Fertility & birth rates in Palestine and United States

Fertility rate in Palestine vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Palestine vs the United States 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	United States
1960	-	3.65
1961	-	3.62
1962	-	3.46
1963	-	3.32
1964	-	3.19
1965	-	2.91
1966	-	2.72
1967	-	2.56
1968	-	2.46
1969	-	2.46
1970	-	2.48
1971	-	2.27
1972	-	2.01
1973	-	1.88
1974	-	1.84
1975	-	1.77
1976	-	1.74
1977	-	1.79
1978	-	1.76
1979	-	1.81
1980	-	1.84
1981	-	1.81
1982	-	1.83
1983	-	1.8
1984	-	1.81
1985	-	1.84
1986	-	1.84
1987	-	1.87
1988	-	1.93
1989	-	2.01
1990	6.81	2.08
1991	6.75	2.06
1992	6.65	2.05
1993	6.5	2.02
1994	6.33	2
1995	6.16	1.98
1996	5.99	1.98
1997	5.82	1.97
1998	5.69	2
1999	5.58	2.01
2000	5.46	2.06
2001	5.34	2.03
2002	5.22	2.02
2003	5.06	2.05
2004	4.97	2.05
2005	4.87	2.06
2006	4.74	2.11
2007	4.63	2.12
2008	4.51	2.07
2009	4.44	2
2010	4.43	1.93
2011	4.31	1.89
2012	4.15	1.88
2013	4.05	1.86
2014	4	1.86
2015	3.98	1.84
2016	3.89	1.82
2017	3.77	1.77
2018	3.67	1.73
2019	3.59	1.71
2020	3.51	1.64
2021	3.44	1.66
2022	3.38	1.66
2023	3.31	1.62
2024	3.25	1.62
2025	3.19	1.62
2026	3.13	1.62
2027	3.07	1.62
2028	3.02	1.62
2029	2.97	1.62
2030	2.93	1.62
2031	2.89	1.62
2032	2.85	1.62
2033	2.81	1.63
2034	2.78	1.62
2035	2.75	1.63
2036	2.71	1.63
2037	2.68	1.63
2038	2.65	1.63
2039	2.62	1.63
2040	2.59	1.63
2041	2.56	1.63
2042	2.53	1.63
2043	2.51	1.63
2044	2.48	1.63
2045	2.45	1.64
2046	2.43	1.64
2047	2.41	1.63
2048	2.38	1.64
2049	2.36	1.63
2050	2.34	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palestine	United States
1960	-	31.3%
1961	-	31.4%
1962	-	31.3%
1963	-	31.1%
1964	-	30.9%
1965	-	30.7%
1966	-	30.4%
1967	-	30%
1968	-	29.5%
1969	-	29%
1970	-	28.6%
1971	-	28%
1972	-	27.4%
1973	-	26.6%
1974	-	25.9%
1975	-	25.2%
1976	-	24.4%
1977	-	23.8%
1978	-	23.2%
1979	-	22.8%
1980	-	22.4%
1981	-	22.1%
1982	-	22%
1983	-	21.8%
1984	-	21.7%
1985	-	21.5%
1986	-	21.3%
1987	-	21.3%
1988	-	21.3%
1989	-	21.5%
1990	49.1%	21.6%
1991	49.1%	21.7%
1992	49%	21.8%
1993	49%	21.9%
1994	48.9%	21.9%
1995	48.8%	21.8%
1996	48.6%	21.7%
1997	48.4%	21.5%
1998	48.1%	21.4%
1999	47.8%	21.3%
2000	47.4%	21.2%
2001	47.1%	21%
2002	46.6%	20.9%
2003	46.1%	20.7%
2004	45.6%	20.5%
2005	45%	20.3%
2006	44.3%	20.2%
2007	43.7%	20%
2008	43%	19.9%
2009	42.4%	19.8%
2010	41.9%	19.7%
2011	41.5%	19.6%
2012	41.1%	19.5%
2013	40.7%	19.4%
2014	40.4%	19.3%
2015	40.1%	19.2%
2016	39.9%	19.1%
2017	39.7%	18.9%
2018	39.6%	18.8%
2019	39.5%	18.6%
2020	39.3%	18.4%
2021	39%	18.1%
2022	38.7%	17.9%
2023	38.4%	17.6%
2024	38%	17.3%
2025	37.6%	17.1%
2026	37%	16.9%
2027	36.5%	16.7%
2028	35.9%	16.6%
2029	35.3%	16.4%
2030	34.7%	16.3%
2031	34%	16.1%
2032	33.4%	16%
2033	32.8%	16%
2034	32.3%	15.9%
2035	31.8%	15.9%
2036	31.4%	15.9%
2037	31%	15.9%
2038	30.6%	15.9%
2039	30.3%	15.9%
2040	30%	15.9%
2041	29.7%	16%
2042	29.4%	16%
2043	29.2%	16%
2044	28.9%	16%
2045	28.6%	16%
2046	28.4%	16%
2047	28.1%	16%
2048	27.8%	16%
2049	27.5%	15.9%
2050	27.2%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38% of the population in Palestine and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 49.1% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palestine and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Palestine vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Palestine and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	-	2,565,530
