Fertility & birth rates in Rwanda and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Rwanda vs Venezuela chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Rwanda was 3.7 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 Rwanda 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
	Rwanda	Venezuela
1960	8.28	6.38
1961	8.28	6.3
1962	8.27	6.23
1963	8.27	6.16
1964	8.27	6.07
1965	8.25	5.98
1966	8.23	5.87
1967	8.21	5.75
1968	8.19	5.61
1969	8.18	5.47
1970	8.15	5.32
1971	8.09	5.17
1972	8.09	5.04
1973	8.09	4.91
1974	8.1	4.79
1975	8.1	4.69
1976	8.12	4.59
1977	8.14	4.49
1978	8.16	4.4
1979	8.13	4.3
1980	8.12	4.2
1981	8.1	4.1
1982	8.06	4.01
1983	8	3.93
1984	7.91	3.86
1985	7.79	3.79
1986	7.61	3.73
1987	7.43	3.67
1988	7.23	3.6
1989	7.03	3.52
1990	6.8	3.45
1991	6.62	3.37
1992	6.54	3.29
1993	6.48	3.22
1994	6.42	3.15
1995	6.35	3.08
1996	6.29	3.02
1997	6.24	2.97
1998	6.17	2.91
1999	6.06	2.86
2000	5.97	2.79
2001	5.89	2.78
2002	5.82	2.74
2003	5.74	2.7
2004	5.64	2.64
2005	5.5	2.63
2006	5.34	2.6
2007	5.14	2.52
2008	4.92	2.48
2009	4.71	2.42
2010	4.52	2.4
2011	4.33	2.4
2012	4.2	2.38
2013	4.14	2.33
2014	4.12	2.3
2015	4.11	2.25
2016	4.11	2.22
2017	4.08	2.18
2018	4.05	2.15
2019	3.99	2.13
2020	3.91	2.12
2021	3.84	2.11
2022	3.78	2.09
2023	3.7	2.08
2024	3.64	2.08
2025	3.59	2.06
2026	3.54	2.04
2027	3.49	2.03
2028	3.43	2.01
2029	3.38	2
2030	3.33	1.99
2031	3.28	1.98
2032	3.24	1.97
2033	3.19	1.96
2034	3.15	1.95
2035	3.11	1.94
2036	3.07	1.93
2037	3.03	1.92
2038	2.99	1.91
2039	2.95	1.91
2040	2.92	1.9
2041	2.89	1.89
2042	2.85	1.88
2043	2.81	1.87
2044	2.78	1.86
2045	2.75	1.86
2046	2.72	1.85
2047	2.69	1.84
2048	2.67	1.84
2049	2.64	1.83
2050	2.61	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Rwanda	Venezuela
1960	49.2%	46.8%
1961	49.7%	46.9%
1962	50.2%	47%
1963	50.6%	47%
1964	50.8%	47%
1965	50.6%	46.9%
1966	50.2%	46.8%
1967	49.7%	46.6%
1968	49.2%	46.3%
1969	48.7%	46%
1970	48.2%	45.6%
1971	47.9%	45.2%
1972	47.5%	44.7%
1973	47.2%	44.3%
1974	46.9%	43.8%
1975	46.6%	43.3%
1976	46.4%	42.9%
1977	46.4%	42.5%
1978	46.4%	42.1%
1979	46.5%	41.7%
1980	46.8%	41.3%
1981	47.1%	41%
1982	47.4%	40.6%
1983	47.7%	40.3%
1984	48.1%	39.9%
1985	48.3%	39.6%
1986	48.6%	39.3%
1987	48.8%	39%
1988	48.9%	38.7%
1989	48.9%	38.4%
1990	49%	38.1%
1991	48.9%	37.8%
1992	48.7%	37.4%
1993	48.4%	37%
1994	50.1%	36.6%
1995	52.4%	36.2%
1996	51.4%	35.8%
1997	50.5%	35.3%
1998	49.2%	34.9%
1999	47.8%	34.5%
2000	46.4%	34%
2001	45.2%	33.6%
2002	44.3%	33.1%
2003	43.7%	32.7%
2004	43.3%	32.2%
2005	43.1%	31.8%
2006	42.9%	31.4%
2007	42.9%	31%
2008	42.8%	30.6%
2009	42.6%	30.3%
2010	42.4%	29.9%
2011	42.2%	29.5%
2012	41.9%	29.2%
2013	41.7%	28.9%
2014	41.4%	28.5%
2015	41.1%	28.2%
2016	40.9%	27.9%
2017	40.5%	27.8%
2018	40.1%	27.9%
2019	39.7%	28%
2020	39.2%	27.8%
2021	38.6%	27.4%
2022	38.2%	26.8%
2023	37.7%	26.2%
2024	37.4%	25.5%
2025	37%	24.9%
2026	36.7%	24.3%
2027	36.4%	23.8%
2028	36%	23.2%
2029	35.7%	22.8%
2030	35.4%	22.4%
2031	35%	22%
2032	34.7%	21.7%
2033	34.4%	21.5%
2034	34.1%	21.4%
2035	33.7%	21.4%
2036	33.4%	21.4%
2037	33.1%	21.5%
2038	32.9%	21.5%
2039	32.6%	21.4%
2040	32.3%	21.4%
2041	32%	21.3%
2042	31.7%	21.2%
2043	31.4%	21.1%
2044	31.1%	20.9%
2045	30.8%	20.7%
2046	30.5%	20.5%
2047	30.2%	20.3%
2048	29.9%	20%
2049	29.7%	19.8%
2050	29.4%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.4% of the population in Rwanda and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 49% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Rwanda and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Rwanda vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.45% in Rwanda 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
