Fertility & birth rates in Romania and Zimbabwe

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

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Romania	Zimbabwe
1960	2.34	7.2
1961	2.17	7.21
1962	2.04	7.23
1963	2.01	7.23
1964	1.96	7.23
1965	1.91	7.23
1966	1.9	7.2
1967	3.66	7.16
1968	3.63	7.11
1969	3.19	7.04
1970	2.89	6.98
1971	2.67	6.94
1972	2.55	6.94
1973	2.44	6.94
1974	2.71	6.88
1975	2.59	6.83
1976	2.54	6.77
1977	2.57	6.71
1978	2.52	6.66
1979	2.49	6.59
1980	2.43	6.52
1981	2.36	6.45
1982	2.17	6.33
1983	2.06	6.2
1984	2.26	6.04
1985	2.31	5.87
1986	2.39	5.69
1987	2.38	5.5
1988	2.3	5.28
1989	2.22	5.07
1990	1.83	4.88
1991	1.59	4.72
1992	1.51	4.57
1993	1.43	4.39
1994	1.4	4.28
1995	1.33	4.15
1996	1.3	4.11
1997	1.32	4.08
1998	1.32	4.07
1999	1.3	4.06
2000	1.31	4.01
2001	1.27	3.98
2002	1.27	3.93
2003	1.3	3.86
2004	1.33	3.78
2005	1.4	3.69
2006	1.42	3.64
2007	1.45	3.68
2008	1.6	3.78
2009	1.66	3.95
2010	1.59	4.04
2011	1.47	4.13
2012	1.52	4.13
2013	1.46	4.11
2014	1.56	4.01
2015	1.62	3.91
2016	1.69	3.83
2017	1.78	3.77
2018	1.76	3.74
2019	1.77	3.75
2020	1.8	3.75
2021	1.81	3.77
2022	1.71	3.77
2023	1.71	3.72
2024	1.71	3.67
2025	1.71	3.62
2026	1.7	3.57
2027	1.7	3.52
2028	1.7	3.47
2029	1.7	3.43
2030	1.7	3.38
2031	1.7	3.33
2032	1.7	3.29
2033	1.69	3.25
2034	1.69	3.21
2035	1.69	3.17
2036	1.69	3.13
2037	1.69	3.09
2038	1.69	3.06
2039	1.69	3.02
2040	1.69	2.99
2041	1.68	2.96
2042	1.68	2.93
2043	1.68	2.9
2044	1.68	2.87
2045	1.68	2.84
2046	1.68	2.81
2047	1.68	2.78
2048	1.68	2.75
2049	1.68	2.72
2050	1.68	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Romania	Zimbabwe
1960	28.1%	47.3%
1961	28%	47.7%
1962	27.7%	48.1%
1963	27.3%	48.5%
1964	26.7%	48.8%
1965	26%	48.7%
1966	25.2%	48.6%
1967	25%	48.5%
1968	25.1%	48.5%
1969	25.1%	48.4%
1970	25.1%	48.3%
1971	24.9%	48.2%
1972	24.9%	48.2%
1973	24.9%	48.1%
1974	25.1%	48.1%
1975	25.3%	48.1%
1976	25.7%	48.2%
1977	26%	48.3%
1978	26.3%	48.5%
1979	26.5%	48.8%
1980	26.8%	48.7%
1981	27.1%	48.4%
1982	26.8%	48.3%
1983	25.9%	48.2%
1984	25.1%	48.1%
1985	24.6%	48%
1986	24.3%	47.9%
1987	24%	47.9%
1988	23.9%	47.9%
1989	23.7%	47.6%
1990	23.3%	47.1%
1991	22.8%	46.6%
1992	22.2%	46.8%
1993	21.6%	47.1%
1994	21%	46.6%
1995	20.5%	45.9%
1996	20%	45%
1997	19.6%	44%
1998	19.3%	43.1%
1999	19.1%	42.4%
2000	18.6%	41.9%
2001	18.1%	41.5%
2002	17.5%	41.4%
2003	16.9%	41.5%
2004	16.4%	41.7%
2005	16%	41.9%
2006	15.8%	42%
2007	15.7%	42.1%
2008	15.7%	42.4%
2009	15.7%	42.7%
2010	15.7%	43%
2011	15.8%	43.4%
2012	15.7%	43.7%
2013	15.7%	43.9%
2014	15.7%	43.9%
2015	15.7%	43.8%
2016	15.7%	43.6%
2017	15.8%	43.3%
2018	15.9%	42.9%
2019	16%	42.5%
2020	16.1%	42.2%
2021	16.1%	41.9%
2022	16%	41.6%
2023	15.9%	41.3%
2024	15.7%	40.9%
2025	15.6%	40.3%
2026	15.4%	39.6%
2027	15.3%	39%
2028	15.2%	38.4%
2029	15.1%	37.8%
2030	15%	37.4%
2031	14.9%	37%
2032	14.7%	36.8%
2033	14.6%	36.5%
2034	14.4%	36.3%
2035	14.4%	36.1%
2036	14.3%	35.8%
2037	14.3%	35.6%
2038	14.3%	35.3%
2039	14.2%	35.1%
2040	14.2%	34.8%
2041	14.3%	34.6%
2042	14.3%	34.3%
2043	14.3%	34.1%
2044	14.3%	33.8%
2045	14.4%	33.5%
2046	14.4%	33.2%
2047	14.4%	32.9%
2048	14.4%	32.6%
2049	14.4%	32.2%
2050	14.4%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.7% of the population in Romania and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 23.3% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Romania and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Romania vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.4% in Romania 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
