Fertility & birth rates in Tunisia and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Tunisia vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Tunisia vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	7.16	2.69
1961	7.16	2.78
1962	7.17	2.86
1963	7.17	2.88
1964	7.17	2.93
1965	7.11	2.86
1966	7.06	2.78
1967	6.95	2.68
1968	6.81	2.6
1969	6.62	2.51
1970	6.43	2.44
1971	6.29	2.41
1972	6.19	2.2
1973	6.12	2.04
1974	6.05	1.92
1975	5.97	1.81
1976	5.87	1.74
1977	5.68	1.69
1978	5.4	1.75
1979	5.18	1.86
1980	5.03	1.9
1981	5.02	1.82
1982	4.89	1.78
1983	4.77	1.77
1984	4.66	1.77
1985	4.52	1.79
1986	4.36	1.78
1987	4.1	1.81
1988	3.83	1.82
1989	3.57	1.79
1990	3.44	1.83
1991	3.31	1.82
1992	3.19	1.79
1993	3.06	1.76
1994	2.87	1.74
1995	2.67	1.71
1996	2.49	1.73
1997	2.34	1.72
1998	2.2	1.71
1999	2.08	1.68
2000	2.03	1.64
2001	1.98	1.63
2002	1.94	1.63
2003	1.96	1.7
2004	1.95	1.75
2005	1.95	1.76
2006	1.95	1.82
2007	1.96	1.86
2008	1.98	1.91
2009	2	1.89
2010	2.08	1.92
2011	2.19	1.91
2012	2.28	1.92
2013	2.31	1.83
2014	2.32	1.81
2015	2.31	1.8
2016	2.28	1.79
2017	2.21	1.74
2018	2.13	1.68
2019	2.1	1.63
2020	2	1.57
2021	1.8	1.58
2022	1.85	1.56
2023	1.83	1.56
2024	1.82	1.55
2025	1.8	1.54
2026	1.79	1.53
2027	1.78	1.53
2028	1.77	1.53
2029	1.76	1.52
2030	1.76	1.52
2031	1.75	1.52
2032	1.74	1.53
2033	1.74	1.53
2034	1.73	1.53
2035	1.73	1.53
2036	1.73	1.53
2037	1.72	1.53
2038	1.72	1.53
2039	1.72	1.53
2040	1.71	1.53
2041	1.71	1.54
2042	1.71	1.54
2043	1.71	1.54
2044	1.71	1.54
2045	1.71	1.54
2046	1.71	1.54
2047	1.71	1.54
2048	1.7	1.54
2049	1.7	1.55
2050	1.7	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tunisia	United Kingdom
1960	43.2%	23.3%
1961	43.4%	23.3%
1962	43.5%	23.2%
1963	43.8%	23.2%
1964	44%	23.3%
1965	44.2%	23.4%
1966	44.5%	23.5%
1967	44.7%	23.7%
1968	44.8%	23.9%
1969	44.8%	24%
1970	44.7%	24.1%
1971	44.6%	24.1%
1972	44.4%	24%
1973	44.3%	23.9%
1974	44.1%	23.6%
1975	43.9%	23.3%
1976	43.7%	22.9%
1977	43.4%	22.4%
1978	43%	21.9%
1979	42.5%	21.4%
1980	42%	21%
1981	41.4%	20.6%
1982	40.8%	20.2%
1983	40.3%	19.8%
1984	39.9%	19.5%
1985	39.6%	19.3%
1986	39.3%	19.1%
1987	39%	18.9%
1988	38.6%	18.9%
1989	38.2%	19.1%
1990	37.6%	19.1%
1991	37.1%	19.3%
1992	36.4%	19.4%
1993	35.8%	19.5%
1994	35%	19.6%
1995	34.3%	19.5%
1996	33.5%	19.4%
1997	32.8%	19.3%
1998	32%	19.3%
1999	31.1%	19.2%
2000	30.2%	18.9%
2001	29.3%	18.7%
2002	28.4%	18.5%
2003	27.5%	18.4%
2004	26.7%	18.3%
2005	26%	18.2%
2006	25.4%	18%
2007	25%	17.9%
2008	24.6%	17.8%
2009	24.3%	17.8%
2010	24.2%	17.8%
2011	24.2%	17.7%
2012	24.2%	17.8%
2013	24.4%	17.8%
2014	24.6%	17.8%
2015	24.7%	17.9%
2016	24.9%	18%
2017	25%	18%
2018	25.1%	18.1%
2019	25.1%	18%
2020	25.1%	18%
2021	25%	17.8%
2022	24.7%	17.6%
2023	24.4%	17.4%
2024	24%	17.2%
2025	23.6%	17%
2026	23%	16.7%
2027	22.5%	16.5%
2028	21.8%	16.2%
2029	21.2%	16%
2030	20.5%	15.7%
2031	19.9%	15.5%
2032	19.2%	15.3%
2033	18.7%	15.2%
2034	18.2%	15.1%
2035	17.7%	15%
2036	17.4%	14.9%
2037	17.2%	14.9%
2038	17%	14.8%
2039	16.8%	14.8%
2040	16.7%	14.8%
2041	16.6%	14.8%
2042	16.5%	14.8%
2043	16.5%	14.9%
2044	16.5%	14.9%
2045	16.6%	14.9%
2046	16.6%	15%
2047	16.7%	15%
2048	16.7%	15%
2049	16.8%	15%
