Fertility & birth rates in Palau and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Palau vs United Arab Emirates 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 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Palau vs the United Arab Emirates 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	UAE
1960	7.19	6.5
1961	7.17	6.49
1962	7.15	6.49
1963	7.12	6.5
1964	7.08	6.49
1965	7.01	6.5
1966	6.93	6.5
1967	6.84	6.51
1968	6.71	6.53
1969	6.58	6.52
1970	6.39	6.52
1971	6.16	6.52
1972	5.9	6.5
1973	5.59	6.46
1974	5.26	6.41
1975	4.9	6.35
1976	4.53	6.29
1977	4.09	6.22
1978	3.74	6.15
1979	3.49	6.06
1980	3.35	5.95
1981	3.28	5.81
1982	3.22	5.66
1983	3.14	5.48
1984	3.08	5.3
1985	3.01	5.13
1986	2.98	5
1987	2.93	4.88
1988	2.91	4.77
1989	2.92	4.65
1990	2.88	4.51
1991	2.74	4.25
1992	2.71	4.09
1993	2.73	3.82
1994	2.66	3.76
1995	2.55	3.28
1996	2.39	3.06
1997	2.19	2.83
1998	2.01	2.77
1999	1.91	2.79
2000	1.82	2.73
2001	1.87	2.62
2002	1.92	2.54
2003	1.96	2.49
2004	1.99	2.38
2005	2.02	2.23
2006	2	1.96
2007	1.97	1.79
2008	1.95	1.52
2009	1.94	1.58
2010	1.94	1.57
2011	1.97	1.54
2012	2.01	1.53
2013	2.05	1.53
2014	2.03	1.48
2015	2	1.42
2016	2.06	1.37
2017	2.02	1.35
2018	1.97	1.29
2019	1.98	1.25
2020	1.97	1.29
2021	1.95	1.16
2022	1.93	1.15
2023	1.91	1.2
2024	1.88	1.21
2025	1.86	1.21
2026	1.84	1.21
2027	1.82	1.21
2028	1.81	1.22
2029	1.8	1.22
2030	1.79	1.23
2031	1.78	1.23
2032	1.77	1.24
2033	1.76	1.25
2034	1.76	1.25
2035	1.75	1.26
2036	1.75	1.26
2037	1.75	1.27
2038	1.74	1.28
2039	1.74	1.28
2040	1.74	1.28
2041	1.74	1.29
2042	1.73	1.29
2043	1.73	1.3
2044	1.73	1.3
2045	1.73	1.31
2046	1.73	1.31
2047	1.72	1.31
2048	1.72	1.32
2049	1.72	1.32
2050	1.72	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palau	UAE
1960	47%	37.8%
1961	48.2%	36.7%
1962	49.1%	35.8%
1963	49.8%	35.1%
1964	50.1%	34.5%
1965	50.3%	33.9%
1966	50.2%	33.2%
1967	49.6%	32.1%
1968	48.4%	31.2%
1969	47.2%	30.6%
1970	46.5%	29.8%
1971	46.2%	29%
1972	46%	28.3%
1973	45.6%	27.8%
1974	44.9%	27.4%
1975	44.2%	27.2%
1976	43.4%	26.9%
1977	42.7%	26.8%
1978	41.9%	26.9%
1979	41.1%	27.1%
1980	40.1%	27.4%
1981	38.9%	28%
1982	37.7%	28.8%
1983	36.7%	29.5%
1984	36%	30.2%
1985	35.4%	30.7%
1986	34.5%	31.2%
1987	33.2%	31.2%
1988	32%	30.9%
1989	31%	30.3%
1990	30.2%	29.6%
1991	29.4%	28.8%
1992	28.8%	28.1%
1993	28.5%	27.4%
1994	28.2%	26.7%
1995	28%	25.9%
1996	27.5%	25.2%
1997	26.7%	24.3%
1998	25.8%	23.1%
1999	24.8%	22%
2000	24.1%	20.8%
2001	24%	19.8%
2002	24.1%	18.9%
2003	24.2%	18.3%
2004	24.2%	17.8%
2005	23.9%	17.5%
2006	23.2%	17.2%
2007	22.5%	17%
2008	21.9%	16.9%
2009	21.4%	16.9%
2010	21%	16.9%
2011	20.6%	16.8%
2012	20.3%	16.8%
2013	20.2%	16.8%
2014	20.3%	16.8%
2015	20.3%	16.8%
2016	20.1%	16.8%
2017	19.9%	16.8%
2018	19.7%	16.7%
2019	19.5%	16.6%
2020	19.2%	16.6%
2021	19.1%	16.5%
2022	18.8%	16.5%
2023	18.5%	16.3%
2024	18.2%	16.1%
2025	17.9%	16%
2026	17.6%	15.9%
2027	17.3%	15.9%
2028	17%	15.9%
2029	16.7%	15.9%
2030	16.5%	16%
2031	16.3%	16.1%
2032	16.1%	16.3%
2033	16%	16.5%
2034	16%	16.7%
2035	15.9%	16.9%
2036	15.9%	17.1%
2037	15.9%	17.3%
2038	15.9%	17.5%
2039	15.9%	17.7%
2040	16%	17.9%
2041	16%	18%
2042	16.1%	18.1%
2043	16.2%	18.2%
2044	16.2%	18.3%
2045	16.3%	18.3%
2046	16.3%	18.3%
2047	16.3%	18.3%
