Fertility & birth rates in Tajikistan and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Tajikistan vs Vanuatu chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Tajikistan was 3.07 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.6 in Vanuatu 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
	Tajikistan	Vanuatu
1960	6.24	6.78
1961	6.35	6.73
1962	6.48	6.67
1963	6.62	6.62
1964	6.68	6.57
1965	6.74	6.52
1966	6.82	6.51
1967	6.89	6.51
1968	6.91	6.46
1969	6.91	6.41
1970	6.91	6.35
1971	6.91	6.29
1972	6.89	6.23
1973	6.84	6.15
1974	6.77	6.06
1975	6.69	5.98
1976	6.6	5.89
1977	6.49	5.81
1978	6.4	5.77
1979	6.31	5.73
1980	6.21	5.69
1981	6.12	5.65
1982	6.03	5.6
1983	5.98	5.55
1984	5.96	5.49
1985	5.94	5.43
1986	5.91	5.38
1987	5.84	5.33
1988	5.75	5.27
1989	5.61	5.21
1990	5.46	5.17
1991	5.28	5.13
1992	5.06	5.09
1993	4.92	5.02
1994	4.79	4.94
1995	4.66	4.85
1996	3.94	4.75
1997	4.06	4.66
1998	4.07	4.6
1999	3.85	4.56
2000	3.49	4.54
2001	3.49	4.5
2002	3.47	4.38
2003	3.42	4.29
2004	3.51	4.21
2005	3.4	4.13
2006	3.34	4.1
2007	3.37	4.12
2008	3.39	4.16
2009	3.43	4.16
2010	3.46	4.13
2011	3.46	4.09
2012	3.42	4.06
2013	3.43	4.04
2014	3.46	4
2015	3.46	3.95
2016	3.38	3.92
2017	3.29	3.88
2018	3.29	3.83
2019	3.28	3.79
2020	3.21	3.74
2021	3.17	3.7
2022	3.13	3.65
2023	3.07	3.6
2024	3.04	3.57
2025	2.99	3.53
2026	2.96	3.5
2027	2.93	3.46
2028	2.89	3.42
2029	2.86	3.39
2030	2.83	3.35
2031	2.8	3.32
2032	2.76	3.28
2033	2.73	3.25
2034	2.7	3.21
2035	2.68	3.18
2036	2.65	3.15
2037	2.63	3.13
2038	2.6	3.1
2039	2.58	3.08
2040	2.55	3.05
2041	2.53	3.03
2042	2.51	3
2043	2.49	2.97
2044	2.46	2.94
2045	2.44	2.92
2046	2.42	2.9
2047	2.4	2.88
2048	2.38	2.85
2049	2.37	2.83
2050	2.35	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tajikistan	Vanuatu
1960	40.2%	44.6%
1961	41.4%	44.8%
1962	42.5%	45.1%
1963	43.4%	45.2%
1964	44.1%	45.4%
1965	44.4%	45.5%
1966	44.6%	45.7%
1967	44.7%	45.8%
1968	44.7%	45.8%
1969	44.6%	45.8%
1970	44.6%	45.7%
1971	44.5%	45.7%
1972	44.4%	45.6%
1973	44.3%	45.5%
1974	44.2%	45.5%
1975	44%	45.4%
1976	43.8%	45.2%
1977	43.6%	45.1%
1978	43.4%	45%
1979	43.2%	44.5%
1980	43.2%	44%
1981	43.2%	43.9%
1982	43.2%	44%
1983	43.3%	44%
1984	43.3%	44.1%
1985	43.3%	44.2%
1986	43.1%	44.2%
1987	43.1%	44.1%
1988	43.2%	44.1%
1989	43.4%	44%
1990	43.7%	43.9%
1991	44%	43.9%
1992	44.3%	44.1%
1993	44.6%	44.8%
1994	44.8%	45.2%
1995	44.9%	45%
1996	44.7%	44.8%
1997	44.3%	44.4%
1998	43.7%	44%
1999	43%	43.5%
2000	42.3%	42.9%
2001	41.5%	42.4%
2002	40.7%	41.8%
2003	39.9%	41.3%
2004	39.3%	40.7%
2005	38.6%	40.2%
2006	38%	39.6%
2007	37.6%	39.2%
2008	37.3%	38.8%
2009	37%	38.5%
2010	36.8%	38.2%
2011	36.7%	38.1%
2012	36.7%	38.2%
2013	36.5%	38.2%
2014	36.4%	38.4%
2015	36.3%	38.5%
2016	36.3%	38.7%
2017	36.2%	38.8%
2018	36.2%	38.9%
2019	36.3%	39%
2020	36.4%	39%
2021	36.6%	39%
2022	36.6%	38.8%
2023	36.5%	38.6%
2024	36.3%	38.3%
2025	35.9%	38%
2026	35.4%	37.6%
2027	35%	37.1%
2028	34.5%	36.7%
2029	33.9%	36.2%
2030	33.2%	35.8%
2031	32.5%	35.3%
2032	32%	34.9%
2033	31.6%	34.5%
2034	31.2%	34.1%
2035	30.8%	33.7%
2036	30.4%	33.4%
2037	30.1%	33.2%
2038	29.8%	32.9%
2039	29.6%	32.7%
2040	29.4%	32.5%
2041	29.2%	32.3%
2042	29.1%	32.2%
2043	29%	32%
2044	28.9%	31.8%
2045	28.7%	31.6%
2046	28.6%	31.5%
2047	28.4%	31.3%
2048	28.1%	31.1%
2049	27.9%	30.9%
