Fertility & birth rates in Tunisia and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Tunisia vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Tunisia vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	7.16	6.38
1961	7.16	6.3
1962	7.17	6.23
1963	7.17	6.16
1964	7.17	6.07
1965	7.11	5.98
1966	7.06	5.87
1967	6.95	5.75
1968	6.81	5.61
1969	6.62	5.47
1970	6.43	5.32
1971	6.29	5.17
1972	6.19	5.04
1973	6.12	4.91
1974	6.05	4.79
1975	5.97	4.69
1976	5.87	4.59
1977	5.68	4.49
1978	5.4	4.4
1979	5.18	4.3
1980	5.03	4.2
1981	5.02	4.1
1982	4.89	4.01
1983	4.77	3.93
1984	4.66	3.86
1985	4.52	3.79
1986	4.36	3.73
1987	4.1	3.67
1988	3.83	3.6
1989	3.57	3.52
1990	3.44	3.45
1991	3.31	3.37
1992	3.19	3.29
1993	3.06	3.22
1994	2.87	3.15
1995	2.67	3.08
1996	2.49	3.02
1997	2.34	2.97
1998	2.2	2.91
1999	2.08	2.86
2000	2.03	2.79
2001	1.98	2.78
2002	1.94	2.74
2003	1.96	2.7
2004	1.95	2.64
2005	1.95	2.63
2006	1.95	2.6
2007	1.96	2.52
2008	1.98	2.48
2009	2	2.42
2010	2.08	2.4
2011	2.19	2.4
2012	2.28	2.38
2013	2.31	2.33
2014	2.32	2.3
2015	2.31	2.25
2016	2.28	2.22
2017	2.21	2.18
2018	2.13	2.15
2019	2.1	2.13
2020	2	2.12
2021	1.8	2.11
2022	1.85	2.09
2023	1.83	2.08
2024	1.82	2.08
2025	1.8	2.06
2026	1.79	2.04
2027	1.78	2.03
2028	1.77	2.01
2029	1.76	2
2030	1.76	1.99
2031	1.75	1.98
2032	1.74	1.97
2033	1.74	1.96
2034	1.73	1.95
2035	1.73	1.94
2036	1.73	1.93
2037	1.72	1.92
2038	1.72	1.91
2039	1.72	1.91
2040	1.71	1.9
2041	1.71	1.89
2042	1.71	1.88
2043	1.71	1.87
2044	1.71	1.86
2045	1.71	1.86
2046	1.71	1.85
2047	1.71	1.84
2048	1.7	1.84
2049	1.7	1.83
2050	1.7	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tunisia	Venezuela
1960	43.2%	46.8%
1961	43.4%	46.9%
1962	43.5%	47%
1963	43.8%	47%
1964	44%	47%
1965	44.2%	46.9%
1966	44.5%	46.8%
1967	44.7%	46.6%
1968	44.8%	46.3%
1969	44.8%	46%
1970	44.7%	45.6%
1971	44.6%	45.2%
1972	44.4%	44.7%
1973	44.3%	44.3%
1974	44.1%	43.8%
1975	43.9%	43.3%
1976	43.7%	42.9%
1977	43.4%	42.5%
1978	43%	42.1%
1979	42.5%	41.7%
1980	42%	41.3%
1981	41.4%	41%
1982	40.8%	40.6%
1983	40.3%	40.3%
1984	39.9%	39.9%
1985	39.6%	39.6%
1986	39.3%	39.3%
1987	39%	39%
1988	38.6%	38.7%
1989	38.2%	38.4%
1990	37.6%	38.1%
1991	37.1%	37.8%
1992	36.4%	37.4%
1993	35.8%	37%
1994	35%	36.6%
1995	34.3%	36.2%
1996	33.5%	35.8%
1997	32.8%	35.3%
1998	32%	34.9%
1999	31.1%	34.5%
2000	30.2%	34%
2001	29.3%	33.6%
2002	28.4%	33.1%
2003	27.5%	32.7%
2004	26.7%	32.2%
2005	26%	31.8%
2006	25.4%	31.4%
2007	25%	31%
2008	24.6%	30.6%
2009	24.3%	30.3%
2010	24.2%	29.9%
2011	24.2%	29.5%
2012	24.2%	29.2%
2013	24.4%	28.9%
2014	24.6%	28.5%
2015	24.7%	28.2%
2016	24.9%	27.9%
2017	25%	27.8%
2018	25.1%	27.9%
2019	25.1%	28%
2020	25.1%	27.8%
2021	25%	27.4%
2022	24.7%	26.8%
2023	24.4%	26.2%
2024	24%	25.5%
2025	23.6%	24.9%
2026	23%	24.3%
2027	22.5%	23.8%
2028	21.8%	23.2%
2029	21.2%	22.8%
2030	20.5%	22.4%
2031	19.9%	22%
2032	19.2%	21.7%
2033	18.7%	21.5%
2034	18.2%	21.4%
2035	17.7%	21.4%
2036	17.4%	21.4%
2037	17.2%	21.5%
2038	17%	21.5%
2039	16.8%	21.4%
2040	16.7%	21.4%
2041	16.6%	21.3%
2042	16.5%	21.2%
2043	16.5%	21.1%
2044	16.5%	20.9%
2045	16.6%	20.7%
2046	16.6%	20.5%
2047	16.7%	20.3%
2048	16.7%	20%
2049	16.8%	19.8%
