Fertility & birth rates in Qatar and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Qatar vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Qatar vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	6.53	7.2
1961	6.53	7.21
1962	6.53	7.23
1963	6.53	7.23
1964	6.53	7.23
1965	6.53	7.23
1966	6.52	7.2
1967	6.46	7.16
1968	6.39	7.11
1969	6.31	7.04
1970	6.23	6.98
1971	6.15	6.94
1972	6.07	6.94
1973	6.01	6.94
1974	5.94	6.88
1975	5.86	6.83
1976	5.78	6.77
1977	5.69	6.71
1978	5.58	6.66
1979	5.46	6.59
1980	5.33	6.52
1981	5.2	6.45
1982	5.04	6.33
1983	4.9	6.2
1984	4.76	6.04
1985	4.64	5.87
1986	4.57	5.69
1987	4.54	5.5
1988	4.51	5.28
1989	4.41	5.07
1990	4.23	4.88
1991	3.99	4.72
1992	3.85	4.57
1993	3.77	4.39
1994	3.67	4.28
1995	3.56	4.15
1996	3.44	4.11
1997	3.33	4.08
1998	3.21	4.07
1999	3.12	4.06
2000	3.07	4.01
2001	3.08	3.98
2002	3.01	3.93
2003	2.93	3.86
2004	2.79	3.78
2005	2.64	3.69
2006	2.51	3.64
2007	2.44	3.68
2008	2.37	3.78
2009	2.25	3.95
2010	2.14	4.04
2011	2.07	4.13
2012	2.04	4.13
2013	2.03	4.11
2014	2.03	4.01
2015	1.98	3.91
2016	1.86	3.83
2017	1.83	3.77
2018	1.76	3.74
2019	1.73	3.75
2020	1.68	3.75
2021	1.61	3.77
2022	1.74	3.77
2023	1.73	3.72
2024	1.72	3.67
2025	1.7	3.62
2026	1.69	3.57
2027	1.68	3.52
2028	1.67	3.47
2029	1.66	3.43
2030	1.66	3.38
2031	1.65	3.33
2032	1.64	3.29
2033	1.64	3.25
2034	1.64	3.21
2035	1.63	3.17
2036	1.63	3.13
2037	1.63	3.09
2038	1.63	3.06
2039	1.63	3.02
2040	1.63	2.99
2041	1.63	2.96
2042	1.63	2.93
2043	1.63	2.9
2044	1.63	2.87
2045	1.63	2.84
2046	1.63	2.81
2047	1.63	2.78
2048	1.63	2.75
2049	1.62	2.72
2050	1.62	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Qatar	Zimbabwe
1960	44.2%	47.3%
1961	42.5%	47.7%
1962	40.5%	48.1%
1963	38.7%	48.5%
1964	37.2%	48.8%
1965	36.2%	48.7%
1966	35.3%	48.6%
1967	34.7%	48.5%
1968	34.2%	48.5%
1969	33.9%	48.4%
1970	35.1%	48.3%
1971	36.9%	48.2%
1972	37.5%	48.2%
1973	37.4%	48.1%
1974	36.7%	48.1%
1975	35.7%	48.1%
1976	34.6%	48.2%
1977	33.3%	48.3%
1978	32.1%	48.5%
1979	31%	48.8%
1980	30%	48.7%
1981	29.2%	48.4%
1982	28.6%	48.3%
1983	28.1%	48.2%
1984	27.6%	48.1%
1985	27.2%	48%
1986	27%	47.9%
1987	27.2%	47.9%
1988	27.2%	47.9%
1989	27.1%	47.6%
1990	27%	47.1%
1991	26.8%	46.6%
1992	26.6%	46.8%
1993	26.4%	47.1%
1994	26.2%	46.6%
1995	26.1%	45.9%
1996	25.9%	45%
1997	25.5%	44%
1998	24.8%	43.1%
1999	24.1%	42.4%
2000	23.5%	41.9%
2001	23%	41.5%
2002	22.5%	41.4%
2003	22.2%	41.5%
2004	22.2%	41.7%
2005	22.5%	41.9%
2006	20.2%	42%
2007	16.4%	42.1%
2008	14.6%	42.4%
2009	14%	42.7%
2010	13.9%	43%
2011	14.2%	43.4%
2012	14.5%	43.7%
2013	14.6%	43.9%
2014	14.4%	43.9%
2015	13.9%	43.8%
2016	13.7%	43.6%
2017	13.7%	43.3%
2018	14%	42.9%
2019	14.6%	42.5%
2020	15.4%	42.2%
2021	15.5%	41.9%
2022	15.2%	41.6%
2023	15.2%	41.3%
2024	15.1%	40.9%
2025	15%	40.3%
2026	15%	39.6%
2027	15%	39%
2028	15.1%	38.4%
2029	15.2%	37.8%
2030	15.3%	37.4%
2031	15.4%	37%
2032	15.5%	36.8%
2033	15.6%	36.5%
2034	15.7%	36.3%
2035	15.9%	36.1%
2036	16.1%	35.8%
2037	16.2%	35.6%
2038	16.4%	35.3%
2039	16.5%	35.1%
2040	16.7%	34.8%
2041	16.8%	34.6%
2042	17%	34.3%
2043	17.1%	34.1%
2044	17.3%	33.8%
2045	17.4%	33.5%
2046	17.5%	33.2%
2047	17.6%	32.9%
2048	17.7%	32.6%
2049	17.7%	32.2%
