Fertility & birth rates in Qatar and United States

Fertility rate in Qatar vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Qatar vs the United States 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 States
1960	6.53	3.65
1961	6.53	3.62
1962	6.53	3.46
1963	6.53	3.32
1964	6.53	3.19
1965	6.53	2.91
1966	6.52	2.72
1967	6.46	2.56
1968	6.39	2.46
1969	6.31	2.46
1970	6.23	2.48
1971	6.15	2.27
1972	6.07	2.01
1973	6.01	1.88
1974	5.94	1.84
1975	5.86	1.77
1976	5.78	1.74
1977	5.69	1.79
1978	5.58	1.76
1979	5.46	1.81
1980	5.33	1.84
1981	5.2	1.81
1982	5.04	1.83
1983	4.9	1.8
1984	4.76	1.81
1985	4.64	1.84
1986	4.57	1.84
1987	4.54	1.87
1988	4.51	1.93
1989	4.41	2.01
1990	4.23	2.08
1991	3.99	2.06
1992	3.85	2.05
1993	3.77	2.02
1994	3.67	2
1995	3.56	1.98
1996	3.44	1.98
1997	3.33	1.97
1998	3.21	2
1999	3.12	2.01
2000	3.07	2.06
2001	3.08	2.03
2002	3.01	2.02
2003	2.93	2.05
2004	2.79	2.05
2005	2.64	2.06
2006	2.51	2.11
2007	2.44	2.12
2008	2.37	2.07
2009	2.25	2
2010	2.14	1.93
2011	2.07	1.89
2012	2.04	1.88
2013	2.03	1.86
2014	2.03	1.86
2015	1.98	1.84
2016	1.86	1.82
2017	1.83	1.77
2018	1.76	1.73
2019	1.73	1.71
2020	1.68	1.64
2021	1.61	1.66
2022	1.74	1.66
2023	1.73	1.62
2024	1.72	1.62
2025	1.7	1.62
2026	1.69	1.62
2027	1.68	1.62
2028	1.67	1.62
2029	1.66	1.62
2030	1.66	1.62
2031	1.65	1.62
2032	1.64	1.62
2033	1.64	1.63
2034	1.64	1.62
2035	1.63	1.63
2036	1.63	1.63
2037	1.63	1.63
2038	1.63	1.63
2039	1.63	1.63
2040	1.63	1.63
2041	1.63	1.63
2042	1.63	1.63
2043	1.63	1.63
2044	1.63	1.63
2045	1.63	1.64
2046	1.63	1.64
2047	1.63	1.63
2048	1.63	1.64
2049	1.62	1.63
2050	1.62	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Qatar	United States
1960	44.2%	31.3%
1961	42.5%	31.4%
1962	40.5%	31.3%
1963	38.7%	31.1%
1964	37.2%	30.9%
1965	36.2%	30.7%
1966	35.3%	30.4%
1967	34.7%	30%
1968	34.2%	29.5%
1969	33.9%	29%
1970	35.1%	28.6%
1971	36.9%	28%
1972	37.5%	27.4%
1973	37.4%	26.6%
1974	36.7%	25.9%
1975	35.7%	25.2%
1976	34.6%	24.4%
1977	33.3%	23.8%
1978	32.1%	23.2%
1979	31%	22.8%
1980	30%	22.4%
1981	29.2%	22.1%
1982	28.6%	22%
1983	28.1%	21.8%
1984	27.6%	21.7%
1985	27.2%	21.5%
1986	27%	21.3%
1987	27.2%	21.3%
1988	27.2%	21.3%
1989	27.1%	21.5%
1990	27%	21.6%
1991	26.8%	21.7%
1992	26.6%	21.8%
1993	26.4%	21.9%
1994	26.2%	21.9%
1995	26.1%	21.8%
1996	25.9%	21.7%
1997	25.5%	21.5%
1998	24.8%	21.4%
1999	24.1%	21.3%
2000	23.5%	21.2%
2001	23%	21%
2002	22.5%	20.9%
2003	22.2%	20.7%
2004	22.2%	20.5%
2005	22.5%	20.3%
2006	20.2%	20.2%
2007	16.4%	20%
2008	14.6%	19.9%
2009	14%	19.8%
2010	13.9%	19.7%
2011	14.2%	19.6%
2012	14.5%	19.5%
2013	14.6%	19.4%
2014	14.4%	19.3%
2015	13.9%	19.2%
2016	13.7%	19.1%
2017	13.7%	18.9%
2018	14%	18.8%
2019	14.6%	18.6%
2020	15.4%	18.4%
2021	15.5%	18.1%
2022	15.2%	17.9%
2023	15.2%	17.6%
2024	15.1%	17.3%
2025	15%	17.1%
2026	15%	16.9%
2027	15%	16.7%
2028	15.1%	16.6%
2029	15.2%	16.4%
2030	15.3%	16.3%
2031	15.4%	16.1%
2032	15.5%	16%
2033	15.6%	16%
2034	15.7%	15.9%
2035	15.9%	15.9%
2036	16.1%	15.9%
2037	16.2%	15.9%
2038	16.4%	15.9%
2039	16.5%	15.9%
2040	16.7%	15.9%
2041	16.8%	16%
2042	17%	16%
2043	17.1%	16%
2044	17.3%	16%
2045	17.4%	16%
2046	17.5%	16%
2047	17.6%	16%
2048	17.7%	16%
2049	17.7%	15.9%