2050	16.8%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24% of the population in Tunisia and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 37.6% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tunisia and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Tunisia vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Tunisia and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	109,234	285,105
1961	111,459	292,109
1962	116,887	299,345
1963	120,865	307,279
1964	124,711	314,397
1965	127,673	321,695
1966	131,274	329,697
1967	132,626	335,813
1968	134,246	340,973
1969	135,257	343,596
1970	138,235	350,709
1971	142,296	355,212
1972	147,239	360,749
1973	153,525	367,612
1974	160,200	375,678
1975	166,991	385,045
1976	172,744	395,344
1977	174,539	405,315
1978	173,255	414,032
1979	171,463	421,256
1980	171,094	425,613
1981	176,628	432,059
1982	177,898	436,564
1983	179,878	443,569
1984	182,386	449,186
1985	186,344	455,517
1986	188,107	468,252
1987	184,101	474,204
1988	177,176	477,569
1989	169,221	478,053
1990	168,180	478,168
1991	166,245	477,917
1992	163,978	474,824
1993	160,922	473,189
1994	153,647	469,178
1995	144,345	469,267
1996	135,615	468,653
1997	128,327	472,002
1998	121,332	469,123
1999	114,829	463,787
2000	112,501	459,802
2001	110,146	451,487
2002	109,099	466,821
2003	111,926	456,902
2004	113,322	455,881
2005	115,374	463,260
2006	116,945	460,152
2007	118,920	452,482
2008	121,873	435,870
2009	125,465	427,257
2010	132,809	425,397
2011	143,401	425,958
2012	151,812	420,758
2013	154,687	408,930
2014	154,762	395,088
2015	153,007	384,560
2016	148,870	359,651
2017	140,971	340,222
2018	132,445	317,302
2019	127,312	274,826
2020	109,431	237,223
2021	68,087	207,746
2022	96,531	216,619
2023	93,663	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Tunisia vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tunisia	Venezuela
1985	132	83
1986	121	81
1987	107	81
1988	96	80
1989	87	80
1990	85	83
1991	83	80
1992	82	82
1993	80	82
1994	77	84
1995	73	84
1996	68	86
1997	64	82
1998	60	82
1999	57	88
2000	56	86
2001	55	101
2002	53	87
2003	52	97
2004	50	94
2005	49	93
2006	48	96
2007	46	92
2008	45	103
2009	44	109
2010	44	110
2011	44	104
2012	43	113
2013	43	123
2014	42	133
2015	40	136
2016	39	162
2017	38	195
2018	38	205
2019	37	202
2020	40	207
2021	65	251
2022	38	219
2023	36	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.29% in Tunisia and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	-	7.97%
1961	-	7.72%
1962	27.2%	7.49%
1963	26%	7.3%
1964	24.8%	7.14%
1965	23.6%	7%
1966	22.4%	6.87%
1967	21.3%	6.75%
1968	20.2%	6.61%
1969	19.1%	6.47%
1970	18.1%	6.3%
1971	17.1%	6.12%
1972	16.1%	5.94%
1973	15.2%	5.75%
1974	14.3%	5.57%
1975	13.4%	5.38%
1976	12.5%	5.2%
1977	11.7%	5.01%
1978	10.9%	4.82%
1979	10.2%	4.62%
1980	9.52%	4.42%
1981	8.94%	4.24%
1982	8.42%	4.07%
1983	7.94%	3.91%
1984	7.48%	3.77%
1985	7.08%	3.64%
1986	6.69%	3.5%
1987	6.35%	3.37%
1988	6.03%	3.23%
1989	5.76%	3.09%
1990	5.5%	2.96%
1991	5.24%	2.86%
1992	5%	2.78%
1993	4.74%	2.73%
1994	4.48%	2.68%
1995	4.2%	2.63%
1996	3.92%	2.55%
1997	3.65%	2.45%
1998	3.38%	2.34%
1999	3.14%	2.24%
2000	2.92%	2.15%
2001	2.72%	2.09%
2002	2.55%	2.03%
2003	2.4%	1.98%
2004	2.27%	1.91%
2005	2.16%	1.85%
2006	2.07%	1.79%
2007	2%	1.74%
2008	1.94%	1.72%
2009	1.9%	1.71%
2010	1.87%	1.72%
2011	1.85%	1.73%
2012	1.84%	1.76%
2013	1.83%	1.79%
2014	1.83%	1.83%
2015	1.82%	1.92%
2016	1.81%	2.43%
2017	1.79%	2.43%
2018	1.75%	2.43%
2019	1.69%	2.43%
2020	1.6%	2.43%
2021	1.5%	2.43%
2022	1.39%	2.43%
2023	1.29%	2.43%