Fertility & birth rates in Poland and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Poland vs Venezuela chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Poland was 1.16 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 Poland 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
	Poland	Venezuela
1960	2.98	6.38
1961	2.83	6.3
1962	2.72	6.23
1963	2.7	6.16
1964	2.57	6.07
1965	2.52	5.98
1966	2.34	5.87
1967	2.33	5.75
1968	2.24	5.61
1969	2.2	5.47
1970	2.2	5.32
1971	2.25	5.17
1972	2.24	5.04
1973	2.26	4.91
1974	2.26	4.79
1975	2.27	4.69
1976	2.3	4.59
1977	2.23	4.49
1978	2.21	4.4
1979	2.28	4.3
1980	2.28	4.2
1981	2.24	4.1
1982	2.34	4.01
1983	2.42	3.93
1984	2.37	3.86
1985	2.33	3.79
1986	2.22	3.73
1987	2.15	3.67
1988	2.13	3.6
1989	2.08	3.52
1990	2.06	3.45
1991	2.07	3.37
1992	1.95	3.29
1993	1.87	3.22
1994	1.81	3.15
1995	1.62	3.08
1996	1.59	3.02
1997	1.51	2.97
1998	1.44	2.91
1999	1.37	2.86
2000	1.37	2.79
2001	1.31	2.78
2002	1.25	2.74
2003	1.22	2.7
2004	1.23	2.64
2005	1.24	2.63
2006	1.27	2.6
2007	1.31	2.52
2008	1.39	2.48
2009	1.4	2.42
2010	1.41	2.4
2011	1.33	2.4
2012	1.33	2.38
2013	1.29	2.33
2014	1.32	2.3
2015	1.32	2.25
2016	1.39	2.22
2017	1.48	2.18
2018	1.46	2.15
2019	1.44	2.13
2020	1.39	2.12
2021	1.33	2.11
2022	1.29	2.09
2023	1.16	2.08
2024	1.16	2.08
2025	1.17	2.06
2026	1.17	2.04
2027	1.17	2.03
2028	1.18	2.01
2029	1.18	2
2030	1.19	1.99
2031	1.19	1.98
2032	1.19	1.97
2033	1.2	1.96
2034	1.2	1.95
2035	1.21	1.94
2036	1.21	1.93
2037	1.21	1.92
2038	1.21	1.91
2039	1.22	1.91
2040	1.22	1.9
2041	1.22	1.89
2042	1.22	1.88
2043	1.23	1.87
2044	1.23	1.86
2045	1.24	1.86
2046	1.24	1.85
2047	1.24	1.84
2048	1.24	1.84
2049	1.24	1.83
2050	1.25	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Poland	Venezuela
1960	33.4%	46.8%
1961	33.4%	46.9%
1962	33%	47%
1963	32.5%	47%
1964	31.9%	47%
1965	31.1%	46.9%
1966	30.3%	46.8%
1967	29.5%	46.6%
1968	28.6%	46.3%
1969	27.8%	46%
1970	26.9%	45.6%
1971	26.1%	45.2%
1972	25.4%	44.7%
1973	24.8%	44.3%
1974	24.3%	43.8%
1975	24%	43.3%
1976	24%	42.9%
1977	24%	42.5%
1978	24%	42.1%
1979	24.1%	41.7%
1980	24.3%	41.3%
1981	24.5%	41%
1982	24.7%	40.6%
1983	25%	40.3%
1984	25.3%	39.9%
1985	25.5%	39.6%
1986	25.6%	39.3%
1987	25.6%	39%
1988	25.5%	38.7%
1989	25.3%	38.4%
1990	25%	38.1%
1991	24.6%	37.8%
1992	24.3%	37.4%
1993	23.9%	37%
1994	23.4%	36.6%
1995	22.8%	36.2%
1996	22.2%	35.8%
1997	21.6%	35.3%
1998	20.9%	34.9%
1999	20.2%	34.5%
2000	19.4%	34%
2001	18.7%	33.6%
2002	18.1%	33.1%
2003	17.5%	32.7%
2004	17%	32.2%
2005	16.5%	31.8%
2006	16%	31.4%
2007	15.7%	31%
2008	15.4%	30.6%
2009	15.2%	30.3%
2010	15.1%	29.9%
2011	15.2%	29.5%
2012	15.1%	29.2%
2013	15.1%	28.9%
2014	15.1%	28.5%
2015	15.1%	28.2%
2016	15.1%	27.9%
2017	15.2%	27.8%
2018	15.3%	27.9%
2019	15.4%	28%
2020	15.5%	27.8%
2021	15.5%	27.4%
2022	15.3%	26.8%
2023	15.1%	26.2%
2024	14.8%	25.5%
2025	14.5%	24.9%
2026	14.1%	24.3%
2027	13.8%	23.8%
2028	13.5%	23.2%
2029	13.2%	22.8%
2030	13%	22.4%
2031	12.7%	22%
2032	12.4%	21.7%
2033	12.1%	21.5%
2034	11.8%	21.4%
2035	11.5%	21.4%
2036	11.3%	21.4%
2037	11.2%	21.5%
2038	11.1%	21.5%
2039	11.1%	21.4%
2040	11.1%	21.4%
2041	11%	21.3%
2042	11.1%	21.2%
2043	11.1%	21.1%
2044	11.1%	20.9%
2045	11.2%	20.7%
2046	11.3%	20.5%
2047	11.3%	20.3%
2048	11.4%	20%
2049	11.5%	19.8%