2050	17.8%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Qatar and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 27% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Qatar and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Qatar vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Qatar and +0.25% in the United States. 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 States
1960	1,220	2,565,530
1961	1,357	2,571,681
1962	1,589	2,406,337
1963	1,854	2,289,826
1964	2,150	2,245,099
1965	2,472	1,943,030
1966	2,811	1,749,387
1967	3,167	1,669,181
1968	3,547	1,565,507
1969	3,941	1,702,487
1970	4,346	1,824,965
1971	4,433	1,640,519
1972	4,581	1,301,355
1973	4,780	1,165,499
1974	5,015	1,218,968
1975	5,289	1,252,644
1976	5,598	1,264,604
1977	5,925	1,431,556
1978	6,246	1,402,283
1979	6,579	1,597,894
1980	6,894	1,608,450
1981	7,202	1,652,153
1982	7,489	1,714,317
1983	7,765	1,636,544
1984	7,997	1,627,192
1985	8,212	1,689,258
1986	8,439	1,656,917
1987	8,806	1,720,252
1988	9,198	1,735,943
1989	9,407	1,875,826
1990	9,388	2,026,068
1991	9,182	1,926,543
1992	9,189	1,875,328
1993	9,250	1,717,685
1994	9,257	1,633,302
1995	9,186	1,546,031
1996	9,049	1,510,137
1997	8,846	1,501,014
1998	9,055	1,573,857
1999	9,431	1,564,050
2000	9,974	1,664,758
2001	10,683	1,595,826
2002	11,062	1,581,938
2003	11,291	1,653,615
2004	11,242	1,698,271
2005	11,392	1,684,445
2006	10,225	1,849,955
2007	11,351	1,897,757
2008	14,062	1,794,154
2009	15,595	1,717,920
2010	16,225	1,548,182
2011	16,543	1,441,697
2012	17,681	1,411,822
2013	19,669	1,322,711
2014	21,699	1,357,281
2015	22,568	1,270,126
2016	22,416	1,197,627
2017	23,244	1,028,037
2018	23,340	955,022
2019	24,112	887,476
2020	25,128	208,862
2021	21,297	199,137
2022	24,360	399,926
2023	23,845	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Qatar vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Qatar	United States
1985	17	11
1986	16	11
1987	15	11
1988	15	12
1989	14	12
1990	13	12
1991	13	12
1992	13	11
1993	13	12
1994	13	11
1995	13	12
1996	13	11
1997	13	11
1998	12	11
1999	12	12
2000	11	12
2001	12	13
2002	11	13
2003	11	13
2004	11	13
2005	11	13
2006	10	13
2007	9	13
2008	9	14
2009	8	15
2010	8	15
2011	7	15
2012	7	16
2013	6	16
2014	6	17
2015	6	17
2016	5	18
2017	5	18
2018	5	18
2019	5	18
2020	6	22
2021	7	31
2022	8	20
2023	4	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Qatar and 0.65% in the United States. 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 States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	-	2.89%
1963	-	2.83%
1964	-	2.77%
1965	-	2.71%
1966	-	2.64%
1967	-	2.57%
1968	-	2.49%
1969	7.07%	2.41%
1970	6.6%	2.32%
1971	6.16%	2.24%
1972	5.77%	2.15%
1973	5.4%	2.06%
1974	5.06%	1.97%
1975	4.75%	1.88%
1976	4.48%	1.79%
1977	4.24%	1.71%
1978	4.02%	1.63%
1979	3.81%	1.56%
1980	3.62%	1.5%
1981	3.45%	1.44%
1982	3.29%	1.39%
1983	3.13%	1.34%
1984	2.98%	1.3%
1985	2.82%	1.27%
1986	2.68%	1.24%
1987	2.52%	1.21%
1988	2.37%	1.19%
1989	2.23%	1.16%
1990	2.08%	1.12%
1991	1.94%	1.09%
1992	1.82%	1.05%
1993	1.71%	1.01%
1994	1.61%	0.98%
1995	1.53%	0.95%
1996	1.46%	0.92%
1997	1.4%	0.89%
1998	1.34%	0.87%
1999	1.29%	0.86%
2000	1.25%	0.84%
2001	1.2%	0.83%
2002	1.16%	0.82%
2003	1.12%	0.81%
2004	1.08%	0.81%
2005	1.04%	0.8%
2006	1.01%	0.79%
2007	0.98%	0.77%
2008	0.96%	0.76%
2009	0.93%	0.75%
2010	0.91%	0.73%
2011	0.89%	0.72%
2012	0.87%	0.7%
2013	0.84%	0.69%
2014	0.82%	0.68%
2015	0.79%	0.68%
2016	0.75%	0.67%
2017	0.72%	0.66%
2018	0.69%	0.65%
2019	0.67%	0.65%
2020	0.64%	0.65%
2021	0.63%	0.65%
2022	0.61%	0.65%
2023	0.6%	0.65%