Fertility & birth rates in Syria and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Syria vs United Arab Emirates chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Syria was 2.71 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 Syria 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
	Syria	UAE
1960	7.51	6.5
1961	7.5	6.49
1962	7.51	6.49
1963	7.51	6.5
1964	7.53	6.49
1965	7.53	6.5
1966	7.55	6.5
1967	7.56	6.51
1968	7.57	6.53
1969	7.59	6.52
1970	7.62	6.52
1971	7.6	6.52
1972	7.57	6.5
1973	7.55	6.46
1974	7.52	6.41
1975	7.49	6.35
1976	7.45	6.29
1977	7.42	6.22
1978	7.35	6.15
1979	7.25	6.06
1980	7.12	5.95
1981	6.97	5.81
1982	6.81	5.66
1983	6.69	5.48
1984	6.59	5.3
1985	6.48	5.13
1986	6.37	5
1987	6.2	4.88
1988	6	4.77
1989	5.78	4.65
1990	5.56	4.51
1991	5.34	4.25
1992	5.14	4.09
1993	4.99	3.82
1994	4.86	3.76
1995	4.7	3.28
1996	4.54	3.06
1997	4.37	2.83
1998	4.25	2.77
1999	4.14	2.79
2000	4.07	2.73
2001	3.98	2.62
2002	3.87	2.54
2003	3.76	2.49
2004	3.68	2.38
2005	3.61	2.23
2006	3.56	1.96
2007	3.54	1.79
2008	3.48	1.52
2009	3.42	1.58
2010	3.36	1.57
2011	3.29	1.54
2012	3.22	1.53
2013	3.17	1.53
2014	3.12	1.48
2015	3.07	1.42
2016	3.01	1.37
2017	2.97	1.35
2018	2.93	1.29
2019	2.88	1.25
2020	2.84	1.29
2021	2.8	1.16
2022	2.75	1.15
2023	2.71	1.2
2024	2.7	1.21
2025	2.66	1.21
2026	2.62	1.21
2027	2.58	1.21
2028	2.54	1.22
2029	2.51	1.22
2030	2.48	1.23
2031	2.45	1.23
2032	2.42	1.24
2033	2.39	1.25
2034	2.36	1.25
2035	2.33	1.26
2036	2.31	1.26
2037	2.29	1.27
2038	2.26	1.28
2039	2.24	1.28
2040	2.22	1.28
2041	2.2	1.29
2042	2.18	1.29
2043	2.16	1.3
2044	2.14	1.3
2045	2.13	1.31
2046	2.11	1.31
2047	2.1	1.31
2048	2.08	1.32
2049	2.07	1.32
2050	2.05	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Syria	UAE
1960	45.3%	37.8%
1961	45.7%	36.7%
1962	46.1%	35.8%
1963	46.3%	35.1%
1964	46.6%	34.5%
1965	46.9%	33.9%
1966	47.3%	33.2%
1967	47.5%	32.1%
1968	47.8%	31.2%
1969	48%	30.6%
1970	48.2%	29.8%
1971	48.3%	29%
1972	48.4%	28.3%
1973	48.5%	27.8%
1974	48.5%	27.4%
1975	48.6%	27.2%
1976	48.6%	26.9%
1977	48.7%	26.8%
1978	48.7%	26.9%
1979	48.7%	27.1%
1980	48.7%	27.4%
1981	48.7%	28%
1982	48.5%	28.8%
1983	48.4%	29.5%
1984	48.2%	30.2%
1985	48%	30.7%
1986	47.7%	31.2%
1987	47.5%	31.2%
1988	47.2%	30.9%
1989	46.9%	30.3%
1990	46.6%	29.6%
1991	46.1%	28.8%
1992	45.7%	28.1%
1993	45.2%	27.4%
1994	44.7%	26.7%
1995	44.2%	25.9%
1996	43.8%	25.2%
1997	43.3%	24.3%
1998	42.9%	23.1%
1999	42.4%	22%
2000	41.9%	20.8%
2001	41.3%	19.8%
2002	40.8%	18.9%
2003	40.2%	18.3%
2004	39.6%	17.8%
2005	39.1%	17.5%
2006	38.1%	17.2%
2007	36.7%	17%
2008	36.3%	16.9%
2009	36.3%	16.9%
2010	36.1%	16.9%
2011	36.1%	16.8%
2012	36.5%	16.8%
2013	38%	16.8%
2014	39.8%	16.8%
2015	40.6%	16.8%
2016	40.2%	16.8%
2017	39.3%	16.8%
2018	37.9%	16.7%
2019	36.1%	16.6%
2020	34.6%	16.6%
2021	33.4%	16.5%
2022	31.9%	16.5%
2023	30.3%	16.3%
2024	29.2%	16.1%
2025	28.4%	16%
2026	27.9%	15.9%
2027	27.5%	15.9%
2028	27.3%	15.9%
2029	27.3%	15.9%
2030	27.6%	16%
2031	27.9%	16.1%
2032	28.3%	16.3%
2033	28.6%	16.5%
2034	28.8%	16.7%
2035	29%	16.9%
2036	29%	17.1%
2037	28.9%	17.3%
2038	28.7%	17.5%
2039	28.4%	17.7%
2040	28%	17.9%
2041	27.5%	18%
2042	27%	18.1%
2043	26.4%	18.2%
2044	25.8%	18.3%
2045	25.1%	18.3%
2046	24.5%	18.3%
2047	23.9%	18.3%
2048	23.3%	18.3%
2049	22.8%	18.2%