2050	11.5%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.8% of the population in Poland and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 25% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Poland and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Poland vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.18% in Poland 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
	Poland	Venezuela
1960	444,562	285,105
1961	398,521	292,109
1962	360,671	299,345
1963	359,330	307,279
1964	326,965	314,397
1965	314,450	321,695
1966	297,801	329,697
1967	275,089	335,813
1968	280,963	340,973
1969	270,151	343,596
1970	280,913	350,709
1971	278,660	355,212
1972	314,028	360,749
1973	320,229	367,612
1974	346,893	375,678
1975	350,356	385,045
1976	367,612	395,344
1977	353,828	405,315
1978	339,166	414,032
1979	366,571	421,256
1980	348,627	425,613
1981	351,806	432,059
1982	369,551	436,564
1983	373,032	443,569
1984	332,137	449,186
1985	297,615	455,517
1986	258,448	468,252
1987	226,008	474,204
1988	215,599	477,569
1989	182,215	478,053
1990	160,066	478,168
1991	141,511	477,917
1992	118,928	474,824
1993	103,846	473,189
1994	96,357	469,178
1995	46,314	469,267
1996	42,487	468,653
1997	34,785	472,002
1998	19,332	469,123
1999	0	463,787
2000	11,478	459,802
2001	3,825	451,487
2002	-3,823	466,821
2003	-15,281	456,902
2004	-7,637	455,881
2005	-3,817	463,260
2006	3,814	460,152
2007	11,436	452,482
2008	34,313	435,870
2009	30,521	427,257
2010	38,043	425,397
2011	11,419	425,958
2012	0	420,758
2013	-19,020	408,930
2014	0	395,088
2015	-26,590	384,560
2016	-3,797	359,651
2017	0	340,222
2018	-26,582	317,302
2019	-34,169	274,826
2020	-120,050	237,223
2021	-184,907	207,746
2022	-143,605	216,619
2023	-135,743	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Poland vs Venezuela

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Poland, compared to 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Poland	Venezuela
1985	19	83
1986	19	81
1987	18	81
1988	18	80
1989	18	80
1990	18	83
1991	18	80
1992	16	82
1993	15	82
1994	14	84
1995	12	84
1996	11	86
1997	10	82
1998	9	82
1999	8	88
2000	7	86
2001	6	101
2002	5	87
2003	5	97
2004	4	94
2005	4	93
2006	4	96
2007	3	92
2008	3	103
2009	3	109
2010	3	110
2011	2	104
2012	2	113
2013	2	123
2014	2	133
2015	2	136
2016	2	162
2017	2	195
2018	2	205
2019	2	202
2020	3	207
2021	2	251
2022	2	219
2023	2	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.44% in Poland 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
	Poland	Venezuela
1960	6.51%	7.97%
1961	6.02%	7.72%
1962	5.6%	7.49%
1963	5.23%	7.3%
1964	4.89%	7.14%
1965	4.57%	7%
1966	4.29%	6.87%
1967	4.06%	6.75%
1968	3.89%	6.61%
1969	3.75%	6.47%
1970	3.59%	6.3%
1971	3.42%	6.12%
1972	3.24%	5.94%
1973	3.06%	5.75%
1974	2.9%	5.57%
1975	2.79%	5.38%
1976	2.7%	5.2%
1977	2.62%	5.01%
1978	2.54%	4.82%
1979	2.47%	4.62%
1980	2.4%	4.42%
1981	2.33%	4.24%
1982	2.26%	4.07%
1983	2.19%	3.91%
1984	2.11%	3.77%
1985	2.03%	3.64%
1986	1.96%	3.5%
1987	1.89%	3.37%
1988	1.84%	3.23%
1989	1.79%	3.09%
1990	1.74%	2.96%
1991	1.69%	2.86%
1992	1.65%	2.78%
1993	1.6%	2.73%
1994	1.53%	2.68%
1995	1.43%	2.63%
1996	1.32%	2.55%
1997	1.2%	2.45%
1998	1.09%	2.34%
1999	1%	2.24%
2000	0.93%	2.15%
2001	0.88%	2.09%
2002	0.84%	2.03%
2003	0.81%	1.98%
2004	0.78%	1.91%
2005	0.76%	1.85%
2006	0.73%	1.79%
2007	0.7%	1.74%
2008	0.67%	1.72%
2009	0.63%	1.71%
2010	0.6%	1.72%
2011	0.57%	1.73%
2012	0.54%	1.76%
2013	0.52%	1.79%
2014	0.5%	1.83%
2015	0.49%	1.92%
2016	0.48%	2.43%
2017	0.46%	2.43%
2018	0.45%	2.43%
2019	0.44%	2.43%
2020	0.44%	2.43%
2021	0.44%	2.43%
2022	0.44%	2.43%
2023	0.44%	2.43%