Fertility & birth rates in Qatar and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Qatar vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Qatar 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
	Qatar	Venezuela
1960	6.53	6.38
1961	6.53	6.3
1962	6.53	6.23
1963	6.53	6.16
1964	6.53	6.07
1965	6.53	5.98
1966	6.52	5.87
1967	6.46	5.75
1968	6.39	5.61
1969	6.31	5.47
1970	6.23	5.32
1971	6.15	5.17
1972	6.07	5.04
1973	6.01	4.91
1974	5.94	4.79
1975	5.86	4.69
1976	5.78	4.59
1977	5.69	4.49
1978	5.58	4.4
1979	5.46	4.3
1980	5.33	4.2
1981	5.2	4.1
1982	5.04	4.01
1983	4.9	3.93
1984	4.76	3.86
1985	4.64	3.79
1986	4.57	3.73
1987	4.54	3.67
1988	4.51	3.6
1989	4.41	3.52
1990	4.23	3.45
1991	3.99	3.37
1992	3.85	3.29
1993	3.77	3.22
1994	3.67	3.15
1995	3.56	3.08
1996	3.44	3.02
1997	3.33	2.97
1998	3.21	2.91
1999	3.12	2.86
2000	3.07	2.79
2001	3.08	2.78
2002	3.01	2.74
2003	2.93	2.7
2004	2.79	2.64
2005	2.64	2.63
2006	2.51	2.6
2007	2.44	2.52
2008	2.37	2.48
2009	2.25	2.42
2010	2.14	2.4
2011	2.07	2.4
2012	2.04	2.38
2013	2.03	2.33
2014	2.03	2.3
2015	1.98	2.25
2016	1.86	2.22
2017	1.83	2.18
2018	1.76	2.15
2019	1.73	2.13
2020	1.68	2.12
2021	1.61	2.11
2022	1.74	2.09
2023	1.73	2.08
2024	1.72	2.08
2025	1.7	2.06
2026	1.69	2.04
2027	1.68	2.03
2028	1.67	2.01
2029	1.66	2
2030	1.66	1.99
2031	1.65	1.98
2032	1.64	1.97
2033	1.64	1.96
2034	1.64	1.95
2035	1.63	1.94
2036	1.63	1.93
2037	1.63	1.92
2038	1.63	1.91
2039	1.63	1.91
2040	1.63	1.9
2041	1.63	1.89
2042	1.63	1.88
2043	1.63	1.87
2044	1.63	1.86
2045	1.63	1.86
2046	1.63	1.85
2047	1.63	1.84
2048	1.63	1.84
2049	1.62	1.83
2050	1.62	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Qatar	Venezuela
1960	44.2%	46.8%
1961	42.5%	46.9%
1962	40.5%	47%
1963	38.7%	47%
1964	37.2%	47%
1965	36.2%	46.9%
1966	35.3%	46.8%
1967	34.7%	46.6%
1968	34.2%	46.3%
1969	33.9%	46%
1970	35.1%	45.6%
1971	36.9%	45.2%
1972	37.5%	44.7%
1973	37.4%	44.3%
1974	36.7%	43.8%
1975	35.7%	43.3%
1976	34.6%	42.9%
1977	33.3%	42.5%
1978	32.1%	42.1%
1979	31%	41.7%
1980	30%	41.3%
1981	29.2%	41%
1982	28.6%	40.6%
1983	28.1%	40.3%
1984	27.6%	39.9%
1985	27.2%	39.6%
1986	27%	39.3%
1987	27.2%	39%
1988	27.2%	38.7%
1989	27.1%	38.4%
1990	27%	38.1%
1991	26.8%	37.8%
1992	26.6%	37.4%
1993	26.4%	37%
1994	26.2%	36.6%
1995	26.1%	36.2%
1996	25.9%	35.8%
1997	25.5%	35.3%
1998	24.8%	34.9%
1999	24.1%	34.5%
2000	23.5%	34%
2001	23%	33.6%
2002	22.5%	33.1%
2003	22.2%	32.7%
2004	22.2%	32.2%
2005	22.5%	31.8%
2006	20.2%	31.4%
2007	16.4%	31%
2008	14.6%	30.6%
2009	14%	30.3%
2010	13.9%	29.9%
2011	14.2%	29.5%
2012	14.5%	29.2%
2013	14.6%	28.9%
2014	14.4%	28.5%
2015	13.9%	28.2%
2016	13.7%	27.9%
2017	13.7%	27.8%
2018	14%	27.9%
2019	14.6%	28%
2020	15.4%	27.8%
2021	15.5%	27.4%
2022	15.2%	26.8%
2023	15.2%	26.2%
2024	15.1%	25.5%
2025	15%	24.9%
2026	15%	24.3%
2027	15%	23.8%
2028	15.1%	23.2%
2029	15.2%	22.8%
2030	15.3%	22.4%
2031	15.4%	22%
2032	15.5%	21.7%
2033	15.6%	21.5%
2034	15.7%	21.4%
2035	15.9%	21.4%
2036	16.1%	21.4%
2037	16.2%	21.5%
2038	16.4%	21.5%
2039	16.5%	21.4%
2040	16.7%	21.4%
2041	16.8%	21.3%
2042	17%	21.2%
2043	17.1%	21.1%
2044	17.3%	20.9%
2045	17.4%	20.7%
2046	17.5%	20.5%
2047	17.6%	20.3%
2048	17.7%	20%
2049	17.7%	19.8%
