Fertility & birth rates in Palestine and Yemen

Fertility rate in Palestine vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Palestine vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	-	7.99
1961	-	8
1962	-	8.01
1963	-	8.03
1964	-	8.07
1965	-	8.1
1966	-	8.14
1967	-	8.17
1968	-	8.19
1969	-	8.22
1970	-	8.23
1971	-	8.26
1972	-	8.27
1973	-	8.29
1974	-	8.33
1975	-	8.37
1976	-	8.42
1977	-	8.47
1978	-	8.5
1979	-	8.67
1980	-	8.71
1981	-	8.75
1982	-	8.79
1983	-	8.83
1984	-	8.85
1985	-	8.86
1986	-	8.86
1987	-	8.83
1988	-	8.79
1989	-	8.71
1990	6.81	8.61
1991	6.75	8.46
1992	6.65	8.27
1993	6.5	8.05
1994	6.33	7.8
1995	6.16	7.53
1996	5.99	7
1997	5.82	6.82
1998	5.69	6.64
1999	5.58	6.49
2000	5.46	6.32
2001	5.34	6.14
2002	5.22	5.97
2003	5.06	5.84
2004	4.97	5.71
2005	4.87	5.56
2006	4.74	5.41
2007	4.63	5.26
2008	4.51	5.11
2009	4.44	5
2010	4.43	4.81
2011	4.31	4.63
2012	4.15	4.63
2013	4.05	4.62
2014	4	4.62
2015	3.98	4.62
2016	3.89	4.61
2017	3.77	4.61
2018	3.67	4.61
2019	3.59	4.6
2020	3.51	4.6
2021	3.44	4.6
2022	3.38	4.59
2023	3.31	4.59
2024	3.25	4.5
2025	3.19	4.41
2026	3.13	4.33
2027	3.07	4.23
2028	3.02	4.14
2029	2.97	4.06
2030	2.93	3.97
2031	2.89	3.87
2032	2.85	3.8
2033	2.81	3.73
2034	2.78	3.66
2035	2.75	3.59
2036	2.71	3.51
2037	2.68	3.44
2038	2.65	3.38
2039	2.62	3.32
2040	2.59	3.26
2041	2.56	3.21
2042	2.53	3.16
2043	2.51	3.12
2044	2.48	3.07
2045	2.45	3.02
2046	2.43	2.97
2047	2.41	2.93
2048	2.38	2.89
2049	2.36	2.85
2050	2.34	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palestine	Yemen
1960	-	40.3%
1961	-	40.4%
1962	-	40.4%
1963	-	40.6%
1964	-	40.9%
1965	-	41.3%
1966	-	41.8%
1967	-	42.3%
1968	-	42.8%
1969	-	43.3%
1970	-	43.8%
1971	-	44.3%
1972	-	44.8%
1973	-	45.3%
1974	-	45.7%
1975	-	46.2%
1976	-	46.6%
1977	-	47%
1978	-	47.5%
1979	-	47.9%
1980	-	48.3%
1981	-	48.7%
1982	-	49.1%
1983	-	49.4%
1984	-	49.7%
1985	-	50%
1986	-	50.3%
1987	-	50.5%
1988	-	50.7%
1989	-	50.9%
1990	49.1%	51.1%
1991	49.1%	51.2%
1992	49%	51.2%
1993	49%	51.2%
1994	48.9%	51.1%
1995	48.8%	50.9%
1996	48.6%	50.6%
1997	48.4%	50.3%
1998	48.1%	49.9%
1999	47.8%	49.5%
2000	47.4%	49%
2001	47.1%	48.6%
2002	46.6%	48.1%
2003	46.1%	47.6%
2004	45.6%	47.1%
2005	45%	46.5%
2006	44.3%	45.9%
2007	43.7%	45.3%
2008	43%	44.7%
2009	42.4%	44.1%
2010	41.9%	43.5%
2011	41.5%	43%
2012	41.1%	42.7%
2013	40.7%	42.3%
2014	40.4%	42.1%
2015	40.1%	41.8%
2016	39.9%	41.7%
2017	39.7%	41.6%
2018	39.6%	41.5%
2019	39.5%	41.4%
2020	39.3%	41.4%
2021	39%	41.4%
2022	38.7%	41.3%
2023	38.4%	41.2%
2024	38%	41.1%
2025	37.6%	41%
2026	37%	40.9%
2027	36.5%	40.8%
2028	35.9%	40.6%
2029	35.3%	40.3%
2030	34.7%	40%
2031	34%	39.6%
2032	33.4%	39.2%
2033	32.8%	38.7%
2034	32.3%	38.2%
2035	31.8%	37.7%
2036	31.4%	37.1%
2037	31%	36.5%
2038	30.6%	36%
2039	30.3%	35.4%
2040	30%	34.8%
2041	29.7%	34.3%
2042	29.4%	33.8%
2043	29.2%	33.4%
2044	28.9%	33%
2045	28.6%	32.6%
2046	28.4%	32.3%
2047	28.1%	32%
2048	27.8%	31.7%
2049	27.5%	31.4%
