Fertility & birth rates in Romania and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Romania vs Venezuela chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Romania was 1.71 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 Romania 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
	Romania	Venezuela
1960	2.34	6.38
1961	2.17	6.3
1962	2.04	6.23
1963	2.01	6.16
1964	1.96	6.07
1965	1.91	5.98
1966	1.9	5.87
1967	3.66	5.75
1968	3.63	5.61
1969	3.19	5.47
1970	2.89	5.32
1971	2.67	5.17
1972	2.55	5.04
1973	2.44	4.91
1974	2.71	4.79
1975	2.59	4.69
1976	2.54	4.59
1977	2.57	4.49
1978	2.52	4.4
1979	2.49	4.3
1980	2.43	4.2
1981	2.36	4.1
1982	2.17	4.01
1983	2.06	3.93
1984	2.26	3.86
1985	2.31	3.79
1986	2.39	3.73
1987	2.38	3.67
1988	2.3	3.6
1989	2.22	3.52
1990	1.83	3.45
1991	1.59	3.37
1992	1.51	3.29
1993	1.43	3.22
1994	1.4	3.15
1995	1.33	3.08
1996	1.3	3.02
1997	1.32	2.97
1998	1.32	2.91
1999	1.3	2.86
2000	1.31	2.79
2001	1.27	2.78
2002	1.27	2.74
2003	1.3	2.7
2004	1.33	2.64
2005	1.4	2.63
2006	1.42	2.6
2007	1.45	2.52
2008	1.6	2.48
2009	1.66	2.42
2010	1.59	2.4
2011	1.47	2.4
2012	1.52	2.38
2013	1.46	2.33
2014	1.56	2.3
2015	1.62	2.25
2016	1.69	2.22
2017	1.78	2.18
2018	1.76	2.15
2019	1.77	2.13
2020	1.8	2.12
2021	1.81	2.11
2022	1.71	2.09
2023	1.71	2.08
2024	1.71	2.08
2025	1.71	2.06
2026	1.7	2.04
2027	1.7	2.03
2028	1.7	2.01
2029	1.7	2
2030	1.7	1.99
2031	1.7	1.98
2032	1.7	1.97
2033	1.69	1.96
2034	1.69	1.95
2035	1.69	1.94
2036	1.69	1.93
2037	1.69	1.92
2038	1.69	1.91
2039	1.69	1.91
2040	1.69	1.9
2041	1.68	1.89
2042	1.68	1.88
2043	1.68	1.87
2044	1.68	1.86
2045	1.68	1.86
2046	1.68	1.85
2047	1.68	1.84
2048	1.68	1.84
2049	1.68	1.83
2050	1.68	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Romania	Venezuela
1960	28.1%	46.8%
1961	28%	46.9%
1962	27.7%	47%
1963	27.3%	47%
1964	26.7%	47%
1965	26%	46.9%
1966	25.2%	46.8%
1967	25%	46.6%
1968	25.1%	46.3%
1969	25.1%	46%
1970	25.1%	45.6%
1971	24.9%	45.2%
1972	24.9%	44.7%
1973	24.9%	44.3%
1974	25.1%	43.8%
1975	25.3%	43.3%
1976	25.7%	42.9%
1977	26%	42.5%
1978	26.3%	42.1%
1979	26.5%	41.7%
1980	26.8%	41.3%
1981	27.1%	41%
1982	26.8%	40.6%
1983	25.9%	40.3%
1984	25.1%	39.9%
1985	24.6%	39.6%
1986	24.3%	39.3%
1987	24%	39%
1988	23.9%	38.7%
1989	23.7%	38.4%
1990	23.3%	38.1%
1991	22.8%	37.8%
1992	22.2%	37.4%
1993	21.6%	37%
1994	21%	36.6%
1995	20.5%	36.2%
1996	20%	35.8%
1997	19.6%	35.3%
1998	19.3%	34.9%
1999	19.1%	34.5%
2000	18.6%	34%
2001	18.1%	33.6%
2002	17.5%	33.1%
2003	16.9%	32.7%
2004	16.4%	32.2%
2005	16%	31.8%
2006	15.8%	31.4%
2007	15.7%	31%
2008	15.7%	30.6%
2009	15.7%	30.3%
2010	15.7%	29.9%
2011	15.8%	29.5%
2012	15.7%	29.2%
2013	15.7%	28.9%
2014	15.7%	28.5%
2015	15.7%	28.2%
2016	15.7%	27.9%
2017	15.8%	27.8%
2018	15.9%	27.9%
2019	16%	28%
2020	16.1%	27.8%
2021	16.1%	27.4%
2022	16%	26.8%
2023	15.9%	26.2%
2024	15.7%	25.5%
2025	15.6%	24.9%
2026	15.4%	24.3%
2027	15.3%	23.8%
2028	15.2%	23.2%
2029	15.1%	22.8%
2030	15%	22.4%
2031	14.9%	22%
2032	14.7%	21.7%
2033	14.6%	21.5%
2034	14.4%	21.4%
2035	14.4%	21.4%
2036	14.3%	21.4%
2037	14.3%	21.5%
2038	14.3%	21.5%
2039	14.2%	21.4%
2040	14.2%	21.4%
2041	14.3%	21.3%
2042	14.3%	21.2%
2043	14.3%	21.1%
2044	14.3%	20.9%
2045	14.4%	20.7%
2046	14.4%	20.5%
2047	14.4%	20.3%
2048	14.4%	20%
2049	14.4%	19.8%
2050	14.4%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.7% of the population in Romania and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Romania and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Romania vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.4% in Romania 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
