Fertility & birth rates in Spain and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Spain vs United Arab Emirates chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Spain was 1.12 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Spain vs the United Arab Emirates population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Spain	UAE
1960	2.86	6.5
1961	2.77	6.49
1962	2.8	6.49
1963	2.88	6.5
1964	3.01	6.49
1965	2.94	6.5
1966	2.91	6.5
1967	2.94	6.51
1968	2.87	6.53
1969	2.86	6.52
1970	2.84	6.52
1971	2.9	6.52
1972	2.87	6.5
1973	2.84	6.46
1974	2.88	6.41
1975	2.77	6.35
1976	2.77	6.29
1977	2.65	6.22
1978	2.54	6.15
1979	2.37	6.06
1980	2.22	5.95
1981	2.04	5.81
1982	1.94	5.66
1983	1.8	5.48
1984	1.73	5.3
1985	1.64	5.13
1986	1.56	5
1987	1.49	4.88
1988	1.45	4.77
1989	1.4	4.65
1990	1.36	4.51
1991	1.33	4.25
1992	1.31	4.09
1993	1.26	3.82
1994	1.19	3.76
1995	1.16	3.28
1996	1.14	3.06
1997	1.15	2.83
1998	1.13	2.77
1999	1.17	2.79
2000	1.22	2.73
2001	1.23	2.62
2002	1.25	2.54
2003	1.3	2.49
2004	1.31	2.38
2005	1.33	2.23
2006	1.36	1.96
2007	1.38	1.79
2008	1.45	1.52
2009	1.38	1.58
2010	1.37	1.57
2011	1.34	1.54
2012	1.32	1.53
2013	1.27	1.53
2014	1.32	1.48
2015	1.33	1.42
2016	1.33	1.37
2017	1.31	1.35
2018	1.26	1.29
2019	1.23	1.25
2020	1.18	1.29
2021	1.18	1.16
2022	1.16	1.15
2023	1.12	1.2
2024	1.13	1.21
2025	1.14	1.21
2026	1.14	1.21
2027	1.15	1.21
2028	1.16	1.22
2029	1.16	1.22
2030	1.17	1.23
2031	1.17	1.23
2032	1.18	1.24
2033	1.18	1.25
2034	1.19	1.25
2035	1.19	1.26
2036	1.2	1.26
2037	1.2	1.27
2038	1.2	1.28
2039	1.21	1.28
2040	1.21	1.28
2041	1.22	1.29
2042	1.23	1.29
2043	1.23	1.3
2044	1.24	1.3
2045	1.24	1.31
2046	1.24	1.31
2047	1.25	1.31
2048	1.25	1.32
2049	1.25	1.32
2050	1.26	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Spain	UAE
1960	27.4%	37.8%
1961	27.4%	36.7%
1962	27.4%	35.8%
1963	27.4%	35.1%
1964	27.4%	34.5%
1965	27.5%	33.9%
1966	27.6%	33.2%
1967	27.7%	32.1%
1968	27.8%	31.2%
1969	27.8%	30.6%
1970	27.9%	29.8%
1971	27.8%	29%
1972	27.8%	28.3%
1973	27.7%	27.8%
1974	27.5%	27.4%
1975	27.3%	27.2%
1976	27.2%	26.9%
1977	27%	26.8%
1978	26.8%	26.9%
1979	26.4%	27.1%
1980	26%	27.4%
1981	25.5%	28%
1982	24.9%	28.8%
1983	24.4%	29.5%
1984	23.8%	30.2%
1985	23.2%	30.7%
1986	22.5%	31.2%
1987	21.9%	31.2%
1988	21.2%	30.9%
1989	20.5%	30.3%
1990	19.8%	29.6%
1991	19.1%	28.8%
1992	18.4%	28.1%
1993	17.8%	27.4%
1994	17.2%	26.7%
1995	16.6%	25.9%
1996	16.1%	25.2%
1997	15.7%	24.3%
1998	15.3%	23.1%
1999	15%	22%
2000	14.8%	20.8%
2001	14.7%	19.8%
2002	14.6%	18.9%
2003	14.5%	18.3%
2004	14.5%	17.8%
2005	14.5%	17.5%
2006	14.5%	17.2%
2007	14.6%	17%
2008	14.7%	16.9%
2009	14.8%	16.9%
2010	14.9%	16.9%
2011	15%	16.8%
2012	15.1%	16.8%
2013	15.1%	16.8%
2014	15.1%	16.8%
2015	15%	16.8%
2016	14.9%	16.8%
2017	14.8%	16.8%
2018	14.7%	16.7%
2019	14.4%	16.6%
2020	14.2%	16.6%
2021	13.9%	16.5%
2022	13.6%	16.5%
2023	13.3%	16.3%
2024	12.9%	16.1%
2025	12.6%	16%
2026	12.3%	15.9%
2027	12.1%	15.9%
2028	11.8%	15.9%
2029	11.6%	15.9%
2030	11.4%	16%
2031	11.2%	16.1%
2032	11%	16.3%
2033	10.9%	16.5%
2034	10.8%	16.7%
2035	10.7%	16.9%
2036	10.7%	17.1%
2037	10.7%	17.3%
2038	10.8%	17.5%
2039	10.8%	17.7%
2040	10.8%	17.9%
2041	10.9%	18%
2042	11%	18.1%
2043	11%	18.2%
2044	11.1%	18.3%
2045	11.2%	18.3%
2046	11.3%	18.3%
2047	11.3%	18.3%
2048	11.4%	18.3%
2049	11.5%	18.2%
