Fertility & birth rates in Qatar and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Qatar vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Qatar vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	6.53	2.69
1961	6.53	2.78
1962	6.53	2.86
1963	6.53	2.88
1964	6.53	2.93
1965	6.53	2.86
1966	6.52	2.78
1967	6.46	2.68
1968	6.39	2.6
1969	6.31	2.51
1970	6.23	2.44
1971	6.15	2.41
1972	6.07	2.2
1973	6.01	2.04
1974	5.94	1.92
1975	5.86	1.81
1976	5.78	1.74
1977	5.69	1.69
1978	5.58	1.75
1979	5.46	1.86
1980	5.33	1.9
1981	5.2	1.82
1982	5.04	1.78
1983	4.9	1.77
1984	4.76	1.77
1985	4.64	1.79
1986	4.57	1.78
1987	4.54	1.81
1988	4.51	1.82
1989	4.41	1.79
1990	4.23	1.83
1991	3.99	1.82
1992	3.85	1.79
1993	3.77	1.76
1994	3.67	1.74
1995	3.56	1.71
1996	3.44	1.73
1997	3.33	1.72
1998	3.21	1.71
1999	3.12	1.68
2000	3.07	1.64
2001	3.08	1.63
2002	3.01	1.63
2003	2.93	1.7
2004	2.79	1.75
2005	2.64	1.76
2006	2.51	1.82
2007	2.44	1.86
2008	2.37	1.91
2009	2.25	1.89
2010	2.14	1.92
2011	2.07	1.91
2012	2.04	1.92
2013	2.03	1.83
2014	2.03	1.81
2015	1.98	1.8
2016	1.86	1.79
2017	1.83	1.74
2018	1.76	1.68
2019	1.73	1.63
2020	1.68	1.57
2021	1.61	1.58
2022	1.74	1.56
2023	1.73	1.56
2024	1.72	1.55
2025	1.7	1.54
2026	1.69	1.53
2027	1.68	1.53
2028	1.67	1.53
2029	1.66	1.52
2030	1.66	1.52
2031	1.65	1.52
2032	1.64	1.53
2033	1.64	1.53
2034	1.64	1.53
2035	1.63	1.53
2036	1.63	1.53
2037	1.63	1.53
2038	1.63	1.53
2039	1.63	1.53
2040	1.63	1.53
2041	1.63	1.54
2042	1.63	1.54
2043	1.63	1.54
2044	1.63	1.54
2045	1.63	1.54
2046	1.63	1.54
2047	1.63	1.54
2048	1.63	1.54
2049	1.62	1.55
2050	1.62	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Qatar	United Kingdom
1960	44.2%	23.3%
1961	42.5%	23.3%
1962	40.5%	23.2%
1963	38.7%	23.2%
1964	37.2%	23.3%
1965	36.2%	23.4%
1966	35.3%	23.5%
1967	34.7%	23.7%
1968	34.2%	23.9%
1969	33.9%	24%
1970	35.1%	24.1%
1971	36.9%	24.1%
1972	37.5%	24%
1973	37.4%	23.9%
1974	36.7%	23.6%
1975	35.7%	23.3%
1976	34.6%	22.9%
1977	33.3%	22.4%
1978	32.1%	21.9%
1979	31%	21.4%
1980	30%	21%
1981	29.2%	20.6%
1982	28.6%	20.2%
1983	28.1%	19.8%
1984	27.6%	19.5%
1985	27.2%	19.3%
1986	27%	19.1%
1987	27.2%	18.9%
1988	27.2%	18.9%
1989	27.1%	19.1%
1990	27%	19.1%
1991	26.8%	19.3%
1992	26.6%	19.4%
1993	26.4%	19.5%
1994	26.2%	19.6%
1995	26.1%	19.5%
1996	25.9%	19.4%
1997	25.5%	19.3%
1998	24.8%	19.3%
1999	24.1%	19.2%
2000	23.5%	18.9%
2001	23%	18.7%
2002	22.5%	18.5%
2003	22.2%	18.4%
2004	22.2%	18.3%
2005	22.5%	18.2%
2006	20.2%	18%
2007	16.4%	17.9%
2008	14.6%	17.8%
2009	14%	17.8%
2010	13.9%	17.8%
2011	14.2%	17.7%
2012	14.5%	17.8%
2013	14.6%	17.8%
2014	14.4%	17.8%
2015	13.9%	17.9%
2016	13.7%	18%
2017	13.7%	18%
2018	14%	18.1%
2019	14.6%	18%
2020	15.4%	18%
2021	15.5%	17.8%
2022	15.2%	17.6%
2023	15.2%	17.4%
2024	15.1%	17.2%
2025	15%	17%
2026	15%	16.7%
2027	15%	16.5%
2028	15.1%	16.2%
2029	15.2%	16%
2030	15.3%	15.7%
2031	15.4%	15.5%
2032	15.5%	15.3%
2033	15.6%	15.2%
2034	15.7%	15.1%
2035	15.9%	15%
2036	16.1%	14.9%
2037	16.2%	14.9%
2038	16.4%	14.8%
2039	16.5%	14.8%
2040	16.7%	14.8%
2041	16.8%	14.8%
2042	17%	14.8%
2043	17.1%	14.9%
2044	17.3%	14.9%
2045	17.4%	14.9%
2046	17.5%	15%
2047	17.6%	15%
2048	17.7%	15%
2049	17.7%	15%
