6.52	8.83
1988	6.48	8.79
1989	6.43	8.71
1990	6.36	8.61
1991	6.29	8.46
1992	6.21	8.27
1993	6.11	8.05
1994	6.01	7.8
1995	5.89	7.53
1996	5.77	7
1997	5.64	6.82
1998	5.51	6.64
1999	5.46	6.49
2000	5.35	6.32
2001	5.18	6.14
2002	5.01	5.97
2003	4.89	5.84
2004	4.68	5.71
2005	4.6	5.56
2006	4.59	5.41
2007	4.55	5.26
2008	4.51	5.11
2009	4.47	5
2010	4.4	4.81
2011	4.31	4.63
2012	4.2	4.63
2013	4.13	4.62
2014	4.06	4.62
2015	3.99	4.62
2016	3.9	4.61
2017	3.9	4.61
2018	3.86	4.61
2019	3.81	4.6
2020	3.77	4.6
2021	3.72	4.6
2022	3.66	4.59
2023	3.61	4.59
2024	3.55	4.5
2025	3.5	4.41
2026	3.44	4.33
2027	3.39	4.23
2028	3.34	4.14
2029	3.3	4.06
2030	3.25	3.97
2031	3.21	3.87
2032	3.16	3.8
2033	3.12	3.73
2034	3.08	3.66
2035	3.04	3.59
2036	3.01	3.51
2037	2.97	3.44
2038	2.94	3.38
2039	2.9	3.32
2040	2.87	3.26
2041	2.83	3.21
2042	2.8	3.16
2043	2.77	3.12
2044	2.74	3.07
2045	2.71	3.02
2046	2.69	2.97
2047	2.66	2.93
2048	2.63	2.89
2049	2.61	2.85
2050	2.58	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Pakistan	Yemen
1960	41.3%	40.3%
1961	41.4%	40.4%
1962	41.6%	40.4%
1963	41.8%	40.6%
1964	42.2%	40.9%
1965	42.7%	41.3%
1966	43%	41.8%
1967	43.3%	42.3%
1968	43.5%	42.8%
1969	43.7%	43.3%
1970	43.9%	43.8%
1971	44%	44.3%
1972	44.1%	44.8%
1973	44.1%	45.3%
1974	44.1%	45.7%
1975	44.1%	46.2%
1976	44%	46.6%
1977	43.9%	47%
1978	43.8%	47.5%
1979	43.7%	47.9%
1980	43.3%	48.3%
1981	43.1%	48.7%
1982	43%	49.1%
1983	43.1%	49.4%
1984	43.3%	49.7%
1985	43.5%	50%
1986	43.6%	50.3%
1987	43.7%	50.5%
1988	43.8%	50.7%
1989	44%	50.9%
1990	44.1%	51.1%
1991	44.1%	51.2%
1992	44.3%	51.2%
1993	44.5%	51.2%
1994	44.5%	51.1%
1995	44.5%	50.9%
1996	44.3%	50.6%
1997	44.1%	50.3%
1998	43.9%	49.9%
1999	43.6%	49.5%
2000	43.3%	49%
2001	42.9%	48.6%
2002	42.6%	48.1%
2003	42.3%	47.6%
2004	41.8%	47.1%
2005	41.3%	46.5%
2006	40.9%	45.9%
2007	40.4%	45.3%
2008	40%	44.7%
2009	39.6%	44.1%
2010	39.3%	43.5%
2011	39.1%	43%
2012	39%	42.7%
2013	38.9%	42.3%
2014	38.9%	42.1%
2015	38.8%	41.8%
2016	38.6%	41.7%
2017	38.5%	41.6%
2018	38.3%	41.5%
2019	38.1%	41.4%
2020	37.9%	41.4%
2021	37.6%	41.4%
2022	37.3%	41.3%
2023	37%	41.2%
2024	36.7%	41.1%
2025	36.2%	41%
2026	35.8%	40.9%
2027	35.3%	40.8%
2028	34.9%	40.6%
2029	34.5%	40.3%
2030	34.2%	40%
2031	33.8%	39.6%
2032	33.5%	39.2%
2033	33.3%	38.7%
2034	33%	38.2%
2035	32.7%	37.7%
2036	32.5%	37.1%
2037	32.2%	36.5%
2038	32%	36%
2039	31.7%	35.4%
2040	31.5%	34.8%
2041	31.3%	34.3%
2042	31%	33.8%
2043	30.8%	33.4%
2044	30.5%	33%
2045	30.3%	32.6%
2046	30%	32.3%
2047	29.7%	32%
2048	29.5%	31.7%
2049	29.2%	31.4%
2050	28.9%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.7% of the population in Pakistan and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 44.1% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Pakistan and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Pakistan vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.23% in Pakistan and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	1,217,147	122,994
1961	1,273,772	129,787
1962	1,328,675	131,262
1963	1,384,934	133,781
1964	1,447,394	147,299
1965	1,496,050	155,398
1966	1,566,343	164,091
1967	1,626,737	173,637
1968	1,683,296	182,518
