Fertility & birth rates in Palau and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate in Palau vs Trinidad and Tobago chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Palau was 1.91 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.53 in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Palau vs Trinidad and Tobago population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Palau	Trinidad
1960	7.19	5.41
1961	7.17	5.41
1962	7.15	5.36
1963	7.12	5.24
1964	7.08	5.08
1965	7.01	4.88
1966	6.93	4.62
1967	6.84	4.35
1968	6.71	4.11
1969	6.58	3.86
1970	6.39	3.71
1971	6.16	3.61
1972	5.9	3.55
1973	5.59	3.47
1974	5.26	3.32
1975	4.9	3.21
1976	4.53	3.14
1977	4.09	3.12
1978	3.74	3.13
1979	3.49	3.13
1980	3.35	3.15
1981	3.28	3.13
1982	3.22	3.11
1983	3.14	3.07
1984	3.08	3.02
1985	3.01	2.99
1986	2.98	2.9
1987	2.93	2.78
1988	2.91	2.65
1989	2.92	2.53
1990	2.88	2.39
1991	2.74	2.29
1992	2.71	2.21
1993	2.73	2.13
1994	2.66	2.06
1995	2.55	1.97
1996	2.39	1.89
1997	2.19	1.83
1998	2.01	1.78
1999	1.91	1.76
2000	1.82	1.73
2001	1.87	1.71
2002	1.92	1.67
2003	1.96	1.65
2004	1.99	1.63
2005	2.02	1.63
2006	2	1.62
2007	1.97	1.62
2008	1.95	1.62
2009	1.94	1.62
2010	1.94	1.61
2011	1.97	1.61
2012	2.01	1.61
2013	2.05	1.6
2014	2.03	1.6
2015	2	1.6
2016	2.06	1.6
2017	2.02	1.59
2018	1.97	1.59
2019	1.98	1.58
2020	1.97	1.57
2021	1.95	1.56
2022	1.93	1.54
2023	1.91	1.53
2024	1.88	1.54
2025	1.86	1.52
2026	1.84	1.52
2027	1.82	1.51
2028	1.81	1.51
2029	1.8	1.51
2030	1.79	1.51
2031	1.78	1.51
2032	1.77	1.51
2033	1.76	1.51
2034	1.76	1.51
2035	1.75	1.51
2036	1.75	1.51
2037	1.75	1.51
2038	1.74	1.51
2039	1.74	1.51
2040	1.74	1.51
2041	1.74	1.51
2042	1.73	1.51
2043	1.73	1.51
2044	1.73	1.51
2045	1.73	1.51
2046	1.73	1.51
2047	1.72	1.51
2048	1.72	1.52
2049	1.72	1.52
2050	1.72	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palau	Trinidad
1960	47%	43.1%
1961	48.2%	43.2%
1962	49.1%	43.2%
1963	49.8%	43.3%
1964	50.1%	43.2%
1965	50.3%	43.1%
1966	50.2%	42.9%
1967	49.6%	42.7%
1968	48.4%	42.3%
1969	47.2%	41.9%
1970	46.5%	41.2%
1971	46.2%	40.4%
1972	46%	39.7%
1973	45.6%	39.1%
1974	44.9%	38.4%
1975	44.2%	37.6%
1976	43.4%	36.8%
1977	42.7%	36%
1978	41.9%	35.3%
1979	41.1%	34.8%
1980	40.1%	34.4%
1981	38.9%	34.2%
1982	37.7%	34.2%
1983	36.7%	34.2%
1984	36%	34.3%
1985	35.4%	34.4%
1986	34.5%	34.4%
1987	33.2%	34.4%
1988	32%	34.2%
1989	31%	34%
1990	30.2%	33.7%
1991	29.4%	33.3%
1992	28.8%	32.8%
1993	28.5%	32.2%
1994	28.2%	31.6%
1995	28%	30.8%
1996	27.5%	29.9%
1997	26.7%	28.9%
1998	25.8%	27.9%
1999	24.8%	27%
2000	24.1%	26%
2001	24%	25%
2002	24.1%	24.2%
2003	24.2%	23.4%
2004	24.2%	22.7%
2005	23.9%	22.1%
2006	23.2%	21.6%
2007	22.5%	21.2%
2008	21.9%	20.8%
2009	21.4%	20.5%
2010	21%	20.3%
2011	20.6%	20.1%
2012	20.3%	20%
2013	20.2%	19.9%
2014	20.3%	19.7%
2015	20.3%	19.6%
2016	20.1%	19.5%
2017	19.9%	19.3%
2018	19.7%	19%
2019	19.5%	18.8%
2020	19.2%	18.7%
2021	19.1%	18.5%
2022	18.8%	18.3%
2023	18.5%	18%
2024	18.2%	17.8%
2025	17.9%	17.5%
2026	17.6%	17.2%
2027	17.3%	16.9%
2028	17%	16.6%
2029	16.7%	16.4%
2030	16.5%	16.1%
2031	16.3%	15.8%
2032	16.1%	15.5%
2033	16%	15.3%
2034	16%	15.1%
2035	15.9%	14.9%
2036	15.9%	14.7%
2037	15.9%	14.5%
2038	15.9%	14.4%
2039	15.9%	14.2%
2040	16%	14.1%
2041	16%	14.1%
2042	16.1%	14%
2043	16.2%	13.9%
2044	16.2%	13.9%
2045	16.3%	13.8%
2046	16.3%	13.8%
2047	16.3%	13.7%
2048	16.4%	13.7%
2049	16.4%	13.6%
