Fertility & birth rates in Tajikistan and Yemen

Fertility rate in Tajikistan vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Tajikistan vs Yemen population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Tajikistan	Yemen
1960	6.24	7.99
1961	6.35	8
1962	6.48	8.01
1963	6.62	8.03
1964	6.68	8.07
1965	6.74	8.1
1966	6.82	8.14
1967	6.89	8.17
1968	6.91	8.19
1969	6.91	8.22
1970	6.91	8.23
1971	6.91	8.26
1972	6.89	8.27
1973	6.84	8.29
1974	6.77	8.33
1975	6.69	8.37
1976	6.6	8.42
1977	6.49	8.47
1978	6.4	8.5
1979	6.31	8.67
1980	6.21	8.71
1981	6.12	8.75
1982	6.03	8.79
1983	5.98	8.83
1984	5.96	8.85
1985	5.94	8.86
1986	5.91	8.86
1987	5.84	8.83
1988	5.75	8.79
1989	5.61	8.71
1990	5.46	8.61
1991	5.28	8.46
1992	5.06	8.27
1993	4.92	8.05
1994	4.79	7.8
1995	4.66	7.53
1996	3.94	7
1997	4.06	6.82
1998	4.07	6.64
1999	3.85	6.49
2000	3.49	6.32
2001	3.49	6.14
2002	3.47	5.97
2003	3.42	5.84
2004	3.51	5.71
2005	3.4	5.56
2006	3.34	5.41
2007	3.37	5.26
2008	3.39	5.11
2009	3.43	5
2010	3.46	4.81
2011	3.46	4.63
2012	3.42	4.63
2013	3.43	4.62
2014	3.46	4.62
2015	3.46	4.62
2016	3.38	4.61
2017	3.29	4.61
2018	3.29	4.61
2019	3.28	4.6
2020	3.21	4.6
2021	3.17	4.6
2022	3.13	4.59
2023	3.07	4.59
2024	3.04	4.5
2025	2.99	4.41
2026	2.96	4.33
2027	2.93	4.23
2028	2.89	4.14
2029	2.86	4.06
2030	2.83	3.97
2031	2.8	3.87
2032	2.76	3.8
2033	2.73	3.73
2034	2.7	3.66
2035	2.68	3.59
2036	2.65	3.51
2037	2.63	3.44
2038	2.6	3.38
2039	2.58	3.32
2040	2.55	3.26
2041	2.53	3.21
2042	2.51	3.16
2043	2.49	3.12
2044	2.46	3.07
2045	2.44	3.02
2046	2.42	2.97
2047	2.4	2.93
2048	2.38	2.89
2049	2.37	2.85
2050	2.35	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tajikistan	Yemen
1960	40.2%	40.3%
1961	41.4%	40.4%
1962	42.5%	40.4%
1963	43.4%	40.6%
1964	44.1%	40.9%
1965	44.4%	41.3%
1966	44.6%	41.8%
1967	44.7%	42.3%
1968	44.7%	42.8%
1969	44.6%	43.3%
1970	44.6%	43.8%
1971	44.5%	44.3%
1972	44.4%	44.8%
1973	44.3%	45.3%
1974	44.2%	45.7%
1975	44%	46.2%
1976	43.8%	46.6%
1977	43.6%	47%
1978	43.4%	47.5%
1979	43.2%	47.9%
1980	43.2%	48.3%
1981	43.2%	48.7%
1982	43.2%	49.1%
1983	43.3%	49.4%
1984	43.3%	49.7%
1985	43.3%	50%
1986	43.1%	50.3%
1987	43.1%	50.5%
1988	43.2%	50.7%
1989	43.4%	50.9%
1990	43.7%	51.1%
1991	44%	51.2%
1992	44.3%	51.2%
1993	44.6%	51.2%
1994	44.8%	51.1%
1995	44.9%	50.9%
1996	44.7%	50.6%
1997	44.3%	50.3%
1998	43.7%	49.9%
1999	43%	49.5%
2000	42.3%	49%
2001	41.5%	48.6%
2002	40.7%	48.1%
2003	39.9%	47.6%
2004	39.3%	47.1%
2005	38.6%	46.5%
2006	38%	45.9%
2007	37.6%	45.3%
2008	37.3%	44.7%
2009	37%	44.1%
2010	36.8%	43.5%
2011	36.7%	43%
2012	36.7%	42.7%
2013	36.5%	42.3%
2014	36.4%	42.1%
2015	36.3%	41.8%
2016	36.3%	41.7%
2017	36.2%	41.6%
2018	36.2%	41.5%
2019	36.3%	41.4%
2020	36.4%	41.4%
2021	36.6%	41.4%
2022	36.6%	41.3%
2023	36.5%	41.2%
2024	36.3%	41.1%
2025	35.9%	41%
2026	35.4%	40.9%
2027	35%	40.8%
2028	34.5%	40.6%
2029	33.9%	40.3%
2030	33.2%	40%
2031	32.5%	39.6%
2032	32%	39.2%
2033	31.6%	38.7%
2034	31.2%	38.2%
2035	30.8%	37.7%
2036	30.4%	37.1%
2037	30.1%	36.5%
2038	29.8%	36%
2039	29.6%	35.4%
2040	29.4%	34.8%
2041	29.2%	34.3%
2042	29.1%	33.8%
2043	29%	33.4%
2044	28.9%	33%
2045	28.7%	32.6%
2046	28.6%	32.3%
2047	28.4%	32%
2048	28.1%	31.7%
2049	27.9%	31.4%