2050	17.8%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Qatar and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 27% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Qatar and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Qatar vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Qatar and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	1,220	314,400
1961	1,357	311,519
1962	1,589	340,800
1963	1,854	337,995
1964	2,150	405,000
1965	2,472	364,132
1966	2,811	333,356
1967	3,167	346,145
1968	3,547	292,622
1969	3,941	260,577
1970	4,346	244,918
1971	4,433	257,123
1972	4,581	162,650
1973	4,780	112,389
1974	5,015	67,476
1975	5,289	33,735
1976	5,598	-5,621
1977	5,925	0
1978	6,246	16,859
1979	6,579	61,872
1980	6,894	95,734
1981	7,202	73,234
1982	7,489	56,314
1983	7,765	61,966
1984	7,997	84,633
1985	8,212	79,170
1986	8,439	90,690
1987	8,806	136,325
1988	9,198	136,628
1989	9,407	119,861
1990	9,388	154,569
1991	9,182	143,562
1992	9,189	149,709
1993	9,250	103,893
1994	9,257	127,304
1995	9,186	87,028
1996	9,049	98,884
1997	8,846	99,138
1998	9,055	87,730
1999	9,431	64,551
2000	9,974	70,671
2001	10,683	65,032
2002	11,062	65,308
2003	11,291	89,471
2004	11,242	131,974
2005	11,392	144,963
2006	10,225	176,455
2007	11,351	196,232
2008	14,062	216,325
2009	15,595	230,422
2010	16,225	251,066
2011	16,543	259,361
2012	17,681	248,473
2013	19,669	198,830
2014	21,699	206,784
2015	22,568	175,738
2016	22,416	177,139
2017	23,244	145,125
2018	23,340	119,321
2019	24,112	108,342
2020	25,128	-4,272
2021	21,297	30,612
2022	24,360	39,751
2023	23,845	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Qatar vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Qatar	United Kingdom
1985	17	2
1986	16	2
1987	15	3
1988	15	4
1989	14	5
1990	13	6
1991	13	7
1992	13	7
1993	13	8
1994	13	9
1995	13	9
1996	13	8
1997	13	9
1998	12	10
1999	12	11
2000	11	12
2001	12	13
2002	11	13
2003	11	14
2004	11	13
2005	11	12
2006	10	12
2007	9	11
2008	9	11
2009	8	11
2010	8	10
2011	7	10
2012	7	9
2013	6	9
2014	6	9
2015	6	9
2016	5	9
2017	5	9
2018	5	9
2019	5	9
2020	6	14
2021	7	13
2022	8	15
2023	4	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Qatar and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	-	2.66%
1961	-	2.61%
1962	-	2.56%
1963	-	2.49%
1964	-	2.42%
1965	-	2.34%
1966	-	2.28%
1967	-	2.22%
1968	-	2.18%
1969	7.07%	2.14%
1970	6.6%	2.1%
1971	6.16%	2.06%
1972	5.77%	2%
1973	5.4%	1.94%
1974	5.06%	1.87%
1975	4.75%	1.8%
1976	4.48%	1.72%
1977	4.24%	1.64%
1978	4.02%	1.57%
1979	3.81%	1.49%
1980	3.62%	1.41%
1981	3.45%	1.34%
1982	3.29%	1.27%
1983	3.13%	1.22%
1984	2.98%	1.17%
1985	2.82%	1.14%
1986	2.68%	1.11%
1987	2.52%	1.08%
1988	2.37%	1.04%
1989	2.23%	0.99%
1990	2.08%	0.93%
1991	1.94%	0.87%
1992	1.82%	0.82%
1993	1.71%	0.77%
1994	1.61%	0.74%
1995	1.53%	0.72%
1996	1.46%	0.7%
1997	1.4%	0.69%
1998	1.34%	0.68%
1999	1.29%	0.67%
2000	1.25%	0.65%
2001	1.2%	0.64%
2002	1.16%	0.63%
2003	1.12%	0.63%
2004	1.08%	0.61%
2005	1.04%	0.6%
2006	1.01%	0.59%
2007	0.98%	0.58%
2008	0.96%	0.56%
2009	0.93%	0.54%
2010	0.91%	0.52%
2011	0.89%	0.5%
2012	0.87%	0.48%
2013	0.84%	0.46%
2014	0.82%	0.45%
2015	0.79%	0.45%
2016	0.75%	0.44%
2017	0.72%	0.44%
2018	0.69%	0.44%
2019	0.67%	0.44%
2020	0.64%	0.44%
2021	0.63%	0.44%
2022	0.61%	0.45%
2023	0.6%	0.45%