2050	16.3%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Palau and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 30.2% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palau and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in Palau vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Palau and +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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
	Palau	Trinidad
1960	296	24,766
1961	298	25,518
1962	296	25,763
1963	291	25,507
1964	284	25,065
1965	275	24,349
1966	268	23,228
1967	266	21,992
1968	275	20,849
1969	283	19,652
1970	286	19,074
1971	287	19,400
1972	280	20,116
1973	268	20,617
1974	256	20,412
1975	249	20,468
1976	236	20,875
1977	213	21,660
1978	193	22,538
1979	176	23,475
1980	165	24,557
1981	161	25,015
1982	170	25,181
1983	176	25,118
1984	181	24,738
1985	181	24,487
1986	182	23,705
1987	182	22,398
1988	183	21,028
1989	185	19,636
1990	181	18,052
1991	175	16,903
1992	183	15,910
1993	196	14,878
1994	195	14,032
1995	186	12,971
1996	166	12,101
1997	140	11,405
1998	116	10,964
1999	100	10,821
2000	85	10,588
2001	88	10,438
2002	88	10,316
2003	86	10,169
2004	83	10,149
2005	80	9,822
2006	79	9,889
2007	80	9,939
2008	79	9,872
2009	81	9,769
2010	81	9,698
2011	83	9,601
2012	86	9,376
2013	88	9,020
2014	73	8,571
2015	55	7,963
2016	53	7,436
2017	43	6,779
2018	29	5,869
2019	23	5,647
2020	8	4,558
2021	-3	2,091
2022	-7	3,773
2023	-10	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: Palau vs Trinidad and Tobago

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 89 deaths per 100,000 live births in Palau, compared to 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palau	Trinidad
1985	95	87
1986	92	89
1987	88	86
1988	96	87
1989	93	86
1990	100	84
1991	106	82
1992	113	85
1993	109	85
1994	116	84
1995	111	85
1996	123	84
1997	125	82
1998	119	79
1999	115	78
2000	119	76
2001	118	72
2002	117	69
2003	108	67
2004	106	63
2005	105	60
2006	105	58
2007	98	57
2008	99	55
2009	94	54
2010	96	54
2011	83	53
2012	84	51
2013	85	50
2014	78	50
2015	79	50
2016	80	51
2017	80	51
2018	82	53
2019	84	53
2020	117	35
2021	109	54
2022	121	30
2023	89	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.23% in Palau and 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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
	Palau	Trinidad
1960	-	6.74%
1961	-	6.53%
1962	-	6.33%
1963	-	6.14%
1964	-	5.96%
1965	9.58%	5.8%
1966	9.27%	5.66%
1967	8.97%	5.53%
1968	8.65%	5.4%
1969	8.34%	5.28%
1970	8%	5.17%
1971	7.62%	5.06%
1972	7.24%	4.95%
1973	6.85%	4.84%
1974	6.46%	4.72%
1975	6.06%	4.6%
1976	5.7%	4.48%
1977	5.37%	4.37%
1978	5.09%	4.25%
1979	4.84%	4.14%
1980	4.63%	4.03%
1981	4.44%	3.92%
1982	4.27%	3.83%
1983	4.13%	3.73%
1984	4.01%	3.64%
1985	3.9%	3.56%
1986	3.81%	3.49%
1987	3.73%	3.42%
1988	3.66%	3.36%
1989	3.6%	3.3%
1990	3.53%	3.25%
1991	3.47%	3.21%
1992	3.4%	3.16%
1993	3.32%	3.13%
1994	3.23%	3.09%
1995	3.14%	3.06%
1996	3.04%	3.02%
1997	2.94%	2.99%
1998	2.84%	2.96%
1999	2.74%	2.92%
2000	2.65%	2.88%
2001	2.55%	2.84%
2002	2.46%	2.81%
2003	2.38%	2.76%
2004	2.29%	2.72%
2005	2.21%	2.68%
2006	2.14%	2.64%
2007	2.07%	2.59%
2008	2.02%	2.55%
2009	1.98%	2.51%
2010	1.97%	2.47%
2011	1.97%	2.43%
2012	1.99%	2.38%
2013	2.03%	2.35%
2014	2.08%	2.3%
2015	2.14%	2.26%
2016	2.21%	2.22%
2017	2.28%	2.18%
2018	2.32%	2.14%
2019	2.34%	2.1%
2020	2.33%	2.06%
2021	2.3%	2.01%
2022	2.27%	1.96%
2023	2.23%	1.91%