2048	16.4%	18.3%
2049	16.4%	18.2%
2050	16.3%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Palau and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 30.2% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palau and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Palau vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Palau and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	296	3,418
1961	298	3,657
1962	296	3,901
1963	291	4,157
1964	284	4,410
1965	275	4,675
1966	268	4,955
1967	266	5,264
1968	275	5,588
1969	283	6,138
1970	286	6,922
1971	287	7,839
1972	280	8,818
1973	268	9,822
1974	256	10,835
1975	249	11,859
1976	236	12,876
1977	213	15,787
1978	193	18,879
1979	176	21,987
1980	165	25,005
1981	161	27,560
1982	170	29,585
1983	176	31,480
1984	181	33,250
1985	181	34,855
1986	182	36,829
1987	182	37,741
1988	183	38,861
1989	185	40,148
1990	181	41,339
1991	175	41,409
1992	183	42,119
1993	196	41,324
1994	195	42,976
1995	186	38,685
1996	166	37,886
1997	140	38,207
1998	116	41,176
1999	100	46,198
2000	85	49,993
2001	88	52,789
2002	88	55,922
2003	86	59,118
2004	83	60,344
2005	80	60,046
2006	79	54,338
2007	80	55,048
2008	79	55,426
2009	81	66,521
2010	81	69,907
2011	83	73,496
2012	86	78,682
2013	88	82,977
2014	73	84,277
2015	55	85,044
2016	53	87,028
2017	43	89,382
2018	29	86,840
2019	23	86,296
2020	8	87,871
2021	-3	76,802
2022	-7	81,758
2023	-10	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Palau vs United Arab Emirates

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 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palau	UAE
1985	95	19
1986	92	19
1987	88	19
1988	96	19
1989	93	19
1990	100	19
1991	106	19
1992	113	19
1993	109	19
1994	116	19
1995	111	18
1996	123	16
1997	125	14
1998	119	12
1999	115	10
2000	119	8
2001	118	7
2002	117	5
2003	108	5
2004	106	4
2005	105	4
2006	105	3
2007	98	3
2008	99	3
2009	94	3
2010	96	3
2011	83	4
2012	84	4
2013	85	4
2014	78	3
2015	79	3
2016	80	3
2017	80	3
2018	82	3
2019	84	3
2020	117	6
2021	109	6
2022	121	2
2023	89	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.23% in Palau and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	-	20.1%
1961	-	19%
1962	-	18%
1963	-	16.9%
1964	-	15.8%
1965	9.58%	14.8%
1966	9.27%	13.7%
1967	8.97%	12.6%
1968	8.65%	11.6%
1969	8.34%	10.6%
1970	8%	9.62%
1971	7.62%	8.72%
1972	7.24%	7.89%
1973	6.85%	7.12%
1974	6.46%	6.43%
1975	6.06%	5.8%
1976	5.7%	5.23%
1977	5.37%	4.7%
1978	5.09%	4.22%
1979	4.84%	3.78%
1980	4.63%	3.4%
1981	4.44%	3.06%
1982	4.27%	2.77%
1983	4.13%	2.52%
1984	4.01%	2.31%
1985	3.9%	2.12%
1986	3.81%	1.97%
1987	3.73%	1.83%
1988	3.66%	1.71%
1989	3.6%	1.61%
1990	3.53%	1.51%
1991	3.47%	1.43%
1992	3.4%	1.37%
1993	3.32%	1.31%
1994	3.23%	1.26%
1995	3.14%	1.21%
1996	3.04%	1.18%
1997	2.94%	1.15%
1998	2.84%	1.12%
1999	2.74%	1.09%
2000	2.65%	1.07%
2001	2.55%	1.05%
2002	2.46%	1.03%
2003	2.38%	1.01%
2004	2.29%	1%
2005	2.21%	0.98%
2006	2.14%	0.96%
2007	2.07%	0.94%
2008	2.02%	0.92%
2009	1.98%	0.9%
2010	1.97%	0.88%
2011	1.97%	0.86%
2012	1.99%	0.84%
2013	2.03%	0.82%
2014	2.08%	0.79%
2015	2.14%	0.77%
2016	2.21%	0.73%
2017	2.28%	0.7%
2018	2.32%	0.67%
2019	2.34%	0.63%
2020	2.33%	0.6%
2021	2.3%	0.56%
2022	2.27%	0.53%
2023	2.23%	0.5%