Fertility & birth rates in Palestine and Panama

Fertility rate in Palestine vs Panama chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Palestine was 3.31 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.12 in Panama in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Palestine vs Panama population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Palestine	Panama
1960	-	5.83
1961	-	5.87
1962	-	5.87
1963	-	5.87
1964	-	5.81
1965	-	5.73
1966	-	5.65
1967	-	5.53
1968	-	5.41
1969	-	5.29
1970	-	5.18
1971	-	5.05
1972	-	4.91
1973	-	4.74
1974	-	4.58
1975	-	4.41
1976	-	4.26
1977	-	4.12
1978	-	3.98
1979	-	3.88
1980	-	3.8
1981	-	3.72
1982	-	3.66
1983	-	3.6
1984	-	3.52
1985	-	3.43
1986	-	3.34
1987	-	3.25
1988	-	3.17
1989	-	3.12
1990	6.81	3.07
1991	6.75	3
1992	6.65	2.95
1993	6.5	2.91
1994	6.33	2.88
1995	6.16	2.85
1996	5.99	2.83
1997	5.82	2.81
1998	5.69	2.79
1999	5.58	2.77
2000	5.46	2.74
2001	5.34	2.72
2002	5.22	2.7
2003	5.06	2.68
2004	4.97	2.68
2005	4.87	2.64
2006	4.74	2.62
2007	4.63	2.61
2008	4.51	2.61
2009	4.44	2.59
2010	4.43	2.59
2011	4.31	2.6
2012	4.15	2.59
2013	4.05	2.57
2014	4	2.55
2015	3.98	2.53
2016	3.89	2.5
2017	3.77	2.46
2018	3.67	2.4
2019	3.59	2.29
2020	3.51	2.18
2021	3.44	2.15
2022	3.38	2.14
2023	3.31	2.12
2024	3.25	2.11
2025	3.19	2.09
2026	3.13	2.07
2027	3.07	2.06
2028	3.02	2.04
2029	2.97	2.02
2030	2.93	2.01
2031	2.89	2
2032	2.85	1.99
2033	2.81	1.97
2034	2.78	1.96
2035	2.75	1.95
2036	2.71	1.95
2037	2.68	1.94
2038	2.65	1.93
2039	2.62	1.92
2040	2.59	1.91
2041	2.56	1.91
2042	2.53	1.9
2043	2.51	1.89
2044	2.48	1.89
2045	2.45	1.88
2046	2.43	1.88
2047	2.41	1.87
2048	2.38	1.87
2049	2.36	1.86
2050	2.34	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palestine	Panama
1960	-	44.2%
1961	-	44.3%
1962	-	44.5%
1963	-	44.6%
1964	-	44.7%
1965	-	44.8%
1966	-	44.8%
1967	-	44.8%
1968	-	44.7%
1969	-	44.6%
1970	-	44.5%
1971	-	44.3%
1972	-	44.1%
1973	-	43.9%
1974	-	43.6%
1975	-	43.3%
1976	-	42.9%
1977	-	42.4%
1978	-	41.9%
1979	-	41.4%
1980	-	40.8%
1981	-	40.3%
1982	-	39.8%
1983	-	39.3%
1984	-	38.8%
1985	-	38.3%
1986	-	37.8%
1987	-	37.4%
1988	-	36.9%
1989	-	36.5%
1990	49.1%	36.1%
1991	49.1%	35.7%
1992	49%	35.3%
1993	49%	34.9%
1994	48.9%	34.6%
1995	48.8%	34.2%
1996	48.6%	33.9%
1997	48.4%	33.5%
1998	48.1%	33.1%
1999	47.8%	32.8%
2000	47.4%	32.4%
2001	47.1%	32%
2002	46.6%	31.6%
2003	46.1%	31.3%
2004	45.6%	31%
2005	45%	30.6%
2006	44.3%	30.3%
2007	43.7%	30%
2008	43%	29.7%
2009	42.4%	29.5%
2010	41.9%	29.2%
2011	41.5%	28.9%
2012	41.1%	28.7%
2013	40.7%	28.4%
2014	40.4%	28.2%
2015	40.1%	27.9%
2016	39.9%	27.6%
2017	39.7%	27.4%
2018	39.6%	27.1%
2019	39.5%	26.7%
2020	39.3%	26.4%
2021	39%	26%
2022	38.7%	25.7%
2023	38.4%	25.3%
2024	38%	24.9%
2025	37.6%	24.5%
2026	37%	24.1%
2027	36.5%	23.8%
2028	35.9%	23.4%
2029	35.3%	23%
2030	34.7%	22.6%
2031	34%	22.2%
2032	33.4%	21.9%
2033	32.8%	21.6%
2034	32.3%	21.3%
2035	31.8%	21%
2036	31.4%	20.9%
2037	31%	20.7%
2038	30.6%	20.5%
2039	30.3%	20.3%
2040	30%	20.1%
2041	29.7%	20%
2042	29.4%	19.8%
2043	29.2%	19.6%
2044	28.9%	19.4%
2045	28.6%	19.3%
2046	28.4%	19.1%
2047	28.1%	18.9%
2048	27.8%	18.8%
2049	27.5%	18.6%
2050	27.2%	18.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38% of the population in Palestine and 24.9% in Panama in 2024, compared to 49.1% and 36.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palestine and Panama compared.