2050	27.6%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.3% of the population in Tajikistan and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 43.7% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tajikistan and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Tajikistan vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.42% in Tajikistan and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	65,415	122,994
1961	68,182	129,787
1962	70,700	131,262
1963	73,065	133,781
1964	74,030	147,299
1965	75,139	155,398
1966	76,702	164,091
1967	78,733	173,637
1968	80,698	182,518
1969	82,931	196,305
1970	85,645	207,613
1971	88,618	219,095
1972	91,677	229,322
1973	94,523	240,235
1974	97,481	252,737
1975	100,604	266,815
1976	103,777	281,078
1977	106,920	296,115
1978	110,564	312,439
1979	114,496	336,378
1980	117,888	355,767
1981	121,418	374,482
1982	127,838	392,302
1983	133,280	414,823
1984	139,145	434,674
1985	145,720	455,576
1986	155,987	464,665
1987	163,611	493,337
1988	172,805	513,296
1989	179,212	530,464
1990	178,429	549,654
1991	177,585	565,837
1992	163,652	582,072
1993	157,975	595,459
1994	167,590	602,363
1995	168,934	607,966
1996	138,287	588,786
1997	149,825	604,443
1998	153,508	615,488
1999	147,622	633,166
2000	136,549	646,694
2001	142,276	658,704
2002	146,492	672,494
2003	150,391	694,457
2004	161,201	710,493
2005	160,189	726,708
2006	164,046	750,082
2007	173,200	764,780
2008	182,337	779,123
2009	192,851	798,911
2010	201,389	803,246
2011	208,429	806,359
2012	213,078	845,645
2013	220,693	884,929
2014	227,304	920,330
2015	230,903	939,922
2016	228,547	975,697
2017	224,396	1,006,725
2018	228,597	1,020,238
2019	231,817	1,056,432
2020	219,467	1,086,322
2021	222,850	1,103,622
2022	228,336	1,153,375
2023	223,828	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Tajikistan vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tajikistan	Yemen
1985	98	430
1986	91	430
1987	91	400
1988	83	388
1989	85	371
1990	80	359
1991	79	341
1992	84	330
1993	84	319
1994	85	311
1995	81	296
1996	82	282
1997	76	271
1998	72	260
1999	64	250
2000	58	241
2001	58	231
2002	48	218
2003	39	205
2004	36	194
2005	36	181
2006	35	171
2007	30	161
2008	29	153
2009	29	149
2010	26	144
2011	25	140
2012	23	137
2013	21	135
2014	21	134
2015	20	135
2016	20	134
2017	17	142
2018	16	134
2019	16	131
2020	25	135
2021	25	156
2022	14	125
2023	14	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.73% in Tajikistan and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	-	42.9%
1961	-	42.2%
1962	-	41.5%
1963	-	40.8%
1964	-	40%
1965	-	39%
1966	-	38%
1967	-	36.8%
1968	-	35.6%
1969	-	34.3%
1970	-	33%
1971	-	31.8%
1972	15.5%	30.6%
1973	15%	29.5%
1974	14.4%	28.4%
1975	14%	27.2%
1976	13.5%	26%
1977	13.2%	24.7%
1978	13%	23.4%
1979	12.8%	22.1%
1980	12.7%	20.8%
1981	12.6%	19.6%
1982	12.5%	18.4%
1983	12.3%	17.2%
1984	12%	16.2%
1985	11.6%	15.3%
1986	11.1%	14.6%
1987	10.5%	14%
1988	10.1%	13.4%
1989	9.88%	12.9%
1990	9.92%	12.5%
1991	10.2%	12.1%
1992	10.6%	11.8%
1993	10.9%	11.6%
1994	11%	11.3%
1995	10.8%	11.1%
1996	10.4%	10.8%
1997	9.86%	10.5%
1998	9.26%	10.2%
1999	8.62%	9.77%
2000	7.97%	9.32%
2001	7.34%	8.84%
2002	6.75%	8.36%
2003	6.18%	7.9%
2004	5.67%	7.47%
2005	5.22%	7.06%
2006	4.82%	6.68%
2007	4.47%	6.33%
2008	4.17%	6.02%
2009	3.92%	5.74%
2010	3.7%	5.49%
2011	3.52%	5.3%
2012	3.36%	5.14%
2013	3.23%	4.95%
2014	3.12%	4.84%
2015	3.02%	4.9%
2016	2.94%	4.77%
2017	2.88%	4.66%
2018	2.83%	4.7%
2019	2.81%	4.59%
2020	2.8%	4.32%
2021	2.79%	4.24%
2022	2.77%	4.08%
2023	2.73%	3.93%