Fertility & birth rates in Palestine and Uganda

Fertility rate in Palestine vs Uganda 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 4.28 in Uganda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Palestine vs Uganda 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	Uganda
1960	-	6.91
1961	-	6.93
1962	-	6.96
1963	-	6.98
1964	-	7.01
1965	-	7.04
1966	-	7.07
1967	-	7.1
1968	-	7.13
1969	-	7.12
1970	-	7.15
1971	-	7.18
1972	-	7.19
1973	-	7.19
1974	-	7.19
1975	-	7.2
1976	-	7.19
1977	-	7.18
1978	-	7.16
1979	-	7.14
1980	-	7.11
1981	-	7.12
1982	-	7.11
1983	-	7.07
1984	-	7.02
1985	-	7.04
1986	-	7.08
1987	-	7.12
1988	-	7.1
1989	-	7.05
1990	6.81	7.01
1991	6.75	6.94
1992	6.65	6.91
1993	6.5	6.89
1994	6.33	6.9
1995	6.16	6.87
1996	5.99	6.84
1997	5.82	6.86
1998	5.69	6.84
1999	5.58	6.83
2000	5.46	6.79
2001	5.34	6.76
2002	5.22	6.74
2003	5.06	6.67
2004	4.97	6.61
2005	4.87	6.53
2006	4.74	6.43
2007	4.63	6.33
2008	4.51	6.2
2009	4.44	6.12
2010	4.43	6.02
2011	4.31	5.89
2012	4.15	5.73
2013	4.05	5.56
2014	4	5.41
2015	3.98	5.25
2016	3.89	5.11
2017	3.77	4.99
2018	3.67	4.87
2019	3.59	4.74
2020	3.51	4.62
2021	3.44	4.51
2022	3.38	4.39
2023	3.31	4.28
2024	3.25	4.16
2025	3.19	4.06
2026	3.13	3.97
2027	3.07	3.87
2028	3.02	3.79
2029	2.97	3.69
2030	2.93	3.61
2031	2.89	3.53
2032	2.85	3.45
2033	2.81	3.38
2034	2.78	3.31
2035	2.75	3.25
2036	2.71	3.19
2037	2.68	3.14
2038	2.65	3.09
2039	2.62	3.04
2040	2.59	2.99
2041	2.56	2.94
2042	2.53	2.9
2043	2.51	2.86
2044	2.48	2.82
2045	2.45	2.78
2046	2.43	2.74
2047	2.41	2.71
2048	2.38	2.67
2049	2.36	2.64
2050	2.34	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palestine	Uganda
1960	-	46.3%
1961	-	46.6%
1962	-	46.8%
1963	-	46.9%
1964	-	46.8%
1965	-	46.7%
1966	-	46.6%
1967	-	46.6%
1968	-	46.5%
1969	-	46.5%
1970	-	46.5%
1971	-	46.7%
1972	-	46.9%
1973	-	47.1%
1974	-	47.3%
1975	-	47.4%
1976	-	47.5%
1977	-	47.5%
1978	-	47.6%
1979	-	47.7%
1980	-	47.9%
1981	-	48%
1982	-	48%
1983	-	48.1%
1984	-	48%
1985	-	48%
1986	-	48%
1987	-	48%
1988	-	48.1%
1989	-	48.1%
1990	49.1%	48.2%
1991	49.1%	48.3%
1992	49%	48.4%
1993	49%	48.5%
1994	48.9%	48.6%
1995	48.8%	49.1%
1996	48.6%	49.4%
1997	48.4%	49.7%
1998	48.1%	49.9%
1999	47.8%	50%
2000	47.4%	50.1%
2001	47.1%	50.1%
2002	46.6%	50.1%
2003	46.1%	50.1%
2004	45.6%	50.1%
2005	45%	50.1%
2006	44.3%	50%
2007	43.7%	50%
2008	43%	49.8%
2009	42.4%	49.7%
2010	41.9%	49.5%
2011	41.5%	49.3%
2012	41.1%	49.1%
2013	40.7%	48.8%
2014	40.4%	48.5%
2015	40.1%	48.1%
2016	39.9%	47.5%
2017	39.7%	46.9%
2018	39.6%	46.3%
2019	39.5%	45.8%
2020	39.3%	45.2%
2021	39%	44.7%
2022	38.7%	44.3%
2023	38.4%	43.9%
2024	38%	43.5%
2025	37.6%	43.1%
2026	37%	42.7%
2027	36.5%	42.2%
2028	35.9%	41.8%
2029	35.3%	41.3%
2030	34.7%	40.9%
2031	34%	40.5%
2032	33.4%	40%
2033	32.8%	39.5%
2034	32.3%	39%
2035	31.8%	38.4%
2036	31.4%	37.8%
2037	31%	37.3%
2038	30.6%	36.7%
2039	30.3%	36.1%
2040	30%	35.6%
2041	29.7%	35.1%
2042	29.4%	34.6%
2043	29.2%	34.1%
2044	28.9%	33.6%
2045	28.6%	33.1%
2046	28.4%	32.7%
2047	28.1%	32.3%
2048	27.8%	31.8%
2049	27.5%	31.5%
2050	27.2%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38% of the population in Palestine and 43.5% in Uganda in 2024, compared to 49.1% and 48.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palestine and Uganda compared.

