Fertility & birth rates in Panama and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Panama vs Venezuela chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Panama was 2.12 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Panama	Venezuela
1960	5.83	6.38
1961	5.87	6.3
1962	5.87	6.23
1963	5.87	6.16
1964	5.81	6.07
1965	5.73	5.98
1966	5.65	5.87
1967	5.53	5.75
1968	5.41	5.61
1969	5.29	5.47
1970	5.18	5.32
1971	5.05	5.17
1972	4.91	5.04
1973	4.74	4.91
1974	4.58	4.79
1975	4.41	4.69
1976	4.26	4.59
1977	4.12	4.49
1978	3.98	4.4
1979	3.88	4.3
1980	3.8	4.2
1981	3.72	4.1
1982	3.66	4.01
1983	3.6	3.93
1984	3.52	3.86
1985	3.43	3.79
1986	3.34	3.73
1987	3.25	3.67
1988	3.17	3.6
1989	3.12	3.52
1990	3.07	3.45
1991	3	3.37
1992	2.95	3.29
1993	2.91	3.22
1994	2.88	3.15
1995	2.85	3.08
1996	2.83	3.02
1997	2.81	2.97
1998	2.79	2.91
1999	2.77	2.86
2000	2.74	2.79
2001	2.72	2.78
2002	2.7	2.74
2003	2.68	2.7
2004	2.68	2.64
2005	2.64	2.63
2006	2.62	2.6
2007	2.61	2.52
2008	2.61	2.48
2009	2.59	2.42
2010	2.59	2.4
2011	2.6	2.4
2012	2.59	2.38
2013	2.57	2.33
2014	2.55	2.3
2015	2.53	2.25
2016	2.5	2.22
2017	2.46	2.18
2018	2.4	2.15
2019	2.29	2.13
2020	2.18	2.12
2021	2.15	2.11
2022	2.14	2.09
2023	2.12	2.08
2024	2.11	2.08
2025	2.09	2.06
2026	2.07	2.04
2027	2.06	2.03
2028	2.04	2.01
2029	2.02	2
2030	2.01	1.99
2031	2	1.98
2032	1.99	1.97
2033	1.97	1.96
2034	1.96	1.95
2035	1.95	1.94
2036	1.95	1.93
2037	1.94	1.92
2038	1.93	1.91
2039	1.92	1.91
2040	1.91	1.9
2041	1.91	1.89
2042	1.9	1.88
2043	1.89	1.87
2044	1.89	1.86
2045	1.88	1.86
2046	1.88	1.85
2047	1.87	1.84
2048	1.87	1.84
2049	1.86	1.83
2050	1.86	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Panama	Venezuela
1960	44.2%	46.8%
1961	44.3%	46.9%
1962	44.5%	47%
1963	44.6%	47%
1964	44.7%	47%
1965	44.8%	46.9%
1966	44.8%	46.8%
1967	44.8%	46.6%
1968	44.7%	46.3%
1969	44.6%	46%
1970	44.5%	45.6%
1971	44.3%	45.2%
1972	44.1%	44.7%
1973	43.9%	44.3%
1974	43.6%	43.8%
1975	43.3%	43.3%
1976	42.9%	42.9%
1977	42.4%	42.5%
1978	41.9%	42.1%
1979	41.4%	41.7%
1980	40.8%	41.3%
1981	40.3%	41%
1982	39.8%	40.6%
1983	39.3%	40.3%
1984	38.8%	39.9%
1985	38.3%	39.6%
1986	37.8%	39.3%
1987	37.4%	39%
1988	36.9%	38.7%
1989	36.5%	38.4%
1990	36.1%	38.1%
1991	35.7%	37.8%
1992	35.3%	37.4%
1993	34.9%	37%
1994	34.6%	36.6%
1995	34.2%	36.2%
1996	33.9%	35.8%
1997	33.5%	35.3%
1998	33.1%	34.9%
1999	32.8%	34.5%
2000	32.4%	34%
2001	32%	33.6%
2002	31.6%	33.1%
2003	31.3%	32.7%
2004	31%	32.2%
2005	30.6%	31.8%
2006	30.3%	31.4%
2007	30%	31%
2008	29.7%	30.6%
2009	29.5%	30.3%
2010	29.2%	29.9%
2011	28.9%	29.5%
2012	28.7%	29.2%
2013	28.4%	28.9%
2014	28.2%	28.5%
2015	27.9%	28.2%
2016	27.6%	27.9%
2017	27.4%	27.8%
2018	27.1%	27.9%
2019	26.7%	28%
2020	26.4%	27.8%
2021	26%	27.4%
2022	25.7%	26.8%
2023	25.3%	26.2%
2024	24.9%	25.5%
2025	24.5%	24.9%
2026	24.1%	24.3%
2027	23.8%	23.8%
2028	23.4%	23.2%
2029	23%	22.8%
2030	22.6%	22.4%
2031	22.2%	22%
2032	21.9%	21.7%
2033	21.6%	21.5%
2034	21.3%	21.4%
2035	21%	21.4%
2036	20.9%	21.4%
2037	20.7%	21.5%
2038	20.5%	21.5%
2039	20.3%	21.4%
2040	20.1%	21.4%
2041	20%	21.3%
2042	19.8%	21.2%
2043	19.6%	21.1%
2044	19.4%	20.9%
2045	19.3%	20.7%
2046	19.1%	20.5%
2047	18.9%	20.3%
2048	18.8%	20%
2049	18.6%	19.8%
2050	18.4%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.9% of the population in Panama and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 36.1% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Panama and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Panama vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in Panama and +1% in Venezuela. 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
