Fertility & birth rates in Tunisia and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Tunisia vs United Arab Emirates chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Tunisia was 1.83 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 Tunisia 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
	Tunisia	UAE
1960	7.16	6.5
1961	7.16	6.49
1962	7.17	6.49
1963	7.17	6.5
1964	7.17	6.49
1965	7.11	6.5
1966	7.06	6.5
1967	6.95	6.51
1968	6.81	6.53
1969	6.62	6.52
1970	6.43	6.52
1971	6.29	6.52
1972	6.19	6.5
1973	6.12	6.46
1974	6.05	6.41
1975	5.97	6.35
1976	5.87	6.29
1977	5.68	6.22
1978	5.4	6.15
1979	5.18	6.06
1980	5.03	5.95
1981	5.02	5.81
1982	4.89	5.66
1983	4.77	5.48
1984	4.66	5.3
1985	4.52	5.13
1986	4.36	5
1987	4.1	4.88
1988	3.83	4.77
1989	3.57	4.65
1990	3.44	4.51
1991	3.31	4.25
1992	3.19	4.09
1993	3.06	3.82
1994	2.87	3.76
1995	2.67	3.28
1996	2.49	3.06
1997	2.34	2.83
1998	2.2	2.77
1999	2.08	2.79
2000	2.03	2.73
2001	1.98	2.62
2002	1.94	2.54
2003	1.96	2.49
2004	1.95	2.38
2005	1.95	2.23
2006	1.95	1.96
2007	1.96	1.79
2008	1.98	1.52
2009	2	1.58
2010	2.08	1.57
2011	2.19	1.54
2012	2.28	1.53
2013	2.31	1.53
2014	2.32	1.48
2015	2.31	1.42
2016	2.28	1.37
2017	2.21	1.35
2018	2.13	1.29
2019	2.1	1.25
2020	2	1.29
2021	1.8	1.16
2022	1.85	1.15
2023	1.83	1.2
2024	1.82	1.21
2025	1.8	1.21
2026	1.79	1.21
2027	1.78	1.21
2028	1.77	1.22
2029	1.76	1.22
2030	1.76	1.23
2031	1.75	1.23
2032	1.74	1.24
2033	1.74	1.25
2034	1.73	1.25
2035	1.73	1.26
2036	1.73	1.26
2037	1.72	1.27
2038	1.72	1.28
2039	1.72	1.28
2040	1.71	1.28
2041	1.71	1.29
2042	1.71	1.29
2043	1.71	1.3
2044	1.71	1.3
2045	1.71	1.31
2046	1.71	1.31
2047	1.71	1.31
2048	1.7	1.32
2049	1.7	1.32
2050	1.7	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tunisia	UAE
1960	43.2%	37.8%
1961	43.4%	36.7%
1962	43.5%	35.8%
1963	43.8%	35.1%
1964	44%	34.5%
1965	44.2%	33.9%
1966	44.5%	33.2%
1967	44.7%	32.1%
1968	44.8%	31.2%
1969	44.8%	30.6%
1970	44.7%	29.8%
1971	44.6%	29%
1972	44.4%	28.3%
1973	44.3%	27.8%
1974	44.1%	27.4%
1975	43.9%	27.2%
1976	43.7%	26.9%
1977	43.4%	26.8%
1978	43%	26.9%
1979	42.5%	27.1%
1980	42%	27.4%
1981	41.4%	28%
1982	40.8%	28.8%
1983	40.3%	29.5%
1984	39.9%	30.2%
1985	39.6%	30.7%
1986	39.3%	31.2%
1987	39%	31.2%
1988	38.6%	30.9%
1989	38.2%	30.3%
1990	37.6%	29.6%
1991	37.1%	28.8%
1992	36.4%	28.1%
1993	35.8%	27.4%
1994	35%	26.7%
1995	34.3%	25.9%
1996	33.5%	25.2%
1997	32.8%	24.3%
1998	32%	23.1%
1999	31.1%	22%
2000	30.2%	20.8%
2001	29.3%	19.8%
2002	28.4%	18.9%
2003	27.5%	18.3%
2004	26.7%	17.8%
2005	26%	17.5%
2006	25.4%	17.2%
2007	25%	17%
2008	24.6%	16.9%
2009	24.3%	16.9%
2010	24.2%	16.9%
2011	24.2%	16.8%
2012	24.2%	16.8%
2013	24.4%	16.8%
2014	24.6%	16.8%
2015	24.7%	16.8%
2016	24.9%	16.8%
2017	25%	16.8%
2018	25.1%	16.7%
2019	25.1%	16.6%
2020	25.1%	16.6%
2021	25%	16.5%
2022	24.7%	16.5%
2023	24.4%	16.3%
2024	24%	16.1%
2025	23.6%	16%
2026	23%	15.9%
2027	22.5%	15.9%
2028	21.8%	15.9%
2029	21.2%	15.9%
2030	20.5%	16%
2031	19.9%	16.1%
2032	19.2%	16.3%
2033	18.7%	16.5%
2034	18.2%	16.7%
2035	17.7%	16.9%
2036	17.4%	17.1%
2037	17.2%	17.3%
2038	17%	17.5%
2039	16.8%	17.7%
2040	16.7%	17.9%
2041	16.6%	18%
2042	16.5%	18.1%
2043	16.5%	18.2%
2044	16.5%	18.3%
2045	16.6%	18.3%
2046	16.6%	18.3%
2047	16.7%	18.3%
2048	16.7%	18.3%
2049	16.8%	18.2%