2050	27.2%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38% of the population in Palestine and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 49.1% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palestine and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Palestine vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Palestine and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	-	122,994
1961	-	129,787
1962	-	131,262
1963	-	133,781
1964	-	147,299
1965	-	155,398
1966	-	164,091
1967	-	173,637
1968	-	182,518
1969	-	196,305
1970	-	207,613
1971	-	219,095
1972	-	229,322
1973	-	240,235
1974	-	252,737
1975	-	266,815
1976	-	281,078
1977	-	296,115
1978	-	312,439
1979	-	336,378
1980	-	355,767
1981	-	374,482
1982	-	392,302
1983	-	414,823
1984	-	434,674
1985	-	455,576
1986	-	464,665
1987	-	493,337
1988	-	513,296
1989	-	530,464
1990	76,163	549,654
1991	79,444	565,837
1992	82,865	582,072
1993	86,434	595,459
1994	90,156	602,363
1995	94,037	607,966
1996	98,085	588,786
1997	102,307	604,443
1998	103,566	615,488
1999	104,823	633,166
2000	106,367	646,694
2001	107,320	658,704
2002	108,560	672,494
2003	109,162	694,457
2004	110,045	710,493
2005	110,569	726,708
2006	111,728	750,082
2007	112,453	764,780
2008	108,395	779,123
2009	111,724	798,911
2010	117,674	803,246
2011	119,021	806,359
2012	119,185	845,645
2013	120,503	884,929
2014	120,724	920,330
2015	126,189	939,922
2016	126,698	975,697
2017	125,688	1,006,725
2018	124,791	1,020,238
2019	124,508	1,056,432
2020	122,416	1,086,322
2021	120,396	1,103,622
2022	123,987	1,153,375
2023	102,613	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Palestine vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palestine	Yemen
1985	102	430
1986	96	430
1987	87	400
1988	85	388
1989	82	371
1990	78	359
1991	75	341
1992	73	330
1993	69	319
1994	66	311
1995	64	296
1996	61	282
1997	60	271
1998	59	260
1999	58	250
2000	59	241
2001	60	231
2002	58	218
2003	56	205
2004	55	194
2005	52	181
2006	51	171
2007	49	161
2008	49	153
2009	48	149
2010	42	144
2011	39	140
2012	36	137
2013	32	135
2014	29	134
2015	26	135
2016	23	134
2017	21	142
2018	19	134
2019	18	131
2020	20	135
2021	29	156
2022	17	125
2023	16	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.63% in Palestine and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	-	42.9%
1961	-	42.2%
1962	-	41.5%
1963	-	40.8%
1964	-	40%
1965	-	39%
1966	-	38%
1967	-	36.8%
1968	-	35.6%
1969	-	34.3%
1970	-	33%
1971	-	31.8%
1972	-	30.6%
1973	-	29.5%
1974	-	28.4%
1975	10.8%	27.2%
1976	10.2%	26%
1977	9.55%	24.7%
1978	8.98%	23.4%
1979	8.45%	22.1%
1980	7.95%	20.8%
1981	7.48%	19.6%
1982	7.04%	18.4%
1983	6.63%	17.2%
1984	6.25%	16.2%
1985	5.89%	15.3%
1986	5.56%	14.6%
1987	5.25%	14%
1988	4.97%	13.4%
1989	4.72%	12.9%
1990	4.49%	12.5%
1991	4.28%	12.1%
1992	4.09%	11.8%
1993	3.92%	11.6%
1994	3.77%	11.3%
1995	3.62%	11.1%
1996	3.49%	10.8%
1997	3.36%	10.5%
1998	3.24%	10.2%
1999	3.13%	9.77%
2000	3.03%	9.32%
2001	2.94%	8.84%
2002	2.85%	8.36%
2003	2.77%	7.9%
2004	2.68%	7.47%
2005	2.6%	7.06%
2006	2.52%	6.68%
2007	2.43%	6.33%
2008	2.35%	6.02%
2009	2.28%	5.74%
2010	2.2%	5.49%
2011	2.12%	5.3%
2012	2.04%	5.14%
2013	1.97%	4.95%
2014	2.2%	4.84%
2015	1.83%	4.9%
2016	1.76%	4.77%
2017	1.69%	4.66%
2018	1.63%	4.7%
2019	1.57%	4.59%
2020	1.52%	4.32%
2021	1.47%	4.24%
2022	1.42%	4.08%
2023	2.63%	3.93%