2050	16.8%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24% of the population in Tunisia and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 37.6% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tunisia and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Tunisia vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Tunisia and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	109,234	314,400
1961	111,459	311,519
1962	116,887	340,800
1963	120,865	337,995
1964	124,711	405,000
1965	127,673	364,132
1966	131,274	333,356
1967	132,626	346,145
1968	134,246	292,622
1969	135,257	260,577
1970	138,235	244,918
1971	142,296	257,123
1972	147,239	162,650
1973	153,525	112,389
1974	160,200	67,476
1975	166,991	33,735
1976	172,744	-5,621
1977	174,539	0
1978	173,255	16,859
1979	171,463	61,872
1980	171,094	95,734
1981	176,628	73,234
1982	177,898	56,314
1983	179,878	61,966
1984	182,386	84,633
1985	186,344	79,170
1986	188,107	90,690
1987	184,101	136,325
1988	177,176	136,628
1989	169,221	119,861
1990	168,180	154,569
1991	166,245	143,562
1992	163,978	149,709
1993	160,922	103,893
1994	153,647	127,304
1995	144,345	87,028
1996	135,615	98,884
1997	128,327	99,138
1998	121,332	87,730
1999	114,829	64,551
2000	112,501	70,671
2001	110,146	65,032
2002	109,099	65,308
2003	111,926	89,471
2004	113,322	131,974
2005	115,374	144,963
2006	116,945	176,455
2007	118,920	196,232
2008	121,873	216,325
2009	125,465	230,422
2010	132,809	251,066
2011	143,401	259,361
2012	151,812	248,473
2013	154,687	198,830
2014	154,762	206,784
2015	153,007	175,738
2016	148,870	177,139
2017	140,971	145,125
2018	132,445	119,321
2019	127,312	108,342
2020	109,431	-4,272
2021	68,087	30,612
2022	96,531	39,751
2023	93,663	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Tunisia vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tunisia	United Kingdom
1985	132	2
1986	121	2
1987	107	3
1988	96	4
1989	87	5
1990	85	6
1991	83	7
1992	82	7
1993	80	8
1994	77	9
1995	73	9
1996	68	8
1997	64	9
1998	60	10
1999	57	11
2000	56	12
2001	55	13
2002	53	13
2003	52	14
2004	50	13
2005	49	12
2006	48	12
2007	46	11
2008	45	11
2009	44	11
2010	44	10
2011	44	10
2012	43	9
2013	43	9
2014	42	9
2015	40	9
2016	39	9
2017	38	9
2018	38	9
2019	37	9
2020	40	14
2021	65	13
2022	38	15
2023	36	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.29% in Tunisia and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	-	2.66%
1961	-	2.61%
1962	27.2%	2.56%
1963	26%	2.49%
1964	24.8%	2.42%
1965	23.6%	2.34%
1966	22.4%	2.28%
1967	21.3%	2.22%
1968	20.2%	2.18%
1969	19.1%	2.14%
1970	18.1%	2.1%
1971	17.1%	2.06%
1972	16.1%	2%
1973	15.2%	1.94%
1974	14.3%	1.87%
1975	13.4%	1.8%
1976	12.5%	1.72%
1977	11.7%	1.64%
1978	10.9%	1.57%
1979	10.2%	1.49%
1980	9.52%	1.41%
1981	8.94%	1.34%
1982	8.42%	1.27%
1983	7.94%	1.22%
1984	7.48%	1.17%
1985	7.08%	1.14%
1986	6.69%	1.11%
1987	6.35%	1.08%
1988	6.03%	1.04%
1989	5.76%	0.99%
1990	5.5%	0.93%
1991	5.24%	0.87%
1992	5%	0.82%
1993	4.74%	0.77%
1994	4.48%	0.74%
1995	4.2%	0.72%
1996	3.92%	0.7%
1997	3.65%	0.69%
1998	3.38%	0.68%
1999	3.14%	0.67%
2000	2.92%	0.65%
2001	2.72%	0.64%
2002	2.55%	0.63%
2003	2.4%	0.63%
2004	2.27%	0.61%
2005	2.16%	0.6%
2006	2.07%	0.59%
2007	2%	0.58%
2008	1.94%	0.56%
2009	1.9%	0.54%
2010	1.87%	0.52%
2011	1.85%	0.5%
2012	1.84%	0.48%
2013	1.83%	0.46%
2014	1.83%	0.45%
2015	1.82%	0.45%
2016	1.81%	0.44%
2017	1.79%	0.44%
2018	1.75%	0.44%
2019	1.69%	0.44%
2020	1.6%	0.44%
2021	1.5%	0.44%
2022	1.39%	0.45%
2023	1.29%	0.45%