Fertility & birth rates in Tunisia and Zimbabwe

Fertility rate in Tunisia vs Zimbabwe 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 3.72 in Zimbabwe in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Tunisia vs Zimbabwe 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	Zimbabwe
1960	7.16	7.2
1961	7.16	7.21
1962	7.17	7.23
1963	7.17	7.23
1964	7.17	7.23
1965	7.11	7.23
1966	7.06	7.2
1967	6.95	7.16
1968	6.81	7.11
1969	6.62	7.04
1970	6.43	6.98
1971	6.29	6.94
1972	6.19	6.94
1973	6.12	6.94
1974	6.05	6.88
1975	5.97	6.83
1976	5.87	6.77
1977	5.68	6.71
1978	5.4	6.66
1979	5.18	6.59
1980	5.03	6.52
1981	5.02	6.45
1982	4.89	6.33
1983	4.77	6.2
1984	4.66	6.04
1985	4.52	5.87
1986	4.36	5.69
1987	4.1	5.5
1988	3.83	5.28
1989	3.57	5.07
1990	3.44	4.88
1991	3.31	4.72
1992	3.19	4.57
1993	3.06	4.39
1994	2.87	4.28
1995	2.67	4.15
1996	2.49	4.11
1997	2.34	4.08
1998	2.2	4.07
1999	2.08	4.06
2000	2.03	4.01
2001	1.98	3.98
2002	1.94	3.93
2003	1.96	3.86
2004	1.95	3.78
2005	1.95	3.69
2006	1.95	3.64
2007	1.96	3.68
2008	1.98	3.78
2009	2	3.95
2010	2.08	4.04
2011	2.19	4.13
2012	2.28	4.13
2013	2.31	4.11
2014	2.32	4.01
2015	2.31	3.91
2016	2.28	3.83
2017	2.21	3.77
2018	2.13	3.74
2019	2.1	3.75
2020	2	3.75
2021	1.8	3.77
2022	1.85	3.77
2023	1.83	3.72
2024	1.82	3.67
2025	1.8	3.62
2026	1.79	3.57
2027	1.78	3.52
2028	1.77	3.47
2029	1.76	3.43
2030	1.76	3.38
2031	1.75	3.33
2032	1.74	3.29
2033	1.74	3.25
2034	1.73	3.21
2035	1.73	3.17
2036	1.73	3.13
2037	1.72	3.09
2038	1.72	3.06
2039	1.72	3.02
2040	1.71	2.99
2041	1.71	2.96
2042	1.71	2.93
2043	1.71	2.9
2044	1.71	2.87
2045	1.71	2.84
2046	1.71	2.81
2047	1.71	2.78
2048	1.7	2.75
2049	1.7	2.72
2050	1.7	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Tunisia	Zimbabwe
1960	43.2%	47.3%
1961	43.4%	47.7%
1962	43.5%	48.1%
1963	43.8%	48.5%
1964	44%	48.8%
1965	44.2%	48.7%
1966	44.5%	48.6%
1967	44.7%	48.5%
1968	44.8%	48.5%
1969	44.8%	48.4%
1970	44.7%	48.3%
1971	44.6%	48.2%
1972	44.4%	48.2%
1973	44.3%	48.1%
1974	44.1%	48.1%
1975	43.9%	48.1%
1976	43.7%	48.2%
1977	43.4%	48.3%
1978	43%	48.5%
1979	42.5%	48.8%
1980	42%	48.7%
1981	41.4%	48.4%
1982	40.8%	48.3%
1983	40.3%	48.2%
1984	39.9%	48.1%
1985	39.6%	48%
1986	39.3%	47.9%
1987	39%	47.9%
1988	38.6%	47.9%
1989	38.2%	47.6%
1990	37.6%	47.1%
1991	37.1%	46.6%
1992	36.4%	46.8%
1993	35.8%	47.1%
1994	35%	46.6%
1995	34.3%	45.9%
1996	33.5%	45%
1997	32.8%	44%
1998	32%	43.1%
1999	31.1%	42.4%
2000	30.2%	41.9%
2001	29.3%	41.5%
2002	28.4%	41.4%
2003	27.5%	41.5%
2004	26.7%	41.7%
2005	26%	41.9%
2006	25.4%	42%
2007	25%	42.1%
2008	24.6%	42.4%
2009	24.3%	42.7%
2010	24.2%	43%
2011	24.2%	43.4%
2012	24.2%	43.7%
2013	24.4%	43.9%
2014	24.6%	43.9%
2015	24.7%	43.8%
2016	24.9%	43.6%
2017	25%	43.3%
2018	25.1%	42.9%
2019	25.1%	42.5%
2020	25.1%	42.2%
2021	25%	41.9%
2022	24.7%	41.6%
2023	24.4%	41.3%
2024	24%	40.9%
2025	23.6%	40.3%
2026	23%	39.6%
2027	22.5%	39%
2028	21.8%	38.4%
2029	21.2%	37.8%
2030	20.5%	37.4%
2031	19.9%	37%
2032	19.2%	36.8%
2033	18.7%	36.5%
2034	18.2%	36.3%
2035	17.7%	36.1%
2036	17.4%	35.8%
2037	17.2%	35.6%
2038	17%	35.3%
2039	16.8%	35.1%
2040	16.7%	34.8%
2041	16.6%	34.6%
2042	16.5%	34.3%
2043	16.5%	34.1%
2044	16.5%	33.8%
2045	16.6%	33.5%
2046	16.6%	33.2%
2047	16.7%	32.9%
2048	16.7%	32.6%
2049	16.8%	32.2%
2050	16.8%	31.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24% of the population in Tunisia and 40.9% in Zimbabwe in 2024, compared to 37.6% and 47.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Tunisia and Zimbabwe compared.