2050	16.8%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24% of the population in Tunisia and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 37.6% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Tunisia vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Tunisia 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
	Tunisia	UAE
1960	109,234	3,418
1961	111,459	3,657
1962	116,887	3,901
1963	120,865	4,157
1964	124,711	4,410
1965	127,673	4,675
1966	131,274	4,955
1967	132,626	5,264
1968	134,246	5,588
1969	135,257	6,138
1970	138,235	6,922
1971	142,296	7,839
1972	147,239	8,818
1973	153,525	9,822
1974	160,200	10,835
1975	166,991	11,859
1976	172,744	12,876
1977	174,539	15,787
1978	173,255	18,879
1979	171,463	21,987
1980	171,094	25,005
1981	176,628	27,560
1982	177,898	29,585
1983	179,878	31,480
1984	182,386	33,250
1985	186,344	34,855
1986	188,107	36,829
1987	184,101	37,741
1988	177,176	38,861
1989	169,221	40,148
1990	168,180	41,339
1991	166,245	41,409
1992	163,978	42,119
1993	160,922	41,324
1994	153,647	42,976
1995	144,345	38,685
1996	135,615	37,886
1997	128,327	38,207
1998	121,332	41,176
1999	114,829	46,198
2000	112,501	49,993
2001	110,146	52,789
2002	109,099	55,922
2003	111,926	59,118
2004	113,322	60,344
2005	115,374	60,046
2006	116,945	54,338
2007	118,920	55,048
2008	121,873	55,426
2009	125,465	66,521
2010	132,809	69,907
2011	143,401	73,496
2012	151,812	78,682
2013	154,687	82,977
2014	154,762	84,277
2015	153,007	85,044
2016	148,870	87,028
2017	140,971	89,382
2018	132,445	86,840
2019	127,312	86,296
2020	109,431	87,871
2021	68,087	76,802
2022	96,531	81,758
2023	93,663	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Tunisia vs United Arab Emirates

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 36 deaths per 100,000 live births in Tunisia, compared to 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tunisia	UAE
1985	132	19
1986	121	19
1987	107	19
1988	96	19
1989	87	19
1990	85	19
1991	83	19
1992	82	19
1993	80	19
1994	77	19
1995	73	18
1996	68	16
1997	64	14
1998	60	12
1999	57	10
2000	56	8
2001	55	7
2002	53	5
2003	52	5
2004	50	4
2005	49	4
2006	48	3
2007	46	3
2008	45	3
2009	44	3
2010	44	3
2011	44	4
2012	43	4
2013	43	4
2014	42	3
2015	40	3
2016	39	3
2017	38	3
2018	38	3
2019	37	3
2020	40	6
2021	65	6
2022	38	2
2023	36	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.29% in Tunisia 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
	Tunisia	UAE
1960	-	20.1%
1961	-	19%
1962	27.2%	18%
1963	26%	16.9%
1964	24.8%	15.8%
1965	23.6%	14.8%
1966	22.4%	13.7%
1967	21.3%	12.6%
1968	20.2%	11.6%
1969	19.1%	10.6%
1970	18.1%	9.62%
1971	17.1%	8.72%
1972	16.1%	7.89%
1973	15.2%	7.12%
1974	14.3%	6.43%
1975	13.4%	5.8%
1976	12.5%	5.23%
1977	11.7%	4.7%
1978	10.9%	4.22%
1979	10.2%	3.78%
1980	9.52%	3.4%
1981	8.94%	3.06%
1982	8.42%	2.77%
1983	7.94%	2.52%
1984	7.48%	2.31%
1985	7.08%	2.12%
1986	6.69%	1.97%
1987	6.35%	1.83%
1988	6.03%	1.71%
1989	5.76%	1.61%
1990	5.5%	1.51%
1991	5.24%	1.43%
1992	5%	1.37%
1993	4.74%	1.31%
1994	4.48%	1.26%
1995	4.2%	1.21%
1996	3.92%	1.18%
1997	3.65%	1.15%
1998	3.38%	1.12%
1999	3.14%	1.09%
2000	2.92%	1.07%
2001	2.72%	1.05%
2002	2.55%	1.03%
2003	2.4%	1.01%
2004	2.27%	1%
2005	2.16%	0.98%
2006	2.07%	0.96%
2007	2%	0.94%
2008	1.94%	0.92%
2009	1.9%	0.9%
2010	1.87%	0.88%
2011	1.85%	0.86%
2012	1.84%	0.84%
2013	1.83%	0.82%
2014	1.83%	0.79%
2015	1.82%	0.77%
2016	1.81%	0.73%
2017	1.79%	0.7%
2018	1.75%	0.67%
2019	1.69%	0.63%
2020	1.6%	0.6%
2021	1.5%	0.56%
2022	1.39%	0.53%
2023	1.29%	0.5%