Fertility & birth rates in Qatar and South Africa

Fertility rate in Qatar vs South Africa chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Qatar was 1.73 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Qatar vs South Africa population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Qatar	South Africa
1960	6.53	6.11
1961	6.53	6.08
1962	6.53	6.05
1963	6.53	6.01
1964	6.53	5.96
1965	6.53	5.89
1966	6.52	5.91
1967	6.46	5.85
1968	6.39	5.78
1969	6.31	5.72
1970	6.23	5.63
1971	6.15	5.57
1972	6.07	5.49
1973	6.01	5.41
1974	5.94	5.3
1975	5.86	5.19
1976	5.78	5.07
1977	5.69	4.94
1978	5.58	4.85
1979	5.46	4.82
1980	5.33	4.78
1981	5.2	4.71
1982	5.04	4.7
1983	4.9	4.63
1984	4.76	4.57
1985	4.64	4.5
1986	4.57	4.41
1987	4.54	4.35
1988	4.51	4.18
1989	4.41	3.98
1990	4.23	3.72
1991	3.99	3.62
1992	3.85	3.48
1993	3.77	3.37
1994	3.67	3.26
1995	3.56	3.17
1996	3.44	2.99
1997	3.33	2.73
1998	3.21	2.63
1999	3.12	2.56
2000	3.07	2.41
2001	3.08	2.37
2002	3.01	2.32
2003	2.93	2.36
2004	2.79	2.44
2005	2.64	2.51
2006	2.51	2.55
2007	2.44	2.55
2008	2.37	2.68
2009	2.25	2.5
2010	2.14	2.44
2011	2.07	2.44
2012	2.04	2.45
2013	2.03	2.43
2014	2.03	2.42
2015	1.98	2.36
2016	1.86	2.26
2017	1.83	2.28
2018	1.76	2.27
2019	1.73	2.26
2020	1.68	2.26
2021	1.61	2.25
2022	1.74	2.23
2023	1.73	2.22
2024	1.72	2.21
2025	1.7	2.19
2026	1.69	2.17
2027	1.68	2.15
2028	1.67	2.13
2029	1.66	2.12
2030	1.66	2.1
2031	1.65	2.09
2032	1.64	2.07
2033	1.64	2.06
2034	1.64	2.05
2035	1.63	2.04
2036	1.63	2.03
2037	1.63	2.02
2038	1.63	2
2039	1.63	1.99
2040	1.63	1.98
2041	1.63	1.98
2042	1.63	1.97
2043	1.63	1.96
2044	1.63	1.95
2045	1.63	1.94
2046	1.63	1.93
2047	1.63	1.92
2048	1.63	1.91
2049	1.62	1.9
2050	1.62	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Qatar	South Africa
1960	44.2%	42.1%
1961	42.5%	42.1%
1962	40.5%	42.1%
1963	38.7%	42.1%
1964	37.2%	42.1%
1965	36.2%	42.1%
1966	35.3%	42.1%
1967	34.7%	42.2%
1968	34.2%	42.2%
1969	33.9%	42.2%
1970	35.1%	42.3%
1971	36.9%	42.2%
1972	37.5%	42.2%
1973	37.4%	42.1%
1974	36.7%	42%
1975	35.7%	41.9%
1976	34.6%	41.8%
1977	33.3%	41.7%
1978	32.1%	41.5%
1979	31%	41.3%
1980	30%	40.9%
1981	29.2%	40.5%
1982	28.6%	40.1%
1983	28.1%	39.8%
1984	27.6%	39.5%
1985	27.2%	39.2%
1986	27%	38.9%
1987	27.2%	38.7%
1988	27.2%	38.4%
1989	27.1%	38.1%
1990	27%	37.7%
1991	26.8%	37.5%
1992	26.6%	37.6%
1993	26.4%	37.3%
1994	26.2%	37.2%
1995	26.1%	37.5%
1996	25.9%	37.5%
1997	25.5%	37.2%
1998	24.8%	36.5%
1999	24.1%	35.7%
2000	23.5%	34.9%
2001	23%	34%
2002	22.5%	33.2%
2003	22.2%	32.3%
2004	22.2%	31.6%
2005	22.5%	31.1%
2006	20.2%	30.6%
2007	16.4%	30.2%
2008	14.6%	29.9%
2009	14%	29.7%
2010	13.9%	29.4%
2011	14.2%	29.1%
2012	14.5%	28.9%
2013	14.6%	28.7%
2014	14.4%	28.5%
2015	13.9%	28.3%
2016	13.7%	28.3%
2017	13.7%	28.3%
2018	14%	27.9%
2019	14.6%	27.4%
2020	15.4%	27%
2021	15.5%	26.6%
2022	15.2%	26.3%
2023	15.2%	26.1%
2024	15.1%	25.9%
2025	15%	25.7%
2026	15%	25.6%
2027	15%	25.4%
2028	15.1%	25.3%
2029	15.2%	25.2%
2030	15.3%	25.2%
2031	15.4%	25.1%
2032	15.5%	25%
2033	15.6%	24.8%
2034	15.7%	24.5%
2035	15.9%	24.3%
2036	16.1%	23.9%
2037	16.2%	23.6%
2038	16.4%	23.4%
2039	16.5%	23.1%
2040	16.7%	22.9%
2041	16.8%	22.7%
2042	17%	22.5%
2043	17.1%	22.4%
2044	17.3%	22.2%
2045	17.4%	22.1%
2046	17.5%	21.9%
2047	17.6%	21.8%
2048	17.7%	21.7%
2049	17.7%	21.6%