	Romania	Zimbabwe
1960	191,431	126,959
1961	163,286	131,531
1962	130,736	136,317
1963	139,104	140,984
1964	134,326	145,848
1965	114,190	151,164
1966	115,293	156,014
1967	347,709	161,205
1968	338,577	166,865
1969	264,120	172,626
1970	234,905	178,979
1971	206,662	185,427
1972	198,316	193,725
1973	175,020	201,885
1974	235,530	208,806
1975	219,324	216,947
1976	213,361	221,419
1977	215,385	225,139
1978	204,148	222,979
1979	194,397	223,657
1980	168,776	241,179
1981	156,472	271,361
1982	119,121	279,934
1983	87,986	286,545
1984	117,731	290,052
1985	111,392	290,756
1986	134,737	289,894
1987	128,517	286,766
1988	126,817	277,498
1989	122,756	270,838
1990	69,605	265,444
1991	25,301	260,943
1992	-4,559	255,291
1993	-13,658	228,045
1994	-18,184	216,343
1995	-36,295	206,695
1996	-56,548	205,269
1997	-42,853	216,288
1998	-33,761	225,614
1999	-31,461	232,393
2000	-22,443	236,343
2001	-37,625	227,909
2002	-58,673	244,170
2003	-56,093	243,057
2004	-42,904	248,307
2005	-40,508	248,545
2006	-38,148	248,963
2007	-37,590	261,805
2008	-30,806	280,527
2009	-34,625	309,316
2010	-46,567	335,570
2011	-56,413	359,572
2012	-54,157	371,135
2013	-59,951	374,757
2014	-55,745	366,350
2015	-59,447	356,203
2016	-53,196	348,772
2017	-50,930	344,035
2018	-62,316	345,883
2019	-60,053	348,798
2020	-100,179	354,790
2021	-141,504	349,908
2022	-93,338	371,243
2023	-89,580	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Romania vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Romania	Zimbabwe
1985	184	573
1986	180	525
1987	173	480
1988	159	431
1989	143	382
1990	118	353
1991	104	332
1992	95	333
1993	87	331
1994	80	332
1995	75	332
1996	72	352
1997	66	357
1998	58	368
1999	51	399
2000	45	405
2001	41	467
2002	38	418
2003	35	455
2004	32	451
2005	30	454
2006	27	480
2007	25	519
2008	25	526
2009	25	540
2010	23	567
2011	20	564
2012	19	558
2013	18	525
2014	18	468
2015	18	428
2016	17	411
2017	17	389
2018	15	386
2019	14	388
2020	16	380
2021	20	446
2022	13	368
2023	12	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.66% in Romania 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
	Romania	Zimbabwe
1960	8.82%	15.2%
1961	7.98%	14.8%
1962	6.98%	14.4%
1963	6.03%	14%
1964	5.45%	13.5%
1965	5.44%	13.1%
1966	5.83%	12.7%
1967	6.27%	12.4%
1968	6.44%	12.1%
1969	6.23%	11.8%
1970	5.69%	11.7%
1971	5.06%	11.5%
1972	4.64%	11.5%
1973	4.49%	11.4%
1974	4.43%	11.4%
1975	4.27%	11.4%
1976	4.05%	11.5%
1977	3.86%	11.5%
1978	3.76%	11.5%
1979	3.68%	11.3%
1980	3.57%	11.1%
1981	3.44%	10.7%
1982	3.28%	10.1%
1983	3.14%	9.5%
1984	3.08%	8.87%
1985	3.16%	8.31%
1986	3.33%	7.86%
1987	3.45%	7.61%
1988	3.43%	7.55%
1989	3.31%	7.69%
1990	3.14%	7.97%
1991	2.97%	8.33%
1992	2.84%	8.73%
1993	2.79%	9.16%
1994	2.76%	9.52%
1995	2.73%	9.83%
1996	2.68%	10%
1997	2.58%	10.1%
1998	2.44%	10%
1999	2.29%	9.92%
2000	2.16%	9.83%
2001	2.06%	9.79%
2002	2.01%	8.48%
2003	1.99%	8.85%
2004	1.94%	9.17%
2005	1.82%	9.23%
2006	1.66%	9.4%
2007	1.51%	9.47%
2008	1.4%	9.34%
2009	1.31%	9.03%
2010	1.24%	8.5%
2011	1.18%	7.88%
2012	1.12%	7.14%
2013	1.05%	6.55%
2014	0.99%	6.18%
2015	0.92%	5.98%
2016	0.85%	5.69%
2017	0.79%	5.5%
2018	0.73%	5.23%
2019	0.68%	5.11%
2020	0.66%	5.01%
2021	0.65%	4.76%
2022	0.66%	4.6%
2023	0.66%	4.42%