2050	17.8%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Qatar and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 27% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Qatar and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Qatar vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	Venezuela
1960	1,220	285,105
1961	1,357	292,109
1962	1,589	299,345
1963	1,854	307,279
1964	2,150	314,397
1965	2,472	321,695
1966	2,811	329,697
1967	3,167	335,813
1968	3,547	340,973
1969	3,941	343,596
1970	4,346	350,709
1971	4,433	355,212
1972	4,581	360,749
1973	4,780	367,612
1974	5,015	375,678
1975	5,289	385,045
1976	5,598	395,344
1977	5,925	405,315
1978	6,246	414,032
1979	6,579	421,256
1980	6,894	425,613
1981	7,202	432,059
1982	7,489	436,564
1983	7,765	443,569
1984	7,997	449,186
1985	8,212	455,517
1986	8,439	468,252
1987	8,806	474,204
1988	9,198	477,569
1989	9,407	478,053
1990	9,388	478,168
1991	9,182	477,917
1992	9,189	474,824
1993	9,250	473,189
1994	9,257	469,178
1995	9,186	469,267
1996	9,049	468,653
1997	8,846	472,002
1998	9,055	469,123
1999	9,431	463,787
2000	9,974	459,802
2001	10,683	451,487
2002	11,062	466,821
2003	11,291	456,902
2004	11,242	455,881
2005	11,392	463,260
2006	10,225	460,152
2007	11,351	452,482
2008	14,062	435,870
2009	15,595	427,257
2010	16,225	425,397
2011	16,543	425,958
2012	17,681	420,758
2013	19,669	408,930
2014	21,699	395,088
2015	22,568	384,560
2016	22,416	359,651
2017	23,244	340,222
2018	23,340	317,302
2019	24,112	274,826
2020	25,128	237,223
2021	21,297	207,746
2022	24,360	216,619
2023	23,845	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Qatar vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Qatar	Venezuela
1985	17	83
1986	16	81
1987	15	81
1988	15	80
1989	14	80
1990	13	83
1991	13	80
1992	13	82
1993	13	82
1994	13	84
1995	13	84
1996	13	86
1997	13	82
1998	12	82
1999	12	88
2000	11	86
2001	12	101
2002	11	87
2003	11	97
2004	11	94
2005	11	93
2006	10	96
2007	9	92
2008	9	103
2009	8	109
2010	8	110
2011	7	104
2012	7	113
2013	6	123
2014	6	133
2015	6	136
2016	5	162
2017	5	195
2018	5	205
2019	5	202
2020	6	207
2021	7	251
2022	8	219
2023	4	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Qatar 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
	Qatar	Venezuela
1960	-	7.97%
1961	-	7.72%
1962	-	7.49%
1963	-	7.3%
1964	-	7.14%
1965	-	7%
1966	-	6.87%
1967	-	6.75%
1968	-	6.61%
1969	7.07%	6.47%
1970	6.6%	6.3%
1971	6.16%	6.12%
1972	5.77%	5.94%
1973	5.4%	5.75%
1974	5.06%	5.57%
1975	4.75%	5.38%
1976	4.48%	5.2%
1977	4.24%	5.01%
1978	4.02%	4.82%
1979	3.81%	4.62%
1980	3.62%	4.42%
1981	3.45%	4.24%
1982	3.29%	4.07%
1983	3.13%	3.91%
1984	2.98%	3.77%
1985	2.82%	3.64%
1986	2.68%	3.5%
1987	2.52%	3.37%
1988	2.37%	3.23%
1989	2.23%	3.09%
1990	2.08%	2.96%
1991	1.94%	2.86%
1992	1.82%	2.78%
1993	1.71%	2.73%
1994	1.61%	2.68%
1995	1.53%	2.63%
1996	1.46%	2.55%
1997	1.4%	2.45%
1998	1.34%	2.34%
1999	1.29%	2.24%
2000	1.25%	2.15%
2001	1.2%	2.09%
2002	1.16%	2.03%
2003	1.12%	1.98%
2004	1.08%	1.91%
2005	1.04%	1.85%
2006	1.01%	1.79%
2007	0.98%	1.74%
2008	0.96%	1.72%
2009	0.93%	1.71%
2010	0.91%	1.72%
2011	0.89%	1.73%
2012	0.87%	1.76%
2013	0.84%	1.79%
2014	0.82%	1.83%
2015	0.79%	1.92%
2016	0.75%	2.43%
2017	0.72%	2.43%
2018	0.69%	2.43%
2019	0.67%	2.43%
2020	0.64%	2.43%
2021	0.63%	2.43%
2022	0.61%	2.43%
2023	0.6%	2.43%