2050	17.8%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Qatar and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 27% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Qatar and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Qatar vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Qatar and +1.05% in South Africa. 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
	Qatar	South Africa
1960	1,220	421,263
1961	1,357	437,851
1962	1,589	455,634
1963	1,854	473,821
1964	2,150	490,606
1965	2,472	506,632
1966	2,811	534,862
1967	3,167	553,741
1968	3,547	571,841
1969	3,941	590,794
1970	4,346	605,102
1971	4,433	624,761
1972	4,581	638,754
1973	4,780	651,596
1974	5,015	658,438
1975	5,289	667,862
1976	5,598	675,011
1977	5,925	680,929
1978	6,246	694,341
1979	6,579	716,541
1980	6,894	738,415
1981	7,202	767,833
1982	7,489	807,550
1983	7,765	837,013
1984	7,997	869,011
1985	8,212	893,889
1986	8,439	903,644
1987	8,806	922,330
1988	9,198	909,221
1989	9,407	884,629
1990	9,388	835,421
1991	9,182	827,296
1992	9,189	794,415
1993	9,250	789,220
1994	9,257	698,609
1995	9,186	743,488
1996	9,049	710,868
1997	8,846	667,969
1998	9,055	627,027
1999	9,431	594,643
2000	9,974	526,963
2001	10,683	484,801
2002	11,062	430,926
2003	11,291	415,018
2004	11,242	442,540
2005	11,392	464,464
2006	10,225	487,584
2007	11,351	503,567
2008	14,062	595,332
2009	15,595	554,115
2010	16,225	566,834
2011	16,543	601,708
2012	17,681	643,723
2013	19,669	652,427
2014	21,699	674,754
2015	22,568	668,771
2016	22,416	641,365
2017	23,244	645,975
2018	23,340	648,319
2019	24,112	652,130
2020	25,128	595,873
2021	21,297	456,411
2022	24,360	603,636
2023	23,845	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Qatar vs South Africa

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Qatar, compared to 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Qatar	South Africa
1985	17	208
1986	16	200
1987	15	192
1988	15	184
1989	14	177
1990	13	170
1991	13	162
1992	13	152
1993	13	145
1994	13	133
1995	13	125
1996	13	150
1997	13	152
1998	12	152
1999	12	151
2000	11	175
2001	12	192
2002	11	225
2003	11	245
2004	11	259
2005	11	279
2006	10	283
2007	9	272
2008	9	272
2009	8	241
2010	8	226
2011	7	202
2012	7	194
2013	6	180
2014	6	162
2015	6	150
2016	5	141
2017	5	134
2018	5	128
2019	5	119
2020	6	118
2021	7	191
2022	8	129
2023	4	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Qatar and 3.47% in South Africa. 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
	Qatar	South Africa
1969	7.07%	-
1970	6.6%	-
1971	6.16%	-
1972	5.77%	-
1973	5.4%	-
1974	5.06%	13.2%
1975	4.75%	12.5%
1976	4.48%	11.8%
1977	4.24%	11.1%
1978	4.02%	10.5%
1979	3.81%	9.88%
1980	3.62%	9.35%
1981	3.45%	8.84%
1982	3.29%	8.39%
1983	3.13%	7.98%
1984	2.98%	7.6%
1985	2.82%	7.24%
1986	2.68%	6.89%
1987	2.52%	6.56%
1988	2.37%	6.26%
1989	2.23%	6.01%
1990	2.08%	5.82%
1991	1.94%	5.7%
1992	1.82%	5.66%
1993	1.71%	5.7%
1994	1.61%	5.82%
1995	1.53%	5.95%
1996	1.46%	6.11%
1997	1.4%	6.29%
1998	1.34%	6.56%
1999	1.29%	6.85%
2000	1.25%	7.11%
2001	1.2%	7.43%
2002	1.16%	7.69%
2003	1.12%	7.93%
2004	1.08%	8.1%
2005	1.04%	8.03%
2006	1.01%	7.75%
2007	0.98%	7.19%
2008	0.96%	6.42%
2009	0.93%	5.7%
2010	0.91%	5%
2011	0.89%	4.5%
2012	0.87%	4.25%
2013	0.84%	4.1%
2014	0.82%	3.96%
2015	0.79%	3.82%
2016	0.75%	3.68%
2017	0.72%	3.58%
2018	0.69%	3.49%
2019	0.67%	3.45%
2020	0.64%	3.41%
2021	0.63%	3.41%
2022	0.61%	3.44%
2023	0.6%	3.47%