2050	22.3%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Syria and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 46.6% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Syria and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Syria vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.46% in Syria 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
	Syria	UAE
1960	143,687	3,418
1961	151,485	3,657
1962	159,155	3,901
1963	166,555	4,157
1964	174,549	4,410
1965	182,560	4,675
1966	191,122	4,955
1967	199,223	5,264
1968	209,454	5,588
1969	219,114	6,138
1970	230,117	6,922
1971	239,610	7,839
1972	249,027	8,818
1973	254,687	9,822
1974	270,735	10,835
1975	282,299	11,859
1976	294,267	12,876
1977	306,630	15,787
1978	316,724	18,879
1979	324,943	21,987
1980	332,464	25,005
1981	330,237	27,560
1982	319,664	29,585
1983	355,375	31,480
1984	366,768	33,250
1985	379,231	34,855
1986	390,821	36,829
1987	399,159	37,741
1988	404,285	38,861
1989	406,111	40,148
1990	409,177	41,339
1991	410,830	41,409
1992	412,878	42,119
1993	420,244	41,324
1994	426,996	42,976
1995	430,172	38,685
1996	430,765	37,886
1997	429,887	38,207
1998	433,447	41,176
1999	439,261	46,198
2000	446,211	49,993
2001	451,503	52,789
2002	453,967	55,922
2003	457,000	59,118
2004	461,209	60,344
2005	468,960	60,046
2006	480,616	54,338
2007	529,162	55,048
2008	576,593	55,426
2009	559,314	66,521
2010	558,666	69,907
2011	543,950	73,496
2012	475,520	78,682
2013	419,341	82,977
2014	333,116	84,277
2015	253,977	85,044
2016	236,007	87,028
2017	237,214	89,382
2018	242,530	86,840
2019	293,762	86,296
2020	327,992	87,871
2021	350,560	76,802
2022	369,750	81,758
2023	402,713	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Syria vs United Arab Emirates

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 20 deaths per 100,000 live births in Syria, compared to 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Syria	UAE
1985	55	19
1986	52	19
1987	48	19
1988	44	19
1989	41	19
1990	37	19
1991	35	19
1992	33	19
1993	32	19
1994	32	19
1995	33	18
1996	34	16
1997	34	14
1998	34	12
1999	32	10
2000	31	8
2001	29	7
2002	26	5
2003	24	5
2004	22	4
2005	21	4
2006	20	3
2007	19	3
2008	20	3
2009	19	3
2010	19	3
2011	21	4
2012	22	4
2013	25	4
2014	25	3
2015	24	3
2016	23	3
2017	23	3
2018	21	3
2019	24	3
2020	23	6
2021	30	6
2022	21	2
2023	20	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in Syria 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
	Syria	UAE
1960	16.9%	20.1%
1961	16.1%	19%
1962	15.3%	18%
1963	14.7%	16.9%
1964	14.1%	15.8%
1965	13.5%	14.8%
1966	12.9%	13.7%
1967	12.3%	12.6%
1968	11.7%	11.6%
1969	11.1%	10.6%
1970	10.5%	9.62%
1971	9.91%	8.72%
1972	9.4%	7.89%
1973	8.92%	7.12%
1974	8.47%	6.43%
1975	8.03%	5.8%
1976	7.61%	5.23%
1977	7.19%	4.7%
1978	6.79%	4.22%
1979	6.4%	3.78%
1980	6.03%	3.4%
1981	6.33%	3.06%
1982	7.06%	2.77%
1983	5.1%	2.52%
1984	4.84%	2.31%
1985	4.6%	2.12%
1986	4.39%	1.97%
1987	4.19%	1.83%
1988	4.02%	1.71%
1989	3.85%	1.61%
1990	3.7%	1.51%
1991	3.55%	1.43%
1992	3.4%	1.37%
1993	3.24%	1.31%
1994	3.09%	1.26%
1995	2.94%	1.21%
1996	2.8%	1.18%
1997	2.66%	1.15%
1998	2.53%	1.12%
1999	2.42%	1.09%
2000	2.32%	1.07%
2001	2.23%	1.05%
2002	2.15%	1.03%
2003	2.09%	1.01%
2004	2.03%	1%
2005	1.98%	0.98%
2006	1.95%	0.96%
2007	1.92%	0.94%
2008	1.9%	0.92%
2009	1.9%	0.9%
2010	1.9%	0.88%
2011	2.17%	0.86%
2012	3.39%	0.84%
2013	3.65%	0.82%
2014	3.53%	0.79%
2015	3.7%	0.77%
2016	3.22%	0.73%
2017	3.3%	0.7%
2018	3.26%	0.67%
2019	2.5%	0.63%
2020	2.24%	0.6%
2021	2.1%	0.56%
2022	2.11%	0.53%
2023	2.06%	0.5%