2050	17.8%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Qatar and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 27% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Qatar and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Qatar vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.92% in Qatar and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	1,220	126,959
1961	1,357	131,531
1962	1,589	136,317
1963	1,854	140,984
1964	2,150	145,848
1965	2,472	151,164
1966	2,811	156,014
1967	3,167	161,205
1968	3,547	166,865
1969	3,941	172,626
1970	4,346	178,979
1971	4,433	185,427
1972	4,581	193,725
1973	4,780	201,885
1974	5,015	208,806
1975	5,289	216,947
1976	5,598	221,419
1977	5,925	225,139
1978	6,246	222,979
1979	6,579	223,657
1980	6,894	241,179
1981	7,202	271,361
1982	7,489	279,934
1983	7,765	286,545
1984	7,997	290,052
1985	8,212	290,756
1986	8,439	289,894
1987	8,806	286,766
1988	9,198	277,498
1989	9,407	270,838
1990	9,388	265,444
1991	9,182	260,943
1992	9,189	255,291
1993	9,250	228,045
1994	9,257	216,343
1995	9,186	206,695
1996	9,049	205,269
1997	8,846	216,288
1998	9,055	225,614
1999	9,431	232,393
2000	9,974	236,343
2001	10,683	227,909
2002	11,062	244,170
2003	11,291	243,057
2004	11,242	248,307
2005	11,392	248,545
2006	10,225	248,963
2007	11,351	261,805
2008	14,062	280,527
2009	15,595	309,316
2010	16,225	335,570
2011	16,543	359,572
2012	17,681	371,135
2013	19,669	374,757
2014	21,699	366,350
2015	22,568	356,203
2016	22,416	348,772
2017	23,244	344,035
2018	23,340	345,883
2019	24,112	348,798
2020	25,128	354,790
2021	21,297	349,908
2022	24,360	371,243
2023	23,845	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Qatar vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Qatar	Zimbabwe
1985	17	573
1986	16	525
1987	15	480
1988	15	431
1989	14	382
1990	13	353
1991	13	332
1992	13	333
1993	13	331
1994	13	332
1995	13	332
1996	13	352
1997	13	357
1998	12	368
1999	12	399
2000	11	405
2001	12	467
2002	11	418
2003	11	455
2004	11	451
2005	11	454
2006	10	480
2007	9	519
2008	9	526
2009	8	540
2010	8	567
2011	7	564
2012	7	558
2013	6	525
2014	6	468
2015	6	428
2016	5	411
2017	5	389
2018	5	386
2019	5	388
2020	6	380
2021	7	446
2022	8	368
2023	4	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Qatar and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.4%
1963	-	14%
1964	-	13.5%
1965	-	13.1%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12.4%
1968	-	12.1%
1969	7.07%	11.8%
1970	6.6%	11.7%
1971	6.16%	11.5%
1972	5.77%	11.5%
1973	5.4%	11.4%
1974	5.06%	11.4%
1975	4.75%	11.4%
1976	4.48%	11.5%
1977	4.24%	11.5%
1978	4.02%	11.5%
1979	3.81%	11.3%
1980	3.62%	11.1%
1981	3.45%	10.7%
1982	3.29%	10.1%
1983	3.13%	9.5%
1984	2.98%	8.87%
1985	2.82%	8.31%
1986	2.68%	7.86%
1987	2.52%	7.61%
1988	2.37%	7.55%
1989	2.23%	7.69%
1990	2.08%	7.97%
1991	1.94%	8.33%
1992	1.82%	8.73%
1993	1.71%	9.16%
1994	1.61%	9.52%
1995	1.53%	9.83%
1996	1.46%	10%
1997	1.4%	10.1%
1998	1.34%	10%
1999	1.29%	9.92%
2000	1.25%	9.83%
2001	1.2%	9.79%
2002	1.16%	8.48%
2003	1.12%	8.85%
2004	1.08%	9.17%
2005	1.04%	9.23%
2006	1.01%	9.4%
2007	0.98%	9.47%
2008	0.96%	9.34%
2009	0.93%	9.03%
2010	0.91%	8.5%
2011	0.89%	7.88%
2012	0.87%	7.14%
2013	0.84%	6.55%
2014	0.82%	6.18%
2015	0.79%	5.98%
2016	0.75%	5.69%
2017	0.72%	5.5%
2018	0.69%	5.23%
2019	0.67%	5.11%
2020	0.64%	5.01%
2021	0.63%	4.76%
2022	0.61%	4.6%
2023	0.6%	4.42%