1969	1,733,601	196,305
1970	1,793,570	207,613
1971	1,695,374	219,095
1972	1,912,774	229,322
1973	1,971,909	240,235
1974	2,028,061	252,737
1975	2,099,811	266,815
1976	2,171,812	281,078
1977	2,257,849	296,115
1978	2,356,601	312,439
1979	2,461,311	336,378
1980	2,598,421	355,767
1981	2,790,454	374,482
1982	2,934,689	392,302
1983	3,052,738	414,823
1984	3,145,772	434,674
1985	3,233,315	455,576
1986	3,341,643	464,665
1987	3,448,813	493,337
1988	3,554,755	513,296
1989	3,648,132	530,464
1990	3,731,730	549,654
1991	3,822,363	565,837
1992	3,888,637	582,072
1993	3,915,776	595,459
1994	3,956,699	602,363
1995	3,977,175	607,966
1996	4,021,758	588,786
1997	4,043,912	604,443
1998	4,104,824	615,488
1999	4,228,026	633,166
2000	4,281,169	646,694
2001	4,304,297	658,704
2002	4,307,607	672,494
2003	4,340,688	694,457
2004	4,294,654	710,493
2005	4,294,393	726,708
2006	4,538,426	750,082
2007	4,690,187	764,780
2008	4,885,855	779,123
2009	5,028,132	798,911
2010	5,147,142	803,246
2011	5,189,412	806,359
2012	5,191,263	845,645
2013	5,176,590	884,929
2014	5,148,994	920,330
2015	5,113,507	939,922
2016	5,044,922	975,697
2017	5,090,200	1,006,725
2018	5,103,858	1,020,238
2019	5,127,011	1,056,432
2020	5,011,177	1,086,322
2021	5,065,913	1,103,622
2022	5,268,077	1,153,375
2023	5,281,745	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Pakistan vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Pakistan	Yemen
1985	432	430
1986	436	430
1987	442	400
1988	441	388
1989	439	371
1990	434	359
1991	443	341
1992	459	330
1993	473	319
1994	479	311
1995	485	296
1996	482	282
1997	476	271
1998	456	260
1999	438	250
2000	419	241
2001	400	231
2002	380	218
2003	358	205
2004	333	194
2005	316	181
2006	284	171
2007	265	161
2008	254	153
2009	246	149
2010	240	144
2011	234	140
2012	227	137
2013	220	135
2014	211	134
2015	202	135
2016	193	134
2017	184	142
2018	178	134
2019	173	131
2020	178	135
2021	193	156
2022	160	125
2023	155	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.85% in Pakistan and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	25%	42.9%
1961	24.1%	42.2%
1962	23.3%	41.5%
1963	22.5%	40.8%
1964	21.8%	40%
1965	21.2%	39%
1966	20.6%	38%
1967	20.2%	36.8%
1968	19.7%	35.6%
1969	19.4%	34.3%
1970	19%	33%
1971	18.7%	31.8%
1972	18.4%	30.6%
1973	18.1%	29.5%
1974	17.8%	28.4%
1975	17.6%	27.2%
1976	17.4%	26%
1977	17.1%	24.7%
1978	16.9%	23.4%
1979	16.7%	22.1%
1980	16.5%	20.8%
1981	16.3%	19.6%
1982	16.1%	18.4%
1983	15.8%	17.2%
1984	15.6%	16.2%
1985	15.3%	15.3%
1986	15%	14.6%
1987	14.8%	14%
1988	14.5%	13.4%
1989	14.2%	12.9%
1990	14%	12.5%
1991	13.7%	12.1%
1992	13.4%	11.8%
1993	13.1%	11.6%
1994	12.8%	11.3%
1995	12.5%	11.1%
1996	12.1%	10.8%
1997	11.8%	10.5%
1998	11.5%	10.2%
1999	11.1%	9.77%
2000	10.8%	9.32%
2001	10.5%	8.84%
2002	10.3%	8.36%
2003	10.1%	7.9%
2004	9.85%	7.47%
2005	9.65%	7.06%
2006	9.47%	6.68%
2007	9.29%	6.33%
2008	9.1%	6.02%
2009	8.91%	5.74%
2010	8.71%	5.49%
2011	8.49%	5.3%
2012	8.27%	5.14%
2013	8.04%	4.95%
2014	7.8%	4.84%
2015	7.56%	4.9%
2016	7.33%	4.77%
2017	7.1%	4.66%
2018	6.88%	4.7%
2019	6.67%	4.59%
2020	6.46%	4.32%
2021	6.25%	4.24%
2022	6.05%	4.08%
2023	5.85%	3.93%