2050	11.5%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 12.9% of the population in Spain and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 19.8% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Spain and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Spain vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.13% in Spain and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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
	Spain	UAE
1960	398,960	3,418
1961	396,537	3,657
1962	384,690	3,901
1963	394,338	4,157
1964	429,885	4,410
1965	405,819	4,675
1966	397,084	4,955
1967	402,001	5,264
1968	387,423	5,588
1969	367,851	6,138
1970	378,723	6,922
1971	369,625	7,839
1972	391,030	8,818
1973	374,381	9,822
1974	396,182	10,835
1975	371,882	11,859
1976	375,834	12,876
1977	361,465	15,787
1978	339,157	18,879
1979	312,407	21,987
1980	281,184	25,005
1981	237,879	27,560
1982	231,714	29,585
1983	183,223	31,480
1984	172,487	33,250
1985	146,184	34,855
1986	131,188	36,829
1987	116,054	37,741
1988	100,794	38,861
1989	81,538	40,148
1990	66,075	41,339
1991	58,450	41,409
1992	62,652	42,119
1993	47,234	41,324
1994	31,639	42,976
1995	15,889	38,685
1996	11,967	37,886
1997	20,028	38,207
1998	4,022	41,176
1999	8,077	46,198
2000	36,512	49,993
2001	44,936	52,789
2002	53,861	55,922
2003	54,844	59,118
2004	85,844	60,344
2005	78,576	60,046
2006	110,994	54,338
2007	108,545	55,048
2008	133,267	55,426
2009	106,635	66,521
2010	102,469	69,907
2011	84,137	73,496
2012	51,450	78,682
2013	37,284	82,977
2014	32,522	84,277
2015	-4,642	85,044
2016	0	87,028
2017	-32,600	89,382
2018	-56,139	86,840
2019	-56,542	86,296
2020	-151,551	87,871
2021	-113,865	76,802
2022	-133,801	81,758
2023	-111,201	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Spain vs United Arab Emirates

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Spain, compared to 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Spain	UAE
1985	6	19
1986	7	19
1987	7	19
1988	7	19
1989	7	19
1990	6	19
1991	6	19
1992	6	19
1993	6	19
1994	6	19
1995	6	18
1996	6	16
1997	5	14
1998	5	12
1999	5	10
2000	5	8
2001	5	7
2002	5	5
2003	4	5
2004	5	4
2005	5	4
2006	4	3
2007	4	3
2008	4	3
2009	4	3
2010	4	3
2011	4	4
2012	4	4
2013	4	4
2014	4	3
2015	4	3
2016	3	3
2017	3	3
2018	3	3
2019	3	3
2020	4	6
2021	4	6
2022	4	2
2023	3	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.31% in Spain and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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
	Spain	UAE
1960	5.47%	20.1%
1961	5.2%	19%
1962	4.94%	18%
1963	4.68%	16.9%
1964	4.45%	15.8%
1965	4.23%	14.8%
1966	4.03%	13.7%
1967	3.83%	12.6%
1968	3.61%	11.6%
1969	3.39%	10.6%
1970	3.16%	9.62%
1971	2.94%	8.72%
1972	2.72%	7.89%
1973	2.52%	7.12%
1974	2.33%	6.43%
1975	2.17%	5.8%
1976	2.02%	5.23%
1977	1.87%	4.7%
1978	1.74%	4.22%
1979	1.61%	3.78%
1980	1.49%	3.4%
1981	1.38%	3.06%
1982	1.3%	2.77%
1983	1.23%	2.52%
1984	1.17%	2.31%
1985	1.11%	2.12%
1986	1.07%	1.97%
1987	1.03%	1.83%
1988	0.99%	1.71%
1989	0.95%	1.61%
1990	0.92%	1.51%
1991	0.88%	1.43%
1992	0.83%	1.37%
1993	0.79%	1.31%
1994	0.74%	1.26%
1995	0.69%	1.21%
1996	0.65%	1.18%
1997	0.61%	1.15%
1998	0.58%	1.12%
1999	0.56%	1.09%
2000	0.54%	1.07%
2001	0.53%	1.05%
2002	0.51%	1.03%
2003	0.5%	1.01%
2004	0.49%	1%
2005	0.47%	0.98%
2006	0.45%	0.96%
2007	0.44%	0.94%
2008	0.42%	0.92%
2009	0.4%	0.9%
2010	0.38%	0.88%
2011	0.37%	0.86%
2012	0.36%	0.84%
2013	0.35%	0.82%
2014	0.34%	0.79%
2015	0.33%	0.77%
2016	0.33%	0.73%
2017	0.32%	0.7%
2018	0.32%	0.67%
2019	0.32%	0.63%
2020	0.32%	0.6%
2021	0.31%	0.56%
2022	0.31%	0.53%
2023	0.31%	0.5%