Natural population change in Palestine vs Panama by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Palestine and +1.31% in Panama. 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
	Palestine	Panama
1960	-	35,431
1961	-	37,100
1962	-	38,537
1963	-	39,872
1964	-	40,806
1965	-	41,604
1966	-	42,457
1967	-	43,054
1968	-	43,641
1969	-	44,278
1970	-	45,075
1971	-	45,867
1972	-	46,311
1973	-	46,540
1974	-	46,932
1975	-	47,149
1976	-	47,307
1977	-	47,438
1978	-	47,694
1979	-	48,362
1980	-	49,077
1981	-	50,018
1982	-	50,858
1983	-	51,880
1984	-	52,436
1985	-	52,573
1986	-	52,681
1987	-	52,690
1988	-	52,767
1989	-	52,295
1990	76,163	53,451
1991	79,444	53,079
1992	82,865	53,186
1993	86,434	53,591
1994	90,156	53,845
1995	94,037	54,069
1996	98,085	54,512
1997	102,307	55,060
1998	103,566	55,482
1999	104,823	55,911
2000	106,367	56,236
2001	107,320	56,654
2002	108,560	57,011
2003	109,162	57,458
2004	110,045	58,281
2005	110,569	58,014
2006	111,728	58,067
2007	112,453	58,454
2008	108,395	58,961
2009	111,724	59,168
2010	117,674	59,418
2011	119,021	60,411
2012	119,185	60,471
2013	120,503	60,295
2014	120,724	60,227
2015	126,189	59,896
2016	126,698	59,454
2017	125,688	58,607
2018	124,791	57,508
2019	124,508	54,420
2020	122,416	46,599
2021	120,396	46,747
2022	123,987	50,556
2023	102,613	50,197

Maternal mortality chart: Palestine vs Panama

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in Palestine, compared to 37 deaths in Panama.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palestine	Panama
1985	102	95
1986	96	94
1987	87	93
1988	85	93
1989	82	96
1990	78	89
1991	75	87
1992	73	85
1993	69	81
1994	66	78
1995	64	77
1996	61	73
1997	60	70
1998	59	68
1999	58	65
2000	59	64
2001	60	62
2002	58	59
2003	56	58
2004	55	57
2005	52	57
2006	51	56
2007	49	55
2008	49	55
2009	48	55
2010	42	56
2011	39	55
2012	36	53
2013	32	52
2014	29	49
2015	26	48
2016	23	47
2017	21	47
2018	19	43
2019	18	41
2020	20	74
2021	29	59
2022	17	40
2023	16	37

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.63% in Palestine and 1.33% in Panama. 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
	Palestine	Panama
1960	-	9.31%
1961	-	9.04%
1962	-	8.78%
1963	-	8.52%
1964	-	8.28%
1965	-	8.05%
1966	-	7.83%
1967	-	7.62%
1968	-	7.38%
1969	-	7.1%
1970	-	6.78%
1971	-	6.43%
1972	-	6.07%
1973	-	5.72%
1974	-	5.41%
1975	10.8%	5.15%
1976	10.2%	4.93%
1977	9.55%	4.76%
1978	8.98%	4.61%
1979	8.45%	4.47%
1980	7.95%	4.34%
1981	7.48%	4.19%
1982	7.04%	4.05%
1983	6.63%	3.9%
1984	6.25%	3.75%
1985	5.89%	3.61%
1986	5.56%	3.47%
1987	5.25%	3.35%
1988	4.97%	3.24%
1989	4.72%	3.14%
1990	4.49%	3.05%
1991	4.28%	2.97%
1992	4.09%	2.91%
1993	3.92%	2.87%
1994	3.77%	2.83%
1995	3.62%	2.8%
1996	3.49%	2.77%
1997	3.36%	2.73%
1998	3.24%	2.68%
1999	3.13%	2.63%
2000	3.03%	2.56%
2001	2.94%	2.49%
2002	2.85%	2.41%
2003	2.77%	2.33%
2004	2.68%	2.25%
2005	2.6%	2.17%
2006	2.52%	2.1%
2007	2.43%	2.03%
2008	2.35%	1.97%
2009	2.28%	1.91%
2010	2.2%	1.86%
2011	2.12%	1.81%
2012	2.04%	1.77%
2013	1.97%	1.75%
2014	2.2%	1.73%
2015	1.83%	1.72%
2016	1.76%	1.7%
2017	1.69%	1.68%
2018	1.63%	1.65%
2019	1.57%	1.59%
2020	1.52%	1.52%
2021	1.47%	1.45%
2022	1.42%	1.39%
2023	2.63%	1.33%