	Panama	Venezuela
1960	35,431	285,105
1961	37,100	292,109
1962	38,537	299,345
1963	39,872	307,279
1964	40,806	314,397
1965	41,604	321,695
1966	42,457	329,697
1967	43,054	335,813
1968	43,641	340,973
1969	44,278	343,596
1970	45,075	350,709
1971	45,867	355,212
1972	46,311	360,749
1973	46,540	367,612
1974	46,932	375,678
1975	47,149	385,045
1976	47,307	395,344
1977	47,438	405,315
1978	47,694	414,032
1979	48,362	421,256
1980	49,077	425,613
1981	50,018	432,059
1982	50,858	436,564
1983	51,880	443,569
1984	52,436	449,186
1985	52,573	455,517
1986	52,681	468,252
1987	52,690	474,204
1988	52,767	477,569
1989	52,295	478,053
1990	53,451	478,168
1991	53,079	477,917
1992	53,186	474,824
1993	53,591	473,189
1994	53,845	469,178
1995	54,069	469,267
1996	54,512	468,653
1997	55,060	472,002
1998	55,482	469,123
1999	55,911	463,787
2000	56,236	459,802
2001	56,654	451,487
2002	57,011	466,821
2003	57,458	456,902
2004	58,281	455,881
2005	58,014	463,260
2006	58,067	460,152
2007	58,454	452,482
2008	58,961	435,870
2009	59,168	427,257
2010	59,418	425,397
2011	60,411	425,958
2012	60,471	420,758
2013	60,295	408,930
2014	60,227	395,088
2015	59,896	384,560
2016	59,454	359,651
2017	58,607	340,222
2018	57,508	317,302
2019	54,420	274,826
2020	46,599	237,223
2021	46,747	207,746
2022	50,556	216,619
2023	50,197	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Panama vs Venezuela

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 37 deaths per 100,000 live births in Panama, compared to 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Panama	Venezuela
1985	95	83
1986	94	81
1987	93	81
1988	93	80
1989	96	80
1990	89	83
1991	87	80
1992	85	82
1993	81	82
1994	78	84
1995	77	84
1996	73	86
1997	70	82
1998	68	82
1999	65	88
2000	64	86
2001	62	101
2002	59	87
2003	58	97
2004	57	94
2005	57	93
2006	56	96
2007	55	92
2008	55	103
2009	55	109
2010	56	110
2011	55	104
2012	53	113
2013	52	123
2014	49	133
2015	48	136
2016	47	162
2017	47	195
2018	43	205
2019	41	202
2020	74	207
2021	59	251
2022	40	219
2023	37	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.33% in Panama and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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
	Panama	Venezuela
1960	9.31%	7.97%
1961	9.04%	7.72%
1962	8.78%	7.49%
1963	8.52%	7.3%
1964	8.28%	7.14%
1965	8.05%	7%
1966	7.83%	6.87%
1967	7.62%	6.75%
1968	7.38%	6.61%
1969	7.1%	6.47%
1970	6.78%	6.3%
1971	6.43%	6.12%
1972	6.07%	5.94%
1973	5.72%	5.75%
1974	5.41%	5.57%
1975	5.15%	5.38%
1976	4.93%	5.2%
1977	4.76%	5.01%
1978	4.61%	4.82%
1979	4.47%	4.62%
1980	4.34%	4.42%
1981	4.19%	4.24%
1982	4.05%	4.07%
1983	3.9%	3.91%
1984	3.75%	3.77%
1985	3.61%	3.64%
1986	3.47%	3.5%
1987	3.35%	3.37%
1988	3.24%	3.23%
1989	3.14%	3.09%
1990	3.05%	2.96%
1991	2.97%	2.86%
1992	2.91%	2.78%
1993	2.87%	2.73%
1994	2.83%	2.68%
1995	2.8%	2.63%
1996	2.77%	2.55%
1997	2.73%	2.45%
1998	2.68%	2.34%
1999	2.63%	2.24%
2000	2.56%	2.15%
2001	2.49%	2.09%
2002	2.41%	2.03%
2003	2.33%	1.98%
2004	2.25%	1.91%
2005	2.17%	1.85%
2006	2.1%	1.79%
2007	2.03%	1.74%
2008	1.97%	1.72%
2009	1.91%	1.71%
2010	1.86%	1.72%
2011	1.81%	1.73%
2012	1.77%	1.76%
2013	1.75%	1.79%
2014	1.73%	1.83%
2015	1.72%	1.92%
2016	1.7%	2.43%
2017	1.68%	2.43%
2018	1.65%	2.43%
2019	1.59%	2.43%
2020	1.52%	2.43%
2021	1.45%	2.43%
2022	1.39%	2.43%
2023	1.33%	2.43%