	Romania	Venezuela
1960	191,431	285,105
1961	163,286	292,109
1962	130,736	299,345
1963	139,104	307,279
1964	134,326	314,397
1965	114,190	321,695
1966	115,293	329,697
1967	347,709	335,813
1968	338,577	340,973
1969	264,120	343,596
1970	234,905	350,709
1971	206,662	355,212
1972	198,316	360,749
1973	175,020	367,612
1974	235,530	375,678
1975	219,324	385,045
1976	213,361	395,344
1977	215,385	405,315
1978	204,148	414,032
1979	194,397	421,256
1980	168,776	425,613
1981	156,472	432,059
1982	119,121	436,564
1983	87,986	443,569
1984	117,731	449,186
1985	111,392	455,517
1986	134,737	468,252
1987	128,517	474,204
1988	126,817	477,569
1989	122,756	478,053
1990	69,605	478,168
1991	25,301	477,917
1992	-4,559	474,824
1993	-13,658	473,189
1994	-18,184	469,178
1995	-36,295	469,267
1996	-56,548	468,653
1997	-42,853	472,002
1998	-33,761	469,123
1999	-31,461	463,787
2000	-22,443	459,802
2001	-37,625	451,487
2002	-58,673	466,821
2003	-56,093	456,902
2004	-42,904	455,881
2005	-40,508	463,260
2006	-38,148	460,152
2007	-37,590	452,482
2008	-30,806	435,870
2009	-34,625	427,257
2010	-46,567	425,397
2011	-56,413	425,958
2012	-54,157	420,758
2013	-59,951	408,930
2014	-55,745	395,088
2015	-59,447	384,560
2016	-53,196	359,651
2017	-50,930	340,222
2018	-62,316	317,302
2019	-60,053	274,826
2020	-100,179	237,223
2021	-141,504	207,746
2022	-93,338	216,619
2023	-89,580	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Romania vs Venezuela

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Romania, compared to 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Romania	Venezuela
1985	184	83
1986	180	81
1987	173	81
1988	159	80
1989	143	80
1990	118	83
1991	104	80
1992	95	82
1993	87	82
1994	80	84
1995	75	84
1996	72	86
1997	66	82
1998	58	82
1999	51	88
2000	45	86
2001	41	101
2002	38	87
2003	35	97
2004	32	94
2005	30	93
2006	27	96
2007	25	92
2008	25	103
2009	25	109
2010	23	110
2011	20	104
2012	19	113
2013	18	123
2014	18	133
2015	18	136
2016	17	162
2017	17	195
2018	15	205
2019	14	202
2020	16	207
2021	20	251
2022	13	219
2023	12	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.66% in Romania 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
	Romania	Venezuela
1960	8.82%	7.97%
1961	7.98%	7.72%
1962	6.98%	7.49%
1963	6.03%	7.3%
1964	5.45%	7.14%
1965	5.44%	7%
1966	5.83%	6.87%
1967	6.27%	6.75%
1968	6.44%	6.61%
1969	6.23%	6.47%
1970	5.69%	6.3%
1971	5.06%	6.12%
1972	4.64%	5.94%
1973	4.49%	5.75%
1974	4.43%	5.57%
1975	4.27%	5.38%
1976	4.05%	5.2%
1977	3.86%	5.01%
1978	3.76%	4.82%
1979	3.68%	4.62%
1980	3.57%	4.42%
1981	3.44%	4.24%
1982	3.28%	4.07%
1983	3.14%	3.91%
1984	3.08%	3.77%
1985	3.16%	3.64%
1986	3.33%	3.5%
1987	3.45%	3.37%
1988	3.43%	3.23%
1989	3.31%	3.09%
1990	3.14%	2.96%
1991	2.97%	2.86%
1992	2.84%	2.78%
1993	2.79%	2.73%
1994	2.76%	2.68%
1995	2.73%	2.63%
1996	2.68%	2.55%
1997	2.58%	2.45%
1998	2.44%	2.34%
1999	2.29%	2.24%
2000	2.16%	2.15%
2001	2.06%	2.09%
2002	2.01%	2.03%
2003	1.99%	1.98%
2004	1.94%	1.91%
2005	1.82%	1.85%
2006	1.66%	1.79%
2007	1.51%	1.74%
2008	1.4%	1.72%
2009	1.31%	1.71%
2010	1.24%	1.72%
2011	1.18%	1.73%
2012	1.12%	1.76%
2013	1.05%	1.79%
2014	0.99%	1.83%
2015	0.92%	1.92%
2016	0.85%	2.43%
2017	0.79%	2.43%
2018	0.73%	2.43%
2019	0.68%	2.43%
2020	0.66%	2.43%
2021	0.65%	2.43%
2022	0.66%	2.43%
2023	0.66%	2.43%