2050	27.6%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.3% of the population in Tajikistan and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tajikistan and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Tajikistan vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.42% in Tajikistan and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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
	Tajikistan	Vanuatu
1960	65,415	1,796
1961	68,182	1,872
1962	70,700	1,947
1963	73,065	2,025
1964	74,030	2,098
1965	75,139	2,180
1966	76,702	2,278
1967	78,733	2,384
1968	80,698	2,470
1969	82,931	2,529
1970	85,645	2,597
1971	88,618	2,685
1972	91,677	2,775
1973	94,523	2,876
1974	97,481	2,968
1975	100,604	3,074
1976	103,777	3,174
1977	106,920	3,285
1978	110,564	3,428
1979	114,496	3,590
1980	117,888	3,383
1981	121,418	3,592
1982	127,838	3,778
1983	133,280	3,944
1984	139,145	4,088
1985	145,720	4,219
1986	155,987	4,360
1987	163,611	4,427
1988	172,805	4,577
1989	179,212	4,656
1990	178,429	4,762
1991	177,585	4,859
1992	163,652	4,941
1993	157,975	4,973
1994	167,590	4,973
1995	168,934	4,945
1996	138,287	4,897
1997	149,825	4,854
1998	153,508	4,866
1999	147,622	4,871
2000	136,549	5,026
2001	142,276	5,144
2002	146,492	5,181
2003	150,391	5,258
2004	161,201	5,353
2005	160,189	5,454
2006	164,046	5,606
2007	173,200	5,842
2008	182,337	6,138
2009	192,851	6,362
2010	201,389	6,548
2011	208,429	6,715
2012	213,078	6,877
2013	220,693	7,036
2014	227,304	7,143
2015	230,903	7,220
2016	228,547	7,315
2017	224,396	7,371
2018	228,597	7,379
2019	231,817	7,364
2020	219,467	7,233
2021	222,850	7,199
2022	228,336	7,358
2023	223,828	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Tajikistan vs Vanuatu

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 14 deaths per 100,000 live births in Tajikistan, compared to 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tajikistan	Vanuatu
1985	98	211
1986	91	194
1987	91	200
1988	83	172
1989	85	162
1990	80	151
1991	79	140
1992	84	140
1993	84	133
1994	85	131
1995	81	131
1996	82	129
1997	76	131
1998	72	134
1999	64	146
2000	58	133
2001	58	132
2002	48	128
2003	39	131
2004	36	131
2005	36	127
2006	35	123
2007	30	120
2008	29	117
2009	29	114
2010	26	114
2011	25	112
2012	23	109
2013	21	110
2014	21	110
2015	20	109
2016	20	107
2017	17	107
2018	16	108
2019	16	105
2020	25	107
2021	25	124
2022	14	105
2023	14	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.73% in Tajikistan and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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
	Tajikistan	Vanuatu
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.7%
1962	-	14.3%
1963	-	13.8%
1964	-	13.4%
1965	-	12.9%
1966	-	12.4%
1967	-	12%
1968	-	11.5%
1969	-	11%
1970	-	10.6%
1971	-	10.2%
1972	15.5%	9.73%
1973	15%	9.34%
1974	14.4%	8.95%
1975	14%	8.58%
1976	13.5%	8.21%
1977	13.2%	7.84%
1978	13%	7.45%
1979	12.8%	7.07%
1980	12.7%	6.67%
1981	12.6%	6.27%
1982	12.5%	5.87%
1983	12.3%	5.48%
1984	12%	5.12%
1985	11.6%	4.78%
1986	11.1%	4.47%
1987	10.5%	4.2%
1988	10.1%	3.96%
1989	9.88%	3.76%
1990	9.92%	3.58%
1991	10.2%	3.43%
1992	10.6%	3.29%
1993	10.9%	3.18%
1994	11%	3.08%
1995	10.8%	3%
1996	10.4%	2.92%
1997	9.86%	2.86%
1998	9.26%	2.79%
1999	8.62%	2.74%
2000	7.97%	2.68%
2001	7.34%	2.63%
2002	6.75%	2.58%
2003	6.18%	2.54%
2004	5.67%	2.5%
2005	5.22%	2.45%
2006	4.82%	2.4%
2007	4.47%	2.34%
2008	4.17%	2.27%
2009	3.92%	2.2%
2010	3.7%	2.12%
2011	3.52%	2.05%
2012	3.36%	1.99%
2013	3.23%	1.94%
2014	3.12%	1.9%
2015	3.02%	1.87%
2016	2.94%	1.84%
2017	2.88%	1.82%
2018	2.83%	1.8%
2019	2.81%	1.78%
2020	2.8%	1.77%
2021	2.79%	1.74%
2022	2.77%	1.71%
2023	2.73%	1.68%