	Rwanda	Venezuela
1960	100,627	285,105
1961	102,051	292,109
1962	102,548	299,345
1963	94,296	307,279
1964	102,562	314,397
1965	103,422	321,695
1966	105,128	329,697
1967	108,053	335,813
1968	111,422	340,973
1969	115,394	343,596
1970	119,273	350,709
1971	122,567	355,212
1972	126,403	360,749
1973	131,021	367,612
1974	135,743	375,678
1975	140,596	385,045
1976	147,665	395,344
1977	155,011	405,315
1978	163,779	414,032
1979	174,477	421,256
1980	184,988	425,613
1981	195,769	432,059
1982	205,147	436,564
1983	212,750	443,569
1984	219,337	449,186
1985	223,794	455,517
1986	225,526	468,252
1987	225,744	474,204
1988	223,759	477,569
1989	217,632	478,053
1990	207,895	478,168
1991	196,431	477,917
1992	188,025	474,824
1993	183,926	473,189
1994	-719,479	469,178
1995	121,137	469,267
1996	140,455	468,653
1997	174,687	472,002
1998	197,185	469,123
1999	210,518	463,787
2000	221,276	459,802
2001	230,845	451,487
2002	239,036	466,821
2003	251,243	456,902
2004	265,273	455,881
2005	275,121	463,260
2006	282,149	460,152
2007	285,791	452,482
2008	287,334	435,870
2009	287,034	427,257
2010	286,848	425,397
2011	282,922	425,958
2012	282,584	420,758
2013	286,331	408,930
2014	292,779	395,088
2015	299,114	384,560
2016	305,549	359,651
2017	310,323	340,222
2018	312,512	317,302
2019	313,525	274,826
2020	312,692	237,223
2021	309,895	207,746
2022	312,145	216,619
2023	312,762	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Rwanda vs Venezuela

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 229 deaths per 100,000 live births in Rwanda, compared to 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Rwanda	Venezuela
1985	1,116	83
1986	1,126	81
1987	1,145	81
1988	1,188	80
1989	1,238	80
1990	1,309	83
1991	1,386	80
1992	1,530	82
1993	1,619	82
1994	5,721	84
1995	1,505	84
1996	1,295	86
1997	1,318	82
1998	1,268	82
1999	1,073	88
2000	885	86
2001	769	101
2002	677	87
2003	551	97
2004	460	94
2005	465	93
2006	494	96
2007	494	92
2008	454	103
2009	418	109
2010	393	110
2011	358	104
2012	331	113
2013	317	123
2014	301	133
2015	292	136
2016	278	162
2017	275	195
2018	269	205
2019	261	202
2020	252	207
2021	254	251
2022	234	219
2023	229	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4% in Rwanda 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
	Rwanda	Venezuela
1960	22.4%	7.97%
1961	21.9%	7.72%
1962	21.5%	7.49%
1963	21.3%	7.3%
1964	21.1%	7.14%
1965	21.1%	7%
1966	21.2%	6.87%
1967	21.4%	6.75%
1968	21.7%	6.61%
1969	22%	6.47%
1970	22.3%	6.3%
1971	22.6%	6.12%
1972	23%	5.94%
1973	23.4%	5.75%
1974	24%	5.57%
1975	24.6%	5.38%
1976	25.1%	5.2%
1977	25.1%	5.01%
1978	24.6%	4.82%
1979	23.4%	4.62%
1980	21.8%	4.42%
1981	20.1%	4.24%
1982	18.6%	4.07%
1983	17.4%	3.91%
1984	16.6%	3.77%
1985	16.1%	3.64%
1986	15.6%	3.5%
1987	15.2%	3.37%
1988	14.8%	3.23%
1989	14.8%	3.09%
1990	15.1%	2.96%
1991	16%	2.86%
1992	17.5%	2.78%
1993	19.3%	2.73%
1994	38.9%	2.68%
1995	21.8%	2.63%
1996	22.2%	2.55%
1997	22.2%	2.45%
1998	21.5%	2.34%
1999	20.2%	2.24%
2000	18.5%	2.15%
2001	16.7%	2.09%
2002	14.9%	2.03%
2003	13.3%	1.98%
2004	11.8%	1.91%
2005	10.5%	1.85%
2006	9.37%	1.79%
2007	8.45%	1.74%
2008	7.62%	1.72%
2009	6.92%	1.71%
2010	6.33%	1.72%
2011	5.81%	1.73%
2012	5.45%	1.76%
2013	5.17%	1.79%
2014	4.96%	1.83%
2015	4.78%	1.92%
2016	4.63%	2.43%
2017	4.52%	2.43%
2018	4.43%	2.43%
2019	4.34%	2.43%
2020	4.25%	2.43%
2021	4.16%	2.43%
2022	4.08%	2.43%
2023	4%	2.43%