1961	-	2,571,681
1962	-	2,406,337
1963	-	2,289,826
1964	-	2,245,099
1965	-	1,943,030
1966	-	1,749,387
1967	-	1,669,181
1968	-	1,565,507
1969	-	1,702,487
1970	-	1,824,965
1971	-	1,640,519
1972	-	1,301,355
1973	-	1,165,499
1974	-	1,218,968
1975	-	1,252,644
1976	-	1,264,604
1977	-	1,431,556
1978	-	1,402,283
1979	-	1,597,894
1980	-	1,608,450
1981	-	1,652,153
1982	-	1,714,317
1983	-	1,636,544
1984	-	1,627,192
1985	-	1,689,258
1986	-	1,656,917
1987	-	1,720,252
1988	-	1,735,943
1989	-	1,875,826
1990	76,163	2,026,068
1991	79,444	1,926,543
1992	82,865	1,875,328
1993	86,434	1,717,685
1994	90,156	1,633,302
1995	94,037	1,546,031
1996	98,085	1,510,137
1997	102,307	1,501,014
1998	103,566	1,573,857
1999	104,823	1,564,050
2000	106,367	1,664,758
2001	107,320	1,595,826
2002	108,560	1,581,938
2003	109,162	1,653,615
2004	110,045	1,698,271
2005	110,569	1,684,445
2006	111,728	1,849,955
2007	112,453	1,897,757
2008	108,395	1,794,154
2009	111,724	1,717,920
2010	117,674	1,548,182
2011	119,021	1,441,697
2012	119,185	1,411,822
2013	120,503	1,322,711
2014	120,724	1,357,281
2015	126,189	1,270,126
2016	126,698	1,197,627
2017	125,688	1,028,037
2018	124,791	955,022
2019	124,508	887,476
2020	122,416	208,862
2021	120,396	199,137
2022	123,987	399,926
2023	102,613	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Palestine vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palestine	United States
1985	102	11
1986	96	11
1987	87	11
1988	85	12
1989	82	12
1990	78	12
1991	75	12
1992	73	11
1993	69	12
1994	66	11
1995	64	12
1996	61	11
1997	60	11
1998	59	11
1999	58	12
2000	59	12
2001	60	13
2002	58	13
2003	56	13
2004	55	13
2005	52	13
2006	51	13
2007	49	13
2008	49	14
2009	48	15
2010	42	15
2011	39	15
2012	36	16
2013	32	16
2014	29	17
2015	26	17
2016	23	18
2017	21	18
2018	19	18
2019	18	18
2020	20	22
2021	29	31
2022	17	20
2023	16	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.63% in Palestine and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	-	2.89%
1963	-	2.83%
1964	-	2.77%
1965	-	2.71%
1966	-	2.64%
1967	-	2.57%
1968	-	2.49%
1969	-	2.41%
1970	-	2.32%
1971	-	2.24%
1972	-	2.15%
1973	-	2.06%
1974	-	1.97%
1975	10.8%	1.88%
1976	10.2%	1.79%
1977	9.55%	1.71%
1978	8.98%	1.63%
1979	8.45%	1.56%
1980	7.95%	1.5%
1981	7.48%	1.44%
1982	7.04%	1.39%
1983	6.63%	1.34%
1984	6.25%	1.3%
1985	5.89%	1.27%
1986	5.56%	1.24%
1987	5.25%	1.21%
1988	4.97%	1.19%
1989	4.72%	1.16%
1990	4.49%	1.12%
1991	4.28%	1.09%
1992	4.09%	1.05%
1993	3.92%	1.01%
1994	3.77%	0.98%
1995	3.62%	0.95%
1996	3.49%	0.92%
1997	3.36%	0.89%
1998	3.24%	0.87%
1999	3.13%	0.86%
2000	3.03%	0.84%
2001	2.94%	0.83%
2002	2.85%	0.82%
2003	2.77%	0.81%
2004	2.68%	0.81%
2005	2.6%	0.8%
2006	2.52%	0.79%
2007	2.43%	0.77%
2008	2.35%	0.76%
2009	2.28%	0.75%
2010	2.2%	0.73%
2011	2.12%	0.72%
2012	2.04%	0.7%
2013	1.97%	0.69%
2014	2.2%	0.68%
2015	1.83%	0.68%
2016	1.76%	0.67%
2017	1.69%	0.66%
2018	1.63%	0.65%
2019	1.57%	0.65%
2020	1.52%	0.65%
2021	1.47%	0.65%
2022	1.42%	0.65%
2023	2.63%	0.65%