Natural population change in Tunisia vs Zimbabwe by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Tunisia and +2.34% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	109,234	126,959
1961	111,459	131,531
1962	116,887	136,317
1963	120,865	140,984
1964	124,711	145,848
1965	127,673	151,164
1966	131,274	156,014
1967	132,626	161,205
1968	134,246	166,865
1969	135,257	172,626
1970	138,235	178,979
1971	142,296	185,427
1972	147,239	193,725
1973	153,525	201,885
1974	160,200	208,806
1975	166,991	216,947
1976	172,744	221,419
1977	174,539	225,139
1978	173,255	222,979
1979	171,463	223,657
1980	171,094	241,179
1981	176,628	271,361
1982	177,898	279,934
1983	179,878	286,545
1984	182,386	290,052
1985	186,344	290,756
1986	188,107	289,894
1987	184,101	286,766
1988	177,176	277,498
1989	169,221	270,838
1990	168,180	265,444
1991	166,245	260,943
1992	163,978	255,291
1993	160,922	228,045
1994	153,647	216,343
1995	144,345	206,695
1996	135,615	205,269
1997	128,327	216,288
1998	121,332	225,614
1999	114,829	232,393
2000	112,501	236,343
2001	110,146	227,909
2002	109,099	244,170
2003	111,926	243,057
2004	113,322	248,307
2005	115,374	248,545
2006	116,945	248,963
2007	118,920	261,805
2008	121,873	280,527
2009	125,465	309,316
2010	132,809	335,570
2011	143,401	359,572
2012	151,812	371,135
2013	154,687	374,757
2014	154,762	366,350
2015	153,007	356,203
2016	148,870	348,772
2017	140,971	344,035
2018	132,445	345,883
2019	127,312	348,798
2020	109,431	354,790
2021	68,087	349,908
2022	96,531	371,243
2023	93,663	372,505

Maternal mortality chart: Tunisia vs Zimbabwe

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 358 deaths in Zimbabwe.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Tunisia	Zimbabwe
1985	132	573
1986	121	525
1987	107	480
1988	96	431
1989	87	382
1990	85	353
1991	83	332
1992	82	333
1993	80	331
1994	77	332
1995	73	332
1996	68	352
1997	64	357
1998	60	368
1999	57	399
2000	56	405
2001	55	467
2002	53	418
2003	52	455
2004	50	451
2005	49	454
2006	48	480
2007	46	519
2008	45	526
2009	44	540
2010	44	567
2011	44	564
2012	43	558
2013	43	525
2014	42	468
2015	40	428
2016	39	411
2017	38	389
2018	38	386
2019	37	388
2020	40	380
2021	65	446
2022	38	368
2023	36	358

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.29% in Tunisia and 4.42% in Zimbabwe. 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	Zimbabwe
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	27.2%	14.4%
1963	26%	14%
1964	24.8%	13.5%
1965	23.6%	13.1%
1966	22.4%	12.7%
1967	21.3%	12.4%
1968	20.2%	12.1%
1969	19.1%	11.8%
1970	18.1%	11.7%
1971	17.1%	11.5%
1972	16.1%	11.5%
1973	15.2%	11.4%
1974	14.3%	11.4%
1975	13.4%	11.4%
1976	12.5%	11.5%
1977	11.7%	11.5%
1978	10.9%	11.5%
1979	10.2%	11.3%
1980	9.52%	11.1%
1981	8.94%	10.7%
1982	8.42%	10.1%
1983	7.94%	9.5%
1984	7.48%	8.87%
1985	7.08%	8.31%
1986	6.69%	7.86%
1987	6.35%	7.61%
1988	6.03%	7.55%
1989	5.76%	7.69%
1990	5.5%	7.97%
1991	5.24%	8.33%
1992	5%	8.73%
1993	4.74%	9.16%
1994	4.48%	9.52%
1995	4.2%	9.83%
1996	3.92%	10%
1997	3.65%	10.1%
1998	3.38%	10%
1999	3.14%	9.92%
2000	2.92%	9.83%
2001	2.72%	9.79%
2002	2.55%	8.48%
2003	2.4%	8.85%
2004	2.27%	9.17%
2005	2.16%	9.23%
2006	2.07%	9.4%
2007	2%	9.47%
2008	1.94%	9.34%
2009	1.9%	9.03%
2010	1.87%	8.5%
2011	1.85%	7.88%
2012	1.84%	7.14%
2013	1.83%	6.55%
2014	1.83%	6.18%
2015	1.82%	5.98%
2016	1.81%	5.69%
2017	1.79%	5.5%
2018	1.75%	5.23%
2019	1.69%	5.11%
2020	1.6%	5.01%
2021	1.5%	4.76%
2022	1.39%	4.6%
2023	1.29%	4.42%