Fertility & birth rates in Tunisia and United States

Fertility rate in Tunisia vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Tunisia vs the United States 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 States
1960	7.16	3.65
1961	7.16	3.62
1962	7.17	3.46
1963	7.17	3.32
1964	7.17	3.19
1965	7.11	2.91
1966	7.06	2.72
1967	6.95	2.56
1968	6.81	2.46
1969	6.62	2.46
1970	6.43	2.48
1971	6.29	2.27
1972	6.19	2.01
1973	6.12	1.88
1974	6.05	1.84
1975	5.97	1.77
1976	5.87	1.74
1977	5.68	1.79
1978	5.4	1.76
1979	5.18	1.81
1980	5.03	1.84
1981	5.02	1.81
1982	4.89	1.83
1983	4.77	1.8
1984	4.66	1.81
1985	4.52	1.84
1986	4.36	1.84
1987	4.1	1.87
1988	3.83	1.93
1989	3.57	2.01
1990	3.44	2.08
1991	3.31	2.06
1992	3.19	2.05
1993	3.06	2.02
1994	2.87	2
1995	2.67	1.98
1996	2.49	1.98
1997	2.34	1.97
1998	2.2	2
1999	2.08	2.01
2000	2.03	2.06
2001	1.98	2.03
2002	1.94	2.02
2003	1.96	2.05
2004	1.95	2.05
2005	1.95	2.06
2006	1.95	2.11
2007	1.96	2.12
2008	1.98	2.07
2009	2	2
2010	2.08	1.93
2011	2.19	1.89
2012	2.28	1.88
2013	2.31	1.86
2014	2.32	1.86
2015	2.31	1.84
2016	2.28	1.82
2017	2.21	1.77
2018	2.13	1.73
2019	2.1	1.71
2020	2	1.64
2021	1.8	1.66
2022	1.85	1.66
2023	1.83	1.62
2024	1.82	1.62
2025	1.8	1.62
2026	1.79	1.62
2027	1.78	1.62
2028	1.77	1.62
2029	1.76	1.62
2030	1.76	1.62
2031	1.75	1.62
2032	1.74	1.62
2033	1.74	1.63
2034	1.73	1.62
2035	1.73	1.63
2036	1.73	1.63
2037	1.72	1.63
2038	1.72	1.63
2039	1.72	1.63
2040	1.71	1.63
2041	1.71	1.63
2042	1.71	1.63
2043	1.71	1.63
2044	1.71	1.63
2045	1.71	1.64
2046	1.71	1.64
2047	1.71	1.63
2048	1.7	1.64
2049	1.7	1.63
2050	1.7	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tunisia	United States
1960	43.2%	31.3%
1961	43.4%	31.4%
1962	43.5%	31.3%
1963	43.8%	31.1%
1964	44%	30.9%
1965	44.2%	30.7%
1966	44.5%	30.4%
1967	44.7%	30%
1968	44.8%	29.5%
1969	44.8%	29%
1970	44.7%	28.6%
1971	44.6%	28%
1972	44.4%	27.4%
1973	44.3%	26.6%
1974	44.1%	25.9%
1975	43.9%	25.2%
1976	43.7%	24.4%
1977	43.4%	23.8%
1978	43%	23.2%
1979	42.5%	22.8%
1980	42%	22.4%
1981	41.4%	22.1%
1982	40.8%	22%
1983	40.3%	21.8%
1984	39.9%	21.7%
1985	39.6%	21.5%
1986	39.3%	21.3%
1987	39%	21.3%
1988	38.6%	21.3%
1989	38.2%	21.5%
1990	37.6%	21.6%
1991	37.1%	21.7%
1992	36.4%	21.8%
1993	35.8%	21.9%
1994	35%	21.9%
1995	34.3%	21.8%
1996	33.5%	21.7%
1997	32.8%	21.5%
1998	32%	21.4%
1999	31.1%	21.3%
2000	30.2%	21.2%
2001	29.3%	21%
2002	28.4%	20.9%
2003	27.5%	20.7%
2004	26.7%	20.5%
2005	26%	20.3%
2006	25.4%	20.2%
2007	25%	20%
2008	24.6%	19.9%
2009	24.3%	19.8%
2010	24.2%	19.7%
2011	24.2%	19.6%
2012	24.2%	19.5%
2013	24.4%	19.4%
2014	24.6%	19.3%
2015	24.7%	19.2%
2016	24.9%	19.1%
2017	25%	18.9%
2018	25.1%	18.8%
2019	25.1%	18.6%
2020	25.1%	18.4%
2021	25%	18.1%
2022	24.7%	17.9%
2023	24.4%	17.6%
2024	24%	17.3%
2025	23.6%	17.1%
2026	23%	16.9%
2027	22.5%	16.7%
2028	21.8%	16.6%
2029	21.2%	16.4%
2030	20.5%	16.3%
2031	19.9%	16.1%
2032	19.2%	16%
2033	18.7%	16%
2034	18.2%	15.9%
2035	17.7%	15.9%
2036	17.4%	15.9%
2037	17.2%	15.9%
2038	17%	15.9%
2039	16.8%	15.9%
2040	16.7%	15.9%
2041	16.6%	16%
2042	16.5%	16%
2043	16.5%	16%
2044	16.5%	16%
2045	16.6%	16%
2046	16.6%	16%
2047	16.7%	16%
2048	16.7%	16%
2049	16.8%	15.9%
2050	16.8%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24% of the population in Tunisia and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 37.6% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tunisia and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Tunisia vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Tunisia and +0.25% in the United States. 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 States