Natural population change in Palestine vs Uganda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Palestine and +3.17% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	-	225,080
1961	-	232,894
1962	-	241,513
1963	-	250,885
1964	-	260,733
1965	-	271,830
1966	-	282,225
1967	-	296,692
1968	-	309,725
1969	-	320,486
1970	-	333,202
1971	-	328,294
1972	-	335,935
1973	-	340,780
1974	-	345,773
1975	-	354,278
1976	-	359,458
1977	-	365,216
1978	-	371,930
1979	-	381,626
1980	-	370,287
1981	-	380,028
1982	-	390,820
1983	-	404,940
1984	-	421,241
1985	-	462,534
1986	-	487,693
1987	-	527,397
1988	-	547,759
1989	-	565,367
1990	76,163	587,291
1991	79,444	602,740
1992	82,865	627,139
1993	86,434	650,032
1994	90,156	675,092
1995	94,037	697,218
1996	98,085	699,707
1997	102,307	727,523
1998	103,566	741,175
1999	104,823	775,166
2000	106,367	803,069
2001	107,320	836,751
2002	108,560	868,756
2003	109,162	901,374
2004	110,045	938,623
2005	110,569	969,096
2006	111,728	999,958
2007	112,453	1,029,893
2008	108,395	1,055,935
2009	111,724	1,090,600
2010	117,674	1,121,564
2011	119,021	1,147,263
2012	119,185	1,167,473
2013	120,503	1,184,250
2014	120,724	1,201,599
2015	126,189	1,224,839
2016	126,698	1,249,565
2017	125,688	1,290,658
2018	124,791	1,332,600
2019	124,508	1,367,044
2020	122,416	1,397,288
2021	120,396	1,423,377
2022	123,987	1,455,576
2023	102,613	1,477,166

Maternal mortality chart: Palestine vs Uganda

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 170 deaths in Uganda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palestine	Uganda
1985	102	842
1986	96	781
1987	87	709
1988	85	655
1989	82	609
1990	78	575
1991	75	549
1992	73	530
1993	69	515
1994	66	507
1995	64	514
1996	61	513
1997	60	522
1998	59	523
1999	58	504
2000	59	475
2001	60	440
2002	58	416
2003	56	395
2004	55	384
2005	52	417
2006	51	409
2007	49	345
2008	49	324
2009	48	322
2010	42	304
2011	39	295
2012	36	285
2013	32	308
2014	29	311
2015	26	299
2016	23	272
2017	21	246
2018	19	232
2019	18	219
2020	20	209
2021	29	216
2022	17	184
2023	16	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.63% in Palestine and 3.88% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	-	22.3%
1961	-	21.9%
1962	-	21.6%
1963	-	21.3%
1964	-	20.9%
1965	-	20.6%
1966	-	20.3%
1967	-	19.9%
1968	-	19.7%
1969	-	19.4%
1970	-	19.3%
1971	-	19.3%
1972	-	19.4%
1973	-	19.6%
1974	-	19.9%
1975	10.8%	20.3%
1976	10.2%	20.7%
1977	9.55%	21.2%
1978	8.98%	21.6%
1979	8.45%	21.8%
1980	7.95%	22%
1981	7.48%	21.9%
1982	7.04%	21.4%
1983	6.63%	20.9%
1984	6.25%	20.3%
1985	5.89%	19.9%
1986	5.56%	19.5%
1987	5.25%	19.2%
1988	4.97%	18.9%
1989	4.72%	18.7%
1990	4.49%	18.3%
1991	4.28%	17.9%
1992	4.09%	17.4%
1993	3.92%	17%
1994	3.77%	16.7%
1995	3.62%	16.5%
1996	3.49%	16.2%
1997	3.36%	16%
1998	3.24%	15.6%
1999	3.13%	15.2%
2000	3.03%	14.6%
2001	2.94%	13.9%
2002	2.85%	13.1%
2003	2.77%	12.3%
2004	2.68%	11.5%
2005	2.6%	10.7%
2006	2.52%	9.97%
2007	2.43%	9.3%
2008	2.35%	8.69%
2009	2.28%	8.14%
2010	2.2%	7.61%
2011	2.12%	7.1%
2012	2.04%	6.67%
2013	1.97%	6.24%
2014	2.2%	5.91%
2015	1.83%	5.58%
2016	1.76%	5.25%
2017	1.69%	4.98%
2018	1.63%	4.74%
2019	1.57%	4.53%
2020	1.52%	4.35%
2021	1.47%	4.18%
2022	1.42%	4.05%
2023	2.63%	3.88%