1960	109,234	2,565,530
1961	111,459	2,571,681
1962	116,887	2,406,337
1963	120,865	2,289,826
1964	124,711	2,245,099
1965	127,673	1,943,030
1966	131,274	1,749,387
1967	132,626	1,669,181
1968	134,246	1,565,507
1969	135,257	1,702,487
1970	138,235	1,824,965
1971	142,296	1,640,519
1972	147,239	1,301,355
1973	153,525	1,165,499
1974	160,200	1,218,968
1975	166,991	1,252,644
1976	172,744	1,264,604
1977	174,539	1,431,556
1978	173,255	1,402,283
1979	171,463	1,597,894
1980	171,094	1,608,450
1981	176,628	1,652,153
1982	177,898	1,714,317
1983	179,878	1,636,544
1984	182,386	1,627,192
1985	186,344	1,689,258
1986	188,107	1,656,917
1987	184,101	1,720,252
1988	177,176	1,735,943
1989	169,221	1,875,826
1990	168,180	2,026,068
1991	166,245	1,926,543
1992	163,978	1,875,328
1993	160,922	1,717,685
1994	153,647	1,633,302
1995	144,345	1,546,031
1996	135,615	1,510,137
1997	128,327	1,501,014
1998	121,332	1,573,857
1999	114,829	1,564,050
2000	112,501	1,664,758
2001	110,146	1,595,826
2002	109,099	1,581,938
2003	111,926	1,653,615
2004	113,322	1,698,271
2005	115,374	1,684,445
2006	116,945	1,849,955
2007	118,920	1,897,757
2008	121,873	1,794,154
2009	125,465	1,717,920
2010	132,809	1,548,182
2011	143,401	1,441,697
2012	151,812	1,411,822
2013	154,687	1,322,711
2014	154,762	1,357,281
2015	153,007	1,270,126
2016	148,870	1,197,627
2017	140,971	1,028,037
2018	132,445	955,022
2019	127,312	887,476
2020	109,431	208,862
2021	68,087	199,137
2022	96,531	399,926
2023	93,663	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Tunisia vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tunisia	United States
1985	132	11
1986	121	11
1987	107	11
1988	96	12
1989	87	12
1990	85	12
1991	83	12
1992	82	11
1993	80	12
1994	77	11
1995	73	12
1996	68	11
1997	64	11
1998	60	11
1999	57	12
2000	56	12
2001	55	13
2002	53	13
2003	52	13
2004	50	13
2005	49	13
2006	48	13
2007	46	13
2008	45	14
2009	44	15
2010	44	15
2011	44	15
2012	43	16
2013	43	16
2014	42	17
2015	40	17
2016	39	18
2017	38	18
2018	38	18
2019	37	18
2020	40	22
2021	65	31
2022	38	20
2023	36	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.29% in Tunisia and 0.65% in the United States. 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 States
1960	-	3.01%
1961	-	2.95%
1962	27.2%	2.89%
1963	26%	2.83%
1964	24.8%	2.77%
1965	23.6%	2.71%
1966	22.4%	2.64%
1967	21.3%	2.57%
1968	20.2%	2.49%
1969	19.1%	2.41%
1970	18.1%	2.32%
1971	17.1%	2.24%
1972	16.1%	2.15%
1973	15.2%	2.06%
1974	14.3%	1.97%
1975	13.4%	1.88%
1976	12.5%	1.79%
1977	11.7%	1.71%
1978	10.9%	1.63%
1979	10.2%	1.56%
1980	9.52%	1.5%
1981	8.94%	1.44%
1982	8.42%	1.39%
1983	7.94%	1.34%
1984	7.48%	1.3%
1985	7.08%	1.27%
1986	6.69%	1.24%
1987	6.35%	1.21%
1988	6.03%	1.19%
1989	5.76%	1.16%
1990	5.5%	1.12%
1991	5.24%	1.09%
1992	5%	1.05%
1993	4.74%	1.01%
1994	4.48%	0.98%
1995	4.2%	0.95%
1996	3.92%	0.92%
1997	3.65%	0.89%
1998	3.38%	0.87%
1999	3.14%	0.86%
2000	2.92%	0.84%
2001	2.72%	0.83%
2002	2.55%	0.82%
2003	2.4%	0.81%
2004	2.27%	0.81%
2005	2.16%	0.8%
2006	2.07%	0.79%
2007	2%	0.77%
2008	1.94%	0.76%
2009	1.9%	0.75%
2010	1.87%	0.73%
2011	1.85%	0.72%
2012	1.84%	0.7%
2013	1.83%	0.69%
2014	1.83%	0.68%
2015	1.82%	0.68%
2016	1.81%	0.67%
2017	1.79%	0.66%
2018	1.75%	0.65%
2019	1.69%	0.65%
2020	1.6%	0.65%
2021	1.5%	0.65%
2022	1.39%	